Happy Christmas

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Both weekends results can be found on the above link.


Alan

October Birthdays

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

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

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

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!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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!!!!

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

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

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

Notts Northern Open Meet 26th June

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Use the lockers!!!!

Please remind all the swimmers to use the lockers in the changing rooms.

Membership renewals

A reminder to all that the 'closing date' for renewal of your club membership is Monday 28th February. After this you will have been deemed to have left the club and if wanting to renew must pay the £10.00 joining fee.

County Champs First Weekend 12/13th Feb

The weekend of the 12th and 13th February saw the start of the Notts A.S.A County Championships and some really great swimming from K.S.C with some of the swimmers knocking 10seconds plus off their personal best times.

Lauren Gill made the final of the 50m Backstroke and 100m Backstroke finishing 5th and 3rd respectively but achieved two golds for her age group, and two bronzes ( junior and senior champion ) and a silver( junior champion)

We also currently have 4 swimmers in the top ten of their age groups.

Matthew Shipley leads the 9yr old boys Rankings, Mollie Wright is 8th in the 12yr old girls and Jessie Henderson and Elise Yorston are both currently 9th in their respective age groups.

Well done to all for a great weekend.

Results

Alan

January Swimmers of the month

The swimmers of the month for January were

Angus James - main pool and
Evie-Mae Oldham in the small pool

Well done to both.



Alan

Minor Gala League Round Two - 29/01/11

In tonights gala at Hucknall, we came 5th which was no suprise considering the opposition, but the kids were never 'outclassed'

WELL DONE TO ALL.

Special mention tonight to Adam Gregory - 2 first places ( 2 p.bs) and Mollie Wright - 1st place ( straight from Corby to the gala).

Also Charly Neilson 2 p.bs, Beth Lowe p.b after her injury lay- off, Elise, Jamie, Josh, Matthew, Jess Hawksworth, Greg and Ryan for their p.bs and Jamie and Jessie for their p/b ishes!

Also thanks to Josie and Jack for 'volunteering' to do the 200m Free and to Ellie Poxon for helping me on poolside.

Also a final mention to the swimmers who just did the two relays.. Olwyn, Emma,Frank, Scott, Luke, Charly P, Heidi and Aiden .. your just as important as those that did the individual events.

Click here for Results


Alan

Spring Competition Round One - 22/01/2011

In Saturday nights gala at Retford we came 3rd, once again just behind Newark with Rykneld winning.

Well done to all.

Special mention to Rebecca Matthews and Josh Forbes doing their first gala and Jamie Stephenson, just his second gala I think, and to Lizzie for surviving her I/M.

Best mention Lauren Wright for doing her hated 100m Fly and Natalie 30.11 for first leg of 4x50m Relay - nearly there Nat!

P.BS for Daniel Scott (2) Lizzie, Alfie, Callum, Jack, Adam, Jess Hawksworth, Natalie, Mollie, Elli, Elliot and Emma Stephenson.

Click here for Results


Alan

Club Diary Dates

All

Now that we have final dates for all of the known 'regular' galas, I'm attaching the full list of diary dates for your information.

Please keep an eye on the desk for :
• pink slips (where appropriate)
• attendance sheet for time trials on 27th March
• entry forms and details of the Novice Gala on 17th April
• Easter competitions
• reminders of closure dates
• fun day and other events - June onwards

A copy is available on the website but the list will be updated throughout the coming months and re-issued as appropriate. Loughborough dates are listed but a separate document of these dates is also on the website.

Click here for Fixture List

Regards

Jean

Hon. Secretary
Kimberley Swimming Club

Minor Gala League Round One - 15/1/2011

In tonights gala at Worksop, we came 4th just a point behing Newark.

Worksop 236
Sherwood 203
Newark 158
Kimberley 157
Arnold 127
Retford 118

Well done to all. Special mention for Elise and Mollie for the two first place finishes and to Leah, Holly, Jack, Nathan, Charly Neilson, Elise, Aime, Luke, Josh, Scott, Matthew, Georgia and Greg for their p.bs. Also to Matthew and Jasmine for their p.b -ishes!!
And to Georgia Tomlinson for giving me a laugh!!

Click here for Results

Alan