Darren's Blog: Make Today Count

 


 

to compliment our successful Mad March Meet. More to follow...

 

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Apparently there has been a leak of security at PASC HQ and there are some depictions of the new Portobello swim caps on Twitter. Portobello ASC would like to confirm that a snapshot 'was' taken of the new caps prior to it's official launch at the 2012 Paris Fashion Show. A Ciaran Mcgeever of Portobello High School has been remanded in custody for breaking into the Portobello vaults and taking the shots of caps worth in excess of £10's. The caps are  to be used as the climax of Monsieur Penn...
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We have all heard of LATD (Long Term Athlete Development) but what about LTCD (Long Term Coach Development)?

Well today was day one of my UKCC Level 3 Coaching Course held at the National Swimming Academy in Stirling.
Before I continue I would like to thank the Portobello ASC committee for green lighting my entry onto this course; this continued support is  further example of the clubs efforts to continue the education of not only myself but all of our coaches who as a result of this course sha...
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Our resident Intermediate Coach and Art Worker David Pennington has been busy carrying out a revamp to our old and dusty looking trophy cabinet at Portobello LC. David has added new light fittings to brighten up all corners of the cabinet as well as painting the background in our club colours.  David has also found our old club shield which he has given pride of place to on top of the cabinet, no longer hidden at the back but proudly on display for all to see.

I would like to thank David for...

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The 2012 Scottish National Age Groups coming to you from the ‘SUNDERLAND AQUATIC CENTRE’, yes you read correctly.

What really made this meet special for Porty was that each and every swimmer that went down made Finals; What an amazing achievement for the swimmers and the club as a whole. In fact every heat swim at the meet from a Porty swimmer bar one made finals; that’s  6 finals out of a possible 7, with Ciaran just missing making 7 out of 7 with his 1^st Reserve spot for the 100...

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PORTOBELLO ASC

MAD MARCH CENTERARY MEET 2012

 

Click on this link for Meet info

We are holding our 5^th Annual Gala this weekend at Prestonpans Swim Centre, this meet over the years is getting very busy; we have clubs attending from the Borders to the West.

The programme consists of 50m & 100m for the younger kids on the Saturday

200m for the older swimmers on the Sunday

This meet is over subscribed every year, so we are now having a graded meet in September so that the children who have no...

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