Regional Age Group - Notice Board

Monday, 7 November 2016

Smashed the Spenborough Bonfire Bash

There were fireworks at the Bonfire Bash as the Regional Squads set the pool alight bringing home 2 trophies for Top Club and winning the 400m freestyle mixed cannon relay.

8 x 25m Mixed Cannon Relay

1st - City of Leeds A Team

(Kasja Rickleton, George Knowles, Iona Logan, Rhys Riddiford, JasmineComrie, Luke Metcalf, Sophia Lubecki & Joe Stott)

Regional Development achieved 113 PB's out of 138 Swims, 50 Speeding Tickets, 25 Gold Medals, 14 Silver Medals, 10 Bronze Medals and 10 more Yorkshire times.

Speeding Ticket Winners (26)

Solomon (1st, 1st & 3rd), Jad (1st, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th), Kourosh (1st & 2nd), George K (1st & 3rd), Joseph (1st), Isaac (2nd, 2nd & 2nd), Martha (2nd & 3rd), Maeve (2nd & 9th), Jacob Gw (2nd), Kieran B (3rd & 3rd), Theodore (3rd, 6th & 7th), Christina (3rd & 8th), Grace CR (3rd & 13th), Lucy (3rd), Olivia He (4th, 5th & 11th), Megan (4th & 6th), Jamie (4th), Thomas Mi (4th), Holly (4th), Rhea (5th, 6th & 7th), Amelia W (6th), Perry (6th), Erin (6th & 12th), Neve (9th), Koby (10th & 10th), Macy (13th)

Gold Medallists (21)

A Grade (8)

Solomon (2), Kieran B (1), Joseph (1), Holly (1), Jacob GW (1), Megan (1), Martha (1), Ashton (1)

B Grade (13)

Erin (2), Eve (1), Kieran R (1), Jamie (1), Christina (1), Amelia W (1), Thomas Mi (1), Koby (1), Olivia He (1), Perry (1), George K (1), Megan (1), Theodore (1)

C Grade (1)

Amy (2)

Silver Medallists (12)

A Grade (3)

Martha (2), Joseph (1), Kourosh (1)

B Grade (7)

Kieran B (1), Jamie (1), Christina (1), Ashton (1), Koby (1), Lucy (1), Joseph (1)

C Grade (3)

Amy (1), Jamie (1), Maeve (1)

Bronze Medallists (10)

A Grade (2)

Jamie (1), Jacob Gw (1)

B Grade (6)

Kieran R (1), Erin (1), Macy (1), Ashton (1), Olivia He (1), Neve (1)

C Grade (2)

Macy (1), Grace Cr (1)

Regional Performance achieved 56 PB's out of 75 Swims, 32 Speeding Tickets, 6 Gold Medals, 5 Silver Medals, 9 Bronze Medals, and 5 more Yorkshire times.

Speeding Ticket Winners (15)

Anna (1st, 1st, 1st & 1st), Rhys (1st & 1st), Amelia K (1st, 1st & 2nd), Iona (1st & 2nd), Chloe (1st, 1st, 3rd, 3rd & 4th), Sophia (2nd, 2nd & 4th), Mischa (2nd), Kasja (2nd & 10th), Nell (3rd, 5th & 5th), Lily (3rd & 6th), Jacob B (5th), Lauren (5th), Philippa (6th), Edith (7th), Olivia Hi (7th)

Gold Medallists (4)

A Grade (2)

Iona (3), Olivia Hi (1),

B Grade (2)

Edith (1), Rhys (1),

Silver Medallists (3)

A Grade (2)

Jessica (2), Anna (1),

B Grade (2)

Jessica (1), Rhys (1)

Bronze Medallists (8)

A Grade (6)

Sophia (2), Amelia K (1), Philippa (1), Lauren (1), Rhys (1), Mischa (1)

B Grade (1)

Lily (1)

C Grade (1)

Charlotte (1)

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below

Spenborough Bonfire Bash (25m) 2016 Results

Fantastic Keep Up The Hard Work!

The Regional Team

Sunday, 6 November 2016

Chester-le-street Junior Meet

Well done to Regional Performance who competed at Chester-le-street last weekend achieving 91 PB's out of 138 Swims, 15 Gold Medals, 7 Silver Medals, 7 Bronze Medals, 24 Final Swims, 23 more Yorkshire Times and 5 more NER's!

