City of Leeds New Year Meet

Hi All,

The City of Leeds New Year Grand Prix Meet is our first meet of 2015.  Good Luck everyone lets make it a good one.
 
Saturday 3rd January
Am Session
Arrive:  09:00
Warm Up:  09:30
Start:  10:30

Pm Session
Arrive:  12:30
Warm Up:  13:00
Start:  14:00

Sunday 4th January
Am Session
Arrive:  09:00
Warm Up:  09:30
Start:  10:30

Pm Session
Arrive:  12:30
Warm Up:  13:00
Start:  14:00

The programme for the weekend can be viewed by clicking the following link.
City of Leeds New Year Meet 2015

Details

Training Changes
Training Changes due to the Competition are listed on RAG Xmas Training posted on Tuesday 16th December.


Helpers Needed
We are looking for parents to help out as timekeepers at next weekends City of Leeds January meet. You do not require a timekeepers qualification or previous experience to volunteer.  If you are able to help (even for just one session) please could you contact Vicki Spencer (vickispencer@hotmail.com) and let her know of your availability.
Thanks in advance
"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)

Happy New Year!!!
The Regional Team 

Happy New Year

Hello Everyone,

We would just like to say a big thank you for all the wonderful Christmas gifts and cards we received from you all.  We hope you all have a great Xmas and are looking forward to coming back to training.

 
We have now started the block of training which will take us through to our next big meet which is the Yorkshires.  Entries for this will be taken in the Denison Suite on Monday 5th January.  All Qualifiers should enter as this is one of the biggest meets in the Regional Calendar.  

Club Membership

Just a reminder that the club membership/ ASA registration fees are due on the 1st January 2015.   Fees can be paid on any club night (17.30 - 19.30) in the timing suite from January 5th onwards.  Due to the ASA system now being electronic fees can be paid up until 16th March at the very latest.  All forms have to be handed into the ASA by the end of March.  Failure to pay by 16t March will result in the swimmer being removed from the ASA register which will mean having to reapply before they can compete in any swim meets.  A re-registration fee of £25.00 will then become payable in addition to full fees. 

As a concession once again this year the club are giving an early payment discount for each class of full membership below of £5.00 if the fees are paid before 31st January 2015.  In addition anyone holding a current Leeds Card Extra will be entitled to a further 40% discount off club membership fees only, not ASA registration etc. This year you will have the option of paying by card. There will be no charge for debit cards but a flat fee of £6 will apply to credit card transactions. 

Only ASA registered swimmers times will transfer to the ASA database which is used for entry times. Consequently any swimmer failing to apply or renew their ASA registration will not be able to enter meets as entry times will not be available. Also they will have no insurance in force.  It is also a pre-condition of the Swim Training Scheme that swimmers are fully paid up members of the club.

Club fees have not increased this year but ASA registration fees which now include NEC and YSA capitation fees, have increased slightly.  The figures below, which are the due amounts, include all fees and capitation and take into account these increases.

1st child in family £131.00

2nd child in family £ 91.00

3rd and further child in family £ 71.00

Photography

City of Leeds SC reserves the right to take and/ or publish images of club members by the club's official photographer (s) in accordance with the ASA Photography and Photographing Swimmers Policy.

If you do not wish your son/ daughter/ swimmer to be photographed, please notify the COLSC Child Welfare Officer in writing.  Contact details can be obtained from the club's website.

Fantastic End to 2014!!

Well done to all the swimmers who swum in the Bradford meet over the weekend, some fantastic swims and brilliant times.  The medal tally is excellent! 
 
Overall;
 
Regional 1 achieved 86 PB's out of 101 Swims, 26 Gold Medals, 15 Silver Medals, 10 Bronze Medals and 22 more Yorkshire Times.

Gold Medallists (9)

Ella P (6), Faith (5), Emilio (4), Joanna (3), Hannah B (2), Chole (2), Louis (2), Hannah C (1), Evie (1)

Silver Medallists (11)

Chole (3), Louis (3), Emilio (1), William (1), Elizabeth (1), Joanna (1), Evie (1), Ella P (1), George (1), Jacob G (1), Isabelle G (1)

 

Bronze Medallists (7)

Charlie (2), Evie (2), George (2), Mia (1), Charlotte (1), Elizabeth (1), Chloe (1)

 

 

Regional 2 achieved 135 PB's out of 163 Swims, 15 Gold Medals, 24 Silver Medals, 29 Bronze Medals and 39 more Yorkshire Times.

