Junior League Grand Final 2015

Team Leeds was in action at the Corby International Pool for the 7^th year in a row yesterday. The Coaches and Club are really pleased with the effort and performances of the day, improving on last year's sixth by 3 places.

 

1^{st -} City of Guildford = 320

2^{nd -} Stockport Metro = 291

3^{rd -} City of Leeds = 254

4^{th -} Southport = 198

5^{th -} Plymouth Leander = 183

6^{th -} Gateshead = 175

7^{th -} City of Norwich = 173

8^{th -} Northampton = 167

 

The coaching team definitively observed improvement in racing skills from all of the team. Tia Ward received Top Girl in the 12 years age group for her performances in the individual events where she put some World Class dolphin kick skills to devastatingly good use.

 

Support from the 'Frenzy' was excellent all day, but we would like to offer utmost gratitude to our representative officials, David Broome, Andrew Russell and Gerald Cowan; and our sincerest appreciation to Emma Ferriman for organising logistics, and finally our thanks and congratulations to Jo Yeomans for her very first outing as a Junior League Team Manager.

 

"A Team Above All. And Above All A TEAM."

Photos can be viewed by clicking the link below:

Junior League 2015

Official Photos from the Junior League Grand Final will be on the website in a few days;

Junior League Grand Final 2015 Photos

Junior League National Final (Sunday 29th November)

The gala will take place at:

Corby International Pool,

Parkland Gateway,

Corby,

Northampton,

NN17 1QB

 

All swimmers will need to arrive at John Charles no later than 7:30 am ready for the coach to depart at 7:45 am sharp. Unfortunately a new approach by the league means that they will be doing Team Photographs prior to the event, since we assume we are still not allowed in to the building until a certain time we strongly advise that children bring a warm/waterproof jacket with them.  Warm-up starts at 12:30 pm with the parade of teams at approximately 13:30 pm. We hope to be back at JCC for 7:30 pm.  All swimmers will be required to travel to and from the meet on the team coach. 

If your child has a team track suit they should travel to and from the event in it.  Each swimmer must wear their Junior League Final 2015 T Shirt for travel to the event, whilst the event is taking place and for all team photographs.  Please also ensure your child has another Leeds t-shirt to wear on the way home.  

 

Obviously this will be a long day, so the children will need enough food and drinks to last the day. They should not be given all of their food for the day straight away, as they tend to eat too much on the journey down to Corby. Swimmers will not be allowed to leave our teams marshalling area to collect drinks from parents etc during the meet. Therefore please ensure they are adequately supplied with nutritious snacks and enough hydration on arrival at the pool.  Can we also ask that the children are sent with a £1 coin for a locker as last year they were not allowed to bring bags onto pool side.

 

Swimmers please remember everything you have practiced.  This will be a tough competition, every millisecond counts in an event like this so remember shallow dives, kick hard, get up and race hard and don't slow down into finishes.  BE CAREFUL ON THE TAKEOVERS!!!! It is better to go late than early.  We need to grab every point we can, getting disqualified can cause the team to loose between 1 and 8 points (double for the cannon relay), this we don't want. 

 

Parents the louder you shout the faster the swimmers will go, nobody should have a voice left by the end of the competition.  We look forward to seeing you all dressed up in your hats, wigs, face paints etc.  Make as much noise as you can!  Drums, horns, flags, floating sharks, chants we want to see you go all out!  We do not just want the best swimmers on the day, we want the best supporters on the balcony too.  We are all part of the same team, please make sure you get behind every swimmer.

 

Hope you all have a fun and exciting day. 

 

Good Luck Everyone! 

 

The Regional Team

Sheffield City B Grade Smashed!

A fantastic day of racing down in Ponds Forge on Saturday by both Regional Squads.  The City of Leeds Swimming Club dominated the pool and came home with the Top Club Trophy.

Regional Development achieved 136 PB's out of 148 Swims, 8 Speeding Tickets, 4 Gold Medals, 14 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals and 54 more Yorkshire Qualifying times for 2016.

Speeding Tickets (7)

Isla (2), Thomas Sp (2), James H (1),  Freya J (1), Freya B (1), Kidiest (1), 

Gold Medallists (4)

Thomas Sp (1), James H (1), Freya B (1), Jolie (1)

Silver Medallists (8)

James H (3), Freya J (3), Rhys (2), Amelia (2), Thomas Sp (1), Isla (1), Freya B (1), Henry (1) 

Bronze Medallists (3)

Finlay (3), Jolie (1), Freya B (1)

Regional Performance achieved 44 PB's out of 70 Swims, 4 Speeding Tickets, 7 Gold Medals, 9 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals and 12 more Yorkshire Qualifying times for 2016. 

