Wales

Just to confirm Girls who are 10 can go to Wales if they have the 11 year old qualifying times.  The times on the blog are not the correct qualifying times.  I have put the qualifying times for Wales on the City of Leeds notice board at John Charles.

 
Kevin

NER Age group Championships 2/3 & 9/10 June

Entries for this will be taken on Monday 30th April 2012.  Swimmers should enter all events they have qualified for.  I will sign forms after training on Friday, Sunday and Monday morning.  I am unable to sign forms on Monday pm as I will be coaching from 4.30pm onwards.
 
Anyone who competed at harrogate can check to see if they achived an NER by using the converter:
http://www.swimcalc.com/cgi-bin/convert.cgi/default
 
NER Times:
http://www.asaner.org.uk/rgordon/2012results/information/2012BAGCATYTHQT.pdf
 
Entry Form:
http://www.swimleeds.org.uk/meets/ner-age-group-lc-championships-2012-leeds-entry-form.pdf

 

 

Kevin

Sports Aid Raffle

If anybody has a prize that they would like to donate to the raffle at the Sports Aid meet it would be very much appreciated.  Any prizes can be given to Lucie Black (Layla's mum).

National 'Arena' League Final 2012

Some outstanding performances from City of Leeds at the 43rd Annual National Arena League Final.  The Blue and Yellow's improved on last years performance by 14 points.

 

8 First place finishes, 9 Second place spots and 5 Thirds helped see our points to 331, just 7 off 3rd place and 13 points off 2nd.

 

Congratulations goes to Harry Devlin who was awarded most improved Boy in the 11 & under Age group.

 

Final Results

1st Plymouth Leander - 392

2nd Hatfield - 344

3rd Co Sheffield - 338

4th CO LEEDS - 331

5th Guildford Ct - 286

6th Millfield - 252

7th Co Salford - 236

8th Co Derby - 212

8th Co Liverpool - 212

10th Co Peterboro - 143

 

100m Timetrials

The City of Leeds is going to put on a time trial in the near future to allow anyone who has not had got 100m times to qualify for the Winter Yorkshires a chance to get their times.

 

This applies only to girls who are going to be 10 and any boys who will be 11 by the 8th of October 2012 and are not in the North Eastern Counties.

 

If you fit into this category, please can you email me your Name and the 100m events you would like to do ASAP (this includes the 100m IM).

 

Thanks

 

Kevin

WOW!!!

A fantastic week at Harrogate team!.  I think this meet must be the closest C Central has come to achieving 100% PB's in one Gala.  

The group managed to deliver 63 PB's out of 64 Swims, 22 more NER times, 12 Speeding Tickets, 15 Gold's, 9 Silvers and 7 Bronze Medals.  A phenomenal effort from everyone.

I thought there was a really big improvement on turn speed and distance under the water off the walls, keep this up during training.   Everyone was in great shape and this was shown especially in the 200m races, you were all managing to to keep your speed up in the back two 50's and not dying off.  Great racing everyone, I was really impressed.

Speeding Tickets (10)

Matthew (1), Helena (1), Leah (1), Viktoria (1), Billy (1), Liam (1), Ciara (2), Ben (2), Stephen (1), Euan (1), 

Gold Medalists (12)

Matthew (1), Helena (1), Abigail J (2), Rebecca (1), Viktoria (1), Zoe (1), Thomas (1), Harry (1), Brannan (1), Kit (2), Oliver (1), Hannah (2) 

Silver Medalists (8)

Viktoria (1), Zoe (1), Abbie (2), Billy (1), Harry (1), Brannan (1), Ciara (1), Stephen (1)

Bronze Medalists (7)

Abigail J (1), Thomas (1), John (1), Brannan (1), Stephen (1), Hannah (1), Megan (1)

Well Done Everyone!!!!

C Central mascot Jean would like to pass on her congratulations to you all.  Jean got very excited as she stood waving her programme during a number of races over the weekend.  She said she had a fantastic weekend watching you all and she is very proud.  She will be keeping a watchful eye on you all in the lead up to the North Eastern Counties.

