Regional Age Group - Notice Board: February 2015

Sunday 22 February 2015

National Arena League Final 2015

Arena League Final (Sunday 26th April 2015)

Cardiff International Pool (Team Bus)
Arrive: TBC

Warm Up: TBC

Start: TBC

Can the following swimmers please confirm their availability to Craig Robinson (craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk) no later than Monday 9th March.

Regional 1
Nathan R

Zak M

Hannah B

Regional 2
Akal R

Jacob B

If you have already filled in your entry form for Harrogate on Sunday 26th April and have been selected to swim at the National Arena League Final please make competing for the team in the Arena League your priority on this day. Any events you were going to enter on the Sunday session at Harrogate please enter the week after at the Doncaster meet held at JCC.

Thanks

The Regional Team

Thursday 19 February 2015

Yorkshires 2nd Weekend & Training Changes

Hi All,

Just a reminder of the arrival times at John Charles this weekend. A fantastic weekend of racing last week, now lets finish it off in style.

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 13:00

Warm Up: 13:30

Start: 14:30

The programme of events for the weekend can be viewed by clicking the following link:

Programme of Events

Draft Programme

Swimmers are to report to Kevin on Saturday and Josh on Sunday.

Please remember that there is no training on Sunday (22nd Feb) and everyone has got Monday am (23rd Feb) off to have a lie in after two weekends back to back of hard racing.

Good Luck Everyone!!

The Regional Team

Upcoming Competition Entries

Hi All,

Just a reminder of the entry dates for the two upcoming competitions in the Regional Calendar. All Regional swimmers should be entering these meets.

ENTRIES TO BE TAKEN ON MONDAY 23rd FEBRUARY
Doncaster Dartes Mayday - 2nd & 3rd May at the John Charles Centre
Details
Entry Form

ENTRIES TO BE TAKEN ON MONDAY 2nd MARCH
Harrogate Spa - 25th & 26th April at the Hydro in Harrogate
Details
Entry Form

It would be best to try and spread the events over the two weekends so the swimmers aren't in every single race at one competition. This will allow the swimmers to focus, race hard and give themselves the best chance of achieving PB's. Any events you have all ready achieved NER times in please leave out until the NER's.

We will start signing forms now. Please remember we will be unavailable to sign forms on Monday evenings as we will be coaching from 4.30pm onwards.

The Regional Team

URGENT

Hi All,

Quite a few swimmers still have their Club and ASA membership fees outstanding.

Just a reminder that the fees MUST be paid IN FULL by 16th March.

Any swimmer still unpaid by then will be presumed to have lapsed and will be removed from the ASA register which means that you will no longer be able to compete or be part of the swim training scheme.

If you wish to continue training and competing please make sure your fees are paid by Monday 16th March at the latest.

John Clayton
Club Memberships & Registration Secretary

Thursday 12 February 2015

NER Qualifying

Hi All,

After the Yorkshire Championships have finished, we will be entering a block of harder training for 8 weeks leading into the next competitions. During this time the focus is not on racing and therefore we haven't scheduled any competitions until the end of those 8 weeks. At the end of the block we are targeting two meets for swimmers to race at and hopefully achieve NER qualifications. These are as follows:

Harrogate Spa - 25th & 26th April at the Hydro in Harrogate (Details)
Doncaster Dartes Mayday - 2nd & 3rd May at the John Charles Centre (Details)

It would be best to try and spread the events over the two weekends so the swimmers aren't in every single race at one competition. This will allow the swimmers to focus, race hard and give themselves the best chance of achieving PB's.

The Regional Team

Yorkshire Championships & Training Changes

Hi All,

We are looking forward to seeing some fast racing this weekend. The turns are looking great at the moment, make sure you transfer them into your race. Remember use the walls to pick up speed not loose speed, every millisecond counts. I know some of you have got close to your pb's in training over the last few weeks which suggests you are ready to smash the Yorkshires.

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

Am Sessions

Arrive: 07:30

Warm Up: 08:00

Start: 09:00

Pm Sessions

Arrive: 13:00

Warm Up: 13:30

Start: 14:30

The programme of events for the weekend can be viewed by clicking the following link:

Programme of Events

Yorkshire Championships Draft Programme

Below is also a great guide for recovery snacks to take with you at the weekend:

Recovery Snacks

Hopefully you all now have a copy of the North Eastern times which I printed out for you, if not they can be found on the right hand side of the blog under qualifying times. Get chasing those times!!!

'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)

Please remember Training Changes for Regional 1 & 2 due to the Yorkshires:

Friday 13th February 2014 - 7.00 - 8.00 pm (Just 1 hour due to Yorkshires)

Sunday 15th February 2014 - Training Cancelled due to Yorkshire Championships

Monday 16th February 2014 - No Am Training (Recovery after Yorkshires)

Best of luck to you all

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 2nd March.

Well Done!!

