Regional Age Group - Notice Board: December 2013

Saturday 28 December 2013

BAGCAT (25m) Championships (THE BIG ONE!)

Some fantastic swims down in Sunderland, you all stepped up and got stuck into your races challenging some of the best swimmers in the North East.

Regional 1....

achieved 11 PB's out of 18 Swims, 1 Bronze Medal and 7 top 10 place finishes.

Bronze Medalists (1)

Angelo (1)

Top 10 Place Finishes (4)

Angelo (3rd & 6th), Jack (7th, 7th & 9th), Hannah (7th), Huzayfa (10th)

Regional 2....

achieved 23 PB's out of 33 Swims, 3 Gold Medals, 1 Bronze Medals and 20 top 10 place finishes.

Gold Medalists (1)

Joe (3)

Bronze Medalists (1)

Joe (1)

Top 10 Place Finishes (5)

Joe (1st, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 7th & 9th), Jess (5th, 8th 8th, 8th, 8th, 9th & 10th), Jonny (6th, 6th, 6th & 9th), Steph (5th & 7th), Henry (7th)

Overall the swimming was excellent and I was very impressed. You were all very professional and this showed in your outstanding results. It was also great so see the swimmers who had only qualified for one event travelling all the way to Sunderland to compete, this shows a great level of commitment to your sport.

Results can be viewed by clicking the following link

British Gas ASANER Age Group Championships (25m) 2013

Keep up the hard work guys, lets keep moving forward. Get chasing those times for next year!

'No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them.' (Danny Harris. American Athlete, Olympic silver medalist. Los Angeles 1984)

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Friday 20 December 2013

Training Changes Over Xmas

Hi All,

Well done for all the fantastic swimming this year. Here is a reminder of when Training is on over Christmas.

There will be no land training on the following dates:

Monday 23^rd December

Monday 6^th January

Monday 13^th January

Regional 1

Sunday 22nd December: No Training (Leeds Christmas Meet at JCC )

Monday 23rd December: Normal Training Am & Pm

Wednesday 25th December: No Training (Christmas Day)

Thursday 26th December: No Training (Boxing Day)

Friday 27th December: No Training

Sunday 29th December: Regional Squads Combined as 11yrs/ Over 7.00 - 8.00 am & 10 yrs/ Under 8.00 - 9.00 am with Tom S

Monday 30st December: Regional Squads Combined as 11yrs/ Over 7.00 - 8.00 am & 10 yrs/ Under 8.00 - 9.00 am with Tom S, Scott & Tom B

Wednesday 1st January: No Training (New Years Day)

Thursday 2nd January: Training Normal (Josh & Scott covering)

Friday 3rd January: Training Normal (Josh & Scott covering)

Sunday 5th January: Training Normal (Josh & Scott covering)

Monday 6th January: Training Normal (Tom S & Tom B covering)

I am on holiday from 28th December, I will return back to training on Wednesday 8th January. If you have any problems please see Tom or Scott in my absence.

Regional 2

Sunday 22nd December: No Training (Leeds Christmas Meet at JCC )

Monday 23rd December: Normal Training Am & Pm

Wednesday 25th December: No Training (Christmas Day)

Thursday 26th December: No Training (Boxing Day)

Friday 27th December: No Training

Sunday 29th December: Regional Squads Combined as 11yrs/ Over 7.00 - 8.00 am & 10 yrs/ Under 8.00 - 9.00 am

Monday 30st December: Regional Squads Combined as 11yrs/ Over 7.00 - 8.00 am & 10 yrs/ Under 8.00 - 9.00 am

Wednesday 1st January: No Training (New Years Day)

Thursday 2nd January: Training Normal

Thank you for all the wonderful Christmas gifts and cards we received from you all. Hope you all have a great Xmas, go see you friends and family, play with your toys and have a well deserved break before starting the hard work again in the new year. We hope Santa visits you all. Make sure you all stay safe and most importantly have fun!

All the best, see you in 2014!

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

City of Leeds Christmas Meet

Hi All,

The format for the Christmas Meet differs from previous competitions. The Youth and Seniors compete in the earliest session, Age Groupers will compete in the late morning/early afternoon session. The warm-up for this session is 11:30 am, therefore please aim to arrive for 11:00 am.

Please remember that there is no training on Sunday 16th due to the Gala. Any swimmers competing will just be in the water for an hour on Friday night so you can all get to bed early ready to race hard on Saturday.

