Wednesday 28 July 2010

Mollie Update

At todays National Age Groups Mollie Wright finished 10th overall in the 12year old 1500m Freestyle with a 22 second p.b and a time of 18.41.62.

Well Done Mollie... We are all proud of you.

Alan

Tuesday 27 July 2010

Good Luck Lauren!!

Lauren Gill is competing in the national Age group championships on Tuesday 3rd August in the 200m Backstroke.
A remarkable achievement considering her recent knee injury.

All at Kimberley S.C wish her well..... Go Lauren......Woooosh!!

Good Luck Mollie!!

Mollie Wright is competing in the A.S.A National Age Group Championships on Wednesday 28th July - 1500m and on Friday 30th July - 800m.

All at Kimberley S.C wish her the best of luck ... Go Mollie ....wooosh!

Fun Day Reminder 31/07/2010

Don't forget to come and join us on the sports field ( from 1.00p.m) for an afternoon of fun and games,
followed in the evening by the fun gala.

Hope to see you there :-)

Sponsored Swim Update

On Saturday 24/07/2010 the swimmers who took part in the sponsored swim swam a total of 117,200 metres (according to the list we had at the desk).
Below is a list of the swimmers and their distances swam.

Ellie Poxon
10,000

Lauren Gill
10,000

Emma Clements
10,000

Dana Meads
5,000

Daniel Knowles
5,000

Amie Cheese
5,000

Callum Williamson
5,000

Freya Bexon
5,000

Megan Rea
5,000

Matthew Shaw
5,000

Katie Birch
5,000

Nathan Venn
5,000

Christopher Rudkin
5,000

Greg Brown
4,000

Cameron Halliday
3,000

Beth Lewis
3,000

Ryan Pigott
2,500

Lauren Shipley
2,500

Divya Mohanti
2,500

Ellie Knowles
2,000

Saskia Bexon
2,000

Rachel McIntyre
2,000

Leanne Kinton
2,000

Caladesi Rose
2,000

Megan Littlewood
2,000

Radina Gibb
1,500

Ryan Hickey
1,200

William Francis
1,000

Libby Reddish
1,000

Matthew Brown
1,000

Shiona Hickey
600

Olivia Kinton
600

Emily Giddings
600

Mitchell Unthank
200

In addition to this, Lucy Morgan came for her normal lesson, was persuaded to swim for her 200m badge and eventually completed 2,500 metres!!

Well done to all and thanks to all those that helped with the recording.

Tuesday 20 July 2010

Sponsored Swim 24/07/2010

A reminder that this coming Saturday Evening the club will hold the first of its planned charity distance swims. There will be NO IMPROVER SESSIONS IN THE MAIN POOL ON THIS NIGHT AND NO SQUAD SESSION.
If you would like to take part in this event, please pick up a sponsor form from the club desk ,this Wednesday Evening or Saturday Morning.
Any distance can be swum from 20m upwards.
Please only ask friends and family to sponsor you, not strangers.

K.S.C Committee

J.C Dobb Trophy - Rnd 3 - 17/07/2010

In the final round of the Spring J.C Dobb competition, the swimmers once again performed brilliantly to continue their inpressive record in this competition.
15 p.bs were achieved along with 23 first place finishes and 10 second places.
Highlight of the night was a Kimberley 'Pink' T-Shirt swim by Ben Barsby.

The club finished first place on the night and first place overall in the competition for the third time on the trot.

Well done to all :-)

Click here for Results

Alan

Development League Winners!!

We are pleased to announce that the club has won the Notts A.S.A Devolpment League.
There will be a presentation of the winning trophy on Wednesday 28th July prior to the squad training session.
The following swimmers took part in the competition this year. Please come along to the presentation (wearing club t-shirts) to celebrate your success.

