Regional Age Group Storm The Leeds Grand Prix

You are all swimming amazing at the moment and so early on in the season.  We were really impressed with you all over the weekend, especially with the improvement in your turn speed on the wall.  It was a long weekend but you all managed to keep spirits high to the end of the meet. 

Well done to those swimmers who achieved North Eastern qualifying times for the first week in December. With this at the top of Regional Age Groups competition calendar, anyone who has a time must enter even if it is only one event.  You have done the hard work and achieved the times so therefore deserve to swim against the fastest swimmers in the North East. Remember every millisecond you knock off is a step closer to those qualifying times, work every turn in training like you would in a race so it is perfect on the day.   Lets go show them how its done!

This weekend at the Yorkshire's Regional 1 achieved 142 PB's out of 173 Swims, 5 more NER times, 4 Silver Medals, 3 Bronze Medals and 28 Final Swims.

Silver Medalists (3)
Jack (2), Huzayfa (1), Angelo (1)

Bronze Medalists (2)
Huzayfa (2), Angelo (1)

Finalists (12)

Angelo (6), Jack (5), Huzayfa (4), Imani (2), Ella (2), Matthew (2), Tiegan (1), Maxim (1), Nathan (1), Kimberley (1), Tom (1), David (1), Barnaby (1)
 

Regional 2 achieved 123 PB's out of 155 Swims, 6 more NER times,  2 Gold Medals,  4 Silver Medals,  2 Bronze Medals and 43 Final Swims.

Gold Medalists (2)

Liam (1), Jake (1)

Silver Medalists (4)

Henry (1), Jonny (1), Jess (1), Steph (1)

Bronze Medalists (2)

Jonny (2), Jake (1)

Finalists (14)

Jonny (8), Jess (6), Niamh C (5), Jake (5), Joe (4), Henry (3), Niamh M (2), Liam (2), Steph (2), Aimee (2), Akshima (2), Robbie (1), Jenna (1), Phoebe (1)

WELL DONE TEAM!!!!!!! FANTASTIC EFFORT 

"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!"

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Junior League Final Tickets

Hi All,

 

Any parents of Junior League simmers wanting a ticket for the final can purhace one at a cost of £5 from Emma Ferriman (Ellie & Eve Jones Mum). There are 42 swimmers in the final and only one ticket available per swimmer.  There will also be a cost of £12.50 for anyone wanting to go on the Supporters Coach which is also payable to Emma.

 

Emma will normally be at JCCS Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Halloween Kick Set

On Thursday 31st October we will be doing the Halloween Kick set.  We hope to see some really good masks.  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 hard kick set in the scariest mask you can find.

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Lets Do This!!!

Hi All,

Hers is a video to watch before you race at the weekend!

Rise & Swim

Good Luck Everyone

Smash It Up!

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

City of Leeds Grand Prix & Training Changes

Due to nearly 100% of both squads competing over the weekend there will be no training on Sunday 27th October for both squads.  All swimmers will still receive an attendance mark for this day.

Friday nights training will be around an hour long and should not be missed.  We will be covering last minute race preparation and then finishing early to allow for an early night so you are all rested for the weekend.  Please remember that it is City of Leeds policy to arrive 30 minutes prior to the warm up starting, late swimmers could be pulled out of the session by the team manager.

Session 1 (Saturday am): Arrive 07:30, Warm Up: 08:00, Start 09:00

Session 2 (Saturday pm): Arrive 12:30, Warm Up: 13:00, Start 14:00 

Session 3 (Sunday am): Arrive 07:30, Warm Up: 08:00, Start 09:00 

Session 4 (Sunday pm): Arrive 12:30, Warm Up: 13:00, Start 14:00  

A draft programme and rejection list can be seen by clicking the links below:

Draft Programme

Rejection List

 

Good Luck to everyone competing.  Remember what you have worked on in training and transfer this into your racing.  Most importantly use those turns to pick up speed and not loose speed.

 GO FOR IT!!!!  

Get chasing those Yorkshire & North Eastern Times 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

200m Kick Test

Hi All,

 

As promised here are the results from the 200m Kick Test.  The whole scheme will be taking part in the test on the first week of every month and the results will be published. 

