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On your travels to any of the events mentioned, or indeed any upcoming events, if you would like to be a roving reporter, whether that be as a spectator, swimmer, coach, player, official, organiser, team managers etc, please do send any information to Our Club Editor Hilary Moore and David Grant to publish in the Newsletter and/or on this website. If you're attending a swimming event, why not send your experiences through by putting pen (or keyboard!) to paper? Whether its a few sound bites, some good photos or indeed a longer article, Hilary and David are waiting to hear from you.
Beckenham SC Newsletters "Our Club"
Editor: Hiliary Moore
Beckenham SC 2012 Online News
The standard of the meet was extremely high with two world record holders and one multiple World Champion in attendance and the majority of the Spanish national senior and junior swim squads in action. The swimmers had to be swimming fast in the morning’s heats if they wanted to progress to either the A or B finals in the evening. Despite being in heavy training, in preparation for the Olympic Selection Trials, Michael Gunning gave the race of the meet in the 400m freestyle, winning gold in the event from the outside lane, leading all the way and was rewarded with a new personal best time and another British Champs/Selection Trials qualifying time of 4.00.20. This was good enough to earn Michael the 6th place award in the Best Male Performance overall in the competition. The following evening Michael never failed to impress with another outstanding performance after picking up a bronze medal in the 200m fly with a time of 2.04.89, posting the fastest 18 year old time on the European Rankings, so far this year!! Good luck at the trials Michael! You can see how he does via the British Swimming Website from 3rd – 10th March. Also flying the Beckenham flag was Lauren Walton and Natasha Sinha, with Lauren Walton making her way into the evening finals in the 200m freestyle B final, going onto achieving a new personal best time in 2.05.59. Lauren also took part in the Woman’s 4 x 200 free relay where the team managed a podium place with silver in a time of 8.28.37. Natasha qualified for the B finals in the backstroke and butterfly events, achieving a national qualifying time in the 100m backstroke event. Well done swimmers!!
Ellen Gandy, a life-time member of the club, who won silver in the 200M fly at the World Championships last year, continued her success recently in the important turn of the year Melbourne Meet. Ellen struck gold on the opening day of the Victoria State Championships in Melbourne; she qualified fastest for the 50m. Butterfly final before taking gold in a personal best 26.54 – just 0.3 seconds short of Fran Halsall’s British record. Ellen underlined her impressive form with a personal best in the 800m Freestyle, touching in 8:47.43 to scoop bronze. She also won the 100m Butterfly title in Melbourne and qualified fastest for the final in 2:10.47, but followed her British teammate, Jessica Dickons, home for silver in 2:11.39. Follow Ellen’s progress via www.britishswimming.org and then click on the section on GB’s swimmers.
Beckenham SC 2011 Online News CLUB MATTERS
Code of Conduct We still await the return of a large number of signed Codes of Conduct –these must now be returned without further delay. A note has been circulated to all squads about this. Once done please return to our Welfare Secretary Angela Philips either via your squad rep or direct.
Club Championships It is the final Club Championships this Monday. The events are 50m Butterfly 50m Backstroke and 400m IM. Everyone needs to sign in by no later than 5.45pm (there may be a queue!). Failure to sign by that time may mean you are not able to swim so please be prompt. Warm up starts at 6pm prompt. Please do not go onto the poolside before 6pm as there are lessons in progress. One of the coaches will tell swimmers when they can start their warm up (girls first) after the safety announcements have been read out. Jackie and Justine (the organisers) want to thank everyone who has offered to help. The Championships cannot run without parents’ help whether as qualified officials or not. If any parents are unsure whether you are needed, please email Justine Pope Justinepope@yahoo.co.uk who has been busy contacting helpers this week. Jackie and Justine Jackie Elliott and Justine Pope have decided that this year’s Club Championships will be the last they organize. This will be the fifth time they have done so and very much deserve a break. We are very grateful to both of them for all the hard work they have put in over that period. We are therefore looking for at least 2 parents to volunteer to take over from them. The roles would suit parents with swimmers in Silver Squad or below. Please let John Handley (john@hamo6055.plus.com) know if you are interested in helping out in these roles or speak to Jackie or Justine to find out more. We would very much like to have volunteers in place before the final club championships of the year on Monday 12th December so that they can see how one of the galas is run.
Christmas and New Year Training Times Please find updated timetable for Christmas/New Year training at the end of this update - the changes are highlighted in red. Unfortunately, we have had to change the provision for most squads so please take note of the revised times below. In particular, Top Squad should note that the timetable for January 2 may yet change.
GALAS AND RESULTS
London Region Winter Championships Despite having to compete with the Cheerleader competition taking place elsewhere in the centre which numbed the senses of the spectators at the very least our swimmers yet again stepped up to the mark at the London region winter Championships held at Crystal Palace last weekend by winning 11 gold 7 silver and 5 bronze medals. Michael Gunning was our most successful swimmer breaking his own London Region Open 200m Butterfly record and winning gold in the Open 200m and 400m Freestyle and the Open 100m and 200m Butterfly (the 100m Fly win coming minutes after taking 2nd in the Open 400m IM). In the Backstroke events Henry Knight starred with Kunmi Ogunfeibo not far behind. Henry took gold in the Open and Junior 200m race and won gold in the Junior and bronze in the Open 100m event of that discipline. Kunmi took silver in the Junior 100m and finished 4th in the Open 100m Final and 7th in the Open 200m Final. Luke Gunning also went well winning the Junior 100m and 200m Butterfly and placing 2nd in the Open 200m Fly and 3rd in the Open 100m Fly events. In the Girls events Lauren Walton swam a superb 400m Freestyle at the end of Sunday to take both the Open and Junior titles unfortunately missing her British Championships qualifying Time by no more than a ¼ of a second. Lauren also took silver in the Open and Junior 200m freestyle and finished 6th in the 200m IM Final. Sister Rebecca took silver in the Open and Junior 800m Freestyle and bronze in the Open and Junior 400m Freestyle. In addition our female swimmers were well represented elsewhere in the Finals with Natasha Sinha reaching four (6th 100m Backstroke, 7th 200m Backstroke and 8th 100m Butterfly and 400m Freestyle) being the busiest. In other finals Fearn Cook finished 8th in the 200m Backstroke, Olivia Handley 7th in the 200m Butterfly and Sophie Simpson 6th in the 100m Butterfly (Sophie also reached the 200m Butterfly Final but did not compete as she was still suffering from the effects of illness) Well done to all the swimmers who competed at the weekend.
Haslemere Christmas Open Meet Meanwhile last Sunday some of our younger swimmers were in action at Haslemere when they all swam very well collecting many medals and the following top three places: Faith Ockwell (10) 1st 400m Freestyle 50m Backstroke 2nd 200m Butterfly 3rd 50m Breaststroke Grace Ockwell (13) 1st 200m Backstroke 2nd 400m Freestyle 100m Butterfly 3rd 200m Freestyle 50m Backstroke 200m Breaststroke Katja Biggs (11) 2nd 200m Breaststroke 200m Backstroke Kelly Rogers (14) 1st 200m IM 200m Breaststroke 2nd 50m Breaststroke 3rd 50m Freestyle Lauren Braddon (10) 1st 200m Butterfly 200m IM 200m Backstroke Ruby Waters (11) 1st 100m Breaststroke 200m Butterfly 100m Freestyle 2nd 200m IM Natasha Hainsworth (12) 2nd 50m Butterfly 50m Backstroke Henry Maxwell (12) 1st 50m Backstroke 2nd 200m Backstroke Jamie Regan (11) 1st 50m Backstroke 3rd 200m IM Oliver Kent (13) 1st 200m Butterfly 2nd 200m Backstroke 3rd 200m Freestyle Well done swimmers
English Schools Relays Championships Correction from last week Kunmi Ogunfeibo’s Whitgift School relay teams finished 3rd in the Intermediate Boys Medley Relay and 4th in the Intermediate Boys Freestyle relay and not as stated last week. Parents please feel free to send us reports yourselves or from your children on any galas you attend so that we can use them in either the Weekly Update or ”Our Club”
This Week’s Galas This Saturday will see our A and B Teams in action in the 3rd and final round of the Arena South League. At Crawley the A Team will strive to reach the National finals day in April whilst swimming against perennial South League champions Guildford. The remaining teams in a very strong field are Amersham, Windsor, Rushmoor Royals, City of Oxford, Bracknell & Wokingham and Sevenoaks. The A Team need to finish in the top two in the League (not necessarily on the night) to guarantee a place in the finals. 20 teams make the finals from the seven regional leagues with the top two in each league guaranteed a place with the other 6 being decided by a “virtual gala” which compares the times of the top six teams in each of the Finals galas in each league – this means that every swim counts – a last place in the actual gala may still be a good position in the virtual gala. Meanwhile the B Team will fight to retain their position in Division 1 South which will be a great achievement as they are the only B Team in that league. The B Team are at Trinity School Croydon and will go in as second seed of the five teams competing – the others are East Grinstead, Maidstone, Dartford and District and White Oak (Swanley). Good luck to both teams – if you can get to Crawley or Trinity tomorrow evening your support will be greatly appreciated.
UPCOMING GALAS
26 November: Kent Development Meet (Level 4 at Medway Park Gillingham) 26/27 November: Portsmouth Northsea Christmas Cracker Meet (Level 1 at Mountbatten Centre Portsmouth) 3 and 4 December: London Region Winter Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 10 December: National Arena Swimming League Round 3 (A Team at K2 Crawley B Team at Trinity School Croydon) 12 December: Beckenham Swimming Club Club Championships Gala 5 (Level 4 at Beckenham Spa 16/17/18 December: Northampton Swimming Club Winter Festival Open Meet (Level 1 at East Midlands International Pool Corby) 17/18 December: Hillingdon Swimming Club Level One Open Meet (Level 1 at Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex Uxbridge) 2012 7/8 January: City of Canterbury and Dover Lifeguard Icebreaker Open Meet (Level 3 at Kingsmead Leisure Centre Canterbury) 14/15 January: City of Derby Open Meet (Level 1 at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 21 January: Kent Schools Swimming Association Secondary Schools Gala 1 (Medway Park Gillingham) 28 January: Kent Schools Swimming Association Secondary Schools Gala 2 (Medway Park Gillingham) 28/29 January: South Region Zonal Meet (Level 1 Millfield School Street Somerset)
N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
SQUAD TRAINING TIMETABLE FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR 2011-12
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update.
CLUB MATTERS
Kent Junior League Congratulations to our Kent Junior League squad who retained the Kent Junior League Division 1 title for an incredible Eighth year in succession!! Before the night the title could have gone one of any three ways but in extremely exciting circumstances on Saturday night at the Hartsdown Pool Margate and despite lying third at one point on the night the team dug deep and inspired by Coaches Di and Tony achieved a memorable victory. The Kent Junior League is for swimmers between 9 and 13 years. The Final result on the evening was
Rising Stars Our Rising Stars Meet on Sunday at Trinity went extremely well .This was due in no small part to all the hard work put in by Clare Ockwell and Julia Maxwell. Many thanks to Clare and Julia and all those who helped both before and on the day especially Jackie Elliott. As an indication here is a selection of positive comments we have had from other Clubs who attended. “I thought it all went very well. My appreciation to you and all associated with the organization" “…it was a great day! My swimmers absolutely loved it and I'm sure will be back for your next meet.” “We all had a great time … our swimmers did well and went home pleased. It was a very welcoming atmosphere and ran smoothly, so a great big thanks to all those involved. We especially love it as a great introduction for our young swimmers. “ “Just to say we had a great day at the Rising Stars Meet yesterday. The swimmers enjoyed themselves and achieved some really good results. It was all really well organised with a great coaches pack and the lunch was lovely!” We would also like to thank all those officials who attended the Meet – many thanks to Candida Moriarty who organized them. Details of the results are below in the Gala results section.
Code of Conduct We still await the return of a large number of signed Codes of Conduct –these must now be returned without further delay. A note is being circulated to all squads about this. Once done please return to our Welfare Secretary Angela Philips either via your squad rep or direct Here is the link to the form on the Club’s website
Jackie and Justine Jackie Elliott and Justine Pope have decided that this year’s Club Championships will be the last they organize. This will be the fifth time they have done so and very much deserve a break. We are very grateful to both of them for all the hard work they have put in over that period. We are therefore looking for at least 2 parents to volunteer to take over from them. The roles would suit parents with swimmers in Silver Squad or below. Please let John Handley (john@hamo6055.plus.com) know if you are interested in helping out in these roles or speak to Jackie or Justine to find out more. We would very much like to have volunteers in place before the final club championships of the year on Monday 12th December so that they can see how one of the galas is run.
Christmas and New Year Training Times Please see details at the end of this update.
Important dates for diary As a competitive swimming club we do expect all swimmers to be available to compete in National Arena Swimming League (where we run an A and B Team) and the Kent Junior League (for 9 – 13 year olds). Swimmers please do not let your parents make alternative arrangements on any of the following dates as we want the strongest possible teams to retain the Kent Junior League Division 1 title and in the case of National Arena Swimming League see the A Team finish as high as possible in the South Premier League (which could enable us to reach the National Final on 22 April) and in the case of the B Team maintain its position as (currently) the only B Team in Division 1 East (all the others are A Teams). 10 December 2011 - National Arena Swimming League Round 3 22 April 2012 - National Arena Swimming League
GALAS RESULTS Rising Stars Open Meet Well done to all those swimmers who competed in the Rising Stars Meet at Trinity on Sunday. A great day was had by all especially those who were finished as medalists: Boys Open 200m Freestyle
Girls Open 200m Freestyle
Boys Open 50m Breaststroke
Girls Open 50m Breaststroke
Girls Open 100m Butterfly
Boys Open 50m Backstroke
Girls Open 50m Backstroke 09 Yrs Age Group 1 Vaidehi Patel 6 Lucy Lewis-Ward
Boys Open 100m Breaststroke
Girls Open 100m Breaststroke
Boys Open 100m IM
Girls Open 100m IM
Boys Open 50m Freestyle
Girls Open 50m Freestyle
Boys Open 100m Backstroke
Girls Open 100m Backstroke
Boys Open 50m Butterfly
Girls Open 50m Butterfly
Boys Open 100m Freestyle
Girls Open 100m Freestyle
A full copy of the results can be obtained by clicking here
Crawley Not So Early Bird Open Meet A small group of swimmers attended this high quality Meet mainly in the long distance events. Well done to all the swimmers competing including those with top three finishes: Mens 14/15 100m Backstroke Kunmi Ogunfeibo A full copy of the results can be obtained by clicking here
Club Championships Gala 4 There was more excellent swimming at the fourth edition of the Club Championships last Monday evening. Well done to all the swimmers and in particular to the following for event best performances: • Rebecca Walton 16/o 200m IM Once again many thanks to Jackie and Justine and their team of helpers both on and off poolside. Best wishes to Joe Casey for a speedy recovery – Joe was very unwell at the Championships. A copy of the results can be obtained by clicking here Parents please feel free to send us reports yourselves or from your children on any galas you attend so that we can use them in either the Weekly Update or ”Our Club”
This Week’s Galas Good luck to all the swimmers competing all over the South East at the Portsmouth Northsea Christmas Cracker Meet in Portsmouth and the Kent Development Meet at Gillingham as well as representing their schools at the English Schools Swimming Association Relay Championships and Greenwich at the 6 Host Borough Championships at Clissold, (Hackney).
UPCOMING GALAS
26 November: Kent Development Meet (Level 4 at Medway Park Gillingham) 26/27 November: Portsmouth Northsea Christmas Cracker Meet (Level 1 at Mountbatten Centre Portsmouth) 3 and 4 December: London Region Winter Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 10 December: National Arena Swimming League Round 3 (A Team at K2 Crawley B Team at Trinity School Croydon) 12 December: Beckenham Swimming Club Club Championships Gala 5 (Level 4 at Beckenham Spa 16/17/18 December: Northampton Swimming Club Winter Festival Open Meet (Level 1 at East Midlands International Pool Corby) 17/18 December: Hillingdon Swimming Club Level One Open Meet (Level 1 at Hillingdon Sports and Leisure Complex Uxbridge) 2012 7/8 January: City of Canterbury and Dover Lifeguard Icebreaker Open Meet (Level 3 at Kingsmead Leisure Centre Canterbury) 14/15 January: City of Derby Open Meet (Level 1 at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 21 January: Kent Schools Swimming Association Secondary Schools Gala 1 (Medway Park Gillingham) 28 January: Kent Schools Swimming Association Secondary Schools Gala 2 (Medway Park Gillingham) 28/29 January: South Region Zonal Meet (Level 1 Millfield School Street Somerset)
N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
OTHER MATTERS Lost Property Alabama Phillips lost her water bottle at Trinity on Sunday - her name is on that bottle – if found please could it be returned to her. INFORMATION FROM LONDON SWIMMING - Next four year Strategy 2013-17 Would you like to help shape the future of swimming and aquatic activities? The ASA and British Swimming are seeking your views and opinions to ensure that the next four year strategy (2013-17) for swimming and aquatic activities reflects the needs of swimmers and non-swimmers, clubs and pools. The consultation process includes an online survey to capture your experiences and to understand what people’s and organisations’ aspirations are for the future. If you would like to help shape the future of swimming and other aquatic disciplines, please click on the appropriate link below: • All swimmers and non-swimmers should respond to the survey here. • Swimming clubs can respond to the survey here. • Pool operators can respond to the survey here. (Note: you must be 18 or over to respond to this survey).
Enthusiastic Volunteers wanted!! London Swimming is looking for enthusiastic volunteers who are willing to be trained to deliver (train other people) the Young Aquatic Organiser Award Course (YAOA), and the Helper Certificate. The YAOA is targeted at 14-18 year olds who are developing their leadership and coaching skills and who wish to become involved in the administration, teaching, coaching or general official duties of aquatic activity. London Swimming are looking to train a few people who could deliver this award across London. All training will be provided and expenses paid. Once volunteers are fully trained they will be supported in running the course throughout London. Click here for more details about the YAOA. The Helper Certificate has been designed for young people, between 13 and 16 years of age, who wish to actively assist on poolside in any aquatic environment, e.g. clubs, learn to swim schemes or leisure motivators (swimfit). London Swimming are looking for a few volunteers (must be L2 qualified) who once fully trained would be willing to train other people across London. All training will be provided and expenses paid. Once volunteers are fully trained they will be supported in running the course throughout London. Click here for more details about the Helper Certificate. There may be opportunities for these people to volunteer at the British Championships next year, which will take place in the Aquatics Centre. If you are interested in either one please contact London Swimming at london@swimming.org
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SQUAD TRAINING TIMETABLE FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR 2011-12 Tadpoles: up to and including December 23. Resume January 6, 2012 Dev 1: up to and including December 23. Resume January 6, 2012 Dev 2: up to and including December 21. Resume January 4, 2012 Blue: up to and including December 23. Resume January 3, 2012 Bronze: up to and including December 23. Resume January 3, 2012 Silver: up to and including December 23. Resume January 3, 2012 Club: up to an including December 22. Resume January 4, 2012 Platinum: up to and including December 21. Resume January 4, 2012 White squads: up to and including December 18. Resume January 8, 2012 Gold: up to and including December 23 (with training at the Spa from 5pm-7pm on December 22) Top: up to and including December 23 morning session (no training Dec 23 evening).
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update.
CLUB MATTERS
Beckenham Rising Stars Meet The Club will be holding its popular Rising Stars Meet on Sunday 20 November 2011 at Trinity School Shirley Park Croydon. Details of the Meet including entry forms are on the front page of the website: http://www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com/ Please could all swimmers and parents put this date down in their diaries as we will need a lot of parental volunteer help particularly on the day to deal with such things as ticket sales, raffles etc., as well expecting a large representation of swimmers from the Club. Please contact Claire Ockwell (email - l.ockwell@tiscali.co.uk) with all offers of help etc
Meet Secretary Patricia Ogunfeibo our Meet Secretary has stepped down from this post and we are therefore looking for someone to take over this role as soon as possible. The Meet Secretary has responsibility for organising and co-ordinating the Open Meets run by the Club each year (usually a Level 1 Meet in May which has been held at Crystal Palace and the Level 3 Rising Stars meet in late Autumn). Patricia has done a fantastic job with both Meets over the last few years and we would all like to thank her for all her efforts in that time. Patricia has already handed over the reins in respect of the Rising Stars Meet to Claire Ockwell who did a great job both last year and this. Patricia will be more than happy to give her successor the benefit of her wealth of experience and knowledge to assist him or her in settling into their new role. All expressions of interest or queries about the role please to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com
Trophy Secretary and Club Shop Laura Davies has stepped down as Trophy Secretary and Carole Wood has agreed to take over whilst Linda Deane will be stepping down from running the Club Shop at the end of this year with Sam Rowe taking over. We would like to thank Laura and Linda for all their hard work and wish Carole and Sam good luck in their new roles.
We are looking for swimmers in local primary Schools – can you help? We are looking for swimmers in local primary Schools – can you help? Do you have children in a local Bromley/Croydon School? Could you help us publicise the younger age (ages 5 to 8) squads? The Club’s Committee is keen to get in touch with Headteachers and Sports Co-ordinators and has produced a letter to be sent (or preferably hand delivered) to local state and private school. If you can help out – please contact Hilary Moore on john@hamo6055.plus.com Thank You!
REMINDERS
Club Championship Dates The annual Club Championships take place over 5 Monday evenings between September and December. They are for swimmers in Blue, White, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Club, Platinum and National squad. For swimmers new to Blue squad or White 1 or 2, who haven’t entered these Championships before, please check with your Coach, which events you should enter. Swimmers in other squads, especially National and Gold squad are encouraged by their coaches to enter ALL events - yes 400 IM and 200FLY included! We are a competitive swimming club and so swimmers should compete in these championships in order to make sense of all those hours of hard training over the year. Entry fees have remained the same for several years now and are set to cover the main expense of purchasing medals and the annual engraving of the trophies. As always, these championships cannot take place without the help of Parents so please do complete a Helpers form as sent with the entry forms or e mail Justine directly, justinepope@yahoo.co.uk Raffle prizes are always entry needed, so please start collecting over the summer (are you a teacher who received lots of wine at the end of term and you don’t drink?) When and where to bring any prizes, will be known prior to the first Championship on 26th September. We look forward to receiving your entry forms in September before the closing date on 12th September 2011. REMEMBER THE CLOSING DATE IS THIS MONDAY Jackie Elliott and Justine Pope, Organisers, justinepope@yahoo.co.uk and jcelliott@btinternet.com
Please would all swimmers and parents familiarise themselves with the code of conduct which contains important information as to what both parents and swimmers can expect from the Club and the Club expects from the swimmers and parents. The changes address matters relating to use of Social Media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and lift sharing. We will expect all swimmers and parents to sign the Code (even if you have signed a previous form of the Code) – once done please return to our Welfare Secretary Angela Philips either via your squad rep or direct Any queries please contact Jackie Elliott on jcelliott@btinternet.com Club and ASA Membership should have been paid by 12th August. Payment of squad fee needs to be paid in full by 1st September or in 10 monthly payments starting on 1st September. If paying monthly, we would prefer it if this was arranged direct with the Bank.
Reminder about Cheques… The Club’s Bank insists that they will only accept cheques in favour of the Club with the Club’s full name on it. Consequently please would parents write all cheques in favour of the Club to “Beckenham Swimming Club” and not “BSC“or "Beckenham SC” in case the bank rejects them.
OUR CLUB NEEDS YOU! REPORTERS NEEDED! Next issue of OUR CLUB is gong out week ending 16/9/12. Whilst there have been some contributions... it is not as packed as usual after such a key time of year (BAGCATS,Youth Nationals, end of season results for water polo). Thanks to all who have sent in articles - but do get your reports/notes/photos in to the Editor asap. If you are going to the Kent Junior League on Saturday - a report would be great from that too! Also TBag/Polo shirt photos, caption competition entries (see July's issue for the photo) also very welcome.....Many thanks! Hilary (john@hamo6055.plus.com).
ACHIEVEMENTS 8 of our swimmers have been selected to represent Kent in the National Inter Counties Championships which take place in mid October in Sheffield. Many congratulations to Luke Gunning, Michael Gunning. Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Louis Philips, Sophie Simpson, Natasha Sinha, Lauren Walton and Rebecca Walton.
GALAS/RESULTS UK School Games Well done to Lauren Walton and Rebecca Walton who both represented England East at the UK School Games in Sheffield last weekend. They both swam in the Girls 4 X 200m freestyle relay which placed 5th.
This Week’s Galas The best of luck to the boys and girls representing the Club at the 2nd round of the Kent Junior League at Tunbridge Wells this evening.
UPCOMING GALAS
10 September: Kent Junior League Round 2 10 September: Kent County ASA Open water Championship (Southsea Beach Portsmouth) 17 September: White Horse League Round 5 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 17 September: Ken Deeley 50m Sprint Meet (Level 3 at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) 24 September: Greenwich Borough Championships (Eltham Centre Eltham) 26 September: Beckenham Swimming Club Club Championships Gala 1 (Level 4 at Beckenham Spa) 2 October: Crawley Swimming Club Opportunity Meet (Level 3 at K2 Crawley) 8 October: National Arena Swimming League round 1 N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
MASTERS
A few of our Masters have been quite active during the summer break in 2011. First off were Louise Kelly and Lucinda Steer who competed in the Eastbourne and Rushmore Royals meets. At Eastbourne, Lucinda came 1st in the 50m and 100m Backstroke and 3rd in the 50m Freestyle, whilst Louise came 2nd in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke and 3rd in the 100m Freestyle. In the Rushmore Royals meet Lucinda achieved 2nd in the 100m Backstroke and 3rd in the 50m Backstroke. Louise came 2nd in the 50m Breaststroke and 3rd in the 100m Breaststroke. Nick Bunclarke also competed at Rushmore Royals gaining 1st in the 50m Fly and 2nd in both the 50m and 100m Freestyle. He also swam in the Barnet Distance Meet where he came 1st in the 800m Freestyle. Mike Kibblewhite’s choice was a triathlon during July. He competed in the Virgin Active London Triathlon which has four different distance categories with Mike choosing the longest, the Olympic Plus. This is the same distance as the Olympic but with double the bike leg. All four distance categories attracted over 13,000 participants making it the world’s largest triathlon. Out of the 103 male competitors in the Olympic Plus, Mike came in 36th, a very creditable performance with a time of 4 hours 53 seconds. Many congratulations Mike. Next year you can knock off the 53 seconds! Some of our ladies just love the open water. Suzie Munnery and Louise Kelly competed in the 3k Speedo Open Water Swim at Eton during May where wet suits were compulsory due to the low water temperature. Their training is now geared to the Maxifuel Open Water Swim during September. Sara Luder set herself quite a summer programme and it’s not over yet, but so far her swims have been:
Best of luck for the rest of the season.
Peter Sutherland
OTHER AQUATIC MATTERS Please find attached an application form to be completed by swimmers of all disciplines who were not born in Kent and who live outside the ‘swimming’ County of Kent who would like to participate in the Kent Championships. Download application form here. ENGLISH SCHOOLS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION: INTER DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Ellen wins World Championship silver in Shanghai!
The 19-year old stuck to her race plan despite turning sixth after the opening 50m, gradually moving through the field to touch in a season’s best 2:05.59 and secure the biggest medal of her career to date. Gandy – who won Commonwealth and European bronze in the same event last season – was battling for gold in the final 5m but touched just 0.04 seconds shy of China’s Olympic silver medalist Jiao Liuyang. But the British record holder touched safely home ahead of Olympic champion Liu Zige (2:05.90) in bronze and insisted she had no idea how close the finish had been. "I was solely focused on my own swim," said Gandy, who finished fifth in the 100m Butterfly final earlier in the week. "I didn't know where she (Jiao) was and I was just gunning it to the wall. "It's an incredible feeling. I really didn't think I would be here at the start of the day. I'm so happy - it's just an amazing feeling to have a World Championship medal. "It's been a really tough week but really good racing and preparation for next year." Reproduced from the British Swimming website Although Ellen now trains in Melbourne she swam full time with the Club until just over 3 years ago and was made an honorary lifetime member of the Club.
