Yorkshire Sprints & Teams

This weekend is the third round of the Yorkshires and it's time to get ready to Sprint!!!!!  Remember, in sprints it is vital to get all the elements of the race right.  If you get your start, transition and finish spot on this can be the milliseconds needed to move up a few places in the results.  Also in the 50m sprints it is your chance to shine and earn your place in selection for relays.
 
As nearly everyone is racing over the weekend in Sheffield, training on Friday night will just be an hour for both squads (6.30 - 7.30pm).
 
There will be NO TRAINING on Sunday night or Monday morning folowing the competition.
 
The draft programme for the weekend can be viewed by using the link below:
Draft Programme (Starts on Page 23)

 

If there is anyone down in the programme who cannot compete this weekend, can you please let me know by text or email so I can pass on the information to the team managers.  Please remember it is City of Leeds policy to arrive 30 minutes before the warm up and check in with the team manager.  Team managers have the right to pull swimmers out if they arrive late as the Club can be fined if a swimmer does not show for their race.
 
Saturday Am
Arrive: 07:30
Warm Up: 08:00
Start: 09:00
 
Saturday Pm
Arrive: 12:30
Warm Up: 13:00
Start: 02:00
 
Sunday Am Teams
Arrive: 08:30

Warm Up: 09:00

Start:  10:00
 
Sunday Pm Teams
Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start: 14:00
 
We are looking forward to seeing some fast swimming this weekend as some of you have achieved a PB in training within the last 2 weeks.  Get down that first 25m hard and keep picking up the effort every 10 metres.  Don't slow down into the finish, smash through the wall.  When swimming in the relays be careful on the takeovers, block out the background noise and concentrate on your team mate swimming in.  It is better to go late than early and get your team disqualified.
 
'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

Good Luck Everyone! 
 
Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott, Tom B, Dave, Jo, Junior & Ste

200m Max Kick Test Results March 2014

Regional	1
Jake	03:25.36
Joanna	03:30.38
Maxim	03:39.96
Jack	03:41.72
Chloe	03:42.03
Tiegan	03:46.48
George	03:47.18
Ella	03:50.71
Huzayfa	03:56.53
Imani	03:58.57
Tom	03:59.39
Matthew Y	04:01.64
Ciara	04:01.88
Molly	04:22.21
David	04:30.38
Nathan	04:37.29
Oliver	04:45.88
Zak	04:46.51
Angelo	Absent
Mia	Absent
Hannah	Absent
Faith	Absent
Barnaby	Absent
Eve	Absent
Matthew W	Absent

 

Regional	2
Aimee	03:20.65
Niamh	03:26.28
Jonathan	03:27.32
Niamh M	03:28.36
Jake	03:30.50
Akshima	03:31.00
Liam	03:37.78
Jessica	03:41.32
Phoebe	03:42.06
Niamh M	03:43.00
Alicia	03:43.97
Jenna	03:46.50
Jacob	03:52.28
Stephanie	03:52.71
Robert	03:53.11
Joseph	03:54.37
Jenna	03:57.31
Akal	03:59.78
Sadie	03:59.78
Eve	Absent
Henry	Absent

 
The next kick test for Regional 1 will be held on Wednesday 2nd April.
 
The next kick test for Regional 2 will be held on Thursday 3rd April.
 
Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B
 
 
 

Yorkshire Team Championships

Hi All,

 

The following swimmers still need to confirm their attendance at the Yorkshire Team Championships on Sunday 16th March at Ponds Forge Sheffield to Craig (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk).

 

Regional 1

Joanna

Ella

Matthew W

Chloe

Ciara

Huzayfa

Angelo

 

Regional 2

Phoebe

Robbie

Joseph

 

Thanks

 

Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Regional Squad SMASH the Yorkshire Championships!

So after two hard weekends of competing, Regional 1 & 2 performed outstandingly posting some fantastic times on the board.

