Matthew Bittle

Being a Fitness Captain for the past year has truly been an honour. I have enjoyed helping swimmers of all abilities to improve and grow, in confidence and ability. Having seen behind the scenes of the Club I would welcome the opportunity to work on a more logistical level, helping to make swimming training more holistic and organised.

I'm very fortunate to have a plethora of both swimming, and organisational experience. From my roles at UCL (Swimming Fitness Captain and First-Year Rep for the Diplomacy Society) to those outside University (College Swimming Captain under Olympic coach, competing at an international level) I have been very grateful for the experience I have gained.

But all of this, while relevant, is not essential. The key to my desire for this opportunity is experience and vision. It is easy to point out the faults in a system, however it is less easy to provide solutions. I hope to do exactly that.

In brief, my proposals for progress would be:

• Help the committee to find pools with more suitable availability (i.e., avoid the need for doodle polls).
• Provide a bank of online sets for swimmers to complete independently if they cannot attend a training session.
• Organise smaller and more frequent 'friendly' inter-university competitions to increase racing experience.

I do hope you will consider voting for me, I promise to serve you to the very best of my ability.