Regional Age Group - Notice Board: April 2023

Friday 28 April 2023

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Tuesday 25 April 2023

Training Changes - May 2023

Hi all,

Please take note of the following changes to training for the Regional Squads during May due to bank holidays, pool bookings and competitions.

Regional Development

Monday 1st May - 9:15 - 10:45am (Bank Holiday), (JCCS, Middle Pool)

Monday 8th May - 9:15 - 10:45am (Bank Holiday), (JCCS, Middle Pool)

Thursday 11th May AM - 1500m Time Trial

Friday 12th May - 18:30 - 19:30 (Just 1 hour)

Saturday 13th May - No Training (Squad competing at NER's or Rotherham Meet)

Monday 15th May - No AM Training (Recovery)

Monday 29th May - 9:15 - 10:45am (Bank Holiday), (JCCS, Middle Pool)

Regional Performance

Monday 1st May - 8:30 - 10:00am (Bank Holiday), (JCCS, 25x10)

Monday 8th May - 8:30 - 10:00am (Bank Holiday), (JCCS, 25x10)

Thursday 11th May AM - 1500m Time Trial

Friday 12th May - 18:30 - 19:30 (Just 1 hour)

Saturday 13th May - No Training (Squad competing at NER's or Rotherham Meet)

Monday 15th May - No AM Training (Recovery)

Saturday 20th May - 6:00 - 7:30am (JCCS, Dive Pit)

Saturday 27th May - 5:45 - 7:45am (Kirkstall due to underwater hockey)

Monday 29th May - 8:30 - 10:00am (Bank Holiday), (JCCS, 25x10)

The Regional Team

Friday 21 April 2023

🤩Swim England North East Age Group Championships 2023🤩

Here is all the information you need for the SENER Age Group Championships 2023, held at the Sunderland Aquatic Centre on 22nd-23rd April & 13th-14th May⬇️

📊Live Results

🎟️Spectator Tickets

📖Draft Program

📹Live Stream

#SENER23

Tuesday 18 April 2023

City of Leeds Summer Meet 2023

Hi All,

Entries for the City of Leeds Summer Meet held at John Charles, Leeds on Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th June will open for entry online from Thursday 20^th April.

Entries will close at 9:30pm on Monday 1st May. This meet will be age at 25th June 2023 (Open to ages 9 years +).

Swimmers are advised to enter no more than 2-3 events per session.

At this meet swimmers should update times in events they have not raced for a while or enter events they have not yet tried.

This is a good chance for swimmers in Regional Development to try 400m FS or 400m IM if you have not already done so.

Swimmers highest ranked events or the events you have the most Yorkshire/ NER qualifying times in should be swum at the End of Season Sheffield Meet or the Welsh Summer Nationals.

Events Available

50m - All Strokes

100m - All Strokes

200m - All Strokes

200m - IM

400m FS & IM

Swimmers must not have swum faster than the event's upper limit time in the 12 months preceding the gala. Upper time limits can be found in the meet pack below. Those swimmers who have not competed in an event before can use the standard times formula to get an estimated time.

Standard Times Formula

Please use the links below for the details.

City of Leeds Summer Meet 2023 - Meet Pack

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.

The Regional Team

Welsh Summer Open Meet - Expression of Interest

Dear Parent,

The window of opportunity to express your interest in your child swimming at the Welsh Summer Open Meet (WSO) is now open. This window will close on Thursday 4th May.

The Welsh Summer Open Meet runs from Thursday 3rd August until Monday 7th August. The team bus will travel to Swansea on Wednesday 2nd August and return on Tuesday 8th August.

This competition acts as an excellent platform for preparing Junior Athletes for life away from home at Swimming Camps and long challenging competitions.

This opportunity is presented to children in National Squad, National Age Group, National Development, Regional Performance and Regional Development who meet the eligible age for competition, which are 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 & over (age at 31st December 2023).

Members of National Squad, National Age Group and National Development are reminded that this meet is the end of season target meet for those who have not or can't qualify for the British or English Summer Nationals. If it isn't certain that you will qualify for a British or English Nationals event, then we advise you to express interest in attending the WSO.

Please note that for the time being this is simply an 'expression of interest'. Swimmers must meet the qualifying times published by Swim Wales in order to enter the competition. The cost of the Welsh Summer Meet will be confirmed on the presentation evening which will include travel, accommodation, food and staffing. The cost of swimming events must be entered individually. There will be further communication when this is due.

Welsh Summer Nationals selection policy and code of conduct can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Welsh Summer Nationals Selection Policy

To give an idea of qualifying times, we have included a link to the 2022 times below.

Welsh Summer Nationals Qualifying Times

We would like to invite you to join us at a Presentation evening to provide more information about the event, in the Grandstand Suite of the Grandstand Building on Monday 15th May, from 6:45pm until 7:30pm.

Please email Kevin Schofield at Kevin.Schofield@leeds.gov.uk to express your interest in your child attending the event.

Kind regards,

The STS Coaching Team

Monday 17 April 2023

North Eastern Counties - Weekend 1

This weekend is the first weekend of the big one for those swimmers who have qualified. Let's SMASH IT!!

Remember use the walls to pick up speed, not loose speed, every millisecond counts. Pick up the effort every 50m and hold your technique when feeling tired.

Just a reminder of the arrival times at Sunderland Aquatic Centre this weekend.

Am Sessions (Heats)

Arrive: 30 Minutes before your scheduled warm up (Click Here)

Start: 09:00

The draft programme can be viewed here. Final instructions including withdrawals, spectator tickets, volunteers and live streaming can be viewed here.

Training Changes

Friday 21st April Pm = 18:30 - 19:30 (Just 1 hour for those swimmers competing at NER's, normal for the rest)

Saturday 22nd April Am = No training for NER Swimmers, normal for rest.

Monday 24th April Am = Normal (Am off only if you have competed both days over the weekend)

Please make sure you all prepare well and stay hydrated over the weekend; it will be very hot on poolside. Remember your snacks for poolside off the nutrition list.

"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 gonna 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)

Like Michael Phelps, you should plan in your head what you are going to do in your race. Visualise your streamlining, kicks off the wall, not breathing last 5m etc and it will happen. Thinking about skills after the race is too late.

Best of luck to you all

The Regional Team

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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."