A number of items were collected by the coaches at the end of the meet.  Anyone who left anything behind at Harrogate such as club kit, bottles etc can collect it from the Denison suite on Monday night.

Also a big thank you to all the team managers who volunteered to help out over the weekend.  You did an excellent job. 

'Racing teaches us to challenge ourselves.  It teaches us to push beyond where we thought we could go.  It helps us to find out what we are made of.  This is what we do.  This is what it's all about.' (PattiSue Plumer.  American Athlete.  Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992).

Kevin

Harrogate

Saturday

Session 1

Arrive:  12:00

Warm Up:  12:30

Start:  13:30

Session 2

Arrive:  16:45

Warm Up:  17:15

Start:  18:15

Sunday

Session 3

Arrive:  07:30

Warm Up:  08:00

Start:  09:00

Session 4

Arrive:  12:30

Warm Up:  13:00

Start:  14:00

Due to most of the group competing over the weekend there will be no training on Sunday night.

Good Luck Everyone! See you there 

National Arena League Final

Sunday 22nd April 2012

Arrive at JCC - 10:45am

Coach departs JCC - 11:00am

Estimated return 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Packed lunch will be required.

If you will be unable to arrive on time or a swimmer has succumbed to illness, please contact either: 

Team Manager (Diane Fisher) - 07919 562 620 or

Junior Age Group Coach (Craig Robinson) - 07891 276 867

Good Luck to everyone competing.  Be safe on the takeovers!

For those that are not competing, you maybe able to watch the final by clicking the following link: http://live.nationalswimmingleague.org.uk/SL12A/

Parents

Please wear your City of Leeds Swimming Club T - Shirts or City of Leeds colours for the meet to support the team.

Have fun 

Kevin

Welsh Summer Nationals

The City of Leeds Swimming Club is considering taking a group of competitors to the Welsh National Championships in Swansea again this year.  The dates are Saturday 21 - Thursday 26th July 2012. Travel down would be Thursday 19th July, returning after competition on Thursday 26th July 2012.  

The cost per swimmer will be subsided by the City of Leeds Club and the Supporters Comitee and total cost per child will be £210.00, to include 

7 nights accommodation at Swansea University

Lunch, dinner and breakfast each day

Coach transportation from JCC to Swansea and return as well as coach transfers to the pool on a daily basis

Chaperones and swim coaches

If you are interested in competing could you please sign the form on the City of Leeds notice board by Monday 28th May 2012.

If you intend to compete - the sum of £210.00 is to be received and made out to City of Leeds Swimming Club by 28th May 2012.

Any queries please are to be directed to Lizzie Coombes (Kit's Mum), Paul Cave or Rod Wardle.

New Swimmers

Just to let you all know we have 7 new swimmers from the Development squads joining our group from Monday night next week.  Make them feel welcome and introduce them to the C Central spirit.  They maybe a little nervous at first as moving up can be a scary experience.  

FW: Attendance

Hello Everyone.

Some of you wanted me to put the attendance on the blog from the start of the year so you can see if you are on target.

Below is a reminder for the minimum sessions required each week Dependant upon age.  The training week starts on a Sunday and finishes on the Friday.  If a swimmer is absent and misses a session during the week, they should try and attend an additional session the week after to keep their weekly average where it should be in the table below.

Age	8	9	10	11	12
Sessions	5	5	6	6/7	6/7

This means that when you are 10, you need to be doing at least one morning a week, but we still like to see the younger swimmers experiencing morning training from a young age. Attendance plays a big part in what the senior coaches look at for move ups, as it shows dedication and commitment to the sport.  This is why I cannot stress the importance of reporting absence before the session wherever possible, so we have a reason for the absence.  Our training is based upon the LTAD (long term athlete development), for swimming and therefore if swimmers attend the number of sessions in the table for their age it will give them the best possible chance of succession the future.  We do not want swimmers having to move out of our squad on the basis of attendance only, so please attempt your minimum number of sessions a week.  Please check below to see if you are hitting the expected standards for the squad.

