National Junior League

Date: 10th September 2011

Venue:  John Charles

Time: 13:00

Warm Up: 13:30

Please can the following swimmers confirm your availability to swim to Alex Gray and Richard Denigan at: 
alex.gray@leeds.gov.uk and richard.denigan@leeds.gov.uk

White Rose Gala (A Team)

William Euan

Jacob Harry

Layla Liam

Billy Thomas

Jake Ellie

Sophie Leah

Rachel M

White Rose Gala (B Team)

Hannah Kit

John Brannan

Shaheen Zoe

Anna Helena

Abigail Oliver

Huzayfa Tide

Viktoria Rebecca

Kevin & Ryan

Training Changes (Week of Monday 5th Sept)

Leeds City Council are hosting the Dutch National Swim Team week commencing Monday 5^th September 2011.

 

This week the pool will be in Long Course configuration each session.  Some sessions may be a squeeze as we will only have 2 lanes but I am sure we will cope just for this week.

Monday 5th September

Am = Normal

Pm = No Land Training 

7:30 - 8:30 (7:30 - 8:00 = Lanes 5 & 6, 8:00 - 8:30 = Lanes 4, 5 & 6)

Wednesday 7th September

Pm = 6:30 - 7:30 (Lanes 5 & 6)

Thursday 8th September

Am = Normal

Pm = 6:30 - 8:00 (Lanes 5 & 6)

Kevin & Ryan

Welsh Summer Nationals

There will be a meeting for all parents and swimmers attending the Welsh Summer Nationals on Monday 18^th July at 19.30 in the Grandstand Suite which is in the Stadium.  

Swimmers who are going to Wales will need to finish training 15 minutes early at 7.15pm so they can get changed in time for the meeting.

Kevin & Ryan

A Great Ending To The B Grade Series

C Central achieved 115 PB's out of 122 Swims, 10 Speeding Tickets, 7 Gold Medals, 8 Silver Medals and 12 Bronze Medals this weekend.  Another fantastic meet and a great end to the season.

Results Summary

Speeding Ticket Winners (5)

Abbie H (3), Rebecca (3), Viktoria (1), Matthew B (2), Harry (1)

Gold Medallists (5)

Tide (1), John (1), Matthew B (2), Rebecca (1), Billy (1), Sophie (1)

Silver Medallists (5)

John (1), Tide (2), Viktoria (1), Kit (2), Maisie (1), Hannah (1)

Bronze Medallists (9)

Thomas (1), John (2), Tide (1), Viktoria (2), Abigail (2), Helena (1), Kit (1), Maisie (1), Amber (1)

Reminder 

There is no land training tonight (Mon 11th July) as Helen is still away.  Land Training will be back to normal next Monday.

Chocolate Bar Challenge

Well Done to Zoe who won the Chocolate Bar Challenge on Friday night.  This is a test of turn speed where swimmers push off the wall turn at the flags, sprint to the wall, turn and sprint back to the flags.  The fastest swimmer wins a chocolate bar.  It was a very close final but Zoe just managed to scrape top place. 

Keep chasing those times!!!

'Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.' 

Well Done Everyone! 

Kevin & Ryan

B Grade

Just a reminder about the changed warm up times for the B Grade meet this weekend.  The times are:

 

Session 1 will warm up at 08:30, start at 09:30 and finish about 12:00.

Session 2 will warm up at 13:00, start at 14:00 and finish about 16:20

Session 3 will warm up at 09:00, start at 10:00 and finish about 12:00

Session 4 will warm up at 13:00, start at 14:00 and finish about 16:30

Please arrive on poolside 30 min before Warm Up

Lets have a great Meet

Kevin & Ryan

Yorkshire Entries

Message from Richard

Parents,

 

Due to the Scheme summer break and the August bank holiday the City of Leeds Swimming Executive Committee have thought it would be best to open entries for the Yorkshire Winter meet on the 8^th & 9^th October early.

