Kimberley Swimming Club

Competing at the British Championships (Olympic Selection Trials - March 2012) at the Aquatics Centre, London by Rebecca Barsby - KSC Volunteer.

2012-03-15T14:38:00.005Z

I've attached some photo's from the trials - of me the pool and the stadium.
First a little bit about myself - I started swimming at Kimberley at 5yrs and then started on Nova Development Squad at 10, after attending a trial. A few weeks after that I did my first Counties -compared to some I was probably a late starter, (my brother Ben would certainly say that).
At 11 I qualified for my first Regional Championships and moved on to Nova B Squad. From then over the years I have qualified for the Regional Championships in all strokes at all distances, although my best and preferred events have been breaststroke and the individual medley. At 14, having qualified for the Nationals I moved onto Nova A squad which is where I still train.
Since 14 I have qualified and competed at both Youth and Senior National level in the breast stroke events - 50m, 100m & 200m, the 200m and 400m individual medley and last year I also qualified and competed in the 200m fly.
This year my initial goal was to qualify to compete at the British Champs, which I did in the 200m breast stroke, narrowly missing the 100m long course qualifying time of 1.12.75 (Pb 1.13.18 long).
After all the hard training, 9/10 sessions per week, before and after school and now my Uni course, doing between 55,000 and 70,000 metres a week, plus gym sessions, I was going to compete in the Olympic pool.
Walking out onto the poolside, in my Olympic trials tracksuit, I was nervous, (which is usual) but pleased as it's not everyday you can say 'I competed at the Olympic trials'
The pool was magnificent, especially when I was racing. The atmosphere was fantastic and everyone found themselves cheering and sitting on the edge of their seats for every event. It was fantastic to see so many swimmers qualifying for the Olympics. To see them perform, was amazing. Overall it was just an amazing experience.
Hopefully in the years to come lots of our local swimmers will be competing at Nationals and the British Championships, if they keep up the hard training.

Rebecca

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Cadbury's World Trip

2012-03-14T14:40:00.001Z

A fun day out was had by all who went to Cadbury's World.

We have further trips planned for the rest of the year.

February Swimmers of the Month

2012-03-14T14:34:00.001Z

The swimmers of the month for February were

Grace Ensor - small pool and James Harvey from the main pool.

Well done to both.

Other nominees were Reuben Clowes,Sam Rockley,Eryn Fulman,Charlie Cheetham,Ethan Wright,Annalise Howell, Maisie Woolis and Caitlin Smith.

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March Birthdays

2012-03-07T15:02:00.001Z

Birthday Wishes go to:

Charlotte Attfield, Hollie and Ellie Bis, Luke Brown, Amy Butler, Jade Calder, Holly Calow, Grace Ensor, Dan Everall, Heidi Fletcher-Smith, Josh Forbs, Jerome and Jade Forrester, Eryn Fulman, Ava Gillott, Amy Grainger, Annaleise Howell, Joseph and Livia Kingsland, Matthew and Megan Littlewood, Helana Luk, James McKeown, Emily and Charlotte Mehew, Catherine Moore, Kaine Priestley, Frank and Madelyn Pritchard, Libby Reddish, Caladesi Rose, Ella Rowland, Jack Shaw, Joseph Taylor, Xena Verma, Sophie Wall, Jasmin Wilkins, Ethan Wright and the over 21’s Shirley Mowberry and Denise Swinburne.

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World Record Swim - update

2012-03-05T14:35:00.001Z

A big thank you to everyone that helped with the Swimarathon on Saturday 25th February at John Carroll Leisure Centre.

The result was a doubling of the world record from 2533 to 5224 swimmers at the latest count. Our event organised by Nottingham Rotary had 50 swimmers and £139.45 was raised for the End Polio Now campaign.

100 metres while challenging for some was certainly not for the swimming clubs and we hope to have a more challenging event for you next year. Next year’s date for the Rotary Global Swimarathon has been set as the 23rd February 2013 at 12 noon

Some pictures are attached and you can see some of this year’s results at http://rotaryglobalswimarathon.org/

Regards

James

James Thornhill

President
Nottingham Rotary Club
http://www.rotary1220.org/not

County Championships 3rd/4th March 2012

2012-03-04T17:21:00.004Z

A long weekend of swimming at Mansfield saw the final two days of this years county championships.

On Saturday the swimmers swam 32 p.b times from 40 individual events with Mollie Wright winning the girls 400m Freestyle event and Matthew Shipley achieving first place in the 9/10yr old boys 50m Freestyle.

On Sunday, Mollie came runners up in the girls 13yr old 200m Free and Matthew picked up a second place medal for the 9/10yr 50m Backstroke. Excellent p.bs were gained by the majority of the swimmers.

In the multi disability events Jacqueline Jenkins Weller won both her events with Emily Anthony coming in second place.

In the BagCat awards Matthew Shipley(10yr) finished in first place ... well done Matt, County Champion :-) Bradley Francis (9yr) finished in 5th, Mollie Wright(13yr) finished in 4th and Ryan Pigott (12yr) finished in 6th place.
Swimmers just outside the top ten were Charly Neilson - 12th place, Elise Yorston 12th place, Eve McG - 11th place and Ellie Knowles - 13th Place.

Over the course of the county championships the swimmers have been a credit to the club and their parents, all constantly cheering and supporting each other. They should ALL be proud of their efforts.

Many thanks to Russ Pigott, Sharon Knowles, Scott Kennerell, Amber Williamson, Lisa Wright and Diane Brown for their help on poolside.

Alan

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Sports Centre League 25/02/2012

2012-03-04T17:13:00.002Z

In the second round of the Sports Centre League we once again came in second place.

Well done to all the kids. Special mention once again to Charly, Mollie, Ryan, Jack and Adam for competing in two age groups and to Abbey Close on her first gala appearance for K.S.C,

The 8/9yr old relay team of Joseph Kingsland, Abbey Close, Lauren Shipley and Bradley Francis won all their events as did
Lauren Gill, Mollie Wright and Matthew Shipley, The other winner on the night was Ryan Pigott.

Well done to all the swimmers.

Alan

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Rotary Club World Record Attempt Swim

2012-02-25T13:07:00.007Z

The following swimmers took part in todays world record attempt at John Carroll Leisure Centre.

Holly Orme
Lily Orme
Chloe Cheetham
Imogen Spouge
Charly Pink
Courtney Butters
Katie Horner
Mollie Townsend
Georgia Townsend
Chloe Bis
Cameron Thorpe
Bradley Francis
Katie Horner
Georgia Headland

Well done to all and thanks for your support. All received a certificate of participation.
The organisers were expecting over 500 swimmers to take part from Nottingham. I'll let you know if they reached their target.

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Day Four of the Counties 18/02/2012

2012-02-18T20:50:00.002Z

The swimmers travelled to Retford this evening for the girls 200m Breaststroke and boys 1500m Freestyle events.

Personal best times were swam by Ellie Knowles, Jade Kennerell, Charly Neilson and Mollie Wright. Charly and Mollie both making finals and achieving Midland Qualifying times. Eve McGrenaghan just missed out on a p.b.

(We had no swimmers in the boys 1500m event)

Well done to all.

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World record swim attempt at Nottingham

2012-02-18T16:25:00.003Z

We have been asked by the Rotary club of Nottingham to contribute to a world attempt on the record for the most people swimming at the same time anywhere in the world.

It is being organised by Rotary Clubs around the world in aid of their End Polio Campaign and Nottingham Rotary Club will be organising a Nottingham entry at John Carroll Leisure Centre, Denman Street central, Radford, Nottingham on Saturday 25th February 2012 between 12noon and 1pm.

Swimmers will swim in a loop up and down lanes and complete 100 metres(4 lengths of the pool). To qualify they need to have 25 swimmers minimum.They have two lanes available and with 6 swimmers allowed per lane at the same time in theory with an average time of 10 minutes they could have 36 swimmers per lane. They will have lane attendants and witnesses available to meet the rules of the Guinness Book of Record attempt. World wide they are hoping for more than 25,000 swimmers to be involved which would beat the record which currently stands at 2332 people.

There is normally a £2 donation entry fee to go to End Polio Now but as Nottingham is a late entrant to this and time is short Nottingham Rotary will happily meet this.

More information about the event is on their website
www.rotaryglobalswimarathon.org

Every participant will receive a signed certificate of participation.

Please contact Alan as soon as possible if you wish to take part in this as the event takes place next Saturday. (We have been asked to take at least 20 swimmers if possible)

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Cadburys World Trip 11th March

2012-02-16T14:29:00.003Z

Date: Sunday 11th March 2012

Uncover a world of chocolate delights and enjoy a fascinating, fun packed day out at Cadburys world in Birmingham.
With 14 amazing zones, there will be plenty to see and do: from learning about how your favourite chocolate is made, uncovering the story of chocolate and playing in chocolate rain, before visiting the worlds biggest Cadbury shop! just in time for Easter…..

Time: Bus to leave Kimberley Leisure Centre at 9am prompt!
Bus will leave Cadburys World at approx 4pm to return home for arrival back at the Leisure Centre at approx 6.00p.m

Book your places at the desk during any KSC session, prices include bus fare and entry

0—3yrs Free
4—18yrs £10 (inc goody bag)
Over 18’s £12
* £2 per person increase for none KSC members who want to join us.

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County Champs Day 3 - Feb 11th

2012-02-11T20:21:00.003Z

In todays evening session of the counties at Worksop, Mollie Wright and Charly Neilson both recorded excellent p.bs in the girls 800m Freestyle event, Mollie finishing 2nd and Charly 10th in their respective age groups.
In the boys 200m Backstroke, Matthew Shipley came first in the boys 10yr age group both in qualifying and in the final recording p.bs in both, Aiden Williamson got a 20second p.b(10th) and Ryan Pigott a 6second p.b (8th)

Well done to all

January Swimmers of the month

2012-02-07T20:42:00.000Z

The swimmers of the month for January were

Robert Smith - main pool and Sophie Taylor - small pool.

