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Newsletter
& District Swimming Club
No. 11, Spring 2015
25m Club Championships
Contents:
Chairman’s message
Coach’s Corner
Club Championships
Swimmers’ Corner
Q&A with…
Simply the Best
Counties
Competition Round-Up
Birthdays
No fewer than 107 medals were handed out at our most recent club championships
held at Alton on Saturday 25th April. Swimmers competed in 41 events and
produced 244 PBs. All our medallists are listed inside this issue and full results are,
as always, on the website. Our cover photographs feature three champions: Rosie
Eades (top left) triumphed in the Age 8/Under Butterfly and Age 8 Freestyle; Lucy
Steiner was victorious in the Age 11 Freestyle, Butterfly and Backstroke; and Thomas Duddridge made a clean sweep in the Age 8/Under category and Age 8 Freestyle.
A message from our Chairman
Welcome to the spring edition of the club
newsletter and as usual it’s full of great
information and an update on the superb
results we have achieved this year. I’m
particularly proud of our younger
swimmers who achieved so much at the
recent Club Championships. As parents
we all see the progress our children are
making as they grow through the club and
it’s great to see the next crop of swimmers
doing so well.
Managing and running a growing club like Alton is not without its challenges,
one of which is to ensure we have the right checks and balances in place and we
do this through our Swim 21 accreditation. I’m pleased to report that following a
vigorous assessment process we have been successful in its application which
enables us to move the club forward over the next two years. My personal
thanks go to Nick Sampson and the rest of the team who pulled the submission
together.
Sticking with the subject of governance it’s great to see so many
parents completing the ASA Team managers and Timekeepers courses which
enable us to support galas in an official capacity - we asked for your help and the
parents answered the “call to arms”, so well done to all those involved.
One final thing before I sign off for the summer is to highlight the
Annual Awards Evening and Hog Roast on Friday the 10th of July at Alton
Rugby Club. This is the club’s main social event of the year and is a celebration
of everyone’s achievements over the last 12 months, therefore please come along
and support this superb evening and I will guarantee a fantastic night (and super weather) - I look forward to seeing you all on the 10th of July. Have a great
summer.
Simon
ASA courses completed
In the last Newsletter we had a column titled Your club needs you in which
we explained the need for more input from parents to meet the challenges
ahead. Since then the club has run two courses for parents and club officials.
In response to the new ASA rules regarding licensing, the club also ran a
Timekeepers’ course to increase the number of qualified timekeepers available
for meets and in particular our club championships.
The first module of a Team Managers’ training course was led by two ASAregistered presenters, Liz Rowley and Rosa Gallop. The aim of the course was
to give participants the confidence and knowledge to manage a swim team at
club level and to:
The course was run by Pam Mattos from Rushmoor Royals and consisted of a
classroom-based presentation followed by a practical session. The practical
took place in Churchers’ pool during the normal Monday night session and
Balazs organised some 50m time-trials using the available swimmers with
Shaun acting as starter. As well as the volunteers there were mentors in each
lane drawn from the club’s list of qualified ASA officials: Louise Fletcher,
David Kember, Alison Ellington, Chris Raeside, Michelle Dominy and Gwen
Clifford.
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raise awareness of key areas to consider in being a safe and effective
team manager
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identify likely problems and challenges
understand the need for risk assessments
be aware of where further help and guidance is available.
Sixteen volunteers successfully completed the course: Leigh Boyd-Livingston,
Karl Britton, Michelle Dominy, Shaun Dominy, Dee Druce, Hannah Druce,
Deborah Jackson, Ian Jackson, Neil Medley, Claire Pengilley, Tracey Riches,
Varnia Roberts, Tanya Spencer, Catherine Swain, Carolyn Warne and
Amanda Williams.
Michelle is organising the second module soon which focuses on overseas
trips.
Coach’s Corner
with Balázs Sasvári
The successful candidates were Dee Druce, Hannah Druce, Rod Hamilton, Ian
Jackson, Claire Pengilley, Tracey Riches, Karen Roberson, Tanya Spencer,
Alison Williams and Amanda Williams, plus four trainee Level 1 Judges in Jeff
Ellington, Sarah George, Deborah Jackson and Neil Medley.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the courses, whether organising,
presenting, mentoring or volunteering. It was a great response to the appeal
for help which puts the club in a much stronger position.
If you would like to take part in future courses or train to be a Level 1 Judge
then please contact Louise at [email protected].
I would like to wish good luck to Rob who has joined
our senior coaching team. This gives us a great
opportunity to cover all the sessions with an experienced senior coach and also gives me an opportunity
to visit all those sessions from time to time where I
am not normally teaching.
Three swimmers qualified for the Scottish National
Age Group Championship held in Aberdeen in early
April. All three did a great job. Ella Hamilton came 3rd
in the 200 breaststroke so she collected her first
national medal and she also qualified for the final in
every event coming 4th or 5th. Naomi Van Dongen
qualified for the final in 50 breaststroke and came an
impressive 5th with a long course open club record
and Rory got a PB in his 50 fly too. All the races took
place in a great atmosphere with lots of noise and
excitement and it was good that friends and family
could watch finals on a live video stream.