 

Monday 18^th July and Monday 25^th July 2011 are the dates that the COL SC will be taking entries for the above event.

 

Please enter every event your child has qualified for to give them more experience of racing at county level ready for the forthcoming competitions.

 

Kevin & Ryan

 

White Rose Teams Gala

Alex has asked me to pas this message on to you all.

The 2011 White Rose Gala will be held on the 10th September at the John Charles Centre for Sport.

 

The Gala will take place between 13.30 and 18.00.

 

The City of Leeds will field 2 teams again this year so members of the Competition and Development Squads and any member of the National Age Group squad who will be no older than 12 on the 31st December 2011 could be selected.

 

Can we ask that all parents and eligible swimmers keep the 10th September free as the City of Leeds embark on the defence of their National title.

 

Team sheets will be posted by Friday 15th July 2011.

 

Kind Regards

 

Kevin & Ryan

Winter Yorkshires - Message from Richard.

Parents,

Due to the Scheme summer break and the August bank holiday the City of Leeds Swimming Executive Committee have thought it would be best to open entries for the Yorkshire Winter meet on the 8th & 9th October early.

Monday 18th July and Monday 25th July 2011 are the dates that the COL SC will be taking entries for the above event.
Please enter every event your child has qualified for to give them more experience of racing at county level ready for the forthcoming competitions.

Kind Regards


Richard



Richard Denigan
Senior Age Group Coach
Leeds City Council Swim Training Scheme
Aquatics Centre, John Charles Centre for Sport,
Middleton Grove,
Leeds,
LS11 5DJ
0113 39 57 360 

Summer Break!

Not long to go now until a well deserved break.  

The summer break for our squad will commence from Saturday 30th July 2011, training will recommence Monday 22nd August.

Last Session

Friday 29th July

First Session Back 

Monday 22nd August (PM)

August Bank Holiday

Sunday 28th August 2011 No Training

Monday 29th August 2011 No Training

Morning Training

Morning Training will recommence on Thursday 8th September 2011.

Ryan will be covering the first 2 weeks back as I will be away in the USA from Sat 13th of August and I will return to training on Sunday 4th September.  

Have a fantastic break everyone! 

Kevin & Ryan

Message from Richard

Hi All

 

The coaching staff continue to inform me  that number of swimmers from all three competition squads attending morning training have continued to rise and maintain. This is fantastic news and a real step in the right direction for the swimmers and their progression.

 

Consistent attendance and hard work will benefit all swimmers. I am sure all parents and swimmers share the coaching staff's aspirations that all swimmers in their respective squads achieve Yorkshire County Qualifying times for February 2012. Hard work and great attendance is the catalyst to achieve this goal.

 

Congratulations to you all and keep up the commitment, the swimmers will benefit greatly with fantastic future performances.

 

Kind Regards

 

Richard

Land Training Cancellation Reminder

Helen is on Holiday for the next 2 Mondays and due to Nationals coming up we are unable to provide coaching cover for these sessions.  Therefore land training will be cancelled on Monday 4th July and Monday 11th July.  Please be on poolside at 6.15pm to loosen off and ready to get in the pool at 6.30pm.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

Thanks
 
Kevin & Ryan

Holiday Time!

Hello Everyone,

I am away from Monday 27th June until and will return on Tuesday 5th July.

It has been really difficult to organise cover, with it been so close to the Nationals and a couple of coaches on Holiday and left! But coaches will be there when it is possible I am sure.

Keep training hard please!

See you when I get back,


Ryan.

Leeds B Grade

For those of you that have volunteered at the Leeds B Grade, you need to make yourself available in the timing suite before the start of the session.

Thanks for all the support,

Ryan.

Winter Yorkshires & North Eastern Counties 2011

I have printed a copy of the Winter Yorkshire and North Eastern Qualifying times for all swimmers in the squad so you have your own copy.  These two meets are the main focuses throughout the year for C Central so get chasing those times and lets have the group competing in as many events as possible at these two meets.

