Heart of Midlothian ASC

the "Premier" Swimming Club in Edinburgh

Social Committee Hello and welcome to the Social section! The main aim of the Committee is to arrange social events for the swimmers and their families and also do a bit of fund raising in the process. We are very happy to have two new members join the social committee – Catriona Slawson (Michaela Group B) and Shirley Lowder (James Group B). Welcome aboard! Fiona Ogilvie has stood down from this committee due to her increasing coaching role with Group B. Thank you Fiona for all your time and effort with us. Dates for diaries - Please put these events on the following dates in swimmers’ and parents’ diaries! Heart of Midlothian ASC 125th Anniversary Race Night At Bainfield Bowling Club  (28 Hutchison Crossway) Saturday 13th March 7pm till late   Tickets now on sale at £5 per person   Tickets can be reserved by emailing Julia@mar5hall.plus.com   Bring along your friends to a great evening of fun!     Race Sponsorship Opportunities Still Available!   Please see a member of the social committee to name a horse for £3     Thank you to everyone who came along to our Beetle Drive on Saturday 23rd January.  It was a fun evening and will hopefully become an annual event on our social calendar!   2010 is Hearts 125th Anniversary year and we will be celebrating this with lots of fun events.   Our next event for your diaries is our Race Night on Saturday 13th March at Bainfield Bowling Club. Tickets will be going on sale shortly.   We have 8 races that we hope to have sponsors for.  With ticket sales expected to be over 100, this is an excellent opportunity for great publicity for your business. Please contact Julia Marshall by email   We are also hoping to make up some hampers for raffle prizes and your donations of luxury food, bottles and pampering items would be very gratefully received.   Bag Packing - Our bag packing at Waitrose on 22 December raised a staggering £1087! This was a great effort by the swimmers (and parents) who came along – thanks to you all! Fund raising is very important to the club and we depend heavily on events like this to subsidise swimming and swimmers – if you didn’t manage to make it along this time, there will be plenty of opportunities to lend a hand next year. it’s also fun!       Our Trivia Quiz will be back next year and we will be looking for lots of new teams as well as the old faithfuls!! Social Committee members are Julia Marshall (Alex, Team 2012), Janet Blair (Lorna, Team 2012), Irene Brownlee (Rosa, Group 1, and Lucy, Team 2012), Sandra Scotland (Alison, Group 4B and Craig, Group AGT), Margo Wimberley (Gemma, Group 1), Lesley Fair (Susan, Group 2012 and Louise, Group 5) and Catriona Slawson (Michaela Group B) and Shirley Lowder (James Group B). Please feel free to get back to us with any offers of help, suggestions, ideas. Contact Julia by email. Recent events;   Thank you to everyone who helped to make the coconut shy at the Corstorphine Fair on Saturday 7th June such a huge hit! We took over £500 with 25% being given to the fair committee. Congratulations to everyone who completed the sponsored walk on Saturday 9th May. The walk was tough and the weather was awful but we made it! A big thank you to everyone who came along and supported our Music Quiz Night on Saturday 15th March. Congratulations to 'Pringles Originals' who were the winning team!Everyone had lots of fun and we raised £480 for club funds! Bagpacking - Thank you to all swimmers and parents who came along to Waitrose to bag pack on Saturday 22nd December.  We collected a staggering £1233.84!!!  Well done to everyone.  We hope to get a similar date for this year's Christmas!!! Trivia Quiz - our ever popular Trivia Quiz Night took place on Saturday 29th September at Corstorphine Scout Hall. Another very successful evening which raised £455 for club funds.  Thanks to everyone who came along and supported us. The winning team was The Z Factor, second place went to The Reigning Champions and third place to The Courtyard Crew.  It was a close race until the final "Who am I" question which was the killer!    Hearts Sponsored Walk – Sat 12th May - Thanks to everyone who braved the rain on Saturday morning and walked the 6 miles to Leith on our sponsored walk.  We had around 40 swimmers, parents, friends (and dogs!) taking part and the company was good even if the weather wasn’t. We’ll keep you posted on how much sponsor money was raised.    24th March 2007 - Music Quiz night. Results and photos. Trivia Quiz - Report   The summer BBQ, 26th August 2006. Report and Photos.   The sponsored walk along the Water of Leith on the morning of Saturday 6th May. Report and Photos.   Ghost Tour - Report 28th January 2006 - Music Quiz night. Results and photos. If you have any suggestions for future events please email Julia. Wanted: The Social Committee are looking for donations of items for raffles and tombolas to raise funds for the Club. If you have any unwanted Xmas gifts, bottles, chocs or whatever, please pass them on to julia marshall ( Alexander 2012 ) or contact her by email to arrange to collect. Social Committee Convenor Julia Marshall Member Janet Blair Member Irene Brownlee Member Lesley Fair Member Fiona Ogilvie Member Sandra Scotland Member Margo Wimberley