Gold Medallists (8)

Ben B (4), Millie Ag (3), Akal (2), Isabel B (2), Phoebe (1), Ella C (1), Edwin (1), Niamh (1)

 

Silver Medallists (14)

Eve B (3), Ella C (3), Millie Ag (2), Akal (2), Alyssa (2), Harry (2), Ben B (2), Joseph (2), Jenna (1), Phoebe (1), Isabel B (1), Edwin (1), Ben S (1), Jacob B (1)

 

Bronze Medallists (18)

Akal (4), Joseph (3), Isabel B (3), Alyssa (3), Ella C (2), Jack M (2), Edwin (1), Eldrick (1), Amelie (1), Eve B (1), Jack S (1), Ben B (1), Millie Ag (1), Jenna (1), Harry (1), Lucy (1), Jasmine (1), Abby (1)

 

GREAT JOB!!! 

 

The Regional Team

RAG Xmas Training

Hi All,

Well done for all the fantastic swimming this year.  Here is a reminder of when Training is on over Christmas and the New Year.

Regional 1

Thursday 18th December = AM - Open to ALL Squad Members

Thursday 18th December = PM - Both Squads Xmas Water Polo at Armley LC (18:30 - 20:00)

Friday 19th December = Both Squads Earlier time (18:30 - 20:00)

Sunday 21st December = No Training (Xmas Bowling Party at MFA Bowl Merrion Centre 16:00 - 18:00)

Monday 23rd December = AM - Open to ALL Squad Members

Monday 23rd December = PM - Normal

Wednesday 24th December = No Training (Christmas Eve)

Thursday 25th December = No Training (Christmas Day)

Friday 26th December = No Training (Boxing Day)

Sunday 28th December = No Training
 
Monday 29th December = 9:00 - 10:30 (Josh & Jonny)
 
Tuesday 30th December = 9:00 - 10.30 (Josh & Jonny)
 
Wednesday 31st December = No Training
 
Thursday 1st January = No Training
 
Friday 2nd January = No Training
 
Sunday 4th January = COMPETITION
 
Monday 5th January = No AM Training
Monday 5th January = 18:30 - 20:00 (Jonny, Ste & Junior)
 
Wednesday 7th January = 18:45 - 19:45 (Scott & Jo)

I am on holiday from 28th December, I will return back to training on Thursday 8th January.  If you have any problems please see Josh or Jonny in my absence.

Regional 2

Thursday 18th December:  AM - Open to ALL Squad Members

Thursday 18th December:  PM - Xmas Water Polo at Armley LC (18:30 - 20:00)

Friday 19th December:  Both Squads Earlier time (18:30 - 20:00)

Sunday 21st December:  No Training (Xmas Bowling Party at MFA Bowl Merrion Centre 16:00 - 18:00)

Monday 23rd December:  AM Open to ALL Squad Members

Monday 23rd December:  PM Normal

Wednesday 24th December:  No Training (Christmas Eve)

Thursday 25th December:  No Training (Christmas Day)

Friday 26th December:  No Training (Boxing Day)

Sunday 28th December = No Training
 
Monday 29th December = 9:00 - 10:30 (Josh & Jonny)
 
Tuesday 30th December = 9:00 - 10.30 (Josh & Jonny)
 
Wednesday 31st December = No Training
 
Thursday 1st January = No Training
 
Friday 2nd January = No Training
 
Sunday 4th January = COMPETITION
 
Monday 5th January = No AM Training
Monday 5th January = Normal Training Resumes

Yorkshire Entries

Just a reminder that the last day for Yorkshire entries will be on Monday 5th 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.

 

Hope you all have a great Xmas, go 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. We hope Santa visits you all.  Make sure you all stay safe and most importantly have fun! 

  

All the best, see you in 2015! 

