Happy Christmas to all from K.S.C

The Committee of Kimberley Swimming Club wishes all its swimmers and their families a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Notts and District Final 12/12/09

In tonights final the club finished in fifth place and fifth place overall in this competition so well done to all who have taken part over the three rounds.

P.bs tonight went to Lizzie Shaw - 3 off - Michael Wilson, Mollie Wright, Lukas Watson, Natalie Watkinson and Jack Shaw - one each

We had just two first place finishes, Mollie Wright and Natalie Watkinson both at 50m Free.

Special mention tonight goes to Luke Snowdon who cost me a Mars bar by taking 3 seconds off his 25m split relay time for 25m Free :-)


Alan

Swimmer of the Month - November

Novembers Swimmer of the month awards went to

Freya Rowland - small pool and Chloe Rutherford - main pool

Well done to both.

Bramcote Open Meet 29/11/2009

Ten Kimberley Swimmers took part in Bramcote Swimming Clubs 2nd Open Meet on Sunday 29th November and scored an impressive second place overall from all the visiting clubs.
First place awards went to Emma Clements - 100m Breast and 100m Fly, Lizzie Shaw 100m Breast, Georgia Stirland 200m Free, Liam Colquhoun 50m Free, Sam Jervis 50m Free, James Lickley 100m Breast and Lukas Watson 100m Free.
All together Emma achieved 7 top 6 places ( 11th overall ), Alice Colquhoun got a fifth in 50m Free, Josie Henderson a 5th in 100m Breast and 6th 200m Free, Lizzie 7 top 6 places coming 4th overall in the girls rankings, Georgia Stirland 6 top 6 places (10th overall) Liam 3 top 6 places, Harry Jervis 4 top 6 places, Sam Jervis, a first and second, James Lickley 4 top 6places, Ryan Pigott 3 top 6 places and Lukas 6 top 6 places.
Well done to all.

Alan

JC Dobb Final Round 28/11/2009

In the final round of the JC Dobb League, the club was once again victorious. The result of this gala was in doubt up to event 44 but three first place finishes - Georgia Stirland 50m Free, Lizzie Shaw - 50m Back and Elliot Clements 50m Back and two second places Adam Gregory 50m Free and the last event the Cannon ensured we won this round by 15 points and finished a whacking 136 points ahead over the three rounds. WELL DONE TO ALL WHO HAVE COMPETED IN THE THREE ROUNDS.

First places tonight went to Jack Brown - 50m Breast, Leah Roulstone and Scott Lindley - 25m Back ,Robyn Beecham in both her 50m Breaststroke races, Olwyn Davis 50m Fly,Lizzie Shaw 50m Free, Emma Stephenson 50m Back, Jess Hawksworth and Ryan Pigott 25m Breast, Georgia Stirland 50m Free and Lizzie and Elliot Clements 50m Back along with the relay teams of Jack Brown, Ryan Pigott, Frank Hemingray and Adam Gregory 4x25m Free, Frank, Charly Neilson, Ryan and Leah 4x25m Medley, Elliot, James, Sam and Robert 4x25m Free and Georgia Hawksworth,Jess Wright, Robyn and Emma Clements 4x25m Free.

3 relay teams went too fast, Tyler, Scott, Ryan and Frank 4x25m Free, Josie Henderson, Emma Stephenson, Olwyn Davis and Alice Colquhoun 4x25m Free and Sam, Daniel Knowles, Emma Clements and Jess Wright 4x 25m Medley along with individual swimmers Scott Lindley 25m Free and Sam Jervis 50m Back.

Special mention for the P.bs on the night to Scott Lindley x 2 off, Sam Jervis, Leah Roulstone,Ryan Pigott and Daniel Knowles.

The club gave a fond farewell to Alice Colquhoun who was able to pick up the winning trophies in this, her last gala for Kimberley.

Kimberley 187
Radford 172
Sutton 150
Portland 135
Huck/Linby 126
Ilkeston 116


Alan

Club Captains 2010

The Senior Club Captains for 2010 are Lizzie Shaw and James Lickley and the Junior Club Captains are Ryan Pigott and Mollie Wright.
Well done to all on their selection.

