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In this scheme, swimmers are challenged to achieve targets for which they need an efficient performance using a wide range of skills.
Stamina is also an important factor in the higher of the awards of the series.
Please see Janet Lancaster or your group instructor if you are interested in any of the awards.
These are usually practised for on Monday nights after the 7.00pm lesson.
Honours Swimming Chalenge Award
Requirements
- to make a straddle entry into deep water, swim 5 metres into a piked surface-dive to retrieve an object weighing approximately 2 Kg from a 1.8-2.0 metre depth of water; Carry the object using a backstroke or sidestroke for a distance of 2.0 metres, to land it on the poolside.
- to scull 10 metres head-first on the back; complete a back somersault finishing in a back lavout position; perform a roll to take up a front layout position; carry out a front somersault finishing in a front layout position; tuck and rotate backwards into a back layout position and continue to scull feet first for 15 metres; (throughout all sculling and layout positions, the hands must remain close to the hips and the feet must be kept together on or near the surtace of the water);
- to swim 200 metres front crawl, 200 metres back crawl, and either 100 metres breaststroke or 50 metres buttertly;
- to swim 500 metres freestyle, during which, surface-dive twice head-first and twice feet-first; on each surface-dive, swim through two hoops 4 metres apart without surfacing; (the tops of the hoops are to be at least 1 metre below the surface of the water).