Regional Age Group - Notice Board: November 2018

Friday 30 November 2018

Junior League Official Photos

Hi All,

The official photos from the event are now available for viewing and ordering. Please view using the following link:

https://galleries.everybodysmile.co.uk/mrcphoto/evnts/index.php

The password needed to view the photos is ARENAGF2018

The Regional Team

Tuesday 27 November 2018

City of Leeds Winter Development Meet 2018

Hi All,

Just a reminder that entries for the Winter Development Meet held at John Charles on Saturday 26th January 2019 will be taken in the Denison Suite on Monday 3rd December.

- This is for swimmers who are not old enough to take part in the Regional Competition Calendar

- Swimmers should enter ALL events

Entry form and information can be found by clicking the link below;

City of Leeds Winter Development Meet Entry & Information

The Regional Team

Training Changes

Hi All,

Due to both squads competing this weekend training will be as follows;

Regional Development & Performance

Friday 30^th November – 19:00 – 20:00

Saturday 1st December– No Training (Squad competing at Snow Frills)

Monday 2nd December – No AM Training (Recovery after Snow Frills)

The Regional Team

'Snow Frills' Meet 2018

Hi All,

Details of this weekends competition can be found by clicking the links below;

Meet Information Pack

Live Results

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start: 14:00

Good Luck to everyone competing, get chasing those long course Yorkshire times!

Swimmers in Regional Development Kevin will be away on Saturday due attending a Swim England Camp. Kevin will let swimmers know on Friday who they should report to for the Saturday of the competition.

"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

"If you want to win.....throw your excuses in the bin!"

SMASH IT!!!

The Regional Team

Youngsters Claim Title at Junior League Grand Final 2018

The team return from Corby triumphant again after winning the Junior League Grand Final for the sixth time.

Well done to all the swimmers who took part in the Junior Swim League and ensured City of Leeds came out on top in all 3 rounds. The Grand Final was a tense and exciting afternoon with lots of fast racing and fun. It was great to see you all come together as a team and support each other to the very end. Out of 49 races, City of Leeds bagged 23 1st place finishes, which helped us claim overall victory over second placed Guildford by just 4 points! An outstanding performance by all.

Special mention to Megan Travis (9yrs), Daniel Ransom (10 yrs) and Oliver Brompton (10 yrs) who received top boy and girl awards respectively for their performances in the individual events, some of which were meet records.

Parents, thank you for all the effort that went in to supporting the team; you were all excellent, you looked good and it really helped to motivate the swimmers.

Well done to the swimmers, coaches, team managers, volunteers and supporters for a fantastic event and an outstanding victory. Thank you also to those swimmers who competed in the first two rounds who contributed in qualifying the A team into the final.

1st: City of Leeds = 337

2nd: Guildford = 333

3rd: Camden Swiss Cottage = 202

4th: Tynemouth = 199

5th: City of Coventry = 189

6th: Southport = 175

7th: City of Derby = 169

8th: Leicester Sharks = 151

Megan Travis (9 yrs), Daniel Ransom and Oliver Brompton (10 yrs) received top girl and boy awards for their performances in the individual events.

City of Leeds claimed the Cannon Trophy back (Alfie Young, Megan Travis, Daniel Ransom, Emma Wood, Kourosh Khodakhah, Anna Ashcroft, Solomon Hodgson, Lauren Smith)

We also achieved 5 meet records in the following events;

4 Relay Records

Girls 9 yrs 4x25 IM Relay = 1:10.73 (Megan Travis, Hazel Blain, Elizabeth Dixon, Sophie Ramshaw)

Girls 10 yrs 4 x 25 IM Relay = 1:04.62 (Charlotte Shaw, Millie Williams, Hannah Smith, Emma Wood)

Girls 10 yrs 4 x 25 FS Relay = 58.78 (Charlotte Shaw, Lauren Lilley, Hannah Smith, Emma Wood)

Boys 10 yrs 4x25 Fs Relay = 59.21 (Oliver Brompton, Charlie Hinson, Matthew Just, Daniel Ransom)

1 Individual Record

Girls 9 years 50m BR = Hazel Blain 43.51

City of Leeds Junior League History

2018 - 1st = 337

2017 - 1st = 330

2016 - 2nd = 282

2015 - 3rd = 254

2014 - 6th = 192

2013 - 1st = 301

2012 - 1st = 321

2011 - 1st = 321

2010 - 1st = 322

"A Team Above All. And Above All A TEAM."

Photos can be viewed by clicking the link below:

Junior League 2018

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below:

Junior League Grand Final Results 2018

Images from the event can be viewed at www.mrcphoto.co.uk. Click on the Arena Junior Inter-League Final icon. When requested to enter a password type in: ARENAGF18

The Regional Team

Saturday 24 November 2018

Regional Xmas Party

Hi All,

Regional's Christmas party is booked for Saturday 22nd December after morning training. The party will take place at Oxygen Free Jumping Trampoline Park at Cardigan Fields, Kirkstall. The cost to attend the party will be £10 per swimmer. This includes 1 hour on the trampolines, socks, and pizza. The party will start at 11:00 and will end at 12:45.

The food options are:
Margarita Pizza

or
Pepperoni Pizza

If you would like to come to the party please bring £10:00 along with your food order and signed waiver to Kim Mathias who will be taking money (cash only). Final numbers and payment need to be in to Kim by the Friday 7th December if you wish to attend.

