Regional Age Group Storm The Leeds Grand Prix

You are all swimming amazing at the moment and so early on in the season.  We were really impressed with you all over the weekend, especially with the improvement in your turn speed on the wall.  It was a long weekend but you all managed to keep spirits high to the end of the meet. 

Well done to those swimmers who achieved North Eastern qualifying times for the first week in December. With this at the top of Regional Age Groups competition calendar, anyone who has a time must enter even if it is only one event.  You have done the hard work and achieved the times so therefore deserve to swim against the fastest swimmers in the North East. Remember every millisecond you knock off is a step closer to those qualifying times, work every turn in training like you would in a race so it is perfect on the day.   Lets go show them how its done!

This weekend at the Yorkshire's Regional 1 achieved 142 PB's out of 173 Swims, 5 more NER times, 4 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals and 28 Final Swims.

Silver Medalists (3)
Jack (2), Huzayfa (1), Angelo (1)

Bronze Medalists (2)
Huzayfa (2), Angelo (1)

Finalists (12)

Angelo (6), Jack (5), Huzayfa (4), Imani (2), Ella (2), Matthew (2), Tiegan (1), Maxim (1), Nathan (1), Kimberley (1), Tom (1), David (1), Barnaby (1)
 

Regional 2 achieved 123 PB's out of 155 Swims, 6 more NER times,  2 Gold Medals,  4 Silver Medals,  2 Bronze Medals and 43 Final Swims.

Gold Medalists (2)

Liam (1), Jake (1)

Silver Medalists (4)

Henry (1), Jonny (1), Jess (1), Steph (1)

Bronze Medalists (2)

Jonny (2), Jake (1)

Finalists (14)

Jonny (8), Jess (6), Niamh C (5), Jake (5), Joe (4), Henry (3), Niamh M (2), Liam (2), Steph (2), Aimee (2), Akshima (2), Robbie (1), Jenna (1), Phoebe (1)

WELL DONE TEAM!!!!!!! FANTASTIC EFFORT 

"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 forwards to a result you will be happy with!"

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Junior League Final Tickets

Hi All,

 

Any parents of Junior League simmers wanting a ticket for the final can purhace one at a cost of £5 from Emma Ferriman (Ellie & Eve Jones Mum). There are 42 swimmers in the final and only one ticket available per swimmer.  There will also be a cost of £12.50 for anyone wanting to go on the Supporters Coach which is also payable to Emma.

 

Emma will normally be at JCCS Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Halloween Kick Set

On Thursday 31st October we will be doing the Halloween Kick set.  We hope to see some really good masks.  For those of you who have not done the Halloween Kick set before it is just a bit of fun where you will perform a hard kick set in the scariest mask you can find.

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Lets Do This!!!

Hi All,

Hers is a video to watch before you race at the weekend!

Rise & Swim

Good Luck Everyone

Smash It Up!

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

City of Leeds Grand Prix & Training Changes

Due to nearly 100% of both squads competing over the weekend there will be no training on Sunday 27th October for both squads.  All swimmers will still receive an attendance mark for this day.

Friday nights training will be around an hour long and should not be missed.  We will be covering last minute race preparation and then finishing early to allow for an early night so you are all rested for the weekend.  Please remember that it is City of Leeds policy to arrive 30 minutes prior to the warm up starting, late swimmers could be pulled out of the session by the team manager.

Session 1 (Saturday am): Arrive 07:30, Warm Up: 08:00, Start 09:00

Session 2 (Saturday pm): Arrive 12:30, Warm Up: 13:00, Start 14:00 

Session 3 (Sunday am): Arrive 07:30, Warm Up: 08:00, Start 09:00 

Session 4 (Sunday pm): Arrive 12:30, Warm Up: 13:00, Start 14:00  

A draft programme and rejection list can be seen by clicking the links below:

Draft Programme

Rejection List

 

Good Luck to everyone competing.  Remember what you have worked on in training and transfer this into your racing.  Most importantly use those turns to pick up speed and not loose speed.

 GO FOR IT!!!!  

Get chasing those Yorkshire & North Eastern Times 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

200m Kick Test

Hi All,

 

As promised here are the results from the 200m Kick Test.  The whole scheme will be taking part in the test on the first week of every month and the results will be published. 

 

Regional 1 next test = Wednesday 6th November

 

Regional 2 next test = Thursday 7th November

 

200m Max Kick Test Results

 

Keep training hard and move up the ranks!

 

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Regional Age Group Start the Season On A High

We were very impressed with the amount of PB's achieved over the weekend and the high level of skills during your races.  Usually this time of year, in early season it is great if swimmers can match their PB's but you guys seem to be smashing them already.  Excellent swimming. 

Overall:

Regional 1 achieved 85 PB's out of 99 Swims, 5 Silver Medals,  1 Bronze Medal and 11 more NER times for Sunderland in December.  Great stuff.

