Blog 2019-230: Named Hats

We are now compiling an order for named club hats - these are the orange hats with the club logo and the personalisation in black.

We will be using a new supplier so the cost will be less than previously, at around £7.50 per hat. Payment will be on delivery when we know the exact amount.

If you want to place an order please email treasurer.lesc@hotmail.co.uk with the name you would like on the hat and the quantity required. We are aiming to get them delivered before Christmas so the deadline for orders will be 31st October 2019.

Blog 2019-229: Changes to training this weekend (Sat 5th / Sun 6th October)

Please note the following changes to training this weekend:

Saturday 5th October
National Squad - no a.m. training (land or pool).  Cancelled due to Lincoln Vulcans meet.
Midland Squad - land training cancelled (pool session on as normal).
County Squad - land training cancelled.  County will have a full 90 min pool session 07.30 - 09.00am (joint with Midland Squad)

Sunday 6th October
JD2 - no training at WP (land or pool).  Cancelled due to Round 2 of the Junior Grand Prix.

All other session remain unchanged.

Blog 2019-228: Gala details for Round 1 Arena League - Sat 12th October

Details for Round 1 of the Arena League are:

A Team
Venue: Pingles pool, Nuneaton, CV11 4LX
There will not be a bus for this gala

B Team
Venue: Cheslyn Hay Leisure Centre, WS6 7JQ
The bus for Cheslyn Hay will leave West Park at 3.45pm - £5 per person
Please indicate on the Team Sheet if you intend to go on the bus

Warm-ups for both galas are at 6.00pm - please be at the venue in good time so swimmers are ready for the warm-up.

Blog 2019-227: Arena League B Team

Please email me your availability or tick the sheet at West Park ASAP

B Team Female
Alicia Osborne	11
Annabel Tipping	11
Isla Love	11
Maya Lynch	11
Miley Aram	11
Amelia Cutts	13
Grace Jennings	13
Madeline Hayden	13
Ruby Ireland	13
Sarah Birkinshaw	13
Hannah Dodic	15
Hannah Searby	15
Jasmine Bryan	15
Tamzin Meese	15
Aine O'Regan	Open
Amelia Hibbs	Open
Ella Coppen	Open
Imogen Mellor-Patching	Open
Isabella Askham	Open
Lana Dilks	Open
B Team Male
Christian Brown	11
George Quirie	11
Kai Ward	11
Samuel Cooper	11
William Gallagher	11
Christopher Oliver	13
Oliver Addington	13
Spencer Doherty	13
Thomas Dalton	13
Benjamin Mellor	15
Edward Quirie	15
Ewan Ascott	15
Joseph Searby	15
Rory Batchelor	15
George Casartelli	Open
George Pygall	Open
Oliver Dodic	Open
Daniel Foss	Open
Oliver Tipping	Open

Blog 2019-226: Arena A Team

Please either email or tick the sheet on West Park your availability ASAP

A Team male
Benjamin Cami	11
Finlay Bird	11
Reuben Doherty	11
Ted Pyefinch	11
William Dalton	11
Arron Simpson	13
James Bartram	13
Lukas Barto-Smith	13
Oliver Osborne	13
Alexander Harrand	15
Benjamin Tipping	15
Finlay Moss	15
Luke Witten	15
Bradley Evans	Open
Daniel McFerran	Open
Ryan Reader	Open
Thomas Strachan	Open
Tom Wyatt	Open
A Team Female
Abbie Tunnicliffe	11
Emmanuela Amromaghwo	11
Jessica Parry	11
Mia Wilson	11
Phoebe Hayden	11
Isabel Wright	13
Matilda Hase	13
Naomi Forbes	13
Phoebe Warwick	13
Hattie Cook	15
Jessica Shephard	15
Phoebe Golton	15
Bethany Rae-McLean	Open
Ellie Tennant	Open
Leanne Atkins	Open
Megan Hanson	Open
Naomi Dilley	Open

Blog 2019-225: Arena League

The first round of Arena League is nearly upon us. This is the National swimming league where around 10000 swimmers compete across the country. To be selected to represent your club in this competition is an honour and why we ask that the dates (published over a year ago and are always the second Saturday of October, November and December) are kept free. Every team member is vital to the success of the club, whether they are there to swim a 50 in a relay or several events, or not their preferred event. The teams are selected firstly off rankings swum short course in the last 12 months and then the fastest combination of individual and relay team events are selected, whilst coaches have input regarding current fitness levels etc. All in all, around 80 hours of work goes into the selection process and production of gala documentation, not to mention the hours given up by officials and team managers. The teams will follow on the next two blogs. Details of venues and transportation will follow the announcement.

Blog 2019-224: jd2 Sunday

Thanks to Thomas Cook this session is now on and can all swimmers bring their colouring choices to finish off their posters please.

Blog 2019 - 223 - Presentation Night 2019

This year’s presentation evening will be held on Saturday 23rd November 2019, from 7pm. The venue is:

The Hilton Hotel

Junction 24, M1

Castle Donington.
DE74 2YZ


The tickets will be priced at adults £5 and children under 16 at £3.