 

Winter Yorkshires 2011

Saturday 8^th & Sunday 9^th October 2011

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield

Short Course – 25 metre.

Age at 9^th October 2011

CLOSING DATE – 11^th SEPTEMBER 2011

 
North Easterns
3 - 4 December 2011
Sunderland Aquatics Centre
Short Course - 25 metre
Age as on 4th December 2011
CLOSING DATE - 16TH NOVEMBER 2011

Kevin & Ryan

Harrogate Meet

C Central achieved 92 PB's out of 98 Swims, 9 Speeding Tickets, 8 Gold Medals, 7 Silver Medals and 5 Bronze Medals this weekend.  Another fantastic meet, Well Done!!! 

On the whole the stroke technique when racing looked very good this weekend.  Most of you are starting to get the idea of how to pace on the 200's now.  In the past swimmers were loosing too much speed towards the back end of the race but now swimmers are picking up speed and overtaking rivals showing that you are all in good shape and getting very fit.  For some of you it looks like your race plan is coming together as we get close to the end of the season.  

I know some of you were successful in getting Yorkshire times for October and North Eastern times for December this weekend, so well done but swimmers who were just outside make sure you enter as many Galas as possible to have a go at chasing the North Eastern Times you are closest to before the closing date in November.   C Central's biggest event in the Competition Calendar is the North Eastern Counties, so it would be great to have as many of the squad there as possible.

Yorkshire and North Eastern times can be found and printed off on the right hand side of the blog under Qualification Times for Future Meets.

Results Summary

Speeding Ticket Winners (5)

Abbie H (2), Tide (1), Rebecca (2), Thomas (3), Layla (1)

Gold Medallists (8)

Anna (1), Tide (1), Thomas (1), John (1), Matthew B (1), Maisie (1), Megan (1), Viktoria (1)

Silver Medallists (5)

Huzayfa (2), John (2), Shaheen (1), Maisie (1), Helena (1)

Bronze Medallists (5)

Thomas (1), Ayesha (1), Zoe (1), John (1), Sophie (1)

Get chasing those times!!!

'We can accomplish almost anything within our ability if we but think we can.'

Kevin & Ryan 

Harrogate

A draft programme for Harrogate can be found by clicking the following link:
http://www.swimharrogate.org/2011_graded_meet.htm


Saturday 18th June am (Start =10am, Warm Up = 9am) Please arrive on poolside at 8.30am

Saturday 18th June pm (Start =1.30pm, Warm Up = 12.30pm) Please arrive on poolside at 12.00pm


Sunday 19th June am (Start =10am, Warm Up = 9am) Please arrive on poolside at 8.30am

Sunday 19th June pm (Start =2pm, Warm Up = 1.00pm) Please arrive on poolside at 12.30pm

Please note failure to arrive on poolside 30 min before warm up can result in the Team Manager withdrawing swimmers from their events.

Training for anyone racing at Harrogate will be only one hour on Friday night.

Good luck to everyone competing :)



Kevin & Ryan

Leeds B Grade

Hello everyone,

The Leeds B Grade gala is in desperate need of volunteers to timekeep, if you are willing to give up your time let me know and I will pass on the details, to yourself and the organisers.

Currently the meet won't run with the number of people volunteered.

Regards,

Ryan.

Welsh Nationals

We think the deadline for entries for Wales is tonight. I will be around from 5 ish in the cafe to sign any forms.

Ryan.

Our Best NER Championship to date!

A fantastic two weekends at Sheffield with lots of medals and PB's. All the hard work in training has really paid off. This time last year C Central had only 5 qualifiers for this meet. We have come along way as a group since then achieving 41 Pb's out of 55 Swims, 5 Gold Medals, 11 Silver Medals, 9 Bronze Medals and 3 Final swims. It was also excellent to see the past set of swimmers from C Central who moved to National Age Group recently achieve National Qualifying Times. Great Job . New swimmers it will be your job to step up and try and do the same as these guys did next year. You are all capable of doing it if you put your mind to it.

