Scottish Swimming Annual Plan November 2013 - March 2015

T H E P L A NNOVEMBER 2013 — MARCH 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………….. 3

2. ACHIEVEMENTS……………………………………………………………………………….. 4

3. STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES……………………………………………………………... 5

4. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION…………………………………………………………………... 6

5. TARGETS………………………………………………………………………………………… 10

6.

SCOTTISH SWIMMING MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS…………………………………………….

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7. FINANCIAL PROFILE…………………………………………………………………………... 14

8. CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………………………. 17

9. APPENDICES

9.1 ACHIEVEMENTS IN DETAIL 2012-2013……………………………………………….

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1. INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Scottish Swimming’s Plan for November 2013 – March 2015. In previous years this

document would review the performance of the past year 2012/13 whilst looking ahead to the

forthcoming year 2013 - 14. This year will look slightly different as we move to a new reporting

and investment cycle. This new approach, aligned to sportscotland’s investment process, will

outline our aims and objectives over the next seventeen months taking us through to the end of

March 2015.

Our Corporate Plan which forms the framework for our Annual Plan comes to an end in

October 2014. Scottish Swimming plans to consult with members and partners as well as set up

a number of focus groups to help shape our next Corporate Plan which will start in April 2015.

The review captures our progress against the sixth year of our Corporate Plan and demonstrates

strong improvement in a number of critical areas for our governing body.

About Us

As the national governing body for swimming in Scotland, Scottish Swimming represents our

clubs, swim schools, aquatic disciplines, and thousands of talented and committed volunteers

across the entire swimmer pathway from development and participation through to

performance.

Our vision is to ensure that everyone can swim.

Swimming is the sport for all – the sport for life. Our strategy is to take advantage of the natural

inclusiveness of our sport, developing quality initiatives that help people enjoy swimming to their

full potential no matter which aquatic activity they pursue. Our key areas of business are as

follows:

Development – to improve the delivery of swimming in Scotland through the

development of learn to swim, school swimming, clubs, participation programmes,

volunteers, teachers and coaches and community partnerships.

Performance – to improve the performance results of Scottish swimmers through better

coaching and education, supported by our continuously evolving performance

programme.

Services – to lead a cutting edge organisation that supports and promotes our

participation, development and performance initiatives, including the attraction of

resources to invest in our sport.

Our Members

Scottish Swimming is a membership organisation; at the core of our sport are our clubs and

members. As you will see in the review of 2012 - 2013 and the plans going forward our members

remain central to what we do. Our network of clubs covers the whole of Scotland and they

provide the infrastructure for our 20,000 members to regularly take part as a swimmer or

volunteer to support the swimmers through teaching and coaching, technical officials and club

volunteers. The team at Scottish Swimming would like to thank all those volunteers who make

our sport happen across Scotland.

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Partnership Working

Scottish Swimming continues to work closely in partnership with sportscotland across the athlete

pathway. The governing body receives tremendous financial support from the national agency

for sport and our swimmers benefit from world class support through the sportscotland Institute

of Sport. The Scottish Government continue to support us to ensure every child learns to swim.

Our work with the Government has resulted in a further two years investment into the National

Top Up swimming programme. Sponsorship continues to be strong through on-going

partnerships with Scottish Gas (principal partner), Scottish Salmon and Speedo (official

partners). InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is our official hotel provider. We have successfully

created new partnerships with several external agencies to implement our participation work

such as the Lothian Family Nurse Partnership, Street League and North Glasgow Housing

Association, these programmes are support by grant funding awarded from Comic Relief and

the Big Lottery.

Our partnership work with the University of Stirling, local authorities, leisure trusts, key universities

and pool providers continues to be critical. Winning Students, Scotland's national sports

scholarship scheme for student athletes, continues to be a support for our swimmers pursuing

both a higher education as well as fulfilling their swimming ambitions. Scottish Swimming thanks

all of its partners for their support.

Scottish Swimming is building on the growing popularity of aquatics and the opportunity of

having the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 to strengthen our existing networks and

to establish new partnerships with suppliers, sponsors and the media. The Olympic and

Paralympic Games in London have proven a great opportunity to promote the sport, identify

key communications contacts, maximise media coverage and improve the visibility of

swimming to the public.