Speeding Tickets (3)

Lara (2), Alexandra (1), Sam (1)

Gold Medallists (5)

Charlie (2), Safwan (2), Joseph (1), Lara (1), Amelie (1)

Silver Medallists (7)

Amelie (2), Sam (2), Safwan (1), Joseph (1), Jasmine (1), Alfred (1), Josie (1)

Bronze Medallists (4)

Safwan (2), George (1), Jasmine (1), Edith (1)

Results from the meet can be viewed by clicking the link below

Sheffield City B Grade Meet 2015

Well done everyone, the coaching staff are very proud of you all 

The Regional Team

ASANER Age Group Championships

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

Regional Performance....

achieved 41 PB's out of 53 Swims, 2 Bronze Medals and 8 top 4th to 10th place finishes.

Bronze Medallists (2)

Louis (1), Millie T (1)

NER Top 10th Place Finishers (8)

Akal (4th, 5th, 7th, 9th & 10th), Emilio (4th & 9th), Harry (5th, 6th, 7th & 7th), Millie T (6th & 6th), Ben (7th, 8th & 9th), Louis (8th, 8th & 9th), Jacob (9th), Jack Se (10th & 10th)

Well done everyone, some great racing.  It was also great to 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

ASANER Age Group Championships (25m) 2015

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 

Easy Fundraising

The City of Leeds Swimming Club are always looking for new ways to raise funds to support our swimmers.  The Club is registered with Easy Fundraising.

Easyfundraising.org.uk helps charities, schools, sports clubs, community groups, and other good causes to raise money when their supporters shop on line. So far they have raised over £3 million for causes throughout the UK.

It works in a similar way to many other loyalty shopping sites, but instead of earning points when you shop, you raise a donation for City of Leeds Swimming Club instead. It's as simple as that!

I am sure with Christmas fast approaching most of us will be doing our shopping on line, so please register with easyfundraising, it really is a very simple way to boost funds for the club.

For information how to register click on the following link which is a letter from the supporters committee explaining how.

Help Your Club - Easy Fundraising

For any more additional information please see Lucie Black or Sally Clynes.

The Regional Team

Leeds Xmas Meet Rejections

Hi All,

As the Christmas meet is well over subscribed there are some rejections listed below.  

The entries for the City of Leeds New Year Meet are tonight so it may be a good idea to put these races on your entry forms.

