Last Session Tomorrow Night...

Hello Guys..

A reminder to bring PJ's to training tomorrow night!
And also we want as many parents as are willing to get in for a kids vs Parents relay for the last 20 mins of the session on Thursday night, so please dig out them old speedo's, shorts, costumes and come join in the fun!
Any questions, let me know.

Ryan.

Fame hits the Junior League Team....

Christmas Party Menu

Options for £4 inc Inflatable
Nuggets
Scampi
Popcorn Chicken
Spicy Wings
Donner Meat

Options for £5 inc Inflatable
Pizza of your choice

Ryan

Christmas Party - URGENT!

Hello.

Right, the plan for the Christmas party,
Friday 17th December at Armley.
7.30pm until 8.15/8.30pm Inflatable pool party.
8.30/8.45pm until 10pm Food/ Music/ Party at Dany's Cafe, literally just over the road from the pool.
Party wear please, get yourselves all glamored up!
We have managed to negotiate a good price for the pool and food, Which means the combined cost for the full night including food will be £4/£5 depending what food you order.

I NEED PAYING TO CONFIRM YOUR PLACE BY WEDNESDAY AT THE VERY LATEST, SO I CAN ORDER THE FOOD. IF YOU DO NOT PAY BY THEN YOU WILL MISS OUT ON THE FOOD.

Sounds a bit heavy I know but I do not want people missing out.
Siblings welcome for food only.
So please try pay me Sunday, and I'm sure we will have a lovely night.

Thanks,

Ryan.

C Central Xmas Party and Xmas Break

Xmas Party

After all the great swimming this season me and Ryan thought you all deserve a Christmas Party.  This will take place on Friday 17th at Armley.  We have booked the inflatable from 7.30 - 8.15pm (we would have liked it for longer but the centre will only give us it for 45 min) then after we will go over the road and eat in Danny's Cafe.  The party should finish between 9.45 and 10 ish. The price to go on the inflatable will be £1 per swimmer and we are still negotiating a deal with Danny's Cafe for pizzas but we will let you know as soon as we do.  Parents are welcome to join us for food over in Danny's with the swimmers if you like.  

Xmas Break

Due to centre closures over the Christmas period our Last session will be Thursday 23rd December and our first session back will be Wednesday 5th January.  This gives you time to go out see you friends and family, play with your toys and have a well deserved break before starting the hard work again in the new year.

Message from me & Ryan

Hope you all have a great Xmas and New Year, we hope Santa visits you all, stay safe, have fun and we will see you all in 2011.

Kevin & Ryan

National Arena Legue - North East Region Round 3

Sunday 12th December- JCC

Arrive 13:00

W/Up 13:30

Start 14:00

If you are on the list below and you have not confirmed your availability can you please let Alex know by email alex.gray@leeds.gov.uk or text 07515 254 245

Euan  Liam

William F John

Brannon Amelia

Jacob Phebe

Thanks

Kevin

Development Meet Entries

I now have the entry form for the Development meet on the 23rd January 2011.  Each time trial is £2 each. I have entered all the swimmers events on the entry form that I have received, Ryan will be coming around collecting the money along with the swimmers ASA registration number over the next few sessions.  The deadline for money in to Ryan is Thursday 16th December.   Entry is not confirmation that swimmers will defiantly swim due to numbers.  Priority will go to swimmers with no 200m times on the rankings and then swimmers who are closest to Yorkshire times.  If you are unfortunate to be rejected you will be refunded your £2 per event.

Kevin

C Central End The Year In Style

Bradford Xmas Meet

Another great weekend at Bradford achieving 142 PB's out of 164 swims and 37 more Yorkshire Qualifying times from our squad.  

14 Gold Medals

Ellie J (1), Ellie P (1), Abigail B (1), Phebe (5), Euan (2), Liam (2), Rachel M (1), Rachel P (1)

18 Silver Medals

Leah (2), Ellie J (1), Anna (1), Abigail B (2), Euan (2), Liam (4), Huzayfa (1), Thomas (1), Oliver (1), Kit (1), Amelia (1), Rachel M (1)

19 Bronze Medals

Ellie J (3), Ellie P (1), Anna (1), Abigail B (1) Billy (1), Euan (3), Abigail J (1), Layla (2), Hannah (1), Sophie (3), Kit (1), Maisie (1)

Fun Relay with me and Alex = 1st and won £100 for charity

Phebe Robinson = 2nd in Top Girl

A great end to 2010!! Great swimming C Central.