2. ACHIEVEMENTS

Scottish Swimming offers congratulations to the athletes and coaches who have achieved

tremendous competitive success during 2012 - 2013. The highlight achievements from 2012 -

2013 are featured below with the full list of athlete successes outlined in Appendix 9.1:

7 swimmers selected to the GB World Championships team (26% of the team), 6

progressed to finals

3 Scottish swimmers selected to the GB IPC World Championships team: Andrew

Mullen winning two silver medals and one bronze and James Clegg winning

bronze(9% of the team)

1 Gold Medal at World and European Short Course in 400 IM for Hannah Miley, both

in European Record times. 1 Silver Medal at World Short Course in 200 Breast for

Michael Jamieson in a new British Record

4 swimmers selected for the World University Games – Bronze medals for both Lewis

Smith (400 IM) and Caitlin McClatchey (400 Free)

5 Scottish swimmers picked for European Juniors (17% of the team), including medals

for Mark Szaranek, Kathleen Dawson and Lucy Hope

5 Scottish swimmers on to British Swimming World Class Podium (23% of the

programme)

7 Scottish Swimmers on to British Swimming World Class Development (11% of the

programme)

2 swimmers selected for the World Junior Champs (20% of the team)

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1 Synchronised Diving Bronze for Grace Reid at the European Junior Championships

3. STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS

We highlight below a summary of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

reviewed as part of the process of preparing this plan.

Strengths

An inclusive sport for men and women, all

ages, all abilities

A strong club network covering Scotland

Excellent volunteers, committed to their

clubs and to the sport

Great partnerships with organisations who

believe in swimming

Opportunities

The Commonwealth Games gives us a

fantastic platform to show case our sport

and attract new members and partners

The new facilities opening across Scotland

during 2013 and 2014 are world class

We need to build on the existing Political

support to ensure all children have the

opportunity to learning to swim

Weaknesses

Providing the right opportunities to retain

our members longer in the sport

Weak development in some disciplines

Some partners choosing to cut school

swimming

Threats

Continued pressure on Local Authority

budgets

Change in direction from funders and

sponsors following the Commonwealth

Games

A loss of momentum leading into the

Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016

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4. REVIEW AND DISCUSSION

In reviewing 2012 - 2013, we have had a strong year with good progress against our headline

targets. As we evolve as a governing body, we recognise more and more the importance of

influencing the work of our partners, particularly local authorities and leisure trusts. When it

comes to our development work, we have matured from specific outcomes with individuals, to

measuring the number of partnerships working effectively and the number of local authorities

adopting our programmes and our recommended best practice. We believe this more

strategic angle will, in turn, deliver more powerful results. A detailed review of key areas is

captured below.

4.1 Participation – With a new team in place to develop our Just Add Water participation

programme we have focussed the last 12 months on developing training and resources

to assist local authorities and leisure trusts to put in place a recreational swimmer

pathway, making their pool programmes fun, fresh and vibrant. With the support of

Scottish Salmon we now have a new early years swimming programme, Start to Swim,

which aims to ensure more children are introduced to swimming at the earliest possible

age. Start to Swim complements our other training and resource programmes for

children and adults. As we move into 2014 our key priorities are to ensure every child can

swim and the implementation of the recreational swimmer pathway, which we hope will

lead to an increase in people participating in swimming for health, fitness and fun.

4.2 Membership – Over the past 12 months membership has continued to grow. The longer

term trend over the past 10 years has been one of steady growth from just over 17,000 to

over 20,000.

o Membership numbers include Swimming, Disciplines, Teachers & Coaches, Officials and Volunteers.

o At the end of 2004, our membership totaled 17,145. At the end of the Membership year (2012/13),

the numbers registered were 20,261.

o During 2011 Scottish Swimming moved to a two-tier structure which saw some of our clubs move to

Swim School status. This resulted in a drop in our membership. Our target for 2012/13 was to grow

the membership to 20,000, which was exceeded and with capacity in our clubs we aim to work

across club committees, the regional managers, our membership team and marketing to drive

interest.

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o Registered members do not include individual swim school participants, children learning to swim

through our national programme, or individuals that have gone through our Just Add Water

participation programmes.

4.3 Learn To Swim – Our Learn to Swim and our Awards Programme (badges and

certificates) have continued to grow. Moving forward the Learn to Swim and Awards

Programme will become part of our recreational swimmer pathway and continue to

support our partners to deliver quality learn to swim programmes across Scotland.

4.4 Club Development – We believe that strong clubs can offer local communities a vibrant

focus for volunteer and athlete development, essential for creating lifelong participants

and local and national heroes. Our aim is to continue to strengthen our existing network

of clubs rather than create new clubs.

Our Regional Swimming Managers (RSDMs) have continued to work with and support our

clubs. We now have over half of our swimming clubs swiMark accredited, providing a

solid foundation on which to help them to grow and retain their members, ensuring we

have stronger sustainable clubs. They have also created effective partnerships with

clubs, pool operators and other partners helping to deliver more full time paid coaches

than ever before enabling a model of professional coaching to drive performance

development.

o The number of clubs (including composites) that are affiliated has remained static over the past 10

years; 161 to 162.

o The real change is in relation to the number of clubs that have signed up to SwiMark; 8 in 2002 which

increased significantly to 119 in 2013.

o Out of the 119 clubs that have signed up to SwiMark, we had 80 clubs achieving SwiMark compared

to 2 in 2002.