Well done to both.

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February Birthdays

2012-02-07T20:26:00.004Z

Birthday wishes for February go to:

Charlie Anthony, Jack Beecham,Ellie Boughton, Grace Broughton, Greg Brown, Hannah Clarke [18], Emily Coulter, Amy Cullingworth, Levi Ensor, Emma Greenop, Shiona Hickey, Cameron Hoggard, Scott Hutchinson, Ben Jackson,Jade Kennerell, Sammy Knowles, Chris Lindsey-Hill, Nicole Horsley, Amelia Luk, Ripley Manchester, Harry Maplestone, Alice Marriott, Dana Meads,Lucy Middleton, Kian Miloro-Deakin, Brydie Niblett, Adam Orme, Phoebe Pocock, India Sisson-Storer, Holly Skinner, Reeve Tombs, Rachel Vernon, Finn Whittamore, Grace Whittamore and Matthew Wright [18] and the over 18’s, Amanda Stephenson (way over 18), Katie Hemstock [21] and Malcolm Swinburne

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County Champs Day Two

2012-02-05T17:39:00.002Z

After a delayed start to the day due to the weather conditions the races got under way with the girls 200m Butterfly with Mollie Wright finishing 3rd with a p.b and securing a place in the final. Due to a couple of withdrawals she swam the final with only one other swimmer but beat her qualifying time and came in first.
Next up was the boys 400m Freestlye with Ryan Pigott, Bradley Francis and Matthew Shipley all recording fantastic personal best times.
The next event, the girls 100m Freestyle saw both Elise Yorston and Charly Neilson gain p.bs and Mollie Wright came fifth in her age group.
The boys 50m Breast was the last event of the morning, Luke Snowden, Aiden Wlliamson, Adam Gregory and Jack Brown all getting p,bs.

In the afternoon/evening realy events, the swimmers reached 3 finals, Alfie Orme,Greg Brown, Ryan Pigott and Matthew Shipley finishing in 5th place in the boys 12/u 4x50m Free, Adam Gregory, Jack Brown, Greg Brown and Ryan Pigott 5th place in the 14/u 4x50m Free and Matthew Shipley, Bradley Francis, Aiden Williamson and Luke Snowden 6th in the 10/u 4x50m Medley Relay.

Well done to all the swimmers today. Special mention to Emily Bettridge for standing in at the last moment for the 10/u girls relay teams and apologies to Kay Mansfield and Jo Fahy/Lee .....they know what I mean :-)

Thanks go to Russ Pigott, Claire Shipley and Kay for their help on poolside.

Alan

Notts ASA County Champs 2012

2012-02-04T19:40:00.003Z

The following swimmers are taking part in the Notts ASA County Championships which started at Beechdale today 4th Feb.

Ryan Pigott,Aiden Williamson,Matthew Shipley,Luke Snowden,Bradley Francis,Jade Calder,Gemma Calder,Eve McGrenaghan
Chloe Bis,Divya Mohanti,Mollie Wright,Emily Bettridge,Charly Neilson,Elise Yorston,Jade Kennerell,Jack Brown
Adam Gregory,Katie Walker,Sacha Flint,Jasmine Fahy,Alfie Orme,Josh Shipman,Georgia Townsend,Ellie Knowles
Greg Brown,Morgan Gallimore,Holly Mansfield,Lizzie Flint and Callum Williamson.

We wish them all well.

In todays morning events there were p.bs for Mollie Wright - 400m I/M and 50m Fly, Luke, Bradley and Ryan - 200m Breast,
Eve, Divya, Chloe, Emily and Jade Calder - 50m Fly.

In the afternoon session, Charly Neilson (100m Breast) and Mathew Shipley (200m Freestyle) both secured qualifying times
for the Midlands Championships.

Jade Kennerell and Elise both p.b'd in the 100m Breast as did Bradley, Aiden, Adam and Jack in the boys 200m Free.

Ryan Pigott and Matthew also p.bd in the 200m free, both boys earning a place in their respective age groups finals.
Matthew recorded an even better time to finish first earning a gold medal and Ryan came in 5th.

Also in the afternoon, Katie Walker(p.b) swam the fastest 50m Backstroke in the girls 9yr age whist Eve, Chloe and Sacha
all swam p.bs in the same event.

In the multi disability events Jacqueline Jenkins-Weller came first in the ladies 50m Back(p.b) and Emily Anthony came 2nd.

In the evening session, Matthew recorded another midland time finishing 1st in the boys 9/10yr 400m I/M and also came
first in the 5om Fly. Mollie Wright came 4th in the final of the girls 200m Backstroke -with a Midland Qualifying Time -, Eve, Sacha ,Elise and Charly all
achieving p.bs in the 200m Backstroke as did Jack, Josh and Bradley in the 50m Fly.

Well done to all the swimmers.

Thanks go to Russ Pigott and Diane Brown for helping on poolside.

Alan

Volunteers needed

2012-01-29T13:09:00.002Z

We are always needing volunteers to help out at the club in any capacity but particularly we are seeking help on poolside Saturday mornings 9.00a.m to 9.45a.m and Saturday evenings (on gala nights) from 6.00p.m until 8.00p.m.

If you wish to help out in any way please speak to the desk people, Jean or any of the poolside 'staff'

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J,C Dobb 28/01/2012

2012-01-29T13:00:00.003Z

In the first round of the Spring J.C Dobb competition at Sutton,we came 3rd on the night behind Sutton and Radford. We had 5 swims too fast and one dq.
Well done to all the swimmers.

Special mentions tonight go to Jack Brown – a pink t shirt swim in the 50m Free,
Lauren Shipley for her first gala, to Dylan Wharton for his first place plus a speeding ticket, to Greg Brown (2) Jade Duffy, Jessie Henderson, Holly Skinner, Elise Yorston, Robyn Beecham, Charly Neilson, Ryan Pigott, Holly Mansfield,Georgia Headland, Luke Snowden and Sophie McKeown on their p.bs and to Matthew Shipley for stepping in at the last moment and swimming in the 14 yr age group.

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(Correction) Changes to Saturday Nights at Kimberley

2012-01-29T12:50:00.003Z

In order to make good use of all the available pool time we have at Kimberley we have made some changes to our Saturday Evening Sessions to take effect from Saturday 3rd March 2012.
From 6.00 p.m to 6.50p.m in the main pool the sessions will be four lanes for Improver session swimmers Lanes 1 to 4. Disability Session will run from 6.00 - 6.45. The Transition class will run from 6.45 to 7.30 in one lane and from
7.00p.m to 8.00p.m four lanes for squad and improver lane 5 swimmers.( This will rise to 5 lanes once the transition session has finished)

Unfortunately there will no longer be a family swim on Saturday evenings.

Sutton Relay Gala 14/01/2012

2012-01-16T15:48:00.002Z

Once upon a time a group of enthusiastic swimmers set out for a swimming gala at Sutton.
The gala only had 35 races so everyone thought they would not be late home…………. But that wasn’t to be the case.

The gala had gremlins at work…………….

We started almost 30 minutes late because of wobbly blocks and lane ropes which all had to be tightened, and then followed confusion about the first two races. Once we got underway things got “better” until the starting beep machine got wet and gave up, lucky there was a whistle in the building sot things could continue. KSC eventually secured 2nd place with 146 points behind Sutton who scored 152 points.

Here are a few comments from the gala, all of which have been mentioned to the swimmers

• “Thanks” to all of the swimmers in the first 2 races who just dived in and made it up as they went, and still secured first places in a weird medley relay
• I would like to say “great job” to Niamh Skellet who overcame her nerves after falling in at the start of her first race. She swam fab in her other races, despite losing something every time she swam, hat, followed by goggles, that girl needs some KSC waterproof glue!
• Well done to my clipboard which did by far the best dive of the evening, when it landed in the water after “falling” from my hand
• Congratulations to all those who took part in the backstroke relays…………. We only had one crash - which was truly remarkable
• It was an excellent performance from the “swim cap” which was shared between 2 swimmers (you know who you are), as it was tugged and pulled on and off heads all night, why an excellent performance I hear you ask – well it didn’t rip and it lives to swim another day.
• Well done to Louis Peabody who managed to finish his race whilst trying to drink most of the pool water doing Butterfly – is that a new event Louis?
• Fab job by our 10yr old boys consisting of Aiden Williamson, Morgan Gallimore, Luke Snowden and Matthew Shipley – who swam so fast in the freestyle and backstroke relays, that they got a speeding ticket – but no points xx
• It was good to see some of our swimmers stretching and limbering up before their races, Ryan, Charly, Ben………. (note to self – stand well clear of any swimmers completing stretching excersises at next gala – some of these swimmers will know why I say this.)
• Thanks to all the parents in the audience for their support, it was good to see so many laughing throughout the gala, I think they were laughing with us and not at us.
• Well done to the boys open age group, (Robert Swinburne, Ben Barsby, Dan Knowles, Chris Hemstock, and James Lickley) who secured 1st place in 4 out of 5 of their relays, and to the girls 14/U fly relay team, (Mollie Wright, Jade Duffy, Ellie Poxon and Josie Henderson,) the girls open age medley relay team (Emma Clements, Robyn Beecham, Lizzie Shaw and Lauren Wright) and the boys 12/U Backstroke relay team (Callum Williamson, Ryan Pigott,Greg Brown and Sam McGrenaghan) all of whom got a first place for one of their relays.
• Finally thanks to the officials, timekeepers and Team manager for joining the mayhem

After a long and tiring night the gala was over and everyone went home and they all lived happily ever after

The End

Sharon (Alan’s YTS trainee)

Notts ASA Trophy - 7th January 2012

2012-01-09T09:08:00.002Z

Hello all,

Click here for the results from tonights gala. We finished in 3rd place. Well done to all the kids.