Kevin 

Christmas Holiday Dates are here!

Last Session

Thursday 23rd December

First Session Back

Wednesday 5th January 2011

Friday 17th December - Night of Christmas Party, Swimming part is planned, we are working on some food for the children, please bare with us.

Ryan.

Time Trial - Final Development Gala Entries

The final copy of Development Gala entries from our group is below.  If your name is on the list it does not mean you will definitely swim, places for the time trial are limited.  Priority will go to swimmers with no 200m times on the rankings and then swimmers who are closest to Yorkshire times.  I will put a confirmed list up as soon as I know.

200 Fly
Matthew Lowe 
Leah Crisp 
Sophie Hobbah 
Oliver Bingham 
Layla Black 
Billy Walker 

Shaheen Alghofari 

Megan Bannon 

Abigail Burton

200 Back
William Finn 
Matthew Lowe 
Jake Lambert 
Sophie Hobbah 
Rebecca Fisher 
Emily Rice
Thomas Coates 

Megan Bannon 

Shaheen Alghofari
Rachel Mawson

Kit Lawless-Coombes

Huzayfa Kayani

Abigail Jack

200 Breast
Amelia Clynes
Matthew Lowe 
Jake Lambert 
Thomas Coates 
Huzayfa Kayani 
Billy Walker 

Megan Bannon 

Shaheen Alghofari

Rachel Mawson
Kit Lawless-Coombes

Emily Braginton

200 Free
Amelia Clynes 
William Finn 
Layla Black 
Jake Lambert 
Hannah White 
Thomas Coates 
Billy Walker 

Huzayfa Kayani 

Shaheen Alghofari 

Sophie Hobbah 

Megan Bannon 

Rachel Mawson

Kit Lawless-Coombes

Rebecca Fisher

Emily Braginton

Kevin

Development Gala Entries

Hi, 

So far these are the entries I have for the 200m time trials in the Development Gala for swimmers who are slightly off there Yorkshire time or who do not have a time for the event on the rankings.  If I have missed you off or made any mistakes please email me so I can get the entries correct ASAP.

200m Fly
Matthew Lowe 3.29.30
Leah Crisp 3.43.90
Sophie Hobbah 4.03.25
Oliver Bingham 3.41.09
Layla black 3.18.27
Billy Walker 4.24.52

Shaheen Alghofari - 3.47.50

200m Back
William Finn - 3.05.49
Matthew Lowe - 3.12.82
Jake Lambert - 3.27.02
Sophie Hobbah - 3.32.62
Rebecca Fisher - 3.55.15
Emily Rice - 3.27.89
Thomas Coates - 3.42.32

Shaheen Alghofari
Rachel Mawson

200m Breast
Amelia Clynes - 3.36.34
Matthew Lowe - 3.50.69
Jake Lambert - 3.50.32
Thomas Coates - 4.18.11
Huzayfa Kayani - 4.23.50
Billy Walker - 3.36.34

Shaheen Alghofari

Rachel Mawson

200m Free
Amelia Clynes - 2.50.17
William Finn - 2.55.43
Layla Black - 2.58.46
Jake Lambert - 3.12.75
Hannah White - 2.51.31
Thomas Coates - 3.55.15
Billy Walker - 3.16.39

Huzayfa Kayani - 2.57.28

Shaheen Alghofari - 3.05.50

Rachel Mawson

Thanks

Kevin 

Snow causes training to be cancelled

Due to the weather, training will be cancelled tonight (Wednesday 1st December) and in the morning (Thursday 2nd December).  Keep checking the blog for updates.

Have fun and enjoy the snow!

Kevin & Ryan

Alex's Report on the Weekend!

City Of Leeds Victorious

 

Arena Junior Inter-League Swimming Competition

 

City Of Leeds won the Arena Junior Inter-League Final for the first time in their history on Sunday 28th November 2010.