4.5 Education - Teachers and coaches: We benefit from a growing workforce and are

delighted with the show of support for licensing to ensure quality of delivery.

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o 2003/04 shows the number of teaches and coaches taking up the ASA (English Swimming)

qualification with the numbers peaking in 2004/05 before declining. This decline is captured in the

figures presented during 2006/07.

o The UKCC qualification was introduced in 2007/08 and has seen the number of candidates taking up

this qualification increase year on year.

o Since November 2012 we have continued to develop 526 teachers and coaches through

continuous professional development courses.

4.6 Performance - Progress towards Glasgow and Rio continues with the emergence of new

and developing swimmers on to the World stage, and another strong representation at

the European Junior, European Youth and World Junior Championships.

Scotland maintains a strong contribution to British Swimming with a 26% share of this

year’s World Championship team and 6 out of 7 swimmers making finals in Barcelona.

Coupled with medals at the World University Games from Lewis Smith and Caitlin

McClatchey a strong balance between youth and experience is developing. From a

British perspective the newly appointed Performance Team and recommendations from

the British Swimming Review following the Olympics are only now starting to “bed” in. The

context of a changing performance environment continues to drive us towards ensuring

a sustainable but dynamic approach.

The IPC World Championships in Montreal saw the British Team perform with distinction

winning 55 medals, well beyond the 30 – 40 medal target set. Scottish representation was

again strong with Scottish swimmers winning 4 medals – Andrew Mullen taking 3 of these

is a fantastic achievement and James Clegg adding to his Paralympic medal from the

previous year.

As the excitement of the Commonwealth Games gradually increases, it is clear from the

World Championships that the level of performance is intensifying along with the

increasing spread of nations achieving finalists and medallists, including many

Commonwealth nations. A hotly contested Commonwealth Games is therefore

expected and our focus on supporting a range of athletes to reach the top 15 in the

world, 2 per nation (2PN) becomes more apparent now and for the longer term.

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o Figure 4 shows the number of Scottish swimmers ranked in the World Top 15 (2 per nation)

graphed against the number of Scottish swimmers qualifying for the World Championship Team

in that particular year.

o Overall, the graph shows a positive upward trend from 2001 to 2013 in both the World Top 15

and the numbers making the World Championship team.

o The number of swimmers making the Worlds Team never drops below the number in the World

top 15 (2PN) and therefore we believe that aspiring to achieve our headline target of 6 – 8

Scots in the World Top 15 (2 per nation) continues to be a relevant marker to help ensure a

positive selection of Scottish numbers at each World Championships.

4.7 Marketing Activities – During 2013 we continued developing our digital marketing

activity leading the way for Scottish sport in delivering a strong e-focussed marketing

strategy. We have successfully grown our audience and content on Twitter, Facebook,

Instagram, Flickr and Soundcloud and increased the traffic to the Scottish Swimming

Website. We have more than doubled page impressions, visits and unique visitors to our

website and appointed a new digital agency to develop a new responsive design for

the site in the future, to make it easily accessible from all devices.

In addition we ran a pilot to livestream the Scottish Gas National Age Group

Championships in April. With securing additional funding from British Gas we were also

able to stream all sessions from the Scottish Gas National Championships in June, which

attracted more than 10,000 viewers live. With using YouTube as free platform for the

broadcast and making all sessions available free-to-air, we have given members and the

public the opportunity to watch the Championships live and retrospectively. The

audience was split into 2/3 members and 1/3 public users.

Media coverage of swimming continues to be strong. In 2013 we received regular

coverage in the major Scottish print titles as well as broadcasters like the BBC, and

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successfully placed both news and features on Scottish Swimming’s activities in the

media.

Our new sponsor Scottish Salmon supported us to develop training and resources for our

new early years swimming programme creating a new character, Sammie the Salmon,

to help to encourage more babies and toddlers to learn to swim.

4.8 Facilities – Since the publication of Scottish Swimming’s second Facilities Strategy in 2009,

the top 3 priorities for facility developments have been met with funding support from

sportscotland. Over the past six years, sportscotland has contributed £22.5M to leverage

£264m invested into swimming pools throughout Scotland. Significant developments

during 2013 have included the re-opening of the refurbished Tollcross International

Aquatics Centre, the opening of the 50 metre pool in Dundee and the regional standard

facility at Glenrothes. Going forward our priorities for facility development are based on

enhancing a network of regional (8 lane x 25m pools with 20m learn to swim/warm up

pool) training and competition facilities.

o sportscotland investment has been fundamental in leveraging £264M towards swimming pools in

Scotland.