ASA BRITISH GAS NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS LUKE TAKES SECOND GOLD AND KUNMI REACHES ANOTHER FINAL! Following Luke Gunning’s victory in the 200m Butterfly earlier in the week, Luke ‘doubled up’ to take the 13 year old 100m Butterfly crown in a much closer race. Despite turning in second place Luke fought back to overtake his nearest rival and touch first by a tenth of a second. Meanwhile Kunmi Ogunfeibo also reached his second final of the week in the 200m Backstroke with another excellent heat swim. Kunmi finished 10th in the Final and should be very proud of his achievements during the week. Finally the Boys Medley relay team where George Chan and Harold Pearson joined Luke and Kunmi finished the fastest London Club with a six second improvement over their qualifying swim in 15th place. Full results can be found at: http://www.swimmingresults.org.uk/swimming/results/2011/agegroups11/index.php
ASA BRITISH GAS NATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS The National Youth Championships started on Monday with the Open Water Swimming. Michael Gunning was in excellent form finishing in 2nd in the Boys race whilst Lauren Walton just missed out on a medal in the Girls race in 4th place and sister Rebecca finished 10th. The Pool based sessions began on Wednesday and saw Natasha Sinha swim an excellent PB to reach the semi final of the 200m Butterfly. Fuller details of the Championships will appear in the next Newsletter and the full results are available at http://www.swimmingresults.org.uk/swimming/results/2011/youth11/index.php
CLUB MATTERS Next week’s update will be the last before the Summer break – so please let me know early next week if anything needs posting in it. Also please remember to take your Beckenham polo shirts or tea bags with you on holiday as there will be another competition for the best photo showing our swimmers in Club kit. Starts and Turns Clinics There are still a few places left for the starts and turns swim clinics with Tony Beckley at the Spa on August 29 from 8am-10am (Gold) and August 31, from 8am-10am) (Silver), at a cost of £10 per swimmer, payable in advance. Anyone who is due to move into either squad from September 1 is entitled to swim with that squad for the clinics. Places are filling up nicely for both sessions, but if you want your swimmer to participate, please contact: fionamgorman@aol.com. Many thanks, Fiona Pearson.
Club Championship Dates The annual Club Championships take place over 5 Monday evenings between September and December. They are for swimmers in Blue, White, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Club, Platinum and National squad. For swimmers new to Blue squad or White 1 or 2, who haven’t entered these Championships before, please check with your Coach, which events you should enter. Swimmers in other squads, especially National and Gold squad are encouraged by their coaches to enter ALL events - yes 400 IM and 200FLY included! We are a competitive swimming club and so swimmers should compete in these championships in order to make sense of all those hours of hard training over the year. Entry fees have remained the same for several years now and are set to cover the main expense of purchasing medals and the annual engraving of the trophies. As always, these championships cannot take place without the help of Parents so please do complete a Helpers form as sent with the entry forms or e mail Justine directly, justinepope@yahoo.co.uk Raffle prizes are always entry needed, so please start collecting over the summer (are you a teacher who received lots of wine at the end of term and you don’t drink?) When and where to bring any prizes, will be known prior to the first Championship on 26th September. We look forward to receiving your entry forms in September before the closing date on 12th September 2011. Jackie Elliott and Justine Pope, Organisers, justinepope@yahoo.co.uk and jcelliott@btinternet.com
Membership Packs and Code of Conduct The Membership Packs for the new swimming year are going out. With them you will find an updated code of conduct. Please would all swimmers and parents familiarise themselves with the code which contains important information as to what both parents and swimmers can expect from the Club and the Club expects from the swimmers and parents. The changes address matters relating to use of Social Media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and lift sharing. Any queries please contact Jackie Elliott on jcelliott@btinternet.com Club and ASA Membership needs to be paid by 12th August. Payment of squad fee needs to be paid in full by 1st September or in 10 monthly payments starting on 1st September. If paying monthly, we would prefer it if this was arranged direct with the Bank but it can be arranged by completing the Standing order form which needs to with the Treasurer by 22nd July.
TRAINING SCHEDULE – PLEASE CHECK! You will have noted the new 2011-2012 training schedule – there are some CHANGES to times for some squads. So, please do check the times and make a note of them. These changes were unavoidable.
OUR CLUB NEEDS YOU! Please send in your BSC hat and/or T-Bag/Polo shirt photos, your ‘caption competition’ entries and any articles about your recent swimming exploits to the editor, Hilary Moore via john@hamo6055.plus.com by 8th September for the next issue of OUR CLUB. You do not need to be a ‘journalist in waiting’ – bullet points and notes are just as welcome as full articles! Thank you. Hilary Moore.
GALAS RESULTS This Week’s Galas Good luck to all those competing in the remainder of the National Youth Championships in Sheffield and the Welsh Summer Nationals in Swansea.
UPCOMING GALAS
27-31 July: ASA National Youth Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 30 July – 4 August: British Gas Swim Wales Summer Nationals (Wales International Pool Swansea) 10 September: Kent Junior League Round 2 17 September: White Horse League Round 5 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 17 September: Ken Deeley 50m Sprint Meet (Level 3 at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) 24 September: Greenwich Borough Championships (Eltham Centre Eltham) 2 October: Crawley Swimming Club Opportunity Meet (Level 3 at K2 Crawley) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
OTHER AQUATIC MATTERS Kent County Open Water Championships This year the Kent County Open Water Championships are being held at Southsea Beach (Portsmouth) on Saturday September 10th 2011. The championships are open to all Kent Swimmers and are being run alongside the South East Region ASA Championship. All information is available at: http://www.kcasa.org.uk/OpenWater/OpenWaterIndex.htm and if there are any queries please contact Sarah Coe (Kent Open Water Secretary) sarah.coe@btopenworld.com
Kent County ASA Swimming Coaches’ and Club Administrators’ Meeting This will be held on Sunday 4 September 2011 from 10 am - 1pm at Oakwood House, Maidstone ME16 8AE - Coffee/Tea will be served from 9.30 am. This is an important meeting for all swimming coaches in the county and club administrators. It is in all clubs’ interests that Coaches and Administrators attend this meeting and that all clubs in the county are represented. At the meeting there will be: • Important information about the 2012 Swimming Championships • Question and Answer Session – Please send your questions to Jean Scott by 30 August 2011 To assist with catering arrangements please let me know by 25th August via john@hamo6055.plus.com whether any of you can attend, and/or if you have any questions to raise.
Swimming/Swimfit survey We have been contacted by Kelly McHugh at the ASA as follows: “Firstly I’d like to introduce myself, I am the new Marketing and PR Manager at the ASA and have been in post for 3 weeks now. We are currently undertaking a piece of research to enable us to develop the Swimfit product in line with customer requirements. Please could you forward the information and link (below) to your contacts i.e. pool operators, clubs, teachers and coaches – we want to try and get this out as far as possible. It takes around 5 minutes to complete and there are 20 x play.com vouchers up for grabs. Can you spare 5 minutes to complete our swimming survey? Take part today for your chance to win a £20 play.com voucher. The survey closes on Wednesday 3 August 2011, the prize draw will take place on Thursday 4 August and winners will be notified within 7 days.”
Local Lake Resort Raises Money For Heart Disease And Stroke Charity Corda On the 4th August between 12 noon and 3 p.m. Leybourne Lake and the charity CORDA have teamed up to organise a once in a lifetime opportunity to take part in an open water swimming masterclass with British Olympic hopeful and two time Commonwealth Gold Medallist, Ross Davenport . CORDA is a pioneering charity, dedicated to the early diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and stroke. Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death and disability for men and women. Nearly half of us will die from the disease, usually by suffering a stroke or heart attack and probably without showing any symptoms beforehand. More people will die of cardio-vascular disease than cancer. CORDA, a charity set up to support clinical research into the prevention of stroke and heart disease, funded the world’s very first cardiovascular magnetic resonance scanner, which provides more powerful pictures of the body than any other technique and can be used to give early diagnosis of coronary heart disease and help identify people at risk. With this early detection of the disease it can be prevented, stopped or reversed. All money raised will go directly to CORDA and be used to fund further heart research projects. Leybourne Lake can be reached by entering Leybourne Lakes Country Park main entrance (off A228) and following the “watersports “ sign to reach the water sports car park and reception. CORDA are hoping for fifty plus swimmers of 16 years and above to take part and raise money through sponsorship and donations to CORDA’s Just Giving page. www.justgiving.com/cordakentswim For more information contact: Amy Dowd on 020 7052 8856 or amy.dowd@nexuspr.com Emma Sanderson on 020 7052 8853 or emma.sanderson@nexuspr.com Nicky Smith on 02070528850 or nicky.smith@nexuspr.com
Offer of an Olympic Swimming Ticket from ASA for an 18-25 yr old You can read all about London 2012 Ticketshare at http://www.london2012.com/visiting/tickets/ticketshare. In a nutshell, the Ticketshare scheme allows people to attend the Games for free. These free tickets are funded through a levy on London 2012 Prestige Ticketing hospitality packages. The BOA is just one of the stakeholders that can access free tickets and how they wish to use some of them is outlined below. We need your help to deliver these tickets to the right people.
Please remember that this is the last Weekly Update before the Summer break!!
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update.
Christopher Charles Walkden Christopher Charles Walkden passed away peacefully at home on Thursday 28th July, aged 73. Dearly loved husband of Wendy and father of Tessa, Ian and Roger. Family cremation. A thanksgiving service will be held at Siddington Church on Wednesday 14th September at 3pm. No flowers please. Donations, if desired, to The Prostate Cancer Charity or The British Dyslexia Association c/o Cowley & Son, Triangle House, 62 Victoria Road, Cirencester, GL7 1ES. Tel 01285 653298.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Olympian, Christopher Charles Walkden of Siddington. He moved with his wife Wendy to be nearer his family three years ago having lived in Wrotham near Sevenoaks for 20 years and in Beckenham, Kent for 28 years prior to that. Born in Edinburgh in 1938, Chris moved into the London of the Blitz in 1945. His swimming talent was singled out at the early age of eleven. With Beckenham Swimming Club on the doorstep, he made it to the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. Next came the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958 when he returned home the proud owner of two bronze medals. After a short break, he was persuaded to train for the Rome Olympics in which he raced the 220 yards breaststroke. Chris always gave himself to the world of swimming, passing on the baton to the next generation of swimmers as Beckenham Swimming Club Chief Coach and then Kent County Chief Coach. He became President of Beckenham Swimming Club and eventually President of Kent County Amateur Swimming Association in 1969. In 1978, he was one of the founder members of Beckenham Swimming Club Masters with whom he competed for many years. After national service, he entered the print trade and later set up his own company CW Printing and The Positive Print Group in Borough Green in Kent. He decided to be nearer his factory in 1988 when he bought Cedar House in Wrotham. Of course, the house was fully equipped with an indoor swimming pool! He continued to teach aspiring swimmers from his home for many years. He also had a passion for golf, rugby and cricket. He dived wholeheartedly into village life and took over the reins of numerous village fetes as well as the Wrotham Arts Festival. It was at this time that Chris discovered a natural talent for making pots. When his business closed, he revived the sixteenth-century slip-decorated Wrotham Tyg earthenware. Guests enjoyed browsing his wonderful creations in his pottery when he set up his B&B with Wendy at Cedar House. Now, with just under a year to go to the Olympic opening ceremony, it seems fitting to remember and to celebrate the achievements of all Olympians, both past and present. Chris Walkden will continue to be an inspiration to all who knew him, for his ability to push beyond the barrier of his own expectations (as a dyslexic), and to encourage others to do the same. He was a wonderful role model whose legacy will long outlive him. Last year, Chris celebrated 50 years of marriage to Wendy. He was so happy to have all his family around him: his three children and especially the seven grandchildren. His passing is a great loss; he was much loved and will be missed by many family and friends. There will be a service of thanksgiving for his life at Siddington Parish Church on Wednesday 14th September at 3pm, followed by afternoon tea in the Village Hall. Donations in memory of Chris to The Prostate Cancer Charity or The British Dyslexia Association c/o Cowley & Son, Triangle House, 62 Victoria Road, Cirencester, GL7 1ES. Tel. 01285 653298. For further information, please contact Chris’s daughter, Tessa Webb on tessa@colourinthecotswolds.com
“I’m really pleased with that,” said Gunning. “Last year I came 4th in this event and to come back this year and to win a gold medal is fantastic! “I felt really good in the heats this morning so I just wanted to get in and give it my best shot in the final. It was a hard field and I just went out so fast so I was in a good lead but the last 50m hurt so much and I just came back strong and just went for it! It was amazing to hear the applaud at the end and it was a great moment! I’ve got a day off tomorrow and I’ll be back in the water for my 100m Butterfly on Sunday so just looking forward to that now! I have received so many good luck/well done messages and I would like to thank everyone for all the support back home. It means a lot.” Gunning finished 4th place last year in the 200m Butterfly at the National Championships in 2010, brining home a bronze medal in the 100M Butterfly, his main event that he has still got to swim later this week! You can catch the action on the British Swimming Website on the LIVE results. On Day 1 of the competition, Kunmi Ogunfeibo competed in his best event, the 100m Backstroke, were he happily qualified for the final in a cracking time of 1.02.98! His race was the 7th Final of the evening where he finished 8th place in 1.03.46. Kunmi was among the four boys who were competing in the 4X100m Freestyle relay team consisting of Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Harold Pearson, George Chan and Luke Gunning. The Beckenham boys managed to come 27th out off all of the National clubs competing. Well done boys, and well done for Luke’s Gold medal!!
Big Beckenham call up for Sheffield event!
BECKENHAM Swimming Club members will notch up another national success this summer when 13 swimmers take part in the annual national age group and youth championships in Sheffield. The action at Pond’s Forge will take place over July and August, with Beckenham SC head coach Tony Beckley delighted with the big call up for his swimmers. The action at Pond’s Forge will take place over July and August, with Beckenham SC head coach Tony Beckley delighted with the big call up for his swimmers. With more than 300 members, Beckenham SC has gained success swimming at county, regional, national and international levels. Current GB star Ellen Gandy is a lifetime member of the club and credits her success to the dedicated training and support she received from a young age. “The swimmers making their way north to Sheffield will no doubt wish to emulate her success,” added Beckley. Read the report in the Newshopper.
BAGCATS: Harold, Kunmi and Luke. (Not photographed George) Youths: Michael, Lauren, Rebecca, Henry, Sophie, Natasha and Fearn (Not photographed Steffi and Rachel).
STOP PRESS LUKE GUNNING WINS AT NATIONALS ON FRIDAY EVENING Amid great excitement not least among other members of Top Squad swimmers and parents whilst Tony received a running commentary from Sheffield Luke Gunning swam superbly to win the 13 year old Boys 200m Butterfly crown. Luke swam a huge PB (4 seconds faster than his entry time) in the heats to enter the final as the fastest qualifier. He improved his time by a further four seconds in the Final to romp home in an excellent time of 2.11.29 nearly 4 seconds ahead of his closest rival.
CLUB MATTERS Next week’s update will be the last before the Summer break – so please let me know early next week if anything needs posting in it. Also please remember to take your Beckenham polo shirts or tea bags with you on holiday as there will be another competition for the best photo showing our swimmers in Club kit. Beckenham Swimming Club in the News From the News Shopper website BECKENHAM Swimming Club members will notch up another national success this summer when 13 swimmers take part in the annual national age group and youth championships in Sheffield. The action at Pond’s Forge will take place over July and August, with Beckenham SC head coach Tony Beckley delighted with the big call up for his swimmers. The action at Pond’s Forge will take place over July and August, with Beckenham SC head coach Tony Beckley delighted with the big call up for his swimmers. With more than 300 members, Beckenham SC has gained success swimming at county, regional, national and international levels. Current GB star Ellen Gandy is a lifetime member of the club and credits her success to the dedicated training and support she received from a young age. “The swimmers making their way north to Sheffield will no doubt wish to emulate her success,” added Beckley. Read the report in the Newshopper.
The BSC ‘Beckley Dozen’ – heading for Nationals! The leading club in Kent and South London, Beckenham Swimming Club, will notch up another “national” success in July and August as no fewer than 13 swimmers head off to Pond’s Forge Sheffield for the annual National Age Group and Youth Championships. Head Coach, Tony Beckley, said, “The fact that we have such a range of ages and strokes represented as well as relays for both boys and girls, demonstrates the hard work each swimmer has put in to get their national qualifying times”. So, not so much a baker’s dozen, as a ‘Beckley dozen’! With more than 300 members, Beckenham SC has gained success swimming at county, regional, national and international levels. Current GB star, Ellen Gandy a lifetime member of the club, credits her success to the dedicated training and support she received from a young age. The 13 swimmers making their way north will no doubt wish to emulate her success!
"Members of the 13-strong BSC 'Beckley dozen" off to Nationals" July 2011
Catering for many ages and talents, the club has a Masters section for those over 19, as well as a very strong water polo section running mean’s women’s, juniors and mini teams. All coaches are professionally trained and dedicated to ensure that every swimmer reaches their potential. http://www.londonswimming.org/2011/07/beckley-dozen-heading-for-nationals/
REMINDERS End of Season Training A Message from Fiona Pearson, the training secretary As usual, we will be aiming to train until as near the end of July as possible, returning from September 1 onwards. (Top has pre-season training at the end of August, and clinics are offered for Gold and Silver in the last week of August. Please contact me if you wish to know more about these.) However, there will be no training for any squad on July 30. And Platinum and Gold will be training at Trinity on July 28, from 5.30pm-6.30pm, as previously advised. Tadpoles: last sessions - July 29. Development 1: last session - July 29 Development 2: last session - July 27 Blue: last session - July 29 Bronze: last session - July 29 Silver: last session - July 29 Gold: last session - July 29 (at DCPS) Top: last session - July 29 (Bromley High) Club: last session - July 28 Platinum: last session - July 28 at Trinity (5.30pm) White: last sessions - July 24
Thanks, Fiona Starts and Turns Clinics Just to remind you that there are starts and turns swim clinics with Tony Beckley at the Spa on August 29 from 8am-10am (Gold) and August 31, from 8am-10am) (Silver), at a cost of £10 per swimmer, payable to me in advance. Anyone who is due to move into either squad from September 1 is entitled to swim with that squad for the clinics. Places are filling up nicely for both sessions, but if you want your swimmer to participate, please contact: fionamgorman@aol.com. Many thanks, Fiona Pearson
Club Championship Dates The dates have been set for the following Monday evenings at the Spa: 26th September 2011 17th October 2011 07th November 2011 21st November 2011 12th December 2011 Please put these dates in your diaries. Entry forms should be out in August
Membership Packs and Code of Conduct The Membership Packs for the new swimming year will shortly be going out. With them you will find an updated code of conduct. Please would all swimmers and parents familiarise themselves with the code which contains important information as to what both parents and swimmers can expect from the Club and the Club expects from the swimmers and parents. The changes address matters relating to use of Social Media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and lift sharing. Any queries please contact Jackie Elliott on jcelliott@btinternet.com Club and ASA Membership needs to be paid by 12th August. Payment of squad fee needs to be paid in full by 1st September or in 10 monthly payments starting on 1st September. If paying monthly, we would prefer it if this was arranged direct with the Bank but it can be arranged by completing the Standing order form which needs to with the Treasurer by 22nd July.
ACHIEVEMENTS National Age Group Championships Well done to Kunmi Ogunfeibo on reaching the final of the 14 years 100 metres Backstroke with a fantastic time of 1.02.98. Kunmi who is just 14 finished 10th in the final. The Boys freestyle relay team improved their time by 3 seconds from their qualifying time recorded in June to finish in 27th position. Kunmi was joined by Luke Gunning, George Chan and Harold Pearson.
London Youth and Mini Games More excellent results from the London Mini and Youth Games Natasha Sinha (Greenwich) won the gold in the 50m Fly at the Youth Games and a silver in the Aquathlon Joe Casey came 2nd in Backstroke in the Mini Games for Croydon and 1st in both Freestyle & Medley Team Relays (Also for Croydon) Lauren Walton came 2nd and Rebecca Walton 3rd in the Aquathlon representing Bromley) Well done to all of you.
GALAS RESULTS White Horse League Results form last Saturday’s White Horse league gala are still awaited and will be posted on the website as soon as they are made available.
London Region Sprints Well done to Tim Adelani, Lucy Grant and Tamara-Elise Elliott on winning the top swimmer categories at the London Regional Sprints which were held at Crystal Palace last Sunday. A further well done to all the swimmers and in particular the medallists: 50 m Freestyle Boys (11) Joe Casey 3rd (14) Tim Adelani 2nd Girls (11) Tamara-Elise Elliott 1st (12) Lucy Grant 3rd (13) Regina Chisholm 2nd. 50m Butterfly Boys (14) Tim Adelani 1st Girls (11) Tamara-Elise Elliott 1st (12) Lucy Grant 3rd (14) Sian Rowe 1st. 50m Backstroke Boys (10) Marcus Travers 2nd (11) Joe Casey 3rd (14) Tim Adelani 1st Girls (11) Tamara-Elise Elliott 1st 50m Breaststroke Boys (10) Marcus Travers 1st (14) Harold Pearson 2nd Girls (11) Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd (12) Lucy Grant 2nd (14) Sian Rowe 1st
Open Water Swimming Following on from last week in the Midlands Open Water Championships, Lauren Walton was 1st overall in the 1.5k Open Water swim and Rebecca Walton was 3rd in the 16 and under 3k Open Water at Bosworth Water.
This Week’s Galas Good luck to all those competing in National Youth Championships which start next week in Sheffield.
UPCOMING GALAS 21-25 July: ASA National Age Group Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 24 July: ASA Open Water 1km Swim 27-31 July: ASA National Youth Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 10 September: Kent Junior League Round 2 17 September: Ken Deeley 50m Sprint Meet (Level 3 at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) 2 October: Crawley Swimming Club Opportunity Meet (Level 3 at K2 Crawley) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
OTHER AQUATIC MATTERS Kent County Open Water Championships This year the Kent County Open Water Championships are being held at Southsea Beach (Portsmouth) on Saturday September 10th 2011. The championships are open to all Kent Swimmers and are being run alongside the South East Region ASA Championship. All information is available at: http://www.kcasa.org.uk/OpenWater/OpenWaterIndex.htm and if there are any queries please contact Sarah Coe (Kent Open Water Secretary) sarah.coe@btopenworld.com
Kent County ASA Swimming Coaches’ and Club Administrators’ Meeting This will be held on Sunday 4 September 2011 from 10 am - 1pm at Oakwood House, Maidstone ME16 8AE - Coffee/Tea will be served from 9.30 am. This is an important meeting for all swimming coaches in the county and club administrators. It is in all clubs’ interests that Coaches and Administrators attend this meeting and that all clubs in the county are represented. At the meeting there will be: • Important information about the 2012 Swimming Championships • Question and Answer Session – Please send your questions to Jean Scott by 30 August 2011 To assist with catering arrangements please let me know on john@hamo6055.plus.com whether any of you can attend and whether you have any questions to raise. Please let me know by 25th August.
London Region Disability Championships The Regional Disability Championships are at Hillingdon Leisure Centre, Gatting Way, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1ES on Saturday 10th September 2011, starting at 5.00 pm. Report 4.15 pm. You do not have to be specially qualified for a disability gala (a qualified timekeeper is a timekeeper, etc) But if you wish you can attend a course running during the day “An Introduction to Officiating at Events which include Swimmers with a Disability” 9-30 am - 4.30 pm at the same venue and the course includes practical experience at the Gala. I attach the flyer for this, please let Ann van Beukelen know on wvanb@btopenworld.com Please could you let Kay Grimshaw on kayfred@btinternet.com know if you are available to officiate.
Kent Synchronised Swimming Roadshow The Kent Synchronised Swimming Roadshow has now been rescheduled for Saturday 26th November at BAE Systems Sports Village Hoo Rochester commencing at 3pm. Please put this date in your diaries as you are all welcome to attend. A formal invitation will be sent out shortly
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update.
CLUB MATTERS Trophy Secretary Pat Davies has told us that his wife Laura is giving up the post of Trophy Secretary. We are therefore looking for someone to volunteer to fill this post. Please contact any Committee Member if you are able to help with this important role. If you would more information about what it involves please speak to Pat or Laura.
End of Season Training A Message from Fiona Pearson, the training secretary As usual, we will be aiming to train until as near the end of July as possible, returning from September 1 onwards. (Top has pre-season training at the end of August, and clinics are offered for Gold and Silver in the last week of August. Please contact me if you wish to know more about these.) However, there will be no training for any squad on July 30. And Platinum and Gold will be training at Trinity on July 28, from 5.30pm-6.30pm, as previously advised. Tadpoles: last sessions - July 29. Development 1: last session - July 29 Development 2: last session - July 27 Blue: last session - July 29 Bronze: last session - July 29 Silver: last session - July 29 Gold: last session - July 29 (at DCPS) Top: last session - July 29 (Bromley High) Club: last session - July 28 Platinum: last session - July 28 at Trinity (5.30pm) White: last sessions - July 24
Thanks, Fiona Starts and Turns Clinics Just to remind you that there are starts and turns swim clinics with Tony Beckley at the Spa on August 29 from 8am-10am (Gold) and August 31, from 8am-10am) (Silver), at a cost of £10 per swimmer, payable to me in advance. Anyone who is due to move into either squad from September 1 is entitled to swim with that squad for the clinics. Places are filling up nicely for both sessions, but if you want your swimmer to participate, please contact: fionamgorman@aol.com. Many thanks, Fiona Pearson
Club Championship Dates The dates have been set for the following Monday evenings at the Spa: 26th September 2011 17th October 2011 07th November 2011 21st November 2011 12th December 2011 Please put these dates in your diaries. Entry forms should be out in August
Membership Packs and Code of Conduct The Membership Packs for the new swimming year will shortly be going out. With them you will find an updated code of conduct. Please would all swimmers and parents familiarise themselves with the code which contains important information as to what both parents and swimmers can expect from the Club and the Club expects from the swimmers and parents. The changes address matters relating to use of Social Media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and lift sharing. Any queries please contact Jackie Elliott on jcelliott@btinternet.com Club and ASA Membership needs to be paid by 12th August. Payment of squad fee needs to be paid in full by 1st September or in 10 monthly payments starting on 1st September. If paying monthly, we would prefer it if this was arranged direct with the Bank but it can be arranged by completing the Standing order form which needs to with the Treasurer by 22nd July.
ACHIEVEMENTS London Youth and Mini Games Well done to Edward Langley who won a Silver medal in 50m Breaststroke representing Southwark and to Sian Rowe (Lewisham 50m Breaststroke), Fearn Cook (Greenwich 50m Freestyle) and Natasha Sinha (Greenwich Aquathlon) all of whom medaled. If there are any other medalists we have missed please let us know.