Regional Development

Hugo Stonelake - 200m Free = £6.50

Robyn Anderson - 200m IM, 400m Free = £13.0

Thomas Knowles - 400m Free = £6.50

Henry Firth - 400m Free = £13.00

Kidiest Hodgson - 200m IM, 100m Fly, 100m Br, 200m Free = £26.00

James Hudson - 200m Free = £6.50

Jack Schofield - 200m IM, 100m Free = £13.00

Dominic Mathias - 100m Br = £6.50

Finlay Williams - 200m Free, 200m IM = £13.00

Charlotte Kenneth - 100m Fly = £6.50

Zak Stolarski - 100m Fly, 100m Br, 200m IM = £19.50

Alex Ryan - 200m Free = £6.50

Lily Cotton - 200m IM, 100m Free = £13.00

Rhys Riddiford - 100m Br, 200m IM = £13.00

Aimee Wellings - 400m Free, 200m Free = £13.00

Sebastien Cuming - 200m Fr, 200 IM, = £13.00

Niamh Carroll - 200m Br, 100m Fly, 100m Br, 200m Free = £26.00

Luke Russell - 100m Br, 100m Bk, 100m Fr = £19.50

Martha Everett - 200m IM, 200m Br

Charlotte Bryan - 200m Free = £6.50

Regional Performance

Emily Kite - 200m IM, 100m Free, 200m Back, 400m Free = £26.00

Josie Brown - 200m IM = £6.50

Alfred Stonelake - 200m Free, 200m IM, 400m Free = £19.50

Maxim Vakourov - 100m Bk, 100m Free = £13.00

Samuel Emmett - 200m Free = £6.50

Amelie Turner - 40m Free = £6.50

Elle Heaton - 200m IM, 200m Bk = £13.00

Emilio Paniagua-Gutierrez - 400m Free = £6.50

Akal Rehal - 400m IM = £6.50

Jack Milner - 200m Free = £6.50

William Enright - 200m Free, 200m IM, 100m Free = £19.50

Isong Udom - 100m Br, 10m Bk, 100m Free = £19.50

Edith Underwood - 100m Bk = £6.50

Lara Thompson - 200m Br = £6.50

Jacob Goodison - 200m Fr = £6.50

Abby Watts - 200m IM, 400m IM, 100m Bk = £19.50

Charlotte Turner - 200m Bk, 400m Free, 200m Free = £19.50

Mia Wheeler - 200m IM, 200m Br = £13.00

Leah Schlosshan - 200m Bk = £6.50

Charlie Broome - 100m Fly, 200m Free, 400m Free = £19.50

Jacob Braithwaite - 200m Free = £6.50

Millie Ainslie - 200m IM, 200m Bk, 200m Free = £19.50

Jasmine Comrie - 200m Bk, 400m Free, 200m Free = £19.50

The Regional Team

Christmas Training

Hi All,
 
Please note the following training schedule for the Christmas Period is as follows:
 
Regional Development
Thursday 24th December - No Training
Friday 25th December - No Training
Saturday 26th December - No Training
Monday 28th December - No Training
Tuesday 29th - 07:00 - 08:30 (End Pool Closest to Pit)
Wednesday 30th 07:00 - 08:30 (Pit)
Thursday 31st December - 07:00 - 08:30 (Pit)
Friday 1st January - No Training
Saturday 2nd January - No Training
Monday 4th January - Normal Training Resumes

 
Regional Performance
Thursday 24th December - No Training
Friday 25th December - No Training
Saturday 26th December - No Training
Monday 28th December - No Training
Tuesday 29th - 07:00 - 09:00 (Middle Section)
Wednesday 30th 07:00 - 09:00 (End Pool Closest to Pit)
Thursday 31st December - 07:00 - 08:30 (End Pool Closest to Pit)
Friday 1st January - No Training
Saturday 2nd January - No Training
Monday 4th January - Normal Training Resumes

The Regional Team

 

Regional Xmas Party Reminder

Hi All,
 

Please remember that tomorrow night Friday 20th November is the last night to get your money to Jo Yeomans if you would like to come to the Christmas Party.  If you are travelling to Sunderland on Friday night and have not paid but still want to come please leave your money plus your choice of food with Kevin or Craig tonight and they will pass it on to Jo.

Regional's Christmas party is booked for Tuesday 15th December.  Due to all the competitions in December we are struggling to find time to fit in our Xmas party.  We have decided the best time would be on a Tuesday evening which will be 19:00 until 20:30 at MFA Bowl (at the back of the Merrion centre).  The cost is £6:50 per child.  This includes one game of bowling plus food and a drink.  
 
The food options are:
Pizza or Hot Dog with Chips & Juice
 

The Regional Team

 

City of Leeds New Year Meet (50m) 2015

Hi All,

Entries for this meet will be taken on Monday 17th November.

Swimmers are advised to not to swim any races that they have already achieved Yorkshire times in as they will be racing these 4 weeks later at the Yorkshire Championships.  

Swimmers should use this meet to concentrate on chasing Yorkshire and North Eastern qualifying times and to have a go at events they have not swum before.  Also use this as a chance to update 50m times for Yorkshire team selection.

Boys

A selection of

9 yrs = 50's & 200's

10 yrs = 50's, 100's & 200's

11 yrs = 50's, 100's & 200's  

12 yrs = 50's, 100's, 200's & 1500m (Thu am swimmers who were told to enter)

Girls

A selection of

9 yrs = 50's & 200's

10 yrs = 50's, 100's & 200's

11 yrs = 50's, 100's & 200's 

12 yrs = 50's, 100's, 200's & 800m (Thu am swimmers who were told to enter)

Yorkshire Qualifying times and January Meet entry forms can be printed using the links below.

Yorkshire Qualifying Times 2015

City of Leeds January Meet (50m) 2015 Info

City of Leeds January Meet (50m) 2015 Entry Form

Any swimmers trying an event for the first time can use the formulas in the link below to get an estimated entry time.

Standard Times Formula

The Regional Team

Kick League 2015-16

Hi All,

Below is a link to the 200m Kick League.  This includes National Age Group, Regional Performance, Regional Development, Regional Fast Track & the County Squads.

Kick League 2015-16

The next chance you have to improve your time will be Monday 7th December.

The Regional Team

Training Changes

Hi All,

Due to both Squads competing next weekend at the NER's in Sunderland or the Sheffield B Grade at Ponds Forge there will be the following changes to training......

