Wednesday 30 November 2016

Blog 3076: Arena League Venues

The A team are at Stechford and the bus will leave West Park at 4pm.


Stechford Cascades
Station Road
Stechford
Birmingham
B33 8QN

 


The B team are at Hucknall and the warm up is at 6pm. Please arrive prior to 5:45


Hucknall Leisure Centre
Linby Road, Hucknall,
Nottingham.
Nottinghamshire NG15 7TX
 

Blog 3075: City of Derby Level 1 Open Meet 14/15 January 2017

I am now accepting entries for this open meet. Please note this is Level 1 meet and will be on fastest accepted swims.


Please note this will be a short entry window  - please ensure I have all entries by MONDAY 5TH DECEMBER at the latest.


The entry information can be found here http://www.coderby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/CoDerbyLC17EntryInfo.pdf

Tuesday 29 November 2016

Blog 3074: Derbyshire Sprints

The warm up time for this weekend's gala is 8.30am at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. If you need to withdraw from any races please could you email them directly (text to 07929 377809 if on the day).
Thank you
Debbie

Monday 28 November 2016

Blog 3073: What a Weekend Part 2

A small band of Long Eaton Masters swimmers competed at Alfreton at the weekend in Etwall Eagles Masters Open, which incorporates the Derbyshire Masters Championships.
Every LESC competitor is now a County Champion at least once over : Maggi Tuck (5), Matt Leach (4), Mary Holland (2) and Martin James and Julie Phillips (1 each). Overall age group wins went to Maggi and Mary, with Mary retaining the trophy for breaking a meet record by the largest percentage margin (20.24s for 25m Butterfly against the previous record of 29.09s).



Sunday 27 November 2016

Blog 3072: What A Weekend

LESC head into the final phase of cycle 1 for this season on fire.

Top Club at the Chesterfield Winter sprints meet with Finlay Moss taking Top Boy.

All Long Eaton DX swimmers competing at Coventry helping DX take Top Club with Harmony Torrington taking Top 12 year old girl.

A small band of home based swimmers at the City of Sheffield Snow Frills meet competing Long Course for the first time this season, mid cycle, coming away with an 80% PB ratio against the swims they finished last cycle rested and tapered for whilst only focusing on process goals and race tactics.

Friday 25 November 2016

Blog 3071: Arena Teams

Can the following swimmers please let me know if they are or are not available for the last round of Arena League by 1st December 2016. Either email me or tick or cross the sheet at West Park.

Available Available Available
Isabel Wright Sky Torrington Katie Cooke Joesph Cooper
Freya Birkin William Baxter Matilda Hase Ewan Ascott
Phoebe Golton Frederick Buckingham Scarlet Wood Aaron Simpson
Hattie Cook Benjamin Mellor Sophie Goodman George Amor-Hughes
Jemma Dilley Rory Batchelor Su Alpan James Bartram
Isabella Askham Bradley Evans Summer Wood Harrison Frearson
Harmony Torrington Luke Witten Hannah Dodic Joseph Searby
Imogen Mellor-Patching George Buckingham Hannah Searby Ryan Ashton
Chloe Pearson Finlay Moss Jasmine Bryan George Casartille
Oren Morton
Mimi Quniton Corey Minott Anna Pancisi Reeshav Mukherjee
Naomi Dilley Theo Hamilton Lauren Searby
Bethany Rae-Mclean Thomas Strachen Caitlin Hutcheson Daniel Foss
Aine O Regan Joshua Davis Laura Ford Benajmin Webster
Lana Dilks Thomas Baxter
Emily Osbourne Kevin Wallbank James Cox
Hannah Cox Harry Charitos
Chloe Bates Adam Freundlich Megan Kelly Sam Parker
Helen Gorman Steve Barrett Esther Halford Sam Pearson
Rhys Llewellyn Chloe Blaydon Matt Leech




Leanne Atkins James Webster




Elizabeth Simpson Sam Frearson

Blog 3070: Land Training

As the City of Sheffield gala is taking place there will be NO land training for those who usually attend Spencer's Saturday morning session at West Park.
Thank you

Blog 3069: Chesterfield

Please note the warm up session has now changed to 4.00pm and not 4.30pm as previously stated.
Thank you

Monday 21 November 2016

Blog 3068: Chesterfield Gala 26th November

The warm up times for this Saturday is 1pm for 2pm start and 4.30pm for 5.30pm start.
Please check web site for any changes.
Thank you
Debbie

Blog 3067: Snow Frills 26/27 November

The start time is for Saturday and Sunday 8am for 9am start this gala will be taking place at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.
Please check website for any changes they may make.
Debbie

Blog 3066: Queens Street and Loughborough Training

There will be NO training  for Sunday 27th November and 4th December to galas taking place.