Greg Brown
Courtney Butters
Aime Cheese
Alex Cole
Jasmine Fahy
Heidi Frost
Ben Hatton
Jessica Hawksworth
Cameron Halliday
Bronagh Hemingray
Harry Jervis
Isabelle Jervis
Josh Mansfield
Tyler Meads
Dana Meads
Lauren Moore
Louis Peabody
Charly Pink
Ellie Poxon
Megan Rea
Leah Roulstone
Daniel Scott
Matthew Shipley
Josh Shipman
Luke Snowdon
Aiden Williamson
Callum Williamson
Elise Yorston


Well done to all!!!!

Alan

Mary Davies Gala 10/07/2010

We travelled to Mansfield for their annual Mary Davies Gala on the 10th July.
This was another gala with cut off times set and the swimmers swam really well to finish 3rd only 4 points behind 2nd, which was good considering all the changes that had to be made to the team from the original choices.

Sutton 112
Mansfiled 117
Eckington 123
Kimberley 142
Leander 146
Bramcote 155

Well done to all especially those that didn't swim their 'normal' events and to Lauren Gill for giving us all a good laugh.

Special mention to Sam Jervis, getting beaten by a 10yr old.. Told you i'd mention it Sam :-) then blaming his Mum!!!

Once again, well done to all.

Click here for Results

Alan

Development League Round Two 03/07/2010

In the second round of the development league the swimmers travelled the short distance to Bramcote.
They recorded 28 personal best times to cap some great swimming.
Nathan Venn, Daniel Scott (4), Dana Meads and Aime Cheese all recorded times faster than the speed limits set in this competition.
Well done to all the swimmers.

Click here forResults

Alan

Thursday 1 July 2010

DAY TRIPS

We are always looking for ideas/suggestions for our trips so please if you have any, pass them onto one of the social secretaries Kay, Lisa, Sharon or Shirley.

Calling all Brownies!

If you want to do your swimming badge(s) come along on Saturday 10th July at 9.45 a.m. where we will have teachers available to take you through them. Make sure you bring your book for us to sign.

Birthdays

Birthday wishes for July go to:
Ethan Anderson, Emma and Joseph Banner, Katie Birch, James Bird, Matthew Brown, Natalie Burrows, Ben Campbell, Bradley Francis, Adam Gregory, Cameron Halliday, Ryan Hickey, Josh Housley, Sam Jervis, Olivia Kinton, Nicola Lester, Scott Lindley, Josh Shipman, Jake Smith (18), Robert Swinburne (21), Lucie Thatcher, Laura Vernon, Mollie Wright. As for the adults, best wishes go to Lisa Wright, Kay Mansfield, Graham Cheese and Gill McIntyre

Belated birthday wishes also go to those who had birthdays in June:
Mia Allen, Emily Anthony, Oliver Beveridge, Dan Campbell, Lauren Cox, Thea Dane, Lucy Drake, Dominic D’Sa, Sean Dyche, Radina Gibb, Jordan Gillott, James Harvey, Angus and Eva James, Daniel Knowles, Jimi Knowles, Jacob Morning, Evie-Mai Oldham, Ellie Poxon, Kaitlyn Sisson, Josh Skinner, Sophie Snowden, Kane Storer, Georgia Townsend, Mitchell Unthank, Laura Whitehead, Tom Wilkinson, Aiden and Callum Williamson, Jessica Wright, Alix Wylie and to the adults Steve Beecham and Diane Brown.

Congratulations to Mollie Wright and Lauren Gill

KSC are proud to be able to congratulate and report that Lauren Gill managed to recover sufficiently from a serious knee injury to be able to travel to Majorca with her Nova team mates and take part in a swim training camp designed for elite swimmers. Despite Lauren’s recovery being very late in the day, she is making steady progress and still hopes to compete in the Youth National Championships in mid July. We wish her every success.
The club are also proud to be able to congratulate Mollie Wright on becoming the Midlands 200m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle champion following her participation in the Midland District Age Group Championships in early June. Mollie collected a haul of medals and after a long couple of weekends swimming finished in 3rd position overall in the 11 year girls age group – a fantastic achievement. Mollie is now looking forward to the National Age Group Championships later in July. Good Luck Mollie!

