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)

Sunday 27 February 2011

Yorkshire's Summary

Over the full 2 weekends a lot of great racing has taken place and with some fantastic results.  Here is how you have all swum as a group over the 2 meets.
As a group you achieved 92 PB's out of 107 Swims9 Gold Medals, 13 Silver Medals, 14 Bronze Medals, 24 more North Eastern Times and 1 National time

StarYorkshire Champions (4) - Golds (9)Star
Leah (3), Billy (4), Euan (1), Jake (1)

Thumbs upSilver Medallists (7) - Silvers (13)Thumbs up
Liam (2), Jacob (1), Euan (3), Sophie (3), Oliver (2), Abigail B (1), Jake (1)

Thumbs upBronze Medallists (11) - Bronzes (14)Thumbs up
Maisie (1), Liam (1), Shaheen (1), Brannon (1), Phebe (2), Sophie (1), Abigail B (1), Jake (1), Leah (1), Jacob (2), Oliver (2)



Well Done!!!!!!!  Laugh

I know some of you missed North Eastern times by a small amount, keep working hard over the next month and hopefully you will achieve these at your next meet.

Don't forget to check the ASA Speed Awards to see if you have achieved the next level and if you have you can purchase your badge from the Club Shop on Monday nights. 

We were thinking of updating the blog picture, so if swimmers who achieved medals, cups or flags over the 2 weekends at the Yorkshire's could bring them in along with their Leeds kit we will have a photo after training on Wednesday night, along with the rest of the squad in their team kit.

Friday 25 February 2011

Yorkshire Championships (2nd Weekend)

Last weekend was a really good meet with fantastic swims.  It would be great if you can do the same again this weekend smashing your PB's again. Stick together and work as a team in the warm up and swim down. Take a drink with you to the warm up and swim down pool to keep hydrated.  

Phebe & Abigail B                                    Rest of Group
1 x 400 Fc/ Bk (50's)                                     1 x 300 Fc/ Bk (50's)
1 x 200 IM (drill on Fly)                                  1 x 200 Im (drill on Fly)
10 x 50 odds Fast/ Easy (25's)                        6 x 50 odds Fast/ Easy (25's)
   evens Easy/ Fast (25's)                                 evens Easy/ Fast (25's)
(Race Stroke of session on fast bits)                (Race Stroke of session on fast bits)
                                                                   Starts into race stroke to test goggles

Saturday & Sunday am 7.30am Poolside (Blood Flow Exercises)
Saturday & Sunday pm 12.30pm Poolside (Blood Flow Exercises)

Remember:
'Your body is capable of anything, it is the mind that plays tricks on you'


Good Luck!

C Central Coaching Team Winking smile


Sunday 20 February 2011

Attendance

Most of you attend the required amount of sessions to be in C Central, however with promotions on the way I would like to remind you all how many sessions, minimum a week you should all be attending.  We appreciate you all have holidays, illness and after school activities now and again, which is fine but when not away swimmers should be attending on average the minimum number of sessions below for their age to give them the best chance of success. These number of sessions follows the Long Term Athlete Development plan for Competitive Swimming.

9 yrs = 5 sessions per week minimum
10 yrs = 6/7 sessions per week minimum
11 yrs = 6/7 sessions per week minimum
11/12 yrs = 7 sessions per week minimum

Our squads swimming week starts on a Sunday night and finishes on a Friday night.  If swimmers have competed on a Sunday they will be given their attendance mark for Sunday nights session.  If a session is missed swimmers should try and make it up in the following week by attending an additional work out.

Below is the attendance since the start of 2011 so you can all check if you are meeting the correct standards. (H = Holiday)

Shaheen               2 6 4 5 5 6 4                    

Megan                  3 6 6 6 6 5 4

Anna                    3 6 6 H 5 5 7

Oliver                   4 6 6 6 6 6 6

Liam                     3 6 6 6 4 4 3

Layla                    4 6 5 6 6 6 7

Matthew B            3 5 3 0 0 3 4

Maisie                  3 6 5 6 5 3 6

Emily B                 2 6 5 5 5 4 6

Abigail B               4 7 6 7 7 3 7

Jacob B                 4 7 7 6 5 6 4

Amelia                  4 2 4 7 7 5 6

Thomas                 2 4 3 3 4 3 4

John                     3 3 6 6 6 6 4

Euan                     3 5 6 5 3 5 5

Leah                     3 5 5 5 5 6 4

William                 3 6 6 6 6 6 6

Rebecca                1 5 5 5 4 5 5

Sophie                  3 6 5 5 6 6 6 

James                   4 6 0 0 3 3 3

Abigail J                4 7 7 4 3 7 7

Ellie                      2 5 4 4 4 5 4

Huzayfa                 3 5 4 5 4 5 5

Jake                      3 5 5 4 5 5 5 

Kit                         3 6 5 5 6 6 6

Matthew                3 6 6 5 4 5 6

Amber                  3 6 2 6 5 H 4

Rachel M               0 5 5 5 5 6 4

Brannan                3 6 6 5 5 4 5

Rachel P                1 5 4 6 5 6 5

Emily R                  3 6 5 4 3 5 5 

Phebe                    4 7 7 6 7 7 7

Aimee                    3 5 2 5 5 5 5 

Billy                       4 5 3 4 5 5 5

Hannah                  4 6 6 5 3 4 7

Zoe                       - - - - - - -1 5

Olympic Champion

"It was not the 10 workouts I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed"  




Speed Awards Reminder

If you are a collector of the Speed Awards, please don't forget to check your new PB's against the Award times.  If you have achieved a new Speed Award, take a copy of the results with your new time to the Club Shop and you can by your badge and certificate for £2.