GALAS RESULTS Haslemere Summer Open Meet The Club took a large contingent (about 35 swimmers) to the popular Haslemere Meet last weekend. This gave those swimmers not going to Nationals something to target before the end of the current year and the swimmers did not disappoint with a stack of PBs and medal placings. Pride of place went to Tamara- Elise Elliott and Molly Haynes both of whom took awards for the best swims in their respective age groups based on FINA points. The medallists were: Henry Simpson (11) 2nd (50m Freestyle 50m 100m and 200m Butterfly) 3rd (100m 200m and 400m Freestyle 50m Backstroke) Kie-Ren Lau (12) 1st (50m Breaststroke) Freddie Pearson (12) 1st (50m and 100m Backstroke) 2nd (50m Breaststroke 50m Freestyle) Oliver Kent (13) 3rd (200m Backstroke) Robert Simpson (13) 3rd (50m Butterfly) Harold Pearson (14) 1st (100m and 200m IM 100m Breaststroke) 2nd (50m Butterfly 50m Breaststroke) 3rd (50m Backstroke 100m Freestyle) Ned Moriarty (15/0) 2nd (50m Breaststroke) 3rd (200m Butterfly) Olivia Garvin (10) 1st (50m Breaststroke) 3rd (200m IM 200m Breaststroke) Katie Grant (10) 2nd (200m Freestyle) Katja Biggs (10) 3rd (400m Freestyle) Tamara-Elise Elliott (11) 1st (50m and 100m Backstroke 50m and 100m Freestyle 50m Breaststroke ) 2nd (200m Freestyle 100m IM) Ruby Waters (11) 1st (200m Butterfly) 2nd (50m and 400m Freestyle) Lucy Grant (12) 1st (50m Freestyle 50m Butterfly 100m Backstroke) 2nd (50m Backstroke 50m Breaststroke 100m IM 100m Butterfly) 3rd (100m Breaststroke 100m Freestyle) Ashley Hamilton (12) 2nd (100m Freestyle 400m Freestyle) 3rd (100m Butterfly) Sophie Lewis Ward (12) 2nd (200m Backstroke) 3rd (50m Backstroke) Sabrina Sinha (12) 2nd (50m Freestyle) 2nd (200m Freestyle 200m Butterfly) 3rd (400m Freestyle 200m IM 200m Breaststroke) Regina Chisholm (13) 2nd (100m IM) Emily McClymont (13) 1st (200m Backstroke) 2nd (400m Freestyle) Molly Haynes (14) 1st (50m 100m 200m and 400m Freestyle 100m Butterfly) 2nd (100m and 200m IM) 3rd (50m Butterfly) Kelly Rogers (14) 3rd (100m IM) Olivia Handley (15/o) 1st (200m Backstroke 100m Butterfly) 2nd (200m Freestyle 100m Breaststroke 100m Backstroke)
Open Water Swimming Michael Gunning competed in the British Gas Great London Swim in Royal Victoria Docks on 2nd July and finished in an excellent 7th position in the Elite Mens Race. This Week’s Galas Good luck to all those competing in the London Region Sprints and White Horse League at the weekend. We also wish Kunmi Ogunfeibo and Luke Gunning the best of luck in their individual events in the National Age Group Championships which start on Thursday in Sheffield. Kunmi and Luke will be joined by Harold Pearson and George Chan in the 400m Freestyle and Medley Relays – good luck to all of them.
UPCOMING GALAS
16 July : White Horse League Round 4 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 17 July : London Region 50m Sprints (Level 3 at Crystal Palace) 21-25 July: ASA National Age Group Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 24 July: ASA Open Water 1km Swim 27-31 July: ASA National Youth Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 10 September: Kent Junior League Round 2 17 September: Ken Deeley 50m Sprint Meet (Level 3 at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) 2 October: Crawley Swimming Club Opportunity Meet (Level 3 at K2 Crawley) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
MASTERS Kent Masters Championships 9 July 2011 A team of 9 swimmers did an excellent job at these championships collecting enough points to put us in 5th place out of 20 competing teams. This included 9 first places, 8 second and 5 third, plus the team races where we added two 1st places, a 3rd and a 4th. Our biggest points earners were Nic Bunclark, 24 points from four 1st places, Gavin Simpson 20 points from four 2nd places, our Mens Teams 19 points, followed by Paul French 17 points, Louise Kelly 16 points, Lucinda Steer 15 points, Tony Rowbotham 12 points, Jorge Rios 11 points, John Paddington 10 points and Tim Waters 8 points. It was also interesting to note that Colin Kirkwood’s 50m Breaststroke record of 40.89 secs. which he set in 1997 in the 60-64 years age group, continued to be unbeaten. This year the race was won in 44.70 secs. No chance! Peter Sutherland
OTHER AQUATIC MATTERS Greenwich Borough Championships The Borough of Greenwich Swimming Championships will be held at Eltham Centre on Saturday 24 September. Some of our swimmers may be eligible to swim in this Championship – they will need to live or attend a school in the Borough. Entries will be accepted up to and including the closing date Sunday 31st July 2011. The entry fee is £3.00 per event. Entry forms are available from the host, Greenwich Borough Mariners SC (email: info@gbmsc.com). Please check with your Coach before entering but we know that some Beckenham swimmers are entering so if you live in or go to School in Greenwich do enter as you will not be alone.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update
CLUB MATTERS End of Season Training A Message from Fiona Pearson, the training secretary As usual, we will be aiming to train until as near the end of July as possible, returning from September 1 onwards. (Top has pre-season training at the end of August, and clinics are offered for Gold and Silver in the last week of August. Please contact me if you wish to know more about these.) However, there will be no training for any squad on July 30. And Platinum and Gold will be training at Trinity on July 28, from 5.30pm-6.30pm, as previously advised. Tadpoles: last sessions - July 29. Development 1: last session - July 29 Development 2: last session - July 27 Blue: last session - July 29 Bronze: last session - July 29 Silver: last session - July 29 Gold: last session - July 29 (at DCPS) Top: last session - July 29 (Bromley High) Club: last session - July 28 Platinum: last session - July 28 at Trinity (5.30pm) White: last sessions - July 24
Thanks, Fiona
Starts and Turns Clinics Just to remind you that there are starts and turns swim clinics with Tony Beckley at the Spa on August 29 from 8am-10am (Gold) and August 31, from 8am-10am) (Silver), at a cost of £10 per swimmer, payable to me in advance. Anyone who is due to move into either squad from September 1 is entitled to swim with that squad for the clinics. Places are filling up nicely for both sessions, but if you want your swimmer to participate, please contact: fionamgorman@aol.com. Many thanks, Fiona Pearson
Club Championship Dates The dates have been set for the following Monday evenings at the Spa: 26th September 2011 17th October 2011 07th November 2011 21st November 2011 12th December 2011 Please put these dates in your diaries. Entry forms should be out in August
Membership Packs and Code of Conduct The Membership Packs for the new swimming year will shortly be going out. With them you will find an updated code of conduct. Please would all swimmers and parents familiarise themselves with the code which contains important information as to what both parents and swimmers can expect from the Club and the Club expects from the swimmers and parents. The changes address matters relating to use of Social Media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and lift sharing.
ACHIEVEMENTS Congratulations to Rebecca and Lauren Walton who have been selected to swim at the UK School Games which take place in Sheffield in early September
GALAS RESULTS Well done to all the swimmers who competed in the London Youth and Mini games last week. We know that many of you represented Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth and Croydon and any information as to performances would be welcomed.
UPCOMING GALAS
9/10 July: Haslemere Swimming Club Summer Open Meet (Level 3 at Herons Leisure Centre Haslemere) 16 July : White Horse League Round 4 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 17 July : London Region 50m Sprints (Level 3 at Crystal Palace) 21-25 July: ASA National Age Group Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 24 July: ASA Open Water 1km Swim 27-31 July: ASA National Youth Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 10 September: Kent Junior League Round 2 17 September: Ken Deeley 50m Sprint Meet (Level 3 at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) 2 October: Crawley Swimming Club Opportunity Meet (Level 3 at K2 Crawley) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
OTHER AQUATIC MATTERS Greenwich Borough Championships The Borough of Greenwich Swimming Championships will be held at Eltham Centre on Saturday 24 September. Some of our swimmers may be eligible to swim in this Championship – they will need to live or attend a school in the Borough. Entries will be accepted up to and including the closing date Sunday 31st July 2011. The entry fee is £3.00 per event. Entry forms are available from the host, Greenwich Borough Mariners SC (email: info@gbmsc.com). Please check with your Coach before entering.
Children's Aquathlon Colfe's School (Lee) is hosting a children's Aquathlon (registered with Triathlon England) on Saturday, 3rd September. There are four age groups: 8 years 50m swim and 600m run; 9 & 10 years 50m swim and 600m run; 11 & 12 years 100m swim and 1200m run; 13 & 14 years 100m swim and 1200m run. Free swimming hat for each entrant. Prizes for podium places. To enter or for further enquiries please email jbrowne@colfes.com
Clash of the Tritons Aquathlon Greenwich Tritons will be running their 8th annual Clash of the Tritons Aquathlon at Eltham College on Saturday 13 August. It is open to Youths (15/16) and Adults 500m pool swim + 5k run, entry fee £20 (£17 for BTF members) and Children (11-14) 250m pool swim + 2k run, entry fee £10 (£9 for BTF Members). The run is entirely off road within the grounds of Eltham College. Adults racing starts at 8am, children probably about 11am. Trophies for top 3 M & F in each category (child/youth/senior/vet), goody bag and t shirt for all competitors. And cake! Further details and link to online entry system at http://www.greenwichtritons.org.uk/2011-race-details.html
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update
CLUB MATTERS Membership Packs and Code of Conduct The Membership Packs for the new swimming year will shortly be going out. With them you will find an updated code of conduct. Please would all swimmers and parents familiarise themselves with the code which contains important information as to what both parents and swimmers can expect from the Club and the Club expects from the swimmers and parents. The changes address matters relating to use of Social Media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and lift sharing.
GALAS RESULTS White Horse League (Round 3) As mentioned last week the Club achieved a very convincing win by nearly 60 points in the 3rd round of the White Horse League. The swimmers achieved 25 first places and 13 second places. Well done to all the swimmers and Tony. Also a big thank you to all the club’s members and parents who helped out both on and off poolside as were hosting the gala.
Cranleigh ASC Level 3 Open Meet Well done to Charlotte Ellis-Keeler represented the Club at this Meet on 19th June . In the 9 years age group Charlotte came 1st in the 50m Backstroke and 200 Individual Medley 2nd in the 50m Butterfly and 5th in the 50m Breaststroke .
This Week’s Galas Good luck to all the swimmers who have been selected to swim for their Boroughs in the London Youth Games today and compete in the Aquathlon tomorrow.
UPCOMING GALAS
2 July: London Youth Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you live or go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available) 9/10 July: Haslemere Swimming Club Summer Open Meet (Level 3 at Herons Leisure Centre Haslemere) 16 July : White Horse League Round 4 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 17 July : London Region 50m Sprints (Level 3 at Crystal Palace) 21-25 July: ASA National Age Group Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 24 July: ASA Open Water 1km Swim 27-31 July: ASA National Youth Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 17 September: Ken Deeley 50m Sprint Meet (Level 3 at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) 2 October: Crawley Swimming Club Opportunity Meet (Level 3 at K2 Crawley) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update
CLUB MATTERS White Horse League Raffle Beckenham are hosting the next White Horse gala on Saturday week (25th June) and we need raffle prizes. Please do bring any donations into Linda Deane in the club shop next Monday. New Committee Member We are delighted that Maxine Elliott has accepted the Committee’s invitation to be co-opted on to the Committee.
GALAS RESULTS London Region BAGCAT Championships Well done to all the swimmers who competed at the second weekend of the London Region BAGCAT Championships at Crystal Palace. Medallists in bold and finalists (400m and above events are Heat Declared Winner events so top 8 are equivalent of finalists) follow below: Boys 200m Butterfly 13 Years Luke Gunning 1st (correction from last week Luke was 1st in the 100m Butterfly not Freestyle). Girls 100m Backstroke 11 Years Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd Boys 100m Breaststroke 13 Years Harold Pearson 2nd Girls 200m Freestyle 10 Years Kate Grant 8th Girls 400m IM 10 Years Katja Biggs 7th Boys 200m Freestyle 12 Years James Gillie 5th 13 Years Luke Gunning 4th Harold Pearson 6th 14 Years Louis Phillips 2nd Kunmi Ogunfeibo 4th Tim Adelani 6th Boys 400m IM 13 Years Harold Pearson 7th Boys 100m Backstroke 141 Years Kunmi Ogunfeibo 2nd Tim Adelani 5th Boys 400m IM 13 Years Harold Pearson 7th Girls 100m Breaststroke 11 Years Tamara-Elise Elliott 7th 12 Years Lucy Grant 6th Girls 10/12 Years 4 X 100 Freestyle Relay 4th Medley Relay 6th Full results at http://www.londonswimming-results1.org/asalondon/LBMeet11/webpages/index.htm
ASA National Championships The ASA National Championships took place between Tuesday and Friday of this week with Matt Shead (son of last year’s President Kim Shead) competing. Matt has been a member of the Club for many years but has been attending Florida State University for the last few years. He has regularly trained with the Club when he has been back in the UK and will be training again with Top Squad during the summer. Matt swam in four events – 50m and 100m Breaststroke and 50m and 100m Butterfly. Matt had an excellent Championships reaching the final of the first three events with the highlight being a superb second place in the 50m Breaststroke (unfortunately not an Olympic event nor one which British Swimming in their wisdom have decided to enter anyone in the World championships later this year). Well done Matt.
This Weekend’s Galas Good luck to all the swimmers competing for the Club in the Kent Junior League at Sevenoaks on Saturday evening and at the Saxon Crown Future Champions gala at Downham on Sunday. For those of you new to the Club the Kent Junior League is a team competition featuring all the major swimming clubs in Kent. It is a league competition for boys and girls between 9 and 13 with three galas in July, September and November. There are five divisions in the League - Beckenham swim in the top division and are currently Champions.
UPCOMING GALAS
11 & 12 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 18 June: Kent Junior League Gala 1 (Venue to be confirmed) 19 June: Saxon Crown Future Champions Meet (at Downham Leisure Centre) 25 June: White Horse League Round 3 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 30 June: London Mini Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available) 2 July: London Youth Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you live or go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available) 9/10 July: Haslemere Swimming Club Summer Open Meet (Level 3 at Herons Leisure Centre Haslemere) 16 July : White Horse League Round 4 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 17 July : London Region 50m Sprints (Level 3 at Crystal Palace) 21-25 July: ASA National Age Group Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 24 July: ASA Open Water 1km Swim 27-31 July: ASA National Youth Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
WATER POLO A contingent of the Beckenham Water Polo Girls will be competing in Walsall in the London Region Team in the ASA Inter-Regional Championships (for '96 and Younger). The Beckenham girls involved are Matilda Williams, Emily Grant, Lani Davies, Megan Shelts, Monica Wilson and Juliet Edey, and the team will be coached by Richard Collins also Beckenham. Go London ! ! !
Shelley Robinson the Kent ASA Masters Manager has confirmed that the SER competition for the ASA National Masters & Seniors Competition will be held at the Surrey Sports Park, Guildford on Sunday 13th November, 1120 warm up. Full details later. Shelley has asked Masters to keep in touch if you have any excellent PBs gained in any 50m event which will help her Kent team selection. Also a bit of advance notice: next year's 2012 GB Masters will be at Crystal Palace on 17 / 18 March 2011
OTHER AQUATICS NEWS David Sparkes OBE Our congratulations to David Sparkes, the chief executive of British Swimming and the Amateur Swimming Association, who was made an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Dover Regatta 1500m Open Water Swim Race This takes place on Sunday 3rd July 2011 at 1445. If anyone is interested please speak to your Coach first. The closing date for entries is 1st July. Entry details can be found at: http://www.dealtri.co.uk/events/dover-regatta-open-water-1500-mtr-swim-race
London Coaching Month PRO-ACTIVE London, along with the National Skills Academy, are launching the London Coaching Month in July 2011! This is an opportunity for all sports coaches from all levels all across London to gain knowledge and improve their skills and learn from other experts in different fields for as little as £5! Gain ideas on subjects such as how to develop talented athletes, how to devise a strength, agility and quickness session and how to work with disabled athletes. For further information and how to book on to courses go to: www.pro-activelondon.org/coachingmonth
Mayor’s Legacy Funding Mayors Legacy Funding now available for all ASA/UKCC courses delivered through Survive and Save Training. Funding of up to 75% of the course fee is available against various ASA/UKCC courses. These are being run in Northwood and Harrow and details of the courses can be obtained by contacting enquiry@surviveandsave-training.org. The amount of funding available is dependent on the number of hours you commit to volunteering at your organisation.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update
CLUB MATTERS Annual General Meeting June 2011 The Club’s Annual General Meeting took place last Wednesday at Beckenham Spa and was well attended by members. Helen Schofield was inducted as this year’s President The new Committee is constituted as follows:
*As there were no nominees for the position of Secretary the elected members of the Committee asked Hilary Moore to fill the vacancy for the time being. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking the following retiring officers for their hard work over this last and previous years - Kim Shead (President/Chairman), Jenny Knight (Treasurer) and Kathy Hook (Secretary) although Kathy has kindly agreed to continue as Swim 21 Co-ordinator and share her wealth of knowledge in helping the Committee generally. Congratulations to the following on their appointments Deputy President - Kathy Hook; Vice President - John Handley, Hilary Moore, Justine Pope, Angela Phillips, Catherine Simpson, Jackie Walton. Life Member - Peter Sutherland Hon. Member - Mary Rose MacMahon Club Captains: Senior Male/Female – Henry Knight/Olivia Handley Junior Male/Female – Kunmi Ogunfeibo/Megan Shelts
Well done also to the winners of the Club Trophies:
GALAS RESULTS London Region BAGCAT Championships Well done to all the swimmers who competed at the first weekend of the London Region BAGCAT Championships at Crystal Palace. Competition is very fierce at this level with all the best swimmers from the London entered. Medallists in bold and finalists (400m and above events are Heat Declared Winner events so top 8 are equivalent of finalists) follow below: Boys 100 Freestyle 14 Years Louis Phillips 2nd; 11 Years Henry Simpson 5th Edward Langley 6th and Joe Casey 7th 12 Years James Gillie 4th 13 Years Luke Gunning 4th 14 Years Tim Adelani 4th Boys 200 Backstroke 14 Years Kunmi Ogunfeibo 3rd 11 Years Joe Casey 7th Girls 4 X 100 Medley Relay Beckenham A 8th Boys 4 X 100 Freestyle Relay Beckenham A 3rd Girls 200m Breaststroke 12 Years Lucy Grant 8th Boys 200m IM 11 Years Edward Langley 7th Joe Casey 8th 13 Years Luke Gunning 7th 14 Years Kunmi Ogunfeibo 5th Boys 400m Freestyle 14 Years Louis Phillips 3rd 11 Years Joe Casey 5th 12 Years James Gillie 5th 13 Years Harold Pearson 7th 14 Years Kunmi Ogunfeibo 7th Girls 100m Freestyle 11 Years Tamara-Elise Elliott 5th Boys 100m Freestyle 13 Years Luke Gunning 1st Girls 200m Backstroke 11 Years Tamara-Elise Elliott 8th Boys 4 X 100 Medley Relay Beckenham A 2nd Girls 4 X 100 Freestyle Relay Beckenham A 5th Boys 200m Breaststroke 13 Years Harold Pearson 5th Boys 4 X 200 Freestyle Relay Beckenham A 2nd Full results at: http://www.londonswimming-results1.org/asalondon/LBMeet11/webpages/index.htm
Margate Open Well done to all the swimmers who attended this Meet last Sunday achieving fantastic results. The swimmers among the medals were. Boys 50m Butterfly – Finlay Maxwell (9) 4th 50m Backstroke – Joseph Kibblewhite (9) 1st Finlay Maxwell (9) 2nd Maclaren Crawford (11) 4th Henry Maxwell (12) 6th 100m IM - Joseph Kibblewhite (9) 2nd Finlay Maxwell (9) 5th 50m Breaststroke - Joseph Kibblewhite (9) 3rd Ryan Cherian (9) 5th Finlay Maxwell (9) 6th Tom Gosling (10) 4th Maclaren Crawford (11) 6th Hector Yu (12) 3rd 50m Freestyle - Joseph Kibblewhite (9) 6th Maclaren Crawford (11) 3rd Henry Maxwell (12) 3rd Girls 50m Freestyle – Lauren Braddon (9) 1st Rae Amosu (9) 2nd Lucy Lewis Ward (9) 5th Katja Biggs (10) 5th 50m Breaststroke - Lauren Braddon (9) 1st Rae Amosu (9) 2nd Jessica Crawford (9) 3rd Jul Huddart-Ouabdesslam 6th Katja Biggs (10) 6th. 50m Backstroke – Lauren Braddon (9) 1st Jessica Crawford (9) 3rd Lucy Lewis Ward (9) 4th and Rae Amosu (9) 6th Katja Biggs (10) 3rd 100m IM - Lauren Braddon (9) 1st Jessica Crawford (9) 3rd Lucy Lewis Ward (9) 5th Katja Biggs (10) 3rd The parents of children who competed in The Margate Gala at the weekend are very grateful to Matt Biggs for taking on the role of representing the club coach. He played an absolute storm and was on poolside from 8am to 5.30 pm .He managed the children's behaviour, getting them ready for their races, lining them up, time keeping as well as cheering the children on and encouraging them in each race.
This Weekend’s Galas Good luck to all the swimmers entered for the London Region BAGCAT Championships at Crystal Palace for the second of two weekends of competition.
UPCOMING GALAS
11 & 12 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 18 June: Kent Junior League Gala 1 (Venue to be confirmed) 19 June: Saxon Crown Future Champions Meet (at Downham Leisure Centre) 25 June: White Horse League Round 3 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 30 June: London Mini Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available)> 2 July: London Youth Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you live or go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available) 9/10 July: Haslemere Swimming Club Summer Open Meet (Level 3 at Herons Leisure Centre Haslemere) 16 July : White Horse League Round 4 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 17 July : London Region 50m Sprints (Level 3 at Crystal Palace) 21-25 July: ASA National Age Group Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 24 July: ASA Open Water 1km Swim 27-31 July: ASA National Youth Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update
CLUB MATTERS Annual General Meeting A reminder that the Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 8th June 2011 at 7.45 pm in The Bar Area of Beckenham Spa. All are invited to attend the AGM. Members who have reached their 16th birthday are entitled to vote. Further details are available on the Club website and have been circulated to members via their squad reps.
Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com
GALAS RESULTS This Weekend’s Galas Good luck to all the swimmers entered for the London Region BAGCAT Championships at Crystal Palace for the first of two weekends of competition. This for Girls between 10 and 13 and Boys between 10 and 14. It is a step up from the County Championships and requires the swimmers to have achieved some fairly hard qualifying times. Good luck also to all those swimmers entered for the Margate Open Gala on Sunday. We hope to have results of both in next week’s edition.
UPCOMING GALAS
4 & 5 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 5 June: Margate Swimming Club 27th Annual Open Age Group Gala (at Hartsdown Leisure Centre Margate) 11 & 12 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 18 June: Kent Junior League Gala 1 (Venue to be confirmed) 19 June: Saxon Crown Future Champions Meet (at Downham Leisure Centre) 25 June: White Horse League Round 3 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 30 June: London Mini Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available)> 2 July: London Youth Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you live or go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available) 9/10 July: Haslemere Swimming Club Summer Open Meet (Level 3 at Herons Leisure Centre Haslemere) 16 July : White Horse League Round 4 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 17 July : London Region 50m Sprints (Level 3 at Crystal Palace) 21-25 July: ASA National Age Group Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 24 July: ASA Open Water 1km Swim 27-31 July: ASA National Youth Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update
CLUB MATTERS Club Trials 24 swimmers and parents cut short their Saturday in the lovely sunshine to attend the Trial on Saturday night. All swimmers waited beautifully and tried their hardest to impress the Coaches, Susie Goold and Michelle Mitchell. 13 swimmers were successful and were offered places in one of 4 squads. Unfortunately we had to turn down 11 swimmers, some of whom were young enough to continue with lessons and maybe try again in the future. Thank you also to Julia Maxwell for her help on the night and Phoebe Goold and Katie Grant for eating all my sweets.........I mean helping! We are still assessing a few swimmers born in 2005 or 2006 for the few places we have in Tadpoles on Friday 27th May.
Jackie Elliott Membership Secretary
May 30 - Whitsun Bank Holiday Training Top Squad will train from 6.15am-8am as usual, and from 5pm-7pm in the evening. Both sessions are at the Spa. Gold Squad will train at the Spa from 6pm-7pm. No other squad will train that evening.
Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com
GALAS RESULTS British Gas Great Salford Swim Congratulations to Michael Gunning on his superb swim at the British Gas Great Salford Swim on 15th May. Michael was one of the younger competitors selected to swim in the Elite Athlete event alongside 9 time world champion Thomas Lurz and Olympic Silver Medallist David Davies. Michael finished the 1.5 km course in 12th just 17 seconds behind the winning time of Lurz. Black Lion Open Meet and Millfield School Meet Of Legends Well done to the two small group of swimmers who attended the Millfield School Meet Of Legends last Saturday particularly Rob Deane who was 2nd in the Boys 15 & over 50m Breaststroke and Fearn Cook 3rd in the Girls 14 & over 50m Freestyle and the Black Lion Open Meet at Medway Park Gillingham on both Saturday and Sunday particularly Lauren Braddon who in the 9 years age group took 1st in the 200m Backstroke and 2nd in the 200 m Butterfly Fearn Cook 1st in the 15 and over 50m Freestyle and Sophie Lewis Ward 2nd in the 11/12 200m Backstroke 3rd in the 11/12 50m Butterfly.
UPCOMING GALAS
4 & 5 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 5 June: Margate Swimming Club 27th Annual Open Age Group Gala (at Hartsdown Leisure Centre Margate) 11 & 12 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 18 June: Kent Junior League Gala 1 (Venue to be confirmed) 19 June: Saxon Crown Future Champions Meet (at Downham Leisure Centre) 25 June: White Horse League Round 3 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 30 June: London Mini Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available) 2 July: London Youth Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you live or go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available) 9/10 July: Haslemere Swimming Club Summer Open Meet (Level 3 at Herons Leisure Centre Haslemere) 16 July : White Horse League Round 4 (at Crook Log Bexleyheath) 17 July : London Region 50m Sprints (Level 3 at Crystal Palace) 21-25 July: ASA National Age Group Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 24 July: ASA Open Water 1km Swim 27-31 July: ASA National Youth Championships (at Ponds Forge Sheffield) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update
CLUB MATTERS Club Trials The swimmers who have been waiting patiently to trial for the club since the last trial in January this year are being invited to be assessed by the Coaches on Saturday 21st May. We have a few spaces, mainly in the younger squads and White squads. Parents are currently confirming whether their children still wish to attend. Anyone that wishes to attend needs to e mail Jackie Elliott jcelliott@btinternet.com with the swimmers name, date of birth and an idea of their ability. Swimmers should not just turn up on the night as there may not be time to assess everybody.
May 30 - Whitsun Bank Holiday Training Top Squad will train from 6.15am-8am as usual, and from 5pm-7pm in the evening. Both sessions are at the Spa. Gold Squad will train at the Spa from 6pm-7pm. No other squad will train that evening.
Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com
GALAS RESULTS Hatfield UK Challenge 2011 Well done to all our swimmers who competed at the University of Hertfordshire Pool at Hatfield last weekend. This Meet is one of the best short course meets of the year and always attracts a strong field and sees plenty of very fast swimming including a British Junior Record this year. Our medallists in event order) were Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st 13/14 200 Backstroke; Natasha Sinha 3rd 13/14 100 Butterfly; Lauren Walton 3rd 15/16 400 Freestyle; Luke Gunning 1st 13/14 200 Butterfly; Sophie Simpson 1st 15/16 200 Butterfly; Kunmi Ogunfeibo 2nd 200 Backstroke; Sophie Simpson 1st 15/16 50 Freestyle. In addition to the various age groups there were Open finals and the following made their respective finals (again in event order) - Natasha Sinha 4th 100 Butterfly; Lauren Walton 4th 200 Freestyle; Rebecca Walton 8th 200 Freestyle; Luke Gunning 8th 200 Freestyle; Sophie Simpson 1st 200 Butterfly; Kunmi Ogunfeibo 6th 200 Backstroke; Sophie Simpson 6th 50 Freestyle. The full results can be seen at http://www.cmhcomms.com/cmhresults/hscukcmay2011/
Beckenham International Open Meet As promised last week here are the medallists at our Open. Men 9/11 Age Group: Joe Casey 1st 100 Backstroke 2nd 400 freestyle and 50 Backstroke 3rd 200 IM and 100 Freestyle; Henry Simpson 2nd 100 Freestyle 3rd 50 Butterfly and 50 Freestyle; Edward Langley 2nd 50 Breaststroke. 12/13 Age Group: Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st 200 Freestyle 200 IM 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle and 200 Backstroke; Luke Gunning 1st 50 and 100 Butterfly 2nd 50 Freestyle and 200 Butterfly; George Chan 1st 50 Breaststroke. 14/15 Age Group : Henry Knight 1st 400 IM 100 Backstroke and 200 Backstroke 2nd 200 IM 3rd 200 Freestyle and 200 Breaststroke; Tim Adelani 1st 50 Butterfly and 50 Backstroke 3rd 50 Freestyle; Louis Philips 2nd 200 Freestyle 50 Freestyle 3rd 400 Freestyle 100 freestyle 50 Backstroke and 100 Butterfly; Robert Deane 3rd 50 and 100 Breaststroke 16/o Age Group Michael Gunning 1st 400IM 200 Freestyle 1st 400 Freestyle 1st 200 Butterfly 1st 100 Butterfly Women 9/11 Age Group: Tamara-Elise Elliott 1st 50 Backstroke 3rd 100 Backstroke 100 Freestyle and 200 Backstroke 12/13 Age Group: Phoebe Goold 2nd; Ashley Hamilton 2nd 50 Freestyle; Emily Wood 3rd 50 Breaststroke; 14/15 Age Group: Sian Rowe 1st 100 Breaststroke 3rd 50 Freestyle; Rebecca Walton 1st 200 Freestyle 2nd 100 and 400 Freestyle and 200 Backstroke 3rd 200 IM; Natasha Sinha 1st 100 and 200 Backstroke 2nd 50 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 3rd 400 Freestyle; Lauren Walton 1st 400 Freestyle 2nd 200 Freestyle and 3rd 200 Backstroke; Sophie Simpson 1st 50 Freestyle 50 Butterfly 200 Butterfly and 100 Butterfly 2nd 200 IM; Fearn Cook 2nd 50 Freestyle; Lani Davies 2nd 200 Breaststroke; Olivia Handley 3rd 100 Butterfly 16/o Age Group: Steffi King 1st 50 and 200 Backstroke 2nd 100 and 200 Freestyle 50 Butterfly 3rd 100 Backstroke; Rachel Bull 2nd 200 IM 50 Backstroke3rd200 Freestyle 50 Breaststroke 50 Butterfly Full results can be seen at http://www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com/Results/20110507_Beckenham_International_2011/index.htm THIS WEEK’S GALAS Good luck to all those competing at the Millfield School Meet Of Legends this weekend.
UPCOMING GALAS
21 - 22 May Northampton Swimming Club May Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Corby East Midlands International Pool) 20-22 May: Millfield School Meet Of Legends (Level 1 at Millfield School Street Somerset) 4 & 5 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 11 & 12 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 2 July: London Youth Games (Swimming Events) at Crystal Palace (if you want to represent the Borough where you live or go to School you must contact the relevant Borough to see if places are available) 19 June: Saxon Crown Future Champions Meet (at Downham Leisure Centre) 9/10 July: Haslemere Swimming Club Summer Open Meet (Level 3 at Herons Leisure Centre Haslemere) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
OTHER SWIMMING MATTERS Nick Gillingham’s Art of Swimming Courses For anyone interested Art of Swimming Courses are being delivered in the South East Region by double Olympic medallist Nick Gillingham MBE next month. Details www.nickgillingham.co.uk/diary.html Saturday 4th June - Art of Butterfly, the Sennocke Centre, Sevenoaks , Kent Sunday 5th June - Art of Breaststroke, Heathfield School, Ascot, Berkshire.
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REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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CLUB MATTERS Beckenham International Open Meet A Big Thank You to Patricia Ogunfeibo who organised the Meet last weekend. As usual the Meet went exceptionally well which is very much down to Patricia and all those parents and members who helped both on poolside as officials and behind the scenes at Crystal Palace.
Club Trials The swimmers who have been waiting patiently to trial for the club since the last trial in January this year are being invited to be assessed by the Coaches on Saturday 21st May. We have a few spaces, mainly in the younger squads and White squads. Parents are currently confirming whether their children still wish to attend. Anyone that wishes to attend needs to e mail Jackie Elliott jcelliott@btinternet.com with the swimmers name, date of birth and an idea of their ability. Swimmers should not just turn up on the night as there may not be time to assess everybody.
Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com
GALAS RESULTS Beckenham International Open Meet Well done to all the swimmers who competed for the Club. There were some very fine swims from all our swimmers especially Henry Knight who achieved his first national Qualifying Time much to everyone’s delight. Unfortunately the website wouldn’t let me access the results when I was compiling the weekly update so full details of medallists will be in next week’s edition.
Atlantis Swimming Club Horsham Spring Open Many thanks to Julia Maxwell for details of the results from this meet last weekend. Well done swimmers: Faith Ockwell (Girls 10yr Old) Top Girl 3rd Position 200m IM (2nd), 200m Butterfly (3rd), 200m Backstroke (4th), 200m Breaststroke (4th) 200m Freestyle (5th). Sophia Grammatikopoulos (Girls 10yr Old) 200m Butterfly (5th). April Ockwell (Girls 12yr Old) 100m Breaststroke (5th), 200m IM (6th), 100m Butterfly (6th) Zoe Pope (Girls 13yr Old) 50m Backstroke (1st), 50m Freestyle (2nd), 100m Backstroke (3rd), 100m Butterfly (3rd), 100m Freestyle (3rd). 50m Butterfly (6th). Finlay Maxwell (Boys 9yr Old) 50m Backstroke (3rd), 50m Freestyle (5th), 50m Butterfly (5th). Jamie Regan (Boys 10yr Old) 50m Freestyle (1st), 200m Breastroke (2nd), 200m Freestyle (6th). Laurie Pope (Boys 11yr Old) 50m Backstroke (5th), 100m Butterfly (6th), 100m Backstroke (6th). Henry Maxwell (Boys 12yr Old) 50m Freestyle (5th), 100m Freestyle (5th), 100m Breastroke (6th). The swimmers (and parents) would like to thank Claire Ockwell for organising the swimmers poolside on the day.
Haslemere B Grade Meet and Guildford City May Open Meet Well done at Haslemere to Charlotte Ellis-Keeler (9 years) 1st 50m Backstroke 4th 100m IM and 6th 50m Freestyle and Butterfly and Stephan Balancy (12) 1st 50m Butterfly and Backstroke 3rd 50m and 200m Freestyle and 100m IM and to Oliver Kent 5th in the 12 year old 50m Butterfly at Guildford respectively our sole representatives last weekend at these meets. THIS WEEK’S GALAS Nearly 20 of our swimmers are competing at the Hatfield UK Challenge Meet 2011 at the University of Hertfordshire Pool at Hatfield. This a level 2 Meet and always attracts a strong field. Good luck to all those competing.
UPCOMING GALAS 30 April & 1 May: London Region Youth Championships (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 7 & 8 May: Beckenham International Open Meet (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 14 & 15 May Hatfield Swimming Club UK Challenge (Level 2 at University of Hertfordshire Hatfield) 15 May London Region 800m/1500m Event (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 21 - 22 May Northampton Swimming Club May Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Corby East Midlands International Pool) 4 & 5 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 11 & 12 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 19 June: Saxon Crown Future Champions Meet (at Downham Leisure Centre) 09 - 10 July 2011: Haslemere Summer Open Meet 2011 (Level 3) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
OTHER SWIMMING MATTERS Whizz-Kidz Tri for Life Laura Melzack the Events Coordinator at the charity Whizz-Kidz has contacted us as follows: “I am writing to you from the disabled children's charity Whizz-Kidz. We are charity partners for an awesome triathlon event happening in July called Tri for Life and I was wondering if you might be able to forward the info below out to all your members or put it on your site. It is a great event and I think it will appeal to your members. TRI FOR LIFE Take part in a triathlon and transform a child’s life! With the days getting longer and the mercury rising, why not try something different this year and take part in Tri For Life, a family-friendly charity triathlon for disabled children’s charity Whizz-Kidz? You can take part as an individual, or as a team. With super-sprint to Olympic distances there is something for everyone, from complete novice to pro, adult and child. Triathlon Short distance triathlon over 16yrs (400m swim / 20k cycle / 5k run) Medium distance triathlon 18yrs and over (800m swim / 30k cycle / 7.5k run) Long distance triathlon 18yrs and over (1500m swim / 40k cycle / 10k run) Duathlon Adult duathlon over 16yrs (2.5k run / 20k cycle / 5k run) Kids Duathlon ages 9 – 15 (500m run / 5k cycle / 500m run) Scootathon Ages 4-8 (400m scoot / 400m cycle / 250m run) Registration fee: £35-65 ; Fundraising target: £200 (individuals); £500 (teams) To request more information email events@whizz-kidz.org.uk
Southwark Council Disability Swimming Team We have been contacted by Amala Onuora of Southwark Council: “Dear all, I am a Sports Development Officer for Southwark Council and I am currently putting together the London Youth Games Team for Southwark. I was wondering if you had any swimmers that live or go to school in Southwark that are eligible to compete in the Disability Swimming competition for the Games? The competition takes place on Thursday 23rd June at Hillingdon, I have attached all the rules and information for your reference below (please email John handley john@hamo6055.plus.com for a copy of these. I am very sorry for the short notice one of the schools has just let us down and the initial closing date is this Friday 13th May, then I have up until next Wednesday 18th May to submit the team to LYG. However we also have the opportunity to edit the team again from the 30th May so initially we just need to get a team in and then we can edit it later on. I appreciate this is very short notice, but if there is anyway at all you could please help I would be very grateful? Please feel free to give me a call on the contact numbers below my signature if you have any further questions? Kind regards, Amala Onuora Sports Equity Officer Leisure and Well Being Tel: 020 7525 5736 Mob: 07931769200"
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CLUB MATTERS Beckenham International Open Meet The Meet is tomorrow. If there any more offers of help or raffle prizes available please contact Patricia (Patricia@EmployeeLawyers.co.uk) or bring them with you to the Meet.
Swim Shop at Beckenham Open Meet Normally the swim shop at the Meet pays the Club a certain amount for its pitch at Crystal Palace. This is not however the case this year and all monies earned by the swim shop either go to the swim shop itself or GLL i.e. the Club does not benefit in any way. We would therefore urge you to buy anything like spare goggles/training suits etc which our Club Shop stocks before the Meet or shop around online for the best deals (especially for racing suits). Don’t forget buying from the Club directly benefits the Club!! Linda Deane is opening the Club shop tonight at the Spa between 5.30 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Squad Moves Fiona Pearson (our Training Secretary) has now confirmed that those who are moving squad can do so with effect from May 9, not May 10 as previously stated.
Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com.
GALAS RESULTS London Region Youth Championships Some terrific swimming by our many swimmers resulted in a host of medals, finalists and PBs. The medallists were Michael Gunning (17/ov) 1st 1500m freestyle 2nd 200m Butterfly and 3rd 200m Freestyle Henry Knight (15/16) 2nd 200m Backstroke Lauren Walton (14/15) 1st 200m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle Rebecca Walton (14/15) 2nd 200m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle Natasha Sinha (14/15) 2nd 100m Butterfly 200m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke and 3rd 200m Backstroke Steffi King (16/ov) 2nd 200m Backstroke and 3rd 50m Backstroke Sophie Simpson (14/15) 3rd 200m Butterfly and 50m Butterfly Beckenham A 2nd Women’s 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay and 4 X 200m Freestyle Relay In addition the foregoing also made a number of other Finals (or in heat declared winner events placed in the top 8) as did Sian Rowe, Olivia Handley and Fearn Cook whilst both women’s relay teams finished in the top 6 in the 4 X 100m Medley Relay as were the B Team in the 4 X 100m Freestyle relay and the Men were just outside the medals in 4th in both the 4 X 100m and 4 X 200m Freestyle relays with one of the youngest teams in both races. Full results can be found at: http://www.londonswimming-results1.org/asalondon/LYMeet11/webpages/index.htm THIS WEEK’S GALAS The Beckenham International Open Meet at Crystal Palace on Saturday and Sunday – good luck to all competing and many thanks to all the helpers and officials. Also good luck to those going to Haslemere for their annual B Grade Gala. UPCOMING GALAS 30 April & 1 May: London Region Youth Championships (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 7 & 8 May: Beckenham International Open Meet (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 14 & 15 May Hatfield Swimming Club UK Challenge (Level 2 at University of Hertfordshire Hatfield) 15 May London Region 800m/1500m Event (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 21 - 22 May Northampton Swimming Club May Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Corby East Midlands International Pool) 4 & 5 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 11 & 12 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 19 June: Saxon Crown Future Champions Meet (at Downham Leisure Centre) 09 - 10 July 2011: Haslemere Summer Open Meet 2011 (Level 3) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
WATER POLO Matilda Williams, Juliet Edey and Emily Grant, all Beckenham waterpolo players, playing both junior and senior ladies polo for Beckenham, got through the first round selection for the England Talent Development Squad. They had a hard day of waterpolo on Saturday in Cardiff and now have a 3 day selection at the end of the month. There were players from all the regional training squads ( RTC's) in Cardiff being assessed to get through to the next stage. Well done to all 3 and good luck for the next stage.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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CLUB MATTERS Beckenham International Open Meet We are now just over a week away. If there any more offers of help or raffle prizes available please contact Patricia (Patricia@EmployeeLawyers.co.uk). We are all very grateful to the Philips family for the multitude of raffle prizes they have provided – just to whet your appetite: This year, you will be able to enter one or more of the raffles (at £1/strip) for the following: 1. Hamper (wines and chocolate) 2. Hamper (sweets from days gone by!) 3. Air Hockey Table 4. Wenlock & Mandeville (2012 Olympics Mascots) 5. Nintendo DS XL 6. Peroni Beach bag 7. Lucozade gift bag containing a skipping rope, CD, and drumsticks 8. Hackett aftershave & balm 9. Smythson notebook 10. Hugo Boss Eau de toilette (female) 11. Liz Earle hair products 12. Pot luck (general) You will therefore be able to buy as many strips as you want from any of the 12 raffle books that we shall run - there will be a book for each prize. If you fancy your luck at winning the Nintendo, you would buy a strip (or more) from the Nintendo book etc.
Swim Shop at Beckenham Open Meet Normally the swim shop at the Meet pays the Club a certain amount for its pitch at Crystal Palace. This is not however the case this year and all monies earned by the swim shop either go to the swim shop itself or GLL i.e. the Club does not benefit in any way. We would therefore urge you to buy anything like spare goggles/training suits etc which our Club Shop stocks before the Meet or shop around online for the best deals (especially for racing suits). Don’t forget buying from the Club directly benefits the Club!! We will make sure a note is sent round with opening times before the Meet in view of the Bank Holiday.
Squad Moves We will make sure a note is sent round with opening times before the Meet in view of the Bank Holiday.
April/May Training Please see details at the end of the Update.
Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com.
GALAS RESULTS Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club Easter Swimming Festival A small group of swimmers attended this Level 1 Meet at Portsmouth which stretched from Thursday to Sunday. Well done to all the swimmers on the feats of endurance! And in particular Oliver Kent, Phoebe Goold and Ned Moriarty who reached finals of some of the events they swum. Full results are at: http://pnsc.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/easter-meet-results-2011.pdf
THIS WEEK’S GALAS This weekend sees the London Region Youth Championships at Crystal Palace with a large contingent from Beckenham competing in both the individual events and relays against many of the top swimmers in London Region. Good luck to all those competing. UPCOMING GALAS 30 April & 1 May: London Region Youth Championships (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 7 & 8 May: Beckenham International Open Meet (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 14 & 15 May Hatfield Swimming Club UK Challenge (Level 2 at University of Hertfordshire Hatfield) 15 May London Region 800m/1500m Event (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 21 - 22 May Northampton Swimming Club May Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Corby East Midlands International Pool) 4 & 5 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 11 & 12 June: London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 19 June: Saxon Crown Future Champions Meet (at Downham Leisure Centre) N.B. Only those Meets marked in bold are being entered as a Club entry. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) by the Club should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
Training late April/early May
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CLUB MATTERS Marcus Humphrey-Gaskin Please find attached the arrangements for Marcus's Funeral. There are three venues one after the other and member/ex-members from Beckenhan SC are welcome to join the family to attend all venues or whichever they choose. The maps show the location of each venue: Brandon Hill Cemetery and The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Constantine & St. Helen. Bernard, Maria and Stephan Humphrey-Gaskin PS. Instead of flowers, we would prefer donations to “Cancer Research”, either by: Cheque c/o Rowland Brothers, 299-305 Whitehorse Road, Croydon CR0 2HR , or online at: http://donateinmemory.cancerresearchuk.org/0001315
Late Cancellation of Sessions – A Message from the Training Secretary It is very difficult to cancel training at short notice, and we do our level best to let everyone know when this happens. However, if you receive an email informing you that training is cancelled in such circumstances; please acknowledge receipt with the name of your swimmer. This means there is one less family to try to chase up by phone to ensure that everyone knows.
Easter Training Please see details at the end of the Update.
”Our Club” “Our Club” is the Club’s bi-monthly newsletter edited by Hilary Moore. The next issue will be out at the end of this month. Swimmers please send in your articles about swimming and in particular any galas you may have recently swum in including the Kents. Articles can be as short or as long as you like. Hilary can be e-mailed on john@hamo6055.plus.com. Hilary is very grateful for recent contributions all of which will be included in the next issue. The closing date for contributions for the next issue is Friday 22nd April (Good Friday)
Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com
GALAS RESULTS Kent County Championships Team Results It has now been confirmed that we finished Top Women’s Team in the Kent County Championship with nearly twice as many points as the second Club and were narrowly pipped to Top Men’s Team by Thanet. In the Combined Team results we finished over 500 points ahead of the field. Once again congratulations to all the swimmers and particularly Tony, Di and all the other coaches. Full details can be seen at http://www.kcasa.org.uk/Swimming/SwimmingIndex.htm Kent Primary Schools Championships Finals The finals of the Kent Schools Swimming Association Championships was held last Saturday at Medway Park Gillingham. Congratulations to the following swimmers who each swam in their respective finals with the following results: Tamara Elise Elliott 1st 50m Backstroke Joseph Kibblewhite 6th 50m Backstroke Jamie Regan 6th 50m Freestyle Kate Grant 5th 50m Freestyle Tamara’s result means that she has now been selected to swim for Kent Primary Schools against Surrey Primary Schools at Sevenoaks on 13th May. The full results can be viewed at http://kssa.sports.officelive.com/Results.aspx
White Horse League The B Team just missed out on taking first place in the 2nd round of the White Horse League held at Beckenham Spa last Saturday evening. Full details of the result are awaited but it is understood that the B Team were just 6 points behind the winners. Well done to all the swimmers.
THIS WEEK’S GALAS We have a large team of 40 swimmers at the Bexley Open at Crystal Palace this Saturday and Sunday. This is a Level 1 Meet and is the first major Long Course Meet for the swimmers after the County Championships in their attempts to obtain qualifying times for Regional and National Championships. Good luck to all the swimmers.
UPCOMING GALAS 2 April Kent Schools Swimming Association - Primary Schools Championships Finals (Medway Park Gillingham) 2 April White Horse League Round 2 (Beckenham Spa) 9 & 10 April Bexley Swimming Club Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre) 16 & 17 April Orpington Ojays Open Meet (Level 2 at Medway Park Gillingham) 16 & 17 April Spring Open Meet (Level1 at K2 Crawley) 17 April National Arena Swimming League B Final (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 21-24 April Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club Easter Swimming Festival (Level1 at Mountbatten Sports Centre Portsmouth) 30 April & 1 May London Region Youth Championships (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 7 & 8 May Beckenham International Open Meet (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 14 & 15 May Hatfield Swimming Club UK Challenge (Level 2 at University of Hertfordshire Hatfield) 15 May London Region 800m/1500m Event (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 21 - 22 May Northampton Swimming Club May Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Corby East Midlands International Pool) 4 & 5 June London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 11 & 12 June London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace)
Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont. Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
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REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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CLUB MATTERS Marcus Humphrey-Gaskin I am very sorry to inform you that a former club member, Marcus Humphrey-Gaskin, died earlier this week in Sheffield, where he was studying architecture at university. The full circumstances of his death are not yet known. Marcus swam with Beckenham in Platinum squad until July 2009 and would occasionally join his brother, Stephan, at training on his return from university. Both boys have been members of the club for many years and their mother, Maria, has only recently stood down as squad rep for Platinum after very many years of stalwart service. Clearly, the whole family are trying to come to terms with their loss and we have not had much direct contact with them, as yet, but I am sure you would want to join with me in expressing to the Humphrey-Gaskins the sincere condolences of all the swimmers, coaches and parents at this very sad time. If we receive information about funeral arrangements, we will make it known as appropriate. Kim Shead, President
Marcel Roberts We also have report further sad news at the passing of Marcel Roberts, who was a great stalwart of the Club. He was Treasurer from 1982/83 to 1989/90 and President 1991/92. During the time he was Treasurer he was able to get a great deal of money back from Customs & Excise which was put in reserve and was a good back up for the Club for many years. Marcel’s funeral is on Tuesday 5th April at Beckenham Crematorium at 3pm. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.
Beckenham International Open Meet 7th/8th May 2011 The Club holds its annual Level 1 Open Meet at Crystal Palace in early May. This is the Club’s major fundraiser and next year we are going international. We anticipate entertaining a swim team from Sweden at the Meet. We will need parents to help us out both before and on the day – as they say many hands make light work.
Raffle Prizes – Important Request from the Promoter “Since Crystal Palace re-opened 3 years ago, one of the hallmarks of our May meet, apart from the quality of the swimming, has been our Star Raffle prizes. Some of you will remember the very first one courtesy of the Phillips' family. It was the Chelsea kit + a game with current and retired Chelsea players at Stamford Bridge. An overnight stay in a 5* hotel and a gourmet dinner completed that prize. Last year, courtesy of the Roberts' family, we offered a day of golf at Wentworth during the BMW tournament. If anyone can offer or get us a fabulous prize for this year, please do let me know - Patricia@EmployeeLawyers.co.uk. Even if you can't offer anything as spectacular as what has gone before, but you have something to offer, I'd still like to hear from you, as every gift/donation will help the club in its bid to raise funds. Also, if you have access to great discounts, and you are allowed, and are happy to assist, we might be able to buy some of those things and sell them on for a profit. Please contact me if you can help.” Thanks, Patricia Ogunfeibo
Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com.
GALAS RESULTS ELEMENTARY GALA – SESSION 2 – 27th MARCH Well done to all swimmers and thanks to the many helpers and the coaches. The full results will be on the website in due course but here are the top 3 in each event. Event 9 Boys Open 50m Butterfly
Kent Primary Schools Championships Heats A report from Jackie Elliott “Many Beckenham swimmers represented their Primary Schools on Saturday at Gillingham for the first round of the Kent Primary Schools competition. Tamara Elliott (Gold Squad) won the 50m Backstroke, Kate Grant (gold squad) was second in the 50m Freestyle, Joseph Kibblewhite (Silver Squad) and Jamie Regan (Gold squad) both took third place in the Backstroke and Freestyle events. These swimmers along with Lauren Braddon (Gold Squad) 4th Freestyle Tom Gosling (Silver Squad) 6th Breaststroke have all been invited back next Saturday to swim in the Final round. .All of these swimmers with the exception of Tamara are only in year 5 and therefore have another year in this competition. Other Beckenham swimmers who swam were Faith Ockwell (8th Butterfly), Millie Smith (9th Butterfly), Finlay Maxwell (9th freestyle), Rosie Thomas (9th breaststroke), Nick Shoppee (11th butterfly) Ellen Meehan (14th freestyle) and Ollie Gosling (18th backstroke). Many of these swimmers will also take part in the final round as their School’s relay team has qualified in the top 6 teams. Good luck swimmers! Results on KSSA website http://kssa.sports.officelive.com/Results.aspx
THIS WEEK’S GALAS This week sees the Finals of the Kent Primary Schools Competition at Medway Park Gillingham on Saturday afternoon whilst Round 2 of the White Horse League takes place at Beckenham Spa. This is a venue change from Crook Log for this one round. Good luck to all our swimmers representing their Schools and the Club respectively. We also have one swimmer entered in the British Gas Scottish National Age Group Championships in Glasgow which starts on Thursday. Good luck Kunmi.
UPCOMING GALAS 2 April Kent Schools Swimming Association - Primary Schools Championships Finals (Medway Park Gillingham) 2 April White Horse League Round 2 (Beckenham Spa) 9 & 10 April Bexley Swimming Club Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre) 16 & 17 April Orpington Ojays Open Meet (Level 2 at Medway Park Gillingham) 16 & 17 April Spring Open Meet (Level1 at K2 Crawley) 17 April National Arena Swimming League B Final (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 21-24 April Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club Easter Swimming Festival (Level1 at Mountbatten Sports Centre Portsmouth) 30 April & 1 May London Region Youth Championships (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 7 & 8 May Beckenham International Open Meet (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 14 & 15 May Hatfield Swimming Club UK Challenge (Level 2 at University of Hertfordshire Hatfield) 15 May London Region 800m/1500m Event (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 21 - 22 May Northampton Swimming Club May Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Corby East Midlands International Pool) 4 & 5 June London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 11 & 12 June London Region Age Group Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace)
Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont. Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
WATER POLO “The National Age Group Water Polo Club Championships have been under way over the last month, and massive congratulations to the Beckenham 14yrs and under girls, who competed with our sister club Invicta Water Polo at the Manchester Aquatics Centre on Saturday 26th March. Juliet Edey, Monica Wilson, Megan Shelts and Ellee Spencer-Boyce, were all part of the Silver Medal winning team. Playing 4 games the team won vs Tyldesley 8-2, vs Liverpool 7-2 and vs Durham 15-0. The deciding game vs Manchester, saw the team just edged out on experience 9-4, but nonetheless a fantastic achievement by the girls - - - - Well done! The previous weekend had seen the 18 and under Invicta team (including Beckenham girls Rosie Taylor, Sophie Monaghan-Coombes, Matilda Williams and Emily Grant), obtain a creditable 4th place spot in Liverpool. The final competition is this Sunday in Walsall with the 16yrs and under team looking to go one better!” Thanks to Rich Collins for this report.
