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Midland Short Course Details Announced

Midland Swimming
2015 Short Course Championships
7th & 8th November
Harvey Hadden Sports Village
Nottingham

Information will be added as it becomes available
(active links are in blue and underlined)

NOTE: The Womens 800m and Mens 1500m will be restricted to
the fastest 16 swimmers (2 heats, 3 reserves will be allowed)

TEAM EVENTS: Entry is restricted to one team per club per event

  
This is a provisional entry list subject to complying with
the licensing conditions for a Level 2 meet.
If the meet is oversubscribed then the slowest swim may be rejected

Remaining paperwork and entry files will be available from Sunday 30th August
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http://www.midlandchampionships.org.uk/entry/short15/index.htm

 

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Regional Winner – ASA Volunteer of the Year

congratulations_001Congratulations to Mandy Blizard, who was recently nominated, and has successfully become the West Midlands’ Regional winner of the ‘Volunteer of the Year’ category from the ASA.
Lesley Hill, who is the Divisional Business Manager from the West Midlands ASA states that ‘the region values the contribution made by our volunteers, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your hard work and dedication to the sport.’ Well done to Mandy from all at PBSSS.

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Golden week for Masters Swimming in Russia

Masters swimmers ended their World Championship campaign with an impressive 16 gold medals and two world records for Emma Gage.

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In the Masters Swimming, Gage posted a new 25-29yrs World Record of 56.96 to win gold in the 100m Freestyle, and a second World Record in the 50m Butterfly (27.10). The Trafford Metro swimmer then went on to add to her gold medal haul with victory in the 50m Freestyle.

There was a strong contingent from Spencer Swim Team competing in Kazan. Diane Ford won a clean sweep of Breaststroke golds in the 70-74 years age-group, while Amanda Heath won gold in both the 55-59yrs 100m and 200m Breaststroke.

There were also gold medals for Ivan Nechunaev in the 25-20yrs 400m IM and for Jean Howard-Jones in the 70-74yrs 50m Freestyle.

In the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Howards-Jones and Ford where joined by Spencer Swim teammates Tony Cherrington, who finished seconds in 70-74yrs 3km Open Water race earlier in the week, and Nigel Salsbury to win gold in the 280-319yrs combined age-group.

In other events, Graeme Milne of Truro City won gold in the 60-64yrs 50m and 100m Butterfly, while Broomfield Park SC’s Derek Parr (70-74yrs) and Eastbourne SC’s David Cummings (75-79yrs) both won gold in the 100m Fly for their respective age groups. Cummings also won gold in the 75-79yrs 400m Individual Medley on the second day of competition.

Go to the FINA website for full results from the World Masters Championships.

You can also read about the GB Masters Diving and Synchro performances in Kazan.

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