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Hi - also really sad to see Tiger Sharks closed. We are very local and it has been amazing for my daughter.  If it re-opens/finds another place to operate, we will follow if we can.

Does anybody know any other good swimming clubs locally, in the meantime? My daughter will really miss that extra one hour swim each week. 
 

i don’t know the details but very sad to see them close down and Krys did seem really upset too. Understandably.

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  On 03/07/2024 at 14:18, Abba said:

Let's give Alleyns the benefit of the doubt. We have had an engaged conversation with them yesterday, about about both short-term solutions and longer term options. They have already agreed to let the Club continue to swim at the school until the end of the year. They have apologised for the way they communicated with Tigersharks and have made commitments in writing about helping find a solution that suits both them and Tigersharks. I will continue to post updates as we hopefully continue to make progress. 

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This appears to be the update that some posters may have missed. 

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  On 12/08/2024 at 19:16, Bekacs said:

I've heard it is not looking positive with respect to TigerSharks future at Alleyns.
Does anyone know any other clubs in the area suitable for teenagers who do not want to swim competitively but still would like structured sessions and to improve?

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You could try https://sjsc.org.uk which swims once per week at Aleyn's (well, it used to ... who knows nowadays) and it's a non-competitive club for all abilities, kids of all ages orientated and their adults are welcome top swim with them. It's once per week and more fun than training, but it is coached and indeed coached to a very high standard.

Another alternative might be Brockwell Swimmers who also swim at Allen's (and elsewhere including the lido as the name suggests). Their sessions are much more in line with Tigersharks, but I don't know if they accept U18s. https://www.brockwellswimmers.com

Meanwhile, I really hope Tigersharks get something sorted out.

@gsirett - thank you for the update and thank you for trying to help sort out this situation.

you are right - it is an extremely sad end to this cherished local club - by all accounts caused by the appalling behaviour of Alleyns school. All of their talk of being good community citizens has been shown to be utter BS by this episode - people should be angry about this. These schools bus 100's of children into our area every day and clog our streets with traffic (just look how quiet it gets when they’re on their extended holidays)  - is it unreasonable that they let community clubs like Tigersharks continue  and treat them with some decency?

Cancelling them after 27 years with a few weeks notice – abhorrent behaviour

 

And before somebody else tries  to turn this into something about labour and their VAT plans, I’ve now contacted 3 other swimming clubs who use Allyens  to ask about swimming  for my kids and they all say that they are categorically remaining at Alleyns and will be doing so next year.  

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I'm a little confused to as why it's the end of the club.  Is it not possible to explore other venues?  Has this been explored? I'd have assumed this would have been one of the first things to look at as soon as notice was given rather put all eggs into one carton.

Apologies if I have missed this somewhere in the thread...

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  On 12/09/2024 at 06:22, KalamityKel said:

I'm a little confused to as why it's the end of the club.  Is it not possible to explore other venues?  Has this been explored? I'd have assumed this would have been one of the first things to look at as soon as notice was given rather put all eggs into one carton.

Apologies if I have missed this somewhere in the thread...

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There’s no spare pool capacity. It was tight before the closure of the 50m pool at CP. it’s now impossible to find pool space to run a club in SE London.

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  On 14/09/2024 at 08:55, bonaome said:

There’s no spare pool capacity. It was tight before the closure of the 50m pool at CP. it’s now impossible to find pool space to run a club in SE London.

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Doesn't really answer my query.  Where has been tried and when? 

 

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