Rotary Club World Record Attempt Swim

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

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

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



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Day Four of the Counties 18/02/2012

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

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

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

Well done to all.


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World record swim attempt at Nottingham

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

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

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

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

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

Every participant will receive a signed certificate of participation.


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



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Cadburys World Trip 11th March

Date: Sunday 11th March 2012

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

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


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


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



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County Champs Day 3 - Feb 11th

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

Well done to all

January Swimmers of the month

The swimmers of the month for January were

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

Well done to both.


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February Birthdays

Birthday wishes for February go to:

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


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County Champs Day Two

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

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

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

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


Alan

Notts ASA County Champs 2012

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

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

We wish them all well.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Well done to all the swimmers.

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



Alan