We were very fortunate to have had a visit from one of our former swimmers and now Olympic hopefuls to offer some guidance on competitive swimming at a recent master class in Telford. Charles Turner who presently is the third fastest British short distance swimmer (Frontcrawl) not only gave our members some tips, but also joined them in the pool as well.

The session was extremely well received and the young swimmers were delighted to have been able to spend some time with Charles - needless to say that some requested his autograph after the session. The club would like to express their extreme gratitute to Charlie for giving up his very limited free time to assist some younger swimmers to understand the demands and joys of competitive swimming.

Although swimmers like Charles receive some funding, it is limited to training and travel to events only - despite being part of the International competition team (British Gas) representing Britain, he still has to find sponsors to enable him to meet day to day living expenses. So if any companies are out there wishing to support a young and promising Olympic hopeful for 2012, then now is their chance to have their name associated and promoted by him from an early stage, before sums reach Rebecca Adlington levels - did we mention he is extremely photogenic?