Overall,

Regional 1 achieved 37 PB's out of 45 Swims, 2 final swims, 1 Gold Medals, 1 Silver Medals and 1 Bronze Medals.  Great Stuff! 

Gold Medalists (1)

Angelo (1)

Silver Medalists (1)

Eve (1)

Bronze Medalists (2)

Eve (1), Faith (1)

Yorkshire Finalists (1)

Angelo (1st & 6th)

Regional 2 achieved 60 PB's out of 77 Swims, 2 more NER times, 11 final swims, 5 Gold Medals, 3 Silver Medals and 4 Bronze Medals.  Well Done! 

Gold Medalists (3)

Jess (3), Jonny (1), Steph (1)

Silver Medalists (2)

Jonny (2), Joe (1)

Bronze Medalists (3)

Jess (2), Jonny (1), Liam (1)

Yorkshire Finalists (3)

Jonny (1st, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th & 9th), Joe (2nd & 10th), Liam (3rd)

Hopefully we will have another successful weekend at the Yorkshire Sprints, especially as some of you have already beaten your 50 m PB's in the first leg of your races this weekend.

Results can be seen using the links below:

Yorkshires (15/ 16 Feb 2013)

Yorkshires (22/ 23 Feb 2013)

Squad Promotions

We will have 25 swimmers from the Development squads joining our group (12 to Reg 1 & 13 to Reg 2) on Monday 10th March.  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.  

Keep training hard and be ready to storm the Yorkshires in 2 weeks time!  Lets show the other clubs what you we are made of.  

'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)

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Yorkshire Team Championships 2014

Hi All,

Please can the following swimmers confirm their availability to Craig Robinson (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) by 8.00pm Wednesday 5th March.

Sunday 16th March

Arrive: 07.30

Warm Up: 08.00

Start: 09.00

Regional 1

Nathan

George

David

Matthew W

Zak

Molly

Tiegan

Chloe

Huzayfa

Regional 2

Jacob

Akal

Eve

Niamh Mi

Niamh C

Niamh Mo

Jenna M

Akshima

Sunday 16th March 

Arrive: 12.30

Warm Up: 13.00

Start: 14.00

Regional 1

Joanna

Faith

Ella

Hannah

Eve

Mia

Ciara

Angelo

Tom

Oliver

Barney

Maxim

Matthew Y

Regional 2

Jenna M

Alicia

Phoebe

Jenna S

Jess

Sadie

Steph

Jonny

Liam

Robbie

Jospeh

Henry

Aimee

Thanks

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Harrogate Entries

Hi All,

 

Please remember it is entries for the Harrogate Meet on Monday 3rd March. 

 

We will be available for signing entry forms on Friday and Sunday night.  Please do not bring entry forms for signing on Monday night as we will be coaching from 4.30pm onwards.

 

Harrogate Spa town A/ B Graded Meet

Details

Entry Form

Entry Times

 

Thanks

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

2014 Club/ ASA Fees Reminder

Hi All,
 
Just a reminder that all Club and ASA memberships must be renewed by Monday 3rd March.
 
Any swimmers who have not paid by this date will deleted from the ASA database and will be unable to train or compete.  There will be a £25 reinstatement fee in addition to full annual fees to pay if the swimmer wishes to continue training/ competing as advised in the renewal letter.
 
Thanks
 
John Clayton
Registration & Membership Secretary

Entry Dates

Hi All,

 

Below are the links for the meets we will be competing at in April.  Please remember you only have to enter two out of the three meets.

 

Sports Aid Meet (Entries taken on Mon 24/02/14)

12th & 13th April (JCC)

Entry Form

 

National Qualifier Meet (Entries Taken on Mon 17/03/14)

(Older Swimmers Only + any North Eastern Qualifiers)

19th & 20th April (JCC)

Details & Qualifying Times

Entry Form

 

Harrogate Spa town A/ B Graded Meet (Entries Taken on Mon 03/03/14)

26th & 27th April (Harrogate Hydro)

Details

Entry Form

 

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

 

 

 

 

 

Yorkshires 2nd Weekend & Training Changes

Just a reminder of the arrival times at John Charles this weekend.  A fantastic weekend of racing last week, now lets finish it off in style.

