Pot of Gold for Rainbows 22/07/2009

Two of our younger swimmers have recently taken part in a sponsored swim for the Rainbows Children Hospice.
Matthew Shipley swam a distance of 5 miles in 4 hrs and 45 minutes whilst Bradley Francis swam 4 miles in 4 hrs and 20 minutes at the David Lloyd Leisure Centre.
A terrific achievement by the boys - both 7yrs old.

Well done to both.

Lauren Reaches the Final!! 22/07/2009

At todays National Age Groups Championships i'm pleased to report that Lauren reached the final of the 200m Backstroke.
She came 9th in the 13year old heats in a time of 2.26.61 then had to wait until 7.50p.m
for the final, eventually finishing tenth place overall with a time of 2.30.34.
All this after being up at 5 o'clock in the morning, so a very long day!!

WELL DONE LAUREN. We are all proud of you.

Alan

J.C DOBB Spring competition 18/07/2009

Some fantastic swimming at tonights J.C DOBB round3 saw the club secure 1st place in tonights gala at Bramcote and also 1st place overall in the competition.

Kimberley 185
Sutton 172
Radford 162
Portland 136
Ilkeston 114
Hucknall and Linby 101

Special mention tonight to Lizzie Shaw (1st place), Michael Wilson, Jack Brown (1st Place), Jack Shaw (1st place), Alice Colquhoun(1st Place) , James Lickley, Rachel Swinburne(1st place) , Leah Roulstone (1st place) , Josie Henderson (1st place) Mathew Shaw, Sam Jervis and Tyler Meads (1st place) for their p.bs and to Mollie Wright for a first place in her 50m Free race.

To the 9yr olds Liam, Leah, Charly and Ryan for some great relays despite the one hiccup.

Also great relay wins for Michael, Emma, Jess and Jack Shaw, mixed medley relay) Mollie, Jess, Alice and Emma ( free relay) Frank, Georgia, Mollie and Matthew (mixed Medley relay) and the old timers, Chris, James, Robert and Russ (free relay) and to Beth Lowe for scoring some points for the team at last :-)!

And finally a fantastic cannon relay from Charly, Ryan, Mollie, Frank, Alice, Sam, Emma, Michael, Lizzie and Russ helped finish off a great night.

The following swimmers took part in this competition
over the three rounds, notching up 55 1st place finishes
and 33 2nd places between them.

Alice COLQUHOUN , Jessica WRIGHT
April HUTCHINSON , Joseph RADOMSKI
Bethany LOWE , Joshua EXLEY
Cameron GREENFIELD , Katie BIRCH
Charly NEILSON , Katie GILLOTT
Charly PINK , Lauren WRIGHT
Chris HEMSTOCK , Laurie DYCHE
Daniel KNOWLES , Leah ROULSTONE
Liam COLQUHOUN , Dominic SOUTHALL
Luke LINDLEY , Eleanor POXON
Matthew SHAW , Elizabeth SHAW
Michael WILSON , Emma CLEMENTS
Mollie WRIGHT , Emma GREENOP
Natalie WATKINSON , Frank HEMINGRAY
Paige RICHARDSON , Pollyhannah TOMBS ,
George KIDD , Rachel SWINBURNE
Georgia HAWKSWORTH , Robert SWINBURNE ,
Georgia STIRLAND , Russel PINK
Greg BROWN , Ryan PIGOTT
Hannah WHITEHEAD ,Samuel JERVIS
Jack BROWN ,Sean DYCHE
Jack SHAW ,Scott LINDLEY
James LICKLEY , Tia STIRLAND
and Jessica HAWKSWORTH

WELL DONE TO ALL.

Results

Alan

GOOD LUCK LAUREN!

Britains best young swimmers will be competing for national honours at Ponds Forge Sheffield, in the British Gas ASA National age group and National Youth Championships starting on Wednesday 22nd July, including our own Lauren Gill representing Nottingham Nova Centurian
(and Kimberley)

Lauren is competing in the 200m Backstroke event on Wednesday 22nd July and the 100m Backstroke on Saturday 25th July.
On Sunday 26th Lauren is also competing as part of the Individual Medley Relay Team.
She took part in this event in the Midlands Championships and the team won Gold.

If anyone wants to go and cheer Lauren on, tickets can be brought from the ASA/British Swimming Home page or by the free-phone ticket hotline on 0800 220 292

All from Kimberley wish Lauren every success.

Alan

Notts A.S.A Development League 2009

We are pleased to announce that the club came runners-up in the Development League this year.
The following swimmers took part:

Aime Cheese, Ben Lickman

Bethany Lowe, Bronagh Hemingray
Cameron Halliday, Charly Neilson
Ciara Albass-Martin, Dana Meads
Emma Banner, Emma Stephenson
Frank Hemingray, George Kidd
Georgia Tomlinson, Greg Brown
Hannah Whitehead, Jack Brown
Jennifer Birch, Jessica Hawksworth
Joe Banner, Joseph Radomski
Josh Housley, Laura Whitehead
Leah Roulstone, Liam Colquhoun
Louis Peabody, Luke Lindley
Nathan Venn, Olwyn Davis
Paige Richardson, Pollyhannah Tombs
Ryan Pigott, Scott Lindley
Tia Stirland and Tyler Meads

The team achieved 49 personal best times between them over the two rounds.
WELL DONE TO ALL.

There will be a trophy presentation by Alan Urch the Notts A.S.A President on Monday 20th July at 7.55p.m prior to the squad session on poolside.

