Wishing all our members a Happy and safe Christmas!
From the Barnes SC committee

Sessions will run as normal over half term with the following exceptions:
P1, 2 and JPD 

• cancelled on Friday 22nd and Friday 29th due to Club Champs distance events
• P1 and 2 session cancelled at St Paul's Girls school next Wednesday 27th. P1 rescheduled to SPS from 6.30-8.30pm
• P1 and 2 a reminder that there are sessions every weekday at the LAC from 8-10am

Masters

• Friday 22nd session will run after 800m but Fri 29th session is cancelled as 1500m event will run into masters time
• Wed 27th session at St Paul's Girls school cancelled as the pool is shut

Sorry for any inconvenience caused. 

This is the first email we are sending since new committee members have joined including new co-chairs.  We have some exciting changes coming up that we will be announcing by 1 September to improve communications with you, our swimmers and elevate our performance as a swimming club. In the meantime, there are two important administrative changes which you need to know about:

1. Increase in member fees:

For various unavoidable reasons, our pool hire fee has increased significantly. We were historically paying way below market rates, so this increase now puts us in line with other comparable facilities in the area. Unfortunately, BSC will need to increase member fees to cover these additional costs which will be effective from 1st September 2019. You have our assurance that we are doing our best to operate efficiently as a non-profit club and this is the first increase in fees since 2013. As the BSC fees were previously so low, even after the increased squad fees we will still be similar to, if not lower than, other local swim clubs.
To be as fair as possible, this new fee structure takes into account squad pool usage time and is commensurate with how similar clubs charge their members.

New fees:

Joining fee: £40

Monthly fees (12 monthly instalments throughout the year including holidays):

• D4 - £32
• D3 - £47.50​
• D2 - £58​
• D1 - £62
• P2 - £75
• P1 - £85​
• JPD - £55
• SPD - £55​
• Full Masters - £75
• Masters 2 - £50​
• Premasters - £3

2. Change in payment structure:

The club will be moving to a  GoCardless  monthly direct debit payment system which we believe is the easiest way to handle payments moving forward. To minimise admin for you, we are co-inciding this change with the increase in member fees on 1 September.
Actions for you:

• You will shortly be receiving an invitation from BCS providing a link to GoCardless with clear instructions on how to set up the new amount as a direct debit monthly fee mandate. 
• Once you have set up the GoCardless direct monthly debit, please make sure that you cancel the existing standing order that you are currently using to pay the BCS fees.

If this payment system works well, we may also move gala entry fees to GoCardless. We will however continue to use Team Unify for administrative purposes.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to send them to  comms.bsc@gmail.com
In future, committee members will be available at regular drop-in sessions on the weekend to discuss any questions or concerns you may have.  Look out for an email outlining our news comms process starting on 1 September which includes these sessions!

Wishing you all the best for the rest of the summer.

Please save the following dates for our Club Championships:

-Fri 27/9/19 boys and girls 400 free and 400IM (SPS)

-Fri 4/10/19 mixed 800 free and 1500 free (SPS)

-Sat 5/10/19 from 2pm-8pm and Sun 6/10/19 from 1pm to 8pm (SPGS) all other events (50's, 100's and 200's free, back, breast, butterfly and individual medley)

All swimmers are encouraged to swim to get licensed times - the suggested events are as per your squad criteria on the website. Further information to follow nearer the time.