Information for Swimmers & Parents of Regional Age Group

Please check at least every other day for updates.

Kevin Schofield (Kevin.Schofield@leeds.gov.uk)

Oli Nevitt (Oliver.Nevitt@leeds.gov.uk)

Tuesday 30 November 2010

Alex's Report on the Weekend!

City Of Leeds Victorious

 
Arena Junior Inter-League Swimming Competition

 
City Of Leeds won the Arena Junior Inter-League Final for the first time in their history on Sunday 28th November 2010.

Teams competing in the final were:
  • City Of Leeds
  • Hillingdon Borough
  • Boldmere
  • City Of Liverpool
  • Southport Aqua
  • City Of Derby
  • City Of Norwich UEA
  • City Of Newcastle

 After setting off in decidedly chilly conditions, which prevented City Of Newcastle travelling, the team and supporters arrived at the International Pool in Corby for the final.

After the formalities were completed, the swimming started and City Of Leeds got off to their now traditional strong start, winning the first four events to take an early lead. City Of Leeds were instantly pegged back and the competition began to hot up. At the first points check City Of Leeds held a slender 20 point lead over nearest rivals Hillingdon Borough with City Of Liverpool close in 3rd. The competition continued with teams trading race victories and fighting hard for every point. By the half way stage City Of Leeds had extended their lead to 43 points with Hillingdon and Liverpool tied in 2nd place.

City of Leeds were never to loose this lead and ran out eventual winners with 16 race victories and 39 finishes in the top 3 positions. The final standings were:

 
  • City Of Leeds 322
  •  Hillingdon Borough 274
  •  City Of Liverpool 254
  •  Southport Aqua 223
  •  Boldmere 214
  •  City Of Derby 212
  •  City Of Norwich UEA 191
  •  City Of Newcastle 0 (DNC) 
City Of Leeds victory was the product of an excellent team performance and outstanding support, with our colourful and vocal supporters cheering the team all the way.

Kiani Campbell-Grady and Liam Birrell won best in age group awards and Liam Birrell picked up the top overall boy trophy.

Well done to swimmers, coaches and supporters for a fantastic event and an outstanding victory.

 

Monday 29 November 2010

Junior League Team Photo

There will be a team photo for all swimmers who competed in the Junior League tonight (Monday 29th November) at 7.15pm.  This clashes with our session so I will get swimmers out at five past 7 and they can get changed on poolside by putting their kit on over their costumes.  Please do not forget to bring Junior League yellow polo t shirts and City of Leeds shorts for the photo.

Kevin 


Leeds Come Home Victorious!

Well done to all the swimmers who took part in the Junior Swim League.  After 3 rounds of swimming Leeds came out the strongest in all 3 rounds and were crowned the National Junior League champions yesterday.  It was a great day with lots of good racing and fun and was good to see you all working together as a team.  Parents, thank you for all the effort that went in to supporting the team, you were all excellent and it really helped motivate the swimmers.  A special well done to Liam Birell who achieved a top boy award.

The final results were

City of Leeds - 322
Hillingdon - 274
Liverpool 254
Southport Aqua - 223
Boldmere - 214
Derby - 212
City of Norwich - 191
Newcastle - DNC 

Also well done to the swimmers who competed at the Sheffield meet, I heard there were speeding tickets, pb's, medals and more Yorkshire times.  GREAT!!


Keep it up team! Laughing out loud


Kevin

Thursday 25 November 2010

Development Gala


Hello.

All entries for the TT at the gala need to be to with me at the latest of tonight, or we will not have time to do the trials in training.

Cheers,

Ryan.

Wednesday 24 November 2010

Junior League Tickets

Anyone who has paid for junior league final tickets please collect them from Alex on Wednesday or Thursday night.  Also Alex has 2 spare tickets if anyone wants them on first come first served.

Kevin Eye-rolling smile



Tuesday 23 November 2010

A few more things about the development gala...

Hello Everyone.
I would just like to clear a few things up...

  • First of all  we cannot guarantee any swims, we have a limited number of places available to us, that we share with all other C and D groups.
  • Sunday 23rd Jan is the date of the gala. 
  • If you do not have a time for a particular swim, we will be TT them in training.  This will then give us an entry time, that we can consider.
  • 200 IM is also part of the programme, I don't think that was clear in the last post.
Email me with any questions.

Ryan

Rejections, Entries and Swimmers with no 200m times on rankings!!!

Hello everyone,

There is now a new system where all swimmers entry times for galas must be achieved in a licensed meet and must be from the ASA rankings.  Previously coaches were allowed to conduct time trials to enter swimmers into meets such as B Grade's, however most meets are no longer accepting this method of entry.  Due to this there is now a problem where some swimmers have no time to enter a meet, so therefore cannot achieve qualifying times e.g Yorkshire's.  This will mainly effect the younger swimmers in the group who have never swum 200's before and also the swimmers who were rejected from the B Grade next month.

