Training Changes Reminder

The British International Open Meet will be taking place at John Charles between the 6th & 10th March which means there will be some disruption to training.  Here is a reminder of the session changes.

Regional 1:

Friday 1st March (Pm): Earlier time 6:30 - 8:00pm

Wednesday 6th March (Pm): Normal

Thursday 7th March (Am):  5:00 - 6:30am (Open to all ages)

Thursday 7th March (Pm):  No Training

Friday 8th March (Am):  5:00 - 6:30am (Open to all ages) with Elysha

Friday 8th March (Pm):  No Training

Sunday 10th March (Pm):  Normal

Regional 2:

Wednesday 6th March (Pm): No Training

Thursday 7th March (Am):  5:00 - 6:30am (Open to all ages)

Thursday 7th March (Pm):  Normal

Friday 8th March (Pm):  Normal

Sunday 10th March (Pm):  Normal

Thanks

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

Yorkshire Teams

Hi All,

The following swimmers still need to confirm if they can swim in the Yorkshire teams ASAP

Sunday 17th March 2013 at Ponds Forge, Sheffield

9/10/11/12 year age groups please email craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk                                                                                                                    

13/14 year age groups email richard.denigan@leeds.gov.uk

Regional 1

 

Sam Knowles

Angelo Placido

Jade Adams

Rebecca Fisher

Viktoria Gnandt

Ciara Schlosshan

Matthew Enright

Huzayfa Kayani

 

Regional 2

 

Daniel Jones

Hannah Bradshaw

Eve Bannon

Jessica Teale

Thanks

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

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 102 PB's out of 134 Swims, 16 more NER times, 37 final swims, 3 Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medals and 5 Bronze Medals.  Great Stuff! 

Gold Medalists (3)

Viktoria (1), Charlotte (1), Sam W (1)

Silver Medalists (4)

Tom (1), Shaheen (2), Ciara W (1), Amber (1)

Bronze Medalists (5)

Shaheen (1), Tom (1), Viki (1), Charlotte (1), Lauren (1)

Yorkshire Finalists (12)

Sam W (3), Shaheen (5), Helena (2), Ciara S (4), Amber (7), Viktoria (6), Tom (2), Matthew (1), Jade (2), John (1), Lauren (2), Rebecca (2)

Regional 2 achieved 84 PB's out of 113 Swims, 18 more NER times, 17 final swims, 6 Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medals and 3 Bronze Medals.  Well Done! 

Gold Medalists (4)

Tia (2), Jess (2), Steph (1), Rebecca (1)

Silver Medalists (3)

Hannah A (1), Tia (2), Liam (1), Rebecca (1)

Bronze Medalists (3)

Maisy (1), Jess (1), Tia (1)

Yorkshire Finalists (6)

Aaron (5), Joe S (3), Nathan L (2), Nathan S (4), Jonny (1), Aimee (2)

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 (16/ 17 Feb 2013) http://168.144.72.108/championships_files/2013%20Champs/YSA%20Champs%20Gala%201%202013%20results.pdf

Yorkshires (23/ 24 Feb 2013) http://168.144.72.108/championships_files/2013%20Champs/YSA%20Champs%20Gala%202%202013%20results.pdf

Squad Promotions
On Friday 1st March we will say goodbye to some of our team mates who have been selected to move on to the next stage of the swimming ladder.  They will be missed.  Good luck guys and keep focused.  Hopefully some of you will be joining them in the summer. 
 
Well Done to the following swimmers on their promotion to National Age Group Squad, 
Lauren (Reg 1), Ciara S (Reg 1), Helena (Reg 1), Amber (Reg 1), Shaheen (Reg 1), Rebecca (Reg 1), Kit (Reg 1), John (Reg 1), Nathan L (Reg 2), Aaron (Reg 2) & Joe S (Reg 2).

Enjoy your last week in Regional, take the skills you have learnt with you and show those older swimmers how it is done!

We will have 17 swimmers from the Development squads joining our group (14 to Reg 1 & 3 to Reg 2)  on Sunday 3rd 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 3 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, Elysha, Josh & Mark

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:

http://168.144.72.108/championships_files/2013%20Champs/Yorkshire%202013%20Draft%20Program.version3.pdf

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, Elysha, Josh & Mark 

Performance Enhancing Recipies

I have uploaded some recipes under the Nutrition section of the blog which were given to me by our Performance Nutritionist.  Some of you may be interested in giving them a try before the upcoming meets.

