Information for Swimmers & Parents of Regional Age Group

Please check at least every other day for updates.

Kevin Schofield (Kevin.Schofield@leeds.gov.uk)

Oli Nevitt (Oliver.Nevitt@leeds.gov.uk)

Thursday 30 September 2021

Regional Dev Thu Am - 400m FS TT

400m FS Time Trial Results (Thu 30th September Am: Short Course)

Regional Development
Halo BHi = 6:23.69
Matei St = 6:30.41
Oliver Ba = 6:47.16
Angus Yo = 7:51.23
Max Cl = 7:52.06

Wednesday 29 September 2021

FREE Online Level 2 Judge and Judge 2S Swimming Official Courses

During October, Swim England North East are running a number of FREE online Swimming Officials courses for North East Officials. These include:

  • Judge Level 2 – 14th of October at 19.30pm
  • Judge Level 2S – 21st of October at 19.30pm

To attend the Judge Level 2 you need to be Judge 1 qualified and have completed your post qualification hours.

To attend the Judge Level 2S course you need to be Judge 2 qualified and have completed your post qualification hours.

To register a place on either course or for more information, please contact John Flynn: j.flynn@ntlworld.com.

Please come and join us, it would be great to have more qualified officials within the region.

If there is anyone within your club who would like to get involved in officiating, they can now complete the theory aspects of their Judge 1 course online. The cost of the course is £20 and can be booked here: https://www.swimming.org/ios/course/3143. It's a great opportunity for parents / guardians who are unable to spectate at competitions due to Covid restrictions to gain access to poolside!

City of Leeds Swimming Club has agreed to refund the £20.00 for anyone who completes the course and helps out at Leeds Meets.

The Regional Team

Swim England North East Region Short Course Championships 2021 – Update

We have recently confirmed that the Swim England North East Regional Swimming Championships (25m) will take place at Ponds Forge, Sheffield on the 6th & 7th November 2021. It is our intention to deliver both the Open & Age Group Championships which are normally swum in adjacent 25m pools.  There will still be a capacity limit to comply with at Ponds Forge. This could result in no Spectators being permitted within the Pool Hall area. The Spectator Seating areas may have to be used for swimmers.

Schedules/Qualifying times and conditions are now available on the Regional Website. Leeds entries will close on the 25th October 2021. We will be accepting times from meets Licensed at Levels 1 to 4.

The North East Regional Coaches forum met yesterday (28th Sept). We have decided to make some changes to the original information that was published.

  • The qualifying period is now from the 1st September 2019 until the closing date. (Additional entries may be accepted, after this date, subject to space being available)
  • We have agreed to introduce a Boys 14 yrs age group into the Age Group Championships.

The entry systems have been updated to reflect these changes. We are also inviting Officials to apply to work at the events. The application form can be found here. This is one way to ensure that you are involved in the event in the Pool Hall area.

I would recommend that any bookings made for accommodation at Sheffield are on a refundable basis. The Region will not be held responsible for any costs incurred if one, or both, of the Championships are postponed, cancelled or we have to reject swimmers to comply with capacity restrictions.

All entries must be submitted by Clubs, not individuals

Stay Safe
Barry J Saunders, Swimming Manager, Licensing Officer
Swim England North East Region

All information regarding the Championships can be found below and in the Swimming Championships section of the website:

City of Leeds October Meet 2021

Hi All,

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

Am Sessions
Arrive: 07.40
Warm Up: 08.00
Start: 09.00

Pm Sessions
Arrive: 12.40
Warm Up: 13.00
Start: 14.00

Unfortunately Leeds City Council are still operating under limited capacity in the pool hall at John Charles Aquatics Centre. This is only sufficient to accommodate athletes, coaches, officials and team staff. You are reminded that spectators will not be allowed at this event.

Swimmers can leave the gala after their last race in each session.  Swimmers have the option to stay in the pool hall for lunch or meet parents in the car park.  The cafe will be open for those who wish to purchase any food or drink.  Approximate finish times for each session can be found in the draft programme.


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 forwards to a result you will be happy with!

Good Luck to everyone competing.

Please take note of this week's training changes due to the competition.

Friday 1st October PM:  19:00 - 20:00 (Just 1 hour)
Saturday 2nd October AM:  NO TRAINING (Squad Competing at Leeds Meet)
Monday 4th October AM:  NO TRAINING (Recovery after Leeds Meet)

The Regional Team

Tuesday 28 September 2021

Yorkshire Short Course Additional Entries

Hi All,

Please see below the following swimmers in Regional Development & Regional Performance who now qualify for the Yorkshire Short Course Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield on Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th October.  Please note these are additional events since the qualifying times were changed.  Any entries already submitted prior to these changes are already sent and processed.