Special mentions go to Dylan Wharton, Chloe Cheetham and Imogen Spouge on swimming their first gala,
to The Shipleys and Francis families for coming to the gala straight from their open meet, to Emily Bettridge and Josh Shipman
for achieving county qualifying times and to Imogen (X2), Joseph Kingsland (x2) Chloe Bis, Dylan (X2), Lauren Moore, Chloe Cheetham,
Ted Goonan-Dunne (x2) Eve McGrenaghan, Eleanor Aboutarab, Josh Skinner, Katie Walker, Luke Snowden, Josh Shipman (x2) and Emily Bettridge
for their p,bs.

Also thanks to Holly Orme, Lisa, Robert and Malcolm for poolside help and officiating and to Scott Kennerell for time keeping at the last moment.

Alan

Membership Renewal 2012

2012-01-04T14:34:00.001Z

January sees the time for everyone to renew their membership of the club. We have a new membership secretary this year – Amanda Stephenson - so please assist Amanda by renewing as soon as the forms are available.

THE DEADLINE FOR RENEWALS IS WEDNESDAY 29TH FEBRUARY

Unfortunately we have had to increase some of our fees again this year but rest assured we have kept these increases as low as possible.

The following new membership fees for 2012 will therefore apply.

Category 1 members Squad, improvers and small pool swimmers £33.50 No change from 2011
Category 2 members Those registered to do Counties, Open Meets etc £50.00 An increase of 50p
Category 3 associate members 3rd and subsequent members of the same family £16.50 No change from 2011
Category 3 associate non-swimming members Staff (committee and poolside) and registered officials plus any adults who wish to become members £13.75 An increase of 25p

Please note: The rise in the membership fee is out of the clubs control. These are fees set by the A.S.A

The fees for our swimming sessions will take affect from Jan 7th 2012

All main pool sessions (including Wednesdays) £2.75 An increase of 25p
Teaching Pool (monthly) £13.50 An increase of £1
Family swim only £2.75 An increase of 25p
Extra session e.g. Diving/Turns/Family Swim £1.50 No change from 2011

The club appreciates your understanding on this subject

January Birthdays

2012-01-03T18:10:00.001Z

Birthday Wishes for January go to :
Abbie Aitchison, Robyn Beecham, Max Brough, Cody Brougham, Charlie Clarke, Abbey Close, Erin Dixon, Ewan Dyche, Ryan Fuller, William Giddings, Flynn Gillott, Molly Harbon, Jessica Hawksworth, Frank Hemingray, Harry Jervis, Jake Keightley, Joseph Kidd, Ewan Lester, Holly Lewis, Jay Lord, Elliot Mansfield, Eve McGrenaghan, Lauren Moore, Florence Orme, Ruby Pocock, Danniella Reed, Harrison Reed, Adam Rounce, Nya Sanderson, Evie Scott, Lauren Shipley, Matthew Shipley, Josh Simmons, Georgia Stevens, Owen Thatcher, Cameron Thorpe, Georgia Tomlinson, Molly Townsend, Nathan Venn, Evie Wharton, Caitlin Worthington, Harry Yorston and the over 18's: Alan Butters, Shirley on the desk, Chris Hemstock, Emma McGrenaghan, April Hutchinson, Peter Pink and Russel Pink

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Happy New Year

2012-01-03T18:09:00.000Z

Happy New Year to all!!

Happy Christmas

2011-12-20T20:09:00.002Z

On behalf of the committee of the club, I would like to wish a Happy Christmas and New Year to all our Swimmers and their families.

We are swimming Wednesday 28th December (usual Wednesday Night session) then back again on Wednesday 4th January. The Improver sessions start again on Saturday a.m 7th January.

Alan

Notts a.s.a Youth Championships 17-18th Dec

2011-12-20T19:59:00.003Z

In the new format to the Notts A.S.A County Championships the 14/over Girls and 15/over boys now take part in the Notts A.S.A Youth Championships which was held over the weekend of the 17th and 18th December.
Four swimmers from Kimberley took part over the weekend, Lauren Gill, Ben Barsby, Emma Clements and Robyn Beecham.

Lauren reached the finals of the 50m Back - 4th ,200m Back - 3rd and 100m Back - 4th
Robyn reached the final of the girls 50m Breaststroke coming in 5th Place
Ben reached the finals of the 50m Fly - 5th and 100m Fly - also fifth.

Emma overcame her nemesis of the 100m Fly at Beechdale.

WELL DONE TO ALL.

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Notts and District League 11/12/11

2011-12-20T19:24:00.002Z

The club is pleased to announce that it is the winners of the Notts and District League Competition.
We came second on the night in the final round which when added to the two first places in the previous rounds
helped secure victory. The following swimmers took part in this competition over the three rounds. WELL DONE TO ALL

Adam GREGORY
Alfie ORME
Ben BARSBY
Bradley FRANCIS
Charly NEILSON
Chloe BIS
Elise YORSTON
Elizabeth SHAW
Ellie KNOWLES
Ellie Poxon
Elliot CLEMENTS
Emma CLEMENTS
Gemma CALDER
Georgia PETCH
Greg BROWN
Harry JERVIS
Holly MANSFIELD
Jack BROWN
Jade CALDER
Jade KENNERELL
James LICKLEY
James McKEOWN
Jasmine FAHY
Josh FORBES
Josh HOUSLEY
Josh SHIPMAN
Josie HENDERSON
Katie WALKER
Lauren GILL
Lauren WRIGHT
Matthew SHIPLEY
Mollie WRIGHT
Natalie WATKINSON
Nathan VENN
Owen THATCHER
Robert SWINBURNE
Robyn BEECHAM
Russel Pink
Ryan PIGOTT
Sam Jervis
Tyler MEADS

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December Birthdays

2011-12-08T16:41:00.000Z

Birthday wishes go to :

Ben Barsby, Joseph Beckham, Holly Boot, Georgia Brougham, Courtney Butters, Chloe Cheetham, Charlotte Chester, Edie Collard, Lucy and Thomas Coulter, William Deakin, Caolan Dobney, Lauren Gill, Cameron Greenfield, Oliver Halford-Maw, Katie Horner, Louise Housley, Melanie Jenkins-Weller, Gabrielle Langmaid, Isabella Lowe-Sheppard, Shaun Manchester, Holly Mansfield, Ben Marshall, Sean Minkley, Georgia Money, Lily Orme, Felix Orme, Ben Rockley, Gillian Sellars, Daniel Scott, Phoebe Skellett, Ciaran Smith, Paras Sohal, Jamie Stephenson, Lauren Thorpe, Jodie Vickerstaff, Ria Walker, Aston Walls, Tom Williams, Jamie Wilson, Joseph Zakipour and the over 18’s Karen Worthington, Helen Reddish and Lynn Kennerell.

Happy Birthday to all.

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November Swimmers of the month.

2011-12-08T16:39:00.001Z

The swimmers of the month for November were:

Jennie Gibb (teaching pool) and Kate Wigglesworth (Improvers)

Well done to both :-)

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Broxtowe Sports Awards 04/12/2011

2011-12-05T12:34:00.005Z

At the Broxtowe Sports Awards evening on the 4th December the club was shortlisted for Sports Team of the Year, Mollie Wright ( young sportsperson) , James Lickley ( volunteer), Danny Sheffield (volunteer)Rebecca Barsby (shortlisted as sportsperson of the year) Emily Anthony (disabled sportsperson) were all nominated for an award and the 'team' of young volunteers at Kimberley,
Lauren Gill, Laurie Dyche, Sam Jervis, Joe Banner , Emma Banner, Jack Shaw, Ellie Poxon, Rachel Swinburne, Elizabeth Shaw, James Lickley, Rebecca Barsby ,Georgia Hawksworth,Daniel Knowles, Natalie Watkinson,Robert Swinburne, Katie Hemstock, Chris Hemstock, Robyn Beecham, Aime Cheese and Dana Meads WON the more than sport award for their contribution to the club with their help on poolside. ( apologies if i've missed anyone)

James, Lauren, Rebecca, Joe and Emma receiving the award for 'more than sport'

The Broxtowe Sports award winners.

Well done to all.

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Chesterfield Open Meet 03-04/12/2011

2011-12-05T12:29:00.002Z

At the Chesterfiels Open Meet on Saturday and Sunday two Kimberley Swimmers took part, Matthew Shipley and Ryan Pigott.

Matthew swam in the 400m Freestyle event and got a speeding ticket by swimming one minute quicker than the cut off time in 5.51.80... woosh go Matt!!

Ryan swam in the 400m Free, 200m Back, 200m Breast, 200m I/M and 200m Free recording 4 p.bs and top 5 placings in every event.

Well done to both boys.

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J.C DOBB 03/12/11

2011-12-05T12:26:00.002Z

On Saturday 3rd December we competed in the final round of the J.C Dobb autumn competition. We won the gala! We also secured first place in the league competition coming behind from 4th place going into the gala.

kimberley 198
ilkeston 169
portland 158
sutton 133
radford 130
hucknall 112

Overall league table

kimberley 175 125 198 498
ilkeston 162 159 169 490
portland 178 134 158 470
sutton 177 143 133 453
hucknall 156 124 112 392
radford 135 130 265

Well done to all the swimmers, only one speeding ticket on the night.

Well done to Gemma(x2), Jack (x2) Katie,Aiden, Daniel, Holly Skinner, Jade Calder, Charly and Nathan on their p.bs.

Special mentions on the night to Aiden who ended up doing all the 10yr old boys individual events, to Ellie Poxon for no DQ,
the 8/9year olds Matthew, Joseph, Eve, Emily, Bradley and Holly Mansfield who remained unbeaten throughout the competition
as they have done all year in the J.C Dobb League and to all those that swam in their 'not usual events' last night and those that swam up in the age groups throughout.