Alan

Notts Summer Gala 12/07/2009

Nine Kimberley Swimmers, Jack Brown, Aime Cheese, Emma Clements, Josie Henderson,
Sam Jervis, Tyler Meads, Georgia Stirland, Lukas Watson and Mollie Wright took part in the Notts A.S.A Summer Gala today at Beechdale notching up an impressive haul of 22 pesonal best times in 38 events.

The aim of the summer gala is to give swimmers of a county and regional standard the opportunity to compete at the end of the season in order to continue training with a purpose in line with the principles of Long Term Athlete Development.

Well done to all for achieving some great times.

Results

Alan

Mary Davies Gala - Mansfield 11/07/09

The club competed in Mansfield Swimming Clubs Annual Mary Davies Gala at Water Meadows and earned a terrific 1st Place this evening. Racing against Mansfield, Sutton, Derby Phoenix and City of Sheffield we pipped C of S by just 2 points with only 5 points seperating the top 3.

Special mention tonight to -

Cameron Greenfield - 2 pb's and nearly 6 seconds off his 50m Back time and Elliot Clements 2 pb's.

Georgia Hawksworth, Sam Jervis, Rachel Swinburne, Scott Hutchinson and Daniel Knowles for personal best times.

James Lickley , Cameron Greenfield, Charly Neilson and Bethany Lowe for personal best times and breaking the speed limit!!

1st places on the night were achieved by Rachel Swinburne 100m Back, Georgia Hawksworth 100m Breast, Emma Clements 100m Free, Lukas Watson 50m Back, Ryan Pigott 50m Breast and the relay teams of Georgia, Mollie, Beth, Charly - Ryan, Tyler, Jack, Cameron and the girls cannon Georgia Stirland, Mollie, Emma Stephenson, Georgia Hawksworth, Laurie, Emma Clements, Lizzie Shaw and Lauren.

WELL DONE TO ALL FOR A GREAT TEAM EFFORT.

Results

Alan

DRAYTON MANOR PARK - SEPT 6TH

The club has organised a trip to Drayton Manor Park on Sunday 6th September leaving the leisure centre at 8.30am and departing Drayton Manor at 5.00pm - returning in time for evening swimming. :-)



Costs are:

Under 4's £5.00

4 - 11 years £18.00

12 years + £ 21.00

60 years + £11.00

There in no wristband anymore so the cost is all inclusive.

£5.00 Deposit secures your place on the bus.

Contact Vanessa on 07931 771473 if interested in going or give your name and deposit to the desk .

KIMBERLEY FUN GALA

Entry forms will be available from this weekend for the Annual Fun Gala on the 1st August.
On the same day, join us on the school playing fields for an afternoon of fun and games and hopefully a barbecue from 1.00p.m. Weather Permitting!
Open to all club members.

Alan

Swimmer of the Month 08/07/2009

The swimmers of the month for June are

EVIE SCOTT from the Improver Session and
JAMIE STEPHENSON from the small pool.

WELL DONE TO BOTH

Broxtowe Dry Triathlon

Further to yesterdays message, all the results are in now.

In the senior event which consisted of a 1000m Row, 2.5 mile bike ride and 1000m Run
the Kimberley results were

6th Sean Dyche 18.10
15th James Lickley 19.28
18th Lauren Gill 19.52
25th Robyn Beecham 21.02
26th Sam Jervis 21.21
40th Lizzie Shaw 24.53
41st Daniel Knowles 24.54
44th Nick Boston 25.36
45th Emma Clements 25.47
46th Georgia Hawksworth 27.32
47th Jessica Wright 27.37
49th Georgia Tomlinson 29.31
50th Josie Henderson 29.31
51st Olwyn Davis 30.12
52nd Aime Cheese 30.28

Well done to all for a fab night.

Alan

Broxtowe Dry Triathlon 2nd July 2009

The results from the Broxtowe Dry Triathlon Junior events are as follows:

Junior Distance - 300m Row, 2 Bike Laps, 300m Run

1st Hannah Cross 15.58
5th Mollie Wright 19.39
6th Georgia Stirland 19.48
7th Tyler Meads 20.05
9th Alice Colquhoun 21.48
10th Jennifer Birch 21.54

Junior Distance 2 - 300m Row, 1 Bike Lap, 300m Run

1st Lukas Watson 10.17

Well done to all those that took part.

Alan

Development League Round 2 (04/07/09)

A fantastic 28 pb's gained so well done to all the kids.

Unfortunately due to the nature of the gala I cannot give you placements for the individual races.

Special mention tonight go to Lisa Wright (announcing for the first time, and i'm sure we would all agree did a great job ) -- Diane and Kathryn for team managing - (not an easy job) - Sharon and Gail -recording - Ian Hawksworth for chief timekeeping - Russ and Lizzie - timekeeping and Lauren Gill and Daniel Knowles for filling the certificates in and running up and down all night -Thank you all.

And to those swimmers that only did the one event and never moaned - Frank, Pollyhannah, Jennifer, Beth Lowe , Laura Whitehead and Jack Brown and to Emma Banner for filling in at the last moment.

To Joe Banner and Ryan Pigott for swimming to instructions and some cracking relay swims from Jess, Hannah , Charly, Leah and Scott, Ryan, Ben and Liam.

Could waffle on all night but as its late now.... WELL DONE ALL THE KIDS.

Results

Alan