Regional Age Group - Notice Board: August 2019

Friday 30 August 2019

Chester-le-Street Entries

Hi All,

Just a reminder that entries for the Chester-le-Street Junior Meet 2019 held at Chester-le-Street Leisure Centre on 25th - 27th October will be taken on Monday 9th September. Coaches will start signing forms on Monday evening on wards.

Swimmers are advised to enter any races they have not already achieved Yorkshire Qualifying times for. Some of you are very close. This meet is also a great opportunity to try any races you have not competed in before to get a time posted on the British Rankings. Those swimmers that attend Thursday am can have a go at the 400m races.

Please be advised that this meet will be the last opportunity for swimmers to post a time on rankings for selection into the Junior League Grand Final team unless you have qualified for the Age Group NER's. With this in mind swimmers may wish to update their 50m Freestyle time and their best 50m form stroke.

Held on 25th - 27th October at Chester-le-Street Leisure Centre (Short Course)
Age at 31st December 2019

ALL Heat Declared Winners

50m/ 200m all strokes
800m/1500m Freestyle (11 years+)

200m IM/ 400m IM

Chester-le-Street - Programme of Events

Chester-le-Street - Meet Conditions

Chester-le-Street - Upper Limit Times (Not to be swum faster than)

Chester-le-Street - Entry Form

For those swimmers trying events for the first time please use the Standard times formula in the link below to work out an appropriate entry time.
Standard Times Formula

Regional Development please use the link below to access a copy of your best times.

Regional Development Life Time Bests

The Regional Team

Winter Yorkshires Entries 2019

Hi All,

Entries for the Winter Yorkshires will be taken on Monday 9th September in the Denison Suite. Swimmers are advised to enter ALL EVENTS they have qualified in.

Please use the link below to see if your LC PB's converted to short course are under the Yorkshire Qualifying Times.

Swimming Course Converter

Winter Yorkshire Short Course Competition 2019

Saturday 28th September & Sunday 29th September (John Charles)

Ages 9-12 Years (Age at 20th October 2019)

Swimmers should enter ALL events they have qualified in.

Please use the link below for the competition information and qualifying times.

Yorkshire SC Championships Info & Qualifying Times

Entry Form

The Regional Team

Tuesday 27 August 2019

Welcome Back!

Hi All,

Welcome back. I hope you have enjoyed the break!

Below is a link to this years competition calendar, but please note that the dates for January-July are subject to change as not all meets have been confirmed.

Competition Calendar 2019-2020

Any queries regarding meets, entry forms etc can be found on the City of Leeds Swimming Club Website. Any meet specific information i.e. races to enter etc can be found on the Regional Blog or will be communicated through your squad coach.

Upcoming entry dates for your diaries

9th September = Yorkshire SA Winter Meet/ Chester-le-Street Junior Meet

16th September = City of Leeds October Meet

14th October - City of Leeds Autumn Development Meet (for swimmers too young to compete in the Regional Competition Calendar)

21st October = ASANER Age Group Championships

4th November = City of Leeds Xmas Meet

25th November = City of Leeds New Year Meet

City of Sheffield Snow Frills Meet - Date TBC

Equipment

Please can you ensure that your child has the required training equipment. Here's a quick reminder of what is needed:

· Fins

· Snorkel

· Pullbuoy

· Paddles

· Kickboard

· Drinks Bottles

· Apropriate Gym Trainers for Land Training

· Spare Cap & Goggles

Most of this equipment is available on a Monday evening. If you require a replacement STS Cap, you can purchase one from the Aquatics Centre Reception (you will need to keep the receipt and pass it to Sharon Barracough or your squad coach, so that they can give you the cap).

The Regional Team

ASA Registration

Hi All,

Please be reminded that ALL members of the Swimming Training Scheme need to be registered with the Amateur Swimming Association. You will not be able to submit competition entries without an ASA Membership Number.

We already have competition entry deadlines approaching us. It is essential that you register with the ASA on Monday evening (2nd September 2019), so that you receive a membership number in good time for processing entries.

To register, you need to see John Clayton in The Dension Room. He will be available from 17:30 – 19:30 on a Monday evening.

You can check whether or not you already have ASA membership by searching your child's surname using the link below:

https://swimmingresults.org/membershipcheck/

The Regional Team

Tuesday 13 August 2019

🔥 WHAT A SEASON! 🔥

Finishing with 79 National Medals

GOLD - 27
SILVER - 25
BRONZE - 27
4-10 Place - 119
2nd Club Overall
Top Female Club

Well Done Team!!!

Hope your all enjoying the summer break 😁

Sunday 4 August 2019

Welsh Summer Nationals 2019

Well done to all the swimmers who competed at the Welsh Summer Nationals held in Swansea. The trip was a brilliant success with lots of fast swimming and a great experience for those swimmers whose first time it was away from home.

The team achieved 37 Medals (13 Gold, 11 Silver, 13 Bronze) and 69 Final Swims (51 swims were swum faster in the final that is a 74% conversion rate).

Overall there were 408 Life Time Best Performances out of 585 Swims. That is 70% PB's from the City of Leeds!