Shaheen: 2, 3, 2, 4, 7, 5, 5, 5, 2, 7, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 5, 3, 6, 6, 5, I, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 5, 4
Megan:    H, 3, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 7, 3, 6, 6, 5, 6, 4, 1, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 5
Oliver:     4, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 4, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 5, 7, 4, 6, 5, 6, 6, 3, 7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5
Liam:      4, 2, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 4, 6, 4, 6, 4, 7, 7, 4, 5, 6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 7, 5, 3
Layla:      4, 3, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 4, 5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 6, 5, 5, 6, 7, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, Moved to NAG
Jacob:     4, 3, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7, Moved to NAG
Thomas: H, H, 4, 3, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, H, H, 3, 3, 1, 4, 5, 5, 6, 3, 3, 4, 4, 6, 5, 6, H, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 2
John:      4, 3, 5, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 1, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 3, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 6, 3, 6, 1, 
Stephen: 4, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1, 3, 5, 6, 5, 2, 5, 5, 6, 3, 6, 5, 6, 4, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 1
Euan:      4, 3, 5, 5, 5, 3, 3, 5, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 6, 5, 6, 4, 5, 4, 5, 7, 7, 6, 7, 5, 4, 4
Leah:      4, 3, 6, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5
Harry:     4, 3, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 5, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 6, 5, 6, 7, 7, 3, 7, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4
Tide:      3, 2, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 7, 2, 4, 6, 6, 5, 4, 5, 6, 3, 4, 1, 5, 5, 4, 2, 4, 6, 4, 4, 1, 0, 0, 0
Rebecca: H, 3, 5, 5, 6, 3, 3, 3, 1, 5, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 3, 6, 4, 6, 1, 5, 5, 4, 5, 3, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 2, 4, H, 4
Viktoria:  4, 3, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 5, 7, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7, 6, 5, 7, 6, 4, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 1, 7, 7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 3, 5
Sophie:   ?, 3, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 4, 6, 7, 6, 5, 7, 5, 5, 6, 5, 7, 4, 7, 6, 7, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, Moved to NAG
Abbie H: H, H, 4, 5, 4, 6, 6, 5, 3, 5, 7, 6, 5, 7, 5, 6, 5, 6, 7, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 5, 7, 5, 6, 5, 4
Zoe:       ?, 1, 5, 6, 7, 3, 3, 5, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 7, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5
Abigail J: ?, 3, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 4, 4, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 4, 6, 7, 6, 5
Ellie:       ?, 3, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 6, 1, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 5, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, H, 6, 5, Moved to NAG
Huzayfa: H, H, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 5, 2, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 3, 5
Matthew: ?, 1, 5, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 6, 5, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 4, 7, H, 6, 7, 7, 6, 7, 6, 5, 4
Jake:       ?, 3, 6, I, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 5, 5, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4
Kit:         ?, 3, 5, 5, 4, 6, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 4, 6, 7, 6, 6, 7, 7, 4, 7, 7, 7, 6, 7, 6, 6, 5
Amber:   3, H, 4, 4, 1, 3, 3, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 3, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 1
Brannan: 4, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 1, 4, H, 3, 5, 6, 5, 4, 4, 3, 5, 3, 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 4, 6, 5, 2
Ben:       4, 1, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 6, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 3, 6, 7, 7, 5, 6, 6, 5, 4
Amelia:   4, 3, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, H, H, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3, 0
Billy:       3, 2, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 5, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 2, H, 7, 4, 6, 5, 6, 3, 5
Hannah:  H, 3, 5, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 4, 7, H, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 4, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, 7, 7, 6, 6, 5, H, 4
Helena:   H, 3, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 6, 3, 6, 6, 5, 6, 6, 6, 4, 7, 4, H, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 4
Ciara:     4, 3, 6, 6, 5, 5, 5, 4, 3, 5, 4, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6, 3, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 2, 5, 7, 4, 5, 6, H, 4

Emily:     -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, -, 6, 7, 5, 6, 5
H = Holiday
I = Ill
? = I don't have your mark for the first week back as the photocopy ate the register.
 
