Regional Age Group - Notice Board: December 2019

Tuesday 24 December 2019

Regional Crack the Christmas Cracker

There was some great racing from the Regional Squads at the Leeds Christmas Cracker, finishing 2019 in style.

Regional Development achieved 175 Life Time Bests out of 242 Swims, 15 Gold Medals, 15 Silver Medals, 15 Bronze Medals, 128 4th - 10th place finishes and 26 more Yorkshire Qualifying times for 2020.

🌟 Gold Medallists (6) 🌟

Jacob O'Do (5), William Wi (5), Owen Ca (2), Zach He (1), Dexter Ro (1), Oscar Sc (1)

Silver Medallists (9)

Jacob O'D (2), William Wi (3), Owen Ca (2), Finnley St (2), Jackson Cl (1), Freya Co (1), Ella Jo (1), Zac Jo (1), Yuvraj Ub (1)

Bronze Medallists (11)

Yuvraj Ub (4), Owen Ca (2), Jackson Cl (1), Scarlett Cl (1), Holly Ha (1), Zac Jo (1), Bertie Pi (1), Dexter Ro (1), Finnley St (1), Mia TJ (1), Aira Wi (1)

4th - 10th Place Finishers (34)

Owen Ca (4th & 4th), Jacob O'Do (4th), Oscar Sc (4th), Ella Jo (4th & 5th), Finnley St (4th, 4th, 4th, 5th & 5th), Dexter Ro (4th, 5th & 6th), William Wi (4th, 6th & 6th), Alfie Yo (4th, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 7th & 7th), Yuvraj Ub (4th, 4th, 5th, 6th, 6th & 7th), Mia TJ (4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 7th), Freya Co (4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 7th, & 8th), Scarlett Cl (4th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 7th, 7th, 7th, 8th & 9th), Zac Jo (4th, 5th, 6th & 9th), Patrick O'Ha (4th, 6th, 8th & 9th), Holly Ha (4th, 4th, 4th, 7th, 8th & 10th), Caitlyn Sm (4th, 6th, 8th & 10th), Lucas Pi (5th), Zach Pi (5th, 5th, 6th, 6th, 7th & 8th), Tylan Fl (5th, 7th, 7th, 8th & 9th), Zach He (5th, 6th, 6th & 9th), Isabel Ha (5th, 6th, 6th, 9th & 9th), Matilda Po (5th & 10th), Abdullah Mo (5th, 7th, 8th & 10th), Bertie Pi (5th, 7th, 7th, 9th, 9th & 10th), Lily Pe (5th, 8th, 9th,10th & 10th), Jackson Cl (6th, 7th, 8th & 8th), Shaunak Kh (6th, 6th, 6th, 8th, 8th & 10th), Ella McD (7th), Phoebe Un (7th), Lucas Pi (7th, 8th 10th & 10th), Oscar Sc (8th & 9th), Aira Wi (9th), Darcey Bl (10th), Evie Wo (10th)

Regional Development here are your updated times (Yorkshire times are highlighted in green)

Regional Development Life Time Bests

Regional Performance achieved 145 Life Time Bests out of 215 Swims, 17 Gold Medals, 23 Silver Medals, 26 Bronze Medals, 101 4th - 10th place finishes, 18 more Yorkshire Qualifying times for 2020 and 8 more NER's.

🌟 Gold Medallists (7) 🌟

Jessica Wo (5), George Wo (4), Isabelle Ra (3), Daniel Ra (2), Max Fo (1), William Hi (1), Naomi We (1)

Silver Medallists (10)

Jessica Wo (5), Daniel Ra (4), William Hi (3), Asher Ma (3), George Wo (2), Naomi We (2), Max Fo (1), Matthew Ja (1), Matthew Ju (1), Isabelle Ra (1)

Bronze Medallists (15)

Naomi We (4), Max Fo (3), George Wo (3), William Hi (2), Matthew Ju (2), Callum Ra (2), Oliver St (2), James Ad (1), Eloise An (1), Oliver Go (1), Joseph Ha (1), Matthew Ja (1), Asher Ma (1), Isabelle Ra (1), Beth Wa (1)

4th - 10th Place Finishers (25)

Daniel Ra (4th), Matthew Ju (4th & 5th), William Hi (4th, 5th, 5th & 5th), Oliver Go (4th, 5th, 6th, 6th & 6th), George Wo (4th, 4th & 7th), Max Fo (4th, 4th, 5th, 5th, & 8th), Asher Ma (4th, 5th, 7th, 7th & 8th), Matthew Ja (4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th & 9th), Kieran He (4th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th & 9th), Joseph Ha (4th, 4th, 7th, 8th, 8th, 8th & 10th), Eloise An (4th, 4th, 6th, 7th, 10th & 10th), Oliver St (4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 8th & 10th), Luke Dy (4th, 6th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 8th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 10th & 10th), Callum Ra (5th, 6th, 7th, 7th & 7th), Beth Wa (5th, 7th & 9th), Ellie Ak (5th & 9th), Anna Sc (5th, 9th & 10th), Naomi We (6th), Hari Mo (6th, 7th, 7th & 7th), George Ca (6th, 9th, 9th & 10th), James Ad (7th, 9th & 10th), Isaac Fo (8th), Isabelle Ra (8th & 8th), Zach Cr (8th & 10th), Joshua Ba (9th & 9th)

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below;

City of Leeds Christmas Cracker Results 2019

Well Done Everyone, enjoy Christmas and your well earned break. 👍🙏

Try to attend as many sessions as possible over Christmas to give yourself the best possible chance of success in the New Year meet. Remember this will be your last chance to qualify for the Yorkshire Championships 2020.

