FROM THE PAST WE BUILT A FUTURE !!

(A CLUB TRIBUTE TO OUR LONGEST SERVING MEMBER)

PETER JERVIS: CLUB PRESIDENT

Within the Club we have a Very Special Member who is not only our Longest Serving Member (Joined ASA 1946)but also finds time to Swim on a regular basis here at Retford Leisure Centre.

Whenever asked by not only the present Committee Members but most previous Committee Members he has been only too pleased to help out in anyway he could, it is of course Peter Jervis our current Club President .

For those who don't already know Peter, 2012 is an ideal time to learn a little more about him with the Olympics high on most peoples minds & the amount of commitment it takes through training & continued competitions our swimmers can be expected to enter to achieve their dreams.

One of Peter's first major competitions was the English National Breast Stroke Championships in July 1949, a few years later he then took part in the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver August 1954 from then he competed in various Events Worldwide.

After a brief gap he then through the 1980's started to enter Masters Competitions but on the 20th August 1989 he was diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy which resulted on the 8th December 1995 in Peter having a Heart Transplant.

Even this did not stop him just slowed him down for a while & in September 1998 at Ponds Forge he entered the English Master Competition (G1 = 70/75 years), he came an incredible 2nd in 50m Breast Stroke with a time of 47.40 sec.

A truly incredible & very special Club Member, for more information & details of his competitive achievements please click the link below. It really is amazing.

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