There will be a meeting for all those that have their names down for the camp next year on Tuesday 30/6/2015 at West Park after Youth and Senior training. Those not in Youth and Senior may attend that session to make it easier.
All participants must help organize the camp and take part in any fund raising activities.
I have contact the pool and hotel, but other jobs that need doing include sorting Air Fares (Norwegian are still the cheapest), car hire. Each individual swimmer is responsible for their insurance (post office are good) ESTA's and Passport detail Collection, Measurements for team kit, medical forms, fund raising and the most important of all Team Managers. This camp will not go ahead without 2 Team Managers for the trip (if you want to split it so a week each that is fine). We must have one TM2 at all times. Deposits of £400 will need to be handed in as soon as possible as it is late and we need to get things booked ASAP to avoid price rise and exchange rate drops as the £ is fairly strong at the moment. The whole trip needs to be paid for prior to 10 weeks out.
Thursday 25 June 2015
Blog 2321: Time Trials 5pm Sunday at West Park
Time Trials are being held on Sunday during the Learn to Swim sessions at West Park. This is an opportunity for race practice and get times for the Club Championships if you are considering entering them.
All C Squad swimmers who are not at the Nottingham Northern Open Meet are welcome to attend. Please note this session will start at 5pm.
Small Pool sessions will be as normal.
All C Squad swimmers who are not at the Nottingham Northern Open Meet are welcome to attend. Please note this session will start at 5pm.
Small Pool sessions will be as normal.
Monday 22 June 2015
Blog 2320: Reduced Summer Programme
The full details of the reduced Summer programme are now reached via the link down the left-hand Column.
Blog 2319: West Park Gallery Tuesday 23rd June
The viewing gallery at West Park will be closed tomorrow evening between 7 and 9pm
Blog 2318:BlueSeventy Offer
Blueseventy is offering an exclusive 25% off all products until the end of June to
Long Eaton members. This can be used against any product, including raceand training suits, bags etc.
For younger swimmers thinking about trying competitive race suits for the first time, the neroFIT suit is
good value and the small sizes are based on ages, making it easier to
work out what size you need. This suit is fully bonded, like the top
priced suits, but is significantly cheaper.
Visit www.blueseventy.co.uk and use the code ‘lesclimited25’ for 25% off until the end of June.
Blog 2317: Club Champs
The Club Championships will take place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July 2015. These are evening galas and the warm-up will start at 5pm each evening. They will be held at West Park Leisure Centre.
Please make sure the entry form is completed correctly, A draft programme will be available to view after the closing date which is shown on the entry form.
This is a great gala to attend and it is a Licenced Meet, which means your times will be on the ASA data base so and try and enter as many races as you can. The combination of events which decide the overall Champions is shown in the attachments.
Please find the attached entry form here and details here and here .
Thank you
Debbie
Please make sure the entry form is completed correctly, A draft programme will be available to view after the closing date which is shown on the entry form.
This is a great gala to attend and it is a Licenced Meet, which means your times will be on the ASA data base so and try and enter as many races as you can. The combination of events which decide the overall Champions is shown in the attachments.
Please find the attached entry form here and details here and here .
Thank you
Debbie
Blog 2316: Carnival Day
A big thank you to all those people who donated tombola prizes and made the cakes. The weather was not very kind to us, but we still managed to have a good time.
Thank you to Alex, Chloe, Katie, Kim, Ang and Beth RaeMclean who helped all day on the stall, we made £295.80p
Thank you to Alex, Chloe, Katie, Kim, Ang and Beth RaeMclean who helped all day on the stall, we made £295.80p
Blog 2315: Nottingham Northern Gala
Dear Swimmers and Supporters
It is now just a week until the Nottingham Northern Junior Open 2015 takes place on Sunday 28th June at Beechdale - our last gala at this venue. The official programme has now been finalised and will be available to purchase at the event. Alternatively it can be downloaded from the swimming club website:
www.northernsc.co.uk/page32.htm
The same page contains other useful information, including an up to date entries list, and a draft timeline showing an estimated running order of events.
We have a catering van booked for the day, which will be providing hot and cold food and drinks from just outside the main entrance to the centre. An ice cream van is booked for the afternoon and Nottingham Northern swimmers and their families will be selling cakes during the day. A professional photographer will be in action during the day capturing images of swimmers competing and receiving trophies, with photos available to view, order and print on the day. There will also be a fully stocked swim shop present and a raffle with a host of exciting prizes.