4.9 Discipline Plans - Disciplines are fully integrated into our plans. Whilst we continue to work

in partnership to identify effective strategies for engaging and progressing against

disciplines plans, specifics include:

The partnership with Edinburgh Leisure for Diving is now fully established, including

Performance Development Talent ID Programme.

Since the recruitment of our Water Polo Development Officer, membership in water

polo has grown steadily from 170 to over 500. The schools participation programme

has doubled in size and we have developed and held our first level 2 water polo

course in Scotland.

4.10 Governance - In the area of governance, we continue to strive for best practice,

appreciating that unless our structure is professionally managed, we cannot provide the

framework for our members and partners to flourish. We are delighted to report an

excellent audit carried out by KPMG at the start of the year which highlighted strong

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evidence of good practice, sound policies and procedures, experienced,

knowledgeable and passionate staff and clear leadership from our Board. We have

strong relationships with our partners and sponsors, with both marketing and

communication strategies being developed this year. While strong governance may not

steal headlines, we believe it is essential and pride ourselves that we lead in this area.

Equality remains core to everything, we will look to incorporate the advanced level into

the plans for the next Corporate Plan, meanwhile we continue as an organisation to

deliver on equality with regular updates provided to our Board of Directors.

Behind our headline targets, the management team reviews progress against a number

of underpinning measures – measures that create the base required for excellence in our

areas of focus. These measures are discussed on a regular basis by the management

team with issues being raised at Board level. The measures include areas such as:

The number of clubs with a level 2 licensed coach

Satisfaction survey results for volunteers, staff and other key groups

The number of volunteers

The number of athletes, and the number of performance/performance development

coaches who have athletes at each level of our pathway

The turnover of the association and our reserves

5. TARGETS

In the following section, we set out our progress against headline targets for 2012 – 2013 and the

targets set for 2013 – 2014.

5.1 HEADLINE TARGETS: REPORTING 2012 - 2013

Headline Targets 2012 - 2013 Achieved/Not Achieved

1. A healthy living strategy to get more people swimming for health, fitness and fun, measured by

12 Local authorities delivering Scottish Swimming’s Early Years

programme

Not Achieved

14 Local authorities delivering Scottish Swimming’s Active Adult

programme

Achieved

20 Local authorities delivering Scottish Swimming’s School Swimming

programme (Triple S)

Achieved

59 “young people who are not in education, employment or training”

completing both an aquatics qualification (ex, UKCC level 1 swimming

teaching) and securing a work placement through our swimming

leadership programme

Achieved

2. Learn to swim programme development and growth, measured by

30 swim schools/local authorities/leisure trusts using SS learn to swim

framework

Achieved

20 local authorities or leisure trusts with Awards agreements Achieved

3. Club development, measured by the number of clubs accredited to swiMark and the growth of our

members, volunteers and active teachers and coaches

80 swiMark accredited clubs Not Achieved

20,000 Members Achieved

5,200 Volunteers Achieved

1,600 Active (licensed) teachers and coaches Achieved

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4. Local partnerships between Scottish Swimming, each local authority, and the club(s) in their area,

measured by

18 local partnership agreements in place Achieved

32 full-time paid coaches throughout Scotland Achieved

5. Support for youth and senior performance programme athletes, coaches and performance

centres/home programmes, measured by

6 – core target / 8 – stretch target Scots attaining top 15 in the world (2

per nation), measured at the time of the 2016 Olympic Games (and

annually each Summer for reference with a target of 4 for 2013)

Achieved

A 4th place finish on the swimming medal table at the 2014

Commonwealth Games

Not Applicable

5.2 DISCIPLINE SUMMARY TARGETS: REPORTING 2012 - 2013

The following core targets have been agreed by the disciplines of diving, synchro and water

polo and the summary is captured below. Each discipline has also been reported upon

separately in consultation with the management team and Board. The achievement or not of

targets does not represent the good work that the disciplines continue to do and as can be

seen many of the targets have narrowly been missed. Consideration will be given to more

realistic and accurate targets for the disciplines going forward.

Core Discipline Development Targets (diving, synchro, water polo)

2012 - 2013

Achieved/Not Achieved

Updated in August

710 Scottish Swimming members Achieved (829)

61 clubs and discipline sections within swimming clubs Not Achieved (26)

194 qualified coaches and their highest level of qualification Not Achieved (115)

189 qualified technical officials and their highest level of qualification Not Achieved (130)

812 participants in Scottish National events Not Achieved (800)

116 participants in British Championship events Not Achieved (111)

3 athletes selected for the sportscotland Institute of Sport (SIS) Not Achieved (2)

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5.3 HEADLINE TARGETS FOR 2013 - 2015 (17 months)

Headline Targets 2013 - 2014 Achieved/Not Achieved

1. Participation for health, fitness and fun, measured by ensuring every child can swim and the

implementation of the recreational swimmer pathway:

8 Local Authorities or leisure trusts engaging with Scottish Swimming to

deliver across the whole recreational swimmer pathway (Early

Years/Get Into Swimming/Active Adults)

12 Local authorities trained to deliver Scottish Swimming’s Early Years

programme

18 Local Authorities engaged in Scottish Swimming’s Active Adult

programme

26 Local authorities delivering Triple S, Scottish Swimming’s School

Swimming programme

20 Local Authorities or leisure trusts with active Awards agreements

2. Stronger, Sustainable Clubs, measured by the number of clubs accredited to swiMark and the

growth of our members, volunteers and active teachers and coaches

100 swiMark accredited clubs

21,000 Members

5,500 Volunteers

1,700 Active (licensed) teachers and coaches

3. Local partnerships between Scottish Swimming, each local authority, and the club(s) in their area,

measured by

18 local partnership agreements in place

32 full-time paid coaches throughout Scotland

4. Support for youth and senior performance programme athletes, coaches and performance

centres/home programmes, measured by

6 – core target / 8 – stretch target Scots attaining top 15 in the world (2

per nation), measured at the time of the 2016 Olympic Games (and

annually each Summer for reference with a target of 6 for 2013 -2014)

A 4th place finish on the swimming medal table at the 2014

Commonwealth Games

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5. SCOTTISH SWIMMING MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Scottish Swimming offers a variety of services, of which the effective delivery is critical to

supporting the sport of swimming in Scotland and realising our goals and vision.

Membership Benefits Summary:

Members – club support, education and training, competition, insurance

Partners - swimming development expertise from learn to swim to leisure to podium

Clubs, Swim Schools and their Members

Professionally qualified and licensed tutor workforce providing high quality coaches and

teachers with up to date training and techniques

An aquatics education system, with teacher/coach qualifications on the national

qualifications framework

A teacher/coach licensing system designed to promote good practise and high

standards of teaching and coaching

A menu of CPD training options for teachers, coaches and volunteers

National Governing Body representation on a variety of influential groups

Access to UKCC courses through bursaries designed to assist with course fees

Commitment to support all clubs and swim schools to gain a quality assurance

certificate

Development of club volunteers through training and support

Participation in ‘Club Rewards Scheme’ through sponsorship money and National Raffle

Free advertising for club and swim school recruitment on website

Subsidised rate for a 50m training facility at the National Swimming Academy

Progressive programmes to follow for discipline development

Leadership in supporting clubs and swim schools in all areas concerning child protection

Insurance and free legal advice via helpline through Scottish Swimming’s insurance

provider

General

A structured AGM providing members with a say on how Scottish Swimming is run

Administrative support and advice for clubs and disciplines

Timely and up-to-date information about Scottish Swimming’s performance,

development and corporate activities on social media channels, a regular newsletter

and the website

Comprehensive coverage on social media channels and images from major events

Hire of electronic equipment for clubs and volunteers to use at events

Performance

Support for Councils, leisure trusts, other pool operators and clubs wishing to come

together for improved partnerships focused on coaching, water management and pool

access

Partnership funding for performance development coaches

Financial support for team camps, squad kit and athletes

Progressive swimmer pathway for talented athletes and coaches to follow

World class events providing national representation opportunities for athletes and their

coaches (able bodied and disabled)

A series of competitive events for all disciplines at all levels

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Scottish Swimming also works closely with partners and stakeholders providing support in facility

development and guidance in pool management.

7. FINANCIAL PROFILE

Our projected turnover for the period 2012 - 2013 is £2.9M. The accounts for the year ending

31st October 2013 have not yet been finalised, however early indications suggest that this target

will be achieved. Members also supported our proposal for fixed fees over a four year period,

part of our strategy for long term stability and for securing additional funds totalling £250k to

support our four year London/Glasgow performance plan. To date we have secured £155k with

£100k re-invested during 2010-11. Our target (£55k) for 2012-13 looks set to be achieved leaving

a balance of £40k. If this is realised we will have achieved our target (£250k), which puts us in a

strong position leading into Glasgow 2014.

The projected turnover anticipated for the year ahead for 2013 - 2014 is circa £3M. Several key

features for next year include:

A £1.9M in-principle investment from sportscotland; this will be split into £1.3M investment

to support 2013 - 2014 and £582k to support our plans through to March 2015.

sportscotland are moving to an April to March reporting and investment cycle from 1st

April 2015. Plans are currently underway to ensure we align this new approach into our

new four year strategic plan.

The additional income secured through our membership has enabled Scottish Swimming

to make decisions based purely on performance.

