Regional Age Group - Notice Board: June 2014

Thursday 26 June 2014

Summer Break

Hi All,

Just to confirm the dates for the summer break will be as follows;

None Welsh Summer Nationals Swimmers

Last Session = Friday 1st August

First Session Back = Wednesday 27th August

Welsh Summer Nationals Swimmers

Last Session = Thursday 31st July

Travel to Wales = Friday 1st August

Arrive Back to Leeds = Saturday 9th August

First Session Back = Wednesday 27th August

Evening sessions only, details on morning training will be communicated during the break

Hope you all enjoy a well-earned break from swimming!!

The Regional Team

City of Leeds B Grade 2014

Hi All,

Below are the arrival and warm up times for this weekends competition.

Am Sessions
Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Pm Sessions
Arrive: 12:30

Warm Up: 13:00

Start: 14:00

Draft Programme can be viewed by clicking the link below:

City of Leeds B Grade Draft Programme

For some of you this will be your last competition of the year, get stuck in and finish the season off in style. Those swimmers who are trying the 400m races for the first time, don't worry you will be fine, just enjoy it. Good Luck to everyone who is competing. Keep chasing those Yorkshire and NER times! Regional 1 swimmers are to report to Kevin for session 1 and Tom or Josh for sessions 2, 3 and 4.

Please remember the training alterations this weekend due to the competition,

Friday 27th June - 18:30 - 19:30

Sunday 28th June - No Training (Group Competing at Leeds)

Monday 29th July - AM = ALL OFF!

'Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment and quit worrying bout winning and losing.' (Matt Biondi - American Swimmer, eight-time Olympic Gold Medallist, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992)

The Regional Team

Sunday 22 June 2014

Some Sad News

Hi All,

I am sad to inform you all that we will be losing Tom at the end of this season. Tom has done a great job over the last 2 years working with the Regional Squads and we have had some fantastic results. I would like to thank him for all his time, hard work and effort. I know he will defiantly be missed by the coaches and swimmers. His last session will be Thursday 31st July. Josh Spencer ill be taking over as the Lead Coach of Regional 2 from the start of nest season.

Sorry to see you go. Best of Luck!!

The Regional Team

New Club Kit Orders

Hi All,

Please note the new Kukri Club Kit will be available to order again on Monday 23^rd June and Monday 30^th June

There is also some new training kit which will be available to view and order on Monday 9^th June. Images can be seen by clicking the link below.

New Training Kit

The Regional Team

Regional 1 Land Training

Hi All

Just a reminder to let you know that land training for Regional 1 will be cancelled on Monday 23^rd June due to Stephen been away and no one been available to cover.

Therefore Regional 1 will have a session Monday 30^th June and Regional 2 will be the following week etc.

Many thanks

The Regional Team

Tuesday 17 June 2014

ASANER Age Group Championships

Hi All,

The last day of the ASANER Age Group Championships has been re scheduled to take place at Sunderland Aquatic Centre on Saturday 21^st June.

People attending the championships can park in the BLUE car park (see map) HERE, other car parks may be closed to to another event being held there.

The ASANER apologises for the inconvenience which has been caused to people who were at Sheffield on Sunday but owing to technical difficulties with the pool, the event could not go ahead.

We realise that Saturday 21^st was not on our competition calendar and some of you who are due to swim may have other plans. If you cannot attend the championships on Saturday, could you please email Ian Proud (swimming@proudysplus.com) so you can be withdrawn.

If you are attending on Saturday please report to Josh.

Arrive: 08:30

Warm Up: 09:00

Start: 10:00

Good Luck to everyone competing.

The Regional Team

Thursday 12 June 2014

Training Changes

Hi All,

Below are a few training changes due to the North Eastern Counties.

Friday 13th July - 1 hour only for anyone competing in NER's
Sunday 15th July - No Training
Monday 16th July - No Morning Training

The Regional Team

North Eastern Counties - 2nd Weekend

Here is the second weekend of the big one. SMASH IT UP!!!

Below are the Warm Up and Start times for Ponds Forge this weekend.

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Finals

Saturday

Warm Up: 14:30

Start: 15:30

Sunday

Warm Up: 14:00

Start: 15:00

The draft programme can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Programme

Good Luck Everyone!

The Regional Team

200m Max kick Test June 2014

The next kick test for Regional 1 will be held on Wednesday 2nd July.

The next kick test for Regional 2 will be held on Thursday 3rd July.

