OUR NEW POOL!

This page is dedicated to celebrating the old pool and the last gala held there before the club moved to the brand new pool in January 2009 and then to look to the future and celebrate the new pool

Click on the links below to view a slide show, both have the same content one is higher resolution than the other but please be aware that both files are really too large for downloading via a phone line and I would suggest that they are only suitable for broadband users.

Have your speakers or headphones switched on!
Click on the links and either hit Run or Save
(I would choose save if you want to open it again)

1st Open Meet April 2009 (10Mb)

Last Gala Hires (30Mb)

Last Gala Lower Res (10Mb)

Click on the link below to see a couple of shots of the Swimalong and a few of the first training session, sames comments apply as to the size etc
Swimalong and First Training Session at the New Pool (17Mb)

I plan to add more to this page soon but in the meantime below is the match report:

NEWMARKET AND DISTRICT SWIM CLUB. VW TROPHY GALA SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER 08

Newmarket and District swimming club hosted its final home gala at the old pool in the High Street before the move to the long-awaited new facilities in the Exning Road. They welcomed teams from Ely, St Neots, Saffron Walden and Halstead for an evening of exhilarating entertainment. The swimmers performed to a packed audience who, quite appropriately, all but lifted the roof! And even more appropriately the home team swam magnificently and took the trophy by a decisive margin. The final tallies were Newmarket 196, Halstead 121, St Neots 120, Ely 104 and Saffron Walden 98.aHA It was the last opportunity for personal best times to be recorded in the 25 yard pool and there were a hatful of them, 27 out of the 38 individual events. There was also an impressive number of wins by the Newmarket swimmers with 29 first places.
It was a sparkling team performance on a major day in the club’s 90 year history and the team manager fittingly felt unable to single out anyone for the ‘Swimmer of the Gala’. Instead, he praised the entire team for its outstanding effort and spirit.

So as the club bade farewell in the best possible way to the base that has served it well since 1938, there is great anticipation and excitement at the prospect of training and racing in impressive new surrounds.

An application form can be downloaded by clicking here or from the Downloads page.