Get your entries in now!
The Boldmere Open Meet will be held at Stechford on the 16th (longer distance events), 17th and 18th October.
Entries in to Helen by 31st July 2015.
Program of events can be found here. and cut off times here.
This is a Midland Short course qualifier event so worth a look. £6 an event.
Suggested Open Meet: (see Tom for more info)
Matlock & District Swimming Club Affiliated to Derbyshire ASA and East Midlands ASA
3rd MAD Open Meet
Licensed Level 3 – No. 3EM150782
WHEN: Saturday 26th September 2015
WHERE: Arc Leisure, Bakewell Road, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3AZ
Promoter’s Rules and Information
The 3rd MAD Open meet will be held under ASA Laws and ASA Technical Rules of Swimming
Age groups are 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 & over. Ages as at 31st December 2015.
The events are: 50m and 100m for all strokes, plus 200m Freestyle and 200 Individual Medley.
Application for entry must have been correctly submitted by the specified date and accepted by the promoter. The promoter reserves the right to reject any entry or to limit the number of entries to the event. Entry times of swimmers must not be faster than the upper time limits as set out on page 4.
If the meet is oversubscribed events will be filled with fastest swimmers based on submitted times. Submitted times may be verified against the ASA rankings.
Events will be age groups combined seeded as per entry times. Swimmers without a time shall swim in the first heat. All events (except Skins) are Heat Declared Winners.
Awards will be made to the fastest 6 swimmers (excluding Skins), in each age group in each event. There will also be awards for overall Top Boy and Top Girl. Awards will be available for collection throughout the day.
Skins Event
The top 8 swimmers in the 200 Individual Medley event will be invited to enter a cash prize Medley Skins event at the end of each session. Lane allocation and stroke choice for each heat will be selected by draw with the slowest swimmer in each heat being eliminated until two swimmers are left to compete the final heat. Cash prizes will be awarded down to 4th place.
Swimmers Information
Arc Leisure, Matlock is an eight lane 25m pool and is equipped with electronic timing and anti wave ropes.
Over the top starts may be used at the Promoter’s discretion. All starts will be into deep water.
This will be a card-less meet and any withdrawals must be made by email to events@madswimming.org.uk by 12 midday on 25th September 2015. No withdrawals will be processed on the day of the event.
Entry Procedure:
Electronic entries are encouraged and clubs should use the facility via the MAD website www.madswimming.org. However, if necessary entry forms can be printed from the website and submitted by post. Photocopies will be accepted.
No entries will be accepted unless the correct fee accompanies the entry form which must include the swimmers ASA Registration Number. Incomplete entry forms will not be accepted. Electronic entries will not be deemed as accepted until the correct fee is received. Entries will not be accepted after the closing date 29th August 2015. Late entries will not be accepted unless due to Promoter’s error. No refund will be made for withdrawal of accepted entries after the closing date. Cheques should be made payable to MADSC and should accompany the entry form.
Entry forms and fees should be sent to: Ian Bowler Inglenook.
Wingfield Rd, Oakerthorpe, Alfreton
Derbyshire DE55 7LH
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS Saturday 29th August 2015.
Entry Fee: £5.00 per event
Coaches Pass: £10.00 each (includes full start list) Pass limits are: Maximum 2 passes 1 – 10 entrants; Maximum 3 passes 11 – 20 entrants; maximum 4 passes 21+ entrants.
Spectator Admission: £4 per session or £7.00 full day.
Only swimmers, officials and coaches with passes will be allowed on the poolside. The small pool will be out of bounds throughout the day. Swimmers must abide with this and other health and safety requirements displayed on poolside. Any swimmer contravening these rules may be disqualified from the competition.
No glass allowed on poolside. Shoes must be worn in all other areas of the leisure centre.
Coaches and/or Team managers are responsible for the good behaviour of their swimmers at all times.
Any issues not covered by the above information will be at the discretion of The Promoter.
Matlock & District Swimming Club Affiliated to Derbyshire ASA and East Midlands ASA
3rd MAD Open Meet
Licence Number: 3EM150782 Saturday 26th September 2015
Arc Leisure, Bakewell Road, Matlock DE4 3AZ
Programme of Events Age Groups: 10yrs, 11yrs, 12yrs, 13yrs, 14yrs, 15+yrs
Events: All strokes 50m & 100m, 200m Freestyle and 200 Individual Medley
Session One: 8.00am Warm up – 9.00am Start
Session Two: 1.00pm Warm up – 2pm Start (to be confirmed)
|
Event |
Session One |
Event |
Session Two |
|
1 |
Boys 200m IM |
12 |
Girls 200m IM |
|
2 |
Girls 200m Freestyle |
13 |
Boys 200m Freestyle |
|
3 |
Boys 50m Backstroke |
14 |
Girls 50m Backstroke |
|
4 |
Girls 100m Backstroke |
15 |
Boys 100m Backstroke |
|
5 |
Boys 50m Freestyle |
16 |
Girls 50m Freestyle |
|
6 |
Girls 50m Breaststroke |
17 |
Boys 50m Breaststroke |
|
7 |
Boys 100m Breaststroke |
18 |
Girls 100m Breaststroke |
|
8 |
Girls 50m Butterfly |
19 |
Boys 50m Butterfly |
|
9 |
Boys 100m Freestyle |
20 |
Girls 100m Freestyle |
|
10 |
Girls 100m Butterfly |
21 |
Boys 100m Butterfly |
|
11 |
Boys Medley 50m Skins |
22 |
Girls Medley 50m Skins |
Swimming Officials (Judges, Starters and Referees) If you can help by officiating, then please contact:
Ian Davey, Tel: 07976 237757 or, email: events@madswimming.org.uk
Please volunteer if you can, your help will be greatly appreciated, thank you.