Other Swimming Matters National Schools Biathlon Championships Well done to all those who competed in the National Schools Biathlon at Crystal Palace last Sunday. This Biathlon is not the combined Nordic ski-ing and shooting sometimes seen on Eurosport but a separate run and swim in respect of which points are awarded and then added together to find the overall winner. Congratulations in particular to those who won medals Natasha Sinha (1st Year 9), Greta Sharp (4th Year 9), Tamara –Elise Elliott (3rd Year 6), Kaylee Southward (4th Year 5). In addition in the team events Kaylee’s School team finished 1st in Year 5 whilst Harold Pearson was in his School’s team which won Year 9 and brother Freddie was in his School’s team which finished 3rd in Year 7
General Information from British Swimming Officials News 1. Website. Do you know how to find the Officials section on the website? The Swimming and Open Water Officials section is located under the Swimming Section of the British Swimming Area: http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/officials/ Event Information provides all the British Swimming Protocols and relevant competition information together with application forms for the various National championships. CPD for Officials provides a table of Courses . This is useful for licensed officials looking for courses relating to re-licensing. Licensing of Officials provides all the forms and all information in connection with Licensing and re-licensing. Officials Qualification and Training provides information on all the courses available as well as contact details of Course Leaders throughout GB. 2. There are still some spaces available for anyone who wishes to officiate at the ASA National Championships in Sheffield from 14-17th June or at the British Masters in Leeds from 17-19th June. Application forms are available on the website under Event Information. 3. Insurance of Officials: Membership of an affiliated club provides personal accident cover for all Registered Officials officiating on the poolside providing the member is under the age of 75years. Members over the age of 75years are reminded to obtain additional personal accident cover should they wish to be covered.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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I am very sorry to inform you that a former club member, Marcus Humphrey-Gaskin, died earlier this week in Sheffield, where he was studying architecture at university. The full circumstances of his death are not yet known. Marcus swam with Beckenham in Platinum squad until July 2009 and would occasionally join his brother, Stephan, at training on his return from university. Both boys have been members of the club for many years and their mother, Maria, has only recently stood down as squad rep for Platinum after very many years of stalwart service. Clearly, the whole family are trying to come to terms with their loss and we have not had much direct contact with them, as yet, but I am sure you would want to join with me in expressing to the Humphrey-Gaskins the sincere condolences of all the swimmers, coaches and parents at this very sad time. If we receive information about funeral arrangements, we will make it known as appropriate. Kim Shead, President It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of Marcel Roberts this week, he was a great stalwart of Beckenham Swimming Club. He was Treasurer from 1982/83 to 1989/90 and President 1991/92. He did a particularly excellent job as a Treasurer which put the club on a sound financial footing for several years. The funeral is at 3.00 pm Beckenham crematorium on Tuesday 5th April. The club sends condolences to Marcel’s family. Kathy Hook, Secretary CLUB MATTERS Beckenham International Open Meet 7th/8th May 2011 The Club holds its annual Level 1 Open Meet at Crystal Palace in early May. This is the Club’s major fundraiser and next year we are going international. We anticipate entertaining a swim team from Sweden at the Meet. We will need parents to help us out both before and on the day – as they say many hands make light work. Entry Forms Entry Forms have now been circulated to swimmers via the Squad Reps.and need to be returned to Sarah McClymont (not Patricia) by 21st March Raffle Prizes – Important Request from the Promoter “Since Crystal Palace re-opened 3 years ago, one of the hallmarks of our May meet, apart from the quality of the swimming, has been our Star Raffle prizes. Some of you will remember the very first one courtesy of the Phillips' family. It was the Chelsea kit + a game with current and retired Chelsea players at Stamford Bridge. An overnight stay in a 5* hotel and a gourmet dinner completed that prize. Last year, courtesy of the Roberts' family, we offered a day of golf at Wentworth during the BMW tournament. If anyone can offer or get us a fabulous prize for this year, please do let me know - Patricia@EmployeeLawyers.co.uk. Even if you can't offer anything as spectacular as what has gone before, but you have something to offer, I'd still like to hear from you, as every gift/donation will help the club in its bid to raise funds. Also, if you have access to great discounts, and you are allowed, and are happy to assist, we might be able to buy some of those things and sell them on for a profit. Please contact me if you can help.” Thanks, Patricia Ogunfeibo
Broken Named Swim Hats A number of swimmers have found that the last bunch of named swim hats have been breaking very easily. If this occurs to you or your child please do not throw them away but take them to Linda Deane in the Club Shop (Open at the Spa Monday nights) so she can take this up with the supplier.
Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley. John now has forms for those want to officiate to complete so please contact him (if he does not see you at training). For those of you who have already been given forms please return these as soon as possible.
ACHIEVEMENTS Ellen wins British championships and goes to World Championships Ellen Gandy booked her place at the World Championships by winning both the 100m and 200m Butterfly at the British Championships at Manchester Aquatics Centre with some of the fastest times seen in the World in those events this year. Many congratulations to Ellen. Highlights of the British Championships including Ellen’s swims can be found on the BBC website (these may not be available more than 7 days after the event). Also see below Michael Gunning’s report back from his chat with Ellen in Manchester Open Water Camp Michael Gunning together with Lauren and Rebecca Walton have been selected by British Swimming to attend an open water workshop at Bath this weekend. Many congratulations to all of them.
GALAS RESULTS British Championships First a message from Michael Gunning our Men’s captain. “I had a good catch up with Ellen Gandy at the Trials and she filled me in with all the gossip ( Michael took time off from his reporting duties to swim in 3 events at the British Championships himself. Michael, Rebecca (Walton) and Lauren (Walton) all swam well. Rebecca was excited with the idea of Rebecca Adlington being in the same heat as her, an experience that she will never forget. Michael is now ranked number 1 in England for 1500M Freestyle and number 2 in Great Britain in his age group, for the 200M fly and 400M Freestyle he is ranked 3rd in both in Great Britain in his age group. Rebecca is now ranked 5th in the 800M freestyle and Lauren is 13th in their age groups. All the results can be found at: http://www.swimmingresults.org/archives/swimming/results/2011/bs2011trials/index.php
Kent County Championships Amongst all the plaudits to the swimmers we must not forget the Coaches and thank them for all their efforts in both getting the swimmers to the Championships in top shape and for their encouragement on poolside. In addition a big thank you to the Gunnings for their team management skills and for those who looked after the door and the Officials room for the County at the last weekend of the Championships. Event Best Performances three EBPs achieved during the Championships were omitted last week as follows Boys 13 years 100m Individual Medley Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1.06.15 Boys 13/14 Medley Relay (Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Harold Pearson, Luke Gunning and Louis Phillips) 1.45.01 Boys 13/14 Freestyle Relay (Kunmi, Luke, Tim Adelani and Louis) 1.56.68 And one corrected result Lauren Walton finished 1st in the Junior and 15 years 400IM with sister Rebecca in second in each rather than the other way round. Well done to all of them The Full results can be found at http://www.kcasa.org.uk/Swimming/ChampionshipResults2011/WebPages/index.htm
THIS WEEK’S GALAS The first Elementary Gala takes place on Sunday at Trinity School. Good luck to all the swimmers.
UPCOMING GALAS
20 March Beckenham Swimming Club Elementary Gala 1 (Trinity School Croydon) 26 March Kent Schools Swimming Association - Primary Schools Championships Heats (Medway Park Gillingham) 27 March Beckenham Swimming Club Elementary Gala 1 (Trinity School Croydon) 2 April Kent Schools Swimming Association - Primary Schools Championships Finals (Medway Park Gillingham) 2 April White Horse League Round 2 (Crook Log Bexleyheath) 9 & 10 April Bexley Swimming Club Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre) 16 & 17 April Orpington OJays Open Meet (Level 2 at Medway Park Gillingham) 16 & 17 April Spring Open Meet (Level1 at K2 Crawley) 17 April National Arena Swimming League B Final (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 21-24 April Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club Easter Swimming Festival (Level1 at Mountbatten Sports Centre Portsmouth) 30 April & 1 May London Region Youth Championships (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 7 & 8 May Beckenham International Open Meet (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 14 & 15 May Hatfield Swimming Club UK Challenge (Level 2 at University of Hertfordshire Hatfield) Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont. Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
WATER POLO Great Britain will have two water polo teams at London 2012, British Olympic Association officials have announced. Despite winning four golds in the early part of the last century, it will be 66 years since Great Britain last participated in the water polo events at the Olympics, when they finished seventh out of eight. The decision follows consultation between Team GB and British Swimming to ensure both team's would produce credible performances worthy of a host nation invite. However, water polo saw its UK Sport funding cut at the start of the Olympic cycle with the majority of the funds pumped into the more successful women's team, which is based in Manchester ... ... click here to read the comments of GB captain Craig Figes on WaterPoloUK If Sean King stays fit and in contention, he could well become our first Water Polo Olympian!!!!
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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CLUB MATTERS Swimmers’ Rubbish One Final reminder for the last week of competition - as mentioned below the Club’s swimmers have performed excellently at the Kent County Championships. Whilst their general behaviour is very good they should remember that when they leave the gala they should pick up any rubbish round where they are sitting (even if it is not theirs) rather than leave it for the Coaches and Team Managers to do. This applies to any Meet they attend not just the Kent’s. Beckenham International Open Meet 7th/8th May 2011 The Club holds its annual Level 1 Open Meet at Crystal Palace in early May. This is the Club’s major fundraiser and next year we are going international. We anticipate entertaining a swim team from Sweden at the Meet. We will need parents to help us out both before and on the day – as they say many hands make light work. We will also need raffle prizes so please put this date in your diaries and all offers of help and of prizes to Patricia Ogunfeibo please. Entry Forms have now been circulated to swimmers via the Squad Reps. Club Swim Shop In addition to the Club shop at the Beckenham Spa being open every Monday evening between approximately 6.00 p.m. and 8 p.m. Linda Deane also tries to open it the first Friday of each month between 5.15 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. (the next one being Friday 4th March). The Elementary Galas The next Elementary Galas will be taking place on Sunday 20th and Sunday 27th March 2011 at Trinity School Pool in Croydon for swimmers in Dev 2, White 1, White 2, Blue, Bronze, Silver and Club squads. These galas provide an excellent opportunity for swimmers to gain experience in competition within the Club and also an opportunity for the coaches to see how their swimmers compete. By now swimmers should have received an email giving all the relevant details and the entry form. If you have not received this can you please speak to/email either your squad rep or Julia Maxwell at jcmaxwe11@hotmail.com and she will get a copy to you. The details are on the Beckenham website, click here for entry forms. Also, to make these Galas a success we would be grateful for any help that parents can offer us…this could be from helping on the front desk, pool side, raffle etc. If you can help at one or both of the galas please speak to Matt Biggs or email him on matt@mpg.myzen.co.uk. Lastly, just to remind you that we would be grateful to receive any donations for the raffle. These can be anything from bottles of wine, chocolates to unwanted gifts (unopened!). You can give them to Matt or Julia before the galas or bring them with you on the day. Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. John now has forms for those want to officiate to complete so please contact him (if he does not see you at training). For those of you who have already been given forms please return these as soon as possible.
GALAS RESULTS Kent County Championships Galas 7 8 9 and 10 Another excellent weekend’s swimming where the unofficial medals tally is now 75 Gold 49 Silver 50 Bronze and 100 other top 6 six medals. In the overall team competition the Girls lie 1st with something in the region of 660 points nearly twice as many as the next team (Greenwich Borough Mariners) whilst the Boys lie second just behind Thanet with whom it has been nip and tuck throughout the competition. In the combined points table we are nearly 400 points ahead of Thanet
Galas 7 and 8 Saturday 26th February Mens 400 Individual Medley Michael Gunning 1st (16 Junior and Open) Henry Knight 1st (15) 2nd (Junior) 3rd (Open) Harold Pearson 6th (Junior) Girls 50m Butterfly Lauren Braddon 3rd (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd (10) Ruby Waters 4th (10) Lucy Grant 1st (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 4th (11) Ashley Hamilton 6th (12) Boys 50m Backstroke James Gillie 5th (12) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st (13) Harold Pearson 6th (12) Tim Adelani 1st (14) Louis Philips 4th (14) Ladies 100m Backstroke Steffi King 1st (17/18 and Open) Rachel Bull 2nd (17/18) 4th (Open) Sophie Simpson 4th (14) Fearn Cook 3rd (15) Rebecca Walton 4th (15) Olivia Handley 5th (15) Mens 50m Butterfly Michael Gunning 1st (16 and Junior) 6th (Open) Girls 100m Freestyle Lucy Grant 1st (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 4th (11) Kelly Botero 4th (12) Ashley Hamilton 5th (12) Boys 200m Butterfly Edward Langley 6th (11) Luke Gunning 1st (13) Ladies 100m Freestyle Rebecca Walton 1st (15 Junior and Open) Fearn Cook 2nd (15 Junior and Open) Rachel Bull 1st (17/18) 3rd (Open) Sophie Simpson 1st (14) 3rd (Junior) 4th (Open) Steffi King 2nd (17/18) 5th (Open) Lauren Walton 4th (15) Girls 50m Freestyle Lauren Braddon 3rd (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 3rd (10) Ruby Waters 5th (10) Lucy Grant 1st (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 5th (11) Ashley Hamilton 3rd (12) Mens 200m Backstroke Henry Knight 1st (15 and Junior) 2nd (Open) Robert Deane 5th (15) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 3rd (Junior) 4th (Open) Boys 100m Freestyle James Gillie 5th (12) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 3rd (13) Luke Gunning 4th (13) Tim Adelani 1st (14) Louis Philips 3rd (14) Ladies 200 Individual Medley Sophie Simpson 3rd (14) 4th (Junior) 6th (Open) Rebecca Walton 1st (15) 3rd (Junior) 5th (Open) Lauren Walton 2nd (15) 5th (Junior) Olivia Handley 4th (15) Alex Sandeman 6th (15) Steffi King 2nd (17/18) 3rd (Open) Rachel Bull 6th (17/18) Men’s 100m Breaststroke Robert Deane 3rd (15) 5th (Junior) Henry Knight 4th (15) 6th (Junior) Girls 400m Individual Medley Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd (10) Ruby Waters 4th (10) Sophie Lewis Ward 1st (11) Lucy Grant 2nd (11) Kelly Botero 3rd (12).
Galas 9 and 10 Sunday 27th February Ladies 400 Individual Medley Sophie Simpson 1st (14) 3rd (Junior) 6th (Open) Rebecca Walton 1st (15 and junior) 2nd (Open) Lauren Walton 2nd (15 and Junior) 3rd (Open) Olivia Handley 3rd (15) 4th (Junior) Alex Sandeman 5th (15) Men’s Open 200m breaststroke Henry Knight 2nd (15) 3rd (Junior) 5th (Open) Robert Deane 3rd (15) 4th (Junior) 6th (Open) Girls 100m Individual Medley Lauren Braddon 2nd (9) Ruby Waters 3rd (10) Lucy Grant 3rd (11) Kelly Botero 4th (12) Ladies 50m Breaststroke Heather Travers 2nd (15) 6th (Junior) Rachel Bull 4th (17/18) Men’s 100m Individual Medley Michael Gunning 6th (Open) 3rd (Junior) Girls 50m Breaststroke Tamara-Elise Elliott 3rd (10) Lucy Grant 3rd (11) Kelly Botero 4th (12) Phoebe Goold 6th (13) Boys 200m Backstroke Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st (13) Tim Adelani 1st (14) Boys 100m Breaststroke Harold Pearson 1st (13) Ned Moriarty 5th (14) Girls 200m Individual Medley Lauren Braddon 1st (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 3rd (10) Ruby Waters 4th (10) Lucy Grant 3rd (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 5th (11) Kelly Botero 3rd (12) Lani Davies 6th (13) Ladies 100m Breaststroke Heather Travers 3rd (15) Rachel Bull 5th (17/18) Men’s 400m Freestyle Henry Knight 1st (15) 2nd (Junior) 4th (Open) Michael Gunning 1st (16 Junior and Open) Girls 50m Backstroke Lauren Braddon 1st (9) Kaylee Southward 2nd (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd (10) Ruby Waters 6th (10) Lucy Grant 4th (11) Kelly Botero 4th (12) Emily McClymont 3rd (13) Regina Chisholm 5th (13) Boys 400m freestyle Henry Simpson 4th (11) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 2nd (13) Harold Pearson 4th (13) Louis Philips 2nd (14) The Full results can be found at
THIS WEEK’S GALAS British Championships Good luck to Michael Gunning and Rebecca and Lauren Walton who compete in the British championships in Manchester this week. Michael is swimming in the 200m Butterfly the 400m Freestyle and the 1500m Freestyle whilst the Waltons both go in the 800m Freestyle. Also swimming in Beckenham colours will be Ellen Gandy who is now based in Melbourne. Ellen won medals at the Commonwealth games in Delhi and still holds many of our Club records. Their progress can be followed on the British Championships Section of the British Swimming website. Kent County Championships Kent County ASA Swimming Championships continue this weekend. Good luck to all our swimmers taking part this weekend in the following events: Gala 11 Medway Park Gillingham Event 74 Men’s 15-17/18 Open/Jnr 200m Fly HDW Gala 12 Medway Park Gillingham >Event 81 Ladies 14-17/18 Open/Jnr 200m Fly HDW Gala 13 Medway Park Gillingham Event 89 Boys Junior 4x50m Med HDW Gala 14 Medway Park Gillingham Event 103 Girls Junior 4x50m Free HDW
IMPORTANT IF YOU OR YOUR CHILD DO NOT INTEND TO SWIM IN ANY EVENT YOU MUST WITHDRAW AT LEAST 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE SESSION IN WHICH THE RELEVANT EVENT OCCURS. THIS CAN BE DONE EITHER AT THE POOL OR BY CONTACTING GILL GUNNING BY TELEPHONE. GILL’S PHONE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED BY EMAIL THIS WEEK. FAILURE TO SWIM WITHOUT WITHDRAWING WILL RESULT IN A FINE ON THE CLUB OF £10 PER RACE WHICH WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE PARENTS OF RELEVANT SWIMMERS
UPCOMING GALAS 5 March: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 11 and 12 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 5 March – 12 March: British Gas Swimming Championships (Manchester Aquatics Centre) 6 March: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 13 and 14 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 20 March: Beckenham Swimming Club Elementary Gala 1 (Trinity School Croydon) 26 March: Kent Schools Swimming Association - Primary Schools Championships Heats (Medway Park Gillingham) 27 March: Beckenham Swimming Club Elementary Gala 1 (Trinity School Croydon) 2 April: Kent Schools Swimming Association - Primary Schools Championships Finals (Medway Park Gillingham) 2 April: White Horse League Round 2 (Crook Log Bexleyheath) 9 & 10 April: Bexley Swimming Club Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre) 16 & 17 April: Orpington OJays Open Meet (Level 2 at Medway Park Gillingham 16 & 17 April: Spring Open Meet (Level1 at K2 Crawley) 17 April: National Arena Swimming League B Final (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 21-24 April: Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club Easter Swimming Festival (Level1 at Mountbatten Sports Centre Portsmouth) 30 April & 1 May: London Region Youth Championships (Level 1 Crystal Palace) 7 & 8 May: Beckenham International Open Meet (Level 1 Crystal Palace)
Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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CLUB MATTERS Beckenham International Open Meet 7th/8th May 2011 The Club holds its annual Level 1 Open Meet at Crystal Palace in early May. This is the Club’s major fundraiser and next year we are going international. We anticipate entertaining a swim team from Sweden at the Meet. We will need parents to help us out both before and on the day – as they say many hands make light work. We will also need raffle prizes so please put this date in your diaries and all offers of help and of prizes to Patricia Ogunfeibo please. Entry Forms have now been circulated to swimmers via the Squad Reps. Our Club The February edition of the Club’s bi-monthly newsletter is now out and both on the Website and circulated to members via Squad reps. Editor Hilary Moore is always looking for reports particularly from swimmers. The edition will likely be out in April. As the Kents are about to start she hopes that many of the swimmers (especially those who have qualified for the first time) will put pen to paper with their personal experiences. Please send any reports etc. to Hilary at john@hamo6055.plus.com. Club Swim Shop In addition to the Club shop at the Beckenham Spa being open every Monday evening between approximately 6.00 p.m. and 8 p.m. Linda Deane also tries to open it the first Friday of each month between 5.15 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. (the next one being Friday 4th March). The Elementary Galas The next Elementary Galas will be taking place on Sunday 20th and Sunday 27th March 2011 at Trinity School Pool in Croydon for swimmers in Dev 2, White 1, White 2, Blue, Bronze, Silver and Club squads. These galas provide an excellent opportunity for swimmers to gain experience in competition within the Club and also an opportunity for the coaches to see how their swimmers compete. By now swimmers should have received an email giving all the relevant details and the entry form. If you have not received this can you please speak to/email either your squad rep or Julia Maxwell at jcmaxwe11@hotmail.com and she will get a copy to you. The details are on the Beckenham website, click here for entry forms. Also, to make these Galas a success we would be grateful for any help that parents can offer us…this could be from helping on the front desk, pool side, raffle etc. If you can help at one or both of the galas please speak to Matt Biggs or email him on matt@mpg.myzen.co.uk. Lastly, just to remind you that we would be grateful to receive any donations for the raffle. These can be anything from bottles of wine, chocolates to unwanted gifts (unopened!). You can give them to Matt or Julia before the galas or bring them with you on the day. Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. John now has forms for those want to officiate to complete so please contact him (if he does not see you at training). For those of you who have already been given forms please return these as soon as possible.
ACHIEVEMENTS Many Congratulations to Rebecca Walton who in recording a time of 9.04.74 at the Zonal Meet at Crystal Palace broke the Kent County ASA Long Course Junior and Senior records which were previously held since 1995 and 1996 by Kirsten Bunclark from Orpington.
GALAS RESULTS Kent County Championships Galas 1 2 and 3 Gala 1 Saturday 12th February The 2011 Kent County Swimming Championships started in glorious sunshine at Crystal Palace and whilst many were watching England pummel the Italians at rugby 4 of our swimmers took part in the Mens/Boys long distance gala featuring the 1500m freestyle. Michael Gunning won both the Open and Junior (16 and under) events as well as his own age group whilst both Louis Philips and Harold Pearson took silver in the 14 and 13 years age groups respectively.
Galas 2 and 3 Sunday 13th February Well done to all our swimmers on their numerous personal bests and in particular to the following medallists/finalists (in event order): Ladies Open 4 X 100 Medley Relay 1st in EBP of 4.26.73 Men’s 200 Free Michael Gunning 1st (16) (Jun) 3rd (Open) Henry Knight 3rd (15) 4th (Jun) Girls 100 Back Sophie Lewis Ward 3rd (11) Kelly Botero 6th (12) Emily McClymont 6th (13) Ladies 100 Butterfly Sophie Simpson 2nd (14 and Jun) 3rd (Open) Olivia Handley and Rebecca Walton (1st equal) (15) Lauren Walton 4th (15) Rachel Bull 2nd (17/18) Stephanie King 3rd (17/18) Men’s 50 Breast Robert Deane 6th (15) Boys 200 Breast Freddie Suther Jones 2nd (10) Edward Langley 6th (11) Ned Moriarty 5th (14) Girls 400 free Lucy Grant 3rd (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 4th (11) Kelly Botero 6th (12) Lani Davies 5th (13) Ladies 200 Breaststroke Heather Travers 3rd (15) 6th (Junior) Men’s 100 Backstroke Henry Knight 1st (15) 2nd (Junior) Robert Deane 5th (15) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 3rd (Junior) Boys 100 Butterfly Luke Gunning 1st (13) Tim Adelani 1st (14) Louis Philips 5th (14) Ladies Open 100 Individual Medley Rebecca Walton 3rd (Junior) 4th (Open) Sophie Simpson 5th (Junior) 6th (Open) Girls 200 Butterfly Lauren Braddon 2nd (9) Ruby Waters 2nd (10) Lucy Grant 2nd (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 3rd (11) Kelly Botero 5th (12) Boys 50 Freestyle Maclaren Crawford 5th (10) Edward Langley 5th (11) Joe Casey 6th (11) James Gillie 6th (12) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st (13) Louis Philips 1st (14) Tim Adelani 2nd (14)
The Full results can be found at http://www.kcasa.org.uk/Swimming/ChampionshipResults2011/WebPages/index.htm
THIS WEEK’S GALAS Kent County ASA Swimming Championships continue this weekend. Good luck to all our swimmers taking part this weekend in the following events: Gala 4 Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Event 20 - 800m Freestyle Girls Gala 5 Medway Park Gillingham Event 21 Mens Open 4x100m Freestyle Relay Gala 6 Medway Park Gillingham Event 30 Ladies Open 4x100m Freestyle HDW
IMPORTANT IF YOU OR YOUR CHILD DO NOT INTEND TO SWIM IN ANY EVENT YOU MUST WITHDRAW AT LEAST 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE SESSION IN WHICH THE RELEVANT EVENT OCCURS. THIS CAN BE DONE EITHER AT THE POOL OR BY CONTACTING GILL GUNNING BY TELEPHONE. GILL’S PHONE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED BY EMAIL THIS WEEK. FAILURE TO SWIM WITHOUT WITHDRAWING WILL RESULT IN A FINE ON THE CLUB OF £10 PER RACE WHICH WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE PARENTS OF RELEVANT SWIMMERS
UPCOMING GALAS
19 February: Kent County ASA Championships Gala 4 (Crystal Palace National Sports Centre) 20 February: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 5 and 6 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 26 February: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 7 and 8 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 27 February: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 9 and 10 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 5 March: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 11 and 12 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 5 March – 12 March: British Gas Swimming Championships (Manchester Aquatics Centre) 6 March: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 13 and 14 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 20 March: Beckenham Swimming Club Elementary Gala 1 (Trinity School Croydon) 26 March: Kent Schools Swimming Association - Primary Schools Championships Heats (Medway Park Gillingham) 27 March: Beckenham Swimming Club Elementary Gala 1 (Trinity School Croydon) 2 April: Kent Schools Swimming Association - Primary Schools Championships Finals (Medway Park Gillingham) 2 April: White Horse League Round 2 (Crook Log Bexleyheath) 9 & 10 April: Bexley Swimming Club Long Course Open Meet (Level 1 at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre) 16 & 17 April: Spring Open Meet (Level1 at K2 Crawley) 17 April: National Arena Swimming League B Final (Ponds Forge Sheffield)
Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website
OTHER SWIMMING MATTERS Marilyn Peciuch of Sharks Swimming Club who are the leading Disability Swimming Club in South London has asked if anyone would be interested in helping in their Sharks learn-to-swim section on a regular basis? It would be on Mondays at Eric Liddell Sports Centre from 7-8pm and would mean being in the water with a child (2 half hour sessions - one child in each) under the direction of the teacher. Sharks need someone who can commit to being there every week (except Bank Hols and occasional closures) and they would need to be CRB checked. They would also need to have an interest in working with children with disabilities. They do not need to be qualified although qualified staff would of course be very welcome. Sharks have about a dozen swimmers on their waiting list, some of whom have been on for over a year, and cannot take any more off the list until we have more help. If anyone is interested Marilyn can be contacted on mapeciuch@hotmail.com
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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CLUB MATTERS Elementary Galas Julia Maxwell (mother of Henry in Gold squad and Finlay in Bronze squad) and Matt Biggs (father of Katja in Gold squad and Leila in Dev 2) have kindly agreed take over the organisation of the Elementary galas this year from Jackie and Justine. They are currently trying to fix dates for these galas which will take place at Trinity School pool for swimmers in Club, Silver, Bronze, Blue, White and Development 2 squads. Entry forms will be available as soon as the dates are confirmed via squad reps and the website. These galas are a great introduction to competition for younger swimmers and a good chance for the swimmers who have competed before and their coaches to see improvement. We are a competitive club, so experience in competition is what we are all about! Many thanks to you Julia and Matt for taking this on. Competitive Swimming Performance Awards The Club are considering reintroducing the Kelloggs/ASA Competitive Swimming Performance Awards. These awards, developed in conjunction with the British Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (BSCTA), can be achieved in competition including Elementary Galas, Club Championships or organised Time Trials held at the Club. Highly respected, the awards give coaches and the Club an indication of each swimmer’s ability, competence and potential. The performance awards help young swimmers to focus on their strokes, turns and finishes, as well as speed. Achieving awards at the different levels (Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum) also give an indication as to what galas are appropriate. For example, an ASA Gold Standard should provide swimmers with a good chance to swim in competition at county level. Badges and certificates will be awarded to the swimmers for each level of achievement. The Club are looking for a parent/s to volunteer to look after the running of this scheme. It shouldn’t take up too much of anyone’s time and it will be much appreciated by the children who will enjoy the success of reaching the various goals and of being awarded the badges. Running the scheme will entail ordering the badges and certificates, being available at the Club Elementary Galas to sell the badges to those achieving the necessary times and possibly arranging a few time trials now and again. This role would probably appeal to parents of children in Blue, Bronze, Silver, Club or White Squad. All those interested, please contact Jenny Knight. News Shopper Press Release Here is a the link to an article about the Club’s success in reaching the National Arena Swimming League Finals for the third year running. Swimming Times Magazine If anybody wants to get a yearly subscription to Swimming Times Magazine please contact Jackie Elliott This year 4 members have received a copy sent to her home address. The usual cost is £26 for 12 magazines but if added to her Club order, the cost is £17.50 for 12 issues. She needs to know by Monday 24th January and needs payment by cheque or cash. No money, no order! Beckenham International Meet 7th/8th May 2011 The Club holds its annual Level 1 Open Meet at Crystal Palace in early May. This is the Club’s major fundraiser and next year we are going international. We anticipate entertaining a swim team from Sweden at the Meet. We will need parents to help us out both before and on the day – as they say many hands make light work. We will also need raffle prizes so please put this date in your diaries and all offers of help and of prizes to Patricia Ogunfeibo please. Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley. John now has forms for those want to officiate to complete so please contact him (if he does not see you at training).
