{"id":4955,"date":"2019-01-07T18:37:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T18:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/?p=4955"},"modified":"2022-08-22T19:01:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T18:01:53","slug":"addington-swimming-club-founder-member-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/?p=4955","title":{"rendered":"Addington Swimming Club founder dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Terry Moore, a founder member of Addington Swimming Club in 1959, has passed away. She was 96.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4951 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/TerryMoore.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/TerryMoore.2.jpg 697w, https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/TerryMoore.2-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/span>\r\n<figcaption><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><em>Pictured in 2005, Terry Moore with Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">A stalwart volunteer for more than half a century, she covered many roles including all aspects of club administration, arranging foreign exchange visits and organising jumble-sale fundraising.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In 2005 she was the recipient of a Torch Trophy Trust award, nominated by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), in recognition of outstanding service to sport.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Diane Gamble, of Croydon Borough Swimming Association (CBSA), said: &#8220;She dedicated her life to swimming in a very deprived area of Croydon &#8211; Addington &#8211; where she lived all her married life. She was a force to be reckoned with.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Terry had been an official for Surrey and the former Southern Counties ASA for more years than most can remember. She was a London Region official at its infancy as well as a life member, past secretary and past president of CBSA.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Together with a group of neighbours and the local community association, she persuaded Croydon Town Council to build a swimming pool in New Addington, which opened in 1963.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Donations in memory of Theresa Adelaide Moore to be sent to: Dementia UK c\/o J. Dilnot Smith &amp; Son, 184 Gladstone Road, Walmer, Deal, Kent CT14 7EL.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founding member of Addington Swimming Club, whose contribution spanned more than half a century, dies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4955"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9116,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4955\/revisions\/9116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surreyswimming.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}