Regional 1
Angelo	03:20.86
Jake	03:26.00
Louis	03:33.61
Maxim	03:33.90
Joanna	03:34.31
Chloe	03:37.72
George	03:43.35
Tom	03:45.48
Ella	03:46.23
Hannah C	03:51.93
Charlie	03:53.47
Elizabeth	03:53.56
Tiegan	03:53.64
Hannah B	03:54.56
Joe	03:55.00
Imani	03:55.11
Matthew Y	03:56.03
Ciara	03:58.89
Freddie	04:03.69
Matthew W	04:03.94
Emilio	04:04.15
Faith	04:04.66
William	04:10.83
Isabelle	04:18.22
Nathan	04:25.52
David	04:36.77
Oliver	04:36.80
Zak	04:49.75
Daniel	05:20.53
Eve	Absent
Jack	Absent
Mia	Absent

Regional 2
Aimee	03:19.15
Jonathan	03:20.16
Niamh	03:27.51
Niamh M	03:28.84
Phoebe	03:31.41
Joseph H	03:31.66
Benjamin B	03:31.81
Jessica	03:31.81
Ella	03:36.02
Ben S	03:44.27
Henry	03:45.91
Eve	03:46.51
Niamh	03:48.02
Jenna	03:48.26
Jenna	03:48.87
Alicia	03:48.94
Lucy	03:48.95
Stephanie	03:49.25
Anouska	03:54.74
Isabel	03:56.52
Maia	03:56.70
Robert	03:58.95
Millie Ag	04:00.81
Olivia	04:02.10
Sadie	04:04.67
Joseph T	04:05.81
Alyssa	04:12.31
Edwin	04:13.25
Millie Ai	04:15.20
Abby	04:34.77
Evie	04:46.35
Akal	Absent
Akshima	Absent
Jacob	Absent
Liam	Absent
Lucas	Absent
Jake	No Time

Swimming Club Party

Hi All,

The Swim club summer party will be on Saturday 5^th July at Bramley Villagers Sports & Social Club in Bramley.

Tickets will be on sale from Monday 9th June on the balcony from Helen Butterfield, Lucie Black & Sharon Devlin.

Tickets will be on a first come first served basis!

Hope you can all attend.

The Regional Team

Thursday 5 June 2014

North Eastern Counties

Here is the first weekend of the big one. Lets SMASH IT!!

Remember use the walls to pick up speed not lose speed, every millisecond counts. Pick up the effort every 50m and hold your technique when feeling tired.

Just a reminder of the arrival times at John Charles this weekend.

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Finals

Saturday Start: 15:30

Sunday Start: 15:00

The draft programme can be viewed by clicking the link below;

Programme

Training will be only 1 hour on Friday night for those competing this weekend. Make sure you all prepare well and stay hydrated over the weekend, it will be very hot on poolside. Remember your snacks for poolside off the nutrition list.

"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 gonna 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)

Like Michael Phelps, you should plan in your head what you are going to do in your race. Visualise your streamlining, kicks off the wall, not breathing last 5m etc and it will happen. Thinking about it after the race is too late.

Please remember there is no training on Sunday 8th June.

Best of luck to you all

Welsh Summer Nationals - Packed Lunch

Hi All,

We will be handing out forms over the next week for you to select your packed lunch choices for each day of competition whilst in Wales. Please select 2 sandwich choices per day and state if you would like white or brown bread. Each packed lunch consists of

Two (2) Sandwiches (choice of fillings)

One(1) 500ml Flavoured Still Water

One(1) Piece of Fruit (Banana, Orange or Apple)

One(1) Flapjack or Chocolate Cereal Bar

The choices of sandwich fillings will be:

Just Mixed Salad

Three Cheese & Red Onion

Cheddar Cheese, Red Leiceter with a Savoury Deluxe Coleslaw

Mixed Cheese & Spring Onion

Mixed Cheese, Ham & Pineapple

Low fat Cream Cheese & Pineapple

Sweet Chilli Thai Chicken

Ploughman's Lunch (Cheddar Cheese, Mixed Salad & Pickle)

Plain Ham

Ham & Egg Mayonnaise

Ham & Coleslaw

Ham & Cheddar Cheese

Ham Salad

Egg Mayonnaise

Bacon & Sliced Egg

Classic BLT (Bacon Lettuce & Tomato)

Hot Chilli Sausage

Tuna Mayonnaise

Tuna, Sweetcorn & Onion Mayonnaise

Chicken & Sweetcorn Mayonnaise

Chicken with Homemade Sage & Onion Stuffing

Turkey, Homemade Sage & Onion Stuffing

Please bring forms back to Kevin or to Emma Ferriman (Ellie & Eve Jones Mum)

Thanks

The Regional Team

Monday 2 June 2014

Welsh Summer Nationals Online Entry, Open @ 10AM‏

Hi All,

Welsh Summer Nationals Online entry will open at 10 am.

To ensure that we have the best opportunity to access all of the events we qualify for please enter promptly. Please let Craig know if you have any difficulty accessing a computer and he shall attempt to help you this evening.

In terms of entries, you are reminded that this is a 7 day event and therefore swimmers should enter all events qualified for.

The link to the online entry can be found by clicking the link below.

Welsh Summer Nationals Info

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."