Regional Development
Friday 20th November - 18:30 - 19:30 (Earlier Time & No Land Training)
Saturday 21st November - No Training (Sheffield B Grade)
Monday 23rd November - No Morning Training (Recovery)

Regional Performance
Friday 20th November - 18:30 - 19:30 (Earlier Time & Just 1 Hour)
Saturday 21st November - No Training (NER's or Sheffield B Grade)
Monday 23rd November - No Morning Training (Recovery)


City of Sheffield B Grade Meet (Ponds Forge)
Info Pack
Am Sessions
Arrive:  07:30 
Warm Up:  08:00
Start:  09:00

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


North Eastern Counties (Sunderland Aquatics Centre)
Info Pack & Draft Programme
Directions

Age Group Pool
Am Sessions
Arrive:  08:00 
Warm Up:  08:30
Start:  09:30

Pm Sessions
Arrive:  13:00
Warm Up:  13:30
Start:  14:30

Junior/ Senior Pool
Am Sessions
Arrive:  07:30 
Warm Up:  08:00
Start:  09:00

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

Good Luck to everyone competing 

The Regional Team

City of Leeds Xmas Meet Entries

Hi All,
 
Please remember entries for the City of Leeds Xmas Meet will be taken on Monday 16th November. 
 
This will be the second meet in December that the Regional Squads will be attending.  Therefore plan your events wisely.  Do not repeat the same events you are racing at Bradford the weekend before. 
 
If you have already qualified  for the Yorkshire's or NER's in an event focus on obtaining times in other events.  I would strongly advise entering the 200m Individual Medley and also update your 50m Freestyle and your best 50m time for selection in the Yorkshire teams in February.
 
Info & Entry Pack
Entry Form
 
The Regional Team

Regional Xmas Party

Hi All,
 

Please remember there are only 2 more Fridays to get your money to Jo Yeomans if you would like to come to the Christmas Party.

Regional's Christmas party is booked for Tuesday 15th December.  Due to all the competitions in December we are struggling to find time to fit in our Xmas party.  We have decided the best time would be on a Tuesday evening which will be 19:00 until 20:30 at MFA Bowl (at the back of the Merrion centre).  The cost is £6:50 per child.  This includes one game of bowling plus food and a drink.  
 
The food options are:
Pizza or Hot Dog with Chips & Juice
 

If you would like to come to the party please bring your £6:50 along with your food order to Jo Yeomans who will be taking money on the following 3 Fridays 13th & 20th November) (cash only).  Final numbers and payment needs to be in by the Friday 20th November if you wish to attend.   

The Regional Team

 

Competitive Start Award - City of Bradford Meet

Hi All,

 

With regards to the City of Bradford Meet in December, you may/may not be aware that Shipley Pool is a double shallow end pool, meaning kids will be required to start from blocks in to 1.2m depth pool!

 

Children are only allowed to do this on completion of the ASA Competitive Start Award which some of you may remember we use to run as bit of a holiday session for them to complete the necessary requirements to show they had the capabilities. However, we haven't run a course for a couple of years now and I assume most/all those eligible to compete in the Bradford meet will not hold the ASA Competitive Start Award!

 

Swimmers will need to be assessed by their coach and need to be signed off as competent to complete the dive start.  Regional Squads will be completing this test on the following Mondays in the end 25x25m pool with the floor depth at 1.3m.  Failure to attend and pass this award will mean swimmers are not safe to start from blocks into 1.2m and will have to start races in the water at this meet.

 

Regional Development - Monday 16th November

Regional Performance - Monday 23rd November

 

The Regional Team

Junior League Final Tickets

Junior League Grand Final tickets are available from Emma Ferriman.

There are 45 tickets allocated for the Junior League Grand Final by the League. Each swimmer is entitled to one supporters ticket. Any parent wishing to go into a draw for a second ticket may do so.

Tickets are £20. This is inclusive of Coach travel and is non-negotiable. If you don't wish to take up your ticket please let Emma know and it will go into the draw. Please do not give your ticket to another parent.

To accept your entitled ticket; or accept your entitled ticket and request an additional ticket from the draw, you must contact Emma Ferriman no later than 9:00pm Friday 20^th November. Please note you will not be able to request an additional ticket after this time. The draw for additional tickets will take place on Monday 23^rd November.

Parking in Corby at the pool is very limited so the coach is probably the best option. Finally the children will be travelling to and from the event on the team coach so will need dropping and collecting from John Charles, so parents are better off travelling on the supporters coach.

Emma Ferriman contact details: 07812353820/emmaferriman@doctors.org.uk

Please note also that all selected swimmers are expected to travel to and from the event as a team.

Parent please make every effort to wear team colours if you are coming to support our swimmers.

 

Thanks 

The Regional Team

Junior League Grand Final

Hi All,

Below is the list of swimmers from the Regional Squads selected for the Junior League Grand Final due to take place on Sunday 29th November at Corby International Pool.