Gold Medallists (6)

Anna A (7), Elliott (3), Rebecca (2), Iona (1), Mischa (1), Joshua Su (1)

Silver Medallists (5)

Elliott (2), Charlie (2), Sophia (1), Mischa (1), Joshua Su (1),

Bronze Medallists (5)

Henry (2), Joshua Su (2), Sophia (1), Rhys (1), Lauren (1)

Finalists (12)

Anna A (1st, 1st & 1st), Mischa (1st & 2nd), Iona (1st & 4th), Elliott (1st), Rebecca (1st), Sophia (2nd, 3rd, 4th & 6th), Charlie (2nd & 5th), Joshua Su (3rd), Rhys (4th, 4th & 6th), Jacob B (4th, 5th & 6th), Henry (5th), Lauren (6th)

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below

Chestr-le-street Junior Open Meet Results

A Great Effort

The Regional Team

Junior League Grand Final

Congratulations,

Your child has been selected to swim for the City of Leeds at the Inter-Junior League Grand Final in Corby on Sunday 27^th November. Please find the team roster below.

This meet is to take priority over the Sheffield Snow Frills Meet. If you are down to swim at the Sheffield Snow Frills Meet a full refund will be given by the Club.

Please could you confirm your child’s availability for this event to Craig Robinson (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) no later than Friday 11^th November at 5:00pm.

Jo Yeomans will be our lead Team Manager and will be coordinating logistics and tickets in due course.

Of course more information will follow in the days to come but for now well done to those swimmers on their selection.

Regional Development

Kourosh K

Joseph L

Perry L

Thomas Mi

Harry Se

Kieran B

Ashton D

Jacob G

Solomon H

Kieran R

Regional Performance

Anna A

Mischa C

Sophia K

Nell Williams

Olivia Hi

Iona L

Jessica W

Charlotte C

Rebecca D

Sam E

Thomas Sp

Zak S

Joshua Su

Elliott W

The Regional Team

Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Arrival Times (NER's & Bonfire Bash)

Hi All,

Below are the arrival times fr this weekends competitions.

ASANER Short Course Championships, (Sunderland)

Arrival Times (Age Group Pool)

Am Sessions

Arrive: 08.00

Warm Up: 08.30

Start: 09.30

Pm Sessions (Age Group Pool)

Arrive: 13.00
Warm Up: 13:30
Start: 14:30

ASA NER Bagcat Championships (25m) Draft Entry List

Spenborough Bonfire Bash (JCCS)

Am Session

Arrive: 07.30

Warm Up: 08.00

Start: 09.00

Pm Session

Arrive: 12.30

Warm Up: 13.00

Start: 14.00

Bonfire Bash Draft Programme (25m)

Get out fast on the first length, hold the second length, work the 3rd length, switch the legs on as fast as you can on the last length. Try and aim to put a little bit more effort in on each length and don't slow down into the turns. Remember it is natural to be nervous, If you do get nervous just think what everybody else on the on the blocks must be feeling. Go in pool and enjoy your race.

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's to a result you will be happy with!

This is the BIG ONE!!!

Good Luck to everyone competing

The Regional Team

Training Changes

Hi All,

Please note the following changes to training this weekend due to the squad competing at the ASA NER Short Course Championships or the Spenborough Bonfire Bash..

Regional Development

Monday 7th November - No AM Training (Recovery)

Regional Performance

Friday 4th November - 17:30 - 19:00 (NER Swimmers 17:30 - 18:30)

Saturday 5th November - Normal Training for none NER swimmers

Monday 7th November - No AM Training (Recovery)

The Regional Team

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Arena League - Round 2

Hi All,

Below is the list of swimmers from the Regional Squads selected for the National Arena League Round 2 due to take place on Saturday 12^th November at JCCS Aquatics Centre.

Arrive: 08:30

Warm Up: 09:00

Start: 09:30

Please can you confirm your ability to Craig Robinson (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) ASAP.

Regional Performance

Sam E

Thomas Sp

Zak S

Joshua S

Elliott W

Charlotte C

Rebecca D

City Of Leeds National Arena Swimming League Selection Policy can be found on the website: www.swimleeds.org.uk

The Regional Team

City of Leeds Xmas Meet Entries

Hi All,

Please remember entries for the City of Leeds Xmas Meet (17th & 18th December) will be taken on Monday 7th November.