Teams competing in the final were:

• City Of Leeds
• Hillingdon Borough
• Boldmere
• City Of Liverpool
• Southport Aqua
• City Of Derby
• City Of Norwich UEA
• City Of Newcastle

 After setting off in decidedly chilly conditions, which prevented City Of Newcastle travelling, the team and supporters arrived at the International Pool in Corby for the final.

After the formalities were completed, the swimming started and City Of Leeds got off to their now traditional strong start, winning the first four events to take an early lead. City Of Leeds were instantly pegged back and the competition began to hot up. At the first points check City Of Leeds held a slender 20 point lead over nearest rivals Hillingdon Borough with City Of Liverpool close in 3rd. The competition continued with teams trading race victories and fighting hard for every point. By the half way stage City Of Leeds had extended their lead to 43 points with Hillingdon and Liverpool tied in 2nd place.

City of Leeds were never to loose this lead and ran out eventual winners with 16 race victories and 39 finishes in the top 3 positions. The final standings were:

 

• City Of Leeds 322
•  Hillingdon Borough 274
•  City Of Liverpool 254
•  Southport Aqua 223
•  Boldmere 214
•  City Of Derby 212
•  City Of Norwich UEA 191
•  City Of Newcastle 0 (DNC) 

City Of Leeds victory was the product of an excellent team performance and outstanding support, with our colourful and vocal supporters cheering the team all the way.

Kiani Campbell-Grady and Liam Birrell won best in age group awards and Liam Birrell picked up the top overall boy trophy.

Well done to swimmers, coaches and supporters for a fantastic event and an outstanding victory.

 

Junior League Team Photo

There will be a team photo for all swimmers who competed in the Junior League tonight (Monday 29th November) at 7.15pm.  This clashes with our session so I will get swimmers out at five past 7 and they can get changed on poolside by putting their kit on over their costumes.  Please do not forget to bring Junior League yellow polo t shirts and City of Leeds shorts for the photo.

Kevin 

Leeds Come Home Victorious!

Well done to all the swimmers who took part in the Junior Swim League.  After 3 rounds of swimming Leeds came out the strongest in all 3 rounds and were crowned the National Junior League champions yesterday.  It was a great day with lots of good racing and fun and was good to see you all working together as a team.  Parents, thank you for all the effort that went in to supporting the team, you were all excellent and it really helped motivate the swimmers.  A special well done to Liam Birell who achieved a top boy award.

The final results were

City of Leeds - 322

Hillingdon - 274

Liverpool 254

Southport Aqua - 223

Boldmere - 214

Derby - 212

City of Norwich - 191
Newcastle - DNC 

Also well done to the swimmers who competed at the Sheffield meet, I heard there were speeding tickets, pb's, medals and more Yorkshire times.  GREAT!!

Keep it up team! 

Kevin

Development Gala

Hello.

All entries for the TT at the gala need to be to with me at the latest of tonight, or we will not have time to do the trials in training.

Cheers,

Ryan.

Junior League Tickets

Anyone who has paid for junior league final tickets please collect them from Alex on Wednesday or Thursday night.  Also Alex has 2 spare tickets if anyone wants them on first come first served.

Kevin 

A few more things about the development gala...

Hello Everyone.
I would just like to clear a few things up...

• First of all  we cannot guarantee any swims, we have a limited number of places available to us, that we share with all other C and D groups.

• Sunday 23rd Jan is the date of the gala. 

• If you do not have a time for a particular swim, we will be TT them in training.  This will then give us an entry time, that we can consider.
• 200 IM is also part of the programme, I don't think that was clear in the last post.

Email me with any questions.

Ryan

Rejections, Entries and Swimmers with no 200m times on rankings!!!

Hello everyone,

There is now a new system where all swimmers entry times for galas must be achieved in a licensed meet and must be from the ASA rankings.  Previously coaches were allowed to conduct time trials to enter swimmers into meets such as B Grade's, however most meets are no longer accepting this method of entry.  Due to this there is now a problem where some swimmers have no time to enter a meet, so therefore cannot achieve qualifying times e.g Yorkshire's.  This will mainly effect the younger swimmers in the group who have never swum 200's before and also the swimmers who were rejected from the B Grade next month.