The Regional Team 😉

City of Leeds New Year Meet & Training Changes

Hi All,

The City of Leeds New Year Meet is our first competition of 2020. Good luck everyone who is competing.

Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th January

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th January

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start: 14.00

Please remember it is City of Leeds Club policy to check in with Team Managers 30 minutes prior to warm up. Failure to do so could mean you get withdrawn from the meet.

This competition cannot tun without the help from volunteer parents. If you are available to help (timekeeper, drink duty, marshalling etc) in any of the sessions please contact the Meet Director (vickispencer@hotmail.com) and let her know of your availability.

The programme and details for next weekend can be seen by clicking the following link;

City of Leeds New Year Meet - Details

City of Leeds New Year Meet - Draft Programme

Regional Development & Regional Performance Training Changes

Friday 3rd January - 19:00 - 20:00 (Just 1 hour)

Saturday 4th January - No Training (Squad Competing)

Monday 6th January - No Am Training (Recovery)

"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 medalist)

Happy New Year!!!

The Regional Team

Yorkshire SA Championships & Yorkshire SA Sprints Championships Entries 2020

Hi All,

Entries for the Yorkshire Championships will be taken on Monday 6th January.

The Yorkshire Championships is one of the biggest meets in the County and Regional Squads competition calendar and therefore swimmers should enter ALL races they have achieved a qualifying time in. For some swimmers it may look like you have a lot of events to swim when you fill your forms in, however the meet is spread across three weekends so you won't have to swim everything all in one go.

Remember to add on to your entry form any events you achieve qualifying times in at the New Year Meet.

Converted times from short course are allowed. Some of you may need to use the converter below to see if your short course times converted to long course are a Yorkshire Qualifying time.

Swimming Course Converter

Regional Developments PB's can be viewed below. Any times highlighted in green are events you have qualified for and should be entered. If you spot any mistakes please email Kevin and he will correct them.

Regional Development PB's

Entry forms and information can be downloaded and printed using the links below (Age at 31st December 2020):

Please note this competition is for swimmers aged 10 and over (Age at 31st December 2020)

Yorkshire SA Championships 2020 Schedule

Yorkshire SA Championships Qualifying Times

Yorkshire SA Championships Entry Form

The Regional Team

Monday 23 December 2019

RAG Xmas Training

Hi All,

We would just like to say a big thank you for all the wonderful Christmas gifts and cards we received from you all. We hope you all have a great Xmas and are looking forward to coming back to training after the short break.

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

Regional Performance Squad & Junior Performance (12yrs & under)

Joe Stott & Harvey McGreavy-Gill

Monday 23^rd December 2019 16:30-18:00. (25x25m Pool)

Tuesday 24^th December 2019 OFF

Wednesday 25^th December 2019 OFF

Thursday 26^th December 2019 OFF

Friday 27^th December 2019 07:00-08:30 (25x25m Pool)

Saturday 28^th December 2019 07:00-08:30 (Dive Pit End Pool)

Sunday 29^th December 2019 OFF

Monday 30^th December 2019 07:00-08:30. (Dive Pit End Pool)

Tuesday 31^st December 2019 OFF

Wednesday 1^st January 2020 OFF

** Normal training schedule from Thursday 2^nd January (PM) 2020, (There is no AM training on Thursday 2nd January)**

Regional Development Squad (Joe Stott & Harvey McGreavy-Gill)

Kevin will be on annual leave from the 24th December and will be back at training on Friday 3rd January Pm.

Monday 23^rd December 2019 16:30-18:00 (25x25m Pool)

Tuesday 24^th December 2019 OFF

Wednesday 25^th December 2019 OFF

Thursday 26^th December 2019 OFF

Friday 27^th December 2019 07:00-08:30 (25x25m Pool)

Saturday 28^th December 2019 07:00-08:30 (Dive Pit)

Sunday 29^th December 2019 OFF

Monday 30^th December 2019 07:00-08:30 (Dive Pit)

Tuesday 31^st December 2019 OFF

Wednesday 1^st January 2020 OFF

** Normal training schedule from Thursday 2^nd January (PM) 2020, (There is no AM training on Thursday 2nd January)**

Yorkshire Entries

Please remember entries will be taken on Monday 6th January. The Yorkshire Championships is one of the biggest competitions in the Regional Squads calendar and therefore swimmers should enter ALL races they have achieved a qualifying time in. For some swimmers it may look like you have a lot of events to swim when you fill your forms in, however the meet is spread across three weekends so you won't have to swim everything all in one go.

Hope you all have a great Xmas, go see you friends and family, eat lots, play with your toys and have a well deserved break before starting the block of work leading up to the Yorkshire's 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 2020! 😉

Kevin, Craig, Kim & Emily

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."