Blog 1165: Youth Senior Today

Just a reminder we are at West Park tonight from 7 and not at Loughborough

Blog 1164: County Information

Here are the times and information for the Counties:

Arc Pool
Bakewell Road
Matlock
DE4 3AZ

Saturday 3rd March
Morning 9.00am for 10.00am start
Afternoon 1.00pm for 2.00am start
Evening 5.00pm for 6.00pm start

Sunday 4th March
Morning 9.00am for 10.00am start
Afternoon 1.00pm for 2.00pm start
Evening 5.00pm for 6.00pm start
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Queens Park Leisure Centre
Boythorpe Road
Chesterfield
S40 2ND

Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th
The times below are for both days and all sessions
Morning 9.00am for 10.00am start
Afternoon 1.00pm for 2.00pm start
Evening 5.00pm for 6.00pm start

Please remember, if you need to withdraw from any of the galas, you must email comp@derbyshireswimming.org.uk, before 9.00pm on the Friday evening. After that, Competitors may withdraw up to 1 hour before the scheduled start of the session by telephoning 07929 377809 and leaving a message stating swimmer's name, gala, event number and competitor number. There will also be withdrawal slips for you to complete whilst you are at each gala, before the warm-up starts. Fines will take place if you fail to do this.

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Queen's Leisure Centre
Derby

Saturday 17th March
Morning 10.00am for 11.00am start
Afternoon 1.00pm for 2.00pm start

For further information details can be found on the Derbshire ASA website.

Blog 1163: Volunteers

The Derbyshire events are like all other swimming events. They rely entirely on Volunteers to run them! In this case it is 14 galas that need to be covered over three weekends.

Firstly though, we, Long Eaton Swimming Club need your help to sell the Michael McIntyre raffle tickets. This is a great opportunity to make money for your Club. We will be selling to the parents as they queue to go into the swimming galas at Matlock, both days. You will not miss any of the swimming. If you are willing to help please contact Angela Wilcox .

If you are prepared to help on poolside, with Health & Safety particularly, then please contact the Derbyshire Volunteer Co-ordinator, Maureen Edwards . Not done it before, well now is you chance to get involved and see how things are run!

Blog 1162: City of Derby Entries

The closing date for the City of Derby 14th/15th April is 15th March 2012, however this is a first come first served basis so please try to get your completed entry forms along with payment to your sqaud reps or myself as early as possible.

For the early birds I will be at West Park this evening and tomorrow morning, I will also be accepting entries until the closing date but remember this is a first come first served gala.

Thank you

Blog 1161: Matlock

NO kit bags are allowed on poolside, however a small bag containing drinks bottles, spare goggles etc may taken onto poolside.

Blog 1160: Michael McIntyre Raffle Tickets

Here is your chance to win 2 tickets to see Michael McIntyre's UK tour.
Raffle tickets are priced at £2.00 each (face value £80.00).

It is at the Capital FM Arena, Nottingham and the date is 3rd September 2012.

Tickets are available from squad reps, myself and we will also be selling at the first weekend at the counties.

If your child is not swimming at Matlock tickets are still available from your squad reps and myself.

The winning ticket will be drawn on the Sunday 4th March 2012 at the evening session at Matlock.

Thank you

Debbie

Blog 1160: New Matlock Facilities

County Championships at ARC Leisure Centre, Matlock 3rd & 4th March
This will be the first time the county has use this new facility for the championships and there are some points swimmers and spectators should be aware of.
· Car parking will be free, provided the instructions on the Notices are followed.
· Swimmers will not be allowed to take bags onto the poolside (Lockers require a refundable £1.00 coin)
· Outdoor shoes will not be allowed on the poolside.
· Folding chairs will not be allowed on the poolside.

Blog 1159: ASA Fees are now Overdue

ASA Fees are now OVERDUE, and you are putting your continued swimming at risk if you have not yet paid.
Please check the list here. and contact us to arrange to pay, urgently.
To contact LESC Treasurer - click here - for any issues.

Blog 1158: City Of Derby Level 3

City of Derby level 3 on April 14th and 15th entries are now open. All squads from J1 up to Youth and Senior (unless entering DX level 1) should enter this meet. Entries are first come first served and close on 15th March so speed is of the essence when entering - do it now as tomorrow never comes.

Blog 1157: 12 Week tests!

The next 12 week tests will be held on Saturday morning, 18th February!This will be in the same time slot as the Diddy Development squad. Any swimmers (particularly in the 9 years and under age group) who have not performed these tests before are still welcome to attend. We will be performing the 200m freestyle, and 200 IM events, and it would be a great opportunity for you to get times in a friendly, low pressure environment!

There will be no warm up in the water as it will be difficult to fit both events into that hour and a half slot, so there will be a DRYLAND warm up in the sports hall. The details are below!

Warm up 7.05am - 7.20am in the sports hall at West Park

7.30am till 9.00am - 200 free/200 IM

Alex

Blog 1155: 2011 County Trophies

Can all swimmers who won trophies at the Counties 2011 Championship, please ensure that you have returned your trophies to Mrs Julie Softley.