Thank you
Debbie

Sunday 20 November 2016

Blog 3065: Presentation Night


Fantastic to see so many people enjoying presentation night.

It is a great way to build team spirit and celebrate the successes of individuals and the club overall

Huge thanks to those involved in the organising and preparations.

I am definitely looking forward to seeing the results of the photo booth

Blog 3064: Squad Reps

A quick reminder of the names of the squad reps: -

National - Jo Hazelton
Midland - Emily Askham
County - Cheryl Baxter
JD2 - Helen Akers and Liz Simpson
Learn to Swim - Sarah Tew and Kate Tipping

Wednesday 16 November 2016

Blog 3063: Derbyshire Long Course Sprints

Call for volunteers
 
Volunteers are required to assist at the Derbyshire Long Course competition to be held on Sunday 4th December at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.
 
There will be 2 sessions and lunch will be provided for those working at both sessions.
 
Roles will include Competitor steward, Health and Safety steward and Door steward.
 
If you are willing assist please contact Nga Sam email: nga.sam573@virginmedia.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

Tuesday 15 November 2016

Blog 3062: A Bad night at the office......?

With Saturdays Arena league result for the A team being one of the worst in terms of results since I took over as Head Coach, I had a few days of soul searching. From just looking at the result you could say it was a bad night at the office. But look deeper and it turns out it was a very good night at the office.

Including relays there are 102 swims at Arena league, 79 of our swims were quicker than times off the rankings with only 6 being over a second slower than the rankings time. No club had as many swimmers at the bottom end of the age group as us. We were only 4 points off 4th place and with the 2 swimmers we had missing that would of easily been achieved.

The main thing I questioned about my own philosophy was how far behind our 11 and under and 13 and under were as a whole. Knowing a couple of the coaches and how they train their juniors, I know that they are very distance and work oriented. Whilst this gets results at a young age you could see on the night and in the results that provides  a lot of success in these age brackets but little to no success in the 15 or Open age brackets. No club scored as many points as us in the Open category on the night. My view as head coach is that we prepare swimmers for their journey to senior success, as statistically speaking Olympic medals are won by 22 year old women and 24 year old men. In my time as a swimmer and a coach I have seen 100's of young fast swimmers dominate up to the ages of 13 or 14 and then disappear off the scene, either suffering from injuries, losing the desire to continually do the work required to be successful or simply having no where to develop to after doing all the hours of training available to them. The holistic approach we take in terms of pre pool, post pool and education at a young age pays off as is clearly shown in the success of our open age group. The way the club is set up where hours are increased through the squads and swimmers are moved up on their needs means the swimmer has every opportunity at continually progressing whilst not being over worked.

Whilst we came last on the night we are coming first in ensuring the long term development of our swimmers. On the night I could not of asked for more from the swimmers themselves, as they fought for every point and not once did the give up. They were a credit to the club.

Keep up the good work, follow the pathway and goals will be achieved.

Monday 14 November 2016

Blog 3061: Contact Details

Another plea to ensure that your telephone numbers, email and postal addresses are current with the club membership.

This is extremely important, these are our emergency contact numbers if something untoward happens during training or competition.

Today I have sent an email reminder about the AGM on Saturday, the delivery failure rate because of incorrect email addresses is currently at 10% and rising.

If you have not received this email, please let Jo Hazelton, membership secretary know either via email membership@longeatonswimmingclub.org.uk or by posting a note in the West Park box.

We are also missing a large number of telephone numbers

Saturday 12 November 2016

Blog 3060: Time Trial Results 12th November

Please find here

Blog 3059: Withdrawals from Time Trials and Galas

I would like to remind everyone that if you have entered events in time trials or galas but you are unable to swim to inform the organisers please.

Timing on these events are generally tight and failure to withdraw means that heats have empty lanes unnecessarily.

For galas being run by other clubs or organising committees failure to withdraw can result in fines having to be paid.

Thursday 10 November 2016

Blog 3058: Christmas Hampers

Thank you to those who have agreed to provide items for the hampers which will be raffled on presentation evening to raise funds for the club. There are a number of items remaining if people are interested in contributing.

If those providing items could bring them to the time trial on Saturday morning or to West Park on Saturday afternoon (when the buses leave for the Arena galas) and hand them to Nichola.

Blog 3057: Club Captains

As presentation evening is nearly here I would like to offer thanks to our current club captains who's term comes to an end shortly and official announce the names of the individuals who will be taking on this leadership role for the next 12 months.

