{"id":278,"date":"2012-02-29T09:21:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T09:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scorpionswimteam.co.uk\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2021-02-24T16:27:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:27:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scorpionswimteam.uk\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scorpion Swim Team is a small competitive swimming club founded in 2007 based in Midlothian and we are fully affiliated to the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association (SASA).<\/p>\n<p>The Team has also achieved <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.swimhaddington.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/7234073_orig.png\" width=\"160\" height=\"45\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scorpionswimteam.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sst1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28 size-medium\" title=\"Founding Members\" src=\"http:\/\/scorpionswimteam.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sst1-e1614182646186-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"sst1\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scorpionswimteam.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sst1-e1614182646186-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scorpionswimteam.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sst1-e1614182646186-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scorpionswimteam.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/sst1-e1614182646186.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Founding Members<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our Head Coach is a fully qualified teacher and our assistant coach is qualified to Level 2 and WPC level 4.<\/p>\n<h3>Team\u00a0Ethos<\/h3>\n<div>The coaching staff and\u00a0team are committed to helping every swimmer in the team to reach their maximum potential.<\/div>\n<div>We believe this can be achieved for a wide range of ages and ability levels.<\/div>\n<div>Our top squad swimmers take time out of their training schedules when suitable to\u00a0mentor our intermediate and development swimmers.<\/div>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3>The Team Name &#8216;Scorpions&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>The team was named \u2018Scorpions\u2019 for several reasons and various individuals have asked why we chose a non-swimming animal.\u00a0\u00a0The beauty of this is that we as a coaching team believe that anyone can be taught to swim and compete at various levels.\u00a0\u00a0In addition the founding members chose a menacing Scorpion, and it looks brilliant as a white logo against the black on the team caps.<br \/>Colin Galbraith (Head Coach)<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Executive Committee<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scorpionswimteam.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/president23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-35\" title=\"president2\" src=\"http:\/\/scorpionswimteam.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/president23-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"President\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><em>President: <\/em><\/strong>Susan Liddle\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Ariel; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><em>Secretary:<\/em><\/strong> Clare Henderson\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><em>Treasurer: John Sluman<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><em>Child Protection Officer:<\/em><\/strong> Ralph Payne\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><em>Head Coach: <\/em><\/strong>Colin Galbraith\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><em><strong>Team Captain:<\/strong> vacant<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><em>Web Design\/Admin:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em>David Liddle<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>The following documents are available on request:<\/h3>\n<div>Constitution<\/div>\n<div>Insurance Documents<\/div>\n<div>Development Plan<\/div>\n<div>Child Protection Policy<\/div>\n<div>Equal Opportunities Policy<\/div>\n<div>Equity Policy<\/div>\n<div>Health and Safety Policy<\/div>\n<div>Data Protection Policy<\/div>\n<div>Anti-Bullying Policy<\/div>\n<div>Complaints and Grievance Procedure<\/div>\n<div>Confidentiality Statement<\/div>\n<div>Privacy Policy August 2020<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.swimhaddington.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/logo.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.swimhaddington.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/logo-desktop-light.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scorpion Swim Team is a small competitive swimming club founded in 2007 based in Midlothian and we are fully affiliated to the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association (SASA). 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