We had a very successful County Champs this
year. The swimmers collected ten county titles,
several medals and achieved a huge number of
club records. I am very proud of all our swimmers
who competed in individual and relay events.
Alton swimmers participated in three open meets in
April. Rushmoor and Crawley were both level 1 meets.
Swimmers got some good results but at this time of
year we just use these meets for training and gaining
more experience in a 50 metre pool. The third meet
was a level 3 meet in Haslemere and I am pretty
sure we had the most entries to an open meet since
I started at Alton. We have had over 30 entries
from Dolphins, Sharks and Junior County groups. I
was very impressed with that.
Unfortunately I couldn’t take part at the 25m Club
Champs but I received lots of positive feedback
from coaches and parents so thank you to Louise,
the committee and parents for organising a great
event for our younger swimmers.
Thirteen(!) swimmers reached A or B qualification
times for the South East Regional Championships
this year. Unfortunately not everybody could enter
and some swimmers got rejected with B qualification times so in the end we have eight swimmers
(including our new member from Wales) entered
and accepted. There are several events where our
swimmers are quite high up in the rankings so I am
expecting a good amount of finals and some medals
too. I am really looking forward to the next few
weekends.
25m Club Championships
The 25m Club Championships are always a
special occasion as we get to see many of
our younger swimmers and future stars
swimming competitively, often for the first
time. Saturday 25th April saw this year’s
instalment of the splash ‘n’ dash featuring
swimmers from the Goldfish, Piranhas,
Stingrays and Dolphins teaching groups.
Our 2015 medallists are listed below:
Girls 25m Butterfly 10
Gold India Kingsland
Silver Ellin Gary
Bronze Millie Blockley
Girls 25m Freestyle Age 7/Under
Gold Bonnie McCandlish
Silver Emma Guest
Girls 25m Butterfly 12/Over
Gold Milly Woolcott
Girls 25m Freestyle 8
Gold Rosie Eades
Silver Jorja Wright
Bronze Olivia Heap
Girls 25m Freestyle 9
Gold Hannah Swain
Silver Beth Thorpe
Bronze Anna Thomson
Girls 25m Freestyle 10
Gold India Kingsland
Silver Millie Blockley
Bronze Ellin Gary
Girls 25m Backstroke 12/Over
Gold Milly Woolcott
Silver Emily Pascoe
Boys 25m Backstroke 8/Under
Gold Thomas Duddridge
Silver Patrick Swain
Bronze George Port
Girls 25m Butterfly 11
Gold Lucy Steiner
Silver Audrey Elsom
Bronze Bonnie Hodgson
Boys 25m Butterfly 8/Under
Gold Thomas Duddridge
Silver Ted Eyre
Boys 25m Butterfly 9
Gold Freddy Devine
Silver Elliot Medley
Bronze Finlay Jackson
Boys 25m Backstroke 9
Gold Freddy Devine
Silver Noah Adams
Bronze Finlay Jackson
Boys 25m Backstroke 10
Gold Julian Wilcock
Silver Callum Spiers
Bronze Finley Walsh
Boys 25m Backstroke 11
Gold Freddy Millar
Boys 25m Butterfly 10
Gold Finley Walsh
Silver Julian Wilcock
Bronze Alexander Macadam
Boys 25m Backstroke 12/Over
Gold Christian Jackson
Silver Adam Procter
Bronze Jack Bartram
Girls 25m Breaststroke 8/Under
Gold Jorja Wright
Silver Nancy Millar
Girls 25m Freestyle 11
Gold Lucy Steiner
Silver Audrey Elsom
Bronze Emily Thomson
Girls 25m Breaststroke 9
Gold Harriet Tommony
Silver Ella Jackson
Bronze Alice Guest
Girls 25m Freestyle 12/Over
Gold Milly Woolcott
Silver Emily Pascoe
Girls 25m Breaststroke 10
Gold India Kingsland
Silver Madeline Roberts
Bronze Emily Martin
Boys 25m Freestyle 7/Under
Gold Daniel Sampson
Silver Patrick Swain
Bronze Toby Medley
Girls 25m Breaststroke 11
Gold Audrey Elsom
Silver Lucy Steiner
Bronze Bonnie Hodgson
Boys 25m Freestyle 8
Gold Thomas Duddridge
Silver George Canovan
Bronze George Port
Boys 25m Freestyle 9
Gold Noah Adams
Silver Elliot Medley
Bronze Freddy Devine
George Port:
Girls 25m Breaststroke 12/Over
Gold Emily Pascoe
Silver Milly Woolcott
Boys 25m Butterfly 12/Over
Gold Adam Procter
Silver Christian Jackson
Boys 25m Breaststroke 8/Under
Gold Thomas Duddridge
Silver Patrick Swain
Bronze Ted Eyre
Boys 25m Freestyle 11
Gold Freddy Millar
Girls 25m Backstroke 8/Under
Gold Jorja Wright
Silver Olivia Heap
Bronze Nancy Millar
Boys 25m Breaststroke 9
Gold Finlay Jackson
Silver Freddy Devine
Bronze Elliot Medley
Boys 25m Freestyle 12/Over
Gold Adam Procter
Silver Jack Bartram
Bronze Christian Jackson
Girls 25m Backstroke 9
Gold Hannah Swain
Silver Beth Thorpe
Bronze Ella Jackson
Boys 25m Breaststroke 10
Gold Julian Wilcock
Silver Finley Walsh
Bronze George Eyre
Girls 25m Butterfly 8/Under
Gold Rosie Eades
Silver Jorja Wright
Bronze Lexi Grinstead
Girls 25m Backstroke 10
Gold Ellin Gary
Silver India Kingsland
Bronze Millie Blockley
Boys 25m Breaststroke 11
Gold Freddy Millar
Girls 25m Butterfly 9
Gold Beth Thorpe
Silver Hannah Swain
Bronze Ella Jackson
Girls 25m Backstroke 11
Gold Lucy Steiner
Silver Audrey Elsom
Bronze Emily Thomson
Boys 25m Freestyle 10
Gold Julian Wilcock
Silver Finley Walsh
Bronze Callum Spiers
Boys 25m Breaststroke 12/Over
Gold Adam Procter
Swimmers’ Corner
Ella Hamilton writes: As part of the newsletter, I would like to
introduce a new section for you, the swimmers at the club. It can
be on any subject, such as your idol, your ambitions, or just a bit
about yourself and why you swim. I’ll start this off with a section
on my idol. I’ll then pass it on to my chosen swimmer, and
challenge them to write something. Can all pieces please be
emailed to [email protected] and it will be
added to the latest edition of the Alton newsletter.