Alan

Presentation night messages. 23/11/2009

Hi to all the staff at KSC
Just a quick note to say thank you for all the effort that went into getting the trophys for the presentation Evening. They look fabulous and our kids are on cloud nine, it inspires them to want to swim and try their best.
Thank you again and we do appreciate all the hard work that goes into running the club and organising swimming sessions and events.
Thanks again
Lynne and Jonathan Orme (Holly, Alfie and Lily)

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who helped to make the presentation evening a really good night!
We thought it was extremely well organised and the attention to detail was second to none! Hours of time must have gone into all the seating plans, decorations, power point, etc; and blood, sweat and tears must have been in abundance for those who prepared and wrapped all the beautiful trophy parcels! The way the trophies were given out this year made it interesting for the guests and really special for the children, and the extra time afterwards for a good old knees up was a bonus for everyone!
This has been an event that my children have looked forward to all year and it certainly lived up to, and beyond, their expectations! The trophies this year are lovely and it was a delight to see all the children’s faces light up as they went up to receive their awards!
Well done to Kimberley Swimming Club for such a fantastic evening, you all deserve a medal yourselves!

Regards
Nicola, Ray, Leah and Max Roulstone x

A message from the Colquhouns 23/11/2009

Gail, Adrian, Alice & Liam would like to say a big Thank You for all the good wishes they received on their pending move down under at the Presentation Evening on Saturday. The scrap book is fantastic and contains lots of great memories.

Although swimming outdoors in 50m pools and watching (sunbathing) in the viewing stands will be great , facilities aren’t everything and we just hope that we meet a nice bunch of people there like we have done at Kimberley. The Presentation evening showed us that KSC is more than just a swimming club.

Our last session will be Wednesday 9th December, hope we see lots of you there for our last tearful goodbye !

Thanks again

The Colquhoun family

KSC Presentation Night Raffle

On our presentation night raffle we have over 50 prizes some of which are listed below.

Full Vehicle Service - Donated by Sandicliffe Ford Trent Bridge.

5 Day Pass for David Lloyd - Donated by David Lloyd Leisure.

Cut and Blow Dry - Donated by Saks Hair & Beauty West Bridgeford.

Free Family Membership for 2010 for Kimberley Swimming Club.

Indian Takeaway Meal for Four - Donated by Lime Indian Restaurant.

Manicure by Elisa - Donated by Elisa Lacey.

Nottingham Forest Football.

2 x Full day Parking Passes for the Victoria Centre, Nottingham.

Family Fun Pass for Wheelgate Adventure Park in Mansfield.

Firefox ladies watch.

Biscuits, toiletries, Wine, Toys and many more.... REMEMBER TO GET YOUR TICKETS.

Notts and District 14/11/2009

The club came third in tonights gala at Worksop in the second round of the Notts and District League.
Motorway madness meant the gala started thirty minutes late and we still had some swimmers not arrived by then.

2 p.bs for Matt Wright, one each for Robyn Beecham, Russ Pink, Lukas Watson, Nick Boston, Natalie Watkinson, Holly Orme, Elliot Clements, Ryan Pigott and Jack Shaw.

First place finishes for Mollie - 50m Back and 50m Free, Natalie 50m Free and 50m Back and Sam 50m Back and plenty of second places.

Well done to all tonights swimmers.

Special mention to - all who faced the motorway and still arrived to judge, swim, spectate and all the kids that swam out of their age groups.

Alan

Buxton Trophy 7/11/2009

The club came 3rd in the other gala of the evening of the 7th, the Buxton Trophy Gala hosted by Notts Northern.
Some late changes had to be made to the team but all swam well, with some not swimming their first choice strokes. 14 p.bs were achieved with Josh Housley, Jack Shaw, Matthew Wright all recording 2 p.bs each. First place finishes went to Matt Wright- 50m Fly, Mollie Wright 50m Back and 50m Free, Natalie Watkinson 50m Free and the relay team of Charlotte Bird, Beth Lowe, Georgia Petch and Georgia Stirland 10/u 4x25m Free.

Special mention to Sam and Sophie Brough for standing in at short notice.

Well done to all.