June swimmers of the month

Our teaching pool and improver swimmers of the month awards for June went to Finn Whittamore and Harriet Cross respectively.
Well done to both.

Alan

2010 Kimberley Swimming Club Championships

Once again, as in previous years the 2010 Club Champs will be held at Hucknall Leisure Centre over 2 weekends in October. The dates for your diary are Sunday 10th October and Sunday 17th October.
Entry forms and promoters conditions are now available on the desk and we encourage all of our swimmers to enter where possible. Please note the STRICT cut off date for Club champs entries will be 9.00 p.m. on Monday 20th September – NO EXCEPTIONS!!

Fun Day/Fun Gala 31/07/2010

On 31st July the club will be holding its annual Fun Day & Gala with games & BBQ on the field before the gala begins. The fun will kick off at 1pm on the school field next to the Leisure centre, with games of Tag Rugby, British Bulldog and others before the BBQ is ready. At 6pm we will move into the Leisure Centre Pool and split into 4 teams who will battle (and often cheat!!) to become the KSC Fun Gala Champions. Entry forms are available now on the desk.
The Games on the field are free and entry to the gala is just £2 per swimmer. All family and friends are welcome to join us in the field games regardless of age, but in the pool, for safety reasons, swimmers in lane 1 of improver sessions will compete in the teaching pool. We will also need volunteer helpers for the gala, so please let the desk staff know if you can lend a hand and don’t mind getting wet!!

K.S.C Committee

KSC Charity/Long Distance Swim 24/07/2010

On Saturday 24th July Kimberley Swimming Club will have sole use of a single lane from 2pm until 9pm to enable as many of our swimmers as possible to take part in a charity/Long Distance Swim.
So if you would like to take part in this event, or have a burning desire to complete a long distance swimming award that you would otherwise not have time to complete in other club sessions, please register your interest, pick up a sponsor form from the desk and start collecting sponsorship!!
Please only ask friends and family to sponsor you, not strangers.
Details of distances and badges which can be earned are also available from the desk.
Please join us and let’s raise as much money as we can collectively. All monies raised will be split 3 ways with equal thirds going to
• Rainbow’s Children’s Hospice - is dedicated to providing care to meet the needs of children and young people from the East Midlands who are affected by life limiting and life threatening conditions. As the East Midlands’ only hospice for children and young people, Rainbows is a place where life-limited children and their families can find care and support. The incredible team of people helps relieve symptoms, improve quality of life, support parents and siblings through their bereavements and care for children until the end.
• Kimberley Swimming Club – to help fund our forthcoming club champs and offset coach hire costs to various galas through out the year.
• Cystic Fibrosis – A cause being championed by Gina, one of the Leisure Centre Lifeguards. The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the UK’s only national charity dedicated to all aspects of Cystic Fibrosis (CF) they fund research to treat and cure CF and aim to ensure appropriate clinical care and support is available for people with CF.

K.S.C Committee

Diddy League Final 26/06/2010



On the 26th June the club travelled down the M1 for the final of the diddy league.
A tough gala lay ahead and this was proved with the result as Kimberley came 5th on the night and 5th overall in the league.
Final result:
Kettering 208
Coventry 193
Loughborough 165.5
Melton 150
Kimberley 144.5
Wellingborough 140

Despite Kimberley swimmers achieving 13 personal best times, only three first place finishes were recorded, these being two by the 11yr old girls relay team of Gemma Calder, Beth Lowe, Georgia Petch and Mollie Wright and one for Adam Gregory in the boys 11yr old 25m Free.

Special mention must go to Louis Peabody, Jade Calder, Courtney Butters and Aidan Williamson who only had one swim each but never complained.

Well done to all the swimmers who took part in this competition.

Click here for Results

Alan