"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

Gold Medallists (3)

Jacob (1), Euan (3), Liam (1)

Silver Medallists (5)

Jacob (3), Euan (3), Liam (2), Harry (1), Layla (2)

Bronze Medallists (5)

William (1), Jacob (4), Euan (1), Liam (2), Layla (1)

Finalists (2)

William (2), Abigail J (1)

10 Yrs British Age Group Awards

1st - Samuel Russell York City 1202 pnts

2nd - Euan Cowan Co Leeds 1168 pnts

3rd - Jacob Butterfield Co Leeds 1149 pnts

Medals (Top Club)

1st - Co Leeds 26 Golds, 31 Silvers, 22 Bronze

2nd - Newburn 14 Golds, 9 Silvers, 2 Bronze

3rd - Co Sund'land 12 Golds, 4 Silvers, 9 Bronze

Well done to everyone who competed and a big thank you to all the parents in making sure your swimmer arrived on time and was equipped with lots of food and drinks. Me and Ryan are very proud to coach such a great group of young talented swimmers. Lets keep it up!!

Quote of the Week (Jacob Butterfield - C Central)

"Kevin!, On the whole I think C Central have swum absolutely fantastic this year"

(See Results section for the results from this meet)

Kevin & Ryan 

Attendance

Most of you attend the required amount of sessions to be in C Central, however I would like to remind you all how many sessions, minimum a week you should all be attending to keep your place in the squad. We appreciate you all have holidays, illness and after school activities now and again, which is fine but when not away swimmers should be attending on average the minimum number of sessions below for their age to give them the best chance of success. These number of sessions follows the Long Term Athlete Development plan for Competitive Swimming.

9 yrs = 5 sessions per week minimum

10 yrs = 6/7 sessions per week minimum

11 yrs = 6/7 sessions per week minimum

11/12 yrs = 7 sessions per week minimum

Our squads swimming week starts on a Sunday night and finishes on a Friday night. If swimmers have competed on a Sunday they will be given their attendance mark for Sunday nights session. If a session is missed swimmers should try and make it up in the following week by attending an additional work out.

Below is the attendance since the start of 2011 up to Sat 11th June 2001 so you can all see if you are meeting the correct standards for our squad. (H = Holiday)

