By now many of you have spoken to the guys who went to Miami and have realised that despite the set backs this was one of the greatest camp experiences of all time with everyone still wishing they were out there in the sun. Yes, wallets went missing but they were found, Aine went to the hospital but she was fine, the schedule got changed but we adapted and discipline and stress levels were brought into line in time. So any issue we had we overcame and this galvanized the team into a great unit with lots of swimmers and staff learning valuable lessons, not only in the pool but in life as well. This is exactly why we do these camps and exactly why we do them away from home, so the normal support network is not there and swimmers have to adapt and develop. For me the variety of external activities, standard of the facility and choice of food made this camp far superior to any camp I have been involved in before. There are only 2 things I would change in future, the need for a full time team manager was made clearly apparent and a location closer to the pool so that travel time does not effect training or team time, again these are things that we have learnt from this camp for the future and by no means a dig at either the accommodation, which was great or the the people who stepped up to ensure the camp went ahead. I would like to thank Tracey Young for booking the hotel, Alex Michell for booking the flights, Helen Akers for sorting the payments out, Sue Parker for helping the team managers and Hannah Cox and Adam Freundlich for stepping into the Team Managers shoes, without your contributions this amazing experience would not of happened.
Peter Softley was Top Camper
Kye Hazelton Top Male Camper
Lauren Searby Top female camper
These awards were based on the swimmers nutrition, attitude, pool performances, manners, behaviour and how they helped other members of the team.