The number of local authorities and leisure trusts using our Aquatic programme and

Awards Programme continues to grow. This year will see some exciting developments as

the development team promote their wide range of training resources, products and

services to support the recreational swimmer pathway. We envisage that this will enable

us to engage with our partners across Scotland and provide a more effective service to

help increase participation in aquatic activity in the lead up to Glasgow 2014.

Participation is an area that has seen growth in investment supporting training and

resources through initiatives such as Early Years and Swim 4 Change. This largely remains

unchanged with continued funding committed for the next two years.

UKCC continues to be an important area of our business activities with the number of

candidates taking up UKCC level 1,2 & 3 increasing year on year.

Our sponsorship agreements are committed through to 2016; our focus over the next

twelve months is to ensure that we explore all opportunities connected with Glasgow

2014.

Alongside our recent financial growth and success, we remain focused on the challenge of

securing the investment needed to meet the growing costs for delivering our ambitious plans for

the future.

On the pages that follow, we have outlined our projected income and expenditure for 2013 -

2014 directed towards our three business areas: Development, performance and services.

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FINANCIAL PROFILE CONTINUED

Projected Income

1. Membership Income £530,000

2. sportscotland Grants £1,432,438

Strong Partners Staff £187,000

Strong Partners Programme £63,000

Coaching Staff £57,000

Coaching Programme £117,000

Performance Staff £234,000

Performance Programme £355,000

Development/Regional Staff £265,000

Development Programme £154,438

3. Other External Grants/Areas of Investment £187,500

- External Partners £94,500

- Comic Relief & Big Lottery £55,000

- British Swimming £38,000

4. Sponsorship £258,000

5. UKCC & CPD £231,500

6. Scottish Swimming Awards & Participation Products £145,000

7. Competition & Training £130,000

8. Bank Interest/Fundraising/VAT/Merchandise £79,200

£2,993,638

9. Reserves Released/Ring-fenced to support 2013-141 £213,468

Total Projected Income for 2013 - 2014 £3,207,106

1 This consists of the High Performance Reserves to support Glasgow 2014; and the release of retained reserves to support 1 x Marketing & Development

Officer, 1 x PT Finance Officer and 1 x PT Discipline Development Officer (Masters).

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FINANCIAL PROFILE CONTINUED

Projected Expenditure 2013 - 2014

Development £1,068,200

- Staffing £511,260

- UKCC & CPD £180,000

- Participation Programmes £134,000

- Club Development £98,250

- Products & Services £69,300

- Discipline Support £56,390

- Initiatives Supported from Retained Reserves £16,000

- Committee Expenses £3,000

Performance £1,388,830

- Staffing/Coaches £328,630

- Performance Programmes £327,500

- Athlete Training & Competition Costs £501,532

- Performance Coaching & Development Prog £122,700



Services £745,628

- Staffing £343,778

- National Swimming Academy £155,950

- Marketing & Communications £92,500


- General Overheads £41,700


- Products & Services £20,000

Projected Costs of the Annual Plan £3,202,658

Projected Scottish Swimming Income £2,993,638

Deficit for Year -£209,020

Release of Ring-Fenced Reserves £213,468

Projected Surplus Generated £4,448

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8. CONCLUSION

It is our hope that this document, alongside the Corporate Plan for 2006 – 2014, offers a sense of

Scottish Swimming’s achievements over the last year, while presenting a clear picture of our

intended plans for 2013 – 2015. This will be the final Annual Plan associated with our 2006 – 2014

Corporate Plan, and with the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow taking place during the

term, it proves to be one of the most exciting years for Scottish Swimming. In addition our

attentions will be turning to the preparation of our next Corporate Plan, and of course the

on-going development work and preparation for the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. The

team at Scottish Swimming would like to thank our members and partners for their continued

support and look forward to working with you, supporting you and responding to the challenges

and opportunities in the year ahead.

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9. APPENDICES

9.1 ACHIEVEMENTS – Main Highlights 2012-13

SWIMMING:

9.1.1 Records achieved through the season;

Two European and four British Records broken

Scottish Senior Records Broken: 40 – 10 individual LC, 19 individual SC, 5 Team, 6 Club

Scottish Junior Records Broken: 39 – 14 individual LC, 19 individual SC, 3 Team, 3 Club