Alan

J.C Dobb Autumn Round Two 7/11/2009

Kimberley Swimmers scored another superb win in the J.C Dobb Autumn competition.
Although not many p.bs were gained - 2 in total, one each to Emma Clements and Lizzie Shaw , -the swimmers all swam well to finish well clear of second place Sutton.
Josie Henderson,Emma Clements, Jack Brown ,Ryan Pigott, Rachel Swinburne, Jessica Hawksworth, Lauren Wright , Lizzie Shaw and Elliot Clements were individual winners on the night with the relay teams of Greg Brown, Tyler Meads, Ryan and Frank Hemingray - boys 10/u free, Robert Swinburne,Elliot Clements, Lauren Wright and Lizzie Shaw - open mixed Medley, Daniel Knowles, Sam Jervis, Emma Clements and Jess Wright - 14/u mixed medley, Frank Hemingray, Charly Neilson, Leah Roulstone and Ryan - 10/u mixed medley, Robert, James, Elliot and Sam - open free, Josie, Jack, Tyler and Hannah Cross 12/u mixed medley also added to the first place total.

Result:
Kimberley 218
Sutton 178
Radford 170
Portland 168
Hucknall 123
Ilkeston 102


Well done all.

Laurie Dyche told me not to write anything on the blog about her constant chatter whilst stood behind me, so I haven't!!

Alan

Midlands Short Course 7/8th November 2009

Unfortunately illness prevented Lauren from taking part in the Midlands Short Course Champs.

Essa National Championships

Elliot Clements has been selected to swim for Bilborough College on the 13th November at Corby in the Essa ( English Schools Swimming Association) National Championships

All at Kimberley wish Elliot good luck.


Alan

Swimmer of the Month

The swimmers of the month for October are

Jessie Henderson - Main Pool and Max Binch - small pool.

Well done to both.


Alan

Bag Pack 6/12/2009

On the 6th December we are organising a bag pack at Sainsbury's Ripley Store, between 10am & 4.00pm
Can you spare one hour to raise funds for K.S.C?

One Hour Time slots available

Contact Vanessa or Danny
on 07931771473 or e-mail
vlstirland@yahoo.co.uk

E.S.S.A Schools Championship

Lauren Gill has recently taken part in the English Schools Swimming Association inter divisional championships at Crystal Palace. Representing Nottinghamshire Schools, Lauren reached the final of the 100m Backstroke finishing 7th place.

Next weekend, 7th and 8th November, Lauren takes part in the Midlands Short Course Championships at Corby. She takes part in 6 events over the two days.

All at Kimberley wish her good luck.

Minor Gala League 3/10/2009

Half term holidays, Halloween parties and illness prevented the club from fielding its strongest team for tonights final round of the Minor Gala League at Bramcote. Late changes to the team whilst at the venue also had to be made.
Despite all these setbacks we came second on the night by ONE point which was brill!

All the swimmers did really well especially all those that had to swim out of their age groups. WELL DONE TO ALL.

Special mentions tonight go to Luke Snowdon and Isabelle Jervis for doing their first gala, Jessie Henderson for two fab breaststroke relay legs in relays , one of them a 10yr relay! , Mollie Wright 3 p.bs and a special thanks to Alice Colquhoun for swimming. A shame we couldn't win the trophy on her last appearence as junior club captain.

Alan

Photos from Club Champs

For anyone wishing to view the photos that DE Photos took at the club champs you will need to e-mail Alan for the password or just ask at the desk.

Alan

Club Champs Day 2 - 18/10/2009

Another terrific day of swimming today.
Well done to all the kids.

There were 300 personal best times from 430 individual swims with 64 of the new county qualifying times achieved and 21 new club records!!

And at the end of the gala in a 50m race off 3 swimmers, Elliott Clements, Sam Jervis and Lauren Gil achieved promotion to the Pink T-Shirt Club!! (awarded to swimmers achieving 50m in under 30 seconds)

Mollie Wright achieved a Midland qualifying time and Lauren Gill a National time in the 200m Back Event. Well done to both girls.

Many thanks to all those helpers / timekeepers and officials who made both weekends a big success.

Don't forget you can order photos from today from DE Photos.

Results

Results by Swimmer

Club Records 2009

Alan.

Minor Gala League - Bingham - 17/10/2009

Illness and other commitments meant the club fielded a team that was not at full strength for the second round of the Minor Gala League at Bingham tonight.

5 dqs further hampered the teams score, eventually finishing in a disappointing but not suprising 5th place.

Special mention tonight to Mollie Wright - 3 first places, Georgia Tomlinson, Alice Colquhoun, Josh Housley, Ellie Poxon, Tyler Meads and Jess Hawksworth for their p.bs, Jack Brown for his first place and Jamie Barnard who did his first gala for the club tonight after being phoned up at 11 o'clock this morning to see if he wanted to do a gala and then posted a couple of good relay splits.

