Worcester Winter League – Abbey Stadium, Redditch, Saturday 18th January
This Saturdays Gala was Tom Readers first official gala as senior coach who having only joined us late last year has already had a great effect on many of the senior swimmers. The Gala was a great success with 18 personal best times and 2 unofficial PBs, including:
Grace Morgan, Jamie Keyte, Shantay Douglas, Elliot Langston in their 100m freestyle
Danya Gaddu, Jamie Keyte, Jessica Jones and Sukvir Khella in the 100m Backstroke
Dan Smith, Danya Gaddu and Chanel Kang in the 100m Butterfly
Jessica Deans, Kynan Walker in their 100m Breaststroke Races
Finally, Dylan Scruton in the 50 freestyle, Sophie Blackwell and Dylan Langston in the 50m Backstroke, Dylan Langston also got a personal best in his 50m Breaststroke Lily Spencer in the 50m Butterfly.
Unofficial PB’s were Harvey Kang in his 50m Butterfly and Daniel Cox in his 100m Backstroke
Overall we only had one win from Dan Smith in the Open 100m Breaststroke, but there were several close calls. A huge congratulation to all the team who came a well deserved 5th place, which was a great result when up against 4 very strong teams.
A Massive Thank you to all swimmers and volunteers for their help the gala wouldn’t have happened without you: Coach Tom Reader, Chaperone Mandy Blizard, and Helen Pordage Time keepers, Mark Blackwell and Cher Jones, Referee Keith Munday and Judge Lucy Gale.
The deadline is fast approaching for the Warwickshire County Championships – please use the Entry Form (WarwicksEntryForm2014 ) and email back to hpordage@aol.com or hand back to the desk at Beeches on Wednesdays by Wednesday 22nd at the latest.
Cost is £4 an event – entry form must be accompanied by a payment as soon as possible.
As you aware we are currently undertaking a survey to ascertain what courses are needed in the area, once we have this information we hope to put together a more detailed longer term plan but, in the meantime please can you distribute to your clubs and contacts to ensure as many people as possible have the opportunity to attend these courses.
Many thanks for your help
best wishes
Debbie
Debbie Deane
NGB Lead Physical Activity
Birmingham Sport and Physical Activity Partnership
Manor House
40 Moat Lane
Birmingham
B5 5BD
British Swimming have now received official notification of the statement of the FINA TSC: Related to the new FINA Rules about separated hands as mentioned in SW 7.6 (Breaststroke) and SW 8.4 (Butterfly) please note the statement of the FINA TSC as agreed at the FINA TSC at the Meeting in Bangkok (THA) on 6 & 7 December 2013: Separated means that the hands cannot be stacked one on top of the other. It is not necessary to see space between the hands. Incidental contact at the
fingers is not a concern. Attached is a document giving pictorial examples of the interpretation. This can also be found at http://www.swimming.org/assets/uploads/library/FINA_Separated_Hands.pdf Regards Helen AkersSwimming Officials CoordinatorThe ASA | British Swimming SportPark, Pavilion 3, 3 Oakwood DriveLoughborough University, LE11 3QF Office : 01773 770579.
The Annual Cannock Phoenix Open Meet takes place on Sunday 9th February 2014 – but entries have to be in to Beeches before the 5th January 2014 (and it is a first come first served open meet).
Why not take a peek at the entry form below to see what you can enter – or click on the link above for more details.