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

Yorkshire Team Championships

Sunday 17th March 2013 at Ponds Forge, Sheffield

Could the following swimmers please confirm their attendance to;

9/10/11/12 year age groups please email craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk                                                                                                                    

13/ 14 year age groups email richard.denigan@leeds.gov.uk

Am Session

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start:  09:00

Regional 1

Sam K

Jack

Angelo

Rebecca

Viktoria

Eleanor

Amber

Lauren

Katherine

Ciara S

Helena

Jade

Regional 2

Liam

Joseph H

Daniel

Joseph T

Henry W

Hannah B

Aimee

Joe S

Pm Session

Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start:  14:00

Regional 1

Charlotte

Danielle

Shaheen 

John

Matthew

Huzayfa

Sam W

Regional 2

Hannah A

Eve

Maisy

Rebecca

Ella

Jenna

Jess

Tia

Stephanie

Aaron

Nathan L

Jake H

Jonathan

Nathan S

Isabel

Ayesha

Emelye

Carl

This is a City of Leeds team event so swimmers will be required to stay until the end of their session to support the team.

Thanks

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark 

Welsh Summer Nationals 2013

Hi All,


I have printed a copy of the Welsh Summer National times for you all to start chasing. The trip is open to Boys aged 11 + and Girls 10 yrs+ who have a minumum of 4 qualifying times.

We will depart on Friday 26th July and return on Saturday 3rd August. The total cost of the trip is £290 per person (£36.50 per day). This includes: 8 days accomodation; Bed, Breakfast, Lunch & Evening Meal and Coach return to Swansea. To register your child's interest please amail Craig Robinson at craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk by April 30th 2013.

A copy of the qualifying times can be viewed by clicking the link below;
Qualifying Times 2013

Welsh Nationals is a fantastic trip and encurages swimmers to become more independent athletes. Pictures from the last 2 years can be seen below;

Welsh Summer Nationals 2011 
Welsh Summer Nationals 2012


Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

Yorkshire Championships

I am 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:

http://168.144.72.108/championships_files/2013%20Champs/Yorkshire%202013%20Draft%20Program.version3.pdf

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

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4svjySWr-LRVVNLMW5XYzBTSG8/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1

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!!!  I have also added the Welsh Summer National times for those of you who are interested in going.

'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)

Please remember Training Changes due to the Yorkshires:

Regional 1

Friday 15th February 2013 - Earlier time, 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 17th February 2013 - Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships

Friday 22nd February 2013 - Earlier time, 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 24th February -  Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships
Monday 25th February 2013 - Everyone has a morning off

Regional 2

Friday 15th February 2013 - 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 17th February 2013 - Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships

Friday 22nd February 2013 - 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 24th February -  Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships
Monday 25th February 2013 - Everyone has a morning off

Best of luck to you all 

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

Skipping Ropes

Hi All,

In the next few weeks we will be introducing skipping into the land work.  Could you all please make sure you bring a skipping rope and your rubber tubes to Land Training.  If you do not have a skipping rope they are now available to purchase at the swim shop on a Monday evening.  

Thanks

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

Training Changes

Hi All,

Below are a couple of session changes for your diaries over the next few weeks......

Regional 1

Friday 8th February 2013 - Earlier time, 6.30 - 8.00 pm

Friday 15th February 2013 - Earlier time, 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 17th February 2013 - Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships

Friday 22nd February 2013 - Earlier time, 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 24th February -  Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships
Monday 25th February 2013 - No Morning Training

Regional 2

Friday 15th February 2013 - 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 17th February 2013 - Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships

Friday 22nd February 2013 - 6.30 - 7.30 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 24th February -  Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships
Monday 25th February 2013 - No Morning Training

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

A Message from Ian Thorpe

I'd like to share with you an extract from Ian Thorpe's recent Autobiography "This is Me". These are not the words of a coach but the words of one of history's greatest Swimmers who won 5 Olympic Gold Medals; 

 "The Olympic final that year [Sydney 2000] was another matter altogether. As I dived in, all I remember – apart from the noise in the stadium – is that the water felt cold and that I swam the first 50 metres probably a little too quickly, spurred by the excitement. If I look back at the race, which I'm sometimes forced to when making presentations…

I notice all sorts of little mistakes, like breathing as I came into the turns and lazy kicks off the wall…

They're both habits picked up at training – when you swim a ridiculous number of lengths day in day out, you tend to look for moments of rest…

The problem is when those bad habits creep in to the race itself."