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start: 02:00

The programme of events for the weekend can be viewed by clicking the following link:

Programme of Events

Draft Programme

 

Please remember that there is no training on Sunday and everyone has got Monday am off to have a lie in after two weekends back to back hard racing.

Good Luck Everyone!!

Kevin, Tom S, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Yorkshire Championships & Training Changes

Hi All,

We are looking forward to seeing some fast racing this weekend.  The turns are looking great at the moment, make sure you transfer them into your race.  Remember use the walls to pick up speed not loose speed, every millisecond counts.  I know some of you have got close to your pb's in training over the last few weeks which suggests you are ready to smash the Yorkshires. 

Just a reminder of the arrival times at John Charles this weekend.

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start: 02:00

The programme of events for the weekend can be viewed by clicking the following link:

Programme of Events

Yorkshire Championships Draft Programme

Below is also a great guide for recovery snacks to take with you at the weekend:

Recovery Snacks

Hopefully you all now have a copy of the North Eastern times which I printed out for you, if not they can be found on the right hand side of the blog under qualifying times.  Get chasing those times!!! 

'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 medalist (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004)

Please remember Training Changes for Regional 1 & 2 due to the Yorkshires:

Friday 14th February 2014 - 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 16th February 2014 - Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships

Monday 17th February 2014 - No Am Training (Recovery after Yorkshires)

Thursday 20th February 2014 - No Am Training (Everyone has a morning off to rest for Yorkshires)

Friday 21st February 2014 - 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 23rd February 2014-  Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships

Monday 24th February 2014 - No Am Training (Recovery After Yorkshires)

Best of luck to you all 

Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B

200m Max Kick Test Results February 2014

Regional  Angelo	1 03:24.48
Jake	03:30.76
George	03:38.31
Joanna	03:38.56
Tiegan	03:38.56
Mia	03:38.73
Ella	03:49.76
Chloe	03:53.63
Hannah	03:53.84
Huzayfa	04:00.09
Imani	04:01.44
Faith	04:03.63
Matthew	04:05.14
Ciara	04:05.80
Molly	04:07.28
Barnaby	04:07.28
Eve	04:12.06
Matthew	04:15.84
David	04:23.66
Tom	04:29.06
Oliver	04:37.94
Nathan	04:42.91
Zak	04:46.78
Jack	Sick
Maxim	Sick

Regional Aimee	2 03:24.81
Jake	03:24.81
Niamh	03:29.34
Niamh	03:30.44
Jonathan	03:32.07
Liam	03:33.94
Jessica	03:39.13
Akshima	03:39.13
Eve	03:42.66
Alicia	03:45.51
Jenna	03:45.67
Jacob	03:49.17
Joseph	03:51.60
Phoebe	03:51.95
Niamh	03:53.10
Stephanie	03:53.42
Jenna	03:54.38
Robert	03:56.74
Henry	Absent
Akal	Absent
Sadie	Absent

April Meets

Hi All,
 
With the Yorkshire Championships in February and March, the focus going forward for Regional swimmers will be attaining as many NER and Welsh National qualifying times as possible.

There are 3 meets in April which we have identified for Regional Squads to
compete in:

12th & 13th April - Sports Aid (Tom & Kevin)
19th & 20th April - Leeds National Qualifier (Tom)
26th & 27th April - Harrogate Spa Town A/B Graded Meet (Kevin)

Swimmers should be entered into a maximum of 2 of the 3 above competitions in April. It is recommended that anyone that meets the qualifying times for the National Qualifier Meet include it as one of their selected competitions, as it features heat and finals and will be a good experience for NER Champs and Welsh Nationals.

