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The Swim Training Challenge!
I write on behalf of our two daughters, Morenwyn and Bryluen Cowling - they are 10 and 12 years of age and have been swimming since they were very young.
They train five and six times a week respectively, both before school, in the evenings and at the weekend - as well as undertaking land training and other sports which support their fitness. Morenwyn is in her last year at primary school and Bryluen has just started secondary school.
Both have achieved an of array County swimming times and will be swimming in the Cornwall County Championships at the end of February, with Launceston Swimming Club.
They have been members of this club since they were each seven years old. They swim competitively but also for fun – they genuinely enjoy their training and social events with other team members. For Bryluen in particular, her coach and the consistency of the friendships she has made through Launceston Swim Club have really enabled her to grow immensely in confidence and self esteem.
The girls have recently been invited to join North Cornwall Dragons Club, based in Bodmin as well as swimming with Launceston. They have been offered two opportunities this year through that club - one to swim at the London Aquatics Centre in a training venue which has to be one of the UK's best - and another in Fuerteventura where they will be offered a full week's training - preparing them for future county level swimming and the regional training that they aspire to.
We know that not only will we need to raise the £1400 for both of them to attend but it will also cost us £600 of our own money, as they would not be able to make the trip without a parent present. As this is a one-off opportunity, the girls have decided to raise their own funding.
They are going to be running a Table Top Sale in Launceston on Saturday 2nd April, undertake car valets locally on our estate, do cake sales at their schools and we also hope to encourage our friends and family into some other mad-cap ideas to help us raise our target amount! All ideas welcome!
Our deadline is tight and to achieve it we know we need help from those adults around us who can contribute, or assist us with ideas or practical ways of raising monies.
We know that, if the girl’s want to go further in their sport, we will have to become quite adept at raising funds - but we also know they have the passion for what they want to achieve and the drive to work really hard, outside of as well as 'in' the pool - to achieve their dreams.
Many thanks for taking the time to read this. The girls are prepared to put in considerable effort to raising their finances. We just need others to encourage them in their dreams and aspirations.
If everyone who read this far was able to contribute just £5 (Gofundme's minimum donation setting!) we would be ever nearer to reaching our target!
I write on behalf of our two daughters, Morenwyn and Bryluen Cowling - they are 10 and 12 years of age and have been swimming since they were very young.
They train five and six times a week respectively, both before school, in the evenings and at the weekend - as well as undertaking land training and other sports which support their fitness. Morenwyn is in her last year at primary school and Bryluen has just started secondary school.
Both have achieved an of array County swimming times and will be swimming in the Cornwall County Championships at the end of February, with Launceston Swimming Club.
They have been members of this club since they were each seven years old. They swim competitively but also for fun – they genuinely enjoy their training and social events with other team members. For Bryluen in particular, her coach and the consistency of the friendships she has made through Launceston Swim Club have really enabled her to grow immensely in confidence and self esteem.
The girls have recently been invited to join North Cornwall Dragons Club, based in Bodmin as well as swimming with Launceston. They have been offered two opportunities this year through that club - one to swim at the London Aquatics Centre in a training venue which has to be one of the UK's best - and another in Fuerteventura where they will be offered a full week's training - preparing them for future county level swimming and the regional training that they aspire to.
We know that not only will we need to raise the £1400 for both of them to attend but it will also cost us £600 of our own money, as they would not be able to make the trip without a parent present. As this is a one-off opportunity, the girls have decided to raise their own funding.
They are going to be running a Table Top Sale in Launceston on Saturday 2nd April, undertake car valets locally on our estate, do cake sales at their schools and we also hope to encourage our friends and family into some other mad-cap ideas to help us raise our target amount! All ideas welcome!
Our deadline is tight and to achieve it we know we need help from those adults around us who can contribute, or assist us with ideas or practical ways of raising monies.
We know that, if the girl’s want to go further in their sport, we will have to become quite adept at raising funds - but we also know they have the passion for what they want to achieve and the drive to work really hard, outside of as well as 'in' the pool - to achieve their dreams.
Many thanks for taking the time to read this. The girls are prepared to put in considerable effort to raising their finances. We just need others to encourage them in their dreams and aspirations.
If everyone who read this far was able to contribute just £5 (Gofundme's minimum donation setting!) we would be ever nearer to reaching our target!
Organizer
Helen Cowling
Organizer