 

Regional 1 next test = Wednesday 6th November

 

Regional 2 next test = Thursday 7th November

 

200m Max Kick Test Results

 

Keep training hard and move up the ranks!

 

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

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 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. 

Overall:

Regional 1 achieved 85 PB's out of 99 Swims, 5 Silver Medals,  1 Bronze Medal and 11 more NER times for Sunderland in December.  Great stuff.

 

Silver Medallists (4)

Jack (2), Huzayfa (1), Charlotte (1), David (1)

 

Bronze Medallists (1)

Angelo (1)

Regional 2 achieved 91 PB's out of 109 Swims, 1 Gold Medal, 2 Silver Medals and 10 more NER times for Sunderland in December.  Well Done!
 

Gold Medallists (1)

Steph (1)

Silver Medallists (1)

Ella C (2)

I hope you all enjoyed racing in the Yorkshires and are fired up ready for the Leeds Grand Prix in a weeks time.  Keep chasing those North Eastern times. 

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below

Yorkshire S.A. Winter Competition 2013

 

"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

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Junior League National Final

Date:  Sunday 24th November

Venue:  Corby International Pool

Arrive JCCS: 08:30

Depart JCCS:  09:00

 

Warm-up starts at 12:30 pm with the parade of teams at approximately 13:30 pm. We hope to be back at JCC for 18:30 pm.  All swimmers will be required to travel to and from the meet on the team coach. 

Please can swimmers confirm their availability to Craig by Monday 21st October at craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk

Regional Age Squad 1

Charlotte

Zak

George

Nathan

Ella P

Matthew W

Joanna

Eve

Regional Age Squad 2
Jonathan

Jospeh H

Robbie

Rebecca

Joseph T

Daniel

Jacob

Ella C

Jess

Phoebe

Alicia

Thanks

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

City of Leeds Crowned 1st at National Arena League Round 1

After Day 1 of the Winter Yorkshires the team reconvened on Saturday evening for the first round of the National ARENA League.  City of Leeds put up a great fight placing 1st in 50 % of the events and in the top 3 in 45 out of 50 races.  Competition was hot, but with 25 Firsts, 11 Second places and 8 Third place finishes City of Leeds showed their depth and character.

 

City of Leeds were crowned the overall winners of round 1 by just 6 points. 
 

1st - City of Leeds 299

2nd - Sheffield 'A' Team 293

3rd - Borough of Kirklees 201

4th - Doncaster Dartes 199

5th - Cleethorpes 149

6th - Sheffield 'B' Team 123

7th - Harrogate 119

 

WELL DONE to all Swimmers who competed and a big thank you to all Team managers and Coaches. 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Your Club needs you!

Hi All,

 

We would like to raise a substantial amount of money to support the swimmers from the City of Leeds Swimming Club and are hoping that you might be willing to supply is with suitable prizes for Raffles and Tombola's in upcoming Galas.

 

City of Leeds Swimming Club ethos "A team above all, but above all a team".  If every member of the team donates a prize, we together can make the fundraising at these galas a huge success.

 

Please pass any donations to:

 

Helen Butterfield

Lucie Black

Sharon Devlin

Julie Crisp

 

Or simply bring them to the Lucky Dip Stall on a Monday evening.

 

Thanks

 

Supporters Comittee

Congratulations

A big Congratulations to the following swimmers who were selected to move to National Age Group. 

 

Regional 1

Charlotte Gibbs

Danielle Quirke

Timur Uyumaz

Jamie Broome

 

Regional 2

Joseph Hawkins

Rebecca Clynes

Hannah Abbassi

Abi Calvert

Maisy Black

Nathan Strauss

Jake Sykes #

 

Enjoy your last week in Regional and we wish you the best of luck in your new squads.  Keep up the hard work and take the skills you have learnt in Regional with you.  We look forward to tracking your progress.

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

 

 

Snow Frills Entries

Hi All,

 

As you will know the Snow Frills competition was entered knowing there was every chance we wouldn't be successful due to the competition been oversubscribed. Unfortunately this has partly happened; some entries have been accepted and some haven't. We are awaiting the rejection list back from City of Sheffield so we know which swimmers won't get a swim.

