Age Group Development Squad 1 & 2

Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Season Bests - 200m Max Kick Test

Hi All,

Below you can see where you are ranked across the regional squads for this seasons 200m kick test.

Season bests can be seen using the link below.

Well Done!!

The Regional Team

200m Kick Test Regional Dev & Per (2016-2017)
Name	Surname	Squad	Season Best (16/17)
Charlie	Broome	RPER	03:07.06
George S	Smith	RPER	03:07.06
Elliott	Watkins	RPER	03:09.96
Henry	Firth	RPER	03:14.97
George K	Knowles	RPER	03:16.25
James Ro	Robinson	RPER	03:16.74
Dominic M	Mathias	RPER	03:24.08
Finlay	Williams	RPER	03:24.38
Jacob B	Braithwaite	RPER	03:24.59
Kourosh	Khodakhah	RPER	03:25.54
Sam	Emmett	RPER	03:25.63
Jacob G	Goodison	RPER	03:25.94
Thomas Mi	Milner	RPER	03:26.71
Jack Mi	Milner	RPER	03:29.09
Kasja	Rickleton	RPER	03:33.71
Oliver	Brompton	RDEV	03:33.96
Harry	Senior	RPER	03:34.65
Nell	Williams	RPER	03:37.25
Solomon	Hodgson	RPER	03:37.55
Rhys	Riddiford	RPER	03:37.87
Sophia K	Kelly	RPER	03:39.24
Christina	Black	RPER	03:39.74
Megan	Burnell	RPER	03:40.23
Maeve	Carroll	RDEV	03:40.96
Joshua B	Brompton	RPER	03:42.30
Samantha	Knowles	RDEV	03:42.57
Gabrielle	Idle	RDEV	03:43.69
Lilka	Barton	RDEV	03:44.22
Zak	Stolarski	RPER	03:44.62
Eve	Lawson	RPER	03:45.76
Kieran	Hepworth	RDEV	03:46.22
Joshua S	Sutcliffe	RPER	03:47.53
Grace CR	Churnin-Richie	RPER	03:48.48
Mischa	Comrie	RPER	03:49.99
Rhea	Smith	RDEV	03:54.87
Theodore	Rosenberg	RDEV	03:55.84
Ashton	Dees	RPER	03:56.05
Erin Th	Thorn	RDEV	03:56.26
Joseph	Levison	RDEV	03:56.26
Milli Pr	Prajapati	RDEV	03:56.37
Hannah	Smith	RDEV	03:56.51
Macy	Nowell	RDEV	03:57.23
Amy	Rodgers	RDEV	03:57.41
Daniel	Ransome	RDEV	03:57.91
Abigail	Harvey	RDEV	03:58.12
Jad	Idris	RPER	03:59.19
Olivia He	Healy	RPER	03:59.47
Harrison	Smith	RPER	04:01.43
Koby	Mitchell	RDEV	04:01.63
Jamie	Broadhurst	RPER	04:01.85
Pheanie	Banks	RPER	04:02.47
Millie Wi	Williams	RDEV	04:04.47
Neve	Parker	RPER	04:05.77
Grace Mi	Milner	RDEV	04:09.09
Arthur	Firth	RDEV	04:09.33
Dominic V	Vila	RDEV	04:10.67
Emma	Wood	RDEV	04:15.50
Perry	Lewty	RDEV	04:21.76
Ava	Ransome	RPER	04:26.09
Sophie	Smith	RDEV	04:28.17
Jacob Gw	Goodwin	RPER	04:29.13
Nathan	Radbourne	RDEV	04:30.66
Evie	Harris	RDEV	04:34.81
Charlotte	Hance	RDEV	04:36.74
Darcey	Crossley	RDEV	04:42.63
Isabel	Sykes	RDEV	04:45.24
Maddie	Wright	RDEV	04:47.25
Hazel	Blain	RDEV	04:47.63
Alex	Dunn	RDEV	04:49.67
Lounes	Hamzaoui	RDEV	04:53.82
Chloe	Maloney	RDEV	04:55.16
Erin He	Healy	RDEV	05:02.40
Amelia	Callaghan	RDEV	05:20.45
Sophia H	Hidayat	RDEV	05:27.87
Sedona	Reed	RDEV	No Time

Monday, 24 July 2017

Competition Entries

Hi All,

Please make note of the following competition entry dates. Coaches will start signing forms in advance of next season.