Beechdale Swimming Centre has a large free car park located to the side and rear of the centre. If this fills up then there is free parking along Beechdale Road and the side roads leading off it, but please park with consideration for local residents. Please also be aware that roadwords are under way along Nottingham's Ring Road at Crown Island, to the south of Beechdale. This involves lane closures and could result in delays, so please allow a few extra minutes when planning your journey. Nottingham City Transport bus number 28 provides a regular service with a stop directly outside the swimming pool for those choosing to use public transport.
Please notify me before the start of each session if any swimmers have to pull out. This will help avoid having empty lanes during the races. Please advise any withdrawals by email to andrew@northernsc.co.uk, by text message to 07999 765 775, or in person to the desk on the day of the Gala by 8:30am for Session 1 or by 1:45pm for Session 2. Please also advise if a swimmer who has qualified for a final needs to pull out, as this will enable a place in the final to be given to a reserve finalist.
Warm-up times have now been finalised as follows:
Morning Session Warm-up Times: Girls: 8:30am - Age 9-11 followed by age 12-14. Boys: 8:55am: Age 9-11 followed by age 12-14. Start: 9:30am
Afternoon Session Warm-up Times: Boys: 1:45pm - Age 9-11 followed by age 12-14. Girls: 2.05pm: Age 9-11 followed by age 12-14. Start: 2:30pm
For those who aren't familiar with Beechdale, once inside the main doors to the building, swimmers and coaches proceed straight on towards the pool, where a desk will be available handing out pre-booked coaches passes and dealing with any arranged refunds. Spectators should instead head up the stairs towards the gallery.
It is now just a week until the Nottingham Northern Junior Open 2015 takes place on Sunday 28th June at Beechdale - our last gala at this venue. The official programme has now been finalised and will be available to purchase at the event. Alternatively it can be downloaded from the swimming club website:
www.northernsc.co.uk/page32.htm
The same page contains other useful information, including an up to date entries list, and a draft timeline showing an estimated running order of events.
We have a catering van booked for the day, which will be providing hot and cold food and drinks from just outside the main entrance to the centre. An ice cream van is booked for the afternoon and Nottingham Northern swimmers and their families will be selling cakes during the day. A professional photographer will be in action during the day capturing images of swimmers competing and receiving trophies, with photos available to view, order and print on the day. There will also be a fully stocked swim shop present and a raffle with a host of exciting prizes.
Beechdale Swimming Centre has a large free car park located to the side and rear of the centre. If this fills up then there is free parking along Beechdale Road and the side roads leading off it, but please park with consideration for local residents. Please also be aware that roadwords are under way along Nottingham's Ring Road at Crown Island, to the south of Beechdale. This involves lane closures and could result in delays, so please allow a few extra minutes when planning your journey. Nottingham City Transport bus number 28 provides a regular service with a stop directly outside the swimming pool for those choosing to use public transport.
Please notify me before the start of each session if any swimmers have to pull out. This will help avoid having empty lanes during the races. Please advise any withdrawals by email to andrew@northernsc.co.uk, by text message to 07999 765 775, or in person to the desk on the day of the Gala by 8:30am for Session 1 or by 1:45pm for Session 2. Please also advise if a swimmer who has qualified for a final needs to pull out, as this will enable a place in the final to be given to a reserve finalist.
Warm-up times have now been finalised as follows:
Morning Session Warm-up Times: Girls: 8:30am - Age 9-11 followed by age 12-14. Boys: 8:55am: Age 9-11 followed by age 12-14. Start: 9:30am
Afternoon Session Warm-up Times: Boys: 1:45pm - Age 9-11 followed by age 12-14. Girls: 2.05pm: Age 9-11 followed by age 12-14. Start: 2:30pm
For those who aren't familiar with Beechdale, once inside the main doors to the building, swimmers and coaches proceed straight on towards the pool, where a desk will be available handing out pre-booked coaches passes and dealing with any arranged refunds. Spectators should instead head up the stairs towards the gallery.
Sunday 21 June 2015
Blog 2314: Unofficial Diddy report
As you all know the diddy league is Alex's baby and so I do not get involved and tread on his toes - apart from a little bit now, oh and last night even though "I wasn't there"!
After the Foo Fighters concert got cancelled and then my friends band had to withdraw from the Metal to the Masses semi final, I was left with a Saturday night free, a cherished and much loved event for a coach as it doesn't happen that often, so I decided to pop down to Queens leisure center and support the clubs Diddy team.
