Regional Age Group - Notice Board: April 2018

Monday 30 April 2018

White Rose Junior League‏

Hi All,

We are delighted to inform you that the swimmers below are selected to represent the City of Leeds Swimming Club in Round 1 of the National Junior Swimming League; The White Rose League.

For those who are new to this competition, the National Junior Swimming League comprises of three rounds:

The County Qualifying Round (The White Rose League)
The Northern Area Final (for the winners of the County Qualifying Rounds)
The Grand Final (for the top four teams from the Northern and Southern Area Finals)

Please note the following details of this year's White Rose League:

Date : Saturday 7^th July 2018

Venue : John Charles Centre for Sport

Arrive : 8:30am

Warm Up : 9:00am

Age is calculated as at 31^st December 2018, except those who will compete as 9yrs. This age group is calculated as at 25^th November 2018 (the date of the Grand Final).

All those who have been selected for this competition must attend in full team kit. Please also ensure that children have enough snacks/drinks as all children must remain on poolside, to support the rest of the team, until the end of the competition (approx. 13:00 finish time).

You must confirm your child's availability, via e-mail to our Junior League Team Leader, kevin.schofield@leeds.gov.uk, no later than Friday 18^th May 2018. (Note that if the team make it to the second round of competition, and the swimmer has been unable to compete in both rounds, they will be ineligible to compete in the Grand Final.)

The Regional Team

Regional Development

A Team

Oliver Br

Arthur Fi

Daniel Ra

Jacob Ta

Ethan Co

Zac Jo

Oscar Sc

Dexter Ro

Hazel Bl

Lexi En

Chloe Ma

Valeria Pi

B Team

Dominic Vi

Matthew Ju

Charlie Hi

Oliver Go

Bertie Pi

Oliver Pu

Alfie Yo

Erin He

Alice As

Anna Sc

Regional Performance

A Team

Lauren Li

Hannah Sm

Charlotte Sh

Milie Wi

Emma Wo

B Team

Darcey Cr

Evie Ha

Ava Ra

Summer Break

Hi All,

We hope the season has been successful for your children so far, and as we race to the closing meets of the season we begin to plan for the next. Please find below the dates for the Summer Break. Please scroll down to the Squad and scenario appropriate to the close of your season.

Regional Development

Last session of 2017/18 season: Friday 27^th July

First session of 2018/2019 season: Monday 20^th August

Regional Performance (Not Competing at English Nationals 2018 or the Welsh Summer Open 2018)

Last session of the 2017/2018 season: Friday 27^th July

First session of the 2018/2019 season: Monday 20^th August

Regional Performance (Competing at English Nationals 2018 or the Welsh Summer Open 2018)

Last session of the 2017/2018 season: Saturday 28^th July (The times of this session will be communicated at a later date)

First session of the 2018/2019 season: Monday 20^th August

*There will be no training for Regional Development or Regional Performance on Friday 24^th, Saturday 25^th, Sunday 26^th and Monday 27^th August. Training resumes on Tuesday 28^th August.

We hope you enjoy your summer break, whatever you do and wherever you go.

The Regional Team

Bank Holiday Training Changes Reminder

Below is a reminder of the training changes for the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend….

Monday 7^th May (Bank Holiday)

Regional Development = 7.00-9.00am

Regional Performance = 7.00-9.00am

The Regional Team

Wednesday 25 April 2018

Regional Performance Training Changes

Hi All,

Unfortunately there will be no training for Regional Performance on Saturday 28^th April due to the Richmond Dales Meet taking place at John Charles.

The Regional Team

Tuesday 24 April 2018

ASANER Age Group Championships 2018 (REG PER)

Hi All,

Entries for the North Eastern's will be taken on Monday 30th April. Swimmers should enter ALL events they have qualified for. This is one of the harder competitions in the Regional calendar to qualify for and anyone who has achieved a time (even if it is only in one event) should race. This meet is a fantastic opportunity to compete against the fastest swimmers in the North East.

Held at John Charles on 19th, 20th, 26th & 27th May

Age as at 31st December 2018 (Ages 11yrs +)

Anyone who competed at Harrogate or is competing at B.O.K this weekend can check if they have achieved a long course NER time by using the calculator below to convert your times from short course to long course:

Swimming Converter

North Eastern Qualifying times, details and entry forms can be printed using the links below;

NER Qualifying Times
ASANER Conditions 2018 & Event Schedule
City of Leeds Entry Form

Please make every effort to achieve 100% attendance in the run up to THE BIG ONE!

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!

The Regional Team

B.O.K Spring Open Meet

A big congratulations to you all on the fantastic racing at B.O.K on Sunday . The coaching team were very impressed and are excited to watch you race in the last few meets of the season which are quickly approaching.

We are very proud of you all. Please try to attend as many sessions as possible in the last few months of the season to give yourself the best possible chance of success. Just a reminder that swimmers who are aged 9 years and above must attend a minimum of one morning per week.

Regional Development achieved a whopping 95 PB's out of 123 Swims, 11 Gold Medals, 10 Silver Medals, 7 Bronze Medals, 24 More Yorkshire Qualifying Times and 2 more NER's.

