Heart
of Midlothian ASC
Heart
of Midlothian ASC the "Premier" Swimming Club in Edinburgh
               
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Social CommitteeHello 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. Dates
for your diaries: Tombola/Raffle - we desperately need donations for raffles/tombola for the quiz night and for the Novice gala in May. If you are able to donate anything, could you please contact Julia Marshall or give it to your coach to pass on. Thanks very much. CRY FOR HELP! - Volunteers are needed to help organise
and run a coconut shy stall at the bi-annual Corstorphine Fair
on Saturday 7th June.
Everyone had lots of fun and we raised £480 for club funds! 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) and Margo Wimberley (Gemma, Group 1). Please feel free to
get back to us with any offers of help, suggestions, ideas. Contact
Julia by
email.
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
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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.
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1st - The
Groovers 2nd - The Sons of Rock 3rd - The Wee Team 4th - Sandy's Smashers 5th - Once you pop 6th - 10 to the Dozen 7th= - The Sharks 7th= - Ocean's 11 9th - Totally Ducked |
A very big thank you to all the swimmers and parents who came along to the bagpacking session at Morrisons on 4th November – we made the magnificent sum of £701.29!! Hopefully this will be an annual fundraising event from now on so hope to see even more of you next year! Well done to everyone.
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
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.
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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.
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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.
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
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The
sell-out crowd
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The
winning team
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