These should have been returned by the 1st February, her address can be found on the bottom left hand corner of the information sheet headed Closing Date etc.

Please contact Julie as soon as possible to arrange return.

Thank you

Blog 1154: Parent Meeting

Spencer would like to invite all parents/careers of squads from LTS, Development J1,J2 and J3 to attend a meeting on Thursday 23rd February 2012 at 8.15pm in the Curzon Room at West Park, regarding the future development and potential of all our up and coming swimmers.

This will include advise on diddy galas, open meets, counties and training sessions. It will also give you any opportunity to ask any questions that you may have.


Please attend as this is beneficial to everyone.

Thank you

Blog 1152: Draft Programme

Hi

The draft programme is now available to view on the DASA website, please could you check that entry times names etc are correct.

Please contact me if there are any problems.

Thank you

Debbie

Blog 1151: Snowmen (Snowpersons).

Blog 1150: URGENT SQUAD REP needed

We desperately need a volunteer for Development Squad Rep, direct liaison between coaches and parents.
If you are willing to consider this post or require further details
please get in touch with me ASAP click here

Dominique
Membership Secretary and Squad Rep Co- ordinator

Blog 1149: Club Shop

BUYING KIT FROM THE CLUB SHOP

Further to Blog No 1145 (Diddy Development Squad) you can order club kit and merchandise from Graham Meadows by phone (0115 973 4620) or email (graham@meadows86.freeserve.co.uk)

Please be aware that the shop sells LESC poolside shirts and tracksuit tops, hoodies and bags as well as snorkels,floats,pullbuoys, fins,hand paddles,drinks bottles,swim caps,goggles etc.All at very competitive prices.

Graham Meadows

LESC Club Shop

Blog 1148: DX Open

This weekend we had the DX open alongside the Leicester League (see previous blog). Many Long Eaton swimmers were there representing both Derventio Excel and Long Eaton and in a high class field these swimmers stood out and performed exceptionally well, with many gaining more regional times and national times, including Hannah Cox who trains at Long Eaton, who got her Senior National time in the 50m Breaststroke. Once again the skill level of Long Eaton swimmers was extremely high especially in the underwater phase and final 5 meters of races.

Blog 1147: Leicester League

Firstly a big thank you to all the parents for battling through appalling driving conditions to get the swimmers to the gala.

Once again I was very pleased with the determination shown by all swimmers as they strived to gain valuable points for the team. This was particularly evident in the last five metres of races, where many swimmers produced a storming finish often pulling back at least one place.

The gala gave an opportunity for swimmers to race in events they would not normally expect to swim in. Also a number of the younger swimmers were representing the club for the first time. You all were a credit to the club, and should gain a lot of confidence from the fact that you swam well in a big gala against strong opposition.

I was very pleased with the final result and left the gala a proud coach.

Final result

Braunstone A 247

Leicester penguins B 217

Long Eaton 170

Coalville 155

Loughborough A138

Braunstone B 106

Bob

Blog 1145: Diddy Development Squad

The new Diddy Development Squad starts tomorrow from 7.30am to 9am, try to get there about 15 minutes early just to make sure you are ready on time!There are just a few things I need to go over before we start...

Equipment - You will need a kickboard, Pull bouy, Flippers and a snorkel! Graham Meadows will be coming to west park tomorrow morning at 8am and sunday evening 5pm to 6.30 to take orders on stock!I would imagine that quite a few of you will need snorkles so speak to Graham to purchase one of these! Another piece of equipment that some swimmers may need to acquire are flippers. Childrens feet grow very fast (as im sure you are all too aware) can I suggest that any older swimmers who have grown out of their fins look to sell/pass on their fins to the younger swimmers - its cheaper, and less of a waste!

Please bring with you 1.5 litres of water/squash (you need a litre for every hour of swimming) and bring a small snack for after training, such as a cereal bar or a piece of fruit etc to replenish energy levels!

I will see you all bright and early every saturday morning!

Alex

Blog 1144: URGENT reminder ASA FEES

ASA Affiliation Fees

I have received lots of queries reference these fees, as previously these were included in the first 5 months payments (Sept - Jan).
However, due to the ASA not confirming the annual fees until October we were not able to include them.
The first 3 months, (Sep - Nov) included Club Membership and the monthly swim fees only as stated in the letters that were issued with the new standing order mandates in August. Please see below for reference.
August 2011

Dear Swimmer and/or Parents

On behalf of the Club’s committee, I would like to express our thanks for your loyal support over the last 12 months. Fortunately, the necessary increases to fees have been kept to a minimum, and only reflect the increases in our operating costs, coupled with additional training hours provided.

The ASA registration fee which is usually payable at this time, will not be collected until January due to the delay in the ASA agreeing their annual registration fees.


Parents ASA Affiliation fees are included in the club membership, therefore these fees are only due for swimmers and helpers. Please hand payments in directly to myself or your squad rep.

Any further queries do not hesitate to get in touch with me by
clicking here.

Thanks in advance
Jane Pryce
LESC Treasurer