The Vortex - Dolphins Leap Back Into Action At Aussie Short-Course Champs
September Vortex, latest: Dolphins return to racing at Aussie short-course championships after Paris successes; Dick Caine dies weeks after court found him guilty of abusing young Australian swimmers; and Swim England praised for Masters Move
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In the Vortex in September:
- Dolphins return to racing at Aussie short-course championships after Paris successes
- Dick Caine dies weeks after court found him guilty of abusing young Australian swimmers
- Long & Three USA Teammate Sanctioned For "Failing To Respect" Paralympic teammate Christie Raleigh Crossley
- The SOS Take On The Race For IOC President In The Sport & Politics Podcast: 7 chase the top spot - I explain why I believe former swim ace Kirsty Coventry would be the wrong choice
- Tom Dean Launches Eponymous Swim School
- Glasgow steps in to save Commonwealth Games
- anti-doping schism deepens over Cottier conclusion on China 23-go-free saga - USADA's statement in full, summing up skepticism held far and wide.
And, our public-view snippet of the week:
Swim England Recognises Masters As A Separate Discipline
Swim England has created a Masters Swimming Leadership Group that will give voice to the vast community of swimmers of 25 years and upwards as far as anyone still lives and swims.
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Jeroen Peters, a swimmer who has worked tirelessly behind the scenes for the betterment of masters swimming in Britain down the years and is among the organisers of the "Unofficially" British Masters Swimming Facebook community, welcomed the news and paid plaudits to the team at Swim England that helped bring about change:
"I am very, very excited to share some excellent news with the entire SE Masters community. From now, the MWG is no longer a "working group" that sits under the Swim Leadership Group but is now a new Masters Swimming Leadership Group (MSLG). This is recognition of the different needs and requirements of Masters and of the importance that SE attaches to Masters Swimming. The MWG had been making the case for this important change in governance for some time.
What this means is that Masters now have parity with the other disciplines, swimming, diving, polo and artistic. The new MSLG will be reporting directly to the SOC and have an SOC and SE Board member as liaison on the group.
We want to thank the Swim Leadership Group, the Sport Operations Committee (SOC) and the SE Senior Leadership Team, Sport Development Director Ally Whyke and CEO Andy Salmon for listening and working with the MWG to implement this change."
Praise for the move is to be found in abundance online, much of it summed up by the views of another leading master who told SOS:
"It's great to see a fresh start under new leadership at Swim England. Listening was not something many masters associated with governance of the masters community for far too long. We're delighted and grateful that Swim England engaged so positively with the Masters Working Group and that we'll now be able to make our voices heard and contribute to decisions that affect masters."
