Blog 1716: Adult Swimprove

To all you parents who sit on the side and think "I could do that"........now is your chance.

As a result of receiving a grant from the "Return to Sport" Fund, the club is looking to expand the Adult Swimprove session, alongside the Masters session at 7 - 8pm on Fridays at Ilkeston. Coaching and technique advice will be available for those who want it.

The initial 12-week block will start in September for the bargain price of £36, payable at your first session. This will include your ASA registration, so those of you who are already parent members will get a refund at the end of the period.

For more information (although this blog pretty much covers it) please contact me, otherwise we will see you on Friday!

Helen Akers
Hon. Treasurer

Blog 1715: Derby Tri Sprint

Early season success for Long Eaton swimmers in the Derby Sprint Tri. Lauren Wilcox won the junior girls with Izzy P 3rd whilst Helen Gorman won her first ever overall event.

Blog 1711: Swim Camp 2014

The Deposit must be paid next or we will lose our place and pooltime. Please ensure that if you put your name down on the list you have paid your deposit of £150 or your place will be cancelled. If you wish to add your name please contact me ASAP and pay the deposit.

Spen

Blog 1710: New Standing Order Forms

As we are now approaching the start date for the new fees, we are beginning to put any outstanding notification letters in the post.

If you have not received your letter in person or through the post by the middle of next week please contact me.

If you have any queries regarding the squad allocation for your swimmer(s) please contact the Membership Secretary.

Helen Akers
Hon. Treasurer

Blog 1706: Swim Camp 2014

Hi all just a reminder that deposits of £150 should of been posted in the box at West Park by now. Places have been booked for those that signed up on the sheet and those that have confirmed with me via email. The cost will be between £670 and £730 depending on which airport we go from and when we can get enough money to pay for the flights. On top of that we will be group insurance and any camp kit. Anyone wishing to come who wasnt on the original list or who hasnt let me know already can still join but this price may change at the time of booking. The dates are 12th to 19th of February 2014.

Blog 1704: Thank You and Congratulations

A big 'thank you' to all of you who made an early start, 7am, helping out at the Erewash Triathlon this morning.  The swimmers were appreciative of all the help and encouragement they received before and during their swim.

Well Done to all the Long Eaton Swimming Club members who competed, especially Greg, who was second overall, and Chris and Bethany who won the under twenty age group.

Grant Walker
(Chairman)

Blog 1703: Standing Order Forms

You will shortly be receiving new standing order forms for September onwards, to reflect the new fees. These have been printed for payment on the 18th of each month.

However, over the last year all new members have been set up to pay on the 1st of the month which assists with the club's cashflow and we would be grateful if you could continue to do so.

If you wish to do so, please alter the payment date on the form accordingly.

Helen Akers
Hon. Treasurer

Blog 1697: Club Championship Results - both days

46 new Championship Best Times !
Saturday's Club Championship results can be found here , and Sunday's here .

Blog 1695: Club Championship Results

Saturday's Club Championship results can be found here

Blog 1693: ASA Registration Cards

I have recently received a large number of ASA Registration cards.

If you have completed and submitted an ASA registration form via the club membership process and have yet to receive your card(s) these will be available for collection during the Club Championship weekend.

I will be poolside for most of the weekend however the cards can be collected from my wife Debra.

If your card is not available for collection I am unable to predict when it might arrive as the ASA appear to wait until they have a large number pending before processing.

Kevin

Assist. Membership Officer

Blog 1688: Northampton Summer Festival

An amazing weekend for Long Eaton S.C. at the Northampton Summer Festival with he club finishing 2nd behind Elmesmere College in the top club trophy with a total of 17 golds 18 silver and 19 bronze medals. I lost count of the number of top 6 places we had as well. The most pleasing thing to see though was how much further along in terms f skill development our swimmers are than in other clubs, we are now not only going further underwater off the walls than other clubs but doing it faster than they are swimming to the same distance. Now we have these skills in place we can develop speed whilst other clubs will have to develop these skills. Not only was it in the pool that I saw a massive improvement but it was out the pool as well, with swimmers taking on more fluids without being told coming for feedback before and after races, warming up and warming down properly, arriving on time and doing some bloodflow and supporting each other throughout the weekend as a team

Blog 1680: Chloe is Derbyshire Champion

Congratulations to Chloe Blaydon on winning her Age Group in last weekend's Derbyshire ASA Open Water Championships, held, in conjunction with the Regional Championships, at Bosworth Water.

Chloe with Derbyshire ASA President, Long Eaton's Sue Kelly.