To solve this problem The City of Leeds Swimming Club will be providing an opportunity for swimmers to get entry times by running 200m events in all 4 strokes at the next Development meet.  This will enable swimmers to achieve times that will then be listed on the ASA rankings so they can enter meets in the future.

This Development meet is open to 

• swimmers 8-12 years old.
• swimmers who are within 8 seconds of a Yorkshire time, and we deem it reasonable that the swimmer can achieve it.
• swimmers who do not have a 200m time in a particular event (this been the main priority). 

Swimmers can only do 200's, no 50's in C group.   50's will only be for E and D group swimmers.  There will be no prizes in the gala for 200m swims, the 200's are designed strictly for time only.  Due to the time slot the Development meet has, the Club cannot guarantee all swimmers will swim, there will be 2 heats for each 200m time trial and the fastest swimmers (closest to Yorkshire times) will be picked to swim first.

If you think you meet the above criteria or have any questions please don't hesitate to ask one of us this week.  All entries for this event must be in by the end of this week.

Yours,

C Central Coaching Team

National Arena League

National Arena League - North East Region - Round 3 (Sunday 12th December)

Leeds - JCC

Arrive - 13.00

W/UP - 13.30

Start - 14.00

Swimmers please confirm your availability to Alex by email at alexgray@leeds.gov.uk or text 07515254245

Euan Cowan

Liam Birrell

William Finn

John Cooper

JAcob Butterfield

Brannon Pearson

Phebe Robinson

Amelia Clynes

Thanks

Kevin

Junior League Final

The Junior League Final is this Sunday (27st November).  Swimmers must arrive at the Aquatics Centre for 7:45am, where a team photo will be taken before boarding the coach.  Please wear City of Leeds shorts and the Junior League T Shirts (Alex will give out on Wednesday) for the picture.  Don't forget your packed lunches and plenty of drinks as it will be a long day.  

Parents, remember the swimmers need all the support you can give so lets see you in your Leeds colours prepared with your chants, banners etc.  

We have a good chance of winning the final, make sure starts, finishes, takeovers, turns are perfect this week in training and most importantly swim the fastest you have ever swum on Sunday.  LETS BEAST IT!!!!!

Training on Wednesdays will return back to normal, 6.30 - 7.30 pm the week after the final.

The video Above...

Hello Guys,

I had an assembly today (Yes I do still have them at 17!) and it was about who inspires you and what inspires you.
They showed us this video. I thought it was something that all the swimmers could think about, so I would like to watch it, as I think its really motivational.

Ignore the adverts, I can't get rid of them.

Cheers!

Ryan.

change of details...

Hello,
My mobile number has now changed to 07775755876, expect a text off me shortly,
cheers!

Ryan.

Updates!

Hello...

• North Eastern Counties Results - In Results
• Disqualification Codes- Competition Squad Central Section
• http://www.swimnortheast.org.uk/ - Useful Links

Hope its helpful!

Ryan.

BAGCAT (25m) Championships

Some fantastic swims again over the weekend.  38 PB's achieved out of 40 races and 7 medals, well done everyone.  Jacob won a Bronze medal in the 400m Freestyle and Jessica Manning achieved 4 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze.

Jessica has now moved up to Alex's group.  Best of luck Jess!

Overall the swimming was excellent and I was very impressed how you all organised yourselves to do your blood flow exercises without me having to say anything.  You all looked very professional.  I thought all your turns looked faster when you raced this weekend, however distance and kicks off the wall still needs to be improved.  Remember keep practising in training and then in a race it will be easy.

The PB sheet should be back on by the end of next week.  If anyone spots a mistake with their time please let me know and I will change it.  

Keep up the hard work guys, me and Ryan are very proud of you all at the moment.

Kevin 

1500m TT!

Hello.

The swimmers who wanted to do the 1500 on sunday night did so, and the results follow.

James      21.17.33
Amelia     21.37.30
Matthew  22.25.64
Liam        22.21.94
Maisie     22.58.16
Emily       25.09.43
William    23.16.39
Shaheen  27.22.89
Huzayfa  24.34.49
Billy        27.04.49

Ryan.

Oooooppss!

Sorry everyone, I didn't mean rejections on the lower post, I was supposed to say withdrawals!
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for pointing it out!

Ryan.

Lost Property..