To solve this problem The City of Leeds Swimming Club will be providing an opportunity for swimmers to get entry times by running 200m events in all 4 strokes at the next Development meet.  This will enable swimmers to achieve times that will then be listed on the ASA rankings so they can enter meets in the future.

This Development meet is open to 
  • swimmers 8-12 years old.
  • swimmers who are within 8 seconds of a Yorkshire time, and we deem it reasonable that the swimmer can achieve it.
  • swimmers who do not have a 200m time in a particular event (this been the main priority). 

Swimmers can only do 200's, no 50's in C group.   50's will only be for E and D group swimmers.  There will be no prizes in the gala for 200m swims, the 200's are designed strictly for time only.  Due to the time slot the Development meet has, the Club cannot guarantee all swimmers will swim, there will be 2 heats for each 200m time trial and the fastest swimmers (closest to Yorkshire times) will be picked to swim first.

If you think you meet the above criteria or have any questions please don't hesitate to ask one of us this week.  All entries for this event must be in by the end of this week.

Yours,

C Central Coaching Team

National Arena League

National Arena League - North East Region - Round 3 (Sunday 12th December)

Leeds - JCC
Arrive - 13.00
W/UP - 13.30
Start - 14.00

Swimmers please confirm your availability to Alex by email at alexgray@leeds.gov.uk or text 07515254245

Euan Cowan
Liam Birrell
William Finn
John Cooper
JAcob Butterfield
Brannon Pearson

Phebe Robinson
Amelia Clynes

Thanks
Kevin



Junior League Final

The Junior League Final is this Sunday (27st November).  Swimmers must arrive at the Aquatics Centre for 7:45am, where a team photo will be taken before boarding the coach.  Please wear City of Leeds shorts and the Junior League T Shirts (Alex will give out on Wednesday) for the picture.  Don't forget your packed lunches and plenty of drinks as it will be a long day.  

Parents, remember the swimmers need all the support you can give so lets see you in your Leeds colours prepared with your chants, banners etc.  

We have a good chance of winning the final, make sure starts, finishes, takeovers, turns are perfect this week in training and most importantly swim the fastest you have ever swum on Sunday.  LETS BEAST IT!!!!!

Training on Wednesdays will return back to normal, 6.30 - 7.30 pm the week after the final.



Wednesday 17 November 2010

The video Above...

Hello Guys,

I had an assembly today (Yes I do still have them at 17!) and it was about who inspires you and what inspires you.
They showed us this video. I thought it was something that all the swimmers could think about, so I would like to watch it, as I think its really motivational.

Ignore the adverts, I can't get rid of them.

Cheers!

Ryan.

Monday 15 November 2010

change of details...

Hello,
My mobile number has now changed to 07775755876, expect a text off me shortly,
cheers!

Ryan.

Thursday 11 November 2010

Updates!

Hello...






Hope its helpful!

Ryan.

Wednesday 10 November 2010

BAGCAT (25m) Championships

Some fantastic swims again over the weekend.  38 PB's achieved out of 40 races and 7 medals, well done everyone.  Jacob won a Bronze medal in the 400m Freestyle and Jessica Manning achieved 4 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze.

Jessica has now moved up to Alex's group.  Best of luck Jess!

Overall the swimming was excellent and I was very impressed how you all organised yourselves to do your blood flow exercises without me having to say anything.  You all looked very professional.  I thought all your turns looked faster when you raced this weekend, however distance and kicks off the wall still needs to be improved.  Remember keep practising in training and then in a race it will be easy.

The PB sheet should be back on by the end of next week.  If anyone spots a mistake with their time please let me know and I will change it.  

Keep up the hard work guys, me and Ryan are very proud of you all at the moment.

Kevin Open-mouth smile

Monday 8 November 2010

1500m TT!

Hello.

The swimmers who wanted to do the 1500 on sunday night did so, and the results follow.

James      21.17.33
Amelia     21.37.30
Matthew  22.25.64
Liam        22.21.94
Maisie     22.58.16
Emily       25.09.43
William    23.16.39
Shaheen  27.22.89
Huzayfa  24.34.49
Billy        27.04.49

Ryan.

Wednesday 3 November 2010

Oooooppss!

Sorry everyone, I didn't mean rejections on the lower post, I was supposed to say withdrawals!
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for pointing it out!

Ryan.

Lost Property..

I had a hoody given to me by Elysia on Monday night that was left in land training. It was unnamed!
I do get quite a collection of lost property, so can we please put names in things, and if you have lost anything, then ask me.

Cheers!

Ryan.

NER Rejections....

Hello...

We hope you don't, but if you do have any rejections for the NER's this weekend, then we need to know before Friday to reduce the likelihood of a fine for yourselves.  We also need to know why you are rejecting.
Please email/text me ASAP.

Cheers!

Ryan

Tuesday 2 November 2010