My Idol
By Ella Hamilton
Rebecca has retired, however her commitment for swimming is,
as she describes in her own words: ‘as strong as it ever was’; she is
starting her own teaching lessons called ‘Swim Stars’ for ages 3-11
so she can teach younger children how to swim “the Becky way”.
This has also motivated me to help out with the younger ones at
Alton by becoming a swim teacher as soon as possible, so I can
give them as much knowledge as I know on swimming, and the
technique skills. Moreover, as a club, we can help the younger
generation for England and Alton to grow and become more
competitive than ever.
I will always look up to Rebecca Adlington as a person who kept
trying when things didn’t go to plan and passed on her skills to
others. I think it is important to have someone to be inspired by,
because it pushes you to your limits and gets you where you want
to be in the future.
My idol is Rebecca Adlington (www.rebeccaadlington.co.uk).
She is a two times Olympic gold medallist and achieved two
bronze medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games. In her early
years, Adlington learnt how to swim when she was three and started racing at nine years old.
Ever since I started swimming Rebecca has always been my
inspiration. I have always tried to follow her advice on points like
training to my maximum every session, eating the right food and
preparing well for competitions. The amount of times she swims a
week (as seen on the table) is phenomenal, but it shows how so
much training can pay off and get you to the Olympics, twice.
DOB
17th February 1989
Home Town
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Learnt to Swim
3 years old
Started Racing
9 years old
Swimming Club
Nova Centurion
Swim Sessions Per
Week
Average Weekly
metres swam
Coach
10 x 2 hours
70,000m
Photo: A Young CC BY 3.0
I am passing on the challenge of writing a piece for the
newsletter to Rebecca Alder. Good Luck!
Bill Furniss
Annual Awards Evening and Hog Roast
Please join us on Friday 10th July from 6.30pm to celebrate another successful year for our club and to congratulate our swimmers
and coaching team on their achievements. We’ll be handing out trophies and certificates in a variety
of categories across all age groups and squads so this is an event for all our swimmers and their families.
The event takes place at Alton Rugby Club and the £6 ticket will get you a drink from the bar and food. Tickets will be on sale after
half-term from pool reps and Dee Druce. Please look out for further announcements nearer the time.
For further info please contact Dee at [email protected].
Alton Rugby Club, Anstey Park, Anstey Lane, Alton GU34 2NB
Q&A
with Balázs Sasvári
What is your dream car?
Maybe a Ferrari...
What football club to do support?
Ferencvaros (Hungary) and Juventus
(Italy)
What’s your favourite food?
Pizza
Tea or coffee?
Coffee
Balázs is our head coach and comes from
Hungary. He has worked in Egypt and has a
background in open water swimming. He has
competed at Hungarian national level and was
the national champion for four consecutive
years.
Within the club he has a clear vision of how to
develop and improve the swimmers. He has
brought the club recent success with national,
regional and county qualifying times. He has
been with Alton since 2010 and has achieved
some outstanding results with swimmers
across the club.
What's your favourite film?
The Departed, Once Upon a Time in the West
and The Godfather
Cheese or chocolate?
Cheese
What’s your favourite stroke to coach, and
why?
Where’s the best place you’ve ever travelled
to and why?
Egypt – it is very different to here.
Every stroke is interesting and very different
to the other strokes. I like to coach all of
them.
Apart from swimming what other sports do
you participate in or enjoy watching?
What’s your favourite stroke to swim, and
why?
Front crawl, that's the stroke for open water
swimming and I was better in front crawl
What is your greatest sporting achievement? than any other stroke.
Handball, Water polo
Four times Hungarian National Champion in
What words of advice would you give to
open water swimming, participated in two Euro- motivate the youngest, newest swimmer
pean Championships and several World Cup
in the club?
and European Cup legs.
