Training Changes Due to Upcoming Competitions

There will be the following changes to training over the next week or so due to Competitions.

Regional Development 

Friday 11th December = 19:00 - 20:00 (No Land Training)

Saturday 12th December = No Training (Bradford Xmas Meet)

Monday 14th December = No AM Training (Recovery)

Thursday 17th December = No AM Training (Recovery)

Friday 18th December = 19:00 - 20:00 (No Land Training)

Saturday 19th December = No Training (City of Leeds Xmas Meet)

Monday 21st December = No AM Training (Recovery)

Regional Performance

Friday 11th December = 19:00 - 20:00 (Just 1 Hour)

Saturday 12th December = No Training (Bradford Xmas Meet)

Monday 14th December = No AM Training (Recovery)

Thursday 17th December = No AM Training (Recovery)

Friday 18th December = 19:00 - 20:00 (Just 1 Hour)

Saturday 19th December = No Training (City of Leeds Xmas Meet)

Monday 21st December = No AM Training (Recovery)

The Regional Team

City of Bradford Winter Meet (25m) 2015

Hi All,

Details of the meet can be found by clicking the links below

Draft Programme

Accepted Entries

Meet Information

Am Sessions

Arrive:  07:30

Warm Up:  08:00

Start:  09:00

Pm Sessions

Arrive:  13:00

Warm Up:  13:30

Start:  14:00

Good Luck to everyone competing, get chasing those long course Yorkshire times!

"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 the other swimmers think about me, not me about them." 
Amanda Beard
 
SMASH IT!!!

The Regional Team

200m Max Kick Test & 15m Underwater Fly Kick Test Results

Hi All,

Here are the results from this months kick test.  PB's are highlighted in green.  The next kick test will be held on Monday 4th or 11th January.  

All times from the start of the season can be viewed using the link below.

Regional Kick Tests

Some big improvements this month.  Well Done!!

  

The Regional Team

Regional Dev	200m FS Kick
Thomas Sp	03:35.59
Isla	03:37.81
Finlay	03:40.66
Charlotte B	03:40.86
Sasha	03:46.64
Freya B	03:48.11
Thomas K	03:49.63
Henry	03:49.79
James Ro	03:52.44
Kidiest	03:55.37
Niamh	03:56.62
Freya J	03:57.05
Robyn	04:06.69
Jolie	04:06.79
Anna	04:07.00
Rhys	04:12.09
Devon	04:13.97
Amelia K	04:16.03
Joshua	04:16.79
James Hu	04:18.59
Jack Sc	04:18.76
Charlotte K	04:20.76
Lilly	04:22.22
Aimee	04:22.72
Alex	04:32.86
Harrison	04:33.18
Zak S	04:38.11
Hugo	04:39.97
Luke	05:12.22
Sebastien	05:34.18
Kasja	Absent
Dominic	Absent
Lucy S	Absent
Martha	Absent
Regional Dev	15m U/W
Kidiest	8.63
Amelia	8.9
Niamh	9.45
Jolie	9.51
Charlotte B	9.6
Rhys	9.69
Isla	9.73
Thomas Sp	9.88
Freya J	9.91
Finlay	9.94
Henry	10.18
James Ro	10.26
Thomas K	10.53
Anna	10.7
James Hu	10.79
Lilly	10.81
Aimee	11.11
Robyn	11.12
Zak S	11.34
Freya B	11.36
Sasha	11.38
Devon	11.41
Jack Sc	11.47
Sebastien	11.58
Hugo	11.92
Harrison	12.06
Joshua	12.28
Alex	12.34
Charlotte K	12.95
Luke	14.22
Kasja	Absent
Dominic	Absent
Lucy	Absent
Martha	Absent
Regional Per	200m FS Kick
Joseph H	03:10.74
Maxim	03:11.44
Safwan	03:19.19
Ben S	03:20.31
George	03:22.22
Caitlin	03:22.88
Isabel B	03:23.13
Mia	03:31.08
Libby	03:32.81
Millie Ai	03:33.04
Jack Se	03:38.16
Jasmine	03:39.09
Amelie	03:40.10
Charlie	03:41.46
Jacob B	03:44.46
Emilio	03:47.46
Emily	03:48.24
Freddie	03:48.31
Louis	03:50.14
Jack Mi	03:50.58
Lara	03:52.07
Jacob G	03:52.09
Abby	03:52.57
Leah	03:54.83
Alexandra	03:56.61
Harry	03:57.10
Sam	03:57.75
Josie	03:59.64
Matthew W	04:03.50
William	04:08.25
Edie	04:08.86
Isong	04:12.72
Zak M	04:52.07
Akal	Absent
Millie Ta	Absent
Elle	Absent
Millie Mc	Absent
Regional Per	15m U/W
Safwan	7.93
Caitlin	8.1
Libby	8.15
Harry	8.2
Isabel B	8.5
Louis	8.6
Jacob B	8.63
Alexandra	8.8
Joseph H	8.86
Ben S	8.9
Jack Mi	8.95
Charlie	8.97
Lara	9
Jack Se	9.07
Jasmine	9.2
Millie Ai	9.2
Jacob G	9.29
George	9.3
Amelie	9.5
Maxim	9.6
Leah	9.65
Emilio	9.68
Sam	10
Zak M	10.06
William	10.15
Josie	10.16
Emily	10.16
Abby	10.2
Millie Mc	10.49
Mia	10.5
Isong	10.6
Matthew W	10.8
Edie	11.61
Akal	Absent
Millie	Absent
Freddie	Absent
Elle	Absent