I had a hoody given to me by Elysia on Monday night that was left in land training. It was unnamed!
I do get quite a collection of lost property, so can we please put names in things, and if you have lost anything, then ask me.

Cheers!

Ryan.

NER Rejections....

Hello...

We hope you don't, but if you do have any rejections for the NER's this weekend, then we need to know before Friday to reduce the likelihood of a fine for yourselves.  We also need to know why you are rejecting.
Please email/text me ASAP.

Cheers!

Ryan

NER's Sunderland

Information on schedule of events, directions, parking etc.

http://www.swimnortheast.org.uk/results/2010/asaner25m2010/sunderland_info.pdf

Kevin

Junior League Tickets

All tickets for junior league are now sold out. Sorry Guys!

Ryan.

National Junior League Final!!!!

The Club has agreed to put on a coach for any parents wishing to go support their swimmers in the Junior League Final.  There will be no cost to travel on the coach, but seats are limited.  If you would like a place on the coach please email or text Alex on the contact details below letting him know how many seats you require.

Kevin 

National Arena League - North East Region Round 2

The following swimmers from our squad are needed to swim on Saturday 13th November at John Charles.

Arrive 13.45

W/up 14.15

Start 14.45

Euan Cowan

Liam Birell

William Finn

John Cooper

Jacob Butterfield

Brannon Pearson

Phebe Robinson

Amelia Clynes

Please can you confirm your availability to Alex by email at alex.gray@leeds.gov.uk or text to 07515254245

Kevin

New documents online.. I want you all to read them please!

Following Files now Online!
         Preventing Illness - Interesting Information & Reading for Swimmers/ Parents
         50 Things You Can Do To Help Your Child Achieve In Sport - Documents for Parents
         Yorkshire Winters 2010- Results 2010-2011
         New Yorkshire Times 2011 - Qualifying Times for Future Meets

Please read them!

Cheers,

Ryan.

Harrogate Success

Another excellent weekend of swimming team!  As a group you achieved 73 PB's out of 89 swims, 24 more North Eastern times, 6 Golds, 5 Silvers and 2 Bronzes.  Very impressed guys, Well Done!!

This week will be HELL WEEK.  Every session will be hard as it is the school holidays and we have the North Eastern's in sight, rise to the challenge, try your hardest, don't back off and the results will be rewarding.  

I also had a request for a team breakfast after morning training on Thursday like we did on the last school holidays.  I know some parents have to rush off to work but it would be great to have as many swimmers stay behind for breakfast as possible.

I have also come across 3 new documents for the blog which you maybe interested in and will be uploaded soon.  They are Fuelling for Performance, Preventing Illness and 50 Things You 

Kevin 

Harrogate Junior Open Meet

Race Warm Up

1 x 300 FC/ BK (50's) 

1 x 200 IM (drill on Fly)

6 x 50 Race Stroke  1 fast/ easy (25's), 1 easy/ fast (25's)

Rest 20 sec after each

Please remember to be on poolside between 7.30 and 7.40 am for blood flow exercises

Session One

Saturday Warm Up 8am Start 9am

Girls 9/10 years 200m Backstroke

Boys 9/10 years 200m Backstroke

Girls 11/13 years 50m Breaststroke

Boys 11/14 years 50m Breaststroke

Girls 9/10 years 400m Freestyle

Boys 9/10 years 400m Freestyle

Girls 11/13 years 200m Butterfly

Boys 11/14 years 200m Butterfly

Girls 9/10 years 50m Butterfly

Boys 9/10 years 50m Butterfly

Girls 11/13 years 200m Freestyle

Boys 11/14 years 200m Freestyle

Session Two

Saturday Warm Up 1pm Start 2pm

Girls 9/10 years 200m Breaststroke

Boys 9/10 years 200m Breaststroke

Girls 11/13 years 400m I.M.

Boys 11/14 years 400m I.M.

Girls 9/10 years 50m Backstroke

Boys 9/10 years 50m Backstroke

Girls 11/13 years 50m Butterfly

Boys 11/14 years 50m Butterfly

Girls 9/10 years 200m I.M.

Boys 9/10 years 200m I.M.

