Regional Age Group - Notice Board: October 2021

Friday 29 October 2021

Halloween Kick Set

On Saturday 30th October we will be doing the traditional Halloween Kick set. You have 1 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

Thursday 28 October 2021

NER Short Course - Spectator Tickets

Swimming Championships (25m) 2021

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield

Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th November 2021

IMPORTANT – SPECTATING AT THE EVENTS

Entries have now closed for the Regional Championships, which are scheduled to take place at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield on 6th & 7th November.

All entries have been accepted. The Level of entry for the event is high and in order to remain within the capacity set for Ponds Forge we are having to limit the number of Spectators at the event.

Tickets will be sold on a first come/first served basis until the capacity is reached. We will not be selling tickets at the venue. Tickets are priced at £10 per day, which entitles one person to spectate at the event. There will be no concessions except one child under 5 will be admitted when accompanying a ticket holder..

The ticket purchase system is here:- or at https://www.swimmingresults.org/events/sener21sctickets/

Tickets will be on sale from Midnight, Sunday 31st October 2021

Stay Safe

Barry

Barry J Saunders

Swimming Manager

28th October 2021

Regional Squad Time Trial Results

**400m IM Time Trial Results (*Thu 28th September Am: Short Course***)

Regional Development

Hayden La = 6:57.31

Matei St = 7:11.50

Oliver Ba = 7:17.53

Halo BHi = 7:26.31

Josh McM = 7:26.93

Oscar O'Do = 7:42.21

Reuben Ha = 7:40.93

Seth Jo = 8:15.39

**400m FS Time Trial Results (*Thu 28th September Am: Short Course***)

Regional Performance

William Wi = 5:31.59

Owen Ca = 5:37.34

Jacob O'Do = 5:45.66

Jessica Wo = 5:56.84

Ella McD = 5:51.06

Izzy Ki = 6:04.19

Zach Pi = 6:10.56

Florrie Di = 6:13.94

Jackson Cl = 6:15.28

Sam Hi = 6:23.23

Beth Wa = 6:29.04

Maliaka AzB = 6:26.47

Ava Br = 6:44.47

Monday 25 October 2021

City of Leeds Xmas Meet Entries

Hi All,

Entries for the City of Leeds Xmas Meet (17th, 18th & 19th December) are now open on the online entry system and will close on Monday 1st November. Please remember entries are not accepted until payment is completed.

Try and plan your events wisely so you are not repeating the same events 3 weeks later at the New Year Meet (unless you are using this as a backup should you miss your Yorkshire time at the Xmas Meet).

If you have already qualified for the Yorkshire's or NER's in an event, then we strongly advise focusing on achieving qualifying times in other events. You will get chance to swim your best events at the Yorkshire Championships in February.

Please note Level X times cannot be used for entry into future qualifying meets. If you have achieved a Yorkshire or NER qualifying time during Level X please enter and race this event in a licensed competition to update your time on the Swim England rankings.

We strongly advise entering the 200m Individual Medley and updating 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. Swimmers should try to update long course times in as many events as possible over Xmas and New Year competitions.

If you have never swum an event before the Xmas or New Year meet is the perfect opportunity to do this.

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. Try and update as many long course times over the 2 meets as possible. 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.

All swimmers should aim to cover the 400m Free and IM over the 2 competitions.

800m & 1500m is available but please speak to Emily before entering.

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

Standard Times Formula

City of Leeds Xmas Meet 2021 - Meet Pack

The Regional Team

Regional Squads PB Update

Please use the link below to view the latest Regional Squad Personal Best Times

Regional Development Life Time Bests

Regional Performance Life Time Bests

Regional Age Group Start The Season On A High

We were very impressed with the amount of PB's achieved over the weekend and the high level of swimming skills during your races. Usually this time of year, in early season it is great if swimmers can match their PB's, but you guys seem to be smashing them already. Excellent swimming. 😃

Over the next few weeks please make sure you push yourself on the underwater kicking out of the turns. Underwater kicking is the 5th swimming stroke and is very important part of the race. Crack this skill and you will almost guarantee yourself a bunch of PB's and bump yourself up a few places at the next competition.

Overall:

Regional Development achieved 127 PB's out of 159 Swims, 8 Gold Medals, 9 Silver Medals, 12 Bronze Medals, 48 4th - 10th place finishes and 18 more Yorkshire times for 2022. Good stuff.

🌟 Gold Medallists (2)🌟

Oscar O'Do (6), Elizabeth Bo (2)

Silver Medallists (6)

James As (2), Elizabeth Bo (2), Evie Lu (2), Halo BHi (1), Shae Br (1), Freya El (1)

Bronze Medallists (6)

James As (5), Elizabeth Bo (3), Halo BHi (1), Shae Br (1), Freya El (1), Amelia Ma (1)

Finishing 4th - 10th place in Yorkshire (16)

James As (4th), Oscar O'Do (4th & 6th), Shae Br (4th, 4th, 5th & 8th), Halo BHi (4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 8th, 9th & 10th), Freya El (4th, 6th, 6th & 9th), Amelia Ma (4th, 5th 10th & 10th), Elizabeth Bo (5th), George Ki (5th, 5th, 5th, 6th & 9th), Oliver Ba (5th, 5th, 6th & 9th), Amelie Co (5th, 5th, 7th & 9th), Heidi Ha (5th & 7th), Joshua McM (6th & 8th), Hazel St (7th & 9th), Hudson Sm (7th & 9th), Matei St (8th, 9th & 10th), Seth Jo (10th)

Regional Performance achieved 166 PB's out of 227 Swims, 6 Gold Medals, 9 Silver Medals, 13 Bronze Medals, 48 4th - 10th place finishes, 38 more Yorkshire times and 5 more NER's for 2022. Well Done! 👍

🌟 Gold Medallists (3) 🌟

Florence Di (4), Maliaka AzB (1), Jacob O'Do (1)

Silver Medallists (4)

Florence Di (3), Jacob O'Do (3), Owen Ca (2), Maliaka AzB (1)

Bronze Medallists (4)

Maliaka AzB (5), Jacob O'Do (3), Jessica Wo (3), William Wi (2)

Finishing 4th - 10th place in Yorkshire (20)

Owen Ca (4th, 4th, 5th, 5th, 5th, 7th & 9th), Jessica Wo (4th, 5th, 5th, 7th, 7th & 8th), Jacob O'Do (4th & 6th), Florrie Di (5th), Zach Pi (5th), Penny Da (5th, 6th, 6th, 6th & 7th), Maliaka AzB (5th & 7th), Molly No (5th & 7th), Patrick O'Ha (6th, 7th & 8th), Isabelle Ki (7th), Jackson Cl (7th, 7th, 9th & 10th), William Wi (7th, 8th & 10th), Scarlett Cl (7th, 9th, 9th & 10th), Isabelle Ha (7th, 8th, 8th, 8th & 10th), Ella Co (7th & 10th), Beth Wa (7th & 10th), Emily Ma (8th), Finnley St (8th), Lily Ve (8th), Sam Hi (9th)

I hope you all enjoyed racing in the Yorkshires and are fired up ready for the upcoming meets. Keep chasing those Yorkshire and North Eastern qualifying times. ⌚

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below.

Winter Yorkshire Championships 2021

"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

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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."

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