ACHIEVEMENTS Kent Development Training Day A number of our swimmers have been picked to attend the Kent Development training day this weekend. They were picked based on their performances at the Kent Development Meet in November. Well done therefore to Oliver Kent, Tamara-Elise Elliott, Natasha Hainsworth and James Gillie.
GALAS/RESULTS Burns Open Meet About a dozen of our Top Squad swimmers joined a very strong field for the first major Long Course Meet of the year at Ponds Forge Sheffield last Saturday and Sunday. The Meet is a “Preparation Meet” which means that most of the top swimmers in the Country are expected to compete by British Swimming and the swimmers were rubbing shoulders with Olympic champions World Champions and a host of British and Canadian international swimmers as well. Not surprisingly medals were in scarce supply so particular Congratulations to Kunmi Ogunfeibo (Gold 13 years 50m free and Bronze 13 years 200m Freestyle), Luke Gunning (Silver 13 years 100m Butterfly) and Sophie Simpson (Bronze 50m Butterfly). Well done also to Michael Gunning who despite the heavy week he had before with the England Talent Development Team also made a number of finals in the 16 and under age group. Full results can be found here Geneva International Meet Steffi King Lauren Walton and Rebecca Walton were selected to represent London Region at the CIG Meet hosted by Geneve Natation 1885. The Girls flew the flag for both London Swimming and Beckenham Swimming Club turning in many fine swims and all making several finals. The highlights were Steffi’s Silver in the Senior 100m Backstroke and Bronze in the 200m Backstroke and Rebecca’s Silver in the 400m Freestyle. Well done Girls. The results link is here Tom Handley Open Finally well done to all the swimmers who attended the Tom Handley Open Meet at the Prince Regent Centre Brighton. This Meet has been running for 27 years and we have been staunch supporters attending it since its inception. Congratulations to James Gillie, Lauren Braddon, Kie Ren Kau and Isobel MacPherson who all achieved top 6 places in their events. For the full results go here
For the full results at last week’s Galas Dover & Canterbury Icebreaker see: http://www.dover.lifeguard.btinternet.co.uk/Icebreaker/2011/WebPages/index.htm
THIS WEEK’S GALAS Good luck to all those selected to swim for the Club’s “B” Team in the first round of the White Horse League at Crook Log Bexleyheath on Saturday evening. For those who are new to the Club or its competitive squads this competition gives an opportunity to swim team galas outside National Arena League and Kent Junior League. It is held over 6 rounds, the last round being in the Autumn with Orpington O’Jays, White Oak (Swanley), Bromley, Saxon Crown (Lewisham) and Erith and District as the other competing teams. Good luck also those swimmers representing their Schools at the Kent Schools Swimming Association Secondary Schools Championships Medway Park Gillingham on Saturday afternoon and evening.
UPCOMING GALAS
22 January: Kent Schools Swimming Association Secondary Schools Championships (Medway Park Gillingham) 22 January: White Horse League Round 1 (Crook Log Bexleyheath) 29 January: Kent Schools Swimming Association Secondary Schools Championships (Medway Park Gillingham) 29/30 January: ASA Zonal Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace). 6 February: Orpington OJays Novices Challenge (Walnuts Sports Centre Orpington) 12 February: Kent County ASA Championships Gala 1 (Crystal Palace National Sports Centre) 13 February: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 2 and 3 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 19 February: Kent County ASA Championships Gala 4 (Crystal Palace National Sports Centre) 20 February: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 5 and 6 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 26 February: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 7 and 8 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 27 February: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 9 and 10 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 5 March: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 11 and 12 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham) 6 March: Kent County ASA Championships Galas 13 and 14 (Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website
UPCOMING GALAS The Kent ASA Annual Council Meeting The Kent ASA Annual Council Meeting has now been re-arranged for Sunday 23 January 2011 at 10 am in the Stillwell Room at Oakwood House Oakwood Park, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8AE. The Presentation of Awards (including those to Michael Gunning and the Club for their performance at the 2010 Kent County ASA Championships) previously advised will be made at this meeting. On this occasion there will be no reception after the ACM. Following a short break the meeting will be followed from 11 am–1 pm by the Officials Seminar and a meeting for County Swimming Championship Volunteers. (Jean Scott, County Swimming Manager, is organising the latter as an informal meeting on for non-qualified volunteers who would like to help at the County Swimming Championships. If you help at your Club’s events and would like to get involved in the County Championships – recording, operating the computer, announcing, clerk of the course please could you complete and return the booking form (please let John Handley know if you need the booking form and he will forward the relevant email and form attached).
OTHER MATTERS Susie Goold (one of our Coaches has told me that her daughter Phoebe (Top Squad) (and her brothers) are going to be performing in Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat UK Tour. It is at The Orchard Theatre in Dartford and their team are in it on Thurs 17th March 1.00pm & 7.30pm shows, Friday 18th March 3.30pm & 7.30pm shows & Saturday 19th March at 1.30pm. Susie is going to watch the 1.30 performance on Saturday 19th. Tickets are priced from £18.50 to £26.50. The website to book is www.orchardtheatre.co.uk. Susie has anyone interested to let her know if they fancy it as a night out and she could look into a group rate.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
Click here to download or view a .pdf copy of this weekly update. 12 January 2011. Michael Gunning takes on Canada in the ‘Duel in the Pool - Great Britain Vs Canada’
Dave Legge, the ASA’s Talent Delivery Manager, said: “The philosophy is to give them long course (50m) race experience because if all goes to plan the majority of the youngsters should be part of the European Junior team. “What I’m looking for from the weekend is for them to gel as a team and for them to stand up and race fast when they haven’t been rested or tapered.”
SPORT SCIENCE The athletes, chosen for the English talent programme because of good club performances, have also been taking part in a training camp earlier last (Tuesday to Friday) with pool sessions, land work and sport science tests and guidance to assess their health and look at ways of improving their performance. They have been learning about performance enhancing techniques like race analysis and peak lactate testing, which can demonstrate if a swimmer’s warm-down is removing lactate from their muscles. All of the procedures are explained to the athletes before they take place to make sure they are fully aware of the reasons behind the tests. They have also undergone health screening that has included blood test profiles to assess general health, physiotherapy screening to assess and improve flexibility and core strength and cardiac tests, which can rule out some of the problems that lead to 12 young people dying every week in the UK during sport from sudden death syndrome. “Sport science is a massive part of any sport these days," said Diane Elliot, the ASA’s Physiotherapy and Sports Science Co-ordinator. “These tests are those that British Swimming use for their elite athletes so it a chance for us to prepare these youngsters for what it would be like to go to a major event and make sure they are not worried about it and know what to expect. The other benefit is that the testing can stop them getting injured and prevent problems because the athletes are so young, as well as offering them a chance to improve performance.” Nick Sellwood, the ASA’s Head Talent Development, said: ““The Tri-meet versus Canada went really well with some very competitive, tough racing on the back of the week-long camp with the Canadian team.” After the Christmas break Gunning carted off the Sunderland Aquatics Centre and took part in the weeks hard training camp before the duel with Canada. Gunning, that swims in National Squad, went onto this made his mark in the 100m & 200m Butterfly coming 6th in both races and showing his desire to push through the heavy Open field. He said “The camp was amazing, and I learnt so much from it. Most of the Canadian team were 18 and were huge and the brits had high expectations to challenge them in the pool. With the hard weeks training, my aim was to get out and race them, but to come away with some great swims this early in the year was the icing on the cake. “We all really bonded well as a team and that made the competition even more exiting. Sarah Price, World Record Holder in the 200m Backstroke, also joined us and she was very inspirational and guided us through the meet. We had the British Swimming Sports Science teams with us and we got hydration tested through the day and lactic testing before/after our races and I learnt a great deal from them. It was great swimming aside some of the best swimmers in Britain and that brought so much experience. “2011 is an important year for me with the 2012 trials just around the corner and I need to make sure that I am in the best possible position when they come!”
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CLUB MATTERS Club Championships Session 5 - Monday 13th December Monday night saw a fantastic final session to this year’s Club Championships. Past BSC president and current President of Kent ASA, Jackie Bedford and her gang of officials kept the gala running smoothly so the swimmers could put in their best swims. We finished the year with 4 more club championship records. Luke Gunning broke his brother Michael’s record in the 12/13yrs 50m Fly. Kunmi Ogunfeibo took the 12/13 yr 50m backstroke and also the 400m IM. This took his total number of records this year to 7 (sorry Kunmi, I missed one in my last report!). Rachel Bull took the record in the 16/ov 400m IM. 12 records were broken this year; well done to all the new record holders Thank you to the coaches for watching all the sessions and encouraging their swimmers to enter lots of events. Club Championships are a really good chance to try events you haven’t swum before. We had help in the coaching team this week with Baby Nicole over from Australia to help with Mum Jo (ex Blue and Club squad coach). Nicole was watching the swimming all night with her brothers and Grandma Di. Thank you to all the parents who have helped this year and I hope you picked up your little thank you gift on Monday. If you missed this, we will try to get it to you. Thank you for the lovely poinsettias we received, most appreciated. An important reminder to all those swimmers than won an event in any of the sessions. You will be presented with your Trophies on Friday 17th December at the Trophy presentation evening. Thank you to Pat and Laura for organising the engraving of the many Trophies and organisation for Friday, quite a task! There is also an award for Top Boy and Girl in each age group, so if you think you are in with a chance, you had better be there. See you all on Friday, Jackie and Justine
Ed’s Note (Sometimes swimmers are given the same time in the final official results at Club Championships. In most cases this is not because the times recorded are actually identical but because unlike an electronic system each timekeeper has different reaction times for starting and stopping his or her watch the placings recorded by the officials take precedence. Consequently sometimes a swimmer who is placed 1st in a race may have a slower time recorded by the timekeepers than the swimmer placed second. As a result the referee takes the two times recorded by the timekeepers and averages them giving both swimmers the same official time but even though this is the case the swimmer placed first officially is the winner and only he can be credited with a record.
Christmas Presentation Disco – Friday 17th December This is tomorrow – remember this is by ticket only. If you have agreed to bring a dish to the buffet table please remember to bring it with you. Doors open -7pm, Trophy presentation starts - 7.45 pm Finish -11pm Christmas Training A copy of the details circulated as to training over the festive period has been added at the end of this Update. Beckenham International Meet 7th/8th May 2011 The Club holds its annual Level 1 Open Meet at Crystal Palace in early May. This is the Club’s major fundraiser and next year we are going international. We anticipate entertaining a swim team from Sweden at the Meet. We will need parents to help us out both before and on the day – as they say many hands make light work. We will also need raffle prizes so please put this date in your diaries and all offers of help and of prizes to Patricia Ogunfeibo please. Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. John now has forms for those want to officiate to complete so please contact him (if he does not see you at training).
GALAS RESULTS National Arena Swimming League - South Premier Division Final The A Team went into the Premier Division Final with high hopes of reaching their third consecutive National Finals day in the Spring. At the halfway stage they were well placed just 6 points behind the leaders Guildford City but unfortunately a strong performance by both Guildford and Amersham in the third block of individual races enabled both those teams to pull away leaving the A Team in a relatively close 3rd position and just out of the places (after the Virtual Gala – explained in an earlier issue) for the National Finals day. The swimmers all swam their hearts out and all in all this was an excellent campaign highlighted by the victories in rounds 1 and 2. The final result was:
National Arena Swimming League - South Division 1 East Relegation Decider Meanwhile at Trinity School Croydon the B Team went into the gala as third seeds but knowing that a final result putting them in the last 3 in the gala would condemn them to relegation. Even White Oak who were top seeds could go down if they finished fourth or below – it was that close. The team were buoyed by both the return of some swimmers who were unavailable for the second round and particularly the sight of David Bennett appearing for the team (David is a former Commonwealth Games swimmer for those who do not know). The team got off to a great start with wins by Leah Casey and David Bennett in the individual medley and when the Boys 9-11 relay team won the freestyle relay we had three victories in the first 4 races. It was impossible to keep this rate of success up but consistent swimming throughout {we did not have a single last place) interspersed with wins in 10/11 Backstroke (Marcus Travers), 15U Backstroke (Leah Casey), Open Butterfly (David Bennett), 13 U Backstroke (Grace Ockwell) and the 13U Girls Freestyle Team and in total 19 2nd and 3rd places meant that the B Team were never far off the lead. When the results were announced the B Team had finished 2nd just 4 points off the leaders Southend – a magnificent performance by all the swimmers. The Final Points were as follows:
Many thanks to Tony Beckley and Di Manley (the Coaches on poolside at the A and B Galas respectively) and all our parents who officiated and helped out on poolside at both galas.
Greenwich Borough Championships Many congratulations to Charlotte Ellis Keeler who also competed in this event and won gold in the 9 year old 50m Backstroke and silver in the 50m Freestyle in the same age group. For full results click here THIS WEEK’S GALAS Good luck to all swimmers competing in various Open meets at the weekend – the Guildford Swimming Club Long Distance Open Meet at Surrey Sports Park on Saturday; the Haslemere Swimming Club Elite Open Meet on Sunday and the Hillingdon Swimming Club Open Meet on both Saturday and Sunday.
UPCOMING GALAS
18 December: Guildford City Swimming Club Long Distance Open Meet (Levels 1 and 3 at Surrey Sports Park Guildford) 18/19 December: Hillingdon Swimming Club Winter Open Meet (Level 1 at Hillingdon Sports & Leisure Complex) 19 December: Haslemere Swimming Club Elite Open Meet (Level 2 at Herons Leisure Centre Haslemere) 2011 7/8/9 January: City of Canterbury & Dover Lifeguards Icebreaker Open Meet (Level 3 at Kingsmead Canterbury) 15/16 January: Burns Open Meet (Level 1 at Ponds Forge Sheffield) 15/16 January: The Tom Handley Twenty Seventh Age Group Meet (Level 2 at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) 22 January: Kent Schools Swimming Association Secondary Schools Championships (Medway Park Gillingham) 29 January: Kent Schools Swimming Association Secondary Schools Championships (Medway Park Gillingham) 29/30 January: ASA Zonal Championships (Level 1 at Crystal Palace) 6 February: Orpington OJays Novices Challenge (Walnuts Sports Centre Orpington)
Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont. Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
WATER POLO 13 Players made their way to Barnet on Sunday 12th December to play the second of four tournaments making up the Winter London League. After winning all their games at the first weekend, the pressure was on. We won the first three games but with really sore ‘Chlorine’ eyes, we went into the fourth game to play Basildon, whom we had not played before. It was a great game, with many missed opportunities and the final score was a draw (with thanks to Jackie Elliott for this brief report).
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Kent County Championships Entry forms have been given to the Squad reps for distribution to swimmers. They must be returned to Gill Gunning by no later than 10th JANUARY 2011 When? Saturday 12th, 19th and 26th February and 5th March Sunday 13th, 20th and 27th February and 6th March Full details of the programme can be viewed at the Kent ASA website
Where? The Galas on Saturday 12th and 19th February are at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre and the remainder at Medway Park (formerly Black Lion) Leisure Centre Gillingham. Who can compete? All swimmers aged 9 and over as at 6 March 2011 who have achieved a qualifying time for each event they wish to enter. The link to the qualifying times is at the Kent ASA website
Where can I achieve a qualifying time? Qualifying Times can be achieved at any race since 1 August 2010 where the time can be externally evidenced so this includes not only times from Licensed Meets which are shown on the National Rankings (and this includes Club Championships) but also times recorded at other galas such as Arena League, Kent Junior League, White Horse League or even Elementary galas but there must be some independent evidence of the time to fall back on. The reason for this is that if a swimmer is entered with a time which is not backed up by external evidence and the swimmer is well outside that time at the Championships the Club can be fined for each such swim. As a result times taken by parents in the stands or relay splits other than lead offs or other made up times should not be used. If you are in any doubt about whether you or your child have the requisite qualifying times please consult your Coach.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
THERE WILL BE A WEEKLY UPDATE NEXT WEEK (W/E 24/12/2010) BUT NONE THE FOLLOWING WEEK (W/E 31/12/2010).
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR TRAINING 2010-11 The following timetable details training arrangements for all squads, apart from Masters, over the festive period. Details of the club presentation evening and disco, which is taking place on December 17, will be sent out by Pat Davies shortly. As well as the programme set out below, please be aware that there are starts and turns clinics for swimmers in Silver and Gold squads on December 22 and 23 respectively, from 8am-10am. For more details, or to book a place, please contact Fiona Pearson on 07885 442258. WHITE: the final training session of 2010 will be on December 19. Training will resume at Trinity on January 9, 2011. The club presentation and disco will take place on December 17. TADPOLES: final training session of 2010 will be on December 10. Training will resume at the Spa on January 7, 2011 DEVELOPMENT 1: final training session of 2010 will be on December 10. Training will resume at the Spa on January 7, 2011 DEVELOPMENT 2: final training session of 2010 will be on December 22. Training will resume at the Spa on January 5, 2011 BLUE: final training session of 2010 will be on December 21. There will be no training on December 17 as it is the club presentation and disco that evening. Training will resume at Trinity on January 4, 2011 BRONZE: final training session of 2010 will be on December 21. There will be no training on December 17 as it is the club presentation and disco that evening. Training will resume at Trinity on January 4, 2011 SILVER: final training session of 2010 will be on December 22. There will be no training on December 17 as it is the club presentation and disco that evening. Training will resume at Alleyn’s on January 4, 2011 CLUB: final training session of 2010 will be on December 22. The club presentation and disco is on December 17. Training will resume at the Spa on January 5, 2011 GOLD: There will be some training over the Christmas period. December 17: There will be a shorter training session (until 6.30pm) to allow for the club presentation and disco that evening. The training schedule will be as normal until December 22. December 23: There is no training at St Joseph’s but there is a starts and turns clinic at the Spa from 8am-10am. There is no training from December 24 to December 27, inclusive. December 29: there will be training from 5pm-6pm at the Spa. December 30: there will be training at the Spa from 5pm-7pm. There is no training from December 31-January 2, inclusive. The normal training schedule will resume on January 3 (a bank holiday) with training at the Spa from 7pm-8pm.
TOP There will be some training over the Christmas period. December 17: There will be a shorter training session (until 6.30pm) to allow for the club presentation and disco that evening. The training schedule will be as normal until December 22. December 23: there will be training at the Spa from 6.15am-8am. There is no training from December 24 to December 27, inclusive. December 28: there will be training from 6.15am-8am at the Spa. December 29: there will be training at the Spa from 6.15am-8am, and from 6pm-8pm. December 30: there will be training at the Spa from 6.15am-8am. There is no training from December 31-January 2, inclusive. Normal training will resume on Monday January 3, a bank holiday, with training at the Spa from 6.15am-8am and again from 6pm-8pm. If you have any queries about the Christmas training, please contact Fiona Pearson on fionamgorman@aol.com
Click here to download or view .pdf version of this newsletter. CLUB MATTERS Trials for New Swimming Members Just under 50 swimmers attended the trial on Saturday and were assessed by coaches Di Manley, Susie Goold and Michelle Mitchell. Michelle turned up to assist for the first time and her help allowed some of the older swimmers a chance to show off their butterfly, turns and endurance. Julia Maxwell was also on hand to help with the administration side and her help was very much appreciated. The Coaches were really pleased with all the swimmers who behaved really well, waiting their turn patiently and swimming their hearts out. We started with the youngest swimmers born in 2005/2006, at least one of whom was ready in Pyjamas before the trial! The older swimmers were then assessed and the trial was finished just before the Spa shut for the evening. 25 swimmers were offered a place in a squad and 2 swimmers are on a waiting list for a place in Club squad. I am currently waiting for the successful swimmers to confirm that they wish to accept their place and start swimming this week. I will let squad reps know who is joining their squad as I get confirmation but please can everyone who sees a new face please make them feel welcome as I cannot be around when all the squads swim. Thank you to all the swimmers who attended, some of whom had waited since April and all the Coaches, Julia and Katie (my very important runner), for helping the night run smoothly. Oh yes, and I have 6 swimmers waiting for the next trial already and I have had daily enquiries this week from swimmers wishing to join! Jackie Elliott Membership secretary
Christmas Presentation Disco – Friday 17th December Beckenham Rugby Club has been booked on Friday 17th December for the Club’s presentation disco and general festive get together. We would like to have as many members as possible at the disco and hope that a good number of those in the Water polo and Masters Sections will be able to come as well those in all Swimming squads. More details will follow as we near the time but for any further information or offers of help please contact Pat Davies. Please could you all put this important date in your diaries. ASA Data Protection Forms Squad reps are handing out an ASA data protection form for each club member to sign and return. Please look out for these and help both your squad rep and Sally Lewis, the ASA officer, by signing and returning these forms. More information related to this is on the British swimming website http://www.swimming.org/asa/about-us/data-protection. Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. We are waiting to hear from the County Officials co-ordinator as to the courses to be run this autumn. Many thanks to those who have already volunteered!
ACHIEVEMENTS Many Congratulations to Michael Gunning who has been nominated as the Kent County ASA Junior Swimmer of the Year in recognition of his excellent performances throughout the year. The trophy will be presented at the Annual Council Meeting of Kent County ASA which is to be held on Saturday 4 December at Church Farm Hall, 198 New Hythe Lane, Larkfield ME20 6ST commencing at 10.45 am.
GALA NEWS & RESULTS
Well done to our 5 swimmers (Luke Gunning, Steffi King, Michael Gunning, Rebecca Walton and Kunmi Ogunfeibo all pictured above) at the ASA National County Team Championships at Ponds Forge Sheffield where they swam for Kent who finished 10th in Division 1 out of the 20 teams in that Division.
THIS WEEK’S GALAS For once a quiet weekend on the Gala front. If there are any of our swimmers competing in any Meets across the Country this weekend – good luck to them.
UPCOMING GALAS
29/30 October: English Schools Swimming Association 61st National Swimming Championships (Watford Leisure Centre) 31 October: Bromley Borough Swimming Championships (Beckenham Spa) 1 November: Beckenham Swimming Club Championships Session 3 (Beckenham Spa) 6/7 November: British Gas London Region Winter Championships (Crook Log Bexley) 13 November: Arena League Round 2 14 November: Kent County ASA Development Meet (Level 4 Meet at Medway Park Gillingham) 20 November: Kent Junior League Round 3 (Sevenoaks Swimming Centre) 21 November: Gravesend & Northfleet SC Autumn Regional & County Qualifier (Level 2 Meet at Medway Park Gillingham) 20/21 November: Crawley Not So Early Bird Meet (Level 1 Meet at K2 Crawley) 22 November: Beckenham Swimming Club Championships Session 4 (Beckenham Spa) 27 November: Beckenham Rising Stars Meet (Trinity School Croydon) 3/4/5 December: Northampton Swimming Club Winter Festival Open Meet (Level 1 Meet at Corby East Midlands International Pool) 4 December: Greenwich Borough Swimming Championships (Eltham Centre) 4/5 December: Thanet Swimming Club Winter 200 Open (Kingsmead Pool Canterbury) Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont. Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
Calling all parents Why leave it to just your children to get fit. Why not come along to the Masters session on a Monday evening from 9.00pm – 10.00pm. We have 6 lanes graduated from slowest to fastest, so there are no excuses! Phone or e-mail Peter Sutherland (the Masters secretary) if you want more information. Details are on the website.
GENERAL SWIMMING AND SPORTING MATTERS Swimmers Needed There is a level 2 coaching course running at Whitgift School in Croydon next week and the ASA still have places available for swimmers at the dates and times below. The swimmers are needed so that the candidates have swimmers of the appropriate level to demonstrate their coaching skills to the assessors. The ASA could really do with upping the number of swimmers and ensuring the coaches on course get the best learning experience. If any swimmers are interested in helping at the sessions below please contact Kate O’Neill of the ASA on Kate.ONeill@swimming.org copying in Kim Bowthorpe kb@whitgift.co.uk Tuesday 26th 10-11am 12.30-2.30pm Wednesday 27th 10-11am 12.30-2.30pm Thursday 28th 10-11am 12.30-2.30pm Please discuss with your Squad Coach before volunteering in case this is likely to interfere with your Coach’s training/coaching plans.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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Ellen is now training in Melbourne but until about 3 years ago swam full time with the Club. Ellen still holds numerous Club Championship records and remains a member of Beckenham Swimming Club.
SILVER STAR: Ellen Gandy grabs silver in the 100m butterfly in Delhi The 19-year-old, who claimed 200m butterfly bronze at the European Championships in Budapest this summer, dropped down a distance to 100m at the Commonwealth Games - and upgraded to silver. Gandy, who hones her skills in Melbourne, touched home in 57.66 seconds but could not compete with familiar foe Alicia Coutts - who grabbed her third gold medal of the Games this far. "Congratulations to all at Beckenham SC for providing the start and nurture for Ellen to do so well in the Commonwealth Games. She has just grabbed the Silver in the 100m Fly! It is a credit to the club, the coaches and the volunteers for providing the conditions in which she has thrived. Now we look forward to seeing her in the 2012 London Olympics". Norman Peters (time keeper at Olympics). CLUB MATTERS Club Championships 2010 Jackie Elliott has passed on a short report on the first Club Championships Gala last Monday We had a great start to this year’s Club Championships on Monday. As always, it all came together on the night (after weeks of organisation and the usual worries for the organisers) due to help from the “old regulars” (you know who you are) but also lots of new faces which was great to see. We had our current President, Kim Shead and Deputy President, Helen Schofield on poolside starting and judging respectively. Neither currently have children swimming in the Championships but still gave up their Monday night to help with the smooth running of the Championships. As the meet is Licensed by the ASA, we need to have a certain amount of qualified officials. By being licensed all the swimmers’ results will be posted on the ASA Rankings. For once, there were no technical problems, although this was helped by being pre warned that the starting equipment would be unavailable and Kathy Hook managed to borrow a starting system from Bromley SC (hope they knew!). The most important part of the night of course is the swimming and what a lot of great swims there were. We had our newest members of Blue squad and also White squad taking part in their first races (some even in the 200m freestyle!). Well done to you all! At the other end of the spectrum, Kunmi Ogunfeibo managed 2 event best performance times in the 12/13yrs 50m Freestyle and 13yrs 100m Backstroke. This was one more than he managed last year, keep it up Kunmi! Finally a reminder, it is only just over a week until the next session on 11th October. Events that night are the 50m and 200m Breaststroke and the 100m Freestyle. Help will be needed again so please let Justine Pope know if you are free. We also need more raffle prizes so please bring along on the night or leave in the shop on Monday. As ever, many thanks to Jackie and Justine for all their hard work on the Club Championships. Please could you all put this important date in your diaries.
Christmas Presentation Disco – Friday 17th December Beckenham Rugby Club has been booked on Friday 17th December for the Club’s presentation disco and general festive get together. We would like to have as many members as possible at the disco and hope that a good number of those in the Water polo and Masters Sections will be able to come as well those in all Swimming squads. More details will follow as we near the time but for any further information or offers of help please contact Pat Davies.
