Regional Age Group - Notice Board: July 2011

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Welsh Summer Nationals

Anyone who is swimming in the Welsh Summer Nationals will only be training for one hour on Thursday night.

Please make sure the Emergency Contact Number is saved in your phones; 07504 411 157

Swimmers are to travel in City of Leeds Tracksuits and wear the White Shirt that was given out in the meeting last Monday.
Remeber to label any medicine and give to the Team Manager.
Swimmers will need a packed lunch or money to be able to get lunch on the journey down and will need money for lunch on the return.

Travel Itinerary

Meet at JCCS Aquatics Centre 29th July: 09:00

Coach Departs: 09:30

Arrive in Swansea: 15:00 (approximately)

Depart Swansea 5th August: 11:00 (approximately)

Arrive at the JCCS Aquatics Centre 17:00 (approximately)

There is a last minute advice sheet I will be giving out tonight. The sheet will also be available to print out under the Swim Meets section of the Blog called Gala Preparation when ryan has uploaded it.

Hopefully the trip will be a great success. Anyone who is not swimming have a great Summer !

Kevin & Ryan

Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Breakfast Club & Turn Practice

Hope you are all looking forward to the Summer Break or Wales. This Thursday is the last morning training for C Central until Thursday 8th September. It would be good if we can get as many swimmers to attend as possible and have a team Breakfast after the session before we break up for the Summer.

The pool will be free before our session starts on Wednesday and Thursday this week as the older swimmers are away at the Nationals in Sheffield. Any swimmers who wish to come in and practice turns from half an hour before our session starts are welcome to do so.

Kevin & Ryan

Monday, 18 July 2011

Couple of Reminders

Land Training

This will be on as normal tonight as Helen will be back from her Iron Man Challenge

Entries

Entries for Winter Yorkshire will be taken tonight and next Monday

Wales Meeting

Just a reminder that the meeting for all parents and swimmers attending the Welsh Summer Nationals will be at 19.30 in the Grandstand Suite which is in the Stadium. Swimmers who are going to Wales will be finishing training at 7.15pm so they can get changed in time for the meeting.

Kevin & Ryan

1500m Time Trial

Don't worry too much about the times it was more of a mental test to achieve 1500m without stopping, even though surprisingly some of you achieved a North Eastern time in training which is excellent. In C Central swimmers normally cover between 1500 - 4500 metres per session, but to swim 1500 metres without breaks is a test of fitness, mental concentration, gets swimmers to focus on keeping going when their bodies are finding the event tough and helps swimmers overcome the fear of swimming longer distances in races. Well done to everyone who finished the 1500m. There are also some 1500m times below from previous time trials and there is a huge improvement showing that you are all fitter, and stronger. We will attempt the 1500m again in the year.

NER Times

11yrs = 20:45.00

12yrs = 19:54.00

13yrs = 19:30 .00

Sunday 17th July 2010

Matthew 19:42.11

Euan 20:00.50

Brannan 21:03.47

Liam 21:01.81

Leah 21:10.79

Jacob 20:06.95

Shaheen 21:27.82

Maisie 23:35.26

Layla 22:43.53

Abigail 23:22.34

Megan 23:34.24

Hannah 22:08.32

Oliver 23:46.91

Sophie 24:10.84

Ellie 23:54.80

John 22:32.30

Kit 22:26.42

Amber 23:56.37

Emily DNF

Ayesha 23:40.74

Rebecca 26:27.76

Huzayfa 23:40.68

Billy 23:40.97

Helena 24:45.58

Harry 25:45.58

Rachel 24:42.08

Vikoria 25:42.68

Tide 24:45.38

Sunday 7th November 2010

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

Sunday 4th July 2010

Shaheen 26.06.35
Megan 24.58.68
Anna 27.23.73
Liam 24.05.73
Layla 25.54.36
Maisie 24.54.16
Emily B 26.58.74
Jacob 23.59.56
John 23.15.51
Euan 22.36.81
Billy 27.00.51
William 25.19.45
Abigail J 24.28.83
Ellie 24.54.16
Kit 25.50.44
Amber 26.54.53
Brannon DNF

Kevin & Ryan

Friday, 15 July 2011

National Junior League

Date: 10th September 2011

Venue: John Charles

Time: 13:00

Warm Up: 13:30

Please can the following swimmers confirm your availability to swim to Alex Gray and Richard Denigan at:
alex.gray@leeds.gov.uk and richard.denigan@leeds.gov.uk

White Rose Gala (A Team)

William Euan

Jacob Harry

Layla Liam

Billy Thomas

Jake Ellie

Sophie Leah

Rachel M

White Rose Gala (B Team)

Hannah Kit

John Brannan

Shaheen Zoe

Anna Helena

Abigail Oliver

Huzayfa Tide

Viktoria Rebecca

Kevin & Ryan

Training Changes (Week of Monday 5th Sept)

Leeds City Council are hosting the Dutch National Swim Team week commencing Monday 5^th September 2011.

This week the pool will be in Long Course configuration each session. Some sessions may be a squeeze as we will only have 2 lanes but I am sure we will cope just for this week.