Well done to those who did swim for their efforts.

Results

Alan

Club Champs Results Updated 15/10/2009

The new qualifying times for next years County Champs have been released by the Notts A.S.A

Unfortunately these arrived after our first Club Champs weekend.
We have updated the club champ results to reflect the differences in these qualifying times and to show those who have achieved the new times. Sadly this means that some who thought they had achieved a qualifying time no longer have one.
We are holding another Time Trial session at Heanor in November to give these kids another opportunity to achieve the new times.

Click the link below for the new county qualifying times.

NCC Qualifying Times

Alan

Club Champs Day One 11/10/2009

Results are available now for Day One of the Club Champs.
284 personal best times gained from 401 individual swims.
81 County Qualifying Times achieved and 21 new Club Champs
records set.

Full Results

Results by Swimmer

Many thanks to everyone who helped out today.

Alan

Notts and District 10/10/2009

On the bus to Worksop


In tonights first round of the Notts and District League, we came 3rd place with some excellent swims.

2 p.bs for Matthew Wright. One each for Josie Henderson, Adam Gregory, Sean Dyche, Mollie Wright, Lukas Watson, Nick Boston, Robyn Beecham, Elliot Clements and Georgia Tomlinson.

First places on the night went to Josie Henderson 50m Back, Mollie Wright 50m Free, Lauren Gill 50m Back and 50m Free, Jack Brown 50m Breast, Sam Jervis 50m Free, James Lickley 50m Breast and the relay teams of
Georgia Tomlinson, Brydie Niblett, Josie Henderson and Mollie Wright 4x25m Free and Medley and Adam Gregory, Ryan Pigott, Lukas Watson and Jack Brown 4x25m Free.

Final results was Ripley 275
Newark 231
Kimberley 212
Bramcote 154
Portland 123
Arnold 108

My special mentions of the night go to..... Adam Gregory for getting his turn right for once :-) Josie Henderson for some cracking swims as did Jessie Henderson in her first gala, Elliot Clements for a 14second 25m Free which means a pink t-shirt is not far off, Georgia Tomlinson for always smiling and some great swims and Laurie Dyche -- she knows why!!
And finally to Sharon Knowles for officiating for the first time.

Well done to ALL.

Results

Alan

Raffle Prizes wanted.

A raffle will be held on both Sunday's of the club champs.
Any donations would be most welcome, please hand in to any club helper or bring with you on either day.
Thanks in advance.

Vanessa

Swimmer of the month Award

The winners for SEPTEMBER are SMALL POOL – Mitchell Unthank and MAIN POOL – Alison Burrows.

Well done to both.

First place for Mollie 3/10/09

Mollie Wright competed in the Robin Hood Open Meet at Sheffield and secured a fantastic first place with a time of 5.05.79 for 400m Freestyle knocking nearly nine seconds off her long course personal best time and a first midlands qualifying time.

Well done Mollie!!

On Sunday 4/10/09 Both Mollie and Georgia Stirland travelled to Braunstone for the Leicester Penguins Open Meet. Mollie achieved another first place and another Midlands time in the 200m Free and a third with a Midlands time in the 200m Breast and a third Midlands time for the 200m I/M.
Georgia came second with a 7 second p.b in the 200m free, third with a new p.b at 200m Breast and a fifth for the 200m I/M.

Well done to both.

Alan

JC DOBB Autumn Competition 3/10/2009

20 First places and 13 second places helped the club secure another fantastic win in the JC Dobb League.
First places went to Charly Neilson, Jessica Hawksworth, Leah Roulstone and Georgia Stirland 4x25m Free Relay, Emma Clements and Sam Jervis 50m Back, Jack Brown 50m Breast,Robyn Beecham 50m Breast, Hannah Cross, Emma Stevenson, Olwyn Davis, Josie Henderson 4X25M Free, Jack Brown, Tyler Meads, Ryan Pigott and Adam Gregory 4x25m Free,Rachel Swinburne 50m Breast,Olwyn Davis 50m Fly,Lizzie Shaw 50m Free, Emma Clements 50m Fly,Lauren Wright, Robyn, Rachel and Lizzie 4x25m Free, Chris Hemstock, Sean Dyche, Robert Swinburne and James Lickley 4x25m Free, Laurie Dyche and Sam Jervis 50m Free, Josie, Jack, Hannah and Adam 4x25m Medley Relay, Lauren Wright 50m Fly and Robyn, Jessica Wright, Laurie and Emma Clements 4x 25m Free.