I'm glad I did as what I saw was terrific. I wont go on about results etc as that is for the official report, but race after race Long Eaton swimmers stuck out as the most skillful in the pool. I am a firm believer in skills and technique and putting this into young swimmer is vital. When swimmers master skills at an early age then when they grow up and become stronger and fitter those skills will help them win races. I am not worried if a swimmer does perfect skills but doesn't win at a young age, I would prefer the skills first then the victories later, after all the average Olympic medal winners age is 23 for females and 25 for males and I wouldn't be surprised to see those figures go up in years to come. That being said those swimmers that swam with high level skills were winning their races last night as well which is a tremendous achievement.
From what I saw last night the future of the club is bright, very bright with lots of skillful fast swimmers coming through the ranks. A big congratulations to Alex, Melissa and the junior squad coaching team for producing such a great pool of swimmers that are going to be amazing, and thank you to all the volunteers who help run these fun galas. The team spirit throughout the gala was amazing along with the nutrition, hydration and behavior of the swimmers, who left poolside spotless again.
Remember Behavior-Repetition-Habit, lets make those habits great!
After the Foo Fighters concert got cancelled and then my friends band had to withdraw from the Metal to the Masses semi final, I was left with a Saturday night free, a cherished and much loved event for a coach as it doesn't happen that often, so I decided to pop down to Queens leisure center and support the clubs Diddy team.
I'm glad I did as what I saw was terrific. I wont go on about results etc as that is for the official report, but race after race Long Eaton swimmers stuck out as the most skillful in the pool. I am a firm believer in skills and technique and putting this into young swimmer is vital. When swimmers master skills at an early age then when they grow up and become stronger and fitter those skills will help them win races. I am not worried if a swimmer does perfect skills but doesn't win at a young age, I would prefer the skills first then the victories later, after all the average Olympic medal winners age is 23 for females and 25 for males and I wouldn't be surprised to see those figures go up in years to come. That being said those swimmers that swam with high level skills were winning their races last night as well which is a tremendous achievement.
From what I saw last night the future of the club is bright, very bright with lots of skillful fast swimmers coming through the ranks. A big congratulations to Alex, Melissa and the junior squad coaching team for producing such a great pool of swimmers that are going to be amazing, and thank you to all the volunteers who help run these fun galas. The team spirit throughout the gala was amazing along with the nutrition, hydration and behavior of the swimmers, who left poolside spotless again.
Remember Behavior-Repetition-Habit, lets make those habits great!
Blog 2313: Time trial results
A tremendous effort this morning form all the swimmers who took part in the 800/1500 time trials. A lot of swimmers swimming this event for the first time realised that they can make this distance easily and a lot came out of the pool wishing they had pushed themselves that little bit more. It is a massive learning curve and knowing how to pace and swim with rhythm on these events is something that comes with time. So I suggest entering these events as much as possible. You can always come down in distance later in life but it is very hard to go up. A massive thank you to all the tickers and flickers that helped out, just ask Brian Goulton what life lesson he learnt this morning :).
| 1500 | |
| Name | Time |
| Joesph Searby | 29:12.89 |
| Ben Mellor | 35:55.49 |
| Rory Batchelor | 33:33.10 |
| Sky Torrington | 28:30.21 |
| James Cox | 25:09.73 |
| Sam Hardy | 23:20.41 |
| Sam Pearson | 17:26.50 |
| Oliver Dodic | 28:34.11 |
| Bradley Evans | 22:08.32 |
| 800 | |
| Bethany rae-Mclean | 10:55.72 |
| Chloe Pearson | 11:17.19 |
| Rachel Elder | 17:22.33 |
| Hannah Searby | 14:16.83 |
| Pheobe Goulton | 13:47.95 |
| Lauren Searby | 13:24.46 |
| Isabella Askham | 12:35.37 |
| Harmony Torrington | 11:08.92 |
Thursday 18 June 2015
Blog 2312: Time Trial this Saturday
Last reminder that we are doing the 800/1500m Time Trial this Saturday at West Park. No normal training this morning and if your name is not on the list by tomorrow night you will not be able to swim.
Wednesday 17 June 2015
Blog 2311: Cakes for the Carnival
To all of you that have offered to make or bring cakes can you either take them to Kim at Trent College who will be there from 6.45pm till 7.00pm on Friday night or West Park/Carnival stall on Saturday morning.
There will be no one at West Park on Friday night, to take the cakes.
Thank you to everyone who has given tombola prizes or is baking.
Debbie
There will be no one at West Park on Friday night, to take the cakes.
Thank you to everyone who has given tombola prizes or is baking.
Debbie
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Blog 2310: Lost
Could swimmers check to see if they have picked up a pull buoy this belongs to Rory Batchelor. It does have his name written on it.