Trials for New Swimming Members The next trial is due on Saturday 16th October. Approximately 50 swimmers have been sent details and are confirming with Jackie Elliott whether they will attend at the moment. Anyone else who wants to attend needs to contact Jackie by e mail jcelliott@btinternet.com to see if there is space at this or the next trial. Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. We are waiting to hear from the County Officials co-ordinator as to the courses to be run this autumn. Many thanks to those who have already volunteered!
ACHIEVEMENTS ESSA SELECTION Congratulations to Lauren and Rebecca Walton, Kunmi Ogunfeibo and Luke Gunning on their selection for the Division 11 Team for the English Schools Swimming Association Divisional Championships which take place at Watford at the end of this month. The competition comprises 12 separate Divisions from across England with Division 11 being selected from swimmers from Kent, Surrey and the outer London Boroughs south of the River Thames. The inner London Boroughs come under London which swims as Division 9 and we await details of any selections for that Division. ASA INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS At the County Championships on 17th October Beckenham Officials Kim Shead and Chris Bedford have been selected as the Kent Officials, whilst Jackie Bedford will be there as the County President.
GALA NEWS - RESULTS Club Championships Session One The results from Session One of the Club Championships can shortly be viewed in detail on the Club’s website Ken Deeley Sprint Meet at Brighton Following on from last Week’s report unfortunately the results published by Brighton were a little misleading as there were separate 13 and 14 year old age groups as a result of which we omitted the achievements of Lani Davies (1 silver and two bronze)and Molly Haynes (1 bronze) as well as a top 6 placing for Erin O’Hara all in the 13 year old age group – well done to all of them Maxwell Open Congratulations to our sole entrant Ned Moriarty who swam at this Meet last weekend and achieved several fine PBs
THIS WEEK’S GALAS Good luck to the Club’s swimmers in the Final round of the White Horse League at Whitgift School Warm Up 6.15 p.m. Start 6.30 p.m. and to all those who have entered Crawley Long Course Opportunity Meet at K2 Crawley this weekend.
UPCOMING GALAS
2 October - White Horse League (Whitgift School – Change of Venue) 3 October - Crawley Long Course Opportunity Meet (Level 3 Meet at K2 Crawley) - the date for return of entries through the Club has now passed. 9 October - Arena League Round 1 (A Team at Kingsmead Canterbury B Team at Trinity School Croydon) 11 October - Club Championships Meet 2 (Beckenham Spa) 17 October - ASA Inter Counties Championships (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 29/30 October - English Schools Swimming Association 61st National Swimming Championships (Watford Leisure Centre) 6/7 November - British Gas London Region Winter Championships (Crook Log Bexley) 13 November - Arena League Round 2 14 November - Kent County ASA Development Meet (Level 4 Meet at Medway Park Gillingham) 20 November - Kent Junior League Round 3 21 November - Gravesend & Northfleet SC Autumn Regional & County Qualifier (Level 2 Meet at Medway Park Gillingham) 20/21 November - Crawley Not So Early Bird Meet (Level 1 Meet at K2 Crawley) 27 November - Beckenham Rising Stars Meet (trinity School Croydon) 3/4/5 December - Northampton Swimming Club Winter Festival Open Meet (Level 1 Meet at Corby East Midlands International Pool)
Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont. Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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WELCOME First a warm welcome from the Committee and the Coaches to the new swimming season, especially to those of you who are new to the Club. Hopefully we will be able to build on many of the successes of last year some of which are mentioned below.
CLUB MATTERS Club Championships 2010 Entry forms have now been sent out by e mail. The form is also on the website. Club Champs are for all swimmers in Blue squad and above and swimmers are expected to enter as they are a great chance to get experience in competition. Entry forms need to be back by 13th September. If you unsure what events to enter, please check with your coach. Beckenham Rising Stars Meet The Club will be holding its popular Rising Stars Meet on Saturday 27 November 2010 at Trinity School Shirley Park Croydon. Details of the Meet will be on the website soon. At this stage please could all swimmers and parents put this date down in their diaries as we will need a lot of parental volunteer help particularly on the day to deal with such things as ticket sales, raffles etc., as well expecting a large representation of swimmers from the Club. Reminder about Cheques…. The Club’s Bank is insisting that they will only accept cheques in favour of the Club with the Club’s full name on it. Consequently please would parents write all cheques in favour of the Club to “Beckenham Swimming Club” and not “BSC“or "Beckenham SC” in case the bank rejects them. Officials The Club is affiliated to the London Region of the Amateur Swimming Association. The Region has about half the number of officials of the average region elsewhere in England, although they have an average number of swimmers. As from 1 September 2010 licensed officials are needed for Regional and County Championships as well as Level 1 and 2 meets as the Referees, the Starter and Judges all must be licensed. From 1 September 2011 the minimum qualification will be Judge 1 for those Meets. Level 3 and 4 Meet requirements (which include the Club Championships) are not as prescriptive. It is therefore critical that as many parents as possible volunteer to go on the courses which start running in the Autumn so that we do not run the risk that our own Licensed Meets do not satisfy the Licensing criteria. This would mean that although the Meets go ahead the times achieved in the Meets would not go on the National rankings and could not therefore be used for qualification into certain events. If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. We hope to run training courses in the autumn. Many thanks to those who have already volunteered! ”Our Club” “Our Club” is the Club’s bi-monthly newsletter edited by Hilary Moore. There will be a bumper issue this month. Swimmers please send in your articles about swimming and in particular any galas you may have swum in since May. Articles can be as short or as long as you like. Hilary can be e-mailed on john@hamo6055.plus.com. Hilary is very grateful for recent contributions all of which will be included in the September issue. The closing date for contributions for the September issue is Wednesday 8th September We intend to answer periodically in the weekly newsletter some of those questions you might want to ask particularly if you are new to the Club or competitive swimming such “as what is a PB?” or “what do Licensed Meets mean” – so if you do have any questions please email me on john@hamo6055.plus.com and we will try and answer them.
ACHIEVEMENTS Lauren Walton and Michael Gunning are representing England East in the UK School Games in the North East this week. The UK School Games is a unique event in the UK, bringing together over 1500 elite young athletes from 10 sports, with the opportunity to participate in a multi-event games. The games will provide the experience, that hopefully will enable them to deal with the pressure of being in the spotlight, and prepare them for greater things to come. Selections were made using the GB Swimming Rankings database, from swims between 1 October 2009 and 4 May 2010. Each topped the ‘Rankings’ for the events that they have been selected to swim. The swimming takes place in the Sunderland Aquatic Centre.
GALA NEWS - RESULTS ASA NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS Results can be found on the British Swimming website. Following on from the brief report in July our congratulations go to the swimmers on their excellent performances on the last three days of competition. The 4 X 200 Team with a very young team (3 of our swimmers are eligible next year) finished in 27th position. Going into the final 5th fastest Luke Gunning excelled himself and won a bronze medal in the final of the 12 years 100m butterfly only 0.15 off the winning time. ASA NATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS Results can be found on the British Swimming website. The week after the Age Group Nationals our Youth swimmers were again in top form. Michael Gunning went one better than his brother Luke by winning a Silver Medal in the 15/16 years 1500m freestyle and other consistent performances throughout the week placed him 4th in the 200m Butterfly, 6th in the 200m Freestyle and 10th in both the 400m and 800m Free. Steffi King just missed out on a medal finishing 4th in the 16/17 years 200m Backstroke as well as 9th in the 100m Backstroke. Lauren Walton reached her first national final in the 14/15 years 400m freestyle where she finished 7th whilst she and twin sister Rebecca swam fine races in the Distance events to finishing 9 and 12th respectively in the 1500 Freestyle and 11th and 12th respectively in the 800m Freestyle. Our Girls relay teams (Steffi, Lauren, Rebecca, Fearn Cook and Rachel Bull) were also not far off the finals finishing 13th in 4 X 100m and 14th in the 4 X 200m Freestyle relays. Congratulations to all the foregoing and to our other qualifiers Georgia Phillips, Olivia Handley and Sophie Simpson who swam inside or close to their personal bests in their events. WELSH ASA SUMMER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (report to follow next week) THIS WEEK’S GALAS Good luck to the Club’s B Team in the next round of the Whitehorse League on Saturday evening at the Spa - Warm up 5p.m. Start 5.15 p.m. UPCOMING GALAS 2 September – 5 September: UK School Games (Sunderland Aquatics Centre) 4 September: White Horse League (Beckenham Spa) 11 September: Kent Junior League (Beckenham Spa) 11 September: details see the Kent ASA website http://www.kcasa.org.uk/OpenWater/OpenWaterIndex.htm – closing date for entry 20 August 2010 18 September: Brighton Sprints (Level 3 Meet at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) - the date for return of entries through the Club has now passed 25/26 September: Maxwell Open (Level 3 Meet at Aquavale Aylesbury) this is not a Meet in respect of which the Club is making an entry so there will be no Coach 27 September: Club Championships Meet 1 (Beckenham Spa) 2 October: Whitgift school 3 October: Crawley Long Course Opportunity Meet (Level 3 Meet at K2 Crawley) - the date for return of entries through the Club has now passed 9 October: Arena League Round 1 (A Team at Kingsmead Canterbury B Team at Trinity School Croydon) 11 October: Club Championships Meet 2 (Beckenham Spa)
Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
OTHER SWIMMING AND SPORTING RELATED MATTERS MARIE ROBERTS It is with great sadness that we have to report the passing of Marie Roberts, last week. Marie was wife of Marcel Roberts who was Hon Treasurer for the club for a number of years. She was a lovely lady and before she retired was a teacher at the Valley Primary School, Shortlands. She suffered a stroke some years ago and had been wheelchair bound since then. We have no details of the funeral at the moment. ASPIRE CHANNEL SWIM The editors of this Newsletter and “our Club” (John and Hilary) in a mad moment have decided to do the equivalent of a sponsored Channel swim between us this September. They are very keen to raise as much as they can for ASPIRE the spinal injury charity (www.aspire.org.uk). They have a just giving website (www.justgiving.com/HilaryandJohn) if any of you would like to sponsor them. They are also just as happy to have donations via sponsor sheets or email pledge. ZONAL MEETS START IN JANUARY A new level of competition between Regional and National is being created in 2011. The first Zonal meet will be on 28th and 29th January 2011 at Crystal Palace for London, South East and South West regions.
OTHER SWIMMING AND SPORTING RELATED MATTERS ENGLISH SCHOOLS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION: INTER DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. The Trials for Selection for this Competition, which is held in late October, take place in September. Swimmers who go to schools in London (this is limited to Inner London Boroughs such as Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Greenwich) should go to the Division 9 website for information. The closing date for entry is 6th September. Swimmers who go to a Surrey or Kent school (this includes outer London Boroughs such as Bexley, Bromley, Croydon and Sutton should go to the Div 11 website. The closing date for entry is 13th September.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
Click here to download or view .pdf version of this newsletter. It was Luke Gunning’s first time at the national championships, and the expectations were very high for the 12 year old swimmer. He qualified for 3 events earlier on in the year and being ranked in medal position at nationals was a massive achievement in itself. The 12 year old swimmer made the finals for all his events, swimming the heats in the morning, and the finals later on in the evening, narrowly missed out on a medal in the 200m Butterfly early in the week, finishing in an excellent 4th position. In the 100m Freestyle, Luke qualified for the final in 10th position and managed to finish in 9th position! Later in the week he swam 1.05.06 for the 100m butterfly to take the bronze medal in the 12 Years age group just one 15th of a second behind the winner’s time of 1.04.91. Luke, who also featured in the 4X200m Boys freestyle relay team including Harold, Kunmi and Louis finished 27th in the 14& under category. Also In the 13 Years 100m Backstroke Archie Mitchell finished 11th in his heat (and was first reserve for the final) finishing in 1.05.96 and Kunmi Ogunfeibo was a very creditable 15th in a time of 1.06.70. In the National Youth Championships, that took place on Tuesday 3rd August – Saturday 7th August, Michael Gunning, had an amazing week of swimming bringing home Silver and Bronze from his events. Day one of the competition featured the 15/16 years 400m freestyle, and Michael secured his place in his first final of the competition in a time of 4.03.35. The next day he swam the heats of the 200m Butterfly early in the morning, and come mid afternoon he featured again in the 1500m Freestyle. This was a gutsy swim by Michael as he knew that in order to medal, he had to get out fast and win his heat, and he did just that he hit the pad in a lifetime best of 15.59.86, within an hour he then lined up in the 15/16 years 200m Butterfly Semi-final smashing his PB in a time of 2.06.78, and in the final the following day he touched in at 2.05.12 smashing his Personal Best again to win the Bronze medal. Michael had many other events during the week, swimming in the 100m Butterfly, 800m Freestyle, and swimming the heats, Semi-finals and finals in the 200m Freestyle lead Michael into coming 5th position in 1.55.36! Rebecca and Lauren Walton, who had the 1500m Freestyle as their first event (Ouch) swam an extremely exciting race fighting out the following swimmers to be one of the top swimmers of their age group. Lauren touched in 17.39.42, with Rebecca just after her in 17.40.88 finishing in 9th and 12th position. Both swimmers are top 10 in their age group (1995) in Britain. Steffi King also had amazing nationals, storming into the Heats, Semi-finals and Finals of the 200m Backstroke finishing in 4th in the final with a very special performance of 2.18.62 swimming her lifetime best of this event. Earlier in the day she swam in the 4X100m Freestyle relay that consisted of Rebecca Walton, Lauren Walton and Fearn Cook, finishing in 13th position (3rd reserve for the final) out of the 29 clubs competing. Lauren Walton secured her spot in the 400m freestyle on day 2 of the competition coming 7th in 4.27.50. Swimming out of age, and being her first national championships, Sophie Simpson swam very well in her 100m butterfly swimming the race in her life time best of 1.07.77. Olivia Handley featured in this race and swam for Beckenham, after her recent move from Millfield, She swam her 100m Butterfly in 1.08.10., Fearn Cook swam her 50m freestyle in 28.34, congratulations to the three of you on your national championships debut. In addition swimming the 50M freestyle was Georgia Phillips who swam in a time of (28.72) and Rachel Bull in a time of (29.06) Congratulations to our Beckenham swimmers on their terrific performances!! and a big well done to our debut national championship swimmers.
Membership Renewals – update Jackie Elliott, our Membership Secretary has thanked those members who have renewed their membership. Just a reminder for those who have not done this already, but you must e mail Jackie jcelliott@btinternet.com to confirm or change the details the Club holds for you on the squad membership form which was sent to all members via e mail. This e mail confirms that you wish to renew your membership. Payment of club and ASA membership needs to be paid by 13th August either by cheque or direct with your bank. Please let Jackie or Jenny Knight jenny.knight@beckenhamswimmingclub.com know if you have paid this direct with your bank. If you do not intend to renew your/your child’s membership, please let Jackie know ASAP as we need to get squad registers ready for the 1st September and Jackie would like to enjoy the August break! Club Championships 2010 Entry forms have now been sent by e mail. The form is also on the website. Club Champs are for all swimmers in Blue squad and above and swimmers are expected to enter as they are a great chance to get experience in competition. Entry forms need to be back by 13th September. If you unsure what events to enter, please check with your coach. Beckenham Rising Stars Meet The Club will be holding its popular Rising Stars Meet on Saturday 27 November 2010 at Trinity School Shirley Park Croydon. Details of the Meet will be on the website soon. At this stage please could all swimmers and parents put this date down in their diaries as we will need a lot of parental volunteer help particularly on the day to deal with such things as ticket sales, raffles etc., as well expecting a large representation of swimmers from the Club. Reminder about Cheques…. The Club’s Bank is insisting that they will only accept cheques in favour of the Club with the Club’s full name on it. Consequently please would parents write all cheques in favour of the Club to “Beckenham Swimming Club” and not “BSC“or "Beckenham SC” in case the bank rejects them. Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. We hope to run training courses in the autumn. Many thanks to those who have already volunteered! ”Our Club” “Our Club” is the Club’s bi-monthly newsletter edited by Hilary Moore. There will be a bumper issue in September. Swimmers please send in your articles about swimming and in particular any galas you may have swum in since May. Articles can be as short or as long as you like. Also there is a competition for the best photograph (in the opinion of the Editor) of members in Beckenham apparel on their holidays. So remember to take your teabags or polo shirts on holiday and get snapping. Not only will the best photos be in the next Edition of Our Club but there will be a prize for the winner. Hilary can be e-mailed on john@hamo6055.plus.com. Hilary is very grateful for recent contributions all of which will be included in the September issue. The closing date for contributions for the September issue is Wednesday 8th September We intend to answer periodically in the weekly newsletter some of those questions you might want to ask particularly if you are new to the Club or competitive swimming such “as what is a PB?” or “what do Licensed Meets mean” – so if you do have any questions please email me on john@hamo6055.plus.com and we will try and answer them.
ACHIEVEMENTS The ASA Youth National Championships start on Tuesday 3rd August and run until Saturday 7th. This is for boys between the ages of 15 and 18 and Girls between 14 and 17. The Meet takes place at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. As with the Age Group Championships merely reaching these Championships is a major achievement for any swimmer as the qualifying times are very stiff. This year we are represented by Michael Gunning in the Boys’ events and by Rachel Bull, Fearn Cook, Olivia Handley, Steffi King, Georgia Phillips, Sophie Simpson, Lauren Walton and Rebecca Walton in the Girls’. Steph Denny also qualified but is unfortunately unable to take part due to illness. In addition the Club has qualified in the Girls’ 4 X 100m and 4 X 200m freestyle relays. We wish them all the very best of luck next week. Live results can found on the British Swimming Website although the link is not yet available.
RESULTS ASA NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS Results can be found on the British Swimming website. Congratulations to the swimmers on their terrific performances on the first two days of completion. In the 13 Years 100m Backstroke Archie Mitchell finished 11th (and was first reserve for the final) and Kunmi Ogunfeibo was a very creditable 15th. Luke Gunning (12) made the finals in both the events he has so far swum finishing an excellent 4th in the 200m Butterfly and 9= in the 100m Freestyle. The 4 X 100m Boys relay team finished 25th out of the 30 entrants. A big thank you to Di Manley for looking after all the swimmers at the Bagcats at Pond's Forge this week. HASLEMERE OPEN MEET The results for this Meet are now on Haslemere Swimming Club’s website. Well done to all the swimmers at what is usually (and was no doubt again this year) a well run and fun meet for many swimmers to finish their competitive season. THIS WEEK’S GALAS As previously mentioned the ASA National Age Group Championships conclude on Sunday and the ASA National Youth Championships start on Tuesday 3rd August as do the Welsh ASA Summer National Championships in Swansea. Please let us know if you or your children have entered a Gala and we can try and publish a link to the results after the Gala.
UPCOMING GALAS 3 August - 7 August: ASA National Youth Championships (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 3 August - 8 August: Welsh ASA Summer National Championships 18 August - 21 August: British National Championships 2 September – 5 September: UK School Games (Sunderland Aquatics Centre) 4 September: White Horse League (Venue to be confirmed) 11 September: Kent Junior League (Beckenham Spa) 11 September: details see the Kent ASA website – closing date for entry 20 August 2010 18 September: Brighton Sprints (Level 3 Meet at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) - the date for return of entries through the Club has now passed 25/26 September: Maxwell Open (Level 3 Meet at Aquavale Aylesbury) this is not a Meet in respect of which the Club is making an entry so there will be no Coach 27 September: Club Championships Meet 1 (Beckenham Spa) 2 October: White Horse League (Eltham Centre) 3 October: Crawley Long Course Opportunity Meet (Level 3 Meet at K2 Crawley) - the date for return of entries through the Club has now passed Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont. Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
OTHER SWIMMING AND SPORTING RELATED MATTERS ENGLISH SCHOOLS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION: INTER DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. The Trials for Selection for this Competition, which is held in late October, take place in September. Swimmers who go to schools in London (this is limited to Inner London Boroughs such as Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Greenwich) should go to the Division 9 website for information. The closing date for entry is 6th September. Swimmers who go to a Surrey or Kent school (this includes outer London Boroughs such as Bexley, Bromley, Croydon and Sutton should go to the Div 11 website. The closing date for entry is 13th September.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday. IN VIEW OF THE HOLIDAY PERIOD THIS MAY BE THE LAST WEEKLY NEWSLETTER UNTIL EARLY SEPTEMBER BUT PLEASE EMAIL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE MEANTIME AS THERE MAY BE FURTHER UPDATES BEFORE THEN.
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Membership Renewals – update Jackie Elliott, our Membership Secretary has thanked those members who have renewed their membership. Just a reminder for those who have not done this already, but you must e mail Jackie jcelliott@btinternet.com to confirm or change the details the Club holds for you on the squad membership form which was sent to all members via e mail. This e mail confirms that you wish to renew your membership If you wish to pay your/your child’s squad training fee in 10 monthly payments by standing order and you want us to set this up, a signed standing order mandate needs to reach Jenny Knight by 23rd July. Jenny.knight@beckenhamswimmingclub.com. If you are going to set this up direct with your bank, please ensure the first payment is made by 1st September 2010 and finishes on 1st June 2011. Payment of club and ASA membership needs to be paid by 13th August either by cheque or direct with your bank. Please let Jackie or Jenny know if you have paid this direct with your bank. If you do not intend to renew your/your child’s membership, please let Jackie know ASAP as we need to get squad registers ready for the 1st September and Jackie would like to enjoy the August break! Club Championships 2010 Entry forms will be sent by e mail soon although some squads already have been given these. The form is also available for download here. Club Champs are for all swimmers in Blue squad and above and swimmers are expected to enter as they are a great chance to get experience in competition. Entry forms need to be back by 13th September. If you unsure what events to enter, please check with your coach. Reminder about Cheques The Club’s Bank is insisting that they will only accept cheques in favour of the Club with the Club’s full name on it. Consequently please would parents write all cheques in favour of the Club to “Beckenham Swimming Club” and not “BSC“or "Beckenham SC” in case the bank rejects them. Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. We hope to run training courses in the autumn. Many thanks to those who have already volunteered! ”Our Club” “Our Club” is the Club’s bi-monthly newsletter edited by Hilary Moore. There will be a bumper issue in September. Swimmers please send in your articles about swimming and in particular any galas you may have swum in since May. Articles can be as short or as long as you like. Also there is a competition for the best photograph (in the opinion of the Editor) of members in Beckenham apparel on their holidays. So remember to take your teabags or polo shirts on holiday and get snapping. Not only will the best photos be in the next Edition of Our Club but there will be a prize for the winner. Hilary can be e-mailed on john@hamo6055.plus.com. Hilary is very grateful for recent contributions all of which will be included in the September issue. The closing date for contributions for the September issue is Wednesday 8th September.
ACHIEVEMENTS The Age Group National Championships start on Wednesday 28th July and run until Sunday 1st August. This is for boys between the ages of 11 and 14 and Girls between 11 and 13. The Meet takes place at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Merely reaching these Championships is a major achievement for any swimmer as the qualifying are very stiff such that only the best 20 or so swimmers in each age group achieve the times in each event. This year both Kunmi Ogunfeibo and Archie Mitchell have qualified for the 100m Backstroke and Luke Gunning has made the times for the 100m Freestyle and 100m and 200m Butterfly. In addition the Club has qualified in the Boys 4 X 100m and 4 X 200m freestyle relays. The relay squad consists of Kunmi, Archie and Luke together with Harold Pearson and Louis Phillips. We wish them all the very best of luck next week. Live results can found on the British Swimming Website although the link is not yet available.
GALA NEWS RESULTS EAST MIDLANDS OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS Rebecca Walton was selected for her first Open Water Event - the East Midlands Region Open Water Championships at Bosworth Water on 13th July. In the 1.5km event Rebecca finished a more than creditable 5th in front of many much more experienced competitors. THANET SEPARATED MEDLEY Results from the Thanet Separated Medley Meet can now be found on the Thanet Swim Club website. In case you wonder what a separated medley is it is run so that each swimmer competes over 50 or 100 metres in each of the backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle with the swimmers with the fastest aggregate times in each age group then swimming a final either over 100 or 200 metres. Well done to our swimmers Phoebe Goold, Emily Wood and Sophie Lewis ward who competed in this. THIS WEEKEND’S GALAS There are no Galas of which we have been advised this weekend but as mentioned above the ASA National Age Group Championships start on Wednesday 28th July. Please let us know if you or your child/ren have entered a Gala and we can try and publish a link to the results after the Gala UPCOMING GALAS 28 July – 1 August: ASA National Age Group Championships (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 3 August – 7 August: ASA National Youth Championships (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 3 August – 8 August: Welsh ASA Summer National Championships. 18 August – 21 August: British National Championships 2 September – 5 September: UK School Games (Sunderland Aquatics Centre) 4 September: White Horse League (Eltham Centre) 11 September: Kent Junior League (Beckenham Spa) 11 September: Kent ASA and South East Region Open Water (Portsmouth) for entry details see the Kent ASA website http://www.kcasa.org.uk/OpenWater/OpenWaterIndex.htm – closing date for entry 20 August 2010 18 September: Brighton Sprints (Level 3 Meet at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) - the date for return of entries through the Club has now passed. 25/26 September: Maxwell Open (Level 3 Meet at Aquavale Aylesbury) this is not a Meet in respect of which the Club is making an entry so there will be no Coach 27 September: Club Championships Meet 1 (Beckenham Spa) 2 October: White Horse League (Eltham Centre). 3 October: Crawley Long Course Opportunity Meet (Level 3 Meet at K2 Crawley) - the date for return of entries through the Club has now passed. Queries regarding entries to Open Meets (only) should be directed to our Gala Secretary Sarah McClymont. Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website.
MASTERS CROSS CHANNEL SWIM David Bennett (Waterpolo and Masters), Louise Kelly (Masters) and Suzie Mummery (Masters) will be attempting a cross channel relay swim, with two others who are not BSC affiliated, this week. They were supposed to be going on Thursday(22nd July) so if they did hopefully it went well and if they have not yet gone good luck to all of them.
WATER POLO The Beckenham first team defeated Ealing 12-6 in a hard fought game at Gurnell on Thursday 15th July. This was a London league fixture and our progress in this league is now back on track after a disappointing start.
OTHER SWIMMING AND SPORTING RELATED MATTERS ENGLISH SCHOOLS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION: INTER DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. The Trials for Selection for this Competition, which is held in late October, take place in September. Swimmers who go to schools in London (this is limited to Inner London Boroughs such as Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Greenwich) should go to the Division 9 website for information. The closing date for entry is 6th September. Swimmers who go to a Surrey or Kent school (this includes outer London Boroughs such as Bexley, Bromley, Croydon and Sutton should go to the Div 11 website. The closing date for entry is 13th September.
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster at david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
Click here to download or view .pdf version of this newsletter. Membership Renewals Membership renewal forms for 2010/2011 have been sent by e-mail to all members who have an e-mail address. Please look out for these, and if not received, contact Jackie Elliott, the Membership Secretary jcelliott@btinternet.com. Please check the details we have for you or your children on the squad membership form are correct and reply by e-mail with any corrections necessary. If paying by a Standing Order Mandate, this needs to be returned by 23rd July. Membership and ASA fees need to be paid by cheque or Bank transfer by 13th August. If parents are setting up the 10 equal monthly payments for the squad training fee direct with their bank, the first payment needs to be made by the 1st September. If you do not intend to renew your membership, please let Jackie know as soon as possible. Reminder about Cheques… The Club’s Bank is insisting that they will only accept cheques in favour of the Club with the Club’s full name on it. Consequently please would parents write all cheques in favour of the Club to “Beckenham Swimming Club” and not “BSC“or "Beckenham SC” in case the bank rejects them. ‘Next’ Sponsorship Thanks to sponsorship from NX Sport the ‘sporting arm’ of the high street retailer “Next”, the Club is pushing forward with its Sports Science programme. For more details see the homepage of our Website. Officials If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. We hope to run training courses in the autumn. Many thanks to those who have already volunteered! ”Our Club” “Our Club” is the Club’s bi-monthly newsletter edited by Hilary Moore. There will be a bumper issue in September. Swimmers please send in your articles about swimming and in particular any galas you may have swum in since May. Articles can be as short or as long as you like. Also there is a competition for the best photograph (in the opinion of the Editor) of members in Beckenham apparel on their holidays. So remember to take your teabags or polo shirts on holiday and get snapping. Not only will the best photos be in the next Edition of Our Club but there will be a prize for the winner. Hilary can be e-mailed on john@hamo6055.plus.com.