Music Quiz - The ever popular Hearts Music Quiz on Saturday 24th March in the Corstorphine Scout Hall was packed out and raised £500. Our thanks go to Douglas and Norma for providing the questions and running the quiz with such enthusiasm. Thanks also go to everyone who supported us on the night and to Irene and her team for organising the night.

Quiz Night

Many thanks to everyone who attended the Quiz Night on Saturday 23rd September and made it a memorable (and very profitable!) evening. The total money raised was a huge £569.91! Thanks must go to Brian and his wife Karen for being such patient Quiz Masters – I don’t think they’ll be volunteering again in a hurry. Special mention must go to Vlad’s Other Team who won – again! Final placings were as follows….

Vlad's Other Team 142

Just Married 137.5

The Dirty Semmits 134

The Foreigners 130

Us 129

Reenee's Ravers 128

Pieces of Eight 128

Baby Boomers 126

Original Pringles 124.5

Pickled Tinks 119

The summer BBQ.

A small but select group of around 25 people attended this year’s annual BBQ/picnic at Dalkeith Country Park. We had rain, we had sunshine but most of all we had fun! Phil put on an entertaining one man show as he tried to retrieve a Vortex, then a rugby ball, then a football, followed by several tennis balls which he managed to get stuck up the same tree! Unfortunately they’re all still there - an expensive day for Coach Potter! With only a baseball bat and one tennis ball remaining, the day culminated in a closely fought game of rounders which was eventually won by Team Cheryl.

The sponsored walk.

It was a lovely sunny morning on Saturday 6th May and 45 Hearts
swimmers, friends and family completed the 6 mile walk along the Water
of Leith from Balerno to Slateford. We all had a great time, chatting to
friends, enjoying the lovely scenery, getting knocked over by Fiona and
Zoe Gray's lovely dog(!) and not too many blisters or sore feet! Thanks
to everyone who took part, we have raised a lot of money for the club -
We'll let you know the full amount as soon as possible but it will be in
the hundreds. We'll also let you know who wins the prize for the most
sponsor money raised. All sponsor monies to Irene or Dave Brownlee, 6
Craigleith Hill Ave, Edin EH4 2JA or via Lucy group 3A & Rosa 2012.

	Photos courtesy Zoe Gray - Thanks Zoe.

Ghost Tour - Saturday 25th February

Fifteen brave souls attended the Ghost Tour on Saturday evening and had a suitably scary time. Everyone enjoyed it although a couple of fearties (who will remain nameless) couldnt face the trip to the haunted vaults at the end. Unfortunately we didnt manage to sell all of the tickets so we actually made a loss on this event.

WE DID IT!!

The first Social event of the year was a huge success and we exceeded our target by raising a total of £587.62. 82 people participated in the Music Quiz, which was held on Saturday 28th January, and they enjoyed a very lively evening. Our thanks go to Douglas and Norma for providing the questions and running the quiz with such enthusiasm. Thanks also go to everyone who supported us on the night and to Doreen, Irene and Cath for organising the night.

The results were;

1st - Romanov's Army - 169
2nd - Doreen's Donuts - 162
3rd - VSS1 - 155
4th - Norfolk 'n Chance - 154
5th - Gross - 149
6th - Maroon Magic - 147
7th= - Slow Thinkers - 143
7th= - Breaststrokers - 143
9th= - Downwind Posse - 140
9th= - Blue Jeans - 140
11th - E-Street Band - 131.5

The sell-out crowd	The winning team