These can be viewed here;

City of Leeds entries will be open online until 12:00pm on Wednesday 29th September.

Regional Development
Oliver Barrett - 100 FS, 50 BR
Shae Bryant - 100 BK
Max Clark - 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 100 Fly, 100 IM
Alfie Craggs - 50 FS, 50 BK, 100 IM
Noah Darnell - 50 BK, 100 BK, 100 BR, 100 IM
Callum Fozard - 50 FS, 50 BR, 100 IM
Felix Gilliland - 50 FS, 50 BR
Reuben Harrison - 50 FS, 100 FS, 100 BK, 100 BR, 50 Fly, 200 IM
Oliver Haswell - 50 BR, 50 Fly, 200 IM
George King - 50 Fly, 100 IM
Joshua McMillan - 50 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 Fly, 100 Fly
Benjamin Mooney - 50 FS, 50 BR, 100 IM
Hudson Smith - 100 FS, 50 Flyx
Matei Stoicescu - 50 BK, 50 Fly
Owen Tempest - 50 Bk, 50 BR, 50 Fly, 100 IM
Angus Young - 50 FS, 50 Bk, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR
Erin Bentley - 50 BR
Amelie Cotterill - 50 BR, 100IM
Freya Ellis - 100 FS, 100 BK, 100 BR, 100 IM
Heidi Harrison - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 50 Fly, 100 IM
Georgia Hay - 50 BK, 50 Fly
Evie Lu - 50 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 100 IM
Faye Mathie - 50 FS, 50 BR, 100 BR
Amelia Matson - 100 BR
Livia Stacey - 50 BR
Hazel Stockton - 50 FS, 50 Fly, 100 IM

Regional Performance 
Jackson Clarke - 50 BR, 100 BR, 100 Fly
Sam Hill - 100 Fly, 400 IM
Patrick O'Hara - 100 Fly, 400 IM
Zach Piercy - 50 BK, 400 IM
Finnley Stevens - 50 BR, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 400 IM
James Thomson - 50 FS, 50 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
Alfie Young - 50 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 50 Fly, 200 IM
Ellie Andreasen - 50 FS, 50 BK, 100 BR, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 IM
Ava Bradley - 50 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 200 IM
Scarlett Clarkson - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 400 IM
Ella Coleman - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 100 IM
Harriett Dallimore - 100 FS, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 50 Fly
Penny Dallimore - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 100 BR
Florence Dixon - 100 BR
Tylan Fletcher - 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
Elkie Foster - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 100 IM
Daisy Glover - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 100 IM
Isabelle Hall - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 100 Fly, 100 IM
Ella Jordan - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 200 IM, 400 IM
Annabelle Hart - 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 200 IM
Amit Maltz - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 200 IM
Emily Marrison - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK
Molly Norton - 100 FS, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR
Lily Veevers - 50 FS, 100 BK, 50 BR, 100 BR, 50 Fly, 100 Fly
Beth Warner - 50 BR
Evie Woods - 50 FS, 100 FS, 50 BK, 100 BK, 100 BR, 50 Fly, 200 IM
Jessica Woods - 100 BR, 400 IM

The Regional Team

Monday 27 September 2021

SE NER SC Champs 2021 Position Statement

Swim England North East Regional Championships (25m) 2021 

We are now in a position to confirm that the Swim England North East Regional Swimming Championships (25m) will take place at Ponds Forge, Sheffield on the 6 th & 7th November 2021. 

It is our intention to deliver both the Open & Age Group Championships which are normally swum in adjacent 25m pools. 

There will still be a capacity limit to comply with at Ponds Forge. This could result in no Spectators being permitted within the Pool Hall area. The Spectator Seating areas may have to be used for swimmers, as per the recent Festival of Swimming events at Ponds Forge and Sunderland. 

Schedules/Qualifying times and conditions are now available on the Regional Website. Entries will close on the 27th October 2021. We will be accepting times from meets Licensed at Levels 1 to 4. 

We are also inviting Officials to apply to work at the events. The application form is on the Regional Website. This is one way to ensure that you are involved in the event in the Pool Hall area. 

You can be assured that we will publish further details once we have any update from Ponds Forge. I would recommend that any bookings made for accommodation at Sheffield are on a refundable basis. The Region will not be held responsible for any costs incurred if one, or both, of the Championships are postponed, cancelled or we have to reject swimmers to comply with capacity restrictions.

