Regional Age Group - Notice Board: November 2016

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Training Changes

Hi All,

Unfortunately due to an underwater hockey pool booking in the main pool there will be no training for Regional Performance on Saturday 3rd December.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

The Regional Team

Yorkshire SA Championships & Yorkshire SA Sprints Championships Entries 2017

Hi All,

Entries for the Yorkshire Championships will be taken on Monday 5th December. Please note only additional entries that are achieved at the City of Leeds Xmas and New Year meet will be taken on Monday 9th 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.

We will start signing forms from tonight. Please remember we will not be able to sign forms on Monday evening as we will be coaching from 4.30pm on wards. Please try your best to get your forms to us before a Monday night.

Converted times from short course are allowed. Some of you may need to use the converter below to see if your short course times converted to long course are a Yorkshire Qualifying time.
Swimming Course Converter

Regional Developments PB's can be viewed below. Any times highlighted in green are events you have qualified for and should be entered. If you spot any mistakes please email Kevin and he will correct them.

Regional Development PB's

Entry forms and information can be downloaded and printed using the links below (Ages 31st December 2017):

Yorkshire SA Championships (50m) 2016 Schedule

Yorkshire SA Championships (50m) 2016 Qualifying Times

Yorkshire SA Championships (50m) 2016 Entry Form

Thanks

The Regional Team

Junior League Grand Final 2016

Team Leeds was in action at the Corby International Pool for the 8^th year in a row last Sunday. The Coaches and Club are really pleased with the effort and performances of the day, improving on last year's 3rd place finish and closing the gap on Guildford (66 points ahead in 2015, 21 points ahead in 2016). There were 49 races and Leeds managed to bag 8 1st place finishes and 30 top 3 place finishes. We are on our way back up to the top

1^{st -}City of Guildford = 303

2^{nd -}City of Leeds = 282

3^{rd -}Plymouth Leander = 251

4^{th - Stockport Metro = 221}

5^{th - Gateshead & Wickham = 192}

6^{th - City of Norwich = 187}

7^{th - City of Derby = 176}

8^{th - Northampton = 145}

The coaching team definitively observed improvement in racing skills from all of the team. Lara Thomson received Top Girl in the 11 years age group for her performances in the individual events and we achieved a meet record in the Boys 9 years Medley Relay (Harry Senior, Joseph Levison, Thomas Milner & Kourosh Khodakhah).

Support from the balcony was excellent all day, you all looked great in your team colours. We would like thank Andrew Russell for helping judge on the day and we would like to show our appreciation to Jo Yeomans for her excellent team managing skills.

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

Photos can be viewed by clicking the link below:

Junior League 2016

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below:

Junior League 2016

City of Leeds Junior League History

2016 - 2nd = 282

2015 - 3rd = 254

2014 - 6th = 192

2013 - 1st = 301

2012 - 1st = 321

2011 - 1st = 321

2010 - 1st = 322

The Regional Team

Snow Frills Meet Smasssshed!

A fantastic weekend of racing down in Ponds Forge on by both Regional Squads. It was great to see some of the younger swimmers trying new races for the first time and achieve Yorkshire times. Keep up the hard work.

Regional Development achieved 113 PB's out of 121 Swims, 3 Gold Medals, 1 Silver Medal, 6 Bronze Medals, 33 4th - 10th place finishes and 22 more Yorkshire qualifying times.

Gold Medallists (1)

Martha (2), Theodore (1)

Silver Medallists (1)

Martha (1)

Bronze Medallists (4)

Megan (2), Lucy (2), Isaac (1), Martha (1),

4th - 10th Finishers

Lucy (4th), Jad (4th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 8th & 8th), Isaac (5th, 5th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 8th & 9th), Jamie (5th, 6th, 7th, 7th, 7th, 9th, 9th, 9th & 10th), Megan (5th & 6th), Holly (5th, 9th & 10th), Theodore (6th & 7th), Koby (7th), Martha (7th & 9th), Olivia He (8th)

Regional Performance achieved 71 PB's out of 104 Swims, 3 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal, 35 4th - 10th place finishes and 14 more Yorkshire qualifying times.

Silver Medallists (2)

Lauren (2), Jacob Gds (1),

Bronze Medallists (1)

Henry (1)

4th - 10th Finishers (13)

Kasja (5th), Lauren (5th, 6th, 6th & 7th), Jacob Gds (5th, 9th & 8th), Henry (6th), George S (6th, 8th, 8th & 10th), Rhys (7th, 8th, 8th, 9th, 10th & 10th), Finlay (7th, 8th & 8th), Amelia K (7th & 9th), Edith (7th & 0th), Joshua B (7th & 10th), Charlie (8th), Chloe (8th, 9th, 9th & 9th), Dominic (9th & 9th)

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

Sheffield Snow Frills Meet 2016

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

With only 2 more opportunities (Xmas & New Year Meets) to achieve qualifying times before the Yorkshire's please try to attend every session to give yourself the best possible chance of getting those times.

The Regional Team

Arena League Win!

Well done to the City of Leeds swimmers who took part in Round 2 of the Arena League bringing back the Gold.

1st - City of Leeds = 264

2nd - City of Sheffield A = 250

3rd - Borough of Kirklees = 187

4th - York City Baths = 132

5th - Doncaster Dartes = 122

6th - City of Sheffield B = 94

Good Luck in the final held at John Charles on Saturday 10th December.

