Disability Swimming Festival

November 28th - Stoke Mandeville Stadium

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Disability Swimming Festival

28^th November

Stoke Mandeville Stadium

 

 As part of the PESSCL initiative, the County Sport Partnership, working with AVDC and Mandeville School Sport Partnership, organised a disability swimming festival which was held on the 28^th Nov for those children with disabilities in years 5 and 6.

 

16 swimmers attended the event which was made possible with the help of young leaders from Sir Henry Floyd, John Colet and Aylesbury High schools.

 

The aim of the festival was to increase swimmer confidence within the water and to promote swimming as a fun and enjoyable experience. This was done by encouraging movement in the water, floating and submersion. The young leaders worked one to one with the swimmers encouraging guided discovery through games such as raft races, nursery rhymes and water polo.

 

The swimmers were given a well done pack which included a certificate and information on the two main Learn to Swim providers (see below) within the area, with the hope that the swimmers will become more actively involved in swimming.

 

Overall the event was a huge success with positive feedback from the schools that brought swimmers and from the young leaders that took part. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and the event has proved to be a great benchmarking tool for future festivals across the county.

 

To find out more about disability swimming please contact Emily Swain on Tel: 01296 585884 or email: eswain@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk

 

 

Learn to Swim

 

If you are interested in the programmes that the festival fed into please contact the following facilities:

 

Stoke Mandeville Stadium: Contact Chris Hawkes on 01296 484848

Aqua Vale: Contact Sue Parker on 01296 488555

 

 

 

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