City of Leeds Entries will be taken via the online entry system and will close on Monday 25th October.

Entry times can be viewed via the links below.

Stay Safe 
Barry J Saunders 
Swimming Manager 
Licensing Officer 
Swim England North East Region

Club Shop Open Once Again

The club shop is now open in the Deni­son Suite, Mon­day evenings 16:45  18:45.


How­ev­er, there will be no club shop on Mon­day 11 Octo­ber as the AGM will be tak­ing place in the Deni­son Suite that evening.

Winter Swimming Competitions 2021

Entries have now closed for the Winter Competitions. These are scheduled to take place at the John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds on 9th/10th October (Upper Age Groups) and Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield on 23rd/24th October (Lower Age Groups).

All entries have been accepted. The Level of entry for the Leeds event is very high and in order to remain within the capacity set for the John Charles Centre for Sport it will not be possible to have Spectators at this event. Clearly giving as many swimmers as possible the opportunity to compete has to be the priority. 

I realise that this will be a disappointment to many Parents/Carers but there I little else we can do in the circumstances. 

The level of entries for the Lower Age Group Event at Ponds Forge is considerably less than that submitted for Leeds. The capacity at Ponds Forge is clearly higher than Leeds and we will be having Spectators at Sheffield. We are also able to accept further entries from our Younger Swimmers for this event. The entry system will be going live again to accept further entries from swimmers aged 12 & under. Qualifying standards have been eased. 

These can be viewed on the link below.

We welcome offers of help from technical officials at all our events. If you are able to assist us for any of the sessions please contact our Officials Coordinator, email address officialscoordinator@yorkshireswimming.org Clearly this is one way to be involved at the event if you cannot spectate! 

Stay Safe 
Barry Barry J Saunders 
Swimming Secretary 

Entries will now reopen on the City of Leeds online entry system for any 12 & under swimmers who wish to add on any additional events if they now qualify.  

Entries will close at 12:00pm on Wednesday 29th September.

Kind regards,
Leeds Entries Team

Thursday 23 September 2021

Training Changes - October

Hi All,

Please take note of the training changes to the Regional Squads during October due to pool bookings and competitions.

 

Regional Development

Friday 1st October - 19:00 - 20:00 (1 hour only)

Saturday 2nd October - No Training (Squad Competing at JCCS)

Monday 4th October - No AM Training (Recovery after City of Leeds October Meet)


Friday 22nd October - 19:00 - 20:00 (1 hour only)

Saturday 23rd October - No Training (Squad Competing at Sheffield)

Monday 25th October - No AM Training (Recovery after Winter Yorkshires)

 

Regional Performance

Friday 1st October - 19:00 - 20:00 (1 hour only)

Saturday 2nd October - No Training (Squad Competing at JCCS)

Monday 4th October - No AM Training (Recovery after City of Leeds October Meet)


Friday 8th October - 19:00 - 20:00 (1 hour only for 13 Yrs+ swimmers attending Yorkshire's, normal for everyone else)

Saturday 9th October - 06:00 - 07:30 (Dive Pit, earlier time due to Yorkshires)

Monday 11th - No Am Training (13 Yrs+ who have competed at Yorkshire's, normal for everyone else)


Saturday 16th October - 06:00 - 07:30 (Dive Pit, earlier time due to RLSS Lifesaving)


Friday 22nd October - 19:00 - 20:00 (1 hour only)

Saturday 23rd October - No Training (Squad Competing at Sheffield)

Monday 25th October - No AM Training (Recovery after Winter Yorkshires)


The Regional Team

Wednesday 22 September 2021

Borough of Barnsley Christmas Sprints - Entries

Hi All,

Please note ... the following entries are for Regional Development only.

Entries for the Barnsley Christmas Meet are now open online. 

 

Saturday 11th December 2021, Ponds Forge Sheffield

  • Age at 11th December 2021 (Open to 9 yrs+)
  • Events available are 50 & 100m All Events & 200m IM

 

Swimmers are advised to enter 2 – 3 events per session.

 

Please use the link below to view the Entry Form & Meet Pack.  Please note swimmers must not have swum faster than the cut off times in the meet pack within the last 12 months.

Barnsley Christmas Meet – Meet Pack


Online entry will close on Monday 27th September (No late entries will be accepted)

 

To make entry into the competition

- Log into your online account using the link (https://swimleeds.myswimmingclub.uk/)

- On the Menu Bar click Gala's

- Click Enter Gala and follow the instructions

* Please note entries will not be accepted until payment is made, payment should be made on checkout not by BACS to the club bank account.

 

The Regional Team