Regional Age Group - Notice Board: March 2012

Friday, 30 March 2012

Easter Training

Hi all,

Due to pool closures over Easter, training will be as follows:

Friday 6th April: No Training

Sunday 8th April: No Training

Monday 9th April AM: 7:00 - 8:30am (25 x 12m Pool Diving Pit End)

Monday 9th April PM: No Training

Have a good few days rest and don't go too crazy on the Easter Eggs

Kevin

National Arena League - National Final

Sunday 22nd April 2012 held at Ponds Forge Sheffield

Arrive at JCC - TBC

Warm Up: 13:30

Start: 14:30

Please can the following swimmers confirm their availability to swim in the team to Richard Denigan (richard.denigan@leeds.gov.uk)

Euan

Liam

Harry

Thanks

Kevin

Sunday, 25 March 2012

Sports Aid Entries

Just a reminder that entries for the Sports Aid Meet held at JCC on 12th & 13th May will be taken on Monday night.

Kevin, Nina & Elysha

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

National Arena League Final 2012

Held at Ponds Forge Sheffield on 22nd April.

Lucie Black (Layla's Mum) will be collecting money for Arena League Final tickets. If you wish to purchase a ticket they are £7.00 (cash or cheque). Lucie will be at JCC from 6pm on Wednesday, from 5.30pm on Thursday and from 6pm on Friday. The last day to buy tickets will be Friday.

Thanks

Super Sprinters!

Some really good sprinting by our group this weekend and some amazing times. You should all be very pleased with yourselves. Three weekends of racing and all of them swum great, I am very proud of you all.

Overall as a group you achieved 121 PB's out of 145 Swims, 33 Final Swims, 4 Gold Medals, 3 Silver Medals and 4 Bronze Medals.

Yorkshire Finalists (15)

Ciara (2), Abbie (1), Amber (1), Zoe (4), Oliver (2), Jake (4), Billy (2), Ben (1), Leah (1), Liam (4), Euan (4), Shaheen (3), Hannah (1), Helena (1), Harry (2)

Gold Medallists (3)

Euan (2), Billy (1), Harry (1)

Silver Medallists (3)

Liam (1), Ben (1), Euan (1) Jake (1)

Bronze Medallists (4)

Euan (1), Leah (1), Jake (1), Shaheen (1)

BAG CAT POINTS (Top 10 Finishers)

Girls 10 Yrs

Leah (3rd) 1503 pnts

Boys 10 Yrs

Jake (2nd) 989 pnts

Oliver (5th) 955 pnts

Tide (8th) 891 pnts

Stephen (9th) 871 pnts

Girls 11 Yrs

Abbie H (10th) 1936 pnts

Boys 11 Yrs

Euan (2nd) 1333 pnts

Liam (6th) 1216 pnts

"Go into the sport because you have fun doing it, not because of "what ifs" and dreams of gold medals. That way, no matter what happens, you win."
Shannon Miller (American Gymnast, two time Olympic gold medalist (Atlanta 1996)).

Keep up the hard work in training and the results will show in the upcoming meets.

Kevin, Nina & Elysha

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Yorkshire Sprints

This weekend is the third round of the Yorkshires and it's time to get ready to Sprint!!!!! Remember, in sprints it is vital to get all the elements of the race right. If you get your start, turn and finish spot on this can be the milliseconds needed to move up a few places in the results. Also in the 50m sprints it is your chance to shine and earn your place in selection for relays.

As everyone is racing over the weekend in Sheffield, training on Friday night will just be an hour.

There will be NO TRAINING on Sunday night.

The draft programme for the weekend can be viewed by clicking the link below:
http://www.yorkshireswimming.org/championships_files/2012%20Champs/The%20British%20Gas%20Yorkshire%20Swimming%20Association%20sprints%20Master%206%20mar.pdf

If there is anyone down in the programme who cannot compete this weekend, can you please let me know by text or email so I can pass on the information to the team managers.

Saturday Am
Arrive: 07:30
Warm Up: 08:00
Start: 09:00

Saturday Pm
Arrive: 13:00
Warm Up: 13:30
Start: 02:30

Sunday Am Teams
Arrive: 08:30

Sunday Pm Teams
Arrive: 12:30

I am looking forward to seeing some fast swimming this weekend as some of you have done a PB in training within the last 2 weeks. Get down that first 25m hard and bring it back faster. Don't slow down into the turns or finishes, smash through the wall. When swimming in the relays be careful on the takeovers, block out the background noise and concentrate on your team mate swimming in. It is better to go late than early and get your team disqualified.

'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 gonna 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

Good Luck Everyone!

Kevin, Nina & Elysha

Sunday, 11 March 2012

Yorkshire SA Championships

Yorkshire - Meet 1
The group performed fantastic last weekend at the Yorkshires achieving 56PB's out of 75 Swims, 22 more NER times, 14 final swims, 8 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals and 1 Bronze Medal.

Yorkshire - Meet 2
The group had another ace weekend of racing achieving 67PB's out of 89 Swims, 15 more NER times, 23 final swims, 9 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Medals and 5 Bronze Medals.

Total
So after two hard weekends of competing, C Central performed outstandingly bringing the total number of PB's to 123 out of 164 Swims, 37 more NER times, 37 final swims, 17 Gold Medals, 6 Silver Medals and 6 Bronze Medals.

Well Done to the whole squad, very impressive!!!!!!

Gold Medalists (8)

Leah, Jake , Euan, Oliver, Sophie, Jacob, Layla, Harry

Silver Medalists (6)

Leah, Euan, Ben, Layla, Jacob, Sophie

Bronze Medalists (4)

Liam, Layla, Brannan, Euan

Yorkshire Finalists (14)

Harry, Layla, Brannan, Liam, Anna, Shaheen, Abbie H, Jacob, Euan, Helena, Zoe, John, Abigail J, Amber

Hopefully we will have another successful weekend at the Yorkshire Sprints in Sheffield, especially as some of you have already beaten your PB's in training this week.

Tonight we said goodbye to some of our team mates who have moved on to the next step of the swimming ladder. They will be missed. Good luck guys keep focused. Hopefully some of you will be joining them in National Age Group in the summer.

Also thank you for all the Birthday cards and leaving gifts I have received over the week!

Keep training hard and be ready to storm the Yorkshires at the weekend! Show the other clubs what you 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, Nina & Elysha

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Training Alterations

Hi All,

Nearly all the Senior Squad are away at the Olympic trials so the pool will be free from 6:30pm which will allow us to train earlier. On Thursday 8th March Pm session we will start at 18:30 and finish at 20:00.

Thanks

Kevin, Nina & Elysha

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Yorkshire County Teams

I have received an email to say the following swimmers have not confirmed their availability for the Yorkshire County Team Event on Sunday March 18^th. Please could you email Craig and let him know if you are available to swim. (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk)

Ciara

Zoe

Tide

Shaheen

Liam

William

Abigail J

Thanks

Easter Eggs

Hi,

Liz (Hannah's Mum) is going to be selling cream eggs in woolly jumpers which she has made in order to raise money for St Gemma's Hospice and the City of Leeds Swimming Club.

If you would like to purchase one she will be selling the eggs at £1.50 each with all profits split between St Gemma's Hospice and the Swimming Club.

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."