Swimmers are to see Kevin on Saturday and Tom on Sunday.

Details of the meet can be found by clicking the links below

Draft Programme

Rejection List

Event Details

"When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from."
Ian Thorpe

"I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let the other swimmers think about me, not me about them."
Amanda Beard

SMASH IT!!!

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

North East Arena League Champions Once Again

Saturday saw our team advance to the national final of the ARENA League by winning the North East ARENA League Final for the third year in a row.

An outstanding 28 first places from 50 events helped to fend off our nearest rivals, and saw the Sharks through to the National Final in the last weekend of April 2014.

Thanks to all those who helped organise and run the 'A' Final this weekend, of which there were many. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Final Results

1	City of Leeds	248
2	Sheffield 'A'	217
3	Doncaster Dartes	174
4	Borough of Kirklees	167
5	City of Newcastle	159
6	Gateshead & Wickham	84

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Thursday 12 December 2013

Regional Smash Snow Frills Meet!

An excellent weekend of racing down at the snow frills from the Regional Squads.

Regional 1 achieved 16 PB's out of 21 Swims (76%), 1 Gold Medal and 1 Silver Medal.

Gold Medallists (1)

Chloe (1)

Silver Medallists (1)

Chloe (1)

Regional 2 achieved 22 PB's out of 31 Swims (71%).

Well Done Everyone

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

City of Bradford Winter Open Meet

Well done to all the swimmers who attended the Bradford Open Meet. There were some fantastic swims and very big PB's.

Regional 1 achieved 2 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals and 6 Bronze Medals.

Gold Medallists (2)
Joanna (1), Eve(1)

Silver Medallists (3)
Chole (2), Eve (1), Molly (1)

Bronze Medallists (4)
Chole (2), Mia (2), Matthew W (1), Ciara (1)

Regional 2 achieved 3 Gold Medals, 7 Silver Medals and 2 Bronze Medals.

Gold Medallists (2)
Akshima (2), Jacob (1)

Silver Medallists (3)
Akshima (4), Jacob (2), Niamh M (1)

Bronze Medallists (2)
Akshima (1), Niamh M (1)

Great Job!

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Regional Xmas Party

Hi All,

Due to the City of Leeds Christmas Meet it has it has been very difficult to find a date for a Christmas Party that suits everyone without disrupting training too much. We have decided to go ahead and have a joint Regional Christmas Party on Thursday 19th December at Armley Leisure Centre 18.30 - 20:00. Both groups will take part in a water polo game and some fun races.

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

City of Leeds January Meet (50m) 2014

Hi All,

Entries for this meet will be taken on Monday 16th December.

Swimmers are advised to not to swim any races that they have already achieved Yorkshire times in.

Swimmers should use this meet to concentrate on chasing Yorkshire qualifying times and to have a go at events they have not swum before.

Boys

A selection of

9 yrs = 50's & 200's

10 yrs = 50's & 200's

11 yrs = 50's, 200's & 1500m (Thu am swimmers who were told to enter)

12 yrs = 50's, 100's, 200,s & 1500m (Thu am swimmers who were told to enter)

Girls

A selection of

9 yrs = 50's & 200's

10 yrs = 50's & 200's

11 yrs = 50's, 100's, 200's & 800m (Thu am swimmers who were told to enter)

12 yrs = 50's, 100's, 200,s & 800m (Thu am swimmers who were told to enter)

Yorkshire Qualifying times and January Meet entry forms can be printed using the links below.

Yorkshire Qualifying Times 2014

City of Leeds January Meet (50m) 2014

Any swimmers trying an event for the first time can use the formulas in the link below to get an estimated entry time.

Standard Times Formula

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Advertising in Christmas Programme

Hi All,

If any parents are interested in advertising in the City of Leeds Christmas Meet programme please contact Helen Butterfield or Lucie Black on the Lucky Dip Stall on Monday nights, or alternatively fill in this contact form.

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Quote Bank!

"Kevin!, On the whole I think C Central have swum absolutely fantastic this year". Jacob Butterfield - C Central.

"Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit"

"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.

"Train insane, or remain the same".

"Dream. Believe. Achieve".

"You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get". Michael Phelps.

"I can definitely take more off my world record - a lot more. I have no doubt about that. I'm by no means putting pressure on myself, it's just the belief I have in myself ..... I'm not going to limit myself by nominating times or anything like that. I never thought I'd do 14:34 and I did. I thought I'd maybe do 14:38 or 14:39 that day, and I went nearly five seconds quicker so I don't want to limit the possibilities". Grant Hackett.