Alan

A.G.M

2011-11-23T16:58:00.001Z

All Adult Members

The Annual General Meeting is being held on Sunday 4th December 2011 at 7.15 p.m. in the Community Room of the Kimberley School. Your views and opinions on the running of the Club are important and we hope you will come along to air these.

Nominations are requested for the following positions. All present committee members (the present committee list is on the notice board) stand down but are eligible for re-election.

President
Vice-Presidents
Lisa Wright
Chair
Vice-Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Membership Secretary
Social Secretaries
Press & Publicity Officer
Gala Secretary(ies)
Welfare Officer
Disabilities Officer
Grant Administrators
Teacher Co-ordinator
Volunteer Co-ordinator(s)
Members

Nominations should be proposed and seconded on the nomination form ( these can be found at the club desk) and the person nominated should be willing to undertake the responsibilities of the post for which they are being proposed. Only members over the age of 16 are eligible to vote but it is an “open” meeting and therefore parents of junior members are welcome to join in the discussions. Nomination forms must be lodged with me by Monday 28th November 2011. When all nominations have been received a list of candidates will be compiled and put on the notice board. A ballot will be held at the AGM to determine who will form the committee and elected officers for 2012. Subsequently any new committee members will be expected to pay a membership fee if applicable.

Diary Dates - Dec 2011 and Jan 2012

2011-11-21T14:49:00.003Z

On the 18th December we are having a day trip to the TwinLakes park, Christmas wonderland at Melton Mowbray....please see the desk for details.

On the 11th December we have an invitation only time trial at Heanor for those swimmers close to a county qualifying time.

On the 7th January for 11yrs and under (if selected) we have the first Notts a.s.a trophy gala and on the 14th we have an invite to Sutton S.C's relay gala and hopefully on the 21st January we will be taking part in the sports centre league ( subject to our application to join this competition being succesful)

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Notts and District 12th November 2011

2011-11-21T14:45:00.002Z

In the 2nd Round of the Notts and District League at Arnold we
1st on the night. WELL DONE TO ALL THE SWIMMERS.

Kimberley 279
Ripley 229
Sutton 207
Portland 168
Sothwell 147
Falcon 70

We were top of the league after round one of this competition so we are well placed for the final .... 10th December ... for your diaries. Would be nice to take as strong a team as possible.

With 28 first places tonight and 15 second places it'll take me an age to list the special mentions but will do an extra special one for Matt Shipley - turning 2 x 3rd places into wins , Katie Walker for overcoming her nerves .. well done Katie... Greg Brown for a cqt in 50m Back , to Nathan and Jack for swimming in a 15yr old individual race and to Ryan, Greg, Adam, Jack, Mollie, Josie,Elise, Lauren, Emma and Sam for swimming up in the relays.

Alan

Thank-you

2011-11-21T14:31:00.002Z

Just a quick note to say thank-you for the card and the gift that was given to me on the presentation night. It is nice to be appreciated though I don't do what I do for personal rewards, and I can't do what I do without a fantastic team of 'staff' at the club.
I get my reward from seeing the swimmers ... from small pool, all the way up to the oldies in Lane 5 squad, enjoying what they do and having fun in their chosen sport.

Once again,

Thanks.

Alan

October Swimmers of the Month

2011-11-06T13:52:00.002Z

The swimmers of the month for October were

Emily Giddings - main pool and Dan Everall in the small pool.

Well done to both.

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November Birthdays

2011-11-06T13:49:00.001Z

Birthday Wishes for November go to:

Amy Aboutorab, Shannon Austin, Darcey Beckham, Ellie Bestwick, Carrie Brougham, Rachel Burton, Beck Coates, Libby Dolman-Milner, Emilia Dring, Jade Duffy, Thomas Ellis, Luke Garton, Sadie Goonan-Dunne, Georgina Greenhill, Euan Harwood, Kieron Harwood, Georgia Headland, Emily Johnson, Jake Lawes, Leonardo Lopinto-Formosa, Cormac Maher, Rebecca Matthews, Ruby Mayer, Thomas Oates, Chelsea Parr, Elayna Parr, James Pike, Megan Rea, Rhiannon Salisbury, Ben Shipman, Tegan Skellett, Charlotte Stagg, Emma Stephenson, Harry Stevenson, Natalie Watkinson, Daniel Wilkinson, Joel Withers, Maisie Woolis and Kien Zouhori-Delshad.

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Recent Gala News

2011-10-22T13:10:00.001+01:00

Sorry for not having updated this recently, so here goes!!

On the 1st October we travelled to Bramcote for the first round of the autumn J.C Dobb league.
We came third on this occasion just 3 points behind the winners Portland despite have 30 points deducted for going too fast in six events

Special mentions go to Eve McGrenaghan on her first gala and to Gemma Calder on a CQT in 50m Fly. Also to Charly, Elise, Ryan and Matthew who were a Derby all day for an Open,
Aiden, Callum and Holly who were at Clay Cross all day for an Open and to Denise who was in Northumberland this morning!

Thank you to Emma,Evie and Sue for helping.

On the 8th October we went to Sutton, this time for the first round of the Notts and District.

We won the gala by two points
Kimberley 242
Leander 240
Sutton 220
Portland 166
Southwell 134
Falcon 103

Well done to all.

Special mentions to Jade Calder on her first County Qualifying Time, to Nathan, Ryan, Jack and Adam for swimming up in the relays and some individuals, to Ben for 50m Back :-) and to Shiona on her first gala, to Robyn on achieving a CQT and apologies for leaving her behind at Kimberley!! Thanks to Niki Clements for coming to the rescue, and to Natalie for travelling all the way from Birmingham to compete.

Thanks to Sue, Wendy, Malcolm, Denise and Sharon for officiating/team managing and to Russ Pigott for standing in at the last moment as chief timekeeper. Also to Emma, Neil and Lisa for recording and announcing.

Unfortunately our win was marred by the fact one of our swimmers had his mobile phone and wallet stolen from his bag whilst it was on poolside. Other swimmers have had their bags searched, and a swimmer from Falcon has had their phone stolen. I don't know if any other club has suffered.

We, as a club were placed on poolside near to the showers at Lamass which you will probably know is away from poolside, so this theft could have been done by an outsider. The police and the leisure centre have been informed. I have made Notts a.s.a aware of this when booking Lamass and the fact that some club are placed away from poolside whilst there.

If anyone else has anything missing from their bag please let me know a.s.a.p or if any swimmer saw someone hanging around then let us know.

Also, unfortunately, we need to inform the parents to remind the swimmers that whilst at a gala they are representing the club and should be well behaved We had swimmers messing around in the showers and throwing water at each other. We shouldn't be telling them NOT to do this, they should know.

Two Minor Gala galas have taken place recently , Round One at Water Meadows and Round Two at Arnold.

At Water Meadows we came 4th
Special mentions go to Greg Brown - on achieving a first county qualifying time , Charly Neilson - 100m I/M cqt and Ryan Pigott - 2p.bs - also cqt's.
Also, the first places, Matthew Shipley 50m Back and the two nine year old Medley relay teams and Katie Walker and Thomas Bowhay on their first gala.

At Arnold We came 5th on the night.
Special mentions to Jade Calder on a new CQT - 100m I/M, Elise Yorston a new CQT - 100m Free, To Shaun Manchester and Callum Williamson for standing in at late notice, to Ryan(2), Morgan, Aiden, Nathan, Charly, Jade C, Elise and Greg for their p.bs.

Thanks to Scott, Sue and Shirley and to the relay split timekeeper Gemma Calder.

Alan

Presentation Night 19th November 2011

2011-10-22T13:01:00.002+01:00

The presentation night tickets are now on sale at the desk.

The theme this year is "MEDIEVAL ENGLAND"

Fancy dress is once again optional but we are looking forward to seeing as many Knights, Jesters, Kings , Queens, Squires and Ladies as possible.

Don't be shy, come and join the fun!!

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Kimberley Club Champs Day 2011

2011-10-09T19:12:00.002+01:00

Website results: http://results.arnoldswimmingclub.org.uk/results/KS11/

Both weekends results can be found on the above link.

Alan

October Birthdays

2011-10-04T17:06:00.002+01:00

Happy Birthday Wishes for October go to:

Faye Appleyard
Leo Bentley-Coombes
Brian Betts
Samuel Binks
Christine Bostock
Gemma Calder
Kyra Clarke
Rhys Cole
Andrea Crawford
Heather Davis
Olwyn Davis
Olivia Dunlop
Louis Edwards
Jake Edwards
Josh Exley
Jasmine Fahy
Leila Fletcher-Smith
William Francis
Joseph Giddings
Abigail Harvey
Georgia Hawksworth
Olivia Herrett
Leo Hoggard
Isabelle Jervis
Jack Lawes
Beth Lewis
Alex Lindsey-Hill
Maisie Lloyd
Jack Lowe-Sheppard
Matthew Maplestone
Samuel Marshall
Alex Minkley
Isaac Morledge
Holly Orme
Eleanor Osborne
Madeline Page
Louis Peabody
Brian Pink
Matthew Shaw
Naimh Skellett
Luke Snowden
Harry Stevenson
Emma Stevenson
Evie Toomey
Poppy Twiss
Mia Wagstaff
Katie Walker
Eddie Wylie

Apologies if anyone missing!!

J.C Dobb Autumn Comp 1st October 2011

2011-10-04T16:26:00.007+01:00

We were at Bramcote for the first round of the autumn J.C Dobb League.
The recorders had 3 teams on 134 points at the end, Kimberley, Sutton and Portland, but once Eddie ( the man in charge) had sorted out and checked the scoring we finished in third place just 3 points behind the winners Portland with Sutton just a point ahead of us. Makes the competition interesting for the next two rounds!!

Special mentions tonight to Eve McGrenaghan on her first gala and to Gemma Calder on a CQT in 50m Fly. Also to Charly ( county qualifying tme 200m Free) , Elise, Ryan and Matthew (won all his races and the top boy for his age group) who were at Derby all day for the Derventio Open,
Aiden ( achieved his first county qualifying time)Callum ,Sam and Holly who were at Clay Cross all day for the Rykneld Open (all four bringing home plenty of medals) and to Denise who was in Northumberland in the morning!