Oxygen Free Jumping Participant Consent Form

Please note that this is not an official City of Leeds outing and therefore coaches will not be responsible for swimmers whilst at Oxygen Trampoline Park. Any volunteer parents who would like to help out it would be greatly appreciated. Please see Kim if you are available.

The Regional Team

Thursday 22 November 2018

City of Bradford Early Xmas Meet

Hi All,

Below are the arrival times for those swimmers who are competing in the City of Bradford Early Xmas Meet this (swimmers who entered before moving to Regional Squad). Please also use the link to view which races you are entered into.

https://swimentry.online/meetlive/?meetcode=ex18#

Saturday 24th & Sunday 24th November

Session 1 & 3

Arrive: 08:00

Warm Up: 08:30

Start : 09:30

Session 2 & 4

Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start : 14:00

Good Luck!

The Regional Team

Regional Development 400m Time Trial Results

400m FS Time Trial Results (Thu 22nd November Am)

Oliver St = 06:05.88

Sophie Ra = 6:14.70

Charlotte Mo = 6:27.98

Luke Dy = 6:30.45

Alex Ne = 6:34.16

Libby Di = 6:44.16

Matthew Ja = 7:05.13

Maisie Wr = 7:10.09

Joshua Ba = 7:16.95

Sophie Hi = 7:24.55

Junior League Extra Tickets

Hi All,

We have just done the draw for Junior League extra tickets and the following were successful in gaining an extra ticket. Please can you pay Kim the amount of £20.00 ASAP.

Hazel Blain

George Brooks

Nathan Dulay

Zac Jones

Matthew Just

Valeria Pinera-Levita

Daniel Ransom

Harry Senior

Charlotte Shaw

Megan Travis

Alfie Young

Millie Williams

Apologies to those who were unsuccessful but if more tickets become available we will let you know.

The Regional Team

Tuesday 20 November 2018

Junior League National Final (Sunday 25th November)

The gala will take place at:

Corby International Pool,

Parkland Gateway,

Corby,

Northampton,

NN17 1QB

All swimmers will need to arrive at John Charles no later than 8:15 am ready for the coach to depart at 8:30 am sharp. We will not be allowed in to the building until 12:30 so we strongly advise that children bring a warm/waterproof jacket with them as we could be eating on arrival outside. Warm-up starts at 12:50 pm with the parade of teams at approximately 13:30 pm. We hope to be back at JCC for 7:30 pm. All swimmers will be required to travel to and from the meet on the team coach.

If your child has a team track suit they should travel to and from the event in it. Each swimmer must wear their Junior League Final 2018 whilst the event is taking place and for all team photographs. Junior League Final 2018 T Shirts will be handed out on Sunday. Please also ensure your child has another Leeds t-shirt to wear on the way home. An official team photo will be taken at 12:05 on poolside by the event photographer.

Obviously this will be a long day, so the children will need enough food and drinks to last the day. They should not be given all of their food for the day straight away, as they tend to eat too much on the journey down to Corby. Swimmers will not be allowed to leave our teams marshalling area to collect drinks from parents etc during the meet. Therefore please ensure they are adequately supplied with nutritious snacks and enough hydration on arrival at the pool.

Swimmers please remember everything you have practiced. This will be a very tough competition, every millisecond counts in an event like this so remember shallow dives, kick hard, get up and race hard and don't slow down into finishes. BE CAREFUL ON THE TAKEOVERS!!!! It is better to go late than early. We need to grab every point we can, getting disqualified can cause the team to loose 8 points, this we don't want.

Parents please wear team colours!!! Remember the louder you shout the faster the swimmers will go, nobody should have a voice left by the end of the competition. We look forward to seeing you all dressed up in your hats, wigs, face paints etc. Make as much noise as you can! Drums, horns, flags, floating sharks, chants we want to see you go all out! We do not just want the best swimmers on the day, we want the best supporters on the balcony too. We are all part of the same team, please make sure you get behind every swimmer.

Kim Mathias will be selling shark tattoos for the Junior League Grand Final. You can purchase 2 tattoos for £1 from her during the week or on the Junior League bus.

II hope you will appreciate that the day will be slightly extended for the presentations. There is to be no use of photography or video equipment during the gala. This includes the use of mobile phones and other recording equipment. The Leagues official photographer will take photographs during the event.

TIMELINE & PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY

12:30 – Balcony & changing room access – due to lack of locker space please keep your kit with your team poolside (in a tidy manner)
12.50 Safety announcement and warm-up to 13.20
13:20 – End of warm-up ONLY 10 mins to get ready for the parade and line up in the changing village – IT WILL BE BUSY – please listen to the stewards, they are trying to help the parade go smoothly
13:25 – OFFICIALS to line up along flume barrier
13.30 - Team parade from changing village (– teams to be to lead by a ref/starter)
13.55 - Officials parade from 'flume line-up', introduction of Referees and Starter
13.57 - National Anthem – please stand still for this and if you feel appropriate, cheer at the end. Tribute to Alan Doyle who passed away suddenly last November, followed by a minutes clapping. (Alan tweeted live from the event, ran the websute and the Junior League social media links)
13.58 - Safety announcement revisited - first and second race competitors to go to start ready behind blocks
14.00 - Racing begins

Hope you all have a fun and exciting day.

Lane 1 - City of Derby SC

Lane 2 - Tynemouth SC

Lane 3 - City of Coventry SC

Lane 4 - City of Leeds SC

Lane 5 - Guildford City SC

Lane 6 - Southport SC

Lane 7 - Camden Swiss Cottage SC

Lane 8 - Leicester Sharks SC

Good Luck Everyone! 😃 👍

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).

"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."