Monday 4th September - City of Leeds October Meet 2017

Held on 28th & 29th October at John Charles (Short Course)

Age at 29th October

ALL Heat Declared Winners

50m/100m/200m all strokes

400m / 800m/1500m Freestyle

200m IM/ 400m IM

This meet is for any swimmers NOT attending the ASANER's at Sunderland. Any swimmers who have qualified for the NER's should compete at the NER's over the City of Leeds October Meet held on the same weekend.

As swimmers should have updated their 50m times at the Sheffield Tea Spoon Meet they are advised to update times in other events. All swimmers should enter the 200m IM. Those of you who took part in the 1500m time trial could have ago at this race.

Monday 4th September - Winter Yorkshire Short Course Competition 2017

Sunday 30th September & Sunday 1st October (John Charles)

12 Years & Under

Swimmers should enter all events they have qualified in.

Please not that the Junior League Northern Final is to be held at Tynemouth Pool on Sunday 1st October. Should you get selected to compete in the Northern Final, the team event must take priority over swimming at the Yorkshire Championships. Swimmers who are selected should only enter races at the Yorkshires which they have qualified in on the Saturday. The coaching staff plan on announcing the team week commencing 7th August.

Monday 4th September - Winter Yorkshire Short Course Competition 2017

21st & 22nd October

13 Years & Over

Swimmers should enter all events they have qualified in.

The Regional Team

Training Changes

Hi All,

There will be no training for Regional Development on Saturday 29^th July due to a pool booking in the diving pit (4:00am – 7:00pm).

Regional Developments last session of the season will be Friday 28^th July.

Hope you all have a great summer and a nice break away from the pool!

The Regional Team

White Rose Junior League Results

Hi All,

We now have a copy of the official results from the White Rose Junior League held at John Charles on Saturday 8th July for those swimmers who wish to see their times.

White Rose Junior League Results

The Regional Team

Thursday, 20 July 2017

1500m Time Trial Results

Hi All,

Here are the results of the 1500m time trial. Well done to all swimmers that attended .

Results from last season can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Regional 1500m Time Trial Results

The Regional Team

		20/07/2017
Name	Group	Time	Av Pace	Time Taken Off
Jacob Gds	RPER	20:08.83	01:20.59	01:08.83
Elliott	RPER	20:50.35	01:23.36
George	RPER	21:26.20	01:25.75
Henry	RPER	21:46.79	01:27.12	02:58.93
Johua Su	RPER	21:58.93	01:27.93	01:13.24
Joshua Br	RPER	24:00.56	01:36.04
Megan	RPER	24:20.35	01:37.36	00:56.90
Daniel	RDEV	24:23.69	01:37.58
Zak	RPER	24:31.60	01:38.11	02:27.66
Nell	RPER	24:37.85	01:38.52	03:49.31
Jacob Gw	RPER	24:49.38	01:39.29	03:22.74
Christina	RPER	25:08.70	01:40.58	02:56.91
Maeve	RDEV	25:23.45	01:41.56	04:10.83
Abigail	RDEV	26:13.85	01:44.92
Eve	RPER	27:08.12	01:48.54
Erin	RDEV	28:35.14	01:54.34
Macy	RDEV	28:42.82	01:54.85	04:21.83
Rhea	RDEV	29:15.83	01:57.06

Tuesday, 18 July 2017

1500m Time Trial

Hi All,

This Thursday mornings session (20th July) will be open to all Regional Swimmers who wish to take part in a 1500m Time Trial. Swimmers will have 20 Minutes to Warm Up before the Time Trial takes place. There will be no Land Training this Thursday Am. Swimmers can leave once they have completed the Time Trial and swum down.

Swimmers who do not wish to take part in the Time Trial please have the morning off as this will not be a normal session.

The Regional Team

Summer Development Meet

Hi All,

There will be no Saturday AM training for those swimmers in Regional Development and Regional Performance who are competing in the Summer Development Meet this weekend.