Set up a target and work very hard towards it
Which pool or where, in open water, would
but make sure you enjoy what you are doing.
be your dream swim?
What words of advice would you give to
Definitely open water. I always wanted to try a
motivate an experienced Top Squad swimrace in Sumideiro Canyon in Mexico but unformer going through a dip in form?
tunately it's never happened.
Sometimes you need to take a step back
before you move forward again. You maybe
need to find new targets that motivate you in
training and again it is very important to
enjoy!
What’s your favourite TV programme?
Sports programmes, especially swimming, football and handball. Apart from this I don't watch
TV too often.
What would you most like to see Alton
and District Swimming Club achieve in
the next five years?
Lots of happy swimmers achieving targets.
Many swimmers in county and regional
championships. Regular qualifiers to national
champs and providing swimmers to national
teams.
Tell us a joke.
Phot0: Tjeerd Wiersma CC BY 2.0
What do you think makes a good coach?
Photo: Armin Kübelbeck CC-BY-SA
What’s your favourite song?
I have plenty of favourites in different types of
music
Coaching should be your lifestyle, your hobby,
your number one, instead of a job.
What do you think makes a good swimmer?
Humility, respect, love of the sport,
perseverance.
I could tell you one but it would be in
Hungarian :)
Ella on the podium
Photo courtesy of Brian Battensby
Scottish National
Age Group
Championships 2015
Aberdeen
Full report and results on the website
Rory poolside
Naomi preparing for the 50m Breaststroke final
A great photograph from Leigh Boyd-Livingston of the team at last December’s final round of the National League at Guildford
Simply the Best!
25m Freestyle
Noah Adams, Monty Austin, Jack Bartram, Luke Bartram, Alex Beaumont, Edward
Black, Skye Black, Millie Blockley, Olivia Bonner, George Canovan, Georgina Curry,
Oscar Dean, Freddy Devine, Thomas Duddridge, Rosie Eades, Audrey Elsom, Peter
Elsom, George Eyre, Ellin Gary, Rosie Grayson, Lexi Grinstead, Alice Guest, Emma
Guest, Olivia Heap, Bonnie Hodgson, Joy Hodgson, Ella Jackson, Finlay Jackson,
Lewis Jordan, Elliot Kelley, India Kingsland, Oliver Kis, Rachel Lewis, Alexander
Macadam, Elizabeth Macadam, Bonnie McCandlish, Elliot Medley, Toby Medley,
Freddy Millar, Nancy Millar, Ines Owen, Jonathan Parr, Emily Pascoe, George Port,
Jacob Potter, Jessica Potter, Adam Procter, Lucy Reilly, Madeline Roberts, Daniel
Sampson, Callum Spiers, Vianne Spiller, Emily Sporton, Lucy Steiner, Archie Swain,
Hannah Swain, Patrick Swain, Theo Thomas, Anna Thomson, Emily Thomson, Beth
Thorpe, Harriet Tommony, Finley Walsh, Julian Wilcock, Daniel Woolcott, Milly
Woolcott, Jorja Wright
50m Freestyle
Rebecca Alder, Summer Black, Lana Boyd-Livingston, Samantha Britton, Rebecca
Coleman, Jessica Cross, Lewis Cuff, Alice Davis, Millie Davis, Ellie Dominy, George
Dominy, Will Ellington, Katherine George, Kai Jackson, Katharine Jackson, Lottie
Jackson, Amelia Jones, Alexander Macadam, Oliver Malkin, Charlie Maughan, Elliot
Medley, James Medley, Louisa Murphy, Katie Pengilley, Rory Plewes, Henry Port, Will
Port, Abbie Riches, Alex Roberson, Isabel Roberts, Nicholas Ross, Lucy Sampson, Alex
Sandberg, Jasper Shine, Daniel Smith, Vilyana Stoyanova, Hannah Swain, Lauren
Swain, Rosie Swain, Xenia Truman, Naomi Van Dongen, Hannah Williams
100m Freestyle
Natasha Banks, Samantha Britton, Rebecca Coleman, Lewis Cuff, George Dominy,
Will Ellington, Megan George, Jerome Grieg, Ella Hamilton, Freya Marsh, Charlie
Maughan, Louisa Murphy, Olivia Murphy, Rory Plewes, Henry Port, Alex Roberson,
Daniel Smith, Naomi Van Dongen, Hannah Williams
200m Freestyle
Natasha Banks, Summer Black, Samantha Britton, Ellie Dominy, George Dominy, Will
Ellington, Katherine George, Ella Hamilton, Kai Jackson, Katharine Jackson, Lottie
Jackson, Amelia Jones, Tirion Llewelyn, Emily Luke, Oliver Malkin, Freya Marsh,
Katie Pengilley, Rory Plewes, Bethany Procter, Abi Riches, Alex Roberson, Isabel
Roberts, Nicholas Ross, Lucy Sampson, Alex Sandberg, Jasper Shine, Vilyana
Stoyanova, Archie Swain, Hannah Swain, Lauren Swain, Rosie Swain, Tilly Thomas,
Xenia Truman, Naomi Van Dongen, Hannah Williams
400m Freestyle
Samantha Britton, Will Ellington, Jerome Greig, Julian Greig, Ella Hamilton, Kai
Jackson, Emily Luke, Katie Pengilley, Ben Williams
800m Freestyle
Samantha Britton, Ella Hamilton, Mia Spencer
1500m Freestyle
Will Ellington, Julian Greig
25m Backstroke
Noah Adams, Jack Bartram, Alex Beaumont, Edward Black, Skye Black, George
