Junior League National Final (Sunday 30th November)

The gala will take place at:

Corby International Pool,

Parkland Gateway,

Corby,

Northants,

NN17 1QB

 

All swimmers will need to arrive at John Charles no later than 8:45 am ready for the coach to depart at 9:00 am sharp. 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 the new City of Leeds T Shirt or a yellow City of Leeds t-shirt during the event and for all team photographs.  Please also ensure your child has another Leeds t-shirt to wear on the way home.  Tickets have been allocated for this meet and can be collected from Emma Ferriman on Sunday morning.

 

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. 

 

Lets try and bring home the Gold for the fifth year running. 

 

Good Luck Everyone! 

 

The Regional Team

Junior League Training

Hi All,
 
Just a reminder that Friday 28th November will be the last of the Junior League Training Sessions.  Anyone who is in the Junior League Final will train at the earlier time of 18.30 - 19.30 with Kevin & Craig.  Anyone who is not competing in the Junior League will train together at 19:00 - 20:30 with Josh, Scott & Jo.
 
Training will be back to normal on Wednesdays from next week.
RAG 1 = 18.45 - 19.45
RAG 2 = 18.30 - 19.30
 
Thanks
 
The Regional Team

Regional Age Group Xmas Party

Hi All,
 
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 (Megan and Eve Bannon's mum) who will be taking money on Monday 1st and 8th December from 7.30pm to 8pm outside the time keepers suite (cash only).  Final numbers and payment needs to be in by the 13th December if you wish to attend.  

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

Yorkshire SA Championships & Yorkshire SA Sprints Championships Entries

Hi All,

 

Entries for the Yorkshire Championships will be taken on Monday 15^th, 22^nd December 2014 and on 5^th January 2015. Please note Ophelia would prefer to get as many entries in on 15^th and 22^nd December as the timescale is tight in that all entries will need to be submitted by 9^th 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.

 

Entry forms and information can be downloaded and printed using the links below:

Yorkshire SA Championships (50m) 2015 Schedule

Yorkshire SA Championships (50m) 2015 Qualifying Times

Yorkshire SA Championships (50m) 2015 Entry Form

 

Thanks

 

The Regional Team

Monday Morning Apologies

Hi All,

 

We have received an email from Adam (Centre Manager) sending his sincere apologies for the mishap on Monday morning. There was a miscommunication between staffing and unfortunately this meant the building wasn't opened until 8am.

 

Apologies for the inconvenience caused and please accept Adam's apologies.  We will give a mark to all the swimmers who turned up.

 

The Regional Team

 

City of Leeds Time Trial

Hi All,
 
Well done to all swimmers who took part in the City of Leeds Time Trial last weekend.  There were some great times achieved by the squads with very little recovery time between each race. 
 
Regional 1 achieved 50 PB's out of 61 Swims and 4 more NER's times.
 
Regional 2 achieved 52 PB's out of 59 Swims and 1 more NER times.
 
Excellent Swimming!!
 
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 or North Eastern times in. 

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

Boys

A selection of

9 yrs = 50's & 200's

10 yrs = 50's & 200's

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

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 & 200's

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

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 2014

City of Leeds January Meet (50m) 2014

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

Junior League Final Corby

One ticket per swimmer
 
Tickets £5.00 each
 
Supporters Coach will be at an approx cost of £12.50
 
Bus due to depart JCCS at 9.00am (meet at 8.45am) and should be back to Leeds for 7.30pm
 
Any additional tickets will go into a draw
 
Please email Emma on emmaferriman@doctors.org.uk or text 07812 353 820 to let her know
a)  If you want a ticket and
b)  If you want to go in the draw for extra ticket (s)
 
Please sort asap as Emma needs to have this sorted by Friday 14th at the latest

Arena Swimming League 2014 - Round 2

Congratulations to all those who represented the City of Leeds Team at Round 2 of the Arena Swimming League 2014.  Fantastic performances from all swimmers combined to produce a great result for City of Leeds.
 
With the Northern Final just weeks away, there's everything to play for!  Let's book our place in the National Final (Cardiff).
 
Thanks to those (coaches, team managers and parents) who were present to support our team members at this meet.  Thanks also to our officials for giving up their time to run this round.
 
1st = CITY OF LEEDS - 286 pts
2nd = City of Sheffield 'A' - 276 pts
3rd = Borough of Kirklees - 258 pts
4th = Doncaster Dartes - 205 pts
5th = City of Sheffield 'B' - 161 pts
6th = Cleethorpes - 158 pts
 
 

Time Trial Helpers Needed

Hi All,

 

A small request from the coaching team and the club for the time trial…..if you are staying around whilst your child swims then your help on poolside would be much appreciated!

 

Timekeepers are needed to ensure the time trial runs as smoothly as possible.

 

If you would like to help out then please email Rod on rjw1062@aol.co.uk 

Thanks 

The Regional Team

Time Trial

Hi All,

Please note that the warm up for the time trial on Sunday (16^th) will be 11.45am in the middle section of the pool, with everyone then ready to race at 12.30pm.  Any NER qualifiers who achieve additional times this weekend can enter through Ophelia on Monday 17th November.

Training will be on as normal n this day.

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 1st December.  

Well Done!!