To cap a great night the cannon relay team of Jess Hawksworth, Greg, Georgia,Tyler, Olwyn, Adam Emma Clements, Michael Wilson, Lizzie and Robert secured the clubs final first place.

The relay teams of 14/u Michael Wilson, Dan Knowles, Emma Clements, Jess Wright and 10/u Frank Hemingray,Charly Neilson,Ryan Pigott and Georgia Stirland also came in first but scored no points for going too fast!!

Sam Jervis achieved three personal best times and Emma Clements got two whilst Leah, Frank, Robyn, Scott and Charly Neilson got one each.

Well done to all the swimmers. A great team effort.

Results

Alan

First Place at Sutton Gala 26/09/2009

At tonights Michael Doughty trophy gala hosted by Sutton Swimming Club, Kimberley's Blue team recorded a great first place whilst the Yellow team came in 6th place.

Some great swims again from BOTH teams with 13 p.bs for the Blues and 18 for the Yellows
with some knocking up to 10 seconds off their previous best times, notably Louis Peabody,
Pollyhannah Tombs, Jack Shaw and Hannah Shelbourne.

Jack Shaw achieved 3 p.bs, Jack Brown , Mollie Wright, Nathan Venn,
Emma Clements, Pollyhannah Tombs and Elliott Clements 2p.bs whilst
Josh Housley, James Lickley, Robyn Beecham, Louis Peabody, Sean Dyche,
Abigail Worthington, Heidi Frost, George Kidd, Hannah Shelbourne, Emma Banner, Ryan Pigott, Sam Jervis, Lauren Wright, Natalie Watkinson, Georgia Petch and Olwyn Davis all notched
one each.

First place finishes on the night were secured by Ryan Pigott - 50m Free, Jack Brown 100m Breast, Charlotte Bird, Charly Neilson, Georgia Stirland and Georgia Petch - 4x25m Medley Relay, Emma Clements 100m Breast and 100m Free, Robert Swinburne 100m Free, Lauren Wright 50m Fly, Natalie Watkinson 100m Back and Natalie, Rachel, Emma Clements and Lauren Wright 4x 25m Medley for the Blues and Mollie Wright 100m Free, Beth Lowe 50m Fly and Beth, Pollyhannah,Olwyn and Hannah 4x25m Medley Relay for the Yellows.

Special mention to Daniel Knowles, Robert Swinburne and Liam Colquhoun for all swimming whilst not feeling well.

Kimberley BLUE 178
Ripley 175
Falcon 169
Sutton 156
Radford 124
Kimberley YELLOW 107

Yellow Team Results

Blue Team Results

Alan

Minor Gala League Round One - 19/09/2009

The opening round of the Autumn Minor Gala league saw us travel to Mansfield on Saturday.
We came third which was very pleasing considering all the chopping and changing made from the original team selection so well done to all the swimmers.

Mollie Wright achieved 3 p.b's, Jack Brown 2, Georgia Stirland 2, Hannah Cross 2, whilst Ryan Pigott, Charly Pink, Scott Lindley, Lukas Watson, Leah Roulstone, Liam Colquhoun, Nathan Venn and Brydie Niblett recorded one p.b each.

Mollie - 100 I/M , Lukas - 50m Fly and Georgia - 50m Free, were our winners on the night.

Some great swimming again by all.

Results

Alan

Club Champs 2009

Our Club Championships take place at Hucknall on the 11th and 18th October.
These championships are open to all main pool swimmers whilst the small pool swimmers can do two special events.
The closing date for entries is Monday 21st September so please make sure your entries are in by then. Squad members and Lane 5 Improvers are expected to enter.

Swimsuits

Thinking of buying your child a new swim suit?

From January, the rules are changing 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.

Great North Swim 13/09/2009

Russel Pink took part in the British Gas Great North Swim at Lake Windermere on Sunday.

Setting the pace, elite swimmers from around the globe including Jo Jackson, were joined by sporting celebrities, Secretary of State for Health, Andy Burnham MP, GMTV’s resident GP, Dr Hilary Jones, EastEnders’ Phil Mitchell actor Steve McFadden and former 5000m Olympic silver medallist, Sonia O’Sullivan, who travelled to the stunning Lake District National Park shoreline to take part along with a staggering 6000 others!