Girls 10 & over 100m Freestyle

Boys 11 & over 100m Freestyle

Session Three

Sunday Warm Up 8am Start 9am

Girls 11/13 years 400m Freestyle

Boys 11/14 years 400m Freestyle

Girls 9/10 years 200m Butterfly

Boys 9/10 years 200m Butterfly

Girls 11/13 years 50m Freestyle

Boys 11/14 years 50m Freestyle

Girls 9/10 years 50m Freestyle

Boys 9/10 years 50m Freestyle

Girls 11/13 years 200m Backstroke

Boys 11/14 years 200m Backstroke

Session Four

Sunday Warm Up 1pm Start 2pm

Girls 11/13 years 200m I.M.

Boys 11/14 years 200m I.M.

Girls 9/10 years 200m Freestyle

Boys 9/10 years 200m Freestyle

Girls 11/13 years 50m Backstroke

Boys 11/14 years 50m Backstroke

Girls 9/10 years 400m I.M.

Boys 9/10 years 400m I.M.

Girls 11/13 years 200m Breaststroke

Boys 11/14 years 200m Breaststroke

Girls 9/10 years 50m Breaststroke

Boys 9/10 years 50m Breaststroke

I am looking forward to watching you all race this weekend, lets make it a good one.  See you all there.

Kevin 

A few notes...

Hello,

Training will finish at 8.30 tonight because of the gala, and we will be race warm-up, and starts/turns/finishes practice.
I think Kevin may be posting some information today about the gala this weekend.

Please not Alex's email address has now changed in line with the name he uses, so from now on he is contactable on  alex.gray@leeds.gov.uk

Cheers!

Ryan

Attendance...

Hello Everyone.

For those of you that don't know, the scheme are taking Attendance very seriously this season, and I am tasked with monitoring it. I have a spreadsheet that tells me exactly who is attending the correct number of sessions every week for their age.
Below is a reminder for the minimum sessions required each week Dependant upon age.

Age	8	9	10	11	12
Sessions	5	5	6	6	6

This means that when you are 10, you need to be doing at least one morning a week, but we still like to see the younger swimmers experiencing morning training from a young age. Attendance is a massive part of what the senior coaches look at for moves.
This is why I cannot stress the importance of reporting absence before the session wherever possible, so we have a reason for the absence.
The way Kevin and myself plan the training is based upon the LTAD (long term athlete development), so when sessions are missed, the swimmers then miss a particular part of what we cover every week. For example, Sunday nights are most likely sprint sets, so if Sunday nights are regularly missed, the swimmer will struggle to develop as a sprinter.

We do not want people  having to move out of our squad on the basis of attendance only, so please attempt your minimum number of sessions a week.

Any questions, speak to me after a session or contact me by email.

Yours,

Ryan.

Monday Nights

Hello guys,

I have now been informed that as of this Monday, I will no longer be in Land Training because of the increase in size of D East, I will now be helping on that squad. Elysha will continue to take land training for C Central.

Yours,

Ryan

The weekend!

Hello Guys!

Well what can I say?
What a really really good weekend!
Such a shame we couldn't be there, but I have seen the results and they are fantastic. Some really good PB's, some fantastic podium positions and top 8's. We looked really good and you did what I asked, and thats to show Yorkshire what C Central are all about.
I do not have any figures yet, but all I know is that we had a very high PB rate.
Well done guys!

Lets now move onwards and upwards, we now have a good platform to build on for the NER's and the rest of the season.

Yours.

Ryan.

Friday nights session..

Training will finish at 8.30pm tonight because of the Yorkshires.
We would like you all to be there please, important things to go through before the weekend.

Ryan.

Winter Yorkshire's & Arena League at Sheffield

Yorkshire Winter Meet 9/10 Oct

Saturday 9^th & Sunday 10^th October 2010

Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield

Short Course – 25 metre.

Saturday 9^th October 2010

Session One – Warm Up 8am – Start 9am

Session Two – Warm Up 1pm – Start 2pm

Sunday 10^th October 2010

Session Three – Warm Up 8am – Start 9am

Session Four – Warm Up 1pm – Start 2pm

Programme of events can be found using the following link

http://www.yorkshireswimming.org/winter_competition_2010.htm

Arena League at Sheffield 9th Oct

Warm-up 18:00, start 18:30

Please remember to be on poolside 30 minutes before warm up.

