A NORTH Yorkshire amateur swimming club has been given the ability to purchase much needed equipment after a £1,000 donation.

Northallerton Amateur Swimming Club has thanked housebuilder Taylor Wimpey after the donation, allowing them to invest the money into a crucial timing console.

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The club, which operates both Northallerton Leisure Centre and Bedale Leisure Centre, will use the console for dynamic timing functions throughout swimming meets.

The kit will reportedly future proof the club's competitive offer and will replace an existing 20-year-old device, which is now failing.

Greg Lent, Head Coach at Northallerton Amateur Swimming Club, said: "On behalf of the club and all of our swimmers, we’d like to say a massive thank you to Taylor Wimpey North Yorkshire for this generous donation.

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“The money allows us to replace our old timing console which has been completely failing on us and means we can purchase more up-to-date kit to give our competitive swimming offering a real boost.

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