Regional Age Group - Notice Board: October 2018

Wednesday 31 October 2018

City of Leeds October Meet Success

Well done to all swimmers who competed in the October Meet over the weekend.

Regional Development achieved 24 Gold Medals, 28 Silver Medals, 24 Bronze Medals and 56 more Yorkshire times for 2019. Great stuff.

🌟 Gold Medallists (12) 🌟

Asher Ma (4), Ethan Co (3), Megan Tr (3), Oliver St (3), Joseph Ha (2), Sophie Ra (2), Zac Jo (2), Isaac Fo (1), Libby Di (1), Luke Dy (1), Oliver Go (1), Oliver Pu (1)

Silver Medallists (10)

Ethan Co (5), Libby Di (5), Luke Dy (4), Asher Ma (3), Oliver St (3), George Wo (2), Max Fo (2), Sophie Ra (2), Joshua Ba (1), Megan Tr (1)

Bronze Medallists ()

Sophie Ra (5), Asher Ma (3), Alex Ne (2), Luke Dy (2), Oliver Pu (2), Abdullah Mo (1), George Wo (1), Isaac Fo (1), Joseph Ha (1), Joshua Ba (1), Max Fo (1), Millie Th (1), Oliver Go (1), Oliver St (1), Zac Jo (1)

Regional Performance achieved 12 Gold Medals, 16 Silver Medals and 19 Bronze Medals. Well Done!

🌟 Gold Medallists (9) 🌟

Charlie Hi (2), Daniel Ra (2), Matthew Ju (2), Harry Se (1), Ashton De (1), Hazel Bl (1), Jamie Br (1), Nathan Du (1), Oliver Br (1)

Silver Medallists (9)

Harry Se (3), Hazel Bl (3), Charlie Hi (2), George Br (2), Jamie Br (2), Daniel Ra (1), Erin Th (1), Oliver Br (1), Oliver Wh (1)

Bronze Medallists ()

Thomas Mi (4), Jamie Br (2), Kieran He (2), Lexi En (2), Arthur Fi (1), Ellie Ak (1), Charlie Hi (1), Harry Se (1), Hazel Bl (1), Mae Jo (1), Matthew Ju (1), Oliver Br (1), Samantha Kn (1)

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below;

City of Leeds October Meet 2018

Regional Development please use the link below to view your updated PB's
Regional Development PB's

Swimmers do not need to race any events at the New Year meet they have achieved Yorkshire times in. Swimmers should focus on events they are close to Yorkshire times in or have never done before.

"If you want to be a lion, you must train with lions".

The Regional Team

Development Meet Volunteers

Hi All,

Hope you are all well.

We are looking for volunteers for the upcoming Development Gala Saturday 10^th November.

We are looking for time keepers, help with marshalling and someone to help with the medals. Marshalling is to help get the swimmers in order for their races.

If you could please help, we need a total of 30 volunteers to help the gala run smoothly, without the help of volunteers galas like this struggle to run.

We really appreciate your help, don't worry the team will look after you.

Vicki Spencer would love to hear from you. Please let her know if you are able to help on this email address (Vickispencer@hotmail.com)

Thank you in advance.

Sharon

Regional Development - City of Leeds Christmas Cracker Entries

Hi All,

A great job at the weekend from everyone. The squad achieved 169 PB's out of 196 Swims and an amazing 56 more Yorkshire Qualifying Times.

Just a reminder that it is the City of Leeds Christmas Cracker entries on Monday 5^th November in the Denison Suite.

I have now put a link to the squads PB's onto the blog after the weekend.

Regional Development PB's

Please remember the focus is to achieve as many Yorkshire qualifying times as possible by the end of the January Meet. If you have already got a Yorkshire time in an event you do not need to enter it until the Yorkshires, please focus on events you have not already qualified in or events you have not swum before.

There are now some swimmers very close to Yorkshire times. You may want to enter the ones you are close to at both the Christmas and New Year Meets so you have a backup swim.

See you all on Friday night.

Kevin

ASANER Short Course Championships 2018

Hi All,

Below are the arrival times for this weekend's competitions.