Kevin 

C Central Cover

I will be leaving you all for 10 days after Thursdays session.  Some of you may know I won 2 Golds with my team (Leeds Pheonix) in the the National Speed Championships in March this year and I qualified to compete in the World Lifesaving Championships held in Alexandria, Egypt.  There will be 16 swimmers competing from Leeds Pheonix, in my team there is me Matt Jagger, Richard Jagger and Tom Jagger who some of you may know as they also swim for the City of Leeds Swimming Club in Regional Senior Squad.  I have arranged cover and written the sessions for the coaches taking you in my absence.  

Fri 8th Oct - Ryan/ Lyn 

Sun 10th Oct - Ryan/ Lyn

Monday 11th Oct - Nathan (Am)

                 - Ryan/ Alan Hutchinson (Pm)

Wednesday 13th Oct - Ryan/ Nathan/ Beth

Thursday 14th Oct - Ryan (Am)

                           - Ryan/ Nathan (Pm)

Friday 15th Oct - Ryan/ Lyn

Sunday 17th Oct - Ryan/ Lyn

Monday 18th Oct - James (Am)

Make sure you all behave, listen to the coaches and train hard whilst I am away.  Good luck to you all at the Yorkshire's this weekend, apologies for missing you all race.  You all swum really well at the Junior Open meet with some fantastic PB's, lets see if you can do the same again.  Remember fast turns, fast leg kicks off all walls and when you feel yourself tiring think technique.  

Swimmers make sue you see Lyn or Alex before and after your swims for race tips and feedback.

The race warm up for this weekend is

1 x 300 Fc/ Bk

1 x 200 IM (drill on Fly)

8 x 50 Race Stroke (odds- fast/easy, evens- easy/ fast) 

Get out fast on the first length, hold the second length, work the 3rd length, switch the legs on as fast as you can on the last length.  Try and aim to put a little bit more effort in on each length and don't slow down into the turns.

GOOD LUCK!, SWIM FAST 

Kevin 

Wednesday training

Wednesday Nights Training!

All swimmers who are competing in the National Junior League final on November 28th will train as a group with me and Alex on Wednesday nights from 6.30 - 8.00pm.  Swimmers will be developing speed and sprint skills, practising turns, dives and takeovers etc so they go to the final with the best possible chance of winning.  This will also give the swimmers practice at racing in their selected teams before the actual event.  

Kevin

File Updates..

New Files on the right,

• Results from the weekend under 'Results 2010-11'
• Entry Dates Calendar under the 'Swim Meets' section

Cheers

Ryan.

New look Blog....

Hello Guys.

The blog has has a bit of a facelift, please email me with feedback. I was getting bored of the old design.
I am aware the text at the top clashing colour making it unreadable! For some reason I cant get a background fill on that section.... Sure I will find a solution!

Yours,

Ryan.

We are Leeds, Leeds, Leeds!

What a fantastic and exciting day of racing in Lincoln.  I would like to congratulate all of you on your behaviour, cheering, team spirit, swimming and most importantly winning the National Junior League Northern Final.  You were all ace.  Back to hard training now ready to kick ass in the national final on November the 28th in Liverpool.

Well done to all swimmers who competed at the Junior Open Meet.  From what I have heard from Lyn and Ryan, more NER times and medals were achieved by the group which is brilliant.

One week of training now before we have to focus on our next two big events, the Yorkshire's and the Arena League at the weekend in Sheffield.  Keep listening and training hard and the pb's will keep coming.  Warning to swimmers who are close to winter north eastern times, this will be your last chance to achieve them as the entries will take place on Monday 11th October.

Parents Message

I am sure some of you will now will be suffering from banging headaches and very sore throats.  It was great to see you all having so much fun on the balcony as you cheered for your team, hope you all had fun. Thank you for all the support you gave.  Lets see if when we go to the final we can go with not just the best swimmers, but the best supporters aswell.  Some of the other clubs looked amazing.  Lets stand out, get planning now! There is plenty of time to come up with some chants for our team.  I want to see drums, dressing up, banners, flags, tambourines, horns, wigs and face paints.  The more noise you make the faster the swimmers will swim.

 
Well Done TEAM!!

Kevin 

Great Start To The New Season!!

