SWIMMING TALENTS BEGIN APPRENTICESHIPS
More than 70 of the nation's brightest young swimming talents
have been introduced to a pioneering Advanced Apprenticeship
in Sporting Excellence (AASE) programme designed to provide
athletes with the necessary skills to become champions while
continuing their education.
The Amateur Swimming Association - one of the first sports
governing bodies to sign up for the scheme - will welcome
170 aquatic athletes, across all disciplines, onto Government-funded
AASE schemes throughout the next couple of months.
And a group of 73 swimmers were the first to be inducted
onto the inaugural course today in Sheffield where they were
given an overview of the eight units that make up the NVQ
Level 3 qualification.
As part of the programme, athletes will learn about such
key subjects as time management, career planning, nutrition
and training, and communications. This valuable experience
will go towards preparing them for international competition.
Swimmers gathered for the induction following the conclusion
of an impressive ASA National County Team Championships in
Sheffield where many of them proved their obvious talent in
the competition pool.
The new AASE programme will work towards enhancing that talent
by offering a valuable insight, at an early age, as to what
is required to succeed on the international stage.
Developed by SkillsActive, in association with industry experts
and sports governing bodies, AASE is funded in England by
the Learning and Skills Council and aims to meet the needs
of young people to achieve excellence in their sport as their
main career goal while continuing with their education.
The AASE scheme forms a major part of the new England Talent
and Development Programme, launched by the ASA earlier this
year, and will be overseen by Talent and Development Manager
Nick Sellwood together with a team of regional coaches.
Sellwood, who introduced the athletes to AASE earlier today,
is looking forward to developing the talent that has been
identified and selected.
"I was very pleased and impressed with the efforts of
swimmers and staff," said Sellwood. "The athletes
conducted themselves in an extremely professional manner and
showed they already possess many of the characteristics to
perform at international level.
"The next stage for the swimmers will involve England's
Regional Talent and Development Coaches who will work with
the athlete's home programme and coach to help with their
development.
"They will come together again at a Spring camp next
year where they will be assessed again to monitor their progress."
Sellwood and his team are already in the process of defining
the stringent criteria the next generation of AASE athletes
will be expected to meet.
"Early next year the England Talent and Development
Programme will begin the process once again to determine a
list of inductees for 2007 and competition for places will
be very fierce," explained Sellwood.
Faye Barnard Hatfield SC
Petra Chomicz Kings Lynn Warriors
Rachael George Hatfield SC
Jonathan Quinn Hatfield SC
Mark Stevens Deben SC
Katie Ambridge Hatfield SC
Koyji Urata Hatfield SC
Benjamin Sleet Chelmsford SC/Borough of Waltham Forest
Andrew Curtin Hatfield SC
Rebecca Adlington Nova Centurion SC
Rebecca Harrison City of Derby SC
Rachel Lefley Nova Centurion SC
Claire Sands Hinckley SC / City of Leicester
Kirsty Forbes Killerwhales SC
Chloe Ross Beckenham SC
Edward Walsh Camden Swiss Cottage SC
Jessica Dickons BOSSS
Michael Goggs Co.Bradford SC
Lydon Harriman BOSSS
Amy Jessett Co.Newcastle
Nadine Karolewski Alnwick Dolphins
Jemma Lowe BOSSS
Peter Thompson Middlesbrough
Joseph Potts Richmond Dales
Robert Bale Carnforth & Dist Otters
Paul Ellard Stockport Metro SC
Bethany Kington Bolton Metro SC / Preston SC
Luke Marriner Pioneer 79 Swimming Club / Gallica
James Radcliffe Gallica / Preston SC
Daniel Sliwinski Preston SC / Manchester Aquatics
Tara Walsh Stockport Metro SC
Andrew Corley Wirral Metro
Jeremy Osborne Beau Sejour Barracuda SC
Christopher Ashton Leatherhead SC
Joshua Clinch Basingstoke Bluefins Swimming Club
Garry Dixon Reading SC
Anna Jemielity Wycombe District SC
Rosy Murray Portsmouth Northsea SC
Sarah Owen Portsmouth Northsea SC
Juliette Rampley Maxwell SC
Holly Tanner Reading SC
Howard Birtwell Guildford City
Christopher Rowley Bracknell SC
Frankie Murphy Portsmouth Northsea SC
Charlotte Slater Southampton Swimming Club
Gareth Keating Kelly College
Jennifer Oldham Kelly College
Matthew Henry Kelly College
Adam Taylor Kelly College
Steven Beckerleg Plymouth Leander SC
Victoria Rayson Taunton Deane SC
Erin Jeffery University of Bath / Keynsham SC
Stacey Tadd University of Bath
Robert Holderness Millfield School
Shane Traill Millfield School
James Houston Millfield School
Charlotte Graham City of Birmingham SC
Rikki Morris City of Coventry
Mark Strachan City of Coventry
Richard Tullett City of Birmingham SC
Natasha Turner Shrewsbury SC
Kate Weaver Haden Hill
Emma White Stratford Sharks ASC
Matthew Wolstenholme City of Coventry
Katie Raybould City of Birmingham SC
Kate Hutchinson Co. Leeds
Rachel Jack Co. Leeds SC
Paul Morren Co. Leeds SC
Max Partridge Co. Sheffield
Philip Short Co. Leeds SC
Joseph Sowden Co. Leeds SC
Amy Spencer Co. Sheffield
Jenny Starling Co. Sheffield
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