Russel finished the 1 mile course in water temperatures of 12 degrees ( who said Loughborough was cold!) in a time of 27.07 mins coming in 292nd place overall.

Robin Hood Marathon 13/09/2009

On Sunday, some members of the club took part in the fun run event as part of the Robin Hood Marathon. Gail Colqughoun persuaded some of the club members to join her team of over 50 people to run the event in aid of Kidney Research.

We all met in the Experian Marquee and enjoyed
the hospitalty of the hosts.


before warming up and then 'enduring' the fun run. It was noted that a lot of the kids beat the adults, with even Elvis Presley overtaking Alan on the finishing line!!

An enjoyable day was had by all with a worthy cause benefitting.

Peter Pink Gala - 12/09/09

Once again we retained the Peter Pink Trophy at the gala on Saturday through the blue team, with the yellow team coming second and the green team fifth. Some great swimming on the night with plenty of p.b's and first places in all three teams. A lot of swimmers, Courtney Butters, Lauren Anderson, Georgia Townsend, Sam Brough, Connor Kennedy, Alfie Orme, Joseph Kidd, Alex Cole, Lauren Moore and Jasmine Fahy competed in their first gala and performed really well.
Our thanks go to Belper Marlins and Notts Northern swimming clubs for taking part in the gala.

Blue Team Results

Green Team Results

Yellow Team Results

Alan

Swimmer of the Month - August 2009

Sorry for the delay in getting the results of the swimmer of the month to you all.

The winners for August are Main Pool Improvers - Sacha Flint
and Small Pool - Lily Orme

Well done to both.


Alan

Drayton Manor Park 06/09/2009

On Sunday 6th September at 8.30am (a rather early start for some people!!) a coach load of swimmers and parents from KSC set off for a day out to Drayton Manor theme park!
We arrived at Drayton Manor at about 9.30a.m. After racing off the coach and being given our tickets to get in, everyone made their way around the theme park. Not knowing that the rides didn't open till 10.30 we headed straight for the log flume and got right near the start of the queue, but then had to wait for 45 minutes for it to open! Whilst others had the more sensible idea of going to look around the zoo first whilst waiting for the rides to open! When the log flume finally opened, we were one of the first boats to set off so we didnt really know what to expect. Luckily, Alan chose to sit at the back.. and got SOAKED! Which was rather funny!) Unfortunately though, this meant he decided not to go on it again for the rest of the day as he wanted to dry off! (maybe some of the rest of us should have done the same instead of spending the whole day on the log flume which was very funny but also made us very wet and cold!) There were plenty of other rides to go on such as G-Force and Shockwave - for the more daring people, and also Thomas Land for the younger people (or not so young in some cases!).
At dinner, the ones which had brought lunch with us went back to the coach and sat in the car park to eat it, and the rich people amongst us bought some food there!
After being full once again with sandwiches, crisps, chocolate (and for some people, alcohol!) and also mostly dried off, or wearing a spare set off clothes!, we headed back into the theme park for the afternoon! Our first stop, after the toilets!, was the haunted house kind of thing which was horrible!! and resulted in a few tears, but the buffalo rollercoaster soon made up for that! We then made our way to the rapids which were finally open! And again, got a bit wet!! But again, was worth it! (Its a good job we are a swimming club and so are used to getting wet!!)
After the rapids, again we went on the log flume and about drowned once again! But had fun looking at the photos which were taken on the way down!
As we had to be back at the coach for 4-4.30 we then had our last go on the log flume, getting soaked! Which was perfect timing for the coach home.. NOT! Luckily, we had brought some spare clothes with us! (But could of done with more!) After emptying wellies full of water, sorting our hair out, taking and laughing at a few more photos, we headed back up to the coach, buying ice creams on the way!
When we got back onto the coach, we changed into spare clothes, ate some more food and waited for the coach to leave! After taking even more photos, giving each other new 'hairstyles'. singing along (very well!) to the radio and playing a few games of hangman, we finally arrived back at the leisure centre, having enough time to go home, have some tea and be back again in time for a training session that night! Commitment!!!
Overall, it was an awesome day!! Great memories and great photos! Would definitely go again! But for longer next time, so that we could see the rest of the theme park and the zoo!
Thank you for organising it and can't wait for the next KSC day out!!
Lizzie :)"..

3rd Place in Jubilee Gala 05/09/2009

Last Saturday saw the start of a busy gala period for the club with a trip to Hucknall for the Arnold S.C Jubilee Trophy Gala.
We came 3rd place behind the hosts and eventual winners Calverton.