Scottish Age Group Records Broken: 137

EUROPEAN RECORDS

Hannah Miley (Garioch) 400 IM (SC): 4:23.47


BRITISH SENIOR RECORDS




Michael Jamieson (Bath ITC/Edinburgh University) 200 Breast (SC): 2:03.08

SCOTTISH SENIOR RECORDS

Hannah Miley (Garioch) 200 Butterfly (SC): 2:09.70

Kathryn Johnstone (Edinburgh University) 50 Breast (SC): 30.89

Hannah Miley (Garioch) 200 Free (SC): 1:56.58

Ross Murdoch (West Dunbartonshire) 50 Breast (SC): 28.06


Edinburgh University Male 4x50 Free Relay – National & Club (SC): 1:29.62

Edinburgh University Female 4x50 Medley Relay – Club (SC): 1:54.38

Charlotte McKenzie (FIRST) 50 Back (SC): 28.26

Charlotte McKenzie (FIRST) 100 Back (SC): 1:00.44

Edinburgh University Female 4x100 Medley Relay – National (SC): 4:11.59

Craig Benson (Warrender) 50 Breast (SC): 27.42





Kathleen Dawson (Warrington) 100 Back (SC): 1:00.23

Craig Benson (Warrender) 50 Breast (SC): 27.28



Mark Tully (East Lothian) 50 Breast (SC): 27.38

Edinburgh University Male 4x50 Free Relay – Club (SC): 1:29.52

Edinburgh University Female 4x50 Medley Relay – National & Club (SC): 1:53.30

Edinburgh University Female 4x50 Free Relay – National & Club (SC): 1:43.57

Edinburgh University Female 4x100 Free Relay – National (SC): 3:47.89

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Edinburgh University Female 4x100 Free Relay – Club (SC): 3:44.97


Michael Jamieson (Bath ITC) 200 Breast (SC): 2:03.08

Kathleen Dawson (Warrington) 50 Back (LC): 29.40

Ross Murdoch (West Dunbartonshire) 50 Breast (LC): 27.98

Robbie Renwick (City of Glasgow) 100 Free (LC): 49.17

Ross Murdoch (University of Stirling) 100 Breast (LC): 59.80

Dan Wallace (Warrender) 200 IM (LC): 1:59.00

Craig McNally (Warrender) 200 Back (LC): 1:56.36

Charlotte McKenzie (FIRST) 100 Back (LC): 1:01.24


Craig McNally (Warrender) 200 Back (LC): 1:55.67

Dan Wallace (Warrender) 400 IM (LC): 4:13.72

SCOTTISH JUNIOR RECORDS



FIRST Female 4x100 Medley Relay – National & Club (SC): 4:18.47

Lucinda Campbell (Windsor) 800 Free (SC): 8:41.14

Kathleen Dawson (Warrington) 100 Back (SC): 1:00.23

Suleman Butt (Aberdeen) 50 Free (SC): 23.20





Craig Bowman (Carnegie) 100 Butterfly (SC): 54.91

Craig Bowman (Carnegie) 100 Back (SC): 56.57

Raquel Matos (East Lothian) 50 Butterfly (SC): 27.52

Jack Ness (COAST) 50 Back (SC): 25.93




Caitlin Tootill (COAST) 50 Breast (SC): 32.32

Caitlin Tootill (COAST) 50 Breast (SC): 32.23

East Lothian Female 4x50 Medley Relay – National & Club (SC): 1:57.79

East Lothian Female 4x50 Free Relay – National & Club (SC): 1:46.84


Suleman Butt (Aberdeen) 50 Free (LC): 24.13

Suleman Butt (Aberdeen) 50 Butterfly (LC): 25.79

Suleman Butt (Aberdeen) 200 Free (LC): 1:52.94

Suleman Butt (Aberdeen) 100 Free (LC): 51.95


Duncan Scott (FIRST) 50 Free (LC): 23.75


Kathleen Dawson (Warrington) 100 Back (LC): 1:01.97

Duncan Scott (FIRST) 400 IM (LC): 4:26.28


Duncan Scott (FIRST) 100 Butterfly (LC): 55.43

Duncan Scott (FIRST) 200 Free (LC): 1:51.12

Duncan Scott (FIRST) 200 Butterfly (LC): 2:03.60

Duncan Scott (FIRST) 200 IM (LC): 2:03.73


BRITISH AGE GROUP RECORDS (LC)

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Suleman Butt (Aberdeen) 100 Free 15 years: 51.95

Jack Ness (COAST) 50 Back 16 years: 26.63

Duncan Scott (FIRST) 50 Free 15 years: 23.75

Kathleen Dawson (Warrington) 50 Back 15 years: 28.69

Suleman Butt (Aberdeen) 100 Free 15 years: 51.64

Duncan Scott (FIRST) 50 Free 16 years: 23.23

BRITISH JUNIOR RECORDS (SC)

Suleman Butt (Aberdeen) 50 Free: 23.20

Suleman Butt (Aberdeen) 100 IM: 58.26



9.1.2 Major Competitions through the season

LEN European Short Course Championships, 22nd – 25th November (Chartres, FRA)

2 Scottish swimmers selected to represent Great Britain:

Hannah Miley (Garioch) Gold 400 IM (European Record), Silver 200 IM & 800 Free, 4th 400