ACHIEVEMENTS Biggin Hill Pool Opening The new Pool at Biggin Hill (used by our Top Squad for training) was officially opened on Tuesday this week. Top squad swimmer and Junior GB international Michael Gunning was chosen to meet HRH Prince Edward at the opening, alongside Henry Knight and Rachael Bull both from Top Squad with Head Coach, Tony Beckley, chosen to be poolside at the opening. London Youth Games - a sequel Our swimmers in our Club and Platinum Squads don’t often get a mention. Many of them compete in other Sports or for a myriad of reasons are unable to commit to training as fully as our wholly competitive squads. So, special congratulations therefore to go to Jack Myers (Southwark), Jack MacDonald (Lambeth), and Erin O’Hara and Mark Handley (Lewisham) who train with those squads and represented their Boroughs in the Swimming events at the recent Youth Games.
GALA NEWS Results Many congratulations to all our swimmers at the London Region Sprints at Crystal Palace last Sunday. Swimmers training with the Club won 10 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze medals, together with a further 29 top 8 places all of which won awards. For full results see http://www.surreyswimming.org/asalondon/sprints2010/index.htm and for amended 16 and 17 year old results http://www.londonswimming.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2010-Sprints-revised-16-and-17-Over-positions.pdf At the time of producing this week’s newsletter the results from the Meets at Haslemere and Canterbury (Thanet) were not available.
THIS WEEKEND’S GALAS There are no Galas of which we have been advised this weekend but please let us know if you or your child/ren has entered a Gala and we can try and publish a link to the results after the Gala.
UPCOMING GALAS 28 July – 1 August: ASA National Age Group Championships (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 3 August – 7 August: ASA National Youth Championships (Ponds Forge Sheffield) 3 August – 8 August: Welsh ASA Summer National Championships 18 August – 21 August: British National Championships 11 September: Kent ASA and South East Region Open Water(Portsmouth) for entry details see the Kent ASA website closing date for entry 20 August 2010 18 September: Brighton Sprints (Level 3 Meet at Prince Regent Centre Brighton) entries through the Club need to be returned by no later than 21 July (next Wednesday) to our gala secretary Sarah McClymont 25/26 September: Maxwell Open (Level 3 Meet at Aquavale Aylesbury) 3 October: Crawley Long Course Opportunity Meet (Level 3 Meet at K2 Crawley) entries through the Club need to be returned by no later than 19 July (next Monday) to our gala secretary Sarah McClymont Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website. We hope to have links attached in future editions of the weekly newsletter. Information on galas, from September, will be included in later editions.
MASTERS Peter Sutherland (our Masters Secretary) has reported back on some recent results – many thanks, Peter. British Masters L/C Championships Our congratulations go to Robert Farrish who had an excellent weekend in Glasgow swimming in the 45-49 years category of the above championships. He achieved first place in both the 400m and 800m Freestyle and in his first ever 1500m Freestyle race took second place. Kent Masters Championships The objective of any Master Swimmer is to better times from the previous year whilst inevitably getting older, which is exactly what Paul French did in each of the four events he entered this year. His final places were 1st in the 50m Freestyle, 2nd in the 100m Freestyle, 2nd in the 100 Backstroke and 4th in the 50m Backstroke. A busy and successful afternoon! Open Water In lovely weather three of our swimmers competed in the 3.8k swim in Staines Reservoirs, being part of the Super Swim Series. n the Women’s category, Louise Kelly came in 3rd, and Suzie Mummery 5th, whilst in the Men’s category, David Bennett came home 7th.Overall positions out of the 57 entrants were David 7th, Louise 20th and Suzie 27th. Well done to you all.
WATER POLO The Ladies have their last London League under 21 weekend on this Sunday, 18th July at Whitgift School, Croydon. The Meet time is at 6.30pm with the first game is at 7pm.
OTHER SWIMMING AND SPORTING RELATED MATTERS ENGLISH SCHOOLS SWIMMING ASSOCIATION INTER DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS The Trials for Selection for this Competition, which is held in late October, take place in September. Swimmers who go to schools in London (this is limited to Inner London Boroughs such as Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, and Greenwich) should go to the Division 9 website for information. Swimmers who go to a Surrey or Kent school (this includes outer London Boroughs such as Bexley, Bromley, Croydon and Sutton should go to the Div 11 website.
LONDON TRIATHLON Sue Ryder Care, the healthcare charity is looking for Relay Teams to take part in the London Triathlon on behalf of their charity. Details are attached for anyone interested. For more information contact Lizzie Helps, Fundraiser, Sue Ryder Care, London and South East, 114-118 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5AA. Telephone 02074920746. Email: Lizzie.Helps@suerydercare.org.uk.
OTHER INFORMATION JACK PETCHEY FOUNDATION The Jack Petchey Foundation is currently looking for an Events Co-Ordinator. The post is Full Time with a salary of £21 – £24,000 per annum, dependant on experience. The Jack Petchey Foundation has given over £65m in its first 10 years as a grant making trust. Operating in London and Essex, they aim to raise young people’s aspirations and create opportunities for them to achieve. Their major programmes include the Jack Petchey Achievement Award Programme which operates in over 2000 groups. They require an Events Coordinator to assist with the delivery of up to 80 youth achievement award celebration events a year, in some of the most prestigious venues in London and Essex. The successful candidate will organise everything – from venue selection to ticket management, and production of the programme to acting as compere. The ideal candidate will have a confident stage presence, good organisational skills and a desire to affirm the achievements of young people. Further details of this very exciting opportunity can be found on their website www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk. Closing date: 5.00pm on 26 July 2010 .
REMEMBER Please do continue to view the website as it is regularly updated at www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com and pass on any questions, feedback or requests for information that might be useful to David Grant our webmaster. Please send news and comments to John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. The deadline for inclusion in the weekly newsletter is Midnight on the preceding Wednesday.
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Thanks to NX Sport, our ‘sports science’ program can start with a big bang! On the instigation of Di Manley (Gold and Bronze squads coach), the sports arm of Next, NX Sport (http://www.next.co.uk/shopping/men/nxsport/1), in addition to providing GB flag towels to our Arena league finalists and kit to our Regional 2010 swimmers, has also sponsored the club to buy underwater filming equipment. This will see the club push towards its desire to offer a ‘sports science’ program to its swimmers, with underwater swim analysis being the first step in this direction. Full details shall be available from September. The filming equipment will be available to benefit all of our compet i t ive squad swimmer s (Bronze to National squads), and whilst all such swimmers will be ac commodated, if there ar e insufficient places for any particular filming session, priority will be given to swimmers who swim for the club in league galas (Whitehorse, Kent Junior, and/or Arena leagues). Subject to squad coach requirements, filming may take place outside normal training sessions. In all cases, the swimmer’s coach will then analyse the swim with the swimmer. Initially, there is likely to be a nominal charge made to our swimmers – to simply cover the cost of hiring the pool etc. – but it is hoped that with time, that will disappear. Two volunteers/squad will be required to help during each filming session. Sessions will only be booked for the squads once the volunteers are in place, so please let your squad rep know ASAP if you can help.
Beckenham SC is sponsored by NX Sport. Membership Renewals Jackie Elliott, the Club’s Membership Secretary, is currently collecting the squad moves for September from the coaches and will get the membership renewal forms out via email over the next week. Please can parents look out for an email from Jackie, Cheques to the Club The Club’s bank is insisting that they will only accept cheques in favour of the Club with the Club’s full name on it. Consequently please would parents write all cheques in favour of the Club to “Beckenham Swimming Club” and not “BSC“ or "Beckenham SC” in case the bank rejects them. Officials Those of you who have attended galas will have seen the men and women dressed in white on poolside. We always need more officials to timekeep and judge swimming events. Despite the size of the Club we do not have enough officials. Without a sufficient number galas do not happen and children will be deprived of opportunities to compete. If nothing else you get free entry to galas and often the best view in the house! If you are interested in officiating please contact John Handley on john@hamo6055.plus.com. We hope to run training courses in the Autumn. ”Our Club” “Our Club” is the Club’s bi monthly newsletter edited by Hilary Moore. There will be a bumper issue in September, as she has done her best to get items, but not enough for this month (which is fast disappearing!). Unlike the weekly newsletter, which is aimed at providing snippets of news on a weekly basis, “Our Club” gives anyone associated with the Club, but in particular swimmers, an opportunity to write about their swimming experiences whether it is a first gala, a funny incident (perhaps a gala where the referee fell in the pool) or the journey from hell! Articles can be as short or as long as you like. Photographs especially of swimmers in Beckenham SC apparel are always welcome. Competitions with prizes are run from time to time (more on that in a later edition of this weekly newsletter). Hilary can be emailed on john@hamo6055.plus.com. ACHIEVEMENTS UK Schools Games 2010 Selection Congratulations to Lauren Walton and Michael Gunning on being selected to represent England East in the UK School Games in the North East in September. The UK School Games is a unique event in the UK, bringing together over 1500 elite young athletes from 10 sports, with the opportunity to participate in a multi-event games. The games will provide the experience, that hopefully will enable them to deal with the pressure of being in the spotlight, and prepare them for greater things to come. Selections were made using the GB Swimming Rankings database, from swims between 1 October 2009 and 4 May 2010, each topped the ‘Rankings’ for the events that they have been selected to swim. The swimming takes place in the Sunderland Aquatic Centre. GALA NEWS RESULTS Congratulations to the “B” team who won the latest gala in the WhiteHorse League swam at the Spa last Saturday. The tone was set by the girls and boys 11 and under relay teams who won the first two events. Beckenham were never headed and with the many excellent swims including no doubt many PBs ran out comfortable winners. Also well done to the Kent Junior League Team which despite being decimated by unavailability only just came up short in the first league gala in Division 1 (this is the top Division) in late June finishing 2nd just two points behind the winners Thanet. Hopefully they will be able redress the balance in the remaining two galas in September and November. As many of you will have seen from the front page of the website Beckenham was well represented in the swimming and aquathlon events at the London Youth games last Saturday and Sunday as well as the swimming at the London Mini Games the previous Thursday. In addition to those representing the London Boroughs of Bromley and Southwark we also had athletes representing Croydon, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Sutton many of whom turned in medal winning performances. Last but far from least on the results front Michael Gunning was invited to compete in the Elite Section of the Great London Swim. This is an Open water event held in the Royal Docks (by City Airport and Excel) over 1 mile. Despite being the youngest in the Elite Section Michael finished 13th beating a number of well established international athletes and just 3 seconds behind 2008 Olympic Open Water Silver Medallist, David Davies. THIS WEEKEND’S GALAS Good luck to all our swimmers competing in the London Region Sprints at Crystal Palace and the Level 3 Meets at Haslemere and Norwich. UPCOMING GALAS 28 July – 1 August ASA National Age Group Championships 3 August – 7th August ASA National Youth Championships 3 august – 8 August Welsh ASA Summer National Championships 18 August – 21 August British National Championships Details of these galas and other forthcoming galas can be viewed on the fixtures page of the Club’s website. We hope to have links attached in future editions of the weekly newsletter. Information on galas, from September, will be included in later editions. WATER POLO The Ladies have their last London League Under 21 weekend on Sunday 18th July at Whitgift School, Croydon. The Meet time is at 6.30pm with the first game is at 7pm. 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The juniors took to the water in the morning session and Beckenham swimmers Luke Gunning, Ned Moriarty, Molly Haynes, Marie Deane and Phoebe Gould helped Bromley into an overall points position of 14th for the boys and 15th for the girls. The junior team can be chosen from school years 7, 8 and 9 so our young team was up against some much older, more experienced swimmers. Not to be out done they all swum really well and have to win the prize for the loudest supporters of team mates thanks to a very loud Phoebe!!!! The points are carried over to the second session when the senior team, school years 10,11,12, compete. This year the Beckenham swimmers competing were Robert Deane, Henry Knight, Steph Denny, Rachel Bull, Lauren Walton and Rebecca Walton. In some close fought races the Bromley Team won 3 individual medals and 3 relay medals. Congratulations to Rachel who won bronze in the 50m Backstroke. Our girls and boys freestyle relays both won gold with only a few tenths of a second to spare, having been in heat 1 and having to watch 3 more heats come so close it was all very exciting. 2 other individual medals were won by Felicity and James from Bromley Swimming Club. Overall Bromley finished in 3rd position for the girls and 7th position for the boys out of 32 London Boroughs. Well done to all the swimmers who took part and enjoyed the day. Thank you to our oldest swimmers Steph Denny and Rachel Bull for supporting the Youth Games in the past few years as they now move on to make way for our up and coming younger swimmers.
A full run down of the results can be found on the London Youth Games website www.londonyouthgames.org, and for the swimming results click here.
The races took place over two days at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, with a number of Beckenham swimmers selected to represent the borough. They did exceptionally well and helped the team clinch the third place overall award for years six and under - behind Hillingdon and Edmonton. Members of the Southwark team were awarded two Gold’s, two Silvers and one Bronze medal. The Games were originally introduced in 1977 as part of The Queen's Silver Jubilee Celebrations and as the 2012 Olympics draw near it is hoped that at least some of the British competitors will be veterans of the Youth Games. Former Olympic medallist Stephen Perry, who won the 200 metre butterfly bronze at Athens in 2004, said the standard of competition in the swimming was extremely high: "We want our kids to be inspired by 2012. That is what the bid was won on,” And Southwark swimmer Sophie Simpson, agrees. Sophie, who swims for Beckenham Swimming Club, took gold in the girls Butterfly and now has her sights set on going further. The Charter School Pupil will be competing in the British Nationals later this month as part of a record delegation from Beckenham. “We are really proud to be part of the Southwark team and going to the nationals is a great achievement as only a few swimmers qualify. It was great winning gold and we want to go on and do as well as we can – particularly given the training we put in at Beckenham. Our coach really supports us and that’s important in helping us do our best.” The older girls won seventh place in the years 7 and over award. The boys from Southwark placed 19th overall in that age group Other Beckenham swimmers in the Southwark team included Sophie’s brothers Robert and Henry and Archie’s sister, Maisie – together with Rosa and Lani Davies, who both swam in the individual freestyle events and Sophie Lewis Ward, who swam the butterfly for the younger girls. Leila Bernstein, from silver squad, took part in the freestyle relay – as did Laurie Pope. Edward Langley achieved 7th place in the Breastroke. Georgia Phillips, 6th in the Freestyle and Brodie Hibberd, from Platinum, did well in the Breastroke. In preparation for the London Youth Games the swimmers were invited to a Southwark swim camp at Alleyns School pool in Dulwich. The team was selected following a borough wide gala at which more than 80 youngsters competed and further swim camps are now planned for later in the year. The first medal for Southwark went to Alice Collins, from Dulwich Hamlet School, who secured Gold in the Breastroke event in a best ever time of 39 seconds. Max Tidmarsh, from Dulwich Prep, took silver in the butterfly and Breagha Campbell, from James Allen’s Preparatory School, also got a silver in the freestyle. Sixteen year old Mbeh Tanji, from the City of London Academy, won a bronze medal following a closely fought swim in the Breatstroke. The Youth Games were opened by Olympic and World Athletics 400m gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu, who is patron of the 2010 event. There was a festival like atmosphere as more than 20,000 youngsters competed in over 30 different sports – with each borough kitted out in tops designed by some of the pupils competing.
A full run down of the results can be found on the London Youth Games website www.londonyouthgames.org, and the swimming results click here.
Photos of Southwark Youth Squad 2010 and Sohpie Simpson (Beckenham SC) with her gold medal Michael, one of the many prides of Beckenham Swimming Club, has just returned home with the GB Squad from the British Swimming Open Water training camp after encountering an all-time low and through his positive focus and determination, converted that all time low into a significant high. Michael competed in the European 10K Len Cup in Rome and after completing 6.6k he suffered the first stages of hypothermia and was carted off to hospital. On his return to the camp the GB team then flew to France for a week’s intense training camp in preparation for their return to the UK to compete in the 1 mile Open Water Elite Great East Swim which is to be televised on channel 4 later this year. His focus was to finish the race, and in doing so, he not only finished but won Gold in the race in a determined manner. In his interview Michael said “I came here with a clear mind, and just gave it my best!” and he certainly did just that!!!
Well Done Michael, for your Great Swim!!
Beckenham Swimming Club AGM took place on 9th June 2010, photos courtesy of Jackie's iPhone.
Michael Gunning gains GB Open Water Selection 23rd May 2010 16 year old Michael Gunning was confirmed as a part of the 20 young British squad to take part in the European Juniors LEN Cup Confirmation camp on the 11th – 20th June. Michael earned his GBR selection during the British Championships in March, coming 1st in the 1500m Freestyle and securely booked his place on the British Squad, as the youngest male swimmer to be competing. The European Juniors LEN Cup championships will take place in San Felice Circeo, in Italy, followed by a weeks intense training Camp in the South of France. The team then returns to the UK to compete in the Great East Swim at Alton Water (19th June) due to the timings of the event, Michael was due to miss 2 GCSE examinations, but ‘Team GB’ will be brining a tutor out to the meet, that allows Michael to sit his examinations in Italy and France. The team are due to fly out on the 11th, but Michael will travel to San Felice Circeo on the 12th June with 5 other members of the team to allow them to sit their exams on 11th in readiness for the 10K Open Water race on the 13th June. A delighted Michael Gunning said “I am absolutely honored to be representing my country. “I have never done Open Water Swimming in my life!!! Being the first time swimming for Great Britain will be really nerve racking, and I am sure I have still got a lot to learn, but I am looking forward to the experience, and getting some advice from the most experienced staff in the World!!!” Coach of Michael Gunning, Tony Beckley said “Michael deserves his selection. Over the years Michael has worked so hard and has shown commitment and dedication that is required to reach his level, and now, it is all paying off!”
Michael Gunning Great Britain Open Water Selection May 2010
Beckenham Open A wonderful weekend of swimming was had by all involved. Thank you to Patricia Ogunfeibo for organising and to all the club members who helped. It was truly a great event. London Region Swimming Championships Well done also to Lauren Walton who made the finals and won the 200m Freestyle. Water Polo A successful second weekend of tournaments in London League, saw the Ladies team win a well deserved 6-2 victory over Worthing & Basingstoke. The mandate of more shooting was applied, the girls looked far more comfortable and confident in front of goal. Back to back games unfortunately then saw the girls go down 4-2 to the Penguin III team, in a very physical game. The girls, still with a very young average age, continue to learn and develop very quickly, and with two remaining tournaments to go in this league, there's still all to play for...... Training There are still a handful of places available on two half-term stroke clinics. The bronze/silver clinic on June 1 will cover freestyle and backstroke, from 8am-10am at the Spa, cost £10.00, to be paid in advance. The club/platinum clinic on June 3 will cover butterfly and breaststroke, also from 8am-10am and at the same cost. All those who have applied for the clinics have places and any outstanding fees should be paid to Fiona Pearson, or to your club rep, as soon as possible. There was an incident at the Spa on Monday evening: a swimmer from Club squad returned to the group changing rooms after training to find that a pair of converse shoes and a spare swimming costume had disappeared from her belongings. This was very upsetting - and expensive. Both the management of the Spa and the club are trying to find out what happened and who was responsible. This is not the first time such an incident has occurred and we would remind swimmers not to leave possessions in what is essentially a public place. They would do better to put their things in a locker or to put them neatly on the poolside during training. If anyone has inadvertently picked up these items, please could they return them to Fiona Pearson as soon as possible. In case anyone is in any doubt, such occurrences are not funny and incontrovertible evidence that BSC swimmers are playing pranks or maliciously taking other people's possessions will be taken very seriously. Arena League Last Sunday saw Shaun Gunning and Kathy Hook represent the Club at the Arena League South AGM. We were delighted to find out that the Beckenham B team has remained in Division One East where they deserve to be! National Qualifying Times Congratulations to Luke Gunning and Sophie Simpson who have joined the NQT roll of honour and will be heading up to Sheffield in the summer. The full roll of honour can be found on the website. This Weekend Good Luck to everyone who is heading to the Medway Leisure Centre (previously known as The Black Lion) for the Black Lion Open.
Please send news and comments to Kathy Hook on: kathy.hook@beckenhamswimmingclub.com
20th May 2010 Congratulations to Swimmer Michael Gunning, who won the Geoff Comer Cup in the Bromley Schools Sports Awards. The Celebration took place in the Great Hall at Bromley Civic Centre on Friday 14th May that showcased outstanding achievement by Bromley school students. The highlight of the evening was the Awards for the phenomenal achievements throughout Bromley. There were over 300 nominations for this award from a variety of sports, so they organized a sub committee to search through the nominations and find a winner. The Geoff Comer Cup for Outstanding Achievement was awarded to swimmer Michael Gunning from Beckenham Swimming Club, Mr. Hobbs from Coopers School said “I am delighted that Michael won this award, he works really hard and he is not only dedicated to swimming but all his school work he thoroughly deserves it”. Councilor Noad presented the cup to Michael and highlighted the great achievements in sport, of which Bromley is very proud. Councilor Noad said: “These awards celebrate the high level of sporting achievement across our schools. “These young sportsmen and women have represented their schools at the highest level, many gaining personal bests, and serve as ambassadors for sport within the borough and nationally.” Well done Michael
Dear Beckenham Swimming Club, As part of the Jack Petchey Foundation’s tenth anniversary celebrations we are undertaking a survey of youth attitudes – this survey is called "Listen Up". We need your help with this... We want to know what the young people at Beckenham Swimming Club think about a whole range of different subjects including education, work, politics, health, ambitions and hobbies. The survey results will be published in a Jack Petchey Foundation report, “Listen Up”, which we will use to make sure that people in positions of influence and power, understand and react to what young people REALLY have to say and think. In this election year, it is more important that young people’s voices are heard. How can young people give their views? All of the young people at Beckenham Swimming Club that are aged between 11-25 can complete the “Listen Up” survey by clicking on the following link: www.surveymonkey.com/s/ListenUp They can also can access the survey through the “announcements” section of the Jack Petchey Foundation website. It will take a maximum of ten minutes to complete and when they have submitted their survey they will be invited to enter a prize draw to win an IPOD TOUCH!!! We really do need your help, so please forward this link to the young people of Beckenham Swimming Club - Just ten minutes of their time will make a huge difference. Many thanks The Jack Petchey Foundation Team
London Region Swimming Championships The London Region Swimming Championships splashed off last weekend with the Youth Championships at Crystal Palace, on Saturday and Sunday. We had some fabulous swimming and congratulations to Steffi King, Rachel Bull, Rebecca Walton, Steph Denny, Georgia Phillips, Fearn Cook, Sophie Simpson, Michael Gunning, Gabriel Dada and Adam Strawford who all made finals. Michael got two firsts and Adam one first. So well done to Tony, Di and the team. Thanks to Gill Gunning, Angela Phillips and Jackie Walton who helped to man the door. Water Polo The Beckenham Ladies team played in the first round of the London league on Sunday against Worthing, Southampton and Hammersmith Penguin IV (yes, it really is called the London league!). The team lost all their games but each game was a well fought match with a close score. The Beckenham team was very young and had an average age of 18 years. Take away the 43 yr old Goalie, the average age was only 15yrs! This was noted by the opposition and comments were made on how much Beckenham had improved and that they are a team to watch in the future. This is a great comment, not only for the girls who played their hearts out, but for the Coaching team ofRichard Collins and Anna Newell who have been working incredibly hard with the Ladies team over the last year. The girls played a really good press defence which made the Goalie’s job easier but the general consensus from players, the Coach and the great parent supporters, was that the team needs to gain confidence in attack. This is something to work on for the next 2 rounds. Remember next time girls, SHOOT, SHOOT,SHOOT! Kent versus Surrey Primary Schools Last Friday night at Sevenoaks the Kent versus Surrey Primary School gala was held. Congratulations to Clodah Kelsh who came 5th in the Breaststroke final and Lucy Grant who came 2nd in the Freestyle final. Surrey won the overall gala but Kent put up a spirited fight. Beckenham Open The weekend has finally arrived; all those months of organising and training will come to a head over the next two days. Thank you to everyone who has offered to help, see you tomorrow. Good luck to all the swimmers taking part. Swim 21
Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Club will take place on Wednesday 9th June at 7.30pm in the bar at The Spa Nominations for election of members to any office or for the membership of the Management Committee shall be made in writing by the proposer and seconder to the Secretary not later than 11th May. The nominee shall be required to indicate in writing on the nomination form his willingness to stand for election. Notice of any resolution proposed to be moved at the Annual General Meeting shall be given in writing to the Secretary not later than 11th May. The Secretary, Kathy Hook, can be contacted at 32 Oakwood Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 6PJ or on: kathy.hook@beckenhamswimmingclub.com
National Arena League B Final We came, we saw and we swum our hearts out. Last Sunday morning saw the Beckenham A team and their band of militant supporters descend on Ponds Forge in Sheffield. We were there to battle for glory in the Arena League B Final. It was noisy, it was hot, it was a great atmosphere and a wonderful experience for all involved. We finished in 7th place, a great achievement. Congratulations to Michael Gunning who picked up the male 15 year-old swimmer of the meet award and well done to all of the swimmers, Tony, Di and Sarah the coaches, Tony, Kathy and Catherine our officials, the Gunnings for organising us and the barmy army |
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The Beckenham Swimming club newsletters are a fantastic read full of exciting news:
With less than 4 weeks until the British Olympic Selection Trials in March, Michael Gunning traveled off to the Catalonian International Winter Open Meet in Barcelona alongside the London Region swimming team, to take part in a 3 day competition against the International prospect.
Ellen Gandy won the British Gas GBR Swimming Team’s third medal of the 2011 World Championships, taking silver in the 200m Butterfly on Day Five in Shanghai.
Retired Olympic Swimmer
Day 2 of the National Championships is well and under way and Beckenham Swimmer Luke Gunning seals a GOLD MEDAL in the Final of the 200M Butterfly swam earlier this evening. Luke qualified for the final in the heats this morning ranked in 1st Place, after achieving a phenomenal time of 2.15.50 shaving a tremendous 5 seconds off his personal best, and stood up to the mark in the evening session at the finals! Gunning touched in 2.11.29 making him the TOP BRITISH SWIMMER IN HIS AGE GROUP!! The gold-medal winning performance by Luke was commentated by World Record Holder and Commonwealth Champion Sarah Price who witnessed this stunning performance! Luke Greenbank came 2nd with Matthew Stevenson coming in third.
)!!! Ellie asked me to pass onto the club her good wishes and hopes that everyone is well. She said that she would have came down and swum with Beckenham for a few sessions but she was stuck to a tight schedule as she had to leave that weekend back to Ozzie, after seeing the rest of her family in the UK. She was very happy with her swims at the trials and is really looking forward to swimming at Shanghai for the World Champs in July.
The swimming stars of the future battled it out against Canada’s young talent over the weekend, and all took part in a full Olympic programme over the two days of competing and will be out to show improvement and put themselves in contention to represent Britain later this year. 
More congratulations to Ellen Gandy who in addition to the silver Medal she won in the 100m Butterfly at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi took third in the 200m Butterfly with a storming finish over the last 50 metres (and despite being sick on the morning of the event). Ellen also joined up with Gemma Spofforth, Kate Haywood and Fran Halsall to win England a Silver Medal in the Medley Relay, recording the fastest Butterfly leg of all the teams in the Final.
Saturday 3rd July saw this years London Youth Games at Crystal Palace. The swim team was made up of a group of swimmers from Beckenham, Bromley and Orpington Ojays.
Award for Outstanding Achievement The Geoff Comer Cup