Shaheen 2 6 4 5 5 6 4 6 6 4 2 2 H 2 6 2 4 2 5 2 1 6  Megan 3 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 6 4 6 5 4 4 4 2 5 5 6 6 4 6 Anna 3 6 6 H 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 4 H 2 5 2 4 5 5 6 3 6 Oliver 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 6 4 6 6 5 3 4 5 6 5 4 6 Liam  3 6 6 6 4 4 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 4 6 2 3 6 6 6 3 6 Layla 4 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 4 6 6 5 3 4 5 6 6 4 6 Matthew B  3 5 3 0 0 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 1 1 H H 2 4 3 3 H 4 Maisie 3 6 5 6 5 3 6 6 3 4 5 4 6 3 5 2 4 5 5 5 2 6 Emily B  2 6 5 5 5 4 6 6 H 5 6 3 H 3 5 2 3 4 6 5 H 3 Abigail B 4 7 6 7 7 3 7 7 7 7 6 6 Moved to NAG Jacob B 4 7 7 6 5 6 4 7 7 6 6 5 5 7 6 3 4 7 7 7 3 6 Amelia 4 2 4 7 7 5 6 7 6 6 5 4 Moved to NAG Thomas 2 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 2 5 5 4 5 6 2 1 0 3 4 4 H 1 John  3 3 6 6 6 6 4 6 5 6 5 5 6 H 5 3 4 4 6 6 H 6 Euan 3 5 6 5 3 5 5 6 3 4 6 3 2 3 3 3 4 6 4 5 2 4 Leah  3 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 5 2 4 5 5 3 2 6 Harry  -- - - - - - - - - - - - - H H 5 3 5 5 6 7 3 7 Tide  -- - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 6 4 3 4 6 5 5 2 2  William  3 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 3 3 4 6 6 3 6 Rebecca  1 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 5 1 4 0 4 5 6 6 2 4  Viktoria  -- - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 6 3 5 6 7 6 4 7 Ayesha  -- - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 6 5 3 4 6 6 5 4 6 Sophie  3 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 5 6 6 5 7 6 5 3 5 6 6 6 4 6 James 4 6 0 0 3 3 3 5 4 5 6 5 Moved to NAG Abbie H  -- - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 5 4 1 3 5 4 5 H 2 Zoe  - - - - - -1 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 6 5 2 4 5 5 5 H 4 Abigail J 4 7 7 4 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 3 5 7 7 7 4 6 Ellie  2 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 6 4 6 5 4 4 5 3 5 4 5 6 4 5 Huzayfa  3 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 1 3 4 2 1 H 2 2 5 5 6 4 5 Jake  3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 3 5 5 4 2 4 5 5 5 1 5 Kit  3 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 0 1 2 5 2 3 2 4 4  Matthew  3 6 6 5 4 5 6 7 6 7 6 5 6 7 6 3 5 7 7 5 4 7 Amber  3 6 2 6 5 H 4 6 1 6 5 4 H 4 5 3 0 6 6 5 H 5 Rachel M  0 5 5 5 5 6 4 2 5 5 5 4 H 3 4 1 3 5 6 5 1 5 Brannan 3 6 6 5 5 4 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 6 5 2 3 5 6 5 2 5 Rachel P 1 5 4 6 5 6 5 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 3 4 3 4 3 4  Emily R  3 6 5 4 3 5 5 6 5 3 1 Moved to C East Phebe  4 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 H Moved to NAG Aimee 3 5 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 Moved to C West Billy 4 5 3 4 5 5 5 6 4 5 3 2 5 5 2 1 1 5 5 5 4 5 Hannah  4 6 6 5 3 4 7 6 7 6 7 5 6 7 4 2 4 4 6 6 4 6 Helena  -- - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 4 5 2 4 3 5 6 3
Olympic Champion "It was not the 10 workouts I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed.
Regards,
Kevin and Ryan

Exams are Here!

Hello...

I have 4 exams over the next 2 weeks, 3 of which clash with our AM training days. I will not be at morning training on the following dates, Mon 13th, Thurs 16th and Thurs 23rd.

Regards,

Ryan

Land Training Cancelled!

Hello everyone,

Due to the gym flooding, land training is cancelled tonight (6/6/11). Please be on poolside at 6.15 to loosen off.

See you tonight,

Kevin & Ryan. 

Meet Information

York B Grade
Sunday 5th June (Warm Up 9.00 am, Poolside 8.30 am)
Swimmers are to see Lyn as I will be in Sheffield
 
Draft Programme
http://www.yorkcitybathsclub.org.uk/ycbcnews/35-clubnews/129-jorvik-2011-programme.html
 
North Eastern Counties
Please be on poolside 30min before Warm Up
 
Saturday 4th June am (Warm Up 8.00 am)
Sunday 4th June pm (Warm Up 2.00 pm)
 
Saturday 11th June am (Warm Up 8.00 am)
Sunday 12th June am (Warm Up 2.00 pm)
 
Draft Programme
http://www.asaner.org.uk/rgordon/2011results/bagcat11/draftbc.pdf
 
 
Training will go ahead as normal on Sunday with Ryan for anyone who is not competing.
 
Good look with the racing this weekend and next.  This is the big one!
 
Kevin
 

Kevin Schofield

High Performance - Assistant Coach (Swimming)

Competition Squad Central Lead Coach

Leeds City Council Swim Training Scheme

Aquatics Centre, John Charles Centre for Sport,

LS11 5DJ

Mobile: 07706 288 909