Retford Open Meet 24/06/2012

Ben Barsby, Jade and Gemma Calder, Jade Duffy and Elise Yorston travelled to Sheffield on Sunday for Retford Swimming Clubs annual open meet at Ponds Forge.

Ben  p.b'd all 4 events he entered (50m Breast, 50m Fly, 50m Back and 100m I/M) with 2 first and 2 second places.

Gemma Calder got a first in 50m Fly, 2 x 4th in 50m back and Free and a 3rd in the 100m Fly and 2
CQT's for next year,

Jade Calder got 2 x 3rd - 50m Fly and 100 I/M,  a 4th in 50m Free,  2 x 5th in 50m Breast and 50m Back and a 6th in 200m I/M plus 3 CQT's for next year.

Elise came first in 50m Back, 4 x 2nd in 50m breast,100m Back, 100m I/M, 50m Free, 2 x 4th in 200m Free and 200m I/M and a 6th in 100m Free with 7 CQT's

Jade Duffy got a 3rd for 50m Free and a 5th for 50m Fly plus a new CQT.

                                                           

Well done to all.

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Great North Swim update

Robert, Russ and Elliot travelled to the Lake District on Friday only for the event to be cancelled
due to the adverse weather conditions, with a new date of Sunday for the swim.

Russ was unable to take part due to work, so Robert and Elliot set off again on Sunday,
fingers crossed that the weather would hold up and they could do their swim.

Good news greeted them and the event went ahead and 2 miles of Lake Windermere awaited them!
Robert completed his swim in 54 min 14 sec finishing 24th fastest out of 414 swimmers whilst
Elliot came in 40th with a time of 57mins 28secs.

Well done lads!!  Many thanks to everyone who sponsored them .

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Extra Training Sessions

To squad swimmers

Hopefully you will all have received the updated Diary Dates list that Jean sent out on 1st June.

This included 7 weeks of extra training at the Nottingham University Pool on Friday evenings which arose from an invitation from Bramcote swimming club because of dates which were unavailable at Loughborough due to the Olympic squads training there.
Originally we would have missed 3 dates at Loughborough, (6th and 20th July and 3rd August) but these have now been reinstated and there will be sessions at both pools on those dates - see below:

29th June - Bramcote [not the Uni for this first session] *
6th July - Nottingham Uni and Loughborough
13th July - Nottingham Uni
20th July - Nottingham Uni and Loughborough
27th July - Nottingham Uni
3rd August - Nottingham Uni and Loughborough
10th August - Nottingham Uni

A couple of the Uni /Loughborough sessions will be invitation only and used for Time Trials.

*One exception is this coming Friday - the 29th.

We have use of the whole pool at Bramcote (not the Uni as stated) so there are 6 lanes in a 25m pool available.*

It's necessary to book a place as you would for Loughborough so that we know who to expect so
please use the form at the desk this Wednesday 27th June or e-mail us if you can't attend on the 27th.
If not enough numbers to cover the hire of the pool we will open the sessions to Lane 5 improver session swimmers.

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Diddy League Round 3

The diddy squad travelled to Loughborough for the final round of the diddy league.
Unfortunately it wasn't for the final this year but the kids finished the competition in style
by winning the gala by 68 points.

Kimberley 258
Corby  190
Loughborough 185
Leicester Neptune 173
Burton 141

25 first place finishes and 16 second places were achieved from the 48 events.

WELL DONE TO ALL THE KIDS.

Diddy League Round 3

Great North Swim 2012

3 swimmers from Kimberley,  Elliott Clements, Robert Swinburne and Russel Pink are swimming in the Great North swim at Lake Windermere on Friday 22nd June.
Good Luck to all 3.



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J.C Dobb Rnd 2 16/06/2012

In tonights second round of the J.C Dobb competition we came second on the night

Hucknall 172
Kimberley 158
Ilkeston 154
Radford 128
Sutton 109
Portland 0

We had 6 swims too fast.  Woosh to Jessie, Bradley, Chloe, Jade Calder and the two relay teams!!

Well done to all the swimmers.

Sorry no relay cut offs… having problems with stop watch.. I’ll fix it tomorrow at work!

Special mentions to Jimi Knowles  - for his first gala,  to Amy Cullingworth, a 6 second p.b on 50m Fly
to Jade Duffy, Greg and Jack Brown, Adam Gregory, Florence Orme and Gemma Calder for their first
 place finishes.
Thanks to Katie Horner, Jade Calder and Ellie Knowles for timing for me and to Sharon, Dave, Malcolm, Denise
for officiating and to Lisa


J.C Dobb Rnd 2








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A Bit of Fun

Check out this link

Race the best

and see how you compare to the Olympians!