Saturday's Meet (02/10/10)

I was very very pleased by the quality of racing today. To say we have just started the season, the amount of new pb's achieved was excellent.

62 Pb's out of 82 Swims
5 Golds
4 Silvers
4 Bronzes
10 more NER qualifying times

Please remember the North Eastern's (NER) in November are short course, so any times NER times achieved today need to be converted to short course by using the converter to the right below when entering the meet. Anyone who was a second away from an NER, please check your time using the converter as there is a good chance that when converted from long course to short course you will be in the qualifying time.

General areas for improvement
- underwater kicking off turns
- rolling shoulders on backstroke
- holding the same breathing pattern all the way through races on Fc and Fly
- clean entry (no splash) on Fc and Bk

A strong start to the season everyone, I'm impressed. Keep up the hard work. I was also pleased to see the attendance was high at our first morning training back after the break. Well done C Central!


Kevin

More Reading for you...

This updating the blog business is becoming a bit of an addiction recently....

We have provided you with 3 new files for you to look at...

Nutritional Information for Swimmers
Six Steps to Sucess
Race Nerves

Also, Google has decided to change the way I have to upload files now, which has created me tons more work.... If any of you struggle to view anything then let me know please and I will come up with a solution.

Yours,

Ryan.

Important Info about this weekend....

Anyone who is competing in the teams event on Sunday must arrive at John Charles for 9:15 am.  The coach will be leaving at approximately 9:30 am and should arrive back at JCC around 6:15 pm.  Swimmers must bring a packed lunch which they will eat before going onto poolside.  No food will be allowed on poolside and all drinks must be in a drinks bottles (not the powerade bottles with caps on), as these are banned at the Lincoln Sports Centre.

Anyone who is not competing at Lincoln or JCC on Sunday, training will be on as normal with Ryan and Lyn until I get there.

Open Meet.
Warm ups are at 8.30am on Sat and Sun Morning, 1.00pm on Sat and Sun Afternoon.
Please make sure you are on poolside 30 mins before start of warm up.

Lets have a great weekend of racing!!!  

Kevin and Ryan.

Training tomorrow night...

Guys,

Training will finish at 8.30pm tomorrow night because of the galas. We do expect you all to attend.
It will be easy, we promise.
It is better for them to swim the night before than not to.

Thanks,

Ryan.

Message From Alex...

To All,

Can everyone please note the following and pass this information on to your swimmers:

The Arena League Round 1 at Ponds Forge on 9th October 2010 start time has been moved forward and will be as follows:

Warm Up - 18.00
Start - 18.30

This information is on the notice board.

Thanks


Alex Gray

A bit of something for you all to watch...

Very Inspirational!

One of the parents sent me this for you all to watch. Enjoy!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_4660000/newsid_4662700/4662771.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2

Parents Help Wanted!!!

Are you one of those parents who hates sitting on a hot poolside balcony for hours on end waiting for your child to swim, or one of those parents who wants to be more involved in the sport? Well here is the perfect opportunity to change that.

The club is currently asking if there are any swimmers parents who would like to help team manage on poolside at Gala's. This will mainly involve working with the younger swimmers at events making sure that every swimmer speaks to their coach before and after their swims, and that swimmers are sent to their races on time with their heat and lane number. Some events will include petrol and lunch costs paid for by the club.
If you are interested in assisting the coaches and swimmers in future events or would like to find out more information, please send me an email containing your name and number which I can pass on on to the committee.

Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated..

Thanks

Kevin

Behaviour in the Changing Rooms...

Hello all.
It has now been brought to our attention that the behaviour of the members of our squad in the changing rooms has now reached an unacceptable manner. Within the last week we have had two complaints about the children of our squad, from both pool staff and parents.
This behaviour needs to stop as of today. We have been through this before and it did calm down, but it has got worse again.
Even though it is not all of the swimmers messing around, it cannot continue. If it does, then we will ask all parents to go and wait for their child in the changing rooms afterwards and supervise them getting changed where suitable.
This is something we do not want to do, but equally we do not want a reputation building up about the squad.
Please can all parents please discuss and stress the importance of behaviour in the changing rooms with their child ASAP, as did myself and Kevin last night.
Yours,

Ryan.