Regional Age Group - Notice Board: November 2022

Tuesday 29 November 2022

LEEDS SPORTS AWARDS 2022 IS HERE!

The Leeds Sports Awards brought to you by Sport Leeds and Leeds City Council is back for it's special 20^th year.

The Awards will be taking place on Thursday 16^th March at New Dock Hall and it promises to be a special event. We look forward to celebrating the sporting achievements of athletes, of all ages and levels, coaches, administrators and volunteers from across this great sporting city.

Nominate Your Leeds Sporting Heroes

Please celebrate the sporting achievements of the city's athletes, coaches, administrators and volunteers during 2022 by nominating for a Leeds Sports Award.

We now have 3 categories, each focussing on a different aspect of Sport:

ATHLETES of the City

BEACONS of the City

CHAMPIONS of the City

For more info on each of the categories click the 'AWARDS CRITERIA' button here.

Closing date for nominations is Sunday 11^th December. All nominations will be reviewed by an independent judging panel representing sport across Leeds.

Make sure you vote and nominate now to recognise your favourite sporting icons. Nominations are now open! simply click here.

For more information, to cast your vote or even purchase a ticket for the event please use the link below.

Leeds Sports Awards 2022

City of Leeds Winter Development Meet 2023

Entries for the Winter Development Meet held at John Charles on Saturday 21^st January will open online from Thursday 1^st December. Entries will close on Monday 12th December.

- This is for swimmers in Regional Development who are not old enough to take part in the Regional Competition Calendar (Anyone under 9 years old, age at 21^st December 2022).

- Swimmers should enter ALL events

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

City of Leeds Winter Development Meet

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.

This competition cannot run without the help of volunteers, if you are available on the day to help, please email Anna Darnell (anna.darnell79@gmail.com).

The Regional Team

Monday 28 November 2022

NATIONAL JUNIOR LEAGUE WINNERS

Well done to all the swimmers who took part in the Junior Swim League 2022. After winning the White Rose leg of the competition and qualifying for the final, our swimmers came out the strongest and were crowned the National Junior League champions for the fourth time in a row. It certainly was an exciting afternoon with lots of fast racing and fun. It was great to see you all supporting each other and working together as a team. City of Leeds came out on top with 29 first place finishes. An excellent team effort, WELL DONE!

A big thank you to all the supporters amongst others who provided all the hats and flags etc. Parents, thank you for all the effort that went in to supporting the team, you were all excellent, you looked great, and it really helped motivate the swimmers.

The final results were

1st: City of Leeds = 350

2nd: Leamington Spa = 271

3rdNewcastle Swim Team = 266

4th: Nuneaton & Bedford = 257

5th: Leyland Barracudas = 212

6th: Kingston Royals = 181

7th: Lincoln Vulcans = 161

City of Leeds victory was the product of an excellent team performance and outstanding support, with our colourful and vocal supporters cheering the team all the way.

Well done to swimmers, coaches, team managers and supporters for a fantastic event and an outstanding victory.

City of Leeds Junior League History

2022 - 1^st = 350

2019 - 1st = 337

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 2022

Results can be viewed online soon by clicking the link below:

Junior League Grand Final Results 2022

The Regional Team

Snow Frills Meet Smasssshed!

A fantastic weekend of racing down in Ponds Forge by both Regional Squads. It was great to see some of the younger swimmers trying new races for the first time and achieve Yorkshire times in the long course pool. Keep up the hard work.

Regional Development achieved 73 PB's out of 92 Swims, 21 Gold Medals, 17 Silver Medals, 15 Bronze Medals, 10 more Yorkshire qualifying times and 2 NER's for 2023.

Gold Medallists (13)

Addison Cr (2), Harry Di (2), Hogan La (2), Olaf Gr (2), Oliver Ba (2), Owen Te (2), Tyler Ra (2), Zoe Fe (2), Isabelle Pa (1), Geroge Ki (1), Harrison Wa (1), James As (1), Leo Li (1)

Silver Medallists (11)

Leo Li (3), James As (2), Jessica Ro (2), Oliver Ba (2), Zoe Fe (2), Euan Ca (1), Harry Di (1), Hogan La (1), Isabelle Pa (1), Owen Te (1), Tyler Ra (1)

Bronze Medallists (10)

Hogan La (3), Harry Di (2), James As (2), Leo Li (2), Isabelle Pa (1), Jessica Ro (1), Oliver Ba (1), Tyler Ra (1), Verity Li (1), Zoe Fe (1)

Regional Performance achieved 114 PB's out of 131 Swims, 5 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals, 4 Bronze Medals, 10 more Yorkshire qualifying times and 6 NER's for 2023.

