History Pictures – Tyldesley Swimming & Water Polo Club

1876

1877-1903

1903-1924

1927-1964

1965-1972

1972-1980

1981-1984

: First Gala held by the club

: Note the poster on the wall advetising the visit of Joe Nuttall, The Amateur Champion of Great Britain. (Courtesy of Dug Dugmore)

: Tyldesley Swimming Club won the Manchester and District First Division Water Polo Championship for the first time in 1927, but this proved to be the last success until after the Second World War. The members of the squad in 1927 were:- Jimmy Blears, Bill Lewis, Alf Tyldesley, Bob Lewis, Kenneth Tyldesley, J Leyland, “Jab” Johnson and “Dickie” Wright.

: Back row: Ernest Chadwick, Bob Lewis, Norren Didsbury, George Baxter, John Cleworth, T Pocklington (baths superintendant), Cornelius Dawson; front row: Tommy Kelly (kneeling), Brian Roberts, Lawrence Sims, John Neary, Jack Whittaker, Don Jenkinson, Harley Anderson, John Dandy, Stan Lewis; front: Jim Welsby In 1954 Tyldesley S&WPC won both the Bolton and District and the Manchester and District First Division Water Polo Championships and won the Manchester and District the following year.

1985-1987

1988-1992

1993-1995

1996

1997-2003

2004-2006

2007

: Jenny Coughlin represented Great Britain at the Sydney Paralympics where she finished in 5th place in the 50 m freestyle & 100 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley and achieved two British records in the 50 m & 100 m freestyle.

: The team were trained by Paul Cowburn (coach) and Jonathan Stafford and the team included Mark Chilton, David Gendall, Peter Hutchinson, Martin Rimmer and Ashley Turner

: Back row: Daniel Laithwaite & Robyn Nicholls, middle row: Jake Haslam, Luke Cheadle Jordan Withers & Claire Chilton front row: James Robinson not pictured Liam Hodgson (captain) & James Gendall (coach)

: Back row Matthew Kearns, Adam Walls, Scott Walls, Stephen Cottam & Richard Hogden (gk) middle row: Ryan Jones, Alex Chan, Liam Hodgson front row: Jordan Lawley, Richard Hooper and Chris Chan not pictured Andrew Hurst (coach)

: Khalid was one of the Sport England runners who carried the baton on the way to the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Manchester. He carried it on day 49 of the 50 day journey around Britain. The Queen read a message enclosed in the baton as she officially opened the games.

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

: Eric Harrison (M&D President) presents the gold medal to Adam Toone (Central Lancs)

: Buckingham Palace

: The six award winners celebrate their success with a glass of chapagne at the Greater Manchester Sports Awards at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on 27/03/09. Copyrighted Work Clint Hughes Photography 66 Linden Grove Hoole Chester CH2 3JY 07966 037129

: Left to right, back row: Grace Morley, Lucy Matthews, Beth Jackson, Abigale Barton, Hannah Armstrong, Josephine Costello (Capt); front row: Lucy Childs, Honor Grimes, Grace Rowland, Bethan Grimes and Ellie Chadwick

: LtoR: James Chadwick, Hayley Price, Grace Rowland, Abbey Kendall, John Fletcher (back), Ashley Stephens, Jake Haslem, David Powell, Joe Redmond