Author Archives: Philip Miles
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Happy Birthday Polly
Posted on April 30, 2018 by Philip Miles in NewsCongratulations to Tadpole Polly Minogue who celebrated her 30th birthday in style this month. Polly is a regular swimmer with us on Thursdays since joining the Club in 2016.…
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Enjoy your new home Judith
Posted on March 23, 2018 by Philip Miles in NewsJudith Smith has been coming to Tadpoles for many years and is a popular member of the Club. Over the last few months she has had some health problems and after a long spell in hospital she is now settled in a nursing home in Horsham. Her Mum says she is very happy in her …
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Anthony keeps swimming
Posted on January 23, 2018 by Philip Miles in NewsAnthony joined the Tadpoles in the mid 1980s and it was here under Syd Martin’s and Allan Rees’s instruction that he learned to swim properly. Not only did he much enjoy the sessions but they helped him to strengthen back and arm muscles and his leg and arm co-ordination.
Anthony is an avid supporter of …
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Generation Tadpole
Posted on January 18, 2018 by Philip Miles in NewsWe are delighted to welcome a new volunteer, Holly Martin, who is the granddaughter of Syd Martin. Syd was involved in all aspects of swimming in East Grinstead and was instrumental in setting up The Tadpoles Swimming Club, in 1982. …
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2017 Christmas Party
Posted on December 17, 2017 by Philip Miles in NewsFour of our Tadpole volunteers celebrated their 35th Tadpoles Christmas Party this year! Doreen Powell, Maureen Saunders and Allan and Linda Rees were all founder members of the Tadpoles Swimming Club in 1982 and are all still very active members of the Club.
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Sainsbury’s keep on giving
Posted on December 4, 2017 by Philip Miles in NewsSainsbury’s East Grinstead have presented us with a further donation of £2,171.31 from the profit on sales of 5p carrier bags during the year of our charity support.
This was a wonderful surprise and brings the total donation from this event to over £5,500. Amazing!!!!…
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Xavier completes a length
Posted on December 4, 2017 by Philip Miles in NewsXAVIER CONNOR KINGETT
30th November was a special Club Night for 13 year old Xav who swam 25 metres, a length of the pool, for the first time!
This is a huge achievement for a very popular Tadpole who copes with a number of significant problems with enormous good humour. Xavier has been a regular …
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Charity Birthday
Posted on November 24, 2017 by Philip Miles in NewsTadpole Beryl Tolhurst celebrated a special birthday recently and asked her party guests not to buy presents (thank you) but donations to charity would be welcome. She raised the magnificent sum in excess of £700 for The Tadpoles and a similar amount for a cancer charity. Brilliant!!!! Thank you Beryl and thanks to all your …
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Tadpoles Swim Champion
Posted on November 13, 2017 by Philip Miles in NewsHuge congratulations to our volunteer, Alison Gwynn, who competed in the Swim England National Masters Championships at the end of October. She won gold in the 200m and 100m freestyle and silver in the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly. Not only that – swimming with Mid Sussex Marlins in the 4 by 200m freestyle relay, …
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U3A Choir sings for Tadpoles
Posted on October 23, 2017 by Philip Miles in NewsThe U3A Choir gave a concert earlier this year and raised £300.00, which they donated to Tadpoles in memory of Maggie Hunt who was our much loved secretary for many years. She was also a member of the U3A Choir, and is sadly missed by all of us.…
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