For some swimmers (10 year old boys) the National Qualifier will be the only opportunity in April to swim the 100m events.

Any 9 year olds within Regional Squads will only be able to compete in the Harrogate Spa Town Meet so should enter this meet only.


12th & 13th April - Sports Aid
Events: 50s, 100s & 200s all strokes, 400 FC, 200 & 400 IM (Note: no 100s for 10yrs Boys)

Event information and qualifying times can be found on the Sports Aid website:
Sports Aid Website

19th & 20th April - Leeds National Qualifier
Events: 100s & 200s all strokes, 400, 800 & 1500 FC, 200 & 400 IM (All events 10yrs to Open Age Group)

Event information and qualifying times can be found on the City of Leeds
website.
City of Leeds Website

26th & 27th April - Harrogate Spa Town A/B Graded Meet
Events: 9 - 15 & over - 50 & 200 all stroke plus 400 FC, 200 & 400 IM
Girls 11-15 & over and Boys 12-15 & over - 100 all strokes

Upper & lower entry times are in force at this meet, so swimmers should have achieve a time between the two. These are available on the Harrogate SC website.
Harrogate Website


General competition entry advise
When entering events please ensure times that are entered are official times swum in competition and on the British Swimming Rankings. Please do not make up times to meet the qualifying standards for competitions, if a swimmer's times for an event are outdated or a swimmer has never swum an event before please speak to the coaching staff as we will use the standard times formula to work out an entry time.

Personal Best Records are held by British Swimming and are updated after each ASA registered meet. These can be found by entering swimmer surname or ASA number in the following webpage:
http://www.swimmingresults.org/individualbest/

Long course and short course times should also be kept separate where possible. So, long course PB's entered for long course competitions and visa versa. Conversions can be used to meet qualifying times however we discourage the use of converted times as they do not accurately reflect each childs ability to change from LC-SC or SC-LC.

There are a number of websites which convert swimming times for you, one in particular we use is http://www.swimcalc.com/cgi-bin/convert.cgi/default


If you require any further information about the competitions in April please do not hesitate to speak to the coaching staff before or after training sessions.
 
Thanks
 
Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Attendance

Hi All,

 

May I please remind you all of the expected attendance for swimmers in the Regional Squads;

 

9 yrs = 5/6 sessions,

10 yrs = 6 sessions

11/ 12 years = 6/7 sessions 

 

This follows the Long Term Athlete development plan for swimming and will give you the greatest chance of successes in the future if followed.

 

It has come to our attention that there are a lot of swimmers not attending the required amount of sessions to keep their place in the squad.  When the register is taken the amount of sessions attended by each swimmer is recorded in a spreadsheet and this information is looked at when we review swimmers places in the group.  Please make staff aware if your child is ill as this will go down on the register. 

 

If a swimmer can not attend a session for whatever reason, this should be made up where possible in the same week or in the following week by attending a different session.

 

Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B

Land Training Behavior

Hi All,
 
Just a reminder that misbehaviour during land training will not be tolerated.  Land training is part of the Monday nights session and is their to aid all your performances and develop you all further as athletes.  Most of the exercises you are asked to perform require a high amount of concentration and skill.  If the gym staff feel like you are not giving your best effort and you are misbehaving you will be asked to leave the gym and you will not be welcome into the pool session afterwards. 
 
This rule was applied back in 2010 with the old C Central.  Up until now with Regional squad we haven't had to use it, but there are a few members of the squad letting the rest of the team down.  This rule will be back in force from Monday.  Please work hard in the gym and get the most out of it.  Do not let the Regional Squad down.
 
Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B


 

Arena League Final

Arena League Final (Sunday 27th April 2014)
 
Can the following swimmers please confirm their availability to Craig Robinson craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) no later than March 3rd.
 
Regioanl 1
Angelo
 
Regional 2
Robbie
 
Thanks
 
Kevin, Tom, Josh, Scott & Tom B