Canovan, Georgina Curry, Thomas Duddridge, Audrey Elsom, Ted Eyre, Ellin Gary,
Rosie Grayson, Alice Guest, Emma Guest, Lexi Grinstead, Joy Hodgson, Ella Jackson,
Finlay Jackson, Elliot Kelley, India Kingsland, Rachel Lewis, Alexander Macadam,
Elizabeth Macadam, Bonnie McCandlish, Emily Martin, Elliot Medley, Freddy Millar,
Nancy Millar, Jonathan Parr, Jacob Potter, Jessica Potter, Adam Procter, Madeline
Roberts, Daniel Sampson, Callum Spiers, Vianne Spiller, Eleanor Stanbury, Lucy
Steiner, Tabitha Steiner, Archie Swain, Patrick Swain, Theo Thomas, Emily Thomson,
Beth Thorpe, Harriet Tommony, Finley Walsh, Julian Wilcock, Milly Woolcott, Jorja
Wright
50m Backstroke
Rebecca Alder, Natasha Banks, Summer Black, Lana Boyd-Livingston, Samantha
Britton, Rebecca Coleman, Jessica Cross, Lewis Cuff, Ellie Dominy, George Dominy,
Will Ellington, Megan George, Kai Jackson, Katharine Jackson, Lottie Jackson,
Alexander Macadam, Oliver Malkin, Elliot Medley, James Medley, Louisa Murphy,
Henry Plewes, Henry Port, Abbie Riches, Alex Roberson, Isabel Roberts, Lucy
Sampson, Alex Sandberg, Jasper Shine, Mia Spencer, Hannah Swain, Rosie Swain,
Julian Wilcock, Hannah Williams
100m Backstroke
Rebecca Alder, Lana Boyd-Livingston, Samantha Britton, Lewis Cuff, Kai Jackson,
Rory Plewes, Daniel Smith, Mia Spencer
Recent PBs
200m Backstroke
Rebecca Alder, Will Ellington, Ella Hamilton, Kai Jackson, Katharine Jackson,
Lottie Jackson, Mia Spencer
25m Breaststroke
Noah Adams, Alex Beaumont, Edward Black, Millie Blockley, Olivia Bonner,
George Canovan, Georgina Curry, Freddy Devine, Rosie Eades, Audrey
Elsom, George Eyre, Ted Eyre, Ellin Gary, Rosie Grayson, Lexi Grinstead, Alice
Guest, Olivia Heap, Bonnie Hodgson, Christian Jackson, Ella Jackson, Finlay
Jackson, Lewis Jordan, India Kingsland, Oliver Kis, Rachel Lewis, Alexander
Macadam, Elizabeth Macadam, Scarlett Marlow, Emily Martin, Elliot Medley,
Freddy Millar, Nancy Millar, Ines Owen, Jonathan Parr, Emily Pascoe, Adam
Procter, Lucy Reilly, Madeline Roberts, Daniel Sampson, Lucy Steiner, Tabitha
Steiner, Archie Swain, Hannah Swain, Patrick Swain, Anna Thomson, Emily
Thomson, Beth Thorpe, Harriet Tommony, Finley Walsh, Julian Wilcock,
Daniel Woolcott, Milly Woolcott, Jorja Wright
50m Breaststroke
Lana Boyd-Livingston, Samantha Britton, Joanna Clifford, Rebecca Coleman,
Jessica Cross, Oliver Dixon, Ellie Dominy, George Dominy, Katherine George,
Will Howard, Katharine Jackson, Amelia Jones, Tirion Llewelyn, Alexander
Macadam, Oliver Malkin, Freya Marsh, Elliot Medley, Louisa Murphy, Katie
Pengilley
100m Breaststroke
Lana Boyd-Livingston, Joanna Clifford, Jessica Cross, Oliver Dixon, George
Dominy, Ella Hamilton, Will Howard, Kai Jackson, Naomi Van Dongen,
Hannah Williams
200m Breaststroke
Oliver Dixon, George Dominy, Ella Hamilton, Kai Jackson, Nicholas Ross,
Naomi Van Dongen, Hannah Williams
25m Butterfly
Monty Austin, Alex Beaumont, Millie Blockley, Olivia Bonner, Georgina
Curry, Oscar Dean, Audrey Elsom, George Eyre, Ellin Gary, Rosie Grayson,
Lewis Jordan, India Kingsland, Rachel Lewis, Alexander Macadam, Emily
Martin, Elliot Medley, Freddy Millar, Ines Owen, Adam Procter, Madeline
Roberts, Tabitha Steiner, Beth Thorpe, Harriet Tommony, Lucy Steiner, Archie
Swain, Finley Walsh, Julian Wilcock, Milly Woolcott
50m Butterfly
Samantha Britton, Jessica Cross, Lewis Cuff, Will Ellington, Katherine George,
Megan George, Ella Hamilton, Kai Jackson, Amelia Jones, Emily Luke, Oliver
Malkin, Freya Marsh, Elliot Medley, James Medley
100m Butterfly
Samantha Britton, Will Ellington, Megan George, Kai Jackson
200m Butterfly
Will Ellington, Kai Jackson
100m Individual Medley
Rebecca Coleman, George Dominy, Katherine George, Katharine Jackson,
Oliver Malkin, Charlie Maughan, Elliot Medley, James Medley, Louisa Murphy,
Olivia Murphy, Katie Pengilley, Henry Plewes, Bethany Procter, Abbie Riches,
Alex Roberson, Isabel Roberts, Jasper Shine, Vilyana Stoyanova, Tilly Thomas,
Hannah Williams
200m Individual Medley
Samantha Britton, Jessica Cross, Will Ellington, Ella Hamilton, Kai Jackson,
Katharine Jackson, Lottie Jackson, Katie Pengilley, Rory Plewes, Will Port,
Nicholas Ross, Hannah Williams
400m Individual Medley
Samantha Britton, Will Ellington, Kai Jackson, Emily Luke
Counties 2015
This year’s Counties were held over three weekends between 28th February15th March at the Mountbatten Centre and Waterlooville. Over the whole
event our swimmers recorded 108 PBs, set a range of short and long-course
club records and won 23 medals. Full reports and results are on the website.