Date:  Sunday 29th November

Venue:  Corby International Pool, East Midlands

Arrive JCCS: 07:45

Depart JCCS:  08:00

Warm-up starts at 12:30 pm with the parade of teams at approximately 13:30 pm. We hope to be back at JCC for 19:30 pm.  All swimmers will be required to travel to and from the meet on the team coach. 

Please can the following swimmers confirm their availability to Craig (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) by Monday 9th November.

Regional Development

Henry F

Thomas K

Alex R

Thomas S

Freya B

Martha E

Anna F

Sasha L

Isla W

Regional Performance
Jacob G

Akal R

Safwan S

Louis A

Harry M

Emilio PG

Ben S

Isabel B

Millie T

Sam E

Alex H

Leah S

Lara T

Thanks

The Regional Team

200m Max Kick Test & 15m Underwater Fly Kick Test Results

Hi All,

Here are the results from this months kick test.  PB's are highlighted in green.  The next kick test will be held on Monday 7th December.  

All times from the start of the season can be viewed using the link below.

Regional Kick Tests

Well Done!!

  

The Regional Team

 

Regional Dev	200m FS Kick
Thomas Sp	03:39.59
Isla	03:43.73
Finlay	03:46.94
Charlotte B	03:49.09
Sasha	03:50.34
Thomas K	03:50.76
Henry	04:02.88
Kidiest	04:06.98
Robyn	04:09.98
Freya J	04:10.60
Amelia K	04:11.70
Niamh	04:14.78
Jolie	04:18.81
Anna	04:18.81
Kasja	04:23.77
Devon	04:26.01
Rhys	04:26.01
Joshua	04:26.84
Aimee	04:28.06
Jack Sc	04:29.34
James	04:33.34
Lilly	04:38.30
Alex	04:45.61
Hugo	04:46.19
Harrison	04:46.36
Dominic	04:47.69
Charlotte K	04:49.22
Zak S	05:02.79
Sebastien	05:09.23
Luke	05:27.12
Freya B	Absent
Lucy S	Absent
Martha	Absent
Regional Dev	15m U/W
Kiddiest Amelia	9.07 9.5
Niamh	9.66
Jolie	9.73
Isla	9.89
Charlotte B	9.95
Thomas Sp	10.02
Rhys	10.09
Kasja	10.15
Finlay	10.22
Lilly	10.81
Devon	11.02
Henry	11.03
Thomas K	11.2
Zak S	11.37
Robyn	11.53
Anna	11.67
Freya J Dominic	11.68 11.70
Jack Sc	11.71
Joshua	11.83
Aimee	11.84
Sasha	11.88
Harrison	12.06
James	12.09
Charlotte K	12.19
Sebastien	12.56
Hugo	12.77
Luke	13.25
Alex	14.25
Freya B	Absent
Lucy	Absent
Martha	Absent
Regional Per	200m FS Kick
Maxim	03:16.50
Joseph H	03:16.90
Akal	03:23.00
Ben S	03:23.60
Safwan	03:24.50
George	03:27.85
Louis	03:29.10
Caitlin	03:31.10
Isabel B	03:32.40
Libby	03:33.30
Millie Ai	03:38.70
Millie Ta	03:41.18
Amelie	03:42.61
Jasmine	03:43.90
Jacob B	03:46.30
Jack Se	03:48.80
Emilio	03:51.40
Freddie	03:51.40
Charlie	03:52.39
Jacob G	03:52.40
Lara	03:53.80
Abby	03:53.80
Elle	03:53.90
Harry	03:55.70
Jack Mi	03:56.20
Josie	03:56.70
Emily	03:57.50
Leah	03:57.60
Sam	03:59.70
Matthew W	03:59.90
William	04:11.30
Edie	04:12.20
Isong	04:13.00
Zak M	04:45.70
Mia	05:01.90
Alexandra	Absent
Millie Mc	Absent
Regional Per	15m U/W
Akal	7.92
Louis	8.03
Millie	8.18
Jacob B	8.31
Isabel B	8.43
Jasmine	8.43
Safwan	8.5
Libby	8.55
Lara	8.73
William	8.76
Caitlin	8.76
Joseph H	8.82
Maxim	8.9
Freddie	8.9
Harry	9.11
Charlie	9.15
Jack Mi	9.31
Ben S	9.5
George	9.57
Isong	9.67
Jack Se	9.84
Abby	9.96
Millie Ai	9.96
Matthew W	10.08
Emilio	10.09
Josie	10.18
Elle	10.22
Sam	10.28
Amelie	10.32
Jacob G	10.5
Emily	10.75
Zak M	10.93
Edie	11.06
Leah	11.34
Mia	18.96
Alexandra	Absent
Millie Mc	Absent