Notts Northern Open Meet 29/06/2014

On Sunday a handful of swimmers competed in the Notts Northern Open Meet at Beechdale Baths. Ted Goonan-Dunne came away with an impressive haul of four first places and a second place. Thomas Reeves came 2nd in the 50m fly, 4th in the 100m I/M and 6th 50m back. Amy Sheldon won the girls 9yr 50m breaststroke, whilst Megan Hanson got a 4th in the 50m breast and 5th 100m I/M.
Matthew Fearn and Jessica Reeves also swam with both achieving p.b's.

                    Pictured is Ted with his trophies.

July Birthdays

Birthday Wishes for July go to:

Anthony Adams, Namit Bara, Jacob Bis, Naomi Forbes, Bradley Francis, Adam Gregory, Freya Hanson, Coral Harewood-Soos, Daniel Hodgson, Jack Inquieti-Lamb, Jacqueline Jenkins-Weller, Ben Jones, Sophie McKeown, Betsy Moore, Zahra Partridge, Heidi Pegg, Charlotte Purdy, Ewan & Scarlett Ross, Liam Salisbury, Bradley Shelton, Josh Shipman, Imogen Spouge, Nathan Stevenson, Lucie Thatcher, Toby Thorpe, Laura Vernon, Sarah Whistler, Tilly Woolis, Mollie Wright and to the over 18’s Emma & Joe Banner, Alisha Christian, Kay Mansfield, Robert Swinburne, Lisa Wright.

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Asa National Championships

Good luck to Kimberley Swimming Club / Nova Centurion swimmers competing in the forthcoming National Championships.

Joseph Kingsland 11yrs will be competing in the 200m breaststroke and Mathew Shipley will be competing in the 400m free, 800m free, 200m back and 200m IM at the British Gas Age Group Championships at Ponds Forge, between the 30th July & the 3rd of August.

Following on from these championships Mollie Wright 16yrs will be competing in the 400m free, 800m free and 400m IM at the British Gas Youth and Open Championships, also at Ponds Forge, between the 5th & 10th of August.

Congratulations on qualifying and good luck from all at KSC........

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Notts ASA Stage 3 Round 3 28/06/2014

Whilst some of the 12yrs and under KSC swimmers were competing in the final of the Leicester Diddy League, some more of the under 12's along with some of the older swimmers were competing at Bramcote in a Stage 3 Gala. At this gala all the races, except the relays are 100m events, which often gives some of the younger swimmers there first opportunity to compete in 100m sprints.

On the night personal bests were achieved by -

Katie Horner, Daniel Marriott x2 , Jack Brown, Tyler Meads, Amy Butler x2, Dylan Wharton x2 , Josh Shipman, Holly Mansfield, Robert Smith, Megan Littlewood, Cameron Thorpe and Anya Deegan.

First places went to -

Mollie Wright - 100m free & 100m fly
Charly Neilson - 100m breast
Ben Barsby - 100m fly & 100m back

and the girls 14/O 4x50m free team Emma Clements, Lauren Wright, Gemma Calder & Mollie Wright

On the night Kimberley finished 4th
Final results - 
Falcon 196
Sherwood 181
Ripley 169
Kimberley 132
Sothwell 130
Mansfield 79

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Diddy League Final 28/06/2014

Kimberley Swimming Club swimmers are once again Champions of the Leicester Diddy League.

          Junior Club Captains Ellie Knowles and Joseph Kingsland presented with the trophies.

Saturday the 28th of June saw the youngsters from Kimberley Swimming Club travel to Braunstone for the final of the Leicester Diddy League.

On the night first places went to –

Amy Sheldon,
Mathew Jackson
Jimi Knowles,
Livia Kingsland,
Finley Bunhejee
Joseph Kingsland,
Mathew Shipley,
Bradley Francis

and the relay teams -

Boys 9yrs 4x25m freestyle - Isaac Moreledge, William Francis, Harry Stevenson & Finley Bunhegee
Boys 9/U 4x25m medley - Isaac Moreledge, Mathew Jackson, Harry Stevenson & William Francis
Girls 10/U 4x25m medley - Jessica Shephard, Lily Orme, Imogen Spouge & Lauren Shipley
Boys 10/U 4x25m medley - Lewis Rounce, Tom Ellis, Will Moore & Alex Cooke
Boys 11/U 4x25m freestyle - Ted Goonan-Dunne, Ciaran Smith, Bradley Francis & Jimi Knowles
Boys 11/U 4x25m medley - Bradley Francis, Joseph Kingsland, Mathew Fearn & Jimi Knowles
Boys 12/U 4x25m freestyle & 4x25m medley - Bradley Francis, Joseph Kingsland, Jimi Knowles & Matthew Shipley,

Personal bests on the night were achieved by -

Amy Sheldon, Mathew Jackson, Bradley Francis x2, Tom Ellis, Finley Bunhejee, Livia Kingsland and Will Moore. 

Well done to all swimmers that took part in all the rounds as you are now ....'CHAMPIONS'

The final results were -

Kimberley                 220
Melton A                   186
Wellingborough        178.5
Daventry A                157
Leicester Neptune A 132
Swadlincote              130.5