The Timarron Tiger Sharks are a locally renowned swimming club that offers swimming lessons and swim team sessions every summer for 6 weeks in the Timarron community pool. Evan started swimming lessons in the UK but they fell a bit along the wayside with the move. Although he can manage in water he cannot swim strokes properly, which is a pretty important skill here! I signed Evan up for swim team, which meet for an hour in the morning on four days a week, and also for two weeks of afternoon group swim lessons. Under the tuition of local swimming legend Coach Murphy, Evan's swimming came on leaps and bounds.
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| Lessons are underway... |
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| Evan takes the plunge at his first swim team session |
After three weeks Evan felt confident enough to take part in a swim meet at the Carroll Senior High School Aquatics Center, where the pool is enormous and deep. The heats are all timed, and there's a huge scoreboard showing the results. Evan did four heats and although he's not fast, he completed all his races and really enjoyed himself.
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| Swim meet at the CISD Aquatics Center |
For me, sitting in the sun by a lovely outdoor pool watching swimming lessons is a far cry from the hours I spent in Cardiff leisure centres watching their lessons, then trying to get the shivering kids dry and dressed in a cold cramped dressing room.
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| This is the life! |
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