Thank you to Emma,Evie and Sue for helping.

Other swimmers at the Rykneld Open were Sacha and Lizzie Flint,Courtney Butters
Jade Kennerell and Aimee Cheese - all achieving either p.bs,speeding tickets and medals!!

A tired looking Matthew with his medals achieved at the Derventio Open Meet!!

Callum with his haul of medals

and Aiden - shame about the shirt!!

Matlock Gala 24th Sept 2011

2011-10-04T16:21:00.002+01:00

On Saturday 24th Sept we travelled to Matlock for the first ever gala to be held in the brand new pool.
After a few teething problems including a massive nose bleed for one of our swimmers
the gala got underway.
Once they realised they had set really slow cut off times and changed the scoring to 'normal' we WON the gala.

Matlock B 143
Matlock A 197
Kimberley 206
Etwell 133
Dronfield 137

Well done to all the kids. Special mentions to Niamh Skellet, Emily Bettridge, Caitlin Worthington and Andrea Crawford for their first gala, Aiden Williamson, for his first swims in many a week, also to Gemma Calder and Holly Orme for their help on pool side.

Thanks to Sharon, Kirsten and Mick for officiating.

Also, I need to apologise to everyone, on the start time of the gala that we sent out ending with everyone getting there too early..Sorry folks.

Alan

September Swimmers of the Month

2011-10-04T16:15:00.001+01:00

The September swimmer of the month

The nominees in the teaching pool were

Ethan McFarlane

Joshua Poxon

Jasmine Wilkes

Lucy Coulter

Lexi Wilkinson

Jo Keithley

Sebastian Staley

The nominees in the improvers were

Ella Williams

Imogen Spouge

Amelia Luk

Beck Coates

And the winners are………………………………………. Lucy Coulter in the teaching pool and Ella Williams in the improver sessions.

Well done to both.

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A few reminders!!

2011-09-05T11:52:00.002+01:00

There will be no swimming at all on the evening of 10th September at Kimberley due to the 100m Time Trials at Hucknall pool [these replace the Peter Pink Gala which was originally scheduled for this date]. The trials are for squad only and the entry forms are on the desk until this WEDNESDAY.( 7th Sept.)

There are also 50m Time Trials at Heanor Pool on the 11th September. These trials are for squad and Lane 5 swimmers only and again, the forms are on the desk until this WEDNESDAY.

The closing date for the Club Championship entries is 9.00 p.m. on Monday 19th September so make sure you get your entries in by then or they won't be accepted!
There will be no swimming on the dates of the Club Champs i.e. Sunday 9th October and Sunday 16th October.

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September Birthdays

2011-09-05T11:46:00.001+01:00

Birthday wishes for September go to:

Millie ATTFIELD, Rhianna BALDWIN, Saskia BEXON, Jordan BOAST, Georgina BRATBY-BRITTON, Cole CLOSE, Harriet CROSS, Alex CULLINGWORTH, Liberty DANE, Alfie HAWKSWORTH, Charlotte HICKEY, Rowan HORTON, Oliver JOHNSON, George KIDD, Joshua LEWIS, Ben LICKMAN, Lucy MARRIOTT, Molly NAYLOR, Charly NEILSON, Charly-Marie PINK, Emily REDDISH, Georgia SCOTT, Jayden SMITH, Niall STORER, Skye STORER, Corey TATUM, Lexie Jae Wilkinson, Ella WILLIAMS, Ben WILLIAMSON and the over 18’s - Wendy GILL, Sharon KNOWLES, Angela LANE, James LICKLEY, Russ PIGOTT, Dawn O’KANE, Rachel BEECHAM, Brenda PINK and Alan PINK.

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Arnold Jubilee Gala 03/09/2011

2011-09-04T08:21:00.004+01:00

In last nights gala at Hucknall we fielded two teams - Blue and Yellow.

The Blue team won the gala with the yellow team coming fourth.

Kimberley Blue 257
Arnold Gold 241
Mansfield 224
Kimberley Yellow 160
Arnold Blue 97

Well done to all the swimmers.

Many thanks to Lisa and Sharon for sorting out the teams due to the enforced changes we had to make and to Jim, Pete, Scott and Corinna for timekeeping and to Sue, Malcolm and Denise for judging etc etc!!

Special mentions go to Eleanor Aboutarab, Ellie Knowles, Sophie McKeown, Ted Goonan-Dunne and Sophie Snowden for taking part in their first gala and to Luke Snowden, Bradley Francis and Matthew Shipley for their many swims that they had to do.

Well done to Jade Kennerell, Gemma Calder and Bradley Francis for achieving new county qualifying times for next years counties. (the others with CQT by their name have already achieved that time)

First place swims on the night were achieved by Matthew Shipley (3) Mollie Wright (2)
Jade Kennerell, Lauren Gill, Luke Snowden, Rebecca Matthews, Jessie Henderson, Bradley Francis, Nathan Venn, Charly Neilson, Jasmine Fahy, and the relay teams of Bradley, Matthew, Luke and Josh Forbes (2) Isabelle Jervis,Rebecca Matthews,Georgia Headland and Holly Mansfield (2) and Elliot Clements, Ben Barsby,James Lickley and Russ Pink.

Alan.

September Time Trials

2011-08-08T14:29:00.004+01:00

Unfortunately we have had to cancel our annual Peter Pink Gala this year as we couldn't get enough teams to take part. We have still kept our pool booking though, so on the 10th September we will be holding 100m time trials at Hucknall 6.00p.m for a 6.30p.m start -squad swimmers only. Entry forms will be at the desk in the next few days. On Sunday 11th September at Heanor we will be doing 50m time trials - squad and Lane 5 improver swimmers. Once again, entry forms will be at the desk in the next few days.

Alan

August Birthdays

2011-08-08T14:27:00.000+01:00

Birthday Wishes for August go to:

Jamie ATKIN, William ATKINSON, Elliot BAILEY, Matthew BARNARD, Rebecca BARSBY, Emily BETTRIDGE, Luke BROUGH, Kian BUNHEJEE, Luke BURGON, Hannah CAINE, Joel CLARKE, Alex COLE, Georgia ELLIS, Faye EVERALL, Megan FLETCHER, Heidi FROST, Tom FUTERS, Ted GOONAN-DUNNE, Kyle HARDY, Ben HATTON, Jessie HENDERSON, Eleanor KNOWLES, Ethan MACFARLANE, Holly MACRAE, Sam McGRENAGHAN, Will MOORE, Jake MORGAN, Claire MOWBERRY, Nicola MOWBERRY, Kaleem MUHAMMED, Chantelle NELSON, Molly OGILVIE, Harrison PAGE, Eve PARKIN, Ryan PIGOTT, Leah ROULSTONE, Kasper SANDSTROM, Robert SMITH, Louisa STALEY, Dale WARD, Sophie WESTBURY, Dylan Wharton, Elise YORSTON and the over 18’s Kirstie CASSIDY, Jenni HATTON, Pete LOWE and Rachel SWINBURNE.

Swimmers of the month - July 2011

2011-08-05T22:05:00.003+01:00

The swimmers of the month for July were

Amy Aboutarab - small pool and Chloe Cheetham in the main pool.

Well done to both girls.

Other nominees were Ewan Lester, Leonardo Lopinto and Oscar Trigg for the small pool and Livia Kingsland, Maisy Woolis and Mia Allen in the main pool.

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Speedo 500m Open Water Swim

2011-07-28T14:47:00.003+01:00

Saturday 23rd July saw Adam Gregory compete in The Speedo Big Swim At the National Water Sports Centre at Holmepierpoint, Nottingham.

Wet Suit on, weather conditions were good and with a Water temperature of 17.5 degrees, he dived in with the ducks at 3pm for the 500m race.

The first 50m was the hardest as he adjusted to the cold, the weed on his feet and the choppy water but gradually his head went down and a steady stroke was achieved and a time of 11min 56 Secs was recorded, this gave an overall 12th place finish.

A big well done to Adam

p.s If anyone else in the club took part in the big swim or had a go at the taster open water session let us know how you got on.

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Lauren at the nationals

2011-07-28T14:39:00.003+01:00

On Wednesday 27th Lauren Gill took part in the British Gas Youth Championships in the 200 Backstroke , recording a time of 2.27.78.

This Saturday she takes part in the 100m event.

Well done Lauren and good luck for Saturday.

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Mollie at the Nationals

2011-07-26T19:05:00.003+01:00

Mollie Wright has had a great few days at the British Gas Age Groups National Championships. She reached the final of the 200m I/M finishing in 6th place on the 21st July. The next day she competed in the 400m freestyle and finished 2nd!! On the same day she was part of the Nova 4x100m Freestyle Relay team which finished in 9th place in the final.
On the 23rd she competed in the 200m Free (12th place) the 200m Butterfly (18th) and then the 800m Freestyle finishing in 3rd place.
On the 24th she competed in the 4x200m freestyle team and just missed out on a silver medal by 0.21 seconds and a bronze by 0.07sec!
Unfortunately illness prevented her taking part in the 400m I/M and the girls 4x100 I/M Relay.

Well done Mollie and good luck to Lauren Gill who competes tomorrow (27th) in the 200m Backstroke at the National Youth Championships.

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Nationals - Age Groups and Youths

2011-07-20T16:37:00.001+01:00

Lauren Gill and Mollie Wright are competing in the Nationals over the next week or so.

Mollie starts on Thursday 21st July until Monday 25th July (age group). She has got 6 individual races (200 IM, 400 free, 200 free, 200 fly, 800 free & 400 IM) and is in all 3 relays (4x200 free, 4x100 free & 4x100 medley).
Lauren starts hers on Wednesday 27th July and she has got 2 individual races, 100 back & 200 back.