The Regional Team

City of Bradford Winter Meet (25m) 2014 & Training Changes

Hi All,

 

There will be the following changes to training as ALL swimmers from Regional should be competiting this weekend

 

Friday 12th December - 19:00 - 20:00 (1 Hour Only)

Sunday 14th December - No Training

Monday 15th December - No AM Training

Thursday 18th December - AM open to ALL swimmers

 

Details of the meet can be found by clicking the links below

Draft Programme

Accepted Entries

Meet Information

 

Arrive:  07:30

Warm Up:  08:00

Start:  09:00

"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 the other swimmers think about me, not me about them." 
Amanda Beard
 
SMASH IT!!!

The Regional Team

Attendance

Hi All,

 

There were 29 swimmers not attend a morning session last week and 21 swimmers this week.

 

Most of you attend the required amount of sessions to keep your place within the Regional Squads, however with promotions on the way I would like to remind you all how many sessions, minimum a week you should all be attending.  We appreciate you all have holidays, illness and after school activities now and again, which is fine but when not away swimmers should be attending on average the minimum number of sessions below for their age to give them the best chance of success. These number of sessions follows the Long Term Athlete Development plan for Competitive Swimming. 

 

9 yrs = 5 sessions per week minimum

10 yrs = 6/7 sessions per week minimum

11 yrs = 6/7 sessions per week minimum

11/12 yrs = 6/7 sessions per week (Alternate)

 

Our squads swimming week starts on a Sunday night and finishes on a Friday night.  If swimmers have competed on a Sunday they will be given their attendance mark for Sunday nights session.  If swimmers are given the morning off after a competition then they will be given a mark if they normally attend this session.  If a session is missed swimmers should try and make it up in the following week by attending an additional work out.

Below is the attendance since the start of the 2014 season to the last week in November so you can all check if you are meeting the correct standards.  (H = Holiday, I = Injured). 

 

Regional 1

Louis                    4 4 3 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 4 4                    

Joanna                 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 7 3 6 6 6 5 5 7  

Faith                    4 4 4 5 6 6 6 3 2 3 5 6 4 6 7

Charlie                 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 3 5 6 6 5 6

Hannah B             H 3 4 5 5 5 7 6 5 6 5 6 5 6 6

 

Charlotte              3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 1 6 6 5 6

Hannah C             4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 6 6 5 4

William                 4 2 3 5 3 5 5 6 5 2 4 6 5 4 4

Jacob                    1 4 4 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 6 3 6 6

Isabelle                4 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 2 5 6 6 6

Eve                      H 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 1 4  

Emily                    3 4 4 6 4 4 4 7 6 5 5 6 4 4 7

Thomas                1 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 6 4 3 6 3 5 5

Millie                    2 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6

Evie                      3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6

 

Zak                       2 2 2 4 5 5 4 5 5 1 5 6 3 4 2

Emilio                   4 3 4 3 5 6 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 4 5

Ella                      2 4 4 7 5 6 4 6 6 H 2 6 I 4 6

Elizabeth               3 3 3 3 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 4 3

Nathan                  3 3 3 3 1 6 6 5 5 5 2 4 3 3 4

Leah                     3 4 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 5 3 5 4 2 6

George                  H 4 4 4 7 5 6 6 6 6 5 7 5 6 4

 

Joe                       H 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 6 5

Tom                     H 4 4 6 5 6 6 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 5

 

Freddie                 3 3 3 5 2 5 4 5 6 3 2 3 4 4 4

Maxim                   1 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 7 7 6 2 I I I

Matthew                1 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 4 2 5

Aimee                   3 4 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Mia                       3 4 4 5 3 5 7 7 6 6 5 6 5 5 5

Chloe                    H 3 4 6 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 5 6 7

Finlay                    3 3 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5

 

 

Regional 2

 

Millie Ag                 1 4 5 3 4 2 4 5 5 5 3 4 5 4 5

 

Mille Ai                   2 3 4 3 1 3 6 5 5 6 4 5 5 6 4

 

Eve                         H 4 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 6 5 5 3 5 6

 

Isabel                     2 4 5 3 5 4 5 5 3 5 6 5 6 6 6

 