 

Therefore, what we now propose is, those who do get rejected from Snow Frills we will put the same entries in to the Bradford Meet which is taking place at the Aquatics Centre, JCCS on 23^rd/24^th November. As you will appreciate there is still no guarantee that Leeds swimmers will get the chance to compete but we will make every effort to get as many in as we possibly can.

 

Please still make any payments on Monday 14^th October for entries which you have submitted and as soon as we know where we are at, the club can issue refunds were necessary (if not accepted in to Bradford Meet etc).

 

As you can hopefully appreciate it was a huge effort getting these entries sorted and sent at the last minute, and unfortunately there is nothing we can do about the rejections.

 

If you have any queries then please take these to the Denison Suite on Monday evening where there will be members of committee who may be able to help.

 

Many thanks

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Yorkshires, Arena League & Training Changes

Hope you are all looking forward to racing this weekend.  As we are still in early season training the target this weekend is to be as close to your PB's as possible.  Remember work the turns and transitions into strokes.  Smash the underwater work! Try and be first to 15m and then stay in front.  Accelerate into the turns and finishes, the walls are there to help you not slow you down.

Training Changes

Friday 11th October Pm -  Training will be just an hour (18:30 - 19:30) to go over some last minute race tactics.  

Sunday 13th October Pm - With nearly 100% of both groups competing over the weekend in Sheffield there will be no training on Sunday night.

Monday 14th October Am - Both squads will have the morning off to recover fro a full weekend of racing.

Thursday 17th October Am - Morning session open to all squad members.

Arrival Times

Saturday 12th Oct (Ponds Forge)

Yorkshire Championships (Short Course 25m)

Sat - Am Session

Arrive - 08:30

Warm Up - 09:00

Start - 10:00

Sat - Pm Session

Arrive - 12:30

Warm Up - 13:00

Start - 14:00

Sat Pm - Arena League

Arrive - 18:30

Warm Up - 19:00

Start - 19:30

Sunday 13th Oct (Ponds Forge)

Yorkshire Championships (Short Course 25m)

Sun - Am Session

Arrive - 07:30

Warm Up - 08:00

Start - 09:00

Sun - Pm Session

Arrive - 12:30

Warm Up - 13:00

Start - 14:00

 

Draft programme can be found by clicking the link below:

Winter Yorkshires 2013

Good Luck to everyone competing!

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Junior League to Corby ... Again!

City of Leeds Junior League Team (9-12 Yrs) lead from the outset in the Northern Junior League Final this weekend, and relentlessly ruled until the end.

Final Results

1st - City of Leeds = 256

2nd - Stockport = 199

3rd - Southport = 183

4th - Boldmere = 177

5th - Newcastle = 123

6th - Cleethorpes = 96

The team achieved the exact same number of points in last year's Northern FInal, and will now travel to Corby on Sunday 24th November to defend their Grand Final title for a fourth consecutive year.

The team would like to tank those volunteers, but in particular Emma Ferriman for their help on and before the event.

Well Done Everyone!!! 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Junior League - Northern Final

Hi all,

 

Please ensure you arrive on Sunday morning for 9:40am, in Leeds Kit & have a YELLOW T-Shirt for 9:40am. That is children AND PARENTS alike. (If you want to share in our success then share our colours).

 

Warm-ups will commence at 10:00am.

 

Racing will commence at 10:45am.

 

We will hopefully be done by 12:45pm.

 

The great news is, training is still 'on' for those that have a Sunday session.

  

PS. Not only should you be wearing colours but I will expect you to make more noise than the swimmers this time (Harrogate was a little unimpressive and you will need a lot more practice before I take any of you to the Grand Final in Corby). If I'm honest, the attitude amongst parents seems to be one of expectation for us to win but nothing is a given, therefore you need to get behind every Leeds Child more than your own.

 

Let me remind you…      "A Team Above all… BUT ABOVE ALL… A TEAM"

 

Good Luck Everyone!

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

 

IMPORTANT - Snow Frills Meet

Hi All,

 

The Snow Frills meet is filling up fast, so in order for COL to get entries in quickly please would you be able to send your entries across to Sarah Crossley (Sarah.Crossley@leeds.gov.uk) by 12 noon Friday 4^th October as Ophelia is on holiday.  Under no circumstances will any entries after this date be accepted.