Swimmers should report to their previous county squad coach for this meet.

If there are any parents willing to help out on the day please email Vicky Spencer (vickispencer@hotmail.com) and let her know of your availability. This meet cannot run without the help of parent volunteers.

Please note the arrival times below.

Arrive: 12:00

Warm Up: 12:15

Start: 13:00

Spring Development Meet Info Pack

Spring Development Meet Draft Programme

Good Luck to all competing

The Regional Team

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

Chesterfield Summer Splash - End of Season Meet 2017

Hi All,

Below are the arrival and warm up times for this weekends competition.

Sat 15th July:
Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start: 14:00

Sun 16th July: Am Session
Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Sun: Pm Sessions
Arrive: 13:00

Warm Up: 13:30

Start: 14:30

Meet information can be viewed by clicking the link below:

Chesterfield Summer Splash 2017 Meet Pack

Chesterfield Summer Splash Accepted Entries

For some of you this will be your last competition of the year, get stuck in and finish the season off in style. Those swimmers who are trying the 400m races for the first time, don't worry you will be fine, just enjoy it. Good Luck to everyone who is competing. Keep chasing those Yorkshire and NER times!

Please remember the training alterations this weekend due to the competition,

Friday 14th July - 19:00 - 20:00

Saturday 15th - No Training (Group Competing at Chesterfield)

Monday 17th July - AM = ALL OFF! (Recovery)

"I concentrate on preparing to swim my race and let other swimmers think about me, not me about them". Amanda Beard.

Good Luck Everyone

The Regional Team

Saturday, 8 July 2017

White Rose Junior League

What a fantastic morning of competition at the Annual White Rose Junior League this morning. The City of Leeds A team triumphed with 350 points and winning the canon to progress to the Northern Final, seeing off challenges from City of Sheffield (274) and Bo Kirklees (271). Leeds A had a whopping 23 1st places. The B Team (198) also did an amazing job by stealing points from the other teams. Well done everyone, it was a tense and amazing experience.

The next round of the Junior League is the Northern Final which will be held on Sunday 29th October in Northumberland & Durham. This is our eighth year in the competition and after winning four years in a row (2010 - 2013). It would be great to storm through the next round and get the trophy back in Leeds by winning the National Final (26th November).

*Please note that if you are selected for the Junior League Northern or National final this must take priority over any other competition on the same day. (NER's, City of Leeds October Meet & City of Sheffield Snow Frills).

Round 1 Results

1st: City of Leeds A = 350 Points (23 First Places)

2nd: City of Sheffield A = 274 Points

3rd: B.O.K = 271 Points

4th: Doncaster Dartes = 221 Points

5th: City of Leeds B = 198 Points

6th: Harrogate = 190 Points

7th: Kingston Upon Hull = 172 Points

8th: City of Sheffield B = 96

Results should be available on the link below soon;

Arena Junior Inter-League Competition Results

Photos from the day can be viewed by clicking the link below

Junior League 2017 Photos

Well Done Everyone!

Thanks to David Broome, Pam Smith and Andrew Russell for officiating, as well as a huge thank you to our fantastic team managers on the day (Kim Mathias, Meron Gebre, Mandy Healy & Catherine Kenneth).

Also a big shout out to all those parents who made the effort to wear team colours and join in the fun by wearing wigs and face paint. Great Job hopefully you can top it at the Northern Final.

Keep focusing on great takeovers and finishes during training ready to smash the Northern Final.

The Regional Team

Thursday, 6 July 2017

City of Leeds Swimming Party

Hi All,

Just a reminder that it is the annual City of Leeds Swimming Club Party this weekend.

Saturday 8th July, 7pm until late.

Yarnbury Rugby Club,

Brownberrie Lane,

Horseforth,

LS18 7TP

Disco, Raffle and Buffet.

Please note children must be accompanied by an adult.

The Regional Team

Wales 2017 - Final Payments

Hi All,

Only 24 days until we depart for the Welsh Summer Open Meet. Just a reminder that all final payments are due in to Kim Mathias by Monday 10^th July at the latest.

Many Thanks

The Regional Team

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."