BROMSGROVE, UK--The British Swimming Coaches Association (BSCA) has received notification that Coach George Bole died on Saturday. He was 95 years-old. Bole spent years coaching in both the United Kingdom and in the USA (Tampa, Florida), as well as helped found the BSCA.
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Sad news here as well.
I was privileged while serving as President of MACA (Masters Aquatic Coaches Association) to present George with our Lifetime Achievement Award at the ASCA convention in Orlando FL. I'm a little foggy on the year, might have been '98 or '99. I got to spend a little time with George that weekend and he certainly had a lasting impression. I read some of his articles when I first started coaching Masters, and I bought his "Mastering Masters Swimming" around the same time.
I know how much the swimmers at St. Pete loved him and benefited from his coaching. I'm thankful that his gift was widely distributed through clinics and articles, and appreciated by those who got to meet him.
Thanks George.
Sad news here as well.
I was privileged while serving as President of MACA (Masters Aquatic Coaches Association) to present George with our Lifetime Achievement Award at the ASCA convention in Orlando FL. I'm a little foggy on the year, might have been '98 or '99. I got to spend a little time with George that weekend and he certainly had a lasting impression. I read some of his articles when I first started coaching Masters, and I bought his "Mastering Masters Swimming" around the same time.
I know how much the swimmers at St. Pete loved him and benefited from his coaching. I'm thankful that his gift was widely distributed through clinics and articles, and appreciated by those who got to meet him.
Thanks George.