🌟 Gold Medallists 🌟 (4) Charlie Hi (5), Jacob Ta (4), Daniel Ra (1), Oliver Br (1)

Silver Medallists (5)

Daniel Ra (4), Charlie Hi (2), Jacob Ta (2), Amelia Ca (1), Samantha Kn (1)

Bronze Medallists (6)

Oliver Br (2), Erin He (1), Ethan Co (1), Samantha Kn (1), Sophia Hi (1), Valeria Pi (1)

Regional Development best times an be viewed by clicking the link below;

Regional Development Life Time Bests

Regional Performance achieved an amazing 97 PB's out of 116 Swims, 24 Gold Medals, 27 Silver Medals, 21 Bronze Medals, 18 more Yorkshire Qualifying Times and 2 more NER's.

🌟 Gold Medallists 🌟 (13)

Joseph Le (5), Emma Wo (3), Kourosh Kh (3), Hannah Sm (3), Theodore Ro (2), Ava Ra (1), Charlotte Sh (1), Harry Se (1), Jad Id (1), Lauren Li (1), Lucia Du (1), Mae Jo (1), Millie Wi (1)

Silver Medallists (18)

Jad Id (3), Zak St (3), Eve La (2), Kieran He (2), Kourosh Kh (2), Lauren Li (2), Sedona Re (2), Ava Ra (1), Charlotte Sh (1), Erin Th (1), Grace Mi (1), Hannah Sm (1), Harry Se (1), Joseph Le (1), Lucia Du (1), Mae Jo (1), Millie Wi (1), Theodore Ro (1)

Bronze Medallists (17)

Jad Id (2), Mae Jo (2), Nathan Du (2), Solomon Ho (2), Abigail Ha (1), Charlotte Sh (1), Evie Ha (1), Erin Th (1), George Br (1), Hannah Sm (1), Harry Se (1), James Ad (1), Jamie Br (1), Kieran He (1), Kourosh Kh (1), Lauren Li (1), Zak St (1)

Results from Sunday can be viewed by clicking the link below;

B.O.K Spring Open Meet 2018

WELL DONE EVERYONE!!!

'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 throw 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'

The Regional Team

Thursday 19 April 2018

Training Changes

Hi All,

Please take note of the following training changes this weekend;

Regional Development

Saturday 21st April - No Training (GBDF Spring Masters Dive Championships)

Monday 23rd April - No AM Training (Recovery after BOK Competition)

Regional Performance

Saturday 21st April - No Training (Underwater Hockey)

Monday 23rd April - No AM Training (Recovery after BOK Competition)

The Regional Team

IMPORTANT INFORMATION - BOK SPRING OPEN MEET 2018

Hi All

BOK Swim Club is really looking forward to seeing you all at our Open Meet this Sunday at the new Huddersfield Leisure Centre, Spring Grove Street, HD1 4BP

Sunday 22nd April 2018
Arrive: 08:00

Warm Up: 08:30
Start: 09:30

Meet pack and list of accepted entries can be viewed by clicking the links below;

BOK Meet Pack

BOK Draft Programme

Here is some info you will need for Sunday's gala.

Spectators and Entry Fee

This Sunday, doors will open at 8.00, so no one will be allowed into the building before that. Please don't forget there is ticket entry only, then pay at the door. One ticket per swimmer. Spectators fees will be £8.00 for full day or £5.00 morning/afternoon. This will include a start sheet. Raffle tickets will also be on sale at the door.

Swimming Bags

Please take your swimming bags and leave them upstairs in the marshaling area. There is no space on poolside to put them so please take a small bag on poolside with just your essentials. The bag areas will be marked so please put them in your club space.

Marshaling

I would just like to advise everyone on the marshalling arrangements this weekend and where swimmers should go once they've warmed up.

The main marshalling area is the studio space that is upstairs and faces out onto the balcony / walkway over looking poolside.

This room on the day should be accessed by swimmers only from the back stairs leading up from poolside. The medals table will also be based in here.

HLC staff have asked that all swimmers have dried off before accessing the stairs and the room, so a small towel to carry round is advisable. Swimmers need to wear shoes (flipflops or trainers) and shirts down onto poolside and then back up to marshalling. If swimmers do not wear their shoes they will not be allowed on poolside, hence no shoes, no swim.

Swimming bags cannot be left in the changing rooms unaccompanied if not in a locker and need to be taken up to marshalling where there will be a roped off area to put them in.

Marshall's are in the Studio and will be leading heats up and down the stairs. The stairways are not for swimmers to hang round in or run up and down. I'd appreciate it if you could pass this on.

Unless swimmers need the bathroom or something out of their locker, the changing rooms should be empty.

Marshalls have specific areas to focus on and will not be hunting down late swimmers for heats. It is up to your swimmer to know when their race will be, and if they are not due on poolside they should be in the studio.

We would also appreciate it if parents could stay on the balcony. If a swimmer needs you for any reason they will come and find you.

There is a full wall of windows onto the pool from the room so many swimmers can see what heats are running.

Swim Shop

The swim shop will be open.

Raffle

We will run a Raffle so please feel free to bring something for it. We will aim to call the numbers out by the end of the gala.

Thanks for your co-operation and see you on the day. Have good swims and enjoy.

See you Sunday and Good Luck

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."