🌟 8 - Gold Medalists (12in Total) 🌟

Nell Williams (4), Kourosh Khodakhah (2), Christina Black (1), George Brooks (1), Jamie Broome (1), Mischa Comrie (1), Solomon Hodgson (1), George Knowles (1), Elizabeth Russell (1)

7 - Silver Medalists (11 in Total)

Oliver Whittleston (3), George Brooks (2), Kourosh Khodakhah (2), Jamie Broome (1), Mischa Comrie (1), George Knowles (1), Finlay Williams (1)

8 - Bronze Medalists (13 in Total)

Oliver Whittleston (3), George Brooks (2), Maeve Carroll (2), Theodore Rosenberg (2), Jamie Brome (1), Abigail Heals (1), Kourosh Khodakhah (1), Sedona Reed (1)

20 Finalists achieving 45 4th - 8th Place Finishes

10 - 4th Place Finishes (6)

George Brooks (2), Kourosh Khodakhah (2), Oliver Whittleston (2), Nell Williams (2), Theodore Rosenberg (1), Elizabeth Russell (1)

12 - 5th Place Finishes (9)

Maeve Carroll (2), Mischa Comrie (2), Oliver Whittleston (2), George Brooks (1), Kourosh Khodakhah (1), Sedona Reed (1), Theodore Rosenberg (1), Harry Senior (1), Eva Stacey (1)

9 - 6th Place Finishes (8)

Eva Stacey (2), George Brooks (1), Jamie Broome (1), Charlotte Clarke (1), George Knowles (1), Theodore Rosenberg (1), Harry Senior (1), Nell Williams (1)

8 - 7th Place Finishes (6)

George Brooks (3), Mischa Comrie (1), Henry Firth (1), Sedona Reed (1), Theodore Rosenberg (1), Oliver Steele (1)

4 - 8th Place Finishes (4)

Luke Dyer (1), Theodore Rosenberg (1), Oliver Steele (1), Finlay Williams (1)

Well Done Everyone!!!

Check out the Wales 2019 Photos

Pictures and results from the week can be viewed by clicking the links below;

Welsh Summer Open Meet 2019 Results

Welsh Summer Open Meet 2019 Photos

For some of you this was your last competition in Regional Squads. We hope to follow your progress as you move on through the scheme. I hope you are all looking forward to joining your new squads and I hope you will work as hard for your new coaches as you have done for us.

Awesome Swimming!!! A great way to finish off the season.

A big thank you to all the Welsh Summer Nationals Team 2019 who did an amazing job over the past week and made this trip possible.

Team Managers (Julie Crisp, Meron Gebre, David Broome, Angela Dyer, Jeremy Stacey & Andrea Johnstone)

Coaches (Callum Gladding, Joe Stott, Harvey McGreavy-Gill and Tom King)

Have a fantastic summer and stay safe.

WE ARE..........LEEDS!!!

Saturday 3 August 2019

Welsh Summer Open Meet 2019 - Day 5

The team didn't disappoint on the last day. Medals were still won and many PB's achieved. A fantastic end to a sensational week of swimming.

3 Gold's, 1 Silver & 1 Bronze Medals. 8 Final Swims (7 finals where swimmers converted from heat to final).

48 PB's out of 77 Swims

🏆Gold Medalists (2)🏆

Nell Williams (12 yrs - 400m & 200m IM)

George Brooks (12 yrs - 200m Breastsroke)

Silver Medalists (1)

Kourosh Khodakhah (12 yrs - 400m Freestyle)

Bronze Medalists (1)

Maeve Carroll (12 yrs - 400m IM)

Finalists 4th - 8th Place (7)

Kourosh Khodakhah (4th - 12 yrs 200m Breaststroke), Oliver Whittleston (5th - 12 yrs 100m Freestyle), Harry Senior (6th - 12 yrs 200m Breaststroke), Nell Williams (6th - 12 yrs 100m Breaststroke), Mischa Comrie (7th - 12 yrs 200m IM), George Brooks (7th - 12 yrs 100m Freestyle), Theodore Rosenberg (8th - 12 yrs 100m Freestyle).

Well Done Team!

The Welsh Summer Nationals Team

Results from the week can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Welsh Summer Open Meet 2019 Results

Pictures of the team in action can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Welsh Summer Open Meet 2019 Pictures

Friday 2 August 2019

Welsh Summer Open Meet 2019 - Day 4

An awesome day at Welsh Summer Nationals today with a huge amount of finals and conversions following. After a long day the swimmers battled it out in the finals going on to bring home another 10 medals. In total achieving 1 Gold, 5 Silver's, & 4 Bronze Medals. With 18 Final Swims (13 Finals swimmers converted from heat to final).

65 PB's out of 92 Swims

🌟 Gold Medalists (1) 🌟

Kourosh Khodakhah (12 yrs - 100m Butterfly)

Silver Medalists (5)

Kourosh Khodakhah (12 Yrs - 1500m Freestyle), George Knowles (14Yrs - 1500m Freestyle), Oliver Whittleston (12 Yrs - 100m Butterfly), Mischa Comrie (12 yrs - 200m Butterfly), Jamie Broome (17+ years 1500m Freestyle)

Bronze Medalists (4)

Maeve Carroll (12 yrs - 200m Butterfly), George Brooks (12 yrs - 100m Butterfly), Oliver Whittleston (12 yrs - 1500m Freestyle), Kourosh Khodakhah (12 yrs - 50m Backstroke)

Finalists 4th - 8th Place (8)

Theodore Rosenberg (4th - 12 yrs 50m Backstroke, 6th - 100m Backstroke & 7th- 200m Freestyle), Nell Williams (4th - 12 yrs 200m Butterfly & 6th - 50m Breastroke), Elizabeth Russel (4th - 14 yrs 200m Butterfly), Oliver Whittleston (4th - 12 Yrs 200m Freestyle), George Brookes (5th - 12yrs 200m Freestyle & 6th - 50m Backstroke), Maeve Carroll (5th - 12yrs 100m Backstroke), Evangeline Stacey (6th - 12 yrs 200m Butterfly), Oliver Steele (8th - 12 yrs 100m Butterfly)

Well Done! 😃

The Welsh Summer Nationals Team

Results from the week can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Welsh Summer Open Meet 2019 Results

Pictures of the team in action can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Welsh Summer Open Meet 2019 Pictures

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."