Good luck from all at Kimberley to both the girls.

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Notts A.S.A Development League Winners.

2011-07-19T18:50:00.003+01:00

The club is pleased to announce that we have once again won the Notts A.S.A Development League. Pictured is some of the team after Megan Rea had accepted the trophy from Dennis Bull the Notts A.S.A President.

The following swimmers took part in this competition:

Chloe Bis, Gemma and Jade Calder, Aime Cheese,
Hannah Cross,Jade Duffy,Georgia Headland,Katie Horner
Isabelle and Harry Jervis,Jade Kennerell,Holly Mansfield,
Rebecca Matthews,Phoebe Pocock,Megan Rea,Heidi Frost,
Jessie Henderson,Leah Roulstone,Ria Walker, Greg Brown,
Josh Forbes, Angus James, Sam McGrenaghan, Tyler Meads,
Tom Oates, Louis Peabody, Matthew Shipley,Josh Shipman,
Luke Snowden, Nathan Venn, Aiden and Callum Williamson,
Jamie Stephenson and Joseph Kidd.

They recorded 54 personal best times and 33 first places over the two rounds.
Matthew Shipley (3), Chloe Bis, Rebecca Matthews, Greg Brown and Sam McGrenaghan
all had swims where they went too fast!!

WELL DONE TO ALL THE SWIMMERS

Alan

Notts A.S.A Summer Gala

2011-07-19T18:48:00.001+01:00

On Sunday 17th July, Six swimmers took part in the Notts ASA Summer Gala at Beechdale.

Special mention to Matthew Shipley who achieved this years Midlands Time for 10 yr old boys in 200m backstroke event.

All the swimmers swam very well, achieving 8 first places in their respective age groups, Matthew Shipley 3, Ryan Pigott 1, Elise Yorston 2, Charly Neilson 1, with all recording great p.bs as did Ben Barsby and Sacha Flint.

Well done to all.

Alan.

Borough of Barnsley Summer Sizzler 2011 Long Course Open Meet

2011-07-06T16:23:00.000+01:00

Congratulations go to the following Kimberley Swimmers who after an early morning rise for a long 10 hour Open Meet put in some great swims at the annual Borough of Barnsley Summer Sizzler 2011 Long Course Open Meet, held at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.
All the kids achieved very good P.B’s during the day and in some cases finished in a top 6 place position.
Sacha Flint, Lizzie Flint, Georgia Townsend, Jade Kennerell, Elise Yorston, Charly Neilson, Ryan Pigott and Ben Barsby.

Russ.

July Birthdays

2011-07-06T16:15:00.001+01:00

Happy Birthday wishes go to:

Emma and Joseph Banner, Finlay Billson, Katie Birch, Matthew Brown, Tom Butler, Ben Campbell, Naomi Forbes, Bradley Francis, Adam Gregory, Ryan Hickey, Josh Housley, Sam Jervis, Nicola Lester, Scott Lindley, Sophie McKeown, Evie Poxon, Joshua Poxon, Josh Shipman, Tom Skellett, Ella Skellington-Kerry, Lucie Thatcher, Laura Vernon, Katie Wagstaff, Isaac Waldrom, Jack Walster, Tilly Woolis and Mollie Wright. As for the adults, best wishes go to Lisa Wright, Kay Mansfield, Graham Cheese, Jake Smith, Robert Swinburne and Simon Spibey.

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A reminder re swimwear!!!!

2011-06-30T16:11:00.001+01:00

From January 2009, the rules changed regarding what swim suits can be worn for competition swimming as determined by FINA the sports governing body.

Please be aware that Female swimmers will only be allowed to use costumes that do not extend past the knee and do not cover the arms whilst the Male swimmers can only wear trunks or jammers (i.e from the hip to the knee)

Textile fabric only.

There are a lot of websites/shops selling swimsuits cheaply. Please make sure you buy the correct gear for competion swimming.

ALSO PLEASE NOTE, in competition swimming, the swimmers are NOT permitted to wear two costumes. If caught they will be disqualified.

Alan

Swimmers of the month June 2011

2011-06-30T16:07:00.000+01:00

THe winners of the June swimmers of the month are

Abbey Close - Improvers and
Emily Reddish - Small pool.

Well done to both girls.

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Well done to Lizzie

2011-06-30T16:05:00.001+01:00

At the recent Rykneld Open Meet Lizzie Shaw was awarded the top girl prize.
Woosh go Lizzie!!

Notts Northern Open Meet 26th June

2011-06-30T15:45:00.002+01:00

The busy weekend of swimming continued into Sunday with 26 of our swimmers, Adam Gregory,Sam Jervis,Tom Oates,Alfie Orme,Ryan Pigott,Mathew Shipley,Luke Snowden, Aiden and Callum Williamson,Courtney Butters,Amie Cheese,Jade Duddy,Jasmine Fahy, Sacha Flint, Jessica Hawkswoth, Jessie and Josie Henderson,Isabelle Jervis, Jade Kennerell, Beth Lowe, Charly Neilson, Charly Pink, Brydie Niblett, Evie Scott, Georgia Townsend, Elise Yorston and Ellie Poxon taking part in the Notts Northern Open Meet at Beechdale.
On the hottest day of the year outside and inside an amazing 73 personal best times were recorded by the swimmers and 24 finals reached.

Matthew Shipley finished in 3rd place overall in the top boy, with three first places and two seconds.

Highlight of the day was Adam Gregory winning his 50m Freestyle event in a time of 29.74 thus earning himself the coveted Kimberley Pink T Shirt!!

Other finalist on the day were Luke Snowden (2) - Elise Yorston(3) - Jessie Henderson (2)- Ryan Pigott (4) - Sam Jervis (3) - Charly Neilson and Alfie Orme. Adam also swam in three other finals.

Well done to ALL the swimmers.

Alan

Leicester Diddy League Final 25th June

2011-06-30T15:32:00.002+01:00

On Saturday 25th we travelled to Braunstone for the final of the Leicester Diddy League. The swimmers swam brilliantly to record a third place finish thus jumping a place to finish third in the League this year.

The often very noisy gala had the usual parade around the pool by the six finalist and also a visit from a giant penguin! For those with ideas the answers no!!

Jessie Henderson started the gala superbly for the club with victory in the opening race, the girls 25m Breast, with Matthew Shipley following suit a couple of races later in the 25m free. Matthew was once again a winner in the 25m Back and our next two wins came from Mollie Wright in the 50m Free and 50m Fly. These were the only wins on the night but plenty of seconds and thirds were enough for our overall points tally.

Special mentions on the night go to Jade Duffy, Holly Orme, Florence Orme and Charly Pink who all had just the one swim, never complained but contributed greatly to the team effort.

Once again, well done to ALL the swimmers.

Alan

J.C Dobb 18/06/2011

2011-06-30T15:20:00.002+01:00

In the second round of the J.C Dobb Spring Competition we were once again winners.
16 first place finishes were achieved by our swimmers:

Josie Henderson and Adam Gregory 50m Back
Holly Orme and Ryan Pigott 50m Breast
Josh Shipman 25m Back and 25m Breast
Charly Neilson and Ryan Pigott 50m Fly
Lauren Wright 50m Free and 50m Fly
Evie Scott 25m Breast
Jade Duffy 50m Free and the relay teams of

Jade Kennerell, Evie Scott, Heidi Frost, Sacha Flint 10yr 4x25 free,
Holly Mansfield,Jessie Henderson,Bradley Francis,Matthew Shipley,Luke Snowden 8-9yr 4x25 Free, Breast and Medley Relays.

Two swimmers, Sacha Flint and Sam Jervis also recorded first places but went too fast.

Well done to all the swimmers.

Alan

British Gas Age Groups Midlands

2011-06-14T22:01:00.002+01:00

Mollie Wright had another great weekend at the Midlands reaching the finals of the 200m free (4th) and 200m Fly (3rd)and came 4th in the 400m I/M. She was also part of the winning Nova 4x200m freestyle time, 3rd in the 4x100m Free relay and 3rd in the 400m Medley relay team.
Elise Yorston also competed, swimming the 200m Backstroke and recorded a time just outside her p.b.

Well done to both girls.

Fun Gala and Games Afternoon

2011-06-14T21:47:00.004+01:00

The Sharks were the winning team in the Fun Gala held on Sunday Night followed by Dolphins, Amphibians and the Titans.

Many thanks to everyone that helped out.

The afternoons games went ahead in the leisure centre hall with a very wet - well it was until it caught fire! - bbq outside.

Thanks to Barlows butchers for supplying the food, to Sharon, Sue , Jackie and Graham for the cooking and to Paula for keeping the kids entertained all afternoon.

Alan

Fun Day and Gala 12th June

2011-06-06T12:21:00.002+01:00

Just a quick reminder that we have an afternoon of fun and games on the school playing field - from 1p.m - followed by a fun gala in the evening - 7p.m - this coming Sunday.
Normal swimming sessions are cancelled.

British Gas Midland Age Group Championships 2011

2011-06-05T12:54:00.001+01:00

This weekend sees the British Gas Midland Age Group Championships 2011 at Coventry.

Two Kimberley Swimmers , Mollie Wright and Elise Yorston have taken part.

Elise, in her very first 'major' championships competed in the 100m Backstroke and came in a very creditable 19th place whilst Mollie reached the final of the girls 200m I/M achieving a national qualifying time, finishing in fifth place and came fourth in the 100m freestyle.
She followed this on Sunday with a 3rd place in the 400m Freestyle event.

Well done to both girls.

Development League Round One

2011-06-05T12:50:00.001+01:00

Tonight saw the first round of the Development League Round at Bramcote

The kids swam brilliantly and recorded 34 p.bs between them.

Well done to all.

We had 6 swims too fast - Matthew Shipley (2) Rebecca Matthews, Greg Brown, Sam McGrenhaghan and Chloe Bis, all recording excellent p.bs, so no complaints from me.