 …The moral of the story as I have tried to emphasise many times; do in training always, as you need to do in the race. Keep the skills constant throughout  all our sets.

Keep up the Hard Work!!!

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark 

Training Changes

The British International Open Meet will be taking place at John Charles between the 6th & 10th March which means there will be some disruption to training.

Regional 1:

Wednesday 6th March (Pm): Normal

Thursday 7th March (Am):  5:00 - 6:30am (Open to all ages)

Thursday 7th March (Pm):  No Training

Friday 8th March (Am):  5:00 - 6:30am (Open to all ages) with Elysha

Friday 8th March (Pm):  No Training

Sunday 10th March (Pm):  Normal

Regional 2:

Wednesday 6th March (Pm): No Training

Thursday 7th March (Am):  5:00 - 6:30am (Open to all ages)

Thursday 7th March (Pm):  Normal

Friday 8th March (Pm):  Normal

Sunday 10th March (Pm):  Normal

Thanks

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

Solid Start to New Year at Grand Prix Meet

A good weekend of racing in our home pool at the weekend.  It was good to see the first racing of 2013.  We are looking forward to seeing some quality swimming at the Yorkshires in February.  

Over all 

Regional 1 achieved 113 Pb's out of 155 Swims, 41 more Yorkshire Qualifying Times, 6 NER Times, 15 Gold Medals, 22 Silver Medals and 14 Bronze Medals.  

Gold Medalists (9)
Eleanor (3), Katherine (3), Viktoria (2), Angelo (1), Sam W (1), Ciara S (1), Ciara W (1), Abigail J (1), Thomas J (1), Jamie (1)

Silver Medalists (14)

Sam K (1), Katherine (3), Viktoria (2), Amber (1), Rebecca (3), Helena (2), Angelo (2), Sam W (2), Huzayfa (1), Charlotte (1), Lauren (1), Jade (2), Jamie (1)

Bronze Medalists (11)

Katherine (1), Viktoria (1), Amber (1), Danielle (1), Angelo (2), Huzayfa (2), John (1), Ciara S (2), Megan (1), Shaheen (1), Helena (1)

Regional 2 achieved 121 Pb's out of 196 Swims, 36 more Yorkshire Qualifying Times, 20 Gold Medals, 11 Silver Medals and 10 Bronze Medals.  Brilliant!!!

Gold Medalists (12)
Ella (2), Jess (1), Hannah A (2), Joseph H (1), Rebecca C (3), Jake H (1), Tia (3), Daniel (2), Johnathan (1), Aaron (1), Jake H (2), Steph (1)

Silver Medalists (7)

Jess (2), Hannah A (1), Nathan S (1), Joe S (4), Johnathan (1), Liam (1), Steph W (1)

Bronze Medalists (10)

Ella (1), Jess (1), Maisy (1), Hannah A (1), Joseph H (1), Rebecca C (1), Nathan S (1), Joe S (1), Aaron (1), Jake S (1)

Keep up the hard work in the training pool and hopefully the results will pay off at the Yorkshires in the racing pool.

Well Done Everyone!!!

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

Land Training Changes

Hi All,

As from Monday 28th January we will be conducting land training in squads rather than a younger and older age group. Therefore Regional 1 swimmers should attend one week and Regional 2 swimmers the following week.

As a trial for the following weeks we will also be allowing the younger swimmers to have an opportunity to do land training. This will be for a 15 minute period before the start of the session. This time will be used to introduce the exercises to the younger swimmers and teach correct technique and form. The younger swimmers should ensure they are already changed to go in the pool before land training and are just wearing t-shirt and shorts over their costumes as well as wearing suitable trainers.

It is essential that swimmers arrive on time for land training as it is in any pool session, so that everyone can join in the warm up before the session starts. We understand that it can be difficult with traffic and work commitments, however our main priority is the safety of the swimmers and to prevention any injuries, therefore anyone arriving after the warm up will be instructed to do stretches and band work on poolside.

For swimmers aged 11 years and over in each squad, land training will begin at 5.30pm and finish at 6.10pm. 