After a succession of 3rd places Harry Jervis conjured up our first win of the night with a p.b in the boys 9/u 25m Breaststroke event.
Other individual first places were achieved by Tyler Meads- 50m Free, Liam Colquhoun - 25m Free and Jack Brown - 50m Breast (p.b) and the relay teams of Ben Lickman, Harry Jervis, Greg Brown, Liam Colquhoun - boys 4x25m Free and Medley Relays and the girls 4x25m Medley Relay Team of Jessica Hawksworth, Charly Neilson, Heidi Frost and Tia Stirland.

Other p.b's on the night were from Georgia Stirland ( 50m Breast and Free) Heidi Frost (25m Free) Ben Lickman (25m Back) Jessica Hawksworth (25m Back) Daniel Knowles ( 100m Breast) Mollie Wright (50m Free) James Lickley (100m Breast) and Lizzie Shaw (100m Breast)

Special mention to Robert Swinburne for volunteering for the 100m Fly and to Lizzie and Lauren for their loud support on poolside!!

Well done to ALL the swimmers for a good team effort.

Results

Alan

Swimmer of the month July 2009

This months winners of the swimmer of the month award are

Small Pool - KAITLYN SISSON
and
Improver Session - KIAN MILORO-DEAKIN

Well done to both!

Sharks win the fun gala 01/08/2009

Well done to the Sharks team for winning the fun gala on Saturday.

Pot of Gold for Rainbows 22/07/2009

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

Well done to both.

Lauren Reaches the Final!! 22/07/2009

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

WELL DONE LAUREN. We are all proud of you.

Alan

J.C DOBB Spring competition 18/07/2009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WELL DONE TO ALL.

Results

Alan

GOOD LUCK LAUREN!

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

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

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

All from Kimberley wish Lauren every success.

Alan

Notts A.S.A Development League 2009

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

Aime Cheese, Ben Lickman

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

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

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

Alan

Notts Summer Gala 12/07/2009

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

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

Well done to all for achieving some great times.

Results

Alan

Mary Davies Gala - Mansfield 11/07/09

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

Special mention tonight to -

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

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

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

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

WELL DONE TO ALL FOR A GREAT TEAM EFFORT.

Results

Alan

DRAYTON MANOR PARK - SEPT 6TH

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



Costs are:

Under 4's £5.00

4 - 11 years £18.00

12 years + £ 21.00

60 years + £11.00

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

£5.00 Deposit secures your place on the bus.

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

KIMBERLEY FUN GALA

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

Alan

Swimmer of the Month 08/07/2009

The swimmers of the month for June are

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

WELL DONE TO BOTH

Broxtowe Dry Triathlon

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

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

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

Well done to all for a fab night.

Alan

Broxtowe Dry Triathlon 2nd July 2009

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

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

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

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

1st Lukas Watson 10.17

Well done to all those that took part.

Alan

Development League Round 2 (04/07/09)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Results

Alan

Leicester Diddy League Final (27/06/09)

Well done to ALL the kids who took part in the Leicester Diddy League Final held at Braunstone.

We came 5th on the night and 5th overall in the league which is exceptional, gaining a place in the league and a bit of revenge against Wellingboro for pipping us in the last round.

Our team achieved 12 pb's from the 24 individual swims and 12 relays faster than those of the previous two rounds.

Special mention goes to the nine year old girls team, Jess Hawksworth, Charly Neilson, Hannah Whitehead and Leah Roulstone ( along with Simone Greenfield ) for remaining nearly unbeaten with only one second place throughout the whole competition (Fantastic). Beth Lowe, Georgia Stirland , Georgia Petch and Mollie Wright - two relay wins tonight, in competition best times.
And to the boys 9yr relay team, Ryan Pigott, Ben Lickman, Greg Brown, Liam Colquhoun and Scott Lindley ( with Harry Jervis ) who had won all their events until tonight even though the freestyle relay was swam in a competion best tonight.
Also special mentions to Mollie Wright and Brydie Niblett - 2 pb's each tonight, and swimming his last gala for Kimberley, Alex Marsella - also 2 pb's.

Also a special word of praise for Ciara Albass-Martin, Cameron Greenfield, Greg Brown and Nathan Venn who only had one race tonight but contributed loads to the team effort.

Results

Alan