Junior League Grand Final 2015

Team Leeds was in action at the Corby International Pool for the 7^th year in a row yesterday. The Coaches and Club are really pleased with the effort and performances of the day, improving on last year's sixth by 3 places.

 

1^{st -} City of Guildford = 320

2^{nd -} Stockport Metro = 291

3^{rd -} City of Leeds = 254

4^{th -} Southport = 198

5^{th -} Plymouth Leander = 183

6^{th -} Gateshead = 175

7^{th -} City of Norwich = 173

8^{th -} Northampton = 167

 

The coaching team definitively observed improvement in racing skills from all of the team. Tia Ward received Top Girl in the 12 years age group for her performances in the individual events where she put some World Class dolphin kick skills to devastatingly good use.

 

Support from the 'Frenzy' was excellent all day, but we would like to offer utmost gratitude to our representative officials, David Broome, Andrew Russell and Gerald Cowan; and our sincerest appreciation to Emma Ferriman for organising logistics, and finally our thanks and congratulations to Jo Yeomans for her very first outing as a Junior League Team Manager.

 

"A Team Above All. And Above All A TEAM."

Photos can be viewed by clicking the link below:

Junior League 2015

Official Photos from the Junior League Grand Final will be on the website in a few days;

Junior League Grand Final 2015 Photos

Junior League National Final (Sunday 29th November)

The gala will take place at:

Corby International Pool,

Parkland Gateway,

Corby,

Northampton,

NN17 1QB

 

All swimmers will need to arrive at John Charles no later than 7:30 am ready for the coach to depart at 7:45 am sharp. Unfortunately a new approach by the league means that they will be doing Team Photographs prior to the event, since we assume we are still not allowed in to the building until a certain time we strongly advise that children bring a warm/waterproof jacket with them.  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 7:30 pm.  All swimmers will be required to travel to and from the meet on the team coach. 

If your child has a team track suit they should travel to and from the event in it.  Each swimmer must wear their Junior League Final 2015 T Shirt for travel to the event, whilst the event is taking place and for all team photographs.  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.  Can we also ask that the children are sent with a £1 coin for a locker as last year they were not allowed to bring bags onto pool side.

 

Swimmers please remember everything you have practiced.  This will be a tough competition, every millisecond counts in an event like this so remember shallow dives, kick hard, get up and 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 loose between 1 and 8 points (double for the cannon relay), this we don't want. 

 

Parents the louder you shout the faster the swimmers will go, nobody should have a voice left by the end of the competition.  We look forward to seeing you all dressed up in your hats, wigs, face paints etc.  Make as much noise as you can!  Drums, horns, flags, floating sharks, chants 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.

 

Hope you all have a fun and exciting day. 

 

Good Luck Everyone! 

 

The Regional Team

Sheffield City B Grade Smashed!