For swimmers aged 9 and 10 in each squad, land training will begin at 6.10pm and finish at 6.25pm.

28/01/2013: Regional 2
04/02/2013: Regional 1
11/02/2013: Regional 2
18/02/2013: Regional 1
25/02/2013: Regional 2
04/03/2013: Regional 1

Thanks

Tom

NER 50m Qualifying Times 2013

Hi All,

I have attached a link on the blog to the new North Eastern Qualifying Times for 2013.  This competition is the biggest in the Regional Age Groups competition calendar where you will race the best swimmers in the North East.  Well done to those swimmers who managed to achieve a qualifying time over the weekend.  There is still quite a while before the closing date so keep working hard and chancing those times.  I am going to print you all a copy so you can see which times you are close to.  In the upcoming meets I advise swimmers to enter races which they are closest to achieving a NER qualifying time in.

The link can be found under Qualification times for future meets on the right hand side of the blog.

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark 

Snow

Good afternoon all,

 

Happy Snow Day everyone….Hope your all ok and keeping warm in this lovely weather!

 

Training this evening will go ahead as normal…..we appreciate some kids physically just wont be able to get here but they are been advised too attend if they can as we are open as usual J

 

Vicky has said she will try get here for the Yorkshire Entries but if she can't then please do the process as below!

 

Parents…….If you don't manage to get here and you need to submit your Yorkshire Entries, you can do this by emailing them across to Ophelia. They need to be sent no later than 5pm on 23.01.13 email address cityofleedssc@hotmail.co.uk. Please clearly state all the details which are required. You will then need to go to the Denison next Monday night to pay for the entries.

 

If we have any other changes then I will get the information out asap, so keep your emails on!!

Take care everyone.

Training Changes

Friday 18th January

Both squads will be training for just one hour before the meet so you can all get home and go to bed early.

Regional 1 will train at the earlier time of 6.30 - 7.30pm rather than 7.00 - 8.30pm.

Sunday 20th January

There will be no training at Armley due to nearly everyone competing in the New Year Meet.  

If you are not competing on this day and would like to still train there will be a session available at Kirkstall 1800-1930 with Lyn and Emily.

Thanks

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

Yorkshire SA Championships & Yorkshire SA Sprints Championships Entries

Entries for this competition will be taken on Monday 21st January.  The Yorkshire Championships is one of the biggest competitions in the Regional Squads calendar and therefore swimmers should enter all races they have achieved a qualifying time in.  For some swimmers it may look like you have a lot of events to swim when you fill your forms in, however the meet is spread across three weekends so you won't have to swim everything all in one go.

We will be available for signing forms on Friday night after training, over the weekend at the meet and on Monday morning.  We will not be able to sign forms on Monday evening as we will be coaching from 4.30pm on wards.  Please try your best to get your forms to us before Monday night.

Entry forms can be downladed and printed using the link below:

http://www.swimleeds.org.uk/meets/yorkshire-championships-2013-leeds-entry-form.pdf

Thanks

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark

City of Leeds New Year Grand Prix Meet

The City of Leeds New Year Grand Prix Meet is our first meet of 2013.  Some of you are going to try and grab those last minute Yorkshire times before the official closing date next week.  
 
Please remember it is City of Leeds policy to arrive 30 minutes before the warm up starts.
 

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

Session 2 on Saturday will warm up at 13:00 star,t at 14:00 and finish about 17:30

Session 3 on Sunday will warm up at 08:00 start, at 09:00 and finish about 12:00

Session 4 on Sunday will warm up at 13:00 start, at.14:00 and finish about 17:00

 
The programme for the weekend can be viewed by clicking the following link.
http://www.swimleeds.org.uk/meets/leeds-new-year-grand-prix-2013-programme.pdf

"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)

Good Luck lets make it a good one.

Kevin, Tom, Elysha, Josh & Mark 

Swimathon

One of our swimmers Hannah Abassi is taking part in the Swimathon in April to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care .  All the money she raises will go towards providing hands on care and emotional support to people with terminal illnesses, in the comfort of their homes.  If you would like to sponsor Hannah or read her story please click the link below.

http://my.artezglobal.com/personalPage.aspx?registrationID=415685&langPref=en-CA&Referrer=http%3a%2f%2fwww.swimathon.org%2fpage.php%3fpage%3dsponsor_a_swimmer

Hannah thanks you for your support.