 

Silver Medallists (4)

Jack (2), Huzayfa (1), Charlotte (1), David (1)

 

Bronze Medallists (1)

Angelo (1)

Regional 2 achieved 91 PB's out of 109 Swims, 1 Gold Medal, 2 Silver Medals and 10 more NER times for Sunderland in December.  Well Done!
 

Gold Medallists (1)

Steph (1)

Silver Medallists (1)

Ella C (2)

I hope you all enjoyed racing in the Yorkshires and are fired up ready for the Leeds Grand Prix in a weeks time.  Keep chasing those North Eastern times. 

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below

Yorkshire S.A. Winter Competition 2013

 

"I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it". Michael Phelps

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Junior League National Final

Date:  Sunday 24th November

Venue:  Corby International Pool

Arrive JCCS: 08:30

Depart JCCS:  09:00

 

Warm-up starts at 12:30 pm with the parade of teams at approximately 13:30 pm. We hope to be back at JCC for 18:30 pm.  All swimmers will be required to travel to and from the meet on the team coach. 

Please can swimmers confirm their availability to Craig by Monday 21st October at craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk

Regional Age Squad 1

Charlotte

Zak

George

Nathan

Ella P

Matthew W

Joanna

Eve

Regional Age Squad 2
Jonathan

Jospeh H

Robbie

Rebecca

Joseph T

Daniel

Jacob

Ella C

Jess

Phoebe

Alicia

Thanks

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

City of Leeds Crowned 1st at National Arena League Round 1

After Day 1 of the Winter Yorkshires the team reconvened on Saturday evening for the first round of the National ARENA League.  City of Leeds put up a great fight placing 1st in 50 % of the events and in the top 3 in 45 out of 50 races.  Competition was hot, but with 25 Firsts, 11 Second places and 8 Third place finishes City of Leeds showed their depth and character.

 

City of Leeds were crowned the overall winners of round 1 by just 6 points. 
 

1st - City of Leeds 299

2nd - Sheffield 'A' Team 293

3rd - Borough of Kirklees 201

4th - Doncaster Dartes 199

5th - Cleethorpes 149

6th - Sheffield 'B' Team 123

7th - Harrogate 119

 

WELL DONE to all Swimmers who competed and a big thank you to all Team managers and Coaches. 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Your Club needs you!

Hi All,

 

We would like to raise a substantial amount of money to support the swimmers from the City of Leeds Swimming Club and are hoping that you might be willing to supply is with suitable prizes for Raffles and Tombola's in upcoming Galas.

 

City of Leeds Swimming Club ethos "A team above all, but above all a team".  If every member of the team donates a prize, we together can make the fundraising at these galas a huge success.

 

Please pass any donations to:

 

Helen Butterfield

Lucie Black

Sharon Devlin

Julie Crisp

 

Or simply bring them to the Lucky Dip Stall on a Monday evening.

 

Thanks

 

Supporters Comittee

Congratulations

A big Congratulations to the following swimmers who were selected to move to National Age Group. 

 

Regional 1

Charlotte Gibbs

Danielle Quirke

Timur Uyumaz

Jamie Broome

 

Regional 2

Joseph Hawkins

Rebecca Clynes

Hannah Abbassi

Abi Calvert

Maisy Black

Nathan Strauss

Jake Sykes #

 

Enjoy your last week in Regional and we wish you the best of luck in your new squads.  Keep up the hard work and take the skills you have learnt in Regional with you.  We look forward to tracking your progress.

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

 

 

Snow Frills Entries

Hi All,

 

As you will know the Snow Frills competition was entered knowing there was every chance we wouldn't be successful due to the competition been oversubscribed. Unfortunately this has partly happened; some entries have been accepted and some haven't. We are awaiting the rejection list back from City of Sheffield so we know which swimmers won't get a swim.

 

Therefore, what we now propose is, those who do get rejected from Snow Frills we will put the same entries in to the Bradford Meet which is taking place at the Aquatics Centre, JCCS on 23^rd/24^th November. As you will appreciate there is still no guarantee that Leeds swimmers will get the chance to compete but we will make every effort to get as many in as we possibly can.

 

Please still make any payments on Monday 14^th October for entries which you have submitted and as soon as we know where we are at, the club can issue refunds were necessary (if not accepted in to Bradford Meet etc).

 

As you can hopefully appreciate it was a huge effort getting these entries sorted and sent at the last minute, and unfortunately there is nothing we can do about the rejections.

 

If you have any queries then please take these to the Denison Suite on Monday evening where there will be members of committee who may be able to help.

 

Many thanks

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Yorkshires, Arena League & Training Changes

Hope you are all looking forward to racing this weekend.  As we are still in early season training the target this weekend is to be as close to your PB's as possible.  Remember work the turns and transitions into strokes.  Smash the underwater work! Try and be first to 15m and then stay in front.  Accelerate into the turns and finishes, the walls are there to help you not slow you down.

Training Changes

Friday 11th October Pm -  Training will be just an hour (18:30 - 19:30) to go over some last minute race tactics.  