These will be available from your squad rep or Debbie Blaydon and will be on sale from 1st October until 6^th November.  No tickets will be available after the 6^th November as numbers will need to be confirmed to the venue who are doing the catering. There will be no admittance without a ticket.

Please can I request that all trophies are returned by 25th October at the latest to squad reps, your coach, or any member of the committee. 

Thank you

Debbie

Blog 2019-222: Info for Nova Meet this Sunday - incl warm up times

Due to limited space on poolside, swimmers should leave large bags in the lockers at the Nova Meet this Sunday (£1 coin required).

Please also note that chairs will not be allowed on poolside - there will be benches and seats available.

Warm up times are:

Morning: 9am - 10am
Afternoon: 1pm - 2pm

A time line for the day is also available here

Blog 2019-221 - Congratulations to the Head Coach!

I am very pleased to announce that our Head Coach Spencer George has been selected to join the Swim England Pathway Coach Programme for 2019/2020.
Spencer's invitation to this Coach Development Learning programme comes following a thorough selection process with the Swim England Talent and British Swimming Pathways teams.


Well done Spen!

Blog 2019-220: Changes to training this weekend (21st & 22nd September) - all squads

Please note the following changes to training this weekend:

National Squad
No training Saturday a.m. at West Park (land or pool) or Sunday p.m. at Loughborough.  This is due to the DX Open Meet.

Midland Squad
No training Saturday a.m. at West Park (land or pool) due to coach availability.  Sunday training at QLC also cancelled due to the Nova Open Meet.

County Squad
Saturday a.m. training is on as normal.  The Sunday session at QLC is cancelled due to the Nova Open Meet.

JD1 & Masters
JD1 & Masters have the opportunity of an extra session at West Park on Saturday morning - 07.30 - 09.00am

All other sessions will run as normal.

Blog 2019-219: Training at Trent College

Training at Trent College will be on tonight as usual.

Blog 2019-218: Qualifying times for 2020 Derbyshire County Champs

The qualifying times have been published for next February's County Championships.

Details can be found here - please remember, age groups are as at 31 December 2020

Blog 2019-217 - Request for officials: DX & Lincoln Vulcans Meets

We have had requests for officials to help at both the DX and Lincoln Vulcan Meets.  If any parents attending these meets with their swimmers are able to assist, please contact me with details of what level you are qualified to, and I will pass this on (swimsecretary@longeatonswimmingclub.org.uk).

Blog 2019-216: Training Cancellation

Training for all squads is cancelled at Trent College tonight (Monday 16th September) due to a problem with the chemical levels.

Please watch the blog and twitter for updates for tomorrow.

Helen A

Blog 2019 - 215: Thank you to our bag packers

Huge thank you to all the bag packers at Tesco in Long Eaton yesterday; a great team effort with lots of swimmers (and parents) staying longer than planned and Alex Phillips staying all day! Fantastic behaviour from all the swimmers who were a credit to the club.

The buckets have been emptied and counted and the total amount raised was £250.00 which is a brilliant effort so well done to everyone involved!

For photographs of the day, check out Facebook and Instagram.

Blog 2019 - 214: Swimzi kit reminder

A reminder that this is the last weekend you can order Swimzi club kit for Christmas.
To guarantee Christmas delivery you need to place your orders by this Sunday (15th Sept)
See blog 2019 - 193 for full details.

blog 2019-213: Sunday land training JD2/JD1 plus

This week instead of land training there will be squad meeting. Can swimmers please bring a notebook and a pencil or pen with them.

Blog 2019-212 mobility session

Great to see Mia Wilson join the national squad for the mobility session last night. Learning new skills that will aid her later in life and learning from the senior swimmers. Hopefully more from Midland and other squads will join in.

Blog 2019-211: Mobility Session

Tonight the mobility session will be held in the spectator area. This session is available to all members of the club and is a good way of learning advanced stretching methods to increase mobility around the joints.

Blog 2019-210: Chloe's Open Water Success

After her recent success at the Swim England Open Water Masters National Championships, Chloe Blaydon went on to Lausanne, Switzerland, where she won her Age Group in the OceanMan World Qualifiers (13th Overall).
Her 3.2 km swim in one hour and three minutes qualifies her to swim in the OceanMan World Championships in Mexico later this year.
Chloe was also due to swim in the Mixed Relay event, but this was cancelled due to bad weather.

Blog 2019-209: Fundraising Bag Pack Arrangements - Saturday 14th September

We’ve had a fantastic response to the fundraising bag pack at Tesco in Long Eaton this Saturday (14^th September).

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to help. Please remember to wear your club kit if you have it and make sure your child is ‘checked in’ by me (Helen Tunnicliffe) when dropped off. For those swimmers under 9, we will need a parent / career to remain onsite please.