 
Remember there are some important competitions in sight.  Make every session count!
 
'Keep your dreams alive.  Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication.  Remember all things are possible for those who believe.'
(Gail Devers.  American athlete, three-time Olympic gold medallist.  Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996.)
 
 
Kevin 

Big Thanks

Liz White (Hannah's Mum) would like to thank everybody who bought the fantastic cream egg jumpers she knitted.  Liz managed to raise the total of £106.10, which will be split between the Swimming Club ans St Gemma's Hospice.  

Well Done Liz! 

Well Done!

Well done to everyone who competed at the weekend.  The group achieved 35 PB's, 5 more NER times, 2 Golds , 1 Silver,  3 Bronze Medals and 36 Final swims. 

Gold Medalists (2)

Harry (1), Helena (1)

Silver Medalists (1)

Hannah (1)

Bronze Medalists (3)

Liam (1), Zoe (1), Helena (1)

Final Swims (13)

Rebecca (4), Brannan (2), Liam (4), John (3), Kit (4), Helena (5), Hannah (3), Huzayfa (1), Zoe (3), Abigail (2), Amber (1), Megan (1), Harry (3)

Also well done to Harry who achieved a National time over the weekend in the 200m Breastroke along with team mate Layla who has just moved up to National Age. Group.

Keep training hard.  On the whole the technique of the squad is looking very good at the moment.  Make sure you transfer this into your racing.  I am looking forward to seeing something special this weekend at Harrogate.

'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.'  (Wilma Rudolph.  American Athlete, three-time Olympic gold medalist (Rome 1960)).

Kevin, Nina & Elysha

Arena League Tickets

Anyone who has ordered tickets for the Arena League final can now collect them from Lucie Black.  She will be on the balcony tonight at John Charles.

National Qualifying Meet 2012

Those swimmers competing in the National Qualifying Meet at the weekend will just be training for 1 hour on Friday night.  Swimmers are to report to Craig or Paul as I will be doing the Harrogate meet next weekend.  I will be keeping my eye on the results for PB's and hopefully some of you will add another North Eastern time to your list.

Sat & Sun

Am Sessions

Arrive: 7:30am

Warm Up: 8:00am

Start: 9:00am

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 12:45pm

Warm Up: 1:15pm

Start: 2:15pm

The warm up this weekend will be a 50 minute mixed warm up.  That does not mean you have to swim for the full 50 minutes.  Do the Race Warm up we practice in training, have a snack, a drink, change your costumes and prepare for your race well.

The draft programme can be viewed by clicking the following link:

http://www.swimleeds.org.uk/meets/leeds-national-qualifying-meet-2012-programme.pdf

Good Luck to everyone who is racing this weekend.  Remember get in the race from the start, don't play catch up later on, less than a second on the turns and accelerate into the finish.

Remember to pick up the effort on every 50m.  If the length feels the same as the one you have swum before you will be slowing down, if you feel like you are putting in more effort on the length then your time will be the same as the length before which is what you want.

'In 2004, I won a bronze.  This is a silver.  Maybe in 2012, it will be a gold.  Slowly, slowly.'  (Eliud Kipchoge - Kenyan Athlete, Olympic Silver medalist, Beijing 2008)

Kevin, Nina & Eysha

Underwater Challenge

Well done to Kit who won a free breakfast by completed the underwater 50m challenge this morning with fins on.

Also well done to Billy who won the underwater challenge last week achieving 44 metres underwater winning himself an Easter Egg.

The 50m underwater challenge is extremely hard but some of you are getting closer and closer each week, I will have to watch my money.  Keep up the good work. 

Kevin