Special mentions tonight go to Katie Horner, Chloe Bis and Angus James who all swam their first gala for the club and to Luke Snowden (2), Jade Kennerell (2) Holly Mansfield, Louis Peabody, Nathen Venn, Jade Duffy, Josh Shipman, Jade Calder and Hannah Cross for their first places and to Aiden Williamson who only had the one swim.

Due to the nature of the competition I cannot let you know where we came in the gala until the next round.

Alan

June Birthdays

2011-06-05T12:42:00.001+01:00

Birthday wishes for June go to:

Mia Allen, Emily Anthony, Oliver Beveridge, Elliot Bratby-Britton, Dan Campbell, Freya Clowes, Lauren Cox, Beatrice Crawford, Thea Dane, Lucy Drake, Sean Dyche (18), Radina Gibb, Jordan Gillott, James Harvey, Kyle Harwood, Savannah Jackson, Angus and Eva James, Daniel Knowles, Jimi Knowles, Frankie McGuire, Evie-Mai Oldham, Thomas Owens, Ryan Pickard, Ellie Poxon, Kaitlyn Sisson, Josh Skinner, Sophie Snowden, James Spibey, Duncan Stagg, Kane Storer, Georgia Townsend, Mitchell Unthank, Aiden and Callum Williamson, Alix Wylie and to the over 21's Steve Beecham and Diane Brown.

BROXTOWE SPRINT AND SUPER SPRINT TRIATHLON - ENTRY NOW OPEN!

2011-05-17T18:05:00.003+01:00

Please see details below of a super sprint triathlon taking place in June along with the 1st sprint triathlon for Broxtowe in September

For more details log onto the website or contact Anna Smith Clare on 01773 770100

Broxtowe Sport are hosting their first Sprint Triathlon this September! The event will be held on Sunday 4th September at Bramcote Leisure Centre, Nottingham. The event will involve a 400 metre Pool Swim, 18K Bike Ride and 5K Run.

In the lead up to the event Broxtowe Sport will also be hosting a Super Sprint Triathlon at Kimberley Leisure Centre, Nottingham. This event is the perfect opportunity to encourage family and friends to have a go at a Triathlon, before taking on a full Sprint Distance! The event will involve a 200 metre Pool Swim, 7K Bike Ride and 2K Run on Sunday 19th June. All abilities are welcome!

Prices for Broxtowe Sport Events start from £10 per person and you can enter online! Further information about the events can be found by visiting

www.broxtowe.gov.uk/sportsevents

Don't forget to check out the Duathlon on the 16th October and the Junior Triathlon on the 4th September too!

I hope to see you soon!

Sarah Williams

Sports Development Officer (Swimming, Cycling and Triathlon)

Nottinghamshire County Council | Children's, Families and Cultural Services
Thoroton Road - West Bridgford | Nottingham - NG2 5FT

Tel: 0115 9772986 | Mobile 07766 012 229 | Fax: 0115 9772870

Leicester Diddy League Round Two - 14/05/ 2011

2011-05-15T08:39:00.003+01:00

In tonights gala we came 2nd behind Kettering. I've also attached a sheet which includes the relay times that I managed to get. Please use these only as a guide.

Kettering 262
Kimberley 230
Swadlingcote 165
Braunston 138
Melton B 94
Coalville 86.

WELL DONE TO ALL THE SWIMMERS. I thought they all swam their hearts out tonight and should be proud of their efforts.

Special mentions tonight go to Jade Duffy, Gemma Calder, Florence Orme and Harry Jervis who only had the one swim but never complained.

As soon as I find out whats happening with the missing round one I will let you know.

Click here for Results

Click here for Relay Split Times

Alan

Unclaimed Raffle Prizes

2011-05-13T21:56:00.002+01:00

There are still two unclaimed prizes from the KSC Easter raffle

1st Prize - Large Chocolate Easter Bunny - Pink Ticket No 110

5th Prize - Cadbury's Caramel Easter Egg - Pink Ticket No 44

Claims need to be made by 21st May 2011.

Please see desk for further details.

Spring Competition Round Three - 07/05/2011

2011-05-08T04:59:00.001+01:00

In tonights gala we came second by just 4 points to Leander.

Leander 211
Kimberley 207
Ripley 186
Retford 181
Northern 120

Well done to all.

Special mentions tonight go to Charly Neilson.. achieved a midland time in the 100m Breast - ( fingers crossed they let her use it as it wasn't a licensed meet ) - to Olwyn Davis for standing in at the last moment - for Alfie Orme and Elise Yorston on their excellent timekeeping -- Matthew Shipley - sacked as a timekeeper!! - and to

Elise Yorston, Jasmine Fahy ( 2off ) , Charly Neilson, Ben Barsby, Holly Orme, Elliot Clements, Josh Shipman, Emma Stephenson and Emma Clements for their p.bs and to Georgia Headland and Holly Mansfield for their first gala.

Click here for Results

Alan

Behaviour

2011-05-04T15:55:00.003+01:00

Recently, especially in squad sessions, we have had problems with the behaviour of SOME swimmers.

We don't expect all kids to be angels but we do expect them to want to train, listen to what they are being told and to show some respect for the teachers/coaches (who are all unpaid volunteers) and other swimmers who do want to train.

Please remind your children to respect others and to behave. If they don't want to train then they shouldn't really be in squad sessions.

In the future, any swimmer who disrupts the session, will be asked to leave that session so those that do want to swim can swim.

Galas

2011-05-04T15:53:00.001+01:00

A reminder that for all the Saturday evenings in May and the first few Saturdays in June we have a gala.

Look out for the pink slips!!

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April Swimmers of the Month

2011-05-04T15:49:00.001+01:00

The winners of the randomly drawn swimmers of the month for April are

Ryan Fuller – teaching pool

James Harvey – main pool

The other nominees for April are

Teaching pool

Mia Allen

Leanardo Lapinto Fomosa

Ruby Pocock

Main Pool

Louisa Staley

Eleanor Abouterab

Chloe Bis

Alex Cullingworth

Well done to all.

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May Birthdays

2011-05-04T15:44:00.000+01:00

Birthday wishes for May go to :

Eleanor Aboutorab, Alix Aitchison, Freya Bexon, Max Binch, Scarlett Blahyj, Thomas Boot, Thomas Bowhay, Sam Brough, Sophie Brough, Marshall Brougham, Finley Bunhejee, Jessica Calder, Erin Campion, Amie Cheese, Elliot and Emma Clements, Hannah Cross, Scott Evans, Alexandra and Isabella Flint, Emily Giddings, Simone Greenfield, Bronagh Hemingray, Matthew Jackson, Luke Lindley, Reuben McDowell, Tyler Meads, Benjamin Miles, Alfie Orme, Thomas Palin, Maddisen Porter, Cassidy Redgate, Freya Rowland, Laura Scott, Kian Shallow, Isobell Shephard, Umika Sohal, Chantelle Stevenson, Millie Toomey, Georgia Twiss, Cameron and Mitchell Wright and to the over 18’s Jean and Tony Granger, Graham Shaw, Sue Jervis and Shaun Manchester.

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Volunteer wanted for Saturday Nights.

2011-05-03T16:19:00.003+01:00

The club is looking for a parent/parents to 'man' our desk on SATURDAY EVENINGS from 6.00p.m until approx 8.15p.m.
If any one is interested please speak to Jean or the folks on the desk.

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WINNERS of the 2011 NOVICE AGE GROUP AWARDS

2011-05-03T16:16:00.001+01:00

Congratulations to the following swimmers who won their age group at the recent KSC 2011 Novice Gala.

•Points are awarded for the main 4 stroke events, but exclude the IM.
•In age groups where only one swimmer competes, points are awarded but lack of competition in their own age group means they don’t get the shield - Sorry!

BOYS
Top Boy(s) Joseph Kingsland & Joshua Skinner

9yrs 25m Jamie Stephenson
8yrs 25m Joseph Kingsland
7yrs Joshua Skinner
6yrs William Francis

GIRLS
Top Girl Jessica Shephard

9yrs 50m Caitlin Worthington
9yrs 25m Rachel McIntyre
8yrs 25m Chloe Bis
7yrs Lucy Marriott
6yrs Jessica Shephard
5yrs Erin Campion & Leila Fletcher-Smith

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Novice Gala - 17/04/2011

2011-04-18T22:41:00.001+01:00

Below are the individuals times from todays novice gala.

If there is no time recorded against a swimmers name it means they got dq'd. At the moment I don't know the reasons.

Photo's from the gala can be seen at the following link (username and password to be provided by Jean)

www.DEphoto.biz or www.DEphoto.co.uk

Directory – Swimming & Diving / Kimberley Swimming Club / 2011

Or a direct link is www.DEphoto.biz/ksc

Well done to all the swimmers.

Click here for Results

Alan

Easter Egg Competition

2011-04-13T17:26:00.000+01:00

Thanks to Christine on the desk for donating the Easter eggs for this years competition.

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Bank Holiday Weekends plus new timetable.

2011-04-13T17:17:00.003+01:00

Another reminder that there is NO swimming on Sunday 24th / Monday 25th April and Sunday 1st / Monday 2nd May.. The Wednesday session in between will still be on.
The Loughborough session on the Royal Wedding Date 29th April has been cancelled.

Wednesday 4th May sees our first session of the new timetable, so the session for current Lane 1 and Lane 2 SQUAD swimmers and Lane 5 Improver session swimmers will start at 7.00p.m.

Alan

Novice Gala 17th April

2011-04-13T17:13:00.002+01:00

A reminder that swimmers need to arrive at Hucknall for 12.00 so that hopefully we can get underway at 12.30p.m.

If anyone still has AGE GROUP shields from last years gala, could you make sure they are returned this Saturday.