Captains are more than just honorary titles, we look to them to be role models and leaders who exemplify behaviours and attitudes that all members can admire or be inspired by.

Whether this is the a dogged perseverance in training to achieve swimming goals, supporting and encouraging team mates to achieve or delivering outstanding performance in the pool, a captain's role is delivered.

Our out going captains: -

Senior Male :- Adam Freundlich
Senior Female :- Chloe Blaydon
Junior Male :- George Buckingham
Junior Female :- Phoebe Golton

Our new season captains are: -

Senior Male :- Josh Bestwick
Senior Female :- Lauren Searby
Junior Male :- William Baxter
Junior Female :- Hattie Cook

Blog 3056: TimeTrials 12th November

For all those who have volunteered to help this Saturday please be at west Park and ready to go at 7.45 for a prompt 8am start

Wednesday 9 November 2016

Blog 3055: A BIG thank you

I just wanted to thank all those swimmers who turned up this morning. Here is a list:-






Have a nice day :)

Blog 3054: Open Meet Catch Up

Falcon and Matlock Galas

These galas were aimed at giving our novice and level 3 swimmers some early season racing. Alex attended both these galas and was impressed with the professionalism shown throughout the weekend at both events. Early learning and development of how to manage your day at open meets is vital and all the swimmers got something from their races along with a number of improvements in personal best times even from Club Championships in July

Derventio Excel Level 2 meet

A step up from Falcon and Matlock this level 2 meet was the first real competition for our more experienced swimmers. As always when we havent raced for a while or even when we change from short course to long course and back, its all about setting processes up so that at the end of the cycle we can hit goals. This meet was great with swimmers taking on the responsibility of setting their own process goals and for the most part achieving them. No splits or rates (unless that was a process goal) were discussed or taken and the swimmers really focused on their skills. This paid massive dividends for the swimmers as yet again they were hitting PB's or bettering them. Even with a heavy early cycle programme, swimmers showed great team spirit and professionalism, managing themselves throughout the weekend, leaving their area clean and tidy without any trips to the hospital which cannot be said for other clubs.

Lincoln Vulcans Level 3 meet

This is always a good meet as it short course in sheffield. The swimmers were mainly moving on from the DX meet and we looked at race tactics as well as processes. As you can see with how we develop our swimmers over each cycle, the focus is always the end of the cycle meet, thats where we look at times and goals, which will be achieved so long as the programme is followed and goals are set correctly. Once again in heavy training and a heavy gala programme, some swimmers doing 8 or 9 events in a day, the swimmers were awesome. Hitting PB's, warming up, warming down correctly, good nutrition and hydration. Whilst some people view me as harsh and firm, it is days like this where is pays off and the reason I insist on things being done right becomes apparent. The swimmers that attended this meet were so well drilled and understanding of the process that I was asked if we were a performance squad instead of a small town club. Other coaches spying on what we were doing, what we were focusing on and the style of feedback is always a good sign that we as a club are doing things right.

National Masters

A major meet for National swimmer we elected to jst do a session with a slight rest (50% or so of the normal work) and not come down fully for this meet given the time of year it is held at. The reports I have had from this meet have been exceptional. Golds for Helen Gorman and Adam Fruendlich along with medals for Liz Simpson, ment Long Eaton were once again well represented on the medal table at a National level. The performances dont stop with medals, those of you that know me, know I see medals as a bonus, after all you cannot control what others do in the pool, I look at improvements and to have masters swimmers performing life time bests is incredible, what was equally impressive was the improvement once again from club champs or midland masters in September to this meet. A really exciting weekend of high class racing from our Masters contingent.

Belper Marlins

With the entry issues a small team went to this meet. I know I sound like a broken record but when the swimmers keep performing as they do and they show the level of professionalism they do, we have to give them credit. To round it up, more PB's, more processes, more race development, great skills and awesome behavior.

Midland Short Course

A small team of 4 swimmers entered this gala. This is harder to get into than normal Midlands as it is either 15 and under or Open age groups and with it being over one weekend instead of 2 they higher the qualifying standards. From 7 swims we had 1 Bronze (Adam Freundlich 50m breast) 3 finals, 4 seasons best times and 1 lifetime best time.Overall another amazing weekend in heavy training.

To some up this rather long post I dont expect PB's or fast times at this time of season as the training we do is not really in line with fast swimming. So when I say PB's are banned its partly because I dont expect them and partly because I want the swimmers focused on the process and not the out come. Those swimmers nailing processes will swim fast and as a by product of doing things right improvements will be made. I am looking forward to the cycle end meets to see all the processes, skills and tactics being used in focus events and hoepfully goals being smashed. Keep up the great work and keep up the professionalism, the biggest improvements are in doing the small details right.