In the relays the Boys Age 9-12 Medley team of Kai Jackson, George
Dominy, Will Ellington and Nicholas Ross produced a determined
performance to win the bronze medal against some tough opposition.
In the Age 10/11 category George Dominy made two Breaststroke finals
taking silver in the 100m event in his first counties. Kai Jackson produced a
series of impressive swims to finish his campaign with four gold (200m
Backstroke, 200m Breaststroke, 200m Butterfly and 200m IM), three silver
(400m Freestyle, 50m and 100m Backstroke) and two bronze (100m Breaststroke and 100m Butterfly). Kai’s brilliant 200m Backstroke swim set a new
club record for his age group.
Mia Spencer was a finalist in the Age 12 category, finishing 6th in the 100m
Backstroke, while in the same age group Will Ellington was in great form
across no less than 16 races. He finished the event with four gold (1500m
Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 200m and 400m IM), two silver (40m Freestyle
and 100m Butterfly) and one bronze (50m Butterfly) setting an impressive
nine club records.
In the Age 13 category Rory Plewes won bronze in the final of the 100m
Butterfly and made three other finals. Ella Hamilton won gold at 100m and
200m Breaststroke and bronze at 400m and 800m Freestyle; her 200m,
400m and 800m swims setting new Open club records. Jess Cross and
Rebecca Alder both made finals in the 14 years age group. Jess competing in
the 50m and 100m Butterfly and Rebecca in the 100m Backstroke.
Julian Greig set an Age 15 club record in the 1500m Freestyle and in the
same age group Naomi Van Dongen produced six long-course PBs and her
50m Breaststroke was a double medal-winning swim; silver in both the Age
15 and Junior categories, the latter earning her a podium presentation.
In the 16/Over age group there were new club records for Jerome Greig
(1500m Freestyle) and Lewis Cuff (50m Backstroke). Megan George set five
new club records including Open records for the 50m and 100m Butterfly.
After making the final of the 50m fly Megan produced a brilliant swim to
take the bronze medal and a well-deserved place on the podium.
Overall the 2015 HCASA County Championships can be considered a great
success. We have individual champions in Kai Jackson (five events), Will
Ellington (four) and Ella Hamilton (two) and other medallists in George
Dominy, Rory Plewes, Nicholas Ross, Naomi Van Dongen and Megan
George.
Record Breakers!
George Dominy (11)
50m Breaststroke 44.13 (LC)
Kai Jackson (11)
200m Backstroke 2.51.56
Will Ellington (12)
200m Freestyle 2.19.89
200m Freestyle 2.23.66(LC)
400m Freestyle 4.59.66 (LC)
1500m Freestyle 20.11.64 (LC)
200m Backstroke 2.38.62
50m Butterfly 32.73 (LC)
100m Butterfly 1.11.33
100m Butterfly 1.11.03 (LC)
200m Butterfly 2.39.04
200m Butterfly 2.37.20 (LC)
200m Individual Medley 2.38.14
200m Individual Medley 2.40.48 (LC)
400m Individual Medley 5.42.69 (LC)
Ella Hamilton (13)
400m Freestyle 4.51.59 (LC - 13 & Open)
800m Freestyle 10.00.55 (LC – 13 & Open)
200m Backstroke 2.33.96
200m Breaststroke 2.45.77 (13 & Open)
200m Breaststroke 2.53.60 (LC)
200m Individual Medley 2.37.37 (LC)
Rebecca Alder (14)
200m Backstroke 2.40.12 (LC)
Julian Greig (15)
1500m Freestyle 19.28.86 (LC)
Naomi Van Dongen (15)
50m Breaststroke 36.03 (LC – 15 & Open)
Megan George (16)
100m Freestyle 1.03.35 (LC)
50m Backstroke 34.28 (LC)
50m Butterfly 29.66 (LC – 16 & Open)
100m Butterfly 1.08.30 (LC – 16 & Open)
Lewis Cuff (16)
50m Backstroke 31.05 (LC)
Sophie Druce (17)
50m Butterfly 31.22 (LC)
100m Butterfly 1.11.11 (LC)
Photographs from left: The Boys 9-12 Medley Relay team, Kai Jackson,
George Dominy, Will Ellington, Ella Hamilton.
