Friday, March 17, 2006
Chris Cook in final
Cook in final pool.
Congratulations must be sent to South Shields born swimmer Chris Cook who broke the Commonwealth Games record whilst winning the semi-final of the men's 100 metre breaststroke event in Melbourne this morning.
Chris is a member of the City of Newcastle Swimming Club, where he regularly trains. Setting a new best of 60.94 seconds to power his way into tomorrow's final, Chris must feel that he is the man of the moment, and his momentum may well carry him to a medal position and confirm his place amongst South Shields' sporting giants. It is a testimony to his own dedication and single minded pursuit of his own and team goals that he has been prepared, for many years, to adopt another town and travel so many miles just to find a "proper" swimming pool of the required length to hone his skills.
The 26-year-old from South Shields will be joined in the final by team-mates James Gibson and Darren Mew, as well as Scotland's Kristopher Gilchrist.
As our Councillors consider the Local Development Framework which will guide how the area is transformed over the next ten or fifteen years, it is worth remembering that there is a vague proposal to include a "swimming pool" within the town centre or foreshore area. If we want to continue producing sportsmen or sportswomen who can compete at the highest levels then we ought to consider the development of a real swimming pool as "essential", leisure pools do not produce swimmers!
It would be nice to set our sights high enough to develop a facility that would draw competitive swimmers away from Fenham and create a centre of excellence here in South Tyneside.
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