The Regional Team

Christmas Cracker Rejections

Hi All,

Unfortunately due to the large amount of entries the following swimmers were rejected from the Christmas Cracker meet and will need to collect refunds form the Denison Suite on a Monday evening.

Regional Development

George K - 50 BK = 6.50

Holly M - 100 BK, 200 BR, 50 Fly & 50 FS = 26.00

Jacob GW - 200 IM & 100 FS = 13.00

Isaac - 50 Fly & 50 FS = 13.00

Megan B - 50 Fly, 50 BK, 50 BR & 50 FS = 26.00

Jad - 50 FS & 50 BK

Grace CR - 50 BR, 50 Fly & 50 FS = 19.50

Jamie B - 50 Fly = 6.50

Olivia He - 50 BR, 50 Fly & 50 FS = 19.50

Neve P - 50 BK & 50 FS = 13.00

Lucy A - 50 BK, 50 Fly & 50 FS = 19.50

Amelia - 50 BK = 6.50

Regional Performance

James R - 50 Fly, 50 FS, 200 IM, 50 BR & 50 BK = 32.50

Rebecca D - 50 Fly = 6.50

Dominic M - 50 Fly & 50 BK = 13.00

Lauren S - 50 Fly & 50 FS = 13.00

Finlay W - 50 FS = 6.50

Jacob B - 50 Fly = 6.50

Sophia K - 50 Fly = 6.50

Iona L - 50 BK, 100 BK & 200 BR = 19.50

Charlie B - 200 IM = 6.50

Joshua Su - 50 Fly & 50 BR = 13.00

Rhys R - 50 Fly = 6.50

Charlotte B - 50 BR & 50 FS = 13.00

Olivia Hi - 200 BR = 6.50

Henry F - 50 Fly & 50 FS = 13.00

Charlotte C - 50 Fly = 6.50

Philippa - 50 BK = 6.50

Aimee W - 50 BR, 50 BK & 50 Fly = 19.50

Jacob Go - 50 BR = 6.50

Jessica W - 100 BK & 50 Fly = 13.00

Jack Mi - 50 Fly & 100 FS = 13.00

James Hu - 50 Fly, 50 FS, 200 IM, & 50 BK = 26.00

Rejections list can be viewed by clicking the link below

City of Leeds Christmas Cracker Rejections

The Regional Team

Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Christmas Cracker Meet

Hi All,

"Unfortunately due to the amount of unforeseen entries in the Christmas cracker, we have had to reject everyone from 50m events (except those where caps & squad standards will be affected). In addition, Regional Development, Performance and Junior Performance have been rejected from events in Session 4 when they have already obtained the Yorkshire time. All those who do not have a Yorkshire time in those events have been left in. This will hopefully allow the competition to run smoother. A time to collect rejections will be announced soon.

Once again we apologise for the inconvenience."

The Regional Team

Arena League Final

Hi all,

Please find below the Team Roster for the North-East Final of the ARENA League due to be held at John Charles on Saturday 10^th December 2016. Please note that this is an afternoon event.

Could you please confirm your child’s attendance by replying to Craig Robinson (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk)

Regional Performance

Sam E

Thomas Sp

Zak S

Joshua S

Elliott W

Charlotte C

Rebecca D

Kind regards,

The Regional Team

Morning Training

Hi All,

As a reminder to all parents, morning training is a requirement of all swimmers in Regional Development therefore can the following be adhered to:

Age 10&Under – should attend Monday mornings

Age 11&Over – should attend Thursday mornings

It is possible should either day be missed then you can make up on the other day

Many thanks

The Regional Team

Saturday, 26 November 2016

Junior League National Final (Sunday 27th 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 8:15 am ready for the coach to depart at 8:30 am sharp. We will not be allowed in to the building until 12:15 so we strongly advise that children bring a warm/waterproof jacket with them as we could be eating on arrival outside. 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 2016 whilst the event is taking place and for all team photographs. Junior League Final 2016 T Shirts will be handed out on Sunday. 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 8 points, this we don't want.

Parents please wear team colours!!! Remember 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

Wednesday, 23 November 2016

'Snow Frills' Meet 2016

Hi All,

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

Draft Programme

Meet Information 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

Good Luck to everyone competing, get chasing those long course Yorkshire times!

Swimmers in Regional Development are to report to Kevin on Saturday and Kim on Sunday.

Please note the 50m Backstroke event for both genders has been moved to the Sunday afternoon session. If you are unable to do this, please email leedsentries@gmail.com before Thursday 24th to receive a refund.

"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

"If you want to win.....throw your excuses in the bin!"

SMASH IT!!!

The Regional Team

Training Changes

Hi All,

Please note the the following training changes due to competitions this weekend.

Regional Development & Regional Performance

Friday 25th November - 19:00 - 20:00

Saturday 26th November - No Training (Group competing at Snow Frills)

Monday 28th November - No Am Training (Recovery)

The Regional Team

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

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

Regional Xmas Party

Hi All,

For those swimmers attending the Regional Xmas Party at Oxygen Free Trampoline Park on 20^th December, parents are required to complete the participation consent form below and pass back to Kim Mathias before Monday 12^th December.

Oxygen Freejumping Participant Consent Form

Many thanks

The Regional Team

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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).

"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."