REDDITCH Swimming Club has recently appointed Katie Rolph and Dan Holmes as junior captains to lead the teams in league competitions and other junior galas.
Head coach Chris Britt said: “In a club of over 200 swimmers, many under the age of 10, we saw that there was a need to select junior captains.
"Their role will be to help encourage the younger swimmers, support the team and to collect any trophies that we might win along the way.
"Training to be a competitive swimmer is hard work and representing the club in galas can be very daunting for someone who is only eight or nine, so it’s nice for the younger swimmers to have junior captains hey can go to for guidance and support.
"Both Katie and Dan have, both literally and figuratively ‘got the T-shirt’ — they train hard and commit to representing the club in competitions and are great examples for the younger swimmers.”
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