Great Swimming!

A fantastic weekend at the Yorkshire's in Sheffield with some amazing racing going on from you guys.

As a group you achieved 38 PB's out of 51 Swims, 6 Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medals, 8 Bronze Medals, 5 more North Eastern Times and 1 National time

StarYorkshire Champions (3) - Golds (6)Star
Leah (3), Billy (2), Euan (1)

Silver Medallists (5) - Silvers (5)
Liam (1), Jacob (1), Euan (1), Sophie (1), Oliver (1)

Bronze Medallists - Bronzes (8)
Maisie (1), Liam (1), Shaheen (1), Brannon (1), Phebe (1), Sophie (1), Abigail B (1), Jake (1)

Well done to Liam who achieved his 11 year old National time on his 200m Butterfly, the fist ever National time for C Central.

A brilliant weekend, you should all be very proud.  I was very impressed with how professional you all are at organising your warm ups and swim downs and also how you all work together as a team.  This is good to see, keep it up.

Bring on next weekend!! Thumbs up


Kevin 

Friday 18 February 2011

Yorkshire's

Club Policy is 7.30am on Poolside

The race warm up for our group will be
1 x 300 Fc/ Bk
1 x 200 IM (drill on Fly)
6 x 50 Race Stroke (odds- fast/easy, evens- easy/ fast)
Dive Practice in to Race Stroke 

Get out fast on the first length, hold the second length, work the 3rd length, switch the legs on as fast as you can on the last length.  Try and aim to put a little bit more effort in on each length and don't slow down into the turns.  Remember it is natural to be nervous, If you do get nervous just think what everybody else on the on the blocks must be feeling. Go in pool and enjoy your race.

It's how you prepare months before in the training pool that will determine your performance at the main event.  Your ruthless attendance, quality and consistency of your training will serge you forward's to a result you will be happy with!'Send

Lets Chase those North Eastern Times!!!

Best of Luck Open-mouth smile

GALA 1 – Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th February 2011
GALA 2 – Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th February 2011
Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield – 50m
John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds – 50m
Saturday am.
Sunday am.
Saturday am
Sunday am
B
11-13 yrs
200m I.M.
G
11-15 yrs
200m Backstroke
B
11-13 yrs
200m Butterfly
G
9/10 yrs
200m I.M. H.D.W.
B
14-16 yrs
200m Freestyle
B
14-16 yrs
200m Breaststroke
G
11-15 yrs
200m Freestyle
B
14-16 yrs
200m I.M.
G
9/10 yrs
200m Butterfly HDW
G
9/10 yrs
200m Backstroke HDW
M
Open
200m Freestyle
G
11-15 yrs
200m Butterfly
B
9/10 yrs
200m Butterfly HDW
B
12-16 yrs
100m Butterfly
G
11-15 yrs
200m Breaststroke
B
9/10 yrs
200m Freestyle HDW
B
12-16 yrs
100m Breaststroke
G
11-15 yrs
100m Freestyle
W
Open
200m Backstroke
B
11-13 yrs
200m Breaststroke
W
Open
200m Breaststroke
M
Open
200m Backstroke
M
Open
100m Backstroke
W
Open
200m Freestyle
M
Open
200m Butterfly
W
Open
200m Butterfly
B
10 & over
400m I.M. H.D.W.
M
Open
100m Butterfly
W
Open
200m I.M.
B
11-13 yrs
200m Freestyle



G
11-15 yrs
100m Breaststroke
G
10&Over
400m Freestyle HDW
W
Open
100m Breaststroke



B
12-16 yrs
100m Backstroke



M
Open
200m I.M.



W
Open
100m Backstroke









M
Open
100m Freestyle


Finals of the above


Finals of the above


Finals of the above


Finals of the above
Saturday pm.
Sunday pm.
Saturday pm
Sunday pm
G
11-15 yrs
200m I.M.
B
9/10 yrs
200m I.M. H.D.W.
B
12-16 yrs
100m Freestyle
G
9/10 yrs
200m Breast H.D.W.
B
14-16 yrs
200m Backstroke
G
9/10 yrs
200m Freestyle H.D.W.
B
9/10 yrs
200m Backstroke HDW
B
9/10 yrs
200m Breast HDW
G
11-15 yrs
100m Backstroke
G
11 & over
800m Freestyle H.D.W.
G
11-15 yrs
100m Butterfly
B
11 & over
1500m Free H.D.W.
M
Open
200m Breaststroke



B
14-16 yrs
200m Butterfly



W
Open
100m Butterfly



B
11-13 yrs
200m Backstroke



B
10& over
400m Freestyle HDW



W
Open
100m Freestyle









M
Open
100m Breaststroke









G
10 & over
400m I.M. H.D.W.





Finals of the above





Finals of the above