What is it?
In regional WA, women lead mainly land-based lives, rarely encountering water. This lack of familiarity can affect their ability to enjoy water activities safely, especially when on holiday near water. This, in turn, perpetuates a cycle of generational non-swimmers in their children.
This project empowers regional and country women and girls to engage in swimming to break this cycle, and engage in the physical activity of swimming for recreation!
What are the details?
We will be offering swimming sessions at specific regional locations three times to deliver focused activities for women in the ocean or your nearest regional pool. Swimmers will be divided into groups based on their abilities and everyone is welcome!
Locations
Monday, March 24th
- Bridgetown pool, Bridgetown
Session: 8:30am - Koombana Bay foreshore, Bunbury
Session: 12 noon - Collie Mineworkers Memorial Pool, 87 Throssell St, Collie
Session: 3.30pm
Tuesday, March 25th
- Wagin Aquatic Centre, Wagin
Session: 6.30am - Kojonup Swimming Pool, Benn Parade, Kojonup
Session: 9.30am - Gnowangerup pool, Gnowangerup
Session: 1.30pm
Wednesday, March 26th
- Emu Point, 4 Cunningham St, Emu Point
Session 1: 7am - Emu Point, 4 Cunningham St, Emu Point
Session 2: 9.30am - Greens Pool, William Bay Road, Denmark
Session: 1.30pm
What you’ll do
This She Can Swim class is for you:
If you can’t swim we will help you build confidence and show you things you can practice that will help you on your journey to call yourself a swimmer
If you can swim we will show you some nifty ideas to help you improve enabling you to swim faster with more finesse and have more fun in the process.
Two coaches will be in attendance for each session so please don’t feel you are ‘too’ anything as in too slow, too fast, too sinky, too afraid, too busy!!!
We cannot wait to bring Swimming Women to these country pools and look forward to having some fun as we share our love of water. Those who can swim will receive technique support to enhance their stroke, while beginners will learn essential skills to build confidence in the water. Post-session, we will provide tea and coffee, and encourage you to stay and have a chat together.
There is no cost for this session however normal pool entry fees will apply.