"In training everyone focuses on 90% physical and 10% mental, but in the races it's 90% mental because there's very little that seperates us physically at the elite level". Elka Graham.

"The hardest thing about climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd at the bottom".

"We need to create a way of working, and that's why I felt the need to set some rules. For example, we will all eat together, leave the table together - it is all about respecting each other. And being punctual is key". Fabio Capello.

"Unleash the Inner Beast!".

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing". Muhammad Ali.

"Many people say you are as only good as your last race, but we know we are only as good as our next race!".

"It was not the 10 work outs I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed". Graeme Smith (1996).

"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 to a result you will be happy with!"

"Winning the Gold Medal was undoubtedly the biggest day of my career, mostly because I won the way I had prepared to run it. It was a totally satisfying experience". Frank Shorter (American Athlete, Olympic Gold Medalist) (Munich 1972).

"Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of 'what if's' and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win". Shannon Miller (American Gymnast, two time Olympic Gold Medalist) (Atlanta 1996).

"As the years go by I train physically harder and I am always trying to go faster, further and higher. I train seven days a week and at the end of the day, I'm pretty tired but I never wish I was anyone else. If I miss a days training I feel guilty and I know I should have done it. I'm conscientious and unless I have a very good reason to, I never miss a session. It seems unfair to train for years and miss days just for the hell of it, and if I ever start to skip days, I would realise my attitude was not right and it was time for me to finish". Olympic Champion.

"Have a clear goal in your head of where you want to be and never give up!".

"Remember what doesn't challenge you, doesn't change you!"

"Not a day goes past where I don't go to bed with aching limbs ..... I have lost friends over it ..... I have lost girlfriends because of it ..... My family hates it ..... The only person that understands it wants to beat me ..... But I love it more than anything in the world!"

"Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning". Robert Kiyosaki.

'Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose. Nobody goes undefeated all the time. If you can pick up after crushing defeat, and go on to win again, you are going to be a champion someday'. William Rudolph (American Athlete, three-time Olympic Gold medalist) (Rome 1960).

"It's been told that swimming is a wimp sport, but I don't see it. We don't get timeouts in the middle of a race; we can's stop and catch our breath; and we can't ask for a substitution".

"We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can".

"In 2004 , I won a bronze. This is a silver. Maybe in 2012, it will be a gold. Slowly, slowly". Eliud Kipchoge (Kenyan Athelete, Olympic silver medalist) (Beijing 2008).

"I came out here to beat everybody in sight and that is exactly what I'm going to do. Sure, I can do anything". Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson (American Athlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist) (Los Angeles 1932).

"Before the (Olympic) trials I was doing a lot of relaxing exercises and visualisation. And I think that that helped me to get a feel of what it was going to be like when I got there. I knew that I had done everything that I could to get ready for that meet, both physically and mentally". Michael Phelps. (6 Gold Medals, 2004 Olympic Games).

"Success comes with determination to get up the morning after the hardest practice of your life and do it all over again!"

"There is nothing like the smell of chlorine in the morning, and nothing like the smell of victory in the evening"

"Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment and quit worrying bout winning and losing". Matt Biondi. (American Swimmer, eight-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992).

"You only get one shot, go out there and do your best". Chad le Clos (200m Butterfly Champion).

"No negative thoughts cross my mind on race day. When I look into their eyes, I know I'm going to beat them". Danny Harris. (American Athlete, Olympic Silver Medallist. Los Angeles 1984).

"When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe.

"I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let other swimmers think about me, not me about them". Amanda Beard.

"An athlete cannot race with money in his pockets. He must race with hope in his heart and dreams in his head". Emil Zatopek. (Four Time Olympic Gold Medallist).

"If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from". Ian Thorpe. (Australian swimmer, five-time Olympic gold medallist. Sydney 2000, Athens 2004).

"No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, show up and never give up!".

"Push harder than yesterday if you want a different tomorrow".

"Champions train, losers complain".

"Success isn't overnight. It's when everyday you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up." Dwayne Johnson.

"Life is full of disappointments, failures and setbacks. None of those things can permanently stop you. You have the power to overcome anything that life throws at you. There is nothing as powerful as a made up mind. Surround yourself with people who remind you that you matter, and support you in the ways that matter most to you. No person, situation, or circumstance can define who you are. Don't give up. cave in, or stop believing that it's possible. It's not over until you win."