Gold Medallists (3)

Elizabeth Bo (2), Freya El (2), Amelie Co (1)

Silver Medallists (3)

Amelie Co (2), Elizabeth Bo (1), Lily Ve (1)

Bronze Medallists (3)

Elizabeth Bo (2), Amelie Co (1), Freya El (1)

Results from the meet can be viewed by clicking the link below

Sheffield Snow Frills Meet 2022

Regional Developments best new best times can be viewed by clicking the link below. Yorkshire times are highlighted in green.

Regional Development Life Time Bests

Well done everyone, the coaching staff are very proud of you all 👍 😃

With only 2 more opportunities (Leeds Xmas & New Year Meets) to achieve qualifying times before the Yorkshire's closing date, please try and attend every session to give yourself the best possible chance.

The Regional Team

Saturday 26 November 2022

BOBSC Christmas Sprint - Spectator Tickets

Just two weeks to go until our annual Christmas Sprints meet and we are looking forward to seeing you all very soon! The final meet programme will be published next weekend, and we will also send you the warm up times, seating plan, and all other final bits of information for the day! If you have any withdrawals from the meet or noticed any errors in the draft programme, please let us know as soon as possible.

SPECTATOR TICKETS

We are selling spectator tickets in advance, rather than on the door. These are available to buy online via the link below.

https://bobsc.merlintickets.co.uk/product/BOBSCCS22

Many thanks

BOBSC Events Team

Thursday 24 November 2022

Christmas Cracker Raffle

At the Christmas Cracker, City of Leeds Swimming Club will be doing a raffle, all proceeds will go to the club which will help support all events.

We are looking for prizes for the raffle please… alcohol, chocolates, candles, toiletries, anything you don't want which would be suitable as prizes.

We have some parents who have volunteered to collect the prizes from each squad 😊

Meirav - Amit's mum (Regional Performance)

Jennie Hill – Sam's mum (NAG)

Emma Norton – Molly's mum (NAG)

Tashana Williams – Shae's mum (NAG)

Linda Pearson – Rueben's mum (Regional Performance)

Alex Owens – Arthur's mum (NAG)

Sian Tempest – Owen's mum (Regional Development)

Helen Ellis – Freya and Ruby's mum (Regional Performance and National Development)

If you could please hand these in by Wednesday 14th December that would be appreciated, it.

Thank you for all your help and support!!

Tuesday 22 November 2022

Junior League National Final (Sunday 27th November)

The gala will take place at:

Corby International Pool,

Parkland Gateway,

Corby,

Northampton,

NN17 1QB

Travel

All swimmers will need to arrive at John Charles no later than 8:20 am and check in with Team Managers ready for the coach to depart at 8:45 am sharp. When we arrive a Corby, we will not be allowed into 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 JCCS for approximately 7:30 pm. All swimmers are required to travel to and from the competition on the team bus.

If your child has a team track suit, they should travel to and from the event in it. Each swimmer will be provided with a Junior League Final 2023 T Short. This must be worn whilst the event is taking place and for all team photographs. Junior League Final T Shirts will be handed out on Sunday during the journey down to Corby. Please also ensure your child has another Leeds t-shirt to wear on the way home.

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.

Racing Suits
There will be only 10 minutes to get changed into team kit and be ready in the changing village for the parade. Due to this swimmer will need to change into their racing suits before the warmup. Swimmers are advised to keep their hat and goggle on them at all times or zipped up in their bag. The competition is going to be very fast, and we do not want a team missing their race because of lost hats and goggles.

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, 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 lose 8 points.

Supporters

Parents, please wear team colours!!! Remember the louder you shout the faster the swimmers will go. We look forward to seeing you all dressed up in your hats, wigs, face paints etc. Make as much noise as you can! 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.

Tattoos

Due to the very tight schedule in Corby on Sunday we ask that all swimmers who want to wear tattoos to please apply them before arriving at John Charles on Sunday morning. Please see Anna Darnell if you do not already have some shark tattoos. Anna Darnell will be selling shark tattoos during the rest of this week at training.

Spectator Tickets

Spectator tickets will be given out by Anna Darnell at John Charles on Sunday morning. Parents who are making their own way to Corby should collect your tickets when you drop your child off at John Charles on Sunday morning.

Car Parking at John Charles

The Aquatics Centre may be closed before we arrive back to Leeds on Sunday evening. Parents are advised to park in the long stay car park as the gates to the Aquatics car park will be locked once the centre closes.

Medication

Whilst we will have up to date records of your child's emergency contacts and medication on us, please inform the Team Managers (Helen Ellis & Marc Raven) if they need to administer any medication during the journey or competition.

TIMELINE & PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY

I 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.

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 cheer at the end.
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 - Leyland Barracudas

Lane 2 - City of Leeds

Lane 3 - Leamington Spa

Lane 4 - Newcastle Swim Team

Lane 5 - Lincoln Vulcans

Lane 6 - Nuneaton & Bedworth

Lane 7 - Nottingham Leander

Lane 8 - Kingston Royals

I hope you are all excited for the big day!

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).

"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."