 

The payment of the meet will then need to be made as normal on Monday 7^th October* or Monday 14^th October (*the AGM is on Monday 7^th so entries may only be able to be taken up to approx 7 pm).

 

Please ensure the following is clearly stated on your entry email:

Swimmers Name:

ASA Number:

Date of Birth

Age as at 1^st December 2013:

Events & Time

Swimmers are advised to enter all events they have Pb's close to the consideration times in. If you your PB is faster than the consideration time your entry will not be accepted as you are too fast for the meet.  This competition lands on the same weekend as the North Easter Counties (NER).  If you have already achieved an NER Qualifying time then we would like you to enter the NER's rather than the Snow Frills. You may have only achieved 1 or 2 times for NER's but this is the major competition in the regional calendar.

 

Please ensure that if you are entering your swimmer, that entries are completed and signed off prior to Monday's training.

 

Information for the Snow Frills Meet can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Snow Frills Information Pack & Consideration Times

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

 

City of Leeds October Meet (25m)

Hi All,

The draft programme and rejection list for the October meet has now been published.  If you have been rejected from any events you will be refunded in full from the Club on a Monday night.

Draft Programme

Rejection List

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Who Will You Nominate?

Nominations for the Leeds Sports Awards 2014

Nominations are now open for the awards, which celebrate the success of sport across the city through 2013, with categories ranging from Professional Club/Team of the Year to Junior Sports person of the Year.

Awards will be judged by an independent panel of sporting partners from across the city and nominations close on Friday December 13th 2013. The leading nominees in each category will be invited to attend the gala evening.

You can view the full list of awards criteria here.

Get those nominations in now to celebrate and share the achievements the swimmers have made this year!

Leeds Swimming Ace Taylor Has Glasgow Date In Her Sights

Hi All,

Here is an article on Sophie Taylor who is in our National Squad you may be interested in reading.

Keep focused and work hard in training and who knows this could be you in the future.

http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/leeds-swimming-ace-taylor-has-glasgow-date-in-her-sights-1-6101999

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

1st Bag Pack of the Season

Hi All,

I would just like to say a big well done all the swimmers and grandparents who helped out at the Bag Bag held at Morrisons yesterday.  The bag pack turned out to be great fun and a brilliant success raising £800 for club funds.  Money from these fundraising days will be spent on events like the Welsh Nationals and also team buses to events such as Junior and Arena League .  

This is a great start to the season and the supporters committee would like to congratulate and thank everyone one who took part.

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B 

Junior League Tickets - Northern Final

Hi All,

Tickets to watch the Northern Final are now on sale.  They can be purchased from Emma Ferriman (Ellie & Eve Jones Mum) on the balcony at a cost of £4.  Due to limited seating there will only be 1 ticket per swimmer (of which there are 42 selected).  If you would like an extra seat please request to be entered in the lottery draw for one of the remaining 10 tickets.

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Arena League Round 1

Date:  Saturday 12th October 

Venue:  Ponds Forge, Sheffield

Arrive:  4.30 pm

Warm Up:  5:00 pm

Start:  5.30 pm

Please can the following swimmers confirm their availability to Craig Robinson (craig.robinson@leeds.org.uk).

Regional 1

Jamie Broome

Charlotte Gibbs

Regional 2

Joseph Hawkins

Robert Shillito

Rebecca Clynes

Thanks

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

White Rose Junior League (Northern Final)

Date: Sunday 6th October

Venue:  John Charles

Arrive:  09:40

Warm Up:  10:00

Can the following swimmers please confirm their availability to Craig Robinson (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) by Wednesday 25th September

Regional 1

Zak Moran

Nathan Russell

George Smith

Nealsen Orange

Matthew Walker

Charlotte Gibbs

Joanna Bingham

Eve Jones

Regional 2

Jonathan Milner

Joseph Hawkins

Robert Shillito

Jacob Braithwaite

Daniel Jones

Joseph Turner

Rebecca Clynes

Ella Cowan

Phoebe Dawson

Jessica Teale

Holly Anderson

Thanks

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Bag Pack

Hi All,

Just a reminder that the the first bag pack of the season will take place on Sunday 29th September (11am - 3pm) at Hunslet Morrison's.