ASANER Short Course Championships, (Ponds Forge, Sheffield)

Age Group Pool

Am Sessions

Arrive: 8.00

Warm Up: 08.30

Start: 09.30

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 13.00
Warm Up: 13:30
Start: 14:30

Details and draft programme can be found by clicking the link below;

ASA NER Short Course Championships 2018

Please take note of the following training changes;

Regional Development
Saturday 3rd November 2018 - No Training

Regional Performance
Friday 2nd November 2018 - 19:00 - 20:00 (Swimmers competing at NER's 1 hour, swimmers who are not competing will train as normal)
Saturday 3rd November - No Training
Monday 5th November - No Am Training for those swimmers who have competed at NER's, training as normal for those swimmers who have not competed

Good Luck to everyone!

The Regional Team

Tuesday 30 October 2018

Leeds Sports Awards 2019

The 16th annual Leeds Sports Awards will make its grand return on Thursday 28th February 2019, commemorating Leeds' proud sporting heritage. This milestone will celebrate both the success of our athletes and the growth of our awards over the years and promises to be our most spectacular event yet!

Returning to Leeds' iconic first direct arena for a third year, we will have the privilege of welcoming sportspersons of all levels and abilities, from Olympians to local athletes, as well as their coaches, volunteers, sponsors, dignitaries and more, to this vibrant celebration of sport.

The awards celebrate the achievements and contributions across the city, including grass roots, professional clubs and athletes, right through to coaches, administrators and volunteers. Make sure you vote and nominate to ensure those who deserve recognition receive it on the grandest of stages, in front of an inspirational audience.

Every year the Leeds Sports Awards proves to be the highlight of Leeds' sporting calendar and the 2019 awards will be no different. We look forward to welcoming back a range of individuals from all levels of sport.

NOMINATIONS & VOTING NOW OPEN!

It's easy! Select the Young Achievers or Special Contribution category you wish to make your nomination for and fill out the form that will appear below it to tell us more about your nomination. There's no limit to the number of people you can nominate so make sure you nominate all those sporting legends now!

For the third year running we have voting system in place for Senior Achievers. Simply click on Senior Achievers, choose the awards you'd like to vote for, then tick the box for the athlete you feel deserves to win. Don't forget to fill out your details. Only one vote per email address for each award will be counted.

You can also download a PDF version of the application form and return it to us in the post or by email.

Nominations close midnight Monday 17th December.

For more information, to cast your vote or even purchase a ticket for the event please use the link below;

Leeds Sports Awards 2019

Thursday 25 October 2018

Halloween Kick Set

On Wednesday 31st October we will be doing the traditional Halloween Kick set. You have 6 days left to find the scariest mask you can. 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 kick set in the scariest mask you can find.

Don't forget your masks

The Regional Team

Regional Development 400m IM Time Trial Results

400m IM Time Trial Results (Thu 25th October Am)

Regional Development

Sophie Ra = 6:54.37

Alex Ne = 7:18.50

Oliver St = 7:34.19

Luke Dy = 7:43.05

Hari Mo = 7:45.37

Sophie Hi = 7:46.60

Maisie Wr = 7:53.15

Oliver Go = 8:12.76

Regional Performance

George Br = 6:26.44

Daniel Ra = 6:26.80

Sedona Re = 6:30.08

Charlie Hi = 6:50.87

Samantha = 6:50.89

Hazel Bl = 7:01.60

Alex Mc = 7:03.18

Nathan Du = 7:04.13

Ashton De = 7:11.23

James Ad = 7:11.61

Matthew Ju = 7:16.47

Oliver Wh= 7:38.99

Monday 22 October 2018

City of Leeds October Meet 2018

Hi All,

Below are the arrival times for this weekend's competition.

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07.30

Warm Up: 08.00

Start: 09.00

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 12.30

Warm Up: 13.00

Start: 14.00

City of Leeds October Meet 2018 - Draft Programme

City of Leeds October Meet 2018 - Information Pack

Go out long and strong the first quarter, hold length and build effort on the second quarter, work the 3rd quarter and switch the legs on more, empty the tank and go as fast as you can on the last quarter. 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!