A fantastic day of racing down in Ponds Forge on Saturday by both Regional Squads.  The City of Leeds Swimming Club dominated the pool and came home with the Top Club Trophy.

Regional Development achieved 136 PB's out of 148 Swims, 8 Speeding Tickets, 4 Gold Medals, 14 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals and 54 more Yorkshire Qualifying times for 2016.

Speeding Tickets (7)

Isla (2), Thomas Sp (2), James H (1),  Freya J (1), Freya B (1), Kidiest (1), 

Gold Medallists (4)

Thomas Sp (1), James H (1), Freya B (1), Jolie (1)

Silver Medallists (8)

James H (3), Freya J (3), Rhys (2), Amelia (2), Thomas Sp (1), Isla (1), Freya B (1), Henry (1) 

Bronze Medallists (3)

Finlay (3), Jolie (1), Freya B (1)

Regional Performance achieved 44 PB's out of 70 Swims, 4 Speeding Tickets, 7 Gold Medals, 9 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals and 12 more Yorkshire Qualifying times for 2016. 

Speeding Tickets (3)

Lara (2), Alexandra (1), Sam (1)

Gold Medallists (5)

Charlie (2), Safwan (2), Joseph (1), Lara (1), Amelie (1)

Silver Medallists (7)

Amelie (2), Sam (2), Safwan (1), Joseph (1), Jasmine (1), Alfred (1), Josie (1)

Bronze Medallists (4)

Safwan (2), George (1), Jasmine (1), Edith (1)

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

Sheffield City B Grade Meet 2015

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

The Regional Team

ASANER Age Group Championships

Some fantastic swims in Sunderland, you all stepped up and got stuck into your races challenging some of the best swimmers in the North East.  

Regional Performance....

achieved 41 PB's out of 53 Swims, 2 Bronze Medals and 8 top 4th to 10th place finishes.

Bronze Medallists (2)

Louis (1), Millie T (1)

NER Top 10th Place Finishers (8)

Akal (4th, 5th, 7th, 9th & 10th), Emilio (4th & 9th), Harry (5th, 6th, 7th & 7th), Millie T (6th & 6th), Ben (7th, 8th & 9th), Louis (8th, 8th & 9th), Jacob (9th), Jack Se (10th & 10th)

Well done everyone, some great racing.  It was also great to see the swimmers who had only qualified for one event travelling all the way to Sunderland to compete, this shows a great level of commitment to your sport.

Results can be viewed by clicking the following link

ASANER Age Group Championships (25m) 2015

Keep up the hard work guys, lets keep moving forward.  Get chasing those times for next year!

'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 medalist. Los Angeles 1984) 

The Regional Team 

Easy Fundraising

The City of Leeds Swimming Club are always looking for new ways to raise funds to support our swimmers.  The Club is registered with Easy Fundraising.

Easyfundraising.org.uk helps charities, schools, sports clubs, community groups, and other good causes to raise money when their supporters shop on line. So far they have raised over £3 million for causes throughout the UK.

It works in a similar way to many other loyalty shopping sites, but instead of earning points when you shop, you raise a donation for City of Leeds Swimming Club instead. It's as simple as that!

I am sure with Christmas fast approaching most of us will be doing our shopping on line, so please register with easyfundraising, it really is a very simple way to boost funds for the club.

For information how to register click on the following link which is a letter from the supporters committee explaining how.

Help Your Club - Easy Fundraising

For any more additional information please see Lucie Black or Sally Clynes.

The Regional Team

Leeds Xmas Meet Rejections

Hi All,

As the Christmas meet is well over subscribed there are some rejections listed below.  

The entries for the City of Leeds New Year Meet are tonight so it may be a good idea to put these races on your entry forms.

