Welcome to Fox Hollies Swimming Club
Fox Hollies Swimming Club is an independent, family oriented, competitive swimming club. Our club is open to anyone over the age of four. Emphasis is on competitive swimming, but we have sessions for swimmers of all abilities including non-swimmers. All are welcome.
We compete in a variety of leagues and galas. Some of our members have represented the City of Birmingham and the County of Warwickshire at a competitive level.
We hold several swimming sessions a week at Fox Hollies Leisure Centre and King Edwards Schools.
The Brierley Hill Open Meet has been cancelled at very late notice. The Cannock Phoenix Open Meet, scheduled at Wolverhampton Central Baths on 12 February, is accepting entries until this Friday 20 January. If you would like to enter please apply direct to the organiser, Karl Bourne, at Cannock Phoenix Open Meet, 15 Brisbane Way, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 2GR. Cheques payable to Cannock Phoenix Swimming Club.
Cannock Phoenix entry form and conditions, and Qualifying times.
On a bitter cold Sunday morning a hardy squad of Fox Hollies Seniors and Juniors took up the challenge of the first Open Meet of 2012. The squad of 11 swimmers, swimming in a joint 48 events, returned around 23 PB times, a dusting of medals and one top swimmer award. A good day.
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The club calendar is up-to-date with open meets and galas through to July 2012.
You can download a print-out-and-stick-up version here.
Liam has suggested some videos from swimming.org which show key technique points for all four strokes. There are several videos for each stroke, all quite short, covering body position, arm stroke, leg kick, breathing, and turns.
Fox Hollies Swimming Club have signed up with www.easyfundraising.org.uk, an innnovative website where thousands of people are raising money every time they shop,
By using easyfundraising to access over 2000 well known retailers, including M&S, Argos, Boden, Tesco and many more, shoppers generate a free donation for the good cause of their choice. As donations can be as much as 15% of the purchase price, the club is really hoping swimmers will log on and support them. As well as raising funds, the free-to-use website also gives you access to offers, discounts, vouchers and free delivery codes.
To support Fox Hollies Swimming Club, visit http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/fhsc and follow the instructions. We’ve added the link to the Club Members section.
On Saturday Evening at Wyndley Swimming Pool, Sutton Coldfield, Fox Hollies SC had the honour of hosting the final of the Arena League, Midlands South Division 3 Final. In this we were up against strong teams from Bilston, Stourbridge B, Linslade Crusaders and Leighton Buzzard.
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This Open Meet at Stechford is a regular fixture of our competition calendar, providing events for swimmers at Level 2 and Level 3. It regularly attracts many of the best clubs in (and outside) the Midlands. This weekend there were many very high calibre swimmers competing from Boldmere, City of Birmingham, Leicester Penguins and Northampton, to name just a few. The Meet was heavily over-subscribed and the seating was jammed!
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