The February bag pack was great fun and a brilliant success raising over £1000 for club funds.  Fundraising is the best way to keep events like the Welsh Nationals affordable and also helps pay for team buses to events such as Junior and Arena League .  Last season the supporters committee donated £4000 to the cost of Wales from fundraising.  

If you are free on Sunday please get involved and help raise funds for future events .  We are asking for each child (with a parent) to give up just 1 hour to help.  

Places are limited so please register your support now.  If you would like to take part in the bag pack please sign your name on the form posted on the City of Leeds notice board.

For any additional information please contact:

Liz Rogers

07534467348

lizhrogers@hotmail.co.uk

Thank you

The Supporters Committee

Kicking & Ankle Flexibility

 Hi All,

Some of you may be interested in the following video showing what children can do to improve their kick.

Genetically some kids are better suited to kicking than others, but there are things that can help; and yes ankle and foot flexibility is a big part of that.

The following youtube link has the most basic stretch that can be performed on the living room floor whilst watching TV.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m271f0CTms

 

This video focuses more on ankle flexibility.  Foot flexibility is also important and can be done by simply reaching behind and pulling the toes upward whilst in the above stretch.  If you can't sit down fully without pain, then  you could place a cushion on the calves and sit on it.

 

This is one of those opportunities where parent's can get on board with helping with their children's kicking. These stretches should be performed at least 3-4 times per week. Any less and there will not be noticeable improvement over the coming months.

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Junior League - Round 1

Well done to all swimmers who competed in the Junior League at Harrogate last Saturday.  After an exciting afternoon of racing we were crowned the winners of the first round.  The next round of the Junior League is the Northern Final which will be held at John Charles on Sunday 6th of October.   This is our fourth year in the competition and after winning three years in a row it would be great to storm through the next round and defend our title by winning the National Final. 

Round 1 Results

1st: City of Leeds = 320 Points

2nd: Borough of Kirklees = 252 Points

3rd: City of Sheffield = 216 Points

4th: Doncaster Dartes = 187 Points

5th: York = 150 Points

6th: Kingston Upon Hull = 145 Points

7th:  Harrogate = 108 Points

Swimmers who competed will need to make themselves available to swim again for the team at John Charles on the morning of Sunday 6th October.  

 
Well Done Everyone!
 
Keep focusing on great takeovers and finishes during training ready for the Northern Final.

Kevin, Tom S, Elysha, Josh, Scott & Tom B

City of Leeds October Grand Prix Meet (25m)

Hi All,

Entries for above meet held at John Charles on the 26 & 27 October will be taken on Monday 16th September and Monday 23rd September by Ophelia in the Denison Suite.

This meet is on the Regional Squad calendar and all squad members are expected to enter.  Swimmers are advised to enter all 50m events, 200 IM, 100 Fly & 100 BR plus any events of your choice which you do not have Yorkshire or North Eastern Qualifying times in.  If you have already achieved a Yorkshire or North Eastern time in these events do not enter them again at this meet, pick a race you have not qualified in.

Information can be found below by clicking on the link;

Event Schedule & Entry Form

Please remember this is a short course meet.  Times can be converted using the online converter below.  If you are entering a converted time please state so in brackets on the entry form.

Course Converter

Any new swimmers who do not have an entry time for a particular event can get one by following the instructions below;

Standard Times Formula

Coaches will start signing forms for this meet from Wednesday night.

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Thursday Am Training

Hi All,

From this Thursday onwards Regional squads will have the pool available until 7am.  Any swimmers that attend Thursday am and would like to stay in until 7am are welcome to do so from this week.  When moving up from Regional to National Age Group all mornings will be 5am - 7am, taking up the offer will provide a great opportunity to practice swimming 2 hours long course on a morning before you move up. 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B 

BAG PACKING!

Let's give this Year's Fundraising a Kick Start

Sunday 29th September 11am - 3pm

Hunslet Morrison's

Penny Hill Centre, Church Street,

Hunslet, LS10

The February bag pack raised over £1000 for club funds so let's start raising earlier in the season.  Places are limited so please register your support now.  If you would like to take part in the bag pack please sign your name on the form posted on the City of Leeds notice board.