Jacob                     2 3 4 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 3 5 5 5 5

 

Ben B                     2 3 5 4 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6

 

Jasmine                 2 3 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 3 2 4 5 6 5

 

Ella                        H 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 6 6

 

Phoebe                  H 4 5 4 5 5 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 6 5

 

Anouska                2 3 5 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 3 4 3 5 2

 

Eldrick                  2 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6

 

Joseph                  H 4 5 5 4 4 5 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 6

 

Ella H                    2 3 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 5 5

 

Emily K                  2 2 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 1 4 5 5 5

 

Harry                    2 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 6

 

Jack M                  2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 6 6 6

 

Niamh                   2 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 6

 

Edwin                   1 4 4 2 5 5 5 2 3 4 3 4 5 3 4

 

Lucy                     2 3 5 5 5 1 5 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 4

 

Akal                     2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 6

 

Libby                    1 3 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 5 6 6

 

Jack S                  1 4 5 3 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 5

 

Ben S                   2 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 6 6

 

Jenna                   2 4 4 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 5 5 6 3 6

 

Charlotte T           2 2 0 2 4 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 6

 

Amelie                 0 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 6 6 5 5 6 6

 

Isong                   1 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 3 5 6 5

 

Alyssa                  2 3 3 5 5 3 5 5 5 4 2 4 5 5 3

 

Abby                    2 2 5 5 4 4 5 6 4 5 4 5 6 4 3

 

Caitlin                  2 2 5 5 3 5 5 6 5 6 5 5 3 5 3

 

Olympic Champion 

"It was not the 10 workouts I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the ones that they missed" 

 

We look forward to seeing the attendance improve into the the New Year.

 

The Regional Team

BAGCAT (25m) Championships (THE BIG ONE!)

Some fantastic swims down in Sunderland, you all stepped up and got stuck into your races challenging some of the best swimmers in the North East.  

Regional 1....

achieved 25 PB's out of 29 Swims, and 12 top 10 place finishes.

Top 10 Place Finishes (4)

Matthew (6th, 7th, 9th, 10th & 10th), Joanna (5th, 6th & 9th), Louis (9th & 9th), Ella P (8th), Chloe (10th)

Regional 2....
achieved 16 PB's out of 21 Swims, and 2 top 10 place finishes.

 

Top 10 Place Finishes (5)

Millie A (7th), Jacob B (10th)

Overall the swimming was excellent and I was very impressed.  You were all very professional and this showed in your outstanding results.  It was also great so see the swimmers who had only qualified for one event travelling all the way to Sunderland to compete, this shows a great level of commitment to your sport.

Results can be viewed by clicking the following link

British Gas ASANER Age Group Championships (25m) 2014

Keep up the hard work guys, lets keep moving forward.  Get chasing those times for next year!

'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 medalist. Los Angeles 1984) 

The Regional Team 

Arena League Time Change

National Arena League Round 3

Date:  Saturday 13th December

Venue:  JCCS

Arrive:  12:30

W/Up:  13:00

Start:  13:30

Unfortunately this event takes place on the same day as the Bradford Xmas Meet.  Please remember that team events take priority and therefore if you are due to race at Bradford on the Saturday afternoon you will be refunded in full by the club for any races you have entered during the Saturday pm session.

 

The Regional Team

Regional Age Group Xmas Party

Hi All,

Diane (Megan and Eve Bannon's mum) will be taking last payments for the Xmas party on Wednesday 10th and Friday 12th December.  
 
Regional 1 and 2's Christmas party is booked for Sunday 21st December.  The party will take place during our Sunday session time which will be 4pm untill 6pm at MFA Bowl (at the back of Merrion centre).  The cost is £5.00 per child.  This includes one game of bowling plus food.  
 
The food options are:
Pizza or Chicken Bites with Chips & Juice
 

If you would like to come to the party please bring your £5.00 along with your food order to Diane after training on Wednesday or Friday.

Please note that this is not an official City of Leeds outing and therefore coaches will not be responsible for swimmers whilst at MFA Bowl.  We do have a number of parents who have volunteered to help out, anymore would be greatly appreciated.  Please see Diane if you are available.

 

The Regional Team