10am-11am	11am-12pm	12pm-1pm	1pm-2pm	2pm-3pm
Abbie Tunnicliffe	Abbie Tunnicliffe	Abbie Tunnicliffe	Fred Dalton	Thomas Dalton
Mia Wilson	Mia Wilson	Tilly Hase	Thomas Dalton	William Dalton
Grace Wilson	Naomi Forbes	Abbie Hall	William Dalton	Isla Greig
Maddie Wilson	Grace Wilson	Hattie Cook	Spencer Doherty	Rowan Greig
Naomi Forbes	Maddie Wilson	Sophie Goodman	Reuben Doherty
Izzy Wright	Tilly Hase	Phoebe Warwick	Abbie Hall
Thomas Wyatt	Izzy Wright	Oliver Addington	Hattie Cook
Lukas Barto-Smith	Molly Horner		Sophie Goodman
Joseph Cooper	Grace Jennings		Oliver Addington
Sam Cooper	Daisy Jennings
James Bartram

Blog 2019-208: Junior Grand Prix Round 2 - Sun 6th Oct - County, JD2, JD1 squads

Entries can still be submitted for Round 2 of the Junior Grand Prix.

Swimmers that listed entries for all rounds with their original form do not need to re-confirm, but if anyone hasn't entered yet but would still like to, details are available here (see Promoter's Conditions for event schedule, gala info and entry form).

The closing date for any additional entries is Friday 20th September - entries into the box at WP by 8.00pm, please.

Blog 2019 - 207: Fundraising Bag Pack: places still available

Places are still available for the fundraising 'bag pack' event at Tesco Long Eaton on Saturday 14^th September. The following slots are available:

10am-11am = 4 x slots
12pm-1pm = 4 x slots
1pm-2pm = 2 x slots
2pm-3pm = 6 x slots

Please refer to Blog 2019 - 199 for full details. 

If you can attend, please email me at lesc.secretary@outlook.com with the timeslot(s) you can do.

Thank you.

Blog 2019-206: Accepted entries for the September DX Meet

Accepted entries for the September DX Meet are available here.

Please let me know of any errors - all entries have been accepted.

Blog 2019-205: Accepted entries for the Lincoln Vulcans Meet

Accepted entries for the Lincoln Vulcans meet are here (click on website link to download).  Please check and let me know of any errors asap.

Blog 2019-204: Mobility

There will be no mobility session at West Park tonight.

Please watch the blog for future arrangements.

Blog 2019-203: Chesterfield Winter Open Meet - Focus meet for National, Midland & County squads

Entries are now open for the Chesterfield Winter Meet:

Date: 7th & 8th December
Venue: Arc Leisure Centre, Matlock
Events: 50,100,200 all strokes, 100,200,400 IM, 400fc
Fees: £6.50/event (plus £1 per swimmer towards coach passes)
Squads: National, Midland & County
Closing date: Friday 20th September (entries into the box at WP by 8pm)

The entry pack, including schedule of events and entry form, can be found here

This is the focus meet of the cycle for these squads.

Blog 2019-202: Stafford Apex Open Meet - National, Midland & County Squads

Entries are now open for the Stafford Apex Winter Meet:

Date: 16th & 17th November
Venue: Stafford Leisure Centre
Events: 50,100,200 all strokes, 400fc, 200IM
Fees: £5.50/event (plus £1 per swimmer towards coach passes)
Squads: National, Midland & County
Closing Date: Entries into the box at West Park by 8.00pm Wednesday 18th September

The Event Schedule, Meet Conditions and Entry Form can all be found on the Stafford Apex Website here - scroll down for links to pdf / excel forms

Blog 2019-201: JGP Gala 1 - Accepted entries and draft Programme

Accepted entries plus the draft programme for Gala 1 of this year's Junior Grand Prix are available to view here

Any errors, please let me know asap (swimsecretary@longeatonswimmingclub.org.uk)

Blog 2019 - 200: New Squad Fees

A reminder that the squad fee increases were effective from 1st September so can you please ensure that your standing orders have been updated accordingly.

If you have not received your letter giving your new amount please contact treasurer.lesc@hotmail.co.uk

Helen A

Blog 2019 - 199: Fundraising Bag Pack – Tesco: Saturday 14th September

The committee have arranged a fundraising 'bag pack' event at Tesco Long Eaton on Saturday 14^th September. Swimmers will be offering to pack shoppers’ bags at the tills in Tesco in return for a donation to the club.

We will be at Tesco from 10.00am – 3.00pm and would ask that swimmers volunteer for either a 1 or a 2 hour slot during this time to help the club raise essential funds.

Team Managers will be onsite to supervise swimmers while they are volunteering; and we would ask that everyone wears their club kit, as this is a great opportunity for us to advertise the swimming club in the local community.

If you can attend, please email me at lesc.secretary@outlook.com with the timeslot(s) you can do:

10-11am

11-12pm

12-1pm

1-2pm

2-3pm

Thank you.

Blog 2019 - 198: Mini Camp 2019 - Thank you

Thank you to all the swimmers at this year’s Mini Camp – hopefully they all had fun building team spirit, have learnt lots and feel motivated for the season ahead. A huge thank you also to Spencer, Alex, Oli and Chris who have been instrumental to making the Mini Camp a success. Finally, thank you to all the Team Managers and helpers – without your help and support, events like these wouldn’t be possible. Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM).For Mini Camp news and photos follow us on:Facebook: search @longeatonswimclubTwitter @LESCnewsInstagram Long_Eaton_Swimming_Club