Jerome Greig (17)
1500m Freestyle 19.41.71 (LC)
New Club Records
Competition round-up
Rushmoor Royals Level 1 meet
Club records fell at the Garrison Pool,
Aldershot, on the weekend of 11th-12th April.
George Dominy dominated the Breaststroke
events in the Boys Age 9/10 category winning
gold at all three distances and breaking the
long-course Age 11/Under record at 50m in a
time of 44.13. Will Ellington was similarly
dominant in the Age 11/12 Butterfly winning
gold in the 100m and 200m events and bronze
at 50m. Another gold at 200m IM completed
his medal haul; all four swims producing new
Southampton Level 2 Meet
Age 12 club records. Kai Jackson was also in
Eighteen swimmers competed at The Quays on action in this age group producing a gold
8th February at this final event before the
medal-winning swim in the 400m IM and
county championships; a last chance to gain
taking silver for his 100m Backstroke. For the
qualifying times and get in some competition
girls Mia Spencer took silver at 200m Backpractice. In the Age 9/10 category there were
stroke and bronze in the 100m event. Jess
medals for Katie Pengilley (silver 400m FreeCross got amongst the medals in the 13/14 age
style) and George Dominy (gold 400m Freestyle group winning gold for her 200m IM and
and bronze 100m Breaststroke). Ben Williams
silver at 50m and 100m Butterfly. Swimming
medalled in the Age 12/13 category winning
at 16/Over Sophie Druce won bronze for her
silver in the 400m Freestyle, as did Rory Plewes 50m Butterfly and although her 100m Butter(bronze 50m Butterfly) and Will Ellington (silver fly was just outside the medals it was good
100m Butterfly). Will’s time of 1.12.60 set a new
enough to set a new Age 17 club record in a
Age 12 club record. Swimming in the Age 13/14
time of 1.11.11.
group Naomi Van Dongen took gold in the 50m
Crawley Level 1 meet
Breaststroke and bronze at the 100m distance.
On the weekend of 18th-19th April seven
H&SC Level 4 Junior Meet
swimmers made the trip to K2, Crawley, for
Twelve swimmers selected from Dolphins and
this long-course meet. Will Ellington
Sharks represented the club at this annual event continued to break club records with his
hosted by Woking on Saturday 21st March. They 200m Butterfly and 200m Freestyle setting
all achieved PBs (30 in total) and there were
new Age 12 records on his way to gold in both
some stand-out individual performances. Alex
events. The other notable performance came
Sandberg (10) took gold in both the 50m Freefrom Megan George in the 50m Butterfly
style and 50m Backstroke; Elliot Medley (9) won where she claimed the silver medal.
silver at 50m Backstroke and bronze at 50m
Haslemere B Grade Meet
Freestyle; and Julian Wilcock (10) won silver at
No fewer than 36 swimmers competed at
50m Breaststroke. For the girls Abi Riches (11)
won bronze at 50m Freestyle and Isabel Roberts Haslemere on 26th April amassing an
(11) took bronze at 50m Breaststroke. The boys’ impressive total of 106 PBs and 40 medals.
relay team of Jasper Shine, Alex Macadam, Julian Swimming at Age 9 Lucy Sampson picked up
two silver (50m Freestyle and Breaststroke)
Wilcock and Alex Sandberg also won bronze.
and one bronze (50m Butterfly) and Elliot
The Junior, Intermediate and Senior teams all
finished 5th in their age groups placing the club Medley won gold (50m Butterfly), silver (100m
IM) and bronze (50m Freestyle). At Age 10
4th overall. Well done swimmers!
there were medals for Katharine Jackson (gold
Full results and photographs of award winners
100m IM, silver 50m Breaststroke and bronze
at http://www.wokingsc.co.uk/?p=2841.
200m Freestyle); Louisa Murphy (silver 100m
IM and bronze 50m Backstroke); George
Swim Bournemouth Level 2 Meet
Dominy (gold 100m Freestyle and 100m IM,
This annual event always attracts a good turnout silver 200m Freestyle); Jasper Shine (bronze
from our swimmers and this year was no
50m Backstroke); and Alex Sandberg (gold
exception with 12 swimmers competing at the
200m Freestyle and silver 50m Backstroke).