Sunday 13th October Pm - With nearly 100% of both groups competing over the weekend in Sheffield there will be no training on Sunday night.

Monday 14th October Am - Both squads will have the morning off to recover fro a full weekend of racing.

Thursday 17th October Am - Morning session open to all squad members.

Arrival Times

Saturday 12th Oct (Ponds Forge)

Yorkshire Championships (Short Course 25m)

Sat - Am Session

Arrive - 08:30

Warm Up - 09:00

Start - 10:00

Sat - Pm Session

Arrive - 12:30

Warm Up - 13:00

Start - 14:00

Sat Pm - Arena League

Arrive - 18:30

Warm Up - 19:00

Start - 19:30

Sunday 13th Oct (Ponds Forge)

Yorkshire Championships (Short Course 25m)

Sun - Am Session

Arrive - 07:30

Warm Up - 08:00

Start - 09:00

Sun - Pm Session

Arrive - 12:30

Warm Up - 13:00

Start - 14:00

 

Draft programme can be found by clicking the link below:

Winter Yorkshires 2013

Good Luck to everyone competing!

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Junior League to Corby ... Again!

City of Leeds Junior League Team (9-12 Yrs) lead from the outset in the Northern Junior League Final this weekend, and relentlessly ruled until the end.

Final Results

1st - City of Leeds = 256

2nd - Stockport = 199

3rd - Southport = 183

4th - Boldmere = 177

5th - Newcastle = 123

6th - Cleethorpes = 96

The team achieved the exact same number of points in last year's Northern FInal, and will now travel to Corby on Sunday 24th November to defend their Grand Final title for a fourth consecutive year.

The team would like to tank those volunteers, but in particular Emma Ferriman for their help on and before the event.

Well Done Everyone!!! 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Junior League - Northern Final

Hi all,

 

Please ensure you arrive on Sunday morning for 9:40am, in Leeds Kit & have a YELLOW T-Shirt for 9:40am. That is children AND PARENTS alike. (If you want to share in our success then share our colours).

 

Warm-ups will commence at 10:00am.

 

Racing will commence at 10:45am.

 

We will hopefully be done by 12:45pm.

 

The great news is, training is still 'on' for those that have a Sunday session.

  

PS. Not only should you be wearing colours but I will expect you to make more noise than the swimmers this time (Harrogate was a little unimpressive and you will need a lot more practice before I take any of you to the Grand Final in Corby). If I'm honest, the attitude amongst parents seems to be one of expectation for us to win but nothing is a given, therefore you need to get behind every Leeds Child more than your own.

 

Let me remind you…      "A Team Above all… BUT ABOVE ALL… A TEAM"

 

Good Luck Everyone!

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

 

IMPORTANT - Snow Frills Meet

Hi All,

 

The Snow Frills meet is filling up fast, so in order for COL to get entries in quickly please would you be able to send your entries across to Sarah Crossley (Sarah.Crossley@leeds.gov.uk) by 12 noon Friday 4^th October as Ophelia is on holiday.  Under no circumstances will any entries after this date be accepted.

 

The payment of the meet will then need to be made as normal on Monday 7^th October* or Monday 14^th October (*the AGM is on Monday 7^th so entries may only be able to be taken up to approx 7 pm).

 

Please ensure the following is clearly stated on your entry email:

Swimmers Name:

ASA Number:

Date of Birth

Age as at 1^st December 2013:

Events & Time

Swimmers are advised to enter all events they have Pb's close to the consideration times in. If you your PB is faster than the consideration time your entry will not be accepted as you are too fast for the meet.  This competition lands on the same weekend as the North Easter Counties (NER).  If you have already achieved an NER Qualifying time then we would like you to enter the NER's rather than the Snow Frills. You may have only achieved 1 or 2 times for NER's but this is the major competition in the regional calendar.

 

Please ensure that if you are entering your swimmer, that entries are completed and signed off prior to Monday's training.

 

Information for the Snow Frills Meet can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Snow Frills Information Pack & Consideration Times

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

 

City of Leeds October Meet (25m)

Hi All,

The draft programme and rejection list for the October meet has now been published.  If you have been rejected from any events you will be refunded in full from the Club on a Monday night.

Draft Programme

Rejection List

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Who Will You Nominate?

Nominations for the Leeds Sports Awards 2014

Nominations are now open for the awards, which celebrate the success of sport across the city through 2013, with categories ranging from Professional Club/Team of the Year to Junior Sports person of the Year.

Awards will be judged by an independent panel of sporting partners from across the city and nominations close on Friday December 13th 2013. The leading nominees in each category will be invited to attend the gala evening.

You can view the full list of awards criteria here.

Get those nominations in now to celebrate and share the achievements the swimmers have made this year!

Leeds Swimming Ace Taylor Has Glasgow Date In Her Sights

Hi All,

Here is an article on Sophie Taylor who is in our National Squad you may be interested in reading.

Keep focused and work hard in training and who knows this could be you in the future.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-swimming-ace-taylor-has-glasgow-date-in-her-sights-1-6101999

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B