Thank you
Thank you
Monday 15 June 2015
Blog 2309: City of Derby
A list of accepted swimmers is now available to view on the following site http://www.coderby.co.uk/meets/
Please notify City of Derby if there are any withdrawals or errors.
Thank you
Debbie
Please notify City of Derby if there are any withdrawals or errors.
Thank you
Debbie
Thursday 11 June 2015
Blog 2308: Lost At Trent
Please could swimmers who swam at Trent last night check to see if they have picked up a black Long Eaton Swim towel, this belongs to Scarlett.
Thank you
Thank you
Tuesday 9 June 2015
Blog 2307: Welsh Summer Championship Invitations
Today saw the list of swimmers who will be invited to compete in this years Summer Welsh Championships.
Congratulations to Theo Hamilton on qualifying.
Congratulations to Theo Hamilton on qualifying.
Blog 2306: English Summer Championships Invitations
Today saw the list of swimmers who will be invited to compete in this years Summer English Championships.
Congratulations to the following Long Eaton swimmers on qualifying.
Congratulations to the following Long Eaton swimmers on qualifying.
| Matthew | Cross |
| Edward | Martin |
| Danny | Anderson |
| Sian | James |
| Chloe | Bates |
| Eden | Michell |
| Tyler-Anne | Black |
| Harry | Charitos |
| Adam | Freundlich |
| Mischa | Menzies |
| Helen | Gorman |
| Hannah | Jones |
| Kevin | Wallbank |
| Hannah | Cox |
Blog 2305: British Championship Invitations
Today saw the list of swimmers who will be invited to compete in this years Summer British Championships.
Congratulations to the following Long Eaton swimmers on qualifying.
Congratulations to the following Long Eaton swimmers on qualifying.
| Esther | Halford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chloe | Bates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Francesca | Muir-Harris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tyler-Anne | Black | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mischa | Menzies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hannah | Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Helen | Gorman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kevin | Wallbank | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hannah | Cox |
Blog 2304: Great Training Opportunities
Lots of Level 1 and 2 Teaching courses and training courses here in conjunction with the Regional AGM on Sunday, 13th September.
Thursday 4 June 2015
Blog 2303: Goal Setting
Despite numerous talks and spending the whole year working off goal sheets and pace sheets it seems some people still need help setting goals. These goals are for the individual swimmer to set as they are their goals. The type of training we do is based around goals and the pace needed to hit those goals so it is a must for every swimmer to know what their goals are and what pace they need to be hitting. A simple sheet has been supplied and is on the website for swimmers to download and fill in where the formulas will work out the swimmers training pace for them. When setting goals work out the standard you are at (current PB's or the PB's of swimmer of similar standard to you - found on the British rankings system to left of this blog under bios) and the standard you want to achieve, be it in 3 months time, 6 months, a year or at the end of your career. To help with the steps needed the to do this the power point presentation is also on the website. Here is a guidance list per squad of where you should be looking in terms of performance when setting goals.
C Squad - County qualification
B Squad - County qualification - top ten at Counties, Regional qualification on 200 fr and 200 IM
A squad - top ten at Counties, Regional qualification on all 200's
Age Group Prestige - Regional qualification on all 200's, finals at Regionals
Youth and Senior any between County qualification and National qualification
Youth and Senior Prestige, Regional qualification to Finals at Nationals or British Championships qualification
All of these times can be found on the Derbyshire ASA website, themidlandchampionships.org and the british rankings system.
C Squad - County qualification
B Squad - County qualification - top ten at Counties, Regional qualification on 200 fr and 200 IM
A squad - top ten at Counties, Regional qualification on all 200's
Age Group Prestige - Regional qualification on all 200's, finals at Regionals
Youth and Senior any between County qualification and National qualification
Youth and Senior Prestige, Regional qualification to Finals at Nationals or British Championships qualification
All of these times can be found on the Derbyshire ASA website, themidlandchampionships.org and the british rankings system.
Wednesday 3 June 2015
Blog 2302: Tombola Prizes
With the Carnival fast approaching June 20th we still have not had any items for our stall. If you have any unwanted Christmas/birthday gifts or maybe chocolates these will be very much appreciated.
Please give your items to your squad reps.
Thank you
Please give your items to your squad reps.
Thank you
Blog 2301: 800/1500 time trials
As the club will be running its 800 and 1500 time trials at our long distance meet, swimmers will need qualifying times to enter. Therefore we will be running time trials for those without a time or who have an old time on Saturday 20th June and Saturday 27th June 8-9am. Warm up will be dry land before hand as we will need all the time and help we can get to get all the trials in. Time keepers and recorders please. There will be a sheet on the board at West Park for those wishing to partake so we can work out rough timings etc.
