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Winner of the
SWIMMAIL:UK
GOLDEN STAMP 
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My name is
Adrian Cramp and I live in a large town called
Chesterfield, made famous by its Crooked Spire Church.
I did not learn to swim until I was 26 years old, as I was
terrified of water due to being frightened by swimming lessons
at school. I was given supported employment with North East
Derbyshire District Council as a Sports Development Worker, and
I had to learn to swim as part of that post. I then joined a
swimming club for people with learning disabilities and trained
as hard as I could and won a few events with them. This club
folded and I then joined the Spire Oaks Special Olympics
Swimming club for People with Learning difficulties. I have been
swimming for two clubs in my short swimming career -
Chesterfield Triple A for 3 years, and now at SpireOaks Swimming
Club.
My parents have been very supportive & understanding and at the
club wh ere I
swim, the coach is also one of my close friends so she knows
what I am like as a person. I had a very enjoyable
National Swimming Championships at Sharley Park on the 5th & 6th
of May, where the natural step ups from Club Swimmer only to
Regional Squad & now National Squad I have yet to attended my
first training session but I looking forward to it. Yes it will
be tough at the top but if you want to be the best, all you
budding swimmers able-bodied & disabled - get to a club & learn
to swim, you never know when you will need it. I had a
very special Olympics in Cardiff 2001 where I brought home three
silvers, one bronze & one fifth place. As I said at the
time, I was very disappointed as I thought I could swim faster.
The turn was poor by my standards by I sat down with my coaches
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My favourite food is pasta dishes like Lasagne and Pizza
sometimes will have one as I think it is chill out food.
I am a dog lover and we have two dogs at home. Here is a picture of my
dog
I like going to lots of different swimming venues each year.
Yes its good doing sport all week as I am swimmer, so I am used to water
and football pitches, cricket pitches and I work for a local Council in
the Sports
Development Department, also I would like to thank, James Hickman my
best mate, Steve Parry my second best mate, Ian Turner Head Coach
University of Bath, also
some of my swimming mates at Bath, Terry Dennison Head Coach City Of
Leeds who I spoke to last Sunday at North Eastern Counties Championships
at Sheffield, Chris
Nesbit - Head Coach at Portsmouth Northsea, Sue Rolph - City of Cardiff,
Mark Foster, Katrina Mcendey, & all The GB National Swim Team
Disability. Tracy Wiscome, Diane & Fran Dart - Reading Cygnets,
City Of Leeds & Dive Leeds
& City of Sheffield Coaching Staff, Eckington Swimming Club, Pete &
Sally Rainbow, Kevin Hopkins Etc, Zoe & Ronnie Baker & everybody who had
look at my site so far keep looking for further events & News.
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