Monday 5th September

Am = Normal

Pm = No Land Training

7:30 - 8:30 (7:30 - 8:00 = Lanes 5 & 6, 8:00 - 8:30 = Lanes 4, 5 & 6)

Wednesday 7th September

Pm = 6:30 - 7:30 (Lanes 5 & 6)

Thursday 8th September

Am = Normal

Pm = 6:30 - 8:00 (Lanes 5 & 6)

Kevin & Ryan

Welsh Summer Nationals

There will be a meeting for all parents and swimmers attending the Welsh Summer Nationals on Monday 18^th July at 19.30 in the Grandstand Suite which is in the Stadium.

Swimmers who are going to Wales will need to finish training 15 minutes early at 7.15pm so they can get changed in time for the meeting.

Kevin & Ryan

Monday, 11 July 2011

A Great Ending To The B Grade Series

C Central achieved 115 PB's out of 122 Swims, 10 Speeding Tickets, 7 Gold Medals, 8 Silver Medals and 12 Bronze Medals this weekend. Another fantastic meet and a great end to the season.

Results Summary

Speeding Ticket Winners (5)

Abbie H (3), Rebecca (3), Viktoria (1), Matthew B (2), Harry (1)

Gold Medallists (5)

Tide (1), John (1), Matthew B (2), Rebecca (1), Billy (1), Sophie (1)

Silver Medallists (5)

John (1), Tide (2), Viktoria (1), Kit (2), Maisie (1), Hannah (1)

Bronze Medallists (9)

Thomas (1), John (2), Tide (1), Viktoria (2), Abigail (2), Helena (1), Kit (1), Maisie (1), Amber (1)

Reminder

There is no land training tonight (Mon 11th July) as Helen is still away. Land Training will be back to normal next Monday.

Chocolate Bar Challenge

Well Done to Zoe who won the Chocolate Bar Challenge on Friday night. This is a test of turn speed where swimmers push off the wall turn at the flags, sprint to the wall, turn and sprint back to the flags. The fastest swimmer wins a chocolate bar. It was a very close final but Zoe just managed to scrape top place.

Keep chasing those times!!!

'Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.'

Well Done Everyone!

Kevin & Ryan

Friday, 8 July 2011

B Grade

Just a reminder about the changed warm up times for the B Grade meet this weekend. The times are:

Session 1 will warm up at 08:30, start at 09:30 and finish about 12:00.

Session 2 will warm up at 13:00, start at 14:00 and finish about 16:20

Session 3 will warm up at 09:00, start at 10:00 and finish about 12:00

Session 4 will warm up at 13:00, start at 14:00 and finish about 16:30

Please arrive on poolside 30 min before Warm Up

Lets have a great Meet

Kevin & Ryan

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Yorkshire Entries

Message from Richard

Parents,

Due to the Scheme summer break and the August bank holiday the City of Leeds Swimming Executive Committee have thought it would be best to open entries for the Yorkshire Winter meet on the 8^th & 9^th October early.

Monday 18^th July and Monday 25^th July 2011 are the dates that the COL SC will be taking entries for the above event.

Please enter every event your child has qualified for to give them more experience of racing at county level ready for the forthcoming competitions.

Kevin & Ryan

White Rose Teams Gala

Alex has asked me to pas this message on to you all.

The 2011 White Rose Gala will be held on the 10th September at the John Charles Centre for Sport.

The Gala will take place between 13.30 and 18.00.

The City of Leeds will field 2 teams again this year so members of the Competition and Development Squads and any member of the National Age Group squad who will be no older than 12 on the 31st December 2011 could be selected.

Can we ask that all parents and eligible swimmers keep the 10th September free as the City of Leeds embark on the defence of their National title.

Team sheets will be posted by Friday 15th July 2011.

Kind Regards

Kevin & Ryan

Winter Yorkshires - Message from Richard.

Parents,

Due to the Scheme summer break and the August bank holiday the City of Leeds Swimming Executive Committee have thought it would be best to open entries for the Yorkshire Winter meet on the 8th & 9th October early.

Monday 18th July and Monday 25th July 2011 are the dates that the COL SC will be taking entries for the above event.
Please enter every event your child has qualified for to give them more experience of racing at county level ready for the forthcoming competitions.

Kind Regards

Richard

Richard Denigan
Senior Age Group Coach
Leeds City Council Swim Training Scheme
Aquatics Centre, John Charles Centre for Sport,
Middleton Grove,
Leeds,
LS11 5DJ
0113 39 57 360

Saturday, 2 July 2011

Summer Break!

Not long to go now until a well deserved break.

The summer break for our squad will commence from Saturday 30th July 2011, training will recommence Monday 22nd August.

Last Session

Friday 29th July

First Session Back

Monday 22nd August (PM)

August Bank Holiday

Sunday 28th August 2011 No Training

Monday 29th August 2011 No Training

Morning Training

Morning Training will recommence on Thursday 8th September 2011.

Ryan will be covering the first 2 weeks back as I will be away in the USA from Sat 13th of August and I will return to training on Sunday 4th September.

Have a fantastic break everyone!

Kevin & Ryan

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."