Please click on the link below to read the Northern Echo’s tribute to Eric Wilkinson who was a very long serving member of DASC back in the 50s,60s and 70s, carrying out multiple roles within the club and in the wider swimming circles, becoming ASA President in 1991, all on a voluntary basis.

Tribute to Eric Wilkinson, the Darlington man who loved swimming, who has died aged 92

Having read the article if anyone is interested in reading more on the history of DASC click here, this provides a 100 year history of DASC 1882-1982 which will include plenty of mentions of Eric Wilkinson.