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Sheffield City Teaspoon open.

Details are now out for Sheffield City Teaspoon Open Meet.

Sheffield City Teaspoon Open

Mansfield Major Oak Open

Entry details are now out for the Mansfield S.C Major Oak Open Meet

Mansfield Major Oak

Please note:  if entering, there is a club gala on the evening of the 17th.

(Swimmers must be Cat2 registered)

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Midlands Age Groups.

On Saturday, at a surprisingly sunny Coventry, day 3 of the Midlands Age Groups Championships kicked off with Mollie Wright in the Nova 4x200m free relay, swimming the 3rd leg and pulling the team into the lead with a split which is a pb for her.....and they came 1st!! 

Matthew Shipley qualified in 3rd place for the 200m Breaststroke but bettered this in the final knocking 7 seconds off his heat time to finish in second place.

Mollie then just missed out on a medal in the 4x100m Free relay....the team finished in 4th.

Charly Neilson missed her p.b by 100th of a second in the 200m Breaststroke but a great swim nevertheless.

Matthew then came second in the 200m Backstroke Final, after qualifying 2nd in the heats beating his previous p.b both times

Sunday saw the final day of midlands.....Matthew scored a huge 16 second pb in the 400m free, which gained him a silver medal. Mollie swam off her pb in 200 fly but made it into the final where she improved her heat time by 2 seconds, finishing in 5th.

Going in to the last ranking event Matthew was second place in the bagcats  just one point behind his nearest rival.  He swam a superb 100m Freestyle becoming the Midlands 100m Freestyle Champ and securing first place in the bagcat rankings.  A fantastic achievement.  Well done Matthew!!  

Then finally, he had an I/M final to swim coming in 4th place.

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May - Swimmers of the month.

The swimmers of the month for May were:

Small pool – Haylee Jenkins-Weller 

and in the Main Pool - Harry Stevenson.

Well done to both.

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Olympic Fun Day July 29th

Join us on Sunday 29th July for an afternoon of Olympic themed games.  We'll have a bbq as usual or bring along a picnic. Followed in the evening with an Olympic Fun Gala.  More details to follow:


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June Birthdays

Happy Birthday wishes for June go to:

Emily Anthony, Chloe Bis, Elliot Bratby-Britton, Dan Campbell, Charlie Cheetham, Freya Clowes, Beatrice Crawford, Matthew Fearn, Radina Gibb, James Harvey, Dan Knowles, Jimi Knowles, Francesca McGuire, Evie-Mai Oldham, Thomas Owens, Amelia Peabody-Cooper, JD Peralta-Romand, Ryan Pickard, Ellie Poxon, Mitchel Purdy, Lewis Rounce, Jacob Sadler, Josh Skinner, Caitlin Smith, Duncan Stagg, Georgia Townsend, Aiden & Callum Williamson.

The over 18’s are Steve Beecham, Diane Brown, Sean Dyche and Corinna Pinfold.

Midlands Update

This weekend at the Midlands ended up a great weekend for Matthew Shipley, becoming the Midlands Champion in the 100m Backstroke.
His first event on Saturday, the  100m Breaststroke saw him gain a bronze medal, then later in the day he achieved a silver in the 400m I/M.
On Sunday he reached the final of the 200m Free qualifying in 3rd position. He bettered this in the final beating his qualifying time by 2 seconds to gain another silver.

Mollie Wright narrowly missed making the final on 200 Breast but swam a good time and went on to get a pb in 100m butterfly and just missed out on the final again in 200 IM. She was just off her pb's in the 200m back and the 400m Free. 

Charly Neilson swam well in the 100 breast, just swimming outside her pb.

Well done to all three. The club is proud of you all.


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East Midlands Regional Disability Championships

On the 20th May two Kimberley Swimmers, Jacqueline Jenkins Weller and Emily Anthony took part in the East Midlands Regional Disability Championships at Braunstone. Leicestershire, representing the Nova disability squad.

Jacqueline came away with two second places at 50m Back and 50m Free and a first place in the 50m Breast whilst Emily was fourth in the 50m Breast and 50m Back and fifth in the 50m Free, in their respective age groups.

Well done to both girls.

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British Gas Midland Age Group Championships

This weekend sees the start of the British Gas Midland Age Group Championships at Coventry and 3 Kimberley Swimmers are taking part under the Nova banner.

Matthew Shipley - 100m Breast, 400 I/M, 200M Free and 100m Back and Charly Neilson - 100m Breast are competing in their first Midlands alongside Mollie Wright -200m Breast,100m Fly,200m I/M,100m Free,200m Back and 400m Free.

All at Kimberley wish the trio the best of luck.

The championships continue again next weekend with all 3 appearing again.

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