April Swimmers of the Month.

The winners for April are………………

Evie Toomey from the small pool and
Louise Housley from the main pool.

Well done to both.

Alan

Novice Gala 18/04/2010 Age Group Winners

The winners of the Age Group Trophies are as follows.

11yrs Boys - Alex Gibb
9yrs 50m Boys - Ben Hatton
Girls - Courtney Butters
9yrs 25m Girls - Elise Yorston
8yrs 50m Boys - Matthew Shipley
Girls - Lauren Anderson
8yrs 25m Boys - Marshall Brougham
Girls - Isabelle Jervis
7yrs Girls - Eve McGrenaghan
6yrs Boys - Sam Henderson
Girls - Sophie Snowden
5yrs Girls - Jessica Shephard

Points are awarded for the 4 main strokes.
In age groups where only one swimmer is competing
points are not awarded.


WELL DONE TO ALL.

The winners of the 'JOHN STUART' Memorial Trophies
for best boy and best girl were:-

Courtney Butters and Marshall Brougham.

There are cards for the photographers at the club desk and prints are now on the www.event-photos.co.uk website

Press the “click here to find your photos” bar

Then search for you child by entering the “notts swimming gala” album

Prices etc can be found on the site.


Alan

Underwater Filming Opportunity

From Ian Doherty, Sports Development Centre, Loughborough University:

As regular users of Loughborough University Swimming Pool we thought you may be interested in hearing about a new exciting service we are trailing out on Saturday 12th June between 1400-1600. As you may/may not be aware the British Swimming Squad based here at Loughborough University have underwater stroke analysis filming equipment. We are offering the opportunity for 40 swimmers to be filmed using this equipment. There are 2 options available:

Option 1: Underwater video of swimming Technique recorded on a 2GB memory stick for £12.

Option 2: Underwater video of swimming Technique recorded on a 2GB memory stick pre-recorded with the White Dolphin Swimming Technique Stroke Pack (All 4 strokes + Starts & Turns) which retails for £35 for just £25.

For the underwater video of swimming each person will swim 50m (about 1 minute) and have their technique recorded from the side and front, using the World Class Mobile Performance Analysis System. Should any of your swimmers be interested, please contact the swimming pool on 01509 226200 to book a place. Please note that payment is required at the time of booking. Places are limited to 40 swimmers and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

If you would like further information on the camera system used, please visit http://www.whitedolphin.co.uk/ there is a short video on the homepage which shows how the system is used and the results that can be achieved.

Novice Gala 18/04/2010

At todays Novice Gala the kids swam 348 personal bests times from 474 individual swims.
Well done to all of them especially those who took part in their first ever gala.
Photo information and top boy / girls awards to be announced shortly.

Click here for full Results

Alan

Leicester Diddy League 17/04/2010

Tonight we travelled to Braunstone for the first round of the Leicester Diddy League and came away with a fantastic first place.

Well done to all the swimmers especially as we only had two 12year old boys and two eleven year old girls there.

Kimberley 235
Swadlincote 181
Braunstone B 170
Corby 156
Leicester Neptune 150
Leicester Penguins C 96

Plenty of p.bs and First places.

First places for Charly Pink, Ben Hatton, Scott Lindley, Ryan Pigott x 2, Ben Lickman, Mollie Wright, Elise Yorston and the relay teams of Jasmine Fahy, Charly Pink, Heidi Frost and Elise - Free and Medley, Morgan Gallimore, Josh Shipman, Ben Hatton, Alex Lindsey-Hill and Aiden Williamson -Free and Medley, Leah Roulstone,Jessica Hawksworth, Charly Neilson, Jade Calder - Medley, Ben Lickman, Greg Brown, Ryan Pigott and Scott Lindley - Free and Medley, Nathan Venn, Frank Hemingray, Louis Peabody,Tyler Meads and Adam Gregory - Free and Medley plus the breaststroke and free canon relay teams.

Special mention tonight to Elise Yorston and Josh Shipman for overcoming their nerves and producing some great swims - Elise you nailed that dive on event 40!!
Also to Aiden Williamson and Alex Lindsey-Hill who only had one relay each but did brill. And to Adam and Ryan for their loads of swims and not complaining ... much!

Click here for full Results

Once again well done to all.

Alan

Swimathon 2010

A message from Jenni Hatton.

Please sponsor me for Swimathon 2010 and help Marie Curie Cancer Care to make a difference to the lives of thousands of terminally ill people by providing free care from Marie Curie Nurses. Jenni did the 2.5km swim in 2008 and is proud that Ben and Georgia can join me in this challenge.

http://my.artezglobal.com/personalPage.aspx?SID=279687

Thanks Jenni

Swimmers of the Month - March 2010

The swimmers of the month for March were

Lauren Thorpe - Lane 3 Improvers main pool
and Heidi Fletcher Smith - small pool.

Well done to both.

Alan