The Regional Team

Regional 1	200m FS Kick
Chloe	03:25.88
Louis	03:32.28
Mia	03:32.28
Hannah B	03:32.28
Maxim	03:32.62
Ella	03:32.85
Joanna	03:37.99
Tom	03:44.17
George	03:47.35
Emilio	03:50.16
Isabelle	03:52.47
Elizabeth	03:53.60
Joe	03:56.98
Thomas	03:59.16
Eve	03:59.23
Leah	04:03.96
Matthew W	04:04.71
Jacob G	04:05.00
Finlay	04:05.50
Millie	04:08.88
Charlotte B	04:09.25
Faith	04:12.53
Evie	04:20.70
Charlie	04:24.34
Lillia	04:35.78
Lucy	04:38.07
William	04:46.91
Nathan	04:46.91
Zak	04:52.93
Aimee	04:56.43
Freddie	05:11.26
Charlotte K	05:27.85

Regional 1	15m U/W
Ella	8.5
Chloe	8.59
Isabelle	9.44
Louis	9.48
George	9.59
Joanna	9.83
Tom	9.91
Maxim	9.94
Hannah B	10.11
Emilio	10.25
Charlie	10.76
Mia	10.76
Joe	10.93
Jacob G	11.03
Zak	11.04
Faith	11.06
Elizabeth	11.2
Evie	11.21
Finlay	11.28
Millie	11.31
Matthew W	11.44
William	11.5
Leah	11.69
Eve	12.31
Charlotte B	12.33
Thomas	13.1
Lucy	13.58
Freddie	13.76
Aimee	14.1
Lillia	14.38
Charlotte K	17

Regional 2	200m FS Kick
Benjamin B	03:18.70
Joseph H	03:17.23
Ella	03:24.70
Eve B	Absent
Ben S	03:33.91
Akal	03:35.63
Phoebe	03:44.13
Caitlin	03:36.80
Niamh	03:39.13
Libby	03:37.84
Millie Ai	03:43.73
Jacob B	03:41.70
Millie Ag	03:42.38
Jenna	03:44.54
Isabel B	03:50.88
Lucy	03:55.16
Anouska	03:45.59
Amelie	03:49.45
Jasmine	03:59.13
Eldrick	04:12.05
Abby	04:01.91
Emily	03:58.56
Jack S	03:56.78
Jack M	04:03.56
Harry	04:10.91
Elle	04:06.38
Charlotte T	03:59.84
Edwin	Absent
Alyssa	04:03.63
Isong	Injured

Regional 2	15m U/W
Benjamin B	8.36
Akal	8.48
Phoebe	8.88
Harry	9.13
Ella	9.15
Libby	9.18
Jenna	9.23
Jack M	9.31
Joseph H	9.42
Jacob B	9.44
Isabel B	9.45
Millie Ai	9.52
Charlotte T	9.67
Jack S	9.79
Jasmine	9.81
Niamh	9.86
Alyssa	9.89
Caitlin	9.95
Anouska	10.13
Lucy	10.16
Ben S	10.25
Elle	10.44
Amelie	10.45
Millie Ag	10.61
Abby	10.62
Eldrick	10.66
Emily	11.28
Eve B	Absent
Edwin	Absent
Isong	Injured

Thursday 5 February 2015

Yorkshire Teams & Training Changes

Hi All,

Here is a reminder of the arrival times for the Yorkshire Teams held at John Charles on Sunday 8th February. Due to this event there will be NO TRAINING on Sunday 8th February.

Sunday 8th February 2015

Venue: JCCS

Arrive: 08.30

Warm Up: 09.00

Start: 10.00

Regional 1

Louis

Charlie

Thomas K

Emilio

Joe

Matthew

Finlay

Joanna

Hannah

Millie M

Ella P

Chloe

Regional 2

Harry

Jack M

Jack S

Ben S

Millie Ai

Eve B

Jasmine

Phoebe

Anouska

Niamh

Lucy

Jenna

Charlotte T

Alyssia

Sunday 8th February 2015

Venue: JCCS

Arrive: 12.30

Warm Up: 13.00

Start: 14.00

Regional 1

Faith

Charlotte B

Isabelle G

Eve J

Evie

Elizabeth

Leah

Aimee

William

Jacob G

Zak

George

Alfred

Regional 2

Millie Ag

Isabel B

Ella C

Elle

Emily

Amelie

Abby

Caitlin

Jacob B

Eldrick

Jospeh

Akal

Isong

When swimming in the relays be careful on the takeovers, block out the background noise and concentrate on your team mate swimming in. It is better to go late than early and get your team disqualified.

Good Luck Everyone!

The Regional Team

Welsh Summer Nationals Interest

Hi All,

The culmination of our season's work approaches faster than we think. With this in mind, we have been preparing to ensure our swimmers have the opportunity they have had for many years, to compete at the Welsh Summer Nationals in the event they do not reach a British or Home Nation Championships event.

The Welsh Summer Nationals caters for Girls 10 years of age and over, and Boys 11 years and over.

The changes to the competition structure this year mean we may not know who will qualify until the end of the qualification period (NERs). Therefore I strongly recommend that you express your interest in attending the Welsh Summer Nationals.

Please note: Following the level of interest (ie if we are oversubscribed) at the end of the qualification period, a decision will be made on who will attend the Welsh Summer Nationals via the number of events they qualify for.

Please register your interest with craig.robinson@leeds.gov.uk by Friday 13th February.

Thanks

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."