Recent News

Christmas Gala & Party 2011

The Clubs Annual Christmas Gala & Party took place at Sherborne on 18th December and was a great success again. This year saw 4 or 5 young people enjoying a series of junior races at the end of the afternoon which was a welcome addition to recent years and great to see. Thanks to Kay and everybody who helped raise £78 on the draw and everybody else who helped in any way with the event.

Interclub Gala at Street on 7th May 2011

At the Street swimming gala on Saturday 7th May 2011 the Apollo swimming club won a total of 24 medals. They consisted of 14 bronze medals, 5 silver medals and 5 gold medals. The team consisted of, for the women Sheila Legate, Michelle Lee, Vicky Sandy, Susan Wilson and Doreen Smith. The men's team consisted of Clive Strickland. Jonathon Kane, lan Barker. Carl Rowbottom and John Palmer. The Apollo swim team finished 3rd overall out of all the clubs that participated and a huge thanks to the coach Jackie Drake for taking us.

Street Gala Team 2011

Recent retirement of two longstanding volunteer drivers

Unfortunately, Martin Large and John Maunder have decided to retire from voluntary driving for Apollo. Each have driven the club minibus since the early days and contributed to the club in a great many of other ways. Both are very popular and are intending to stay involved. We would like to thank both Martin and John for all the years that they have driven for us. Replacement drivers are currently being interviewed.

Lions Fete - July 2010

On Saturday 24 July at the Lions Fete we raised £256.75 for club funds. Many thanks to those of you who supported us by donating cakes, books, jigsaws and things for the tombola.

The Street Gala 2010

We won 12 bronze medals, 6 silver medals and 1 gold medal. We all had to swim at our very best as we were such a small team but had a very enjoyable time and we all feel very proud of what we achieved.

Street Gala Swim Team

The Street Gala Swim Team

The 2010 Season is off to a good start!

The seasons sailing started on Sutton Bingham reservoir on the evening of Thursday 8th April and will now continue through until September on most Thursday evenings (except during coaching staff’s holidays). Please note that there will be no sailing on 13th May as our sailing coach is on holiday.

The traditional Easter Raffle took place at sherborne pool on Tuesday 30th March with 20 prizes going to lucky winners and helping to boost club funds. Thanks to all the ladies who helped organise this.

The Spring Into Action Day held annually at the Royal Bath & West Show Ground was held on Sunday 25th April this year, was attended by Apollo and was a great success. Thanks to our President who agreed to drive our minibus (due to illness of the original driver) to the event at the very last minute!

We have managed to recruit another couple of volunteer drivers recently with the help of the Yeovil Volunteer Office with other volunteers showing potential interest. A huge welcome to Owen and Thomas we hope that you enjoy your driving and become involved in wider aspects of the club. Also many thanks to the local volunteer bureau who are always very supportive of Apollo.

Plymouth Gala Congratulations!

At the recent interclub gala that took place at Plymouth on 25th July Apollo came 3rd overall with our Junior team finishing 1st.

Special congratulations go to Graham Owen who achieved a personal goal by completing the 4 length adult race and finishing 3rd.

Also well done to James Suchet who swam his first ever gala finishing with a gold medal in the 4 length and a bronze in the 1 length races.

Mendip Mallard Gala

At the annual 'Mendip Mallard' Gala held at Street on 9th May we came 2nd with both our adult and junior teams being 'pipped' by just a couple of points but a very enjoyable day was had by all those who attended'. Whilst we are inundated with ADULT members wishing to swim in the remaining gala's for this year our junior teams of boys and girls are still very lean.

Grateful Thanks to Mary Barker

Mary Barker retired as Membership Secretary, at this years AGM, after 32 years on the clubs Committee. The whole club would like to extended their most grateful thanks to her for all her loyal dedication during that time. Mary is planning to stay heavily involved with the club, in the future, and will continue her cashiering duties at Sherborne on Tuesday evenings.

Keynsham Gala Success

Apollo fielded a team 14 swimmers at the recent Keynsham gala and came top again. Many thanks to the two Jackies for organising everything.

Lions Club Swimathon

Over £500 pounds was raised by our team in this years Lions Club Swimathon held at Sherborne of which over half will go to Apollo.

We did it again!

Here are the results of the recent interclub gala that was hosted by the Apollo Swimming Club at Sherborne School Leisure Centre on the 1st of November 2008

Main Results

Apollo (Yeovil & Sherborne)    169 Points
Plymouth Pisces                   152 Points
Mendip Mallards                      97 Points
Wimborne Wagtails                 95 Points
South Devon Gulls                   49 Points

Endeavour Awards

Men - Ian Barker (Apollo)
Ladies - Lisa Elliott (Wagtails)
Juniors - Connor Walker (Pisces)

Congratulations to all the Clubs who took part. Please could we also extend our most grateful thanks to the Lions Club of Sherborne and to Claire Higgins for their fantastic help on the day is greatly appreciated!

The above event was the conclusion to the 2008 interclub gala season and was enjoyed by all. Thanks to all those who took part or helped in any way whatsoever during the day. We are now looking forward to our annual club gala and Christmas party which will take place on Sunday 14th December 2008 at the same venue.

Apollo Swimming Gala Success

The Yeovil Apollo Disabled Swimming Club finished 2nd out of 6 teams at a recent swimming gala at Plymouth.
8 individual gold medals, 7 silver & 5 bronze were won.

Our team relays also had success in the women's and junior races, both teams bringing home gold.

In addition to our medals our youngest swimmer Juliette Gullis was awarded the Lee Cummins Endeavour Trophy as she has only learnt to swim this year and took part in the four length race.

We would also like to give a special mention to Brian Lane who has been a valued member of our swimming team and reached his personal goal of achieving 100 medals. Well done Brian.

Team swimmers were as follows:

Mens- Ian Barker,Graham Owen,Carl Rowbottom & Brian Lane
Womens-Avril Lock,Susie Wilson,Jackie Drake,Shelia Ludgate & Doreen Cousins
Juniors-Zoe & Juliette Gullis

Weymouth boat trip 15th June

We set off for Weymouth to be at the harbour at 10 o'clock, to take a boat trip. The boat, called "My Freedom" was designed to carry disabled people. We did a spot of fishing up to Portland Bill and round to Chesil Beach. We arrived back to port at 4 o'clock. The whole day was enjoyed by all.