 

The Regional Team

 

 

Regional 1	200m FS K
Chloe	03:31.38
Louis	03:32.20
Mia	03:32.60
Hannah  B	03:32.87
Joanna	03:40.43
Ella	03:44.58
George	03:46.60
Hannah C	03:49.81
Isabelle	03:53.45
Charlie	03:54.59
Thomas	04:00.61
Faith	04:01.92
Freddie	04:04.41
Eve	04:07.16
Matthew W	04:07.99
Joe	04:08.31
Finlay	04:08.59
Tom	04:12.88
William	04:20.09
Charlotte	04:21.31
Jacob G	04:21.51
Leah	04:26.09
Evie	04:28.76
Emily	04:30.73
Emilio	04:32.68
Nathan	04:38.49
Zak	04:53.57
Aimee	04:56.00
Daniel	05:50.64
Elizabeth	Absent
Millie	Sick
Maxim	Injured
Regional 1	15m U/W
Ella	8.59
Chloe	9.13
Hannah  B	9.22
Isabelle	9.25
Joanna	9.83
George	9.91
Hannah C	10.22
Jacob G	10.28
Charlie	10.33
Freddie	10.65
Tom	10.66
Nathan	10.72
Mia	10.73
Louis	10.86
Evie	10.89
Emilio	11.05
Zak	11.15
Faith	11.47
Joe	11.63
William	11.65
Matthew W	11.65
Emily	11.69
Thomas	11.91
Eve	11.98
Leah	11.99
Finlay	12.48
Charlotte	13.25
Aimee	13.91
Daniel	14.34
Elizabeth	Absent
Maxim	Injured
Millie	Sick
Regional 2	200m FS K
Joseph H	03:23.87
Benjamin B	03:26.16
Ella	03:33.76
Eve B	03:36.51
Ben S	03:38.41
Jacob B	03:38.63
Anouska	03:44.59
Phoebe	03:44.66
Alicia	03:45.06
Millie Ag	03:47.59
Caitlin	03:47.94
Isabel B	03:51.31
Edwin	03:52.26
Jenna	03:55.22
Lucy	03:55.41
Millie Ai	03:56.59
Niamh	03:57.02
Akal	03:59.51
Libby	04:00.94
Amelie	04:02.94
Abby	04:02.94
Sadie	04:03.77
Maia	04:04.19
Jasmine	04:04.84
Harry	04:12.13
Jack S	04:12.69
Lucas	04:18.55
Elle	04:19.34
Emily	04:20.09
Eldrick	04:20.09
Isong	04:29.52
Charlotte	04:29.97
Alyssa	04:32.31
Jack M	Absent
Regional 2	15m U/W
Benjamin B	8.53
Phoebe	8.94
Jacob B	9.13
Joseph H	9.19
Jenna	9.2
Sadie	9.25
Maia	9.25
Ella	9.41
Isabel B	9.42
Anouska	9.56
Eve B	9.62
Lucy	9.7
Ben S	9.84
Alicia	9.84
Akal	9.88
Jasmine	9.93
Amelie	10.09
Lucas	10.09
Libby	10.22
Alyssa	10.25
Charlotte	10.28
Caitlin	10.31
Harry	10.44
Millie Ai	10.55
Millie Ag	10.68
Eldrick	10.86
Elle	10.91
Niamh	10.96
Isong	11.17
Abby	11.25
Jack S	11.48
Edwin	11.97
Emily	12.21
Jack M	Absent

York City Baths Club - Regional Qualifier 2014

Another fantastic weekend of racing from the Regional Squads with some unexpected NER times thown in.  We are very proud of you all, keep up the hard training and attendance through the upcoming weeks so we can go smash the NER's and Bradford meet in December!

 

Overall:

Regional 1 achieved 37 PB's out of 48 Swims, 1 Bronze Medal and 5 more NER times for Sunderland in December.  Great stuff.

 

Bronze Medallists (1)

Chloe (1)

Regional 2 achieved 69 PB's out of 88 Swims, 1 Silver Medals, 5 Bronze Medals and 7 more NER times for Sunderland in December.  Well Done!
 

Silver Medallists (1)

Anouska (1)

 

Bronze Medallists (4)

Ben B (2), Akal (1), Joseph (1), Sadie (1)

Results can be viewed by clicking the link below

York City Baths Regional Qualifier 2014 (25m)

 

"It was not the 10 workouts I did every week for four years that allowed me to overcome my competitors, it was the one they missed"
Graeme Smith 1996

The Regional Team

NER BAGCAT Entries

North Eastern Counties Entries

 

Please remember anyone who has qualified for the NER's which is held in Sunderland on Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th December must enter ALL events you have qualified for on Monday 10th November.  Even if you have only qualified for one event you should go to compete.  

 

The North Eastern Counties is the biggest competition in Regional Age Groups competition calendar and you will be racing the best swimmers in the North East of England.  Qualifying for the NER's is a big achievement and it would be good to see as many of you there as possible.

 

We will start signing forms now. 

 

Qualification Times can be viewed by clicking the following link at the right hand side of the blog under Qualification Times for Future Meets:

British Gas ASA NER Age Group Championships (25m)

 

Anyone who needs to convert times can do so by using the converter below:

Course Converter

 

Entry forms can be downloaded and printed using the following link:

British Gas ASA NER Age Group Championships (25m) Entry Form

 

Thanks

 

The Regional Team

Arena League - Round 2

Can the following swimmers please confirm your ability to Craig (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) ASAP.

 

National Arena League Round 2

Saturday 8th November

Venue:  JCCS

Arrive:  15:30

W/Up:  16:00

Start:  16:30

 

Regional 1

Zak

Nathan

Hannah B

 

Regional 2

Jacob B

Akal

Phoebe

 

Thanks

 

The Regional Team