Our Annual General Meeting was held at the Pinewood Hotel, Handforth, on 18th April. Carole Swarbrick was installed as President by outgoing President, Sue Underwood. Ann Thomas was awarded Honorary Life Membership for ‘… service to SIGBI … (and) the community’. Three members received long service awards – for 95 years in total!
This August 2023, Manchester hosted the World Para Swimming Championships and welcomed people from all over the world. Chris Knight from SI Moreton North Club in Australia arrived in Manchester in order to attend the events at Manchester Aquatic Centre and meet Manchester Soroptimists. She was hosted by Malgorzata Kmita. On the 4th of August Chris and Malgorzata attended the Para Swimming Championship in which Lakeisha Dawn, member of SI Moreton North was taking part. It was Lakeisha’s dream to win the Gold Medal after many years of dedicated training and years of her love for swimming. It was an amazing experience to celebrate Lakeisha’s win of the Gold Medal in Manchester on the 4th of August 2023. She was cheered and supported by her Mother, Sherryn Patterson who travelled all the way from Australia to see her daughter win in the World Para Swimming
Thanks to the technical assistance provided by Emma of SI Leigh and District, as well as the other two speakers on the video, SI South Lancashire submitted a video to SIGBI as part of the Membership Month initiative. It can be accessed from this link (you will need to download it first and it is a big file): https://we.tl/t-oSnuxGQeHq Or you can access it directly from YouTube from this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0xTJowe8kI