Littledown Centre over the weekend of 28thAt Age 11 Hannah Williams won two gold
29th March. In the Age 9/10 category Oliver
(50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke) and
Dixon won silver at 200m Breaststroke while Kai bronze (200m Freestyle), Katie Pengilley took
Jackson also won silver for his Age 11 100m But- bronze in her 50m Freestyle and James
terfly. Rory Plewes (12) won four silvers from
Medley won silver at 50m Butterfly. At Age 12
four events (100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle,
Joanna Clifford won silver for her 200m Free50m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke). Three girls style and there were further medals for
swam at Age 13 and they all medalled. Rebecca
Lauren Swain (bronze 50m Backstroke);
Alder won silver at 100m and 200m Backstroke
Olivia Murphy (silver 100m Freestyle and
and bronze in the 50m event. Sammy Britton
100m IM); Tirion Llewelyn (silver 50m Breastwon silver at 400m IM and 100m Freestyle and
stroke); Rosie Swain (silver 50m Freestyle);
bronze for her 50m Butterfly. Ella Hamilton
Alex Roberson (silver 50m Backstroke and
took silver at 200m Freestyle and 50m Breast200m Freestyle); Nicholas Ross (bronze 200m
stroke. Emily Luke won gold at 400m IM and
Freestyle); and Charlie Maughan (bronze 50m
bronze at 200m Freestyle in the Age 15 category and 100m Freestyle). In the Age 13 category
while Sophie Druce took the bronze in the Age Katherine George won bronze at 50m Back16/Over 50m Freestyle.
stroke and 50m Breaststroke and there were
Inter-Centre Gala
This fun event is a great introduction to
competitive swimming for many of our teaching
group swimmers with Alton-based swimmers
competing against a combined Petersfield-Mill
Chase team. In recent years Alton have come
out on top and yet again they triumphed by 449
points to 407 after a night of 31 hard-fought
individual and relay races. A grand total of 106
PBs underlines the success and value of this
event held on 31st January.
also medals for Rebecca Coleman (silver 50m
Backstroke) and Will Port (gold 50m Butterfly,
silver 200m Freestyle and bronze 100m Freestyle). Bethany Procter ensured that the club
was successful in all the age categories by
winning bronze in the Age 14 50m Breaststroke.
Hannah Williams
Ellie and George Dominy
Will Port
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Competition Calendar May-July 2015
Saturday 16th-Sunday 17th May
SE Region Championships
Ages: 11>14 years
Venue: K2, Crawley
Saturday 6th June
Rother League Round 2
Ages: U12>Open
Venue: Pool in the Park, Woking
Saturday 27th June
Novice Gala
Ages: Teaching groups>Dolphins
Venue: Alton
Saturday 11th July
Minor League Round 1
Ages: U11>Open
Venue: Pool in the Park, Woking
Saturday 23rd-Sunday 24th May
SE Region Championships
Ages: All Ages
Venue: Mountbatten, Portsmouth
Saturday 13th June
Rother Junior Trophy
Ages: 9>U14
Venue: Aquadrome, Basingstoke
Saturday 4th-Sunday 5th July
HCASA Development Meet
Ages: 9>14
Venue: Waterlooville
Saturday 11th-Sunday 12th July
Rushmoor Royals Level 3 Meet
Ages: Junior County>Top Squad
Venue: Aldershot
Saturday 30th-Sunday 31st May
SE Regional Championships
Ages: 15/Over
Venue: K2, Crawley
Saturday 13th-Sunday 14th June
Waterlooville/Fareham Nomads Meet
Ages: 9>15/Over
Venue: Waterlooville
Saturday 11th July
HCASA Development Meet
Ages: 9>14
Venue: Waterlooville
Sunday 26th July
Southampton Level 3 Meet
Ages: 9>15/Over
Venue: The Quays, Southampton
April
Birthdays!
Summer Black, Arthur Chads,
Evie Charlier-Rowley, Ethan
Couldridge, Holly Cove, Freddy
Devine, Thomas Duddridge,
Cameron Edney, Jack Foreman,
Katherine George, Isabel Gilder,
Hannah Johnson, Amelia Jones,
Amy Lloyd, Emily Pascoe, Emily
Rawlings, Ben Shine, Joshua
Skuse, Callum Spiers, Nathan
Taylor, Harriet Tommony,
Naomi Van Dongen, William
Venediger, Milly Woolcott
May
Birthdays!
Lucy Adams, Noah Adams,
Lucas Bradley, George Canovan,
Oliver Chads, Isla Craig-Wood,
Oliver Dixon, Louis Elsom,
Katharine Jackson, Phillipa
Jones, Thomas Law, Leo Long,
Alice McCabe, Alexander
Macadam, Benjamin Oru, Lewis
Paterson, Jessica Potter, Lucas
Richens, Daniel Smith, Lucy
Stuart
June
Birthdays!
Ruby Adams, James Baldwin, Jake
Barnes, Jack Bartram, Millie
Blockley, James Bradley, Natalia
Bradley, Isaac Bramley, Rebecca
Coleman, Oscar Dean, Lucy
Eades, William Ellington, Megan
George, Ellin Gary, Olivia Heap,
Will Howard, Elliot Medley,
Bethany Procter, Aimee Redpath,
Lucy Reilly, Abi Riches, Isabel
Roberts, Alexander Sandberg,
Eleanor Stanbury, Lauren Swain,
Patrick Swain, Harriet Thayre,
Noah Tigwell, Finley Walsh,
Rosella White, Ben Williams,
Contact details
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Alton Sports Centre
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Office Telephone
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