Good Luck to everyone competing.

Please take note of this weeks training changes due to the competition.

Friday 25th October PM: 19:00 - 20:00 (No Land Training)

Saturday 27^th October AM: NO TRAINING (Leeds Meet)

Monday 29^th October AM: NO TRAINING (Recovery after Leeds Meet)

The Regional Team

Friday 19 October 2018

Race Day Prep Timeline

Hi All,

Please use the link below to view the Race Day Routine Timeline some swimmers may find useful.

Race Day Routine Timeline

The Regional Team

2017-18 Season Review

Hi All,

Please click the link below to view the amazing success of the Leeds City Council Training Scheme swimmers during the 2017-18 season.

2017-18 Summary

Lets continue to build on this!

The Regional Team

Thursday 18 October 2018

Upcoming Training Changes

Please take note of the following changes to training due to competitions and pool bookings.

Saturday 20^th October AM: Regional Performance 06:00 – 07:30

Friday 25th October PM: 19:00 - 20:00 (No Land Training)

Saturday 27^th October AM: NO TRAINING (Leeds Meet)

Monday 29^th October AM: NO TRAINING (Recovery after Leeds Meet)

Friday 2nd November PM: (Only 1 hour for those swimmers competing at NER's)

Saturday 3^rd November AM: NO TRAINING (Coaches at NER's & Squads competing at NER's)

Monday 5^th November AM: No Training for anyone who has swum at NER's. Training will be as normal for swimmers that did not compete at NER's

Saturday 10th November AM: No Training for anyone competing in the Autumn Development Meet

Friday 30th November PM: 19:00 - 20:00 ( No Land Training)

Saturday 1^st December AM: NO TRAINING (Squads competing at Sheffield Snow Frills)

Monday 3^rd December AM: NO TRAINING (Recovery after Snow Frills)

Saturday 8^th December AM: Clash with Underwater Hockey

Regional Performance: 06:00 – 07:30 – DIVE PIT

Regional Development: 07:30 – 09:00 – DIVE PIT (As Normal)

Friday 14th December PM: 19:00 - 20:00 (No Land Training)

Saturday 15^th December AM: NO TRAINING (Squads competing at City of Leeds Christmas Cracker Meet)

Monday 17^th December AM: NO TRAINING (Recovery after Leeds Christmas Cracker)

The Regional Team

City of Leeds Xmas Meet Entries

Hi All,

Please remember entries for the City of Leeds Xmas Meet (15th & 16th December) will be taken on Monday 5th November.

Try and plan your events wisely so you are not repeating the same events 3 weeks later at the New Year Meet.

If you have already qualified for the Yorkshire's or NER's in an event then we strongly advise focusing on obtaining times in other events. You will get chance to swim your best events at the Yorkshire Championships in February. I would strongly advise entering the 200m Individual Medley and also update your 50m Freestyle and your best 50m form stroke for selection into the Yorkshire teams in February.

Regional Development

Below is a link to your PB's. Focus on racing the events you are closest to Yorkshire times in at the December Meet. All swimmers should enter the 200m IM at either the Christmas or New Year meet. If you have never swum an event before try and fill as many blank boxes by the end of the January New Year Meet.

Try and plan so you have no more than 2 events per session unless you are swimming a 50 in which case 3 events per session maximum.

Thursday Am swimmers and the swimmers who I have spoken to please enter the 400m Freestyle and 400m IM over the two meets.

Regional Development PB's

Regional Performance

Focus on racing the events you are closest to Yorkshire times or NER's in at the December Meet. Enter secondary events at the New Year meet. All swimmers should enter the 200m IM at either the Christmas or New Year meet.

Try and plan so you have no more than 2 events per session unless you are swimming a 50 in which case 3 events per session maximum.

Here is a link to work out times for events you have never swum before;

Standard Times Formula

City of Leeds Xmas Meet 2018 - Meet Pack

City of Leeds Xmas Meet 2018 - Entry Form

The Regional Team

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."