Regional Development

Hugo Stonelake - 200m Free = £6.50

Robyn Anderson - 200m IM, 400m Free = £13.0

Thomas Knowles - 400m Free = £6.50

Henry Firth - 400m Free = £13.00

Kidiest Hodgson - 200m IM, 100m Fly, 100m Br, 200m Free = £26.00

James Hudson - 200m Free = £6.50

Jack Schofield - 200m IM, 100m Free = £13.00

Dominic Mathias - 100m Br = £6.50

Finlay Williams - 200m Free, 200m IM = £13.00

Charlotte Kenneth - 100m Fly = £6.50

Zak Stolarski - 100m Fly, 100m Br, 200m IM = £19.50

Alex Ryan - 200m Free = £6.50

Lily Cotton - 200m IM, 100m Free = £13.00

Rhys Riddiford - 100m Br, 200m IM = £13.00

Aimee Wellings - 400m Free, 200m Free = £13.00

Sebastien Cuming - 200m Fr, 200 IM, = £13.00

Niamh Carroll - 200m Br, 100m Fly, 100m Br, 200m Free = £26.00

Luke Russell - 100m Br, 100m Bk, 100m Fr = £19.50

Martha Everett - 200m IM, 200m Br

Charlotte Bryan - 200m Free = £6.50

Regional Performance

Emily Kite - 200m IM, 100m Free, 200m Back, 400m Free = £26.00

Josie Brown - 200m IM = £6.50

Alfred Stonelake - 200m Free, 200m IM, 400m Free = £19.50

Maxim Vakourov - 100m Bk, 100m Free = £13.00

Samuel Emmett - 200m Free = £6.50

Amelie Turner - 40m Free = £6.50

Elle Heaton - 200m IM, 200m Bk = £13.00

Emilio Paniagua-Gutierrez - 400m Free = £6.50

Akal Rehal - 400m IM = £6.50

Jack Milner - 200m Free = £6.50

William Enright - 200m Free, 200m IM, 100m Free = £19.50

Isong Udom - 100m Br, 10m Bk, 100m Free = £19.50

Edith Underwood - 100m Bk = £6.50

Lara Thompson - 200m Br = £6.50

Jacob Goodison - 200m Fr = £6.50

Abby Watts - 200m IM, 400m IM, 100m Bk = £19.50

Charlotte Turner - 200m Bk, 400m Free, 200m Free = £19.50

Mia Wheeler - 200m IM, 200m Br = £13.00

Leah Schlosshan - 200m Bk = £6.50

Charlie Broome - 100m Fly, 200m Free, 400m Free = £19.50

Jacob Braithwaite - 200m Free = £6.50

Millie Ainslie - 200m IM, 200m Bk, 200m Free = £19.50

Jasmine Comrie - 200m Bk, 400m Free, 200m Free = £19.50

The Regional Team

Christmas Training

Hi All,
 
Please note the following training schedule for the Christmas Period is as follows:
 
Regional Development
Thursday 24th December - No Training
Friday 25th December - No Training
Saturday 26th December - No Training
Monday 28th December - No Training
Tuesday 29th - 07:00 - 08:30 (End Pool Closest to Pit)
Wednesday 30th 07:00 - 08:30 (Pit)
Thursday 31st December - 07:00 - 08:30 (Pit)
Friday 1st January - No Training
Saturday 2nd January - No Training
Monday 4th January - Normal Training Resumes

 
Regional Performance
Thursday 24th December - No Training
Friday 25th December - No Training
Saturday 26th December - No Training
Monday 28th December - No Training
Tuesday 29th - 07:00 - 09:00 (Middle Section)
Wednesday 30th 07:00 - 09:00 (End Pool Closest to Pit)
Thursday 31st December - 07:00 - 08:30 (End Pool Closest to Pit)
Friday 1st January - No Training
Saturday 2nd January - No Training
Monday 4th January - Normal Training Resumes

The Regional Team

 

Regional Xmas Party Reminder

Hi All,
 

Please remember that tomorrow night Friday 20th November is the last night to get your money to Jo Yeomans if you would like to come to the Christmas Party.  If you are travelling to Sunderland on Friday night and have not paid but still want to come please leave your money plus your choice of food with Kevin or Craig tonight and they will pass it on to Jo.

Regional's Christmas party is booked for Tuesday 15th December.  Due to all the competitions in December we are struggling to find time to fit in our Xmas party.  We have decided the best time would be on a Tuesday evening which will be 19:00 until 20:30 at MFA Bowl (at the back of the Merrion centre).  The cost is £6:50 per child.  This includes one game of bowling plus food and a drink.  
 
The food options are:
Pizza or Hot Dog with Chips & Juice
 

The Regional Team