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Extracts from our Annual Report 2008/2009	The Club benefits the community by providing recreational swimming facilities for disabled people at Motcombe Pool, Eastbourne. Club swimming sessions are held on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4.15 pm and our pool hoist is available for public use throughout the week.
Chairman's Review Looking back at our club activities for 2008/09, the first word that comes into my head is “weather”. We seemed to have an awful lot of it.
Snow greeted our 2008 Fun Gala at Motcombe Pool	The 2008 Fun Gala was nearly abandoned as we had blizzard conditions, it rained at the Garden Party and we walked along the seafront for the Rotary Fun Walk in a monsoon. However, despite the best efforts of the weather to thwart all our endeavours, all these events were a great success. As well as these major events, the club also took part in various other activities. In July, we had a stand at Motcombe’s Open Day when the Mayor and Mayoress of Eastbourne officially opened the refurbished changing rooms. This didn’t raise much in the way of funds, but did raise our profile, as it was a chance to meet local councillors, and some of the managers from SERCO who run the pool.
Andrew Goodwin who is a councillor for Old Town was so interested in us that he took part in the Rotary Fun Walk with our club receiving his sponsorship money. We again sold our Annual Draw tickets outside Sainsbury’s at Hampden Park. As the previous year had been so successful, we decided to attempt two days, so on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd November, we set up a stand in the foyer and with a small but enthusiastic team we raised £344. Looking forward, the club has a thriving membership, a new enthusiastic team of young helpers and is ready to cope with whatever the weather may throw at us. Rowena Gausden, Chairman	We had a team of 14 walkers who raised £527 during a very wet Rotary sponsored Fun Walk along Eastbourne seafront in August 2008.
Income and Expenditure 2008/09 Income and expenditure have returned to our normal levels this year following 2007/08’s increase in both due to the purchase of two new swim chairs and corresponding generous donations. Our own fundraising activities are again the mainstay of our income with the annual draw, sponsored seafront fun walk and garden party being events which many of our members can participate in.
The vast majority of our expenditure is the cost of hiring Motcombe Pool and maintaining the poolside hoist. Over all, our expenditure exceeded income by £273.36. Membership Club membership numbers remain steady and, by the year end, stood at 88, comprising 68 full members, 16 associate members and 4 active volunteer helpers	Fun Gala relay race (above) and Motcombe Open Day (below)

 

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