Jeni has been selected as Team Manager for the Guildford Borough for the Surrey Youth Games. This is an annual event that takes place over the weekend of the 21st/22nd June and features all of the boroughs in Surrey. The entry is for residents of the Guildford Borough and Wey Valley are lucky that Jeni is the manager because our swimmers get the first chance to enter. Entry is for school years 7-10. Those that have been selected for the squad will have received an invitation but will need to reply Yes or No by this weekend.

There is also a parental consent form that needs to be completed with can be downloaded from here.

Further details about the Surrey Youth Games can be found from the Active Surrey website.

This took place on the 10th May in 27°C of heat outside; goodness knows what the temperature was in the pool hall. This year four schools took part, St Joseph's, Boxgrove, Holy Trinity and St. Thomas's. The children all enjoyed themselves with lots of smiles all around, usually mixed with nerves before the start and then with pure happiness at the end regardless of their place.

I think I will remember for a long time to come the sight of parents jumping up from their chairs screaming and shouting at the Boxgrove and Holy Trinity swimmers on the last leg of the 12-swimmer squadron as they charged down the final leg neck and neck. The parents stood up in Mexican wave style as the swimmers went passed them and then the children from both schools jumped as one as the swimmers touched at the end. It was so close and a wonderfully exciting finish to the squadron. I was at the other end of the pool and could not tell who won, I don't really care, the memory of all those excited supporters will stay long after the result has been forgotten (that and the massive water fight going on outside in the newly refurbished paddling pool!).

For the record Boxgrove won the overall gala, followed by HT, St. Thomas's and then St. Joes.

A huge thanks to Debs and Caroline once again for putting on the event and to all of the WV parents and volunteers who helped on the day.

Jenny walker-Earwicker and Amanda Rusholme will be running another timekeepers course on the day of the Summer Time Trials, the 28th June. Anyone interested in taking part should contact them at poolside.

This year it takes place on the 28th June and will be followed by the fun splash and BBQ. The format will be different this year and will be based around the Junior Cup and Speedo galas later in the autumn. The trials are being used as part of the selection criteria for these galas and therefore if you want to swim in the autumn then you will have to try out at the time trials. For younger swimmers who are not aiming at the galas there will be a chance to test yourself against the clock and see how to have improved since the club champs.

There will be some relay races against the teachers and parents at the end to round things off before the fun splash and BBQ.

Jon Brayne has selected his squad for this three round league, full details can be found via the club calendar on the 7th June, which is the date of the first gala.

We are looking for a couple of volunteers to cover the sales of club kit. We are hoping to change this role by getting two helpers to ensure coverage of the Saturday swimmers (someone who is at poolside 3-4 would be perfect) and someone who is poolside Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday. We are hopeful of being about to securely store the kit at Godalming which would make the role a lot similar. Interested? If yes then please talk to Mark Edwards.

Chris Michael