Blog 3053: Loughborough Training

Sunday 13th November training time at Loughborough will be 5pm till 7pm. We only have 2 lanes which means a maximum of 24 swimmers. The following week will be 4-6 but again we only have 2 lanes.

Thank you
Debbie

Monday 7 November 2016

Blog 3052: Draft Programme

The draft programme for the sprints is available to view on the following link http://www.derbyshireswimming.org.uk/index.php/competitions/50m-competition

Please contact the promoter if there are errors.
Thank you
Debbie

Blog 3051: Bus Journey

If you are travelling by bus at the weekend to the arena leagues, can I remind you that there will be a £5 return charge for all passengers.
Remember to notify your coaches if you are available to attend  the galas or tick the board at West Park.
Thank you

Friday 4 November 2016

3050: Arena B Team

The B team are at Market Harborough and the bus will leave West Park at 4pm so please be there for 3:45, we anticipate the B team will return slightly later to West Park than the A team. If you are not going by bus let Alex know.


Katie Cooke
Joesph Cooper
Matilda Hase
Ewan Ascott
Scarlet Wood
Aaron Simpson
Sophie Goodman
Patrick Hodgson
Su Alpan
Oliver Osborne




Summer Wood
George Buckingham
Hannah Dodic
Joseph Searby
Hannah Searby
Ryan Ashton
Jasmine Bryan
George Casartille




Anna Pancisi
Daniel Foss
Lauren Searby
Benajmin Webster
Caitlin Hutcheson
Thomas Baxter
Laura Ford
Lewis Tipping




Chelsea Eley
Oliver Tipping
Sophie Eley
Joshua Bestwick
Chloe Blaydon
Matt Leech
Leanne Atkins
James Webster
Elizabeth Simpson
Sam Frearson

Blog 3049: Arena A Team

The A team are at Nuneaton again and the bus will leave West Park 4:15 so please be there at 4pm. If you are not going on the bus please let me know.


Isabel Wright
Sky Torrington
Freya Birkin
William Baxter
Phoebe Golton
Frederick Buckingham
Hattie Cook
Benjamin Mellor
Jemma Dilley
Rory Batchelor




Isabella Askham
Bradley Evans
Harmony Torrington
Luke Witten
Imogen Mellor-Patching
Benjamin Tipping
Chloe Pearson
Finlay Moss






Corey Minott
Naomi Dilley
Theo Hamilton
Bethany Rae-Mclean
Thomas Strachen
Aine O Regan
Joshua Davis




Emily Osbourne
Sam Parker
Hannah Cox
Harry Charitos
Chloe Bates
Adam Freundlich
Helen Gorman
Steve Barrett


Rhys Llewellyn

Blog 3048: Presentation tickets

I will be at West Park tomorrow at 8.45am if anyone would like to purchase tickets, these are not available on the evening.
Thank you
Debbie

Blog 3047: Chesterfield Draft Programme

Please find the accepted entries for Chesterfield meet here.
Thank you

Thursday 3 November 2016

NBlog 3046: Arena Team

Can the following swimmers please confirm their availability for the Arena League meets on November 12th 2016


Ryan Ashton
On Original List
Emily Osbourne
Chelsea Eley
Sophie Eley
Chloe Blaydon
Leanne Atkins
Chloe Bates
Rhys Llewellyn
Harry Charitos
Corey Minott
Bradley Evans
Jasmine Bryan
Patrick Hodgson

Additional Call Ups
Oliver Tipping
Joshua Bestwick

Wednesday 2 November 2016

Blog 3045 - Kit Clearance

Pending delivery of the new Swimzi kit, we have a number of the current club hoodies available at the bargain price of £10 each. These are black, with a small club logo on the front and a larger logo on the back in orange.


We have the following sizes (measurements are actual garment chest size):
2 Small Youth - 30"
2 Medium Youth - 34"
1 Large Youth - 38"
1 X Large Youth - 40"
1 Small Adult - 40"
1 Medium Adult - 44"
3 Large Adult - 48"


If anyone is interested, they will be at West Park on Saturday morning and Sunday evening this week. Alternatively email treasurer.lesc@hotmail.co.uk


Helen

Tuesday 1 November 2016

Blog 3044: Erewash Top Club

At tonight's Erewash Sports Awards Ceremony, Chloe Blaydon collected the "Top Club" Award on behalf of the club.

Blog 3043: Loughborough Training

There will be NO training this Sunday 6th November due to the Midlands Championships taking place. All other sessions are taking place.

Thank you