EYEMOUTH Leisure Centre, in partnership with Border Sport and Leisure Trust and Total Aquatics, recently held their annual swimming camp with 140 swimmers from all over Great Britain attending.
The swimmers are of all different abilities from learn to swim to national champions. Two English schools champions attended the camp this year - Joe Elwood of Ulverston Swimming Club is the current English Schools' 100m backstroke champion and Frase
r Minnican of Barrow Swimming Club is the current English Schools' 200m individual medley champion.
The head coach this year was Luke Dormer, son of the legendary Great Britain swimming coach Laurie Dormer, who recently became only the fourth coach in history to be inducted into the swimming 'Hall of Fame.'
The Total Aquatics camp has been running for the last 27 years. It was first held at Pontins holiday camp in Southport. It then moved on to Berwick Holiday Centre and finally moved exclusively to Eyemouth Leisure Centre six years ago.
The training week consists of swim skills and drills in all swimming strokes. Land training took place at the new facilities at Eyemouth High School.
There was also sessions in sports phychology, elite aqua training from Henry Gray, and a very successful biathlon which was organised by Ian Learmonth events organiser at Eyemouth Leisure Centre.
The week ended with a presentation in the Dolphin Hotel. Pool manager Henry Gray said it is a very important event in the Eyemouth Leisure Centre calendar and it also brings in much added revenue to the local economy.
Henry would like to thank all his staff, Sam at the Dolphin, Eyemouth High School, Eyemouth Holiday Park, Scoutscroft Holiday Park, George at Eyemouth Golf Club, and all the Total Aquatics staff, and Waites coaches for all there help during the week.