Tuesday 2 June 2015
Blog 2300: Youth/Open Window Closes
At the end of a very long and hard qualification window we have had some great success as a club. The window closed on Sunday with results from all the final weekend's galas being posted straight away. So here are the rankings for those swimmers finishing in the top 250 in Britain from Long Eaton S.C.'s home programme. With change of age bands and swimmers to be taken out for World Championships and World Student games, qualification into Home Nation Championships is still a bit of guess work until the invites are sent.
Helen Gorman 19+, 200 Breast 24th, 100 Breast 18th, 50 Breast 18th qualified for British Championships
Adam Freundlich 19+, 50 and 100 Breast 28th (Probable British Championships qualification)
Mischa Menzies 19+ ,50 Free 25th (Probable British Championships qualification), 100 Free 40th (Probable Home Nations qualification)
Hannah Dowell 17/18, 50 Free 83rd, 50 Fly 147th, 50 Breast 83rd, 100 Free 240th,
Josephine Parker 17/18, 50 Free 216th, 50 fly 167th, 50 Back 82nd, 100 Back 165th
Chloe Blaydon 50 Fly 189th
Joshua Beech 15/16 50 Breast 237th, 100 Breast 199th, 200 Breast 198th
Samuel Pearson 19+ 50 Breast 130th, 200 free 133rd, 400 free 62nd, 200 IM 90th
Steven Barrett 19+ 50 Free 216th, 100 Free 232nd
Well done to all those who pushed for a qualifying time during the window.
Helen Gorman 19+, 200 Breast 24th, 100 Breast 18th, 50 Breast 18th qualified for British Championships
Adam Freundlich 19+, 50 and 100 Breast 28th (Probable British Championships qualification)
Mischa Menzies 19+ ,50 Free 25th (Probable British Championships qualification), 100 Free 40th (Probable Home Nations qualification)
Hannah Dowell 17/18, 50 Free 83rd, 50 Fly 147th, 50 Breast 83rd, 100 Free 240th,
Josephine Parker 17/18, 50 Free 216th, 50 fly 167th, 50 Back 82nd, 100 Back 165th
Chloe Blaydon 50 Fly 189th
Joshua Beech 15/16 50 Breast 237th, 100 Breast 199th, 200 Breast 198th
Samuel Pearson 19+ 50 Breast 130th, 200 free 133rd, 400 free 62nd, 200 IM 90th
Steven Barrett 19+ 50 Free 216th, 100 Free 232nd
Well done to all those who pushed for a qualifying time during the window.
Monday 1 June 2015
Blog 2299: Step Right Up.....More Fantastic Raffle Prizes
As part of the fantastic support of our open meet from the Capital FM arena we are able to offer opportunities to win two tickets to two fantastic shows.
Friday 11th September 2015 Michael McIntyre
Thursday 3rd December 2015 Dynamo
Each pair of tickets will be up for grabs as raffle prizes to be drawn at the Sunday session of the Club Championships on the 19th July.
Tickets for each of the raffles cost £2.50 with all proceeds going to support the club and are available through squad reps or Kim Coveney directly
We will also shortly be announcing further opportunities to win great nights out at the Capital FM arena
Friday 11th September 2015 Michael McIntyre
Thursday 3rd December 2015 Dynamo
Each pair of tickets will be up for grabs as raffle prizes to be drawn at the Sunday session of the Club Championships on the 19th July.
Tickets for each of the raffles cost £2.50 with all proceeds going to support the club and are available through squad reps or Kim Coveney directly
We will also shortly be announcing further opportunities to win great nights out at the Capital FM arena
Blog 2298: Nottingham Northern Gala
There is now a draft accepted entry sheet together with a web-based alphabetical list of accepted entries. These are both available here:
http://www.northernsc.co.uk/page32.htm
Please could you check your entries and advise Andrew Phillips on the above email of any corrections, amendments or withdrawals as soon as possible. The programme is going to press next weekend so I need any changes by Saturday 6th June to make it into the programme. However if you subsequently need to make any withdrawals please do inform me so I can amend the schedule and avoid empty lanes.
Thank you
Debbie
http://www.northernsc.co.uk/page32.htm
Please could you check your entries and advise Andrew Phillips on the above email of any corrections, amendments or withdrawals as soon as possible. The programme is going to press next weekend so I need any changes by Saturday 6th June to make it into the programme. However if you subsequently need to make any withdrawals please do inform me so I can amend the schedule and avoid empty lanes.
Thank you
Debbie
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