For any additional information please contact:

Liz Rogers

07534467348

lizhrogers@hotmail.co.uk

Regional Staff

I am sad to inform you that Elysha Wallis will be leaving the City of Leeds at the end of the month due to work commitments.  Elysha has coached with the City of Leeds for 8 years and has been a great asset to the Regional groups over the last 2 seasons.  I would like to thank Elysha for all her help and hard work and I am sure she will be missed.

I would like to welcome to the team Scott Sanderson who will be assisting on Regional 1.  Scott is a Lifeguard and Swimming Teacher at John Charles and also coaches the Masters.  Also joining us will be Tom Braginton who will assist Regional 1 & 2.  Tom has swum with the City of Leeds for many years and has just started coaching.  I hope you will all make them feel very welcome.

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Yorkshire Championships Entries

Entries for the Winter Yorkshire Short Course Championships at Ponds Forge will be taken by Ophelia on Monday 9th September.  Swimmers should enter all the events they have qualified for.  We will be available to sign forms after training on Thursday am, Friday pm, Sunday pm and Monday am.  Please remember to get all entry forms to us before Monday pm as we will be coaching from 4.30pm.
 
Yorkshire Championships Entry Form

Yorkshire Championships Event Schedule & Qualifying Times

Thanks

 

Kevin, Tom, Josh & Elysha

National Junior League - White Rose Gala

Date:  Saturday 7th September

Venue:  Harrogate Hydro

Arrive:  04:50pm

Warm Up:  05:20pm

A kind reminder that the Team needs to be at Harrogate Hydro on Saturday 7^th September for 5:00pm. It is essential we have everyone together on time to minimise disruption to team changes. Once a team change has been made because of a late arrival or absence it is improbable that the team can be changed back.

Please ensure your child has Team Kit for the event, not only is this effective for our management of the team but we like to blind our enemies with a blaze of yellow. Therefore if you have not purchased any team kit yet, please ensure you do so from the club shop on Monday 2nd September.

As with all City of Leeds Team events, please respect that we are there as one, and children should, win or lose, remain at the end to cheer their team… as should you.

Supporting parents please remember your hats, wigs, horns, face paints etc. The louder you cheer the faster the swimmers will go.

Kevin, Tom, Josh & Elysha

Sunday Training

Just a reminder that from now on Sunday's training for both Regional Squads will be at JCC 1600-1800 (Long Course).

Kevin, Tom, Josh & Elysha

Welsh Summer Nationals Photos

Hi All,

For those swimmers that went to the Welsh Summer I have uploaded the photos for you all to have a look at.  A big thankyou to Lizzie Coombes for taking them all.

Please click the link below to view.

Enjoy!

Welsh Summer Nationals 2013

Kevin, Tom, Josh & Elysha

Welcome Back!

Hi All,

Welcome back to training, hope you all had a nice restful break.  The hard work will start again very soon. 

At the moment we will be working hard on perfecting the skills and stroke techniques, like they were just before we broke up.  The quicker the skills are in place again the quicker we can get to the hard stuff. 

It was great to see so many of you at the first morning session of the season, we were very impressed.

Just a reminder that land training will start tonight with Regional 1.

Kevin, Tom, Josh & Elysha

New Season

Overall this season has been fantastic!  We have had some amazing results and I am looking forward to the start of next season.  Training will commence on Monday 19th August.  We will have 15 new swimmers from the Development squads joining us from the start of the new season.  Please make them feel welcome and introduce them to the Regional spirit.  They maybe a little nervous at first, as moving up can be a scary experience.

Just a few reminders........  

Land Training

Land Training will start on Monday 2nd September with Regional 1

Mornings

Mornings will be back to normal for our squad on Monday 2nd September.

Regional 1 (Friday's)
Training will be a the earlier time of 6.30pm - 8.00pm until further notice.

Bank Holiday

There will be no training on Sunday 25th & Monday 26th August due to the Bank Holiday.  

Enjoy the rest of your Summer Break and make the most of no Swimming whilst you can. Come back feeling fresh ready to train hard again.

Kevin, Tom, Elysha & Josh 

Welsh Summer Nationals

If any of you wish to relive your time in Wales and watch race back you can do using the link below;

http://www.youtube.com/user/QUIPUTV

Enjoy