October 2005 was a very busy month for Swim Smooth. We ran 4 full-day Clinics in Ealing, Salford, Belfast and Dundalk, with two consecutive evening "mini clinics" featuring seminar and practical sessions in Crosby and Birkenhead for the Mersey TRI Club. We also conducted over twenty subsequent One-2-One sessions for people wishing to brush-up a little more on their freestyle strokes. All in all, Swim Smooth visited and taught over 140 people across the UK in October 2005. With such a positive response it has prompted us to set up a series of additional Clinics across the UK in March 2006. Here are some of their comments and we are proud to say that 100% of all UK Swim Smooth Clinic attendees have stated that they would recommend us to their friends:

• By clicking on the Belfast banner above you will see the Olympia Triathlon Club's own independent review of the weekend.

Additional Comments:

Thanks for the great day at the Swim Smooth Clinic in Dundalk. It was very informative and a fresh new look at things - just sorry ye weren't around 20 yrs ago!!!!!

Johnny McCabe, Seldr Triathlon Club, Dundalk, Republic of Ireland. October 2005.

Just a quick note to thank you for running the course today with so few of us! It was extremely useful, enjoyable and has increased my enthusiasm no end! I'm thrilled with my improvements so far, considering that I couldn't swim 10 metres before buying your DVD!, and determined to be able to swim 1500 metres freestyle by the spring of next year.

Jim Jeffry, Ealing Swim Smooth Clinic attendee, West London.

There is a distinct lack of swim coaching on the Island (Isle of Wight) and our swim frustrations were running high. Paul and Michelle caught our eye in Bournemouth this year (at the Triathlon Expo) and we took a chance and invited them to do a seminar for our small Tri Club:

"Hum", we thought, "we shall see how it goes..."

Well, the seminar was brilliant - there was a sort of quietness as Paul went through his routines. You could hear people thinking - "oh yes, mm-I must concentrate on that...". Thirteen of us attended (a third of our membership) of which 8 or 9 were impressed enough to have an hour personal coaching at reasonable expense but with a high payback. Paul would quickly pick out a couple of major points, with Michelle filming and you left with a video-CD of yourself highlighting what you needed to concentrate on and a set of drills to help you get to where you want to be.

Our club was left with enthusiasm reborn, more cohesion among members and - a training programme!

Nina and Bill French, Isle of Wight Triathlon Club Committee.

Thanks for the weekend.........very enjoyable and incredibly revealing. Dean, Sue, Vanessa and I all did a session this morning and boy does it feel good.....I'm rapt! Dean showed me the pool buoy one with 12 meters feet pointed then not.............freaked me out..........just shows in my case in particular what problems that causes...e.g. legs sink. We will keep in touch to report our spectacular progress!

Gerard and Vanessa, Albany Triathlon Club Committee, Western Australia.

I have had various lessons for sport, music and work related training and can honestly say that I got more out of the hour and a half I spent with you that day than any other form of training I've had in my 37 years alive. I love triathlon and had decided to just struggle through the swim legs and target the others but am now giving swimming the attention that I need to and enjoying it!

Scott, Albany Triathlon Club Committee, Western Australia.

The members of the Albany triathlon club thoroughly enjoyed Paul's blackboard session and coupled with his personal training in the pool have helped us become more efficient and faster swimmers - can't wait for the start of the season!

Dean, Albany Triathlon Club Committee, Western Australia.