Blog 1676 DASA President

Congratulations to Sue Kelly, one of the Club's Vice Presidents, on being made President of the Derbyshire Amateur Swimming Association for the next 12 months.

Blog 1668: Diddy League B Team

In the last round of the Diddy League the B team travelled to Sutton in Ashfield and although we finished in 6th position there were a lot of positives to take from this gala. Once again the effort and enthusiasm could not be faulted and there was also a marked improvement in the relays, with most swimmers finishing the last five metres in the middle of the lane rather than moving to one side. Strong finishes were also evident in other individual races. However in the backstroke many swimmers eased off in the final five metres, looking behind them to see the wall. This clearly emphasises the fact that although we work on stroke counts regularly in training sessions, some swimmers forget to do this when racing in galas.
Once again Kaye and I would like to thank team managers and officials for all their hard work, and to thank all the swimmers who swam in the Diddy League galas this year; hopefully the competition experience you have gained will help in your swimming development.

Bob and Kaye.

Blog 1666: Junior Improvements

Another diddy league season over and having missed out on the final this year by 1 point the A team with many swimmers missing, put up a tremendous display of high quality skills in tonight's final round (alex and bob will send in full reports). Each year the team has got stronger and stronger and with swimmers coming through at a high standard from our learn to swim programme and development squad the future looks brighter than ever. I firmly believe that we have the most progressive and solid age group programme in the county now and with the expansions we are planning to make to our highly impressive Prestige pathway we as a club will only get stronger.

That being said it would have been a better performance with a full team. Being part of a swimming club has responsibilities on the swimmers and parents part. As a club we ask you to keep 9 dates a year free (6 for 13+ swimmers) for team competitions. These dates are emailed to you on the gala programme months in advance and are always on the blog. Failure to be available for these dates means you are letting the club and your team mates down and the only way we will push this club to be the number one choice in the county is to put out full teams and get the best results we can. We understand sometimes you cannot make it and those that let us know the reasons, we thank you. I do wonder sometimes why swimmers train to compete and yet don't.

Blog 1660: Long Eaton Carnival

We would like to thank all parents who donated to the cake/tombola stall on Saturday, we really appreciate your help and support. We had some fantastic cakes and cookies that sold really well and helped us raise £267.00. We would also like to thank  Alex, Grant and Debbie for helping to sell them on the stall all day.

All containers will be returned as soon as possible.

Thanks

Ang & Kim

Blog 1659: British Swimming follows Prestige example

Reading the Swimming Times I came across an article about the "Groundbreaking" development system launched by British Swimming to identify potential in swimmers and monitor their progress. Whilst I'm sure this system has been brought in entirely independently by British swimming is it always pleasing to see we as a club are ahead of the curve.

This system has many of the hall marks that our Prestige programme has (launched October last year). Swimmers will no longer be put forward just on times for the Podium Potential Programme but will have all aspects of their training monitored and assessed. The assessment areas will include Food Diaries, Attendance, Attitude to training, land training and social life, all of the areas which we monitor in the Prestige programme. The more swimmers we have on our Prestige programme that follow the guidelines given and improve these areas the stronger our club will be. Whilst this will eventually mean more work for myself and Alex, in terms of going through log books and food diaries, it is vital that swimmers understand the principles of good habits in and out of the pool thus giving them more of an opportunity to progress to the highest level.

If you wish to start the process and set up good habits prior to being put forward to Prestige please do not hesitate to contact me via email and I will explain all that is needed. Those that are already doing the Prestige requirements will find themselves advancing quicker as this type of monitoring really does help swimmers.

Blog 1658: Four new British Records

Helen Gorman, swimming in the Masters Nationals at Plymouth this weekend, set four new British Records, in the 50m, 100m and 200m Breastsroke and the 200m IM.

The 50m record had stood since 1997 (Maggie Kelly), the other three were already in her hands.

Blog 1652: Breaststroke

The importance of breaststroke swimming is massive, especially at a young age and in IM events. As we have identified this as a weak area for the club we have managed to get Andi Manley Derventio Excell's head coach and coach to Molly Renshaw one of the countries best breaststroke swimmers to come in and do a clinic on it for us. This clinic will be run during the sessions at Queens leisure center on 23rd June 2013. Swimmers who attend these sessions on a regular basis will be given priority to attend this clinic as we will not be allowed to have more than the permitted number of swimmers attending a regular session in the pool. If you do not attend these sessions normally but would like to go please let your coach know and they will let you know if there is space available. This event will include a talk on race psychology before each session.

Blog 1646: World TRi Championships

Congratulations to Greg Cherry for qualifying for the World Triathlon Championships in September