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April Birthdays

2011-04-13T17:11:00.000+01:00

Happy Birthdays for April go to :
Matthew Bailey, Lucy Barlow, Jamie Barnard, Jack Brown, Zoe Calder, Laurie Dyche, Morgan Gallimore, Jennie Gibb, Elinor Harby , Caitlyn Hardy, Josie Henderson, Samuel Henderson, Sam Henson, Ella Maher, Saskia Marriott, Rachel McIntyre, Michael Minkley, Divya Mohanti, Hannah Morgan, Lucy Morgan, Erin Niblett, Georgia Petch, Prem Prajapati, Alex Radomski, Charlie Reed, Jessica Shephard, Leo Smith, Lukas Sϋss, Drew Vickerstaff, Ben Whittingham, Joseph Wilson and the 18’s and over Lauren Wright, Elizabeth Shaw, Danny Sheffield and Richard Gill.

Sorry for the late post!!

Alan

Diddy League Round One - 09/04/2011

2011-04-09T23:14:00.001+01:00

Hello all,

Just a note to say sorry you all had a wasted journey tonight. Obviously this had nothing to do with me. Apparently Braunstone Leisure Centre had no record of a pool booking being made by the gala organisers and had no staff present. Other clubs and Diane offererd to lifeguard but with no proof of being a lifeguard the centre would not budge, hence no gala,

I waited until 6.15 and think I was able to apologise to any latecomers. If I missed someone then I'm sorry.

I will of course let you know if they reshedule the gala, though when I haven't got a clue.

Alan

A.S.A Level One Teaching

2011-03-29T15:49:00.002+01:00

Congratulations go to

Robyn Beecham
Natalie Watkinson
Katie Hemstock
Leon Scott
Kay Mansfield
and Katie Brougham

on passing their Level One A.S.A Teaching Certificate.

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Swimmers of the Month - March 2011

2011-03-29T15:46:00.001+01:00

The nominees and winners for the march swimmer(s) of the month were as follows

Small Pool -

Cole Close

Ewan Harwood

Ewan Lester

Reeve Toombs

And the randomly selected winner is………… Blake Milner

Main Pool

Libby Dolman Milner

Savannah Jackson

Sophie Westbury

Molly Naylor

Elinor Harby

And the randomly selected winner is ……… Joseph Kingsland

Well done to all the nominees and our two winners, Blake and Joseph.

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Heanor Time Trials - 27/03/2011

2011-03-28T21:27:00.001+01:00

Hi all,

Below are the times from yesterdays time trials at Heanor.
The ones in Red would have been dqd in a normal gala. The kids were told what they had done wrong so they are aware for the future.

Thanks for giving up your time.

Results

Alan

Minor Gala League Round 3 - 26/03/2011

2011-03-28T21:25:00.000+01:00

In tonights gala at Hucknall we came 2nd by just two points which was brill considering we had no 13 year old boys swimming and had to swimm 11yr olds up.

Newark 205
Kimberley 203
Leander B 191
Sutton 187
Hucknall 103
Sothwell 97

Well done to all the swimmers.

Special mention tonight to Jack Brown - an 8second p.b at 200m Free, to the first places from Adam Gregory, Josie Henderson,Mollie Wright (2) Ellie Poxon, Elise Yorston (2) Matthew Shipley, Charly Neilson,Tyler Meads and the relay teams of Ellie Poxon, Georgia Tomlinson,Olwyn Davis, Emma Stephenson (13/u Med) Josie Henderson,Charly Neilson, Hannah Cross, Beth Lowe, Mollie Wright ( 12/u Med and Free) and Nathen Venn, Jack Brown , Adam Gregory, Frank Hemingray, Ryan Pigott ( 12/u Med and Free, 13/u Free) and to Mollie for rushing straight from Sheffield ( where she achieved a national 200m Free and Midland 100m Fly times)
Also to Sam McGrenaghan for standing in at the last moment.

And got to mention Sue Jervis for helping on poolside again as I missed her off last weeks county e-mail!!

Results

Alan

County Champs - Final weekend

2011-03-20T17:20:00.012Z

The final weekend of the county champs produced more great swimming from the Kimberley Swimmers. Five swimmers , Mollie Wright (3rd), Ryan Pigott (10th) , Elise Yorston (10th), Matthew Shipley (5th) and Jessie Henderson (9th) all finished in the top ten of their respective age groups over the whole competition.
Lauren Gill was a gold medal winner in the 15yr old 200m Butterfly.
The boys 12/U 200M Relay team of Tyler Meads, Ryan Pigott, Jack Brown and Adam Gregory finished in 5th place overall and the Girls Open 400m Freestyle and 400m Medley Team of Natalie Watkinson, Lizzie Shaw, Emma Clements and Lauren Gill came in 5th and 6th.

All the swimmers have been a credit to the club and themselves throughout the county champs.

Results

Alan.

Time keeping Course

2011-03-12T15:05:00.002Z

We have a number of parents taking part in a timekeeping , judge level one course.
Some Sunday squad sessions over the coming weeks will be sprint based whilst this course is taking place to allow those taking part to practice their timekeeping and judging of strokes, starts, turns etc.

Diddy League Time Trials 27th March

2011-03-12T14:53:00.002Z

The time trials at Heanor on the 27th March are aimed for ALL SQUAD swimmers 12YRS old and younger (age as of 30th June 2011) and Lane 5 improvers swimmers and will consist of 25m Sprints for the 11yrs and under ages and 50m for the 12yr olds.

The first round of the Diddy League is on the 9th April at Braunstone.

Team selection will be based on the fastest swimmer at that event allowing for the usual restrictions on the number of swims a swimmer can do. It is possible the swimmer may only have one event but their contribution will be just as important as a swimmer doing 3 or 4 events. If selected for this gala /competition please make every effort to attend.

Alan

EASTER COMPETITION

2011-03-12T14:52:00.000Z

Kids, look out for the entry forms for the design an egg and colour a picture competition to win an Easter Egg. One girl and boy in each age group will win.
Age Groups 3/4; 5/6; 7/8; 9/10; 11 and over.

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Novice Gala 17th April

2011-03-12T14:49:00.003Z

NOVICE GALA PLUS 50m TIME TRIALS

The entries for our Novice Gala so far, are disappointingly low so we have decided to open up the gala to squad swimmers as 50m time trials. This will help us make maximum use of the 25 pool time we have booked at Hucknall on 17th April.
As a reminder
All children in the improver session – regardless of age are recognised as Novice’s and are eligible to participate and compete for awards.
All squad swimmers age 10 and under are also eligible to participate and compete for awards – provided they have never taken part in the Nottinghamshire County Championships.
If your child is in the main pool improver sessions, please encourage them to have a go at the Novice Gala, no matter what Lane they are in.
This is their gala and they have a chance of winning medals to recognise their achievements.
Small pool children may also enter in the wiggly worm and kicking with a float event. (a competent swimmer will be in the pool in every lane if required to make sure our swimmers are not overwhelmed by their race)
It is expected that all Lane 5 improver session swimmers take part.

The annual Novice Gala is a chance for our up and coming swimmers to show what progress they are making and for the club to record real gala event times which help us pick our gala squads for this years club competition gala’s

The 50m Time Trials (plus 100m I/M) are aimed mainly at the 12yr and under swimmers though older swimmers can take part if they feel they need some up to date times
or have a pink T Shirt to aim for!

Volunteers are wanted to help out at the gala for all roles.…..We are in desperate need for a volunteer to do the announcing.
Please note if you don’t have a ‘job’ to do at the gala you will not be allowed on poolside.

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March Birthdays

2011-03-12T14:20:00.000Z

Birthday wishes go to:
Charlotte Attfield, Luke Brown, Amy Butler, Jade Calder, Heidi Fletcher-Smith, Josh Forbes, Eryn Fulman, Ava Gillott, Amy Grainger, Joseph and Livia Kingsland, Megan Littlewood, Joshua Long, Beth Lowe, Josh Mansfield, Catherine Moore, Niran Prajapati, Frank and Madelyn Pritchard, Libby Reddish, Caladesi Rose, Ella Rowland, Jack Shaw, Joseph Taylor, Sophie Wall,
and to the over 18’s Shirley Mowberry, Denise Swinburne and Bev (Sue) Pigott

Swimmers of the month - February

2011-02-28T12:07:00.000Z

The swimmers of the month for February were

Dan Campbell from the small pool and Amelia Luk in the main pool.

Well done to both.

Alan

Changes to the pool timetable.

2011-02-25T14:11:00.005Z

After discussions with the leisure centre management on amendments to our pool timetable and the need for the leisure centre to maximise pool usage for their own lessons, the club and the leisure centre have agreed to the following timetable for Kimberley Swimming Club to take affect from May 1st 2011.

Saturday morning 8.00a.m - 9.00a.m - Squad Training.
9.00a.m - 9.45a.m - Improver Session
9.45a.m - 10.30a.m - Trials, Starts and Turns.

There will be NO small pool sessions Saturday morning.

Saturday Evening 6.00p.m -7.30p.m - Improver Sessions
7.30p.m - 8.00p.m - Family Swim
Small pool 6.00p.m - 8.30p.m

There will be NO squad session on Saturday Evenings.

Sunday Evening 7.00p.m - 8.00p.m Improver session.
8.00p.m - 9.30p.m* Squad Training.
Small Pool 7.00p.m - 8.30p.m

*Please note the extra half hour is for Lanes 3,4 and 5 to start with.

Monday Evening - No change to current program

Wednesday Evening - 7.00p.m - 8.00p.m - Current Wednesday Squad Lanes 1 and 2 plus improvers Lane 5 only.
8.00p.m - 9.00p.m - Current Wednesday Squad, Lanes 3,4 and 5
9.00p.m - 10p.m - 13yr/Over squad
Small Pool 7.00p.m - 8.30p.m

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Drinks Bottles.

2011-02-25T14:08:00.002Z

Could all swimmers please ensure that the clear plastic bottle tops are removed from their drinks bottles prior to going onto poolside.
These tops can be dangerous if they enter the water as a swimmer may swallow them.