Free, 16th 200 Breast

Craig Benson (Warrender) 6th 200 Breast, 12th 100 Breast

LEN European Junior Championships, 10th – 14th July (Poznan, POL)

4 Scottish swimmers selected to represent Great Britain:

Kathleen Dawson (Warrington) Silver 50 Back & 100 Back, 18th 200 Back

Mark Szaranek (Carnegie) Silver, 4x100 Mixed Free Relay, Bronze 200 IM, 10th 100 Butterfly,

12th 50 Butterfly

Megan Briggs (Warrender) 4th 200 Back

Lucy Hope (BEST/Kelso) Bronze 4x100 Girls Free Relay, 9th 200 Back, 11th 200 Free, 25th 50

Butterfly

LEN European Junior Open Water Championships, 13th - 15th July (Kocaeli, Turkey)

Lucy Campbell (Windsor) 7th 7.5km, 6th 3k Team event

LEN European Junior Diving Championships, 1st – 5th July (Belgrade)

Grace Reid (Edinburgh Diving Club) – Bronze, 3m Synchronised

World Championships

7 Scottish swimmers selected to represent GB:

Hannah Miley (Garioch) 5th 400 IM

Michael Jamieson (Bath ITC/University of Edinburgh) 5th 200 Breast, 15th 100 Breast

Robbie Renwick (City of Glasgow Swim Team) 6th 200 Free, 9th 400 Free, 8th 4 x 200 Free

Relay

Craig McNally (Warrender) 6th 200 Back

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Dan Wallace (Warrender) 7th 400 IM

Ross Murdoch (University of Stirling) 11th 100 Breast, 30th 50 Breast, 9th 4 x 100 Medley Relay

Jak Scott (University of Stirling) 8th 4 x 200 Free Relay

World University Games


Caitlin McClatchey (Edinburgh University) Bronze, 200 & 400 Free, 11th 100 Free

Lewis Smith (Warrender / University of Stirling) Bronze, 400 IM, 16th 200 Butterfly

Megan Gilchrist (Armadale) 9th 800 Free

Craig Hamilton (Warrender) 20th 400 Free

World Junior Championships


Charlotte McKenzie (FIRST) – 5th 100m Back, 13th 50m Back, 13th 200m Back

Mark Szaranek (Carnegie) – 10th 200m IM, 30th 100m Free, 31st 50m Fly

PARA SWIMMING:

IPC World Championships


Andrew Mullen (S5 - REN 96) Silver 50 Back, 200 IM, Bronze 50 Butterfly (European Record),

4th 100 Free, 5th 50 Free.

James Clegg (S12 – ELST/Tranent) Bronze 400 Free, 6th 100 Butterfly, 10TH 100 Free, 11th 50

Free.

Scott Quin (S14 – Warrender) 5th 100 Breast

9.1.3 Clubs Accredited to SwiMark and SwiMark Plus (as of 1 September 2013)

SwiMark SwiMark Plus

St Thomas Arbroath

South Aberdeenshire Squad

Heart of Midlothian

Warrender Baths

Menzieshill & Whitehall SC

Dundee City Aquatics

Cults Otter

Perth City

Bathgate

Stirling

Livingston & District Dolphins

Swim West Lothian

Broxburn & District

Aquanauts Livingston

Edinburgh Synchro

Hawick

Inverleith

Aberdeen ASC

Heart of Midlothian

Silver City Blues (masters)

Menzieshill & Whitehall SC

Broxburn & District

Livingston & District Dolphins

St Thomas Arbroath

Dumfries Dolphins

North Ayrshire

Cumbernauld

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Deveron

Jaws

Aberdeen ASC

Trojan

Silver City Blues (masters)

Edinburgh University

Westhill District

Bridge of Don

Dunfermline (WP)

Kelso

Falkirk Integrated Regional

Swim Team (FIRST)

Edinburgh University (Water

Polo)

Eyemouth & District

Borders Elite Swim Team (BEST)

Stonehaven

Upper Deeside

Falkirk Otters

Menzieshill & Whitehall WP

Edinburgh Diving

Kinross Otters

Midlothian

Duns

Burntisland

Dunfermline

Fife Performance Swimming

Squad

Cupar & District

Alford Otter

City of Aberdeen Swim Team

(COAST)

Enable Arion

Carnegie

Grove

Haddington & District

Bo'ness

Tranent

Nairn

Wick

Orkney

Shetland

Kintyre ASC

City of Glasgow

Dumfries Dolphins

Kirkintilloch & Kilsyth

Inverclyde

North Ayrshire

Cumbernauld

Ren 96

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South Ayrshire

Blantyre

East Kilbride

Lanark

Larkhall Avondale

Rutherglen

South Lanarkshire Swim Team

Scotia

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Scottish Swimming Annual Plan November 2013 - March 2015