Entry times must not be faster than the upper limit times (ULT), published below. If the meet is oversubscribed events will be filled with fastest swimmers based on submitted times. Submitted times may be verified against the ASA rankings. Entries to events may be limited due to session time constraints.
INDIVIDUAL ENTRY FORM
Matlock & District Swimming Club 3rd OPEN MEET (3EM150782)
26th September 2015 (Under ASA Laws and Technical Rules) CLOSING DATE 29th August 2015
Late, illegible or incomplete entries and entries without the correct fees will not be accepted. Please make cheques payable to MADSC.
Saturday 19th September is the date of this year’s Coventry Sprints.
A fun open meet to do – you swim one length of Coventry’s 50 meter pool in each stroke. The four times are then added together, and the fastest in each age group are added together to go into a 200 IM final!
This is a licensed meet, so all of your times will be uploaded to the ASA.
If you would like to enter it is £5.50 an event – i.e. £22 for all four strokes (it is recommended that you do all four strokes Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Front Crawl).
Details can be seen here, but all entries should go through Helen Pordage, as Coventry prefer club entries if we can. Entries to be back with Helen by 31/07/15.
It’s good practise in a 50 meter pool so why not have a go 
Swimmers MUST NOT have swum faster than the following times:
Have you seen our new ‘Club Kit Orders page‘, courtesy of Fortis Sport?
You can now order online, and get personalised items too.
Great for Birthdays and Christmas presents!
What a weekend! 7 gold , 4 silver and 4 bronze medals plus 12 other top 6 placing medals, the Beeches swimmers who took part in the Boldmere Water Carnival 2015 had a whale of a time 🙂
Leading the charge was was Becky Gulliver, who was also named as the ‘Top Girl‘ at the Boldmere Water Carnival This Weekend, after winning 6 gold medals (200 free, 100 Butterfly, 100 Breast, 50 Free, 200 Butterfly and 100 Free), 3 silver medals (50 Back, 100 Back and 200 Back) and 3 bronzes (200 IM, 50 Breast and 200 Breast). Winning the title with a margin of 9.5 points, Becky is one happy girl today!
| Place | Name | AG | Team | Points |
| 1 | Rebecca GULLIVER | (09) | Perry B & TS | 63 |
| 2 | Rebecca MORRISON | (09) | Strat Sharks | 53.5 |
| 3 | Anya MEE | (14) | Boldmere | 53 |
| 4 | Beatrice ADAMS | (13) | Boldmere | 51 |
(Picture courtesy of Boldmere Swimming Club)
The other gold medal winner was Sophia Deans in the 50 Free. Sophia also won silver in the 400 Free, and a 6th place in the 50 Breast.
Lewis Carless was the other winner of a bronze medal, winning bronze in the 200 Back. Lewis also came 4th in the 100 Breast and 5th in the 200 Free.
Other Top 6 finishers over the weekend were:
Jamie Keyte, who came 4th in the 200 Back – Jamie Keyte also came 6th in the 200 IM and 100 Back.
Ella Payne, who came 4th in the 50 Butterfly
Harvey Higgins, who came 5th in the 50 Free – Harvey also came 6th in the 100 Free and 100 Back.
Katie Gulliver, who came 6th in the 50 Butterfly.
Other competitors over the weekend were Jessica Jones, Andrew Gulliver, Vicky Cox, Eleanor Elwell, Shontréz Lecky, Daniel Job and Luke Flaherty.
Well done to all of the swimmers who took part – a massive 53 personal best times were achieved – and they had LOTS OF FUN whilst doing so!
Many thanks to coaches Helen Pordage and Tom Reader – without whom none of this would have been possible. Also to all the parents – your support was invaluable.
Paul Bates, as ever an amazing ambassador for the club, swam at the Midlands Open Water Championships over the weekend. Paul got Bronze in the Midlands Championships, but got Gold in the Warwickshire Open Water Championships.
Amazing results from Paul, who the previous day had won the Great Manchester Swim.
Go for Gold Paul! Well done from everyone at Beeches.
