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been my pleasure to see the pool grow over the years and it now hosts many surrounding school swimming programmes, is used as a training centre for different organisations and is home to a strong Swim Club competing in a very competitive swimming region. A large project to replace the diving blocks at the College end of the pool began in 2017 initiated by the Somerset Swim Club who partnered with the College to bring the project to life. Following much hard work from both parties, and some delays in waiting for a newly patented non slip surface, the blocks were installed in November 2019. Somerset Swim Club’s Olympian James Roberts gave the thumbs up with an official opening dive at the launch event. The new addition to Somerset’s fantastic aquatic facility will be very beneficial and widely used across all squads. Up until 2020, my time at Somerset could have been said to have ‘seen it all’. And then there was Covid-19. It is times like these that the true sense of the word community, rather than workplace, are highlighted. Somerset is a special place with great leadership and as we recover and begin the ‘new normal’, I look forward to

continuing to make my area of the Somerset community better and to continue to give my best (and the teams’ best) to helping our students. Every little piece of satisfaction gained from having a swimmer reach their goal or get another step closer helps make the journey seem so much easier.

Sourced from Somerset College archives, Forrest in 2000.

The Alumni Chapter

The Somerset Swim Club, partnering with Somerset College launched the brand new End Wall and Omega Starting blocks on Friday 22 November at Somerset Pool. Somerset Olympian James Roberts gave the thumbs up with an official opening dive at the event. The new addition to Somerset’s fantastic aquatic facility will be very beneficial and widely used across all squads.

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