Try and plan your events wisely so you are not repeating the same events 3 weeks later at the New Year Meet.

If you have already qualified for the Yorkshire's or NER's in an event then we strongly advise focusing on obtaining times in other events. You will get chance to swim your best events at the Yorkshire Championships in February. 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.

Please note: Any swimmers that achieve a Yorkshire qualifying time at the January Meet

There will be an extra Yorkshires entry date on Monday 9th January (this will be for additional times only achieved at the January Meet).

Regional Development

Below is a link to your PB's. Focus on racing the events you are closest to Yorkshire times in at the December Meet. All swimmers should enter the 200m IM. If you have never swum an event before try and fill as many blank boxes by the end of the January New Year Meet. Try and plan so you have no more than 2 events per session unless you are swimming a 50 in which case 3 events per session maximum. Thursday Am swimmers and the ones who I have spoken to please enter the 400m Freestyle.

400m Time Trial Results (Oct 2016)

Lucy - 6:48.17

Kieran B - 7:43.17

Jamie - 7:50.64

Ashton - 7:39.32

Jacob Gwn - 6:59.53

Solomon - 6:55.35

Jad - 7:01.82

Regional Development PB's

Here is a link to work out times for events you have never swum before

Standard times formula

Info & Entry Pack
Entry Form

The Regional Team

Snow Frills Rejections

City of Sheffield Swim Squad Rejections - The below swimmers have been rejected and will be eligible for a refund. Refunds will be available from The Denison Room from Monday 31st Ocober 2016.

Regional Development

Kieran B (8) - 50m & 200m FS/ 50m & 200m BK/ 50m & 200m BR/ 50m BF/ 200IM

Ashton (9) - 100m & 200m FS/ 50m & 200m BK/ 50, 100m & 200m BR/ 100m BF/ 200IM

Jacob Gwn (8) - 50m, 100m & 200m FS/ 200m BK/ 100m & 200m BR/ 50m BF/ 200m IM

Solomon (6) - 200m FS/ 100m & 200m BK/ 100m & 200m BF/ 200IM

Kourosh (8) - 50m & 200m FS/ 50m, 100m & 200m BK/ 50m & 100m BR/ 50m BF

Thomas Mi (5) - 50m, 100m & 200m FS/ 50m BK/ 100m BR

Joseph (6) - 100m FS/ 50m BK/ 50m BR, 100m BR & 200m BR/ 50m BF

Harry (6) - 50m, 100m & 200m FS/ 100m BK/ 100m BR/ 200 IM

Kieran R (5) - 50m, 100m & 200m FS/ 50m BK/ 100m BR

Regional Performance

Thomas Sp (4) - 200m FS/ 200m BK/ 200m BR/ 200m BF

Elliott (8) - (50m, 100m & 200m FS/ 50m & 100m BK/ 100m & 200m BR/ 50m BF

Zak (9) - 50m FS, 100m & 200m FS/ 50m & 100m BK/ 50m & 100m BR/ 50m BF/ 200 IM

Charlotte C (10) - 50m, 100m & 200m FS/ 100m BK/ 50m, 100m & 200m BR/ 50m & 100m BF/ 200IM

Olivia Hid (8) - 100m & 200m FS/ 100m BK/ 50m, 100m & 200m BR/ 100m BF/ 200 IM

Iona (8) - 100m & 200m FS/ 100m BK & 200m BK/ 50m, 100m & 200m BR/ 200 IM

Jessica (9) - 50m FS/ 50m & 100m BK/ 50m & 200m BR/ 50m, 100m & 200m BF/ 200 IM

Nell (7) - 100m & 200m FS/ 50m, 100m & 200m BK/ 100m BR/ 50m BF

Anna (10) - 50m, 100m & 200m FS/ 100m & 200m BK/ 50m, 100m & 200m BR/ 50m BF/ 200 IM

Mischa (5) - 100m FS/ 100m BK/ 100m & 200m BR/ 200 IM

Rebecca (7) - 50m, 100m & 200m FS/ 200m BK/ 50m BR/ 50m & 100m BF

Sophia (7) - 50m & 100m FS/ 100m & 200m BK/ 50m BR/ 100m BF/ 200 IM

The Regional Team

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."