Welcome to Team Jorvik. A small and friendly club which aims to produce swimmers competitive at Yorkshire and NER level. We do this by providing the necessary facilities help and coaching in the pool, on land with the lifestyle that is adjusted to as this happens. The squad has a friendly but focused atmosphere, we take the training seriously but we don't take ourselves seriously.
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Latest news
Rotherham Metro Sept MeetA team of 14 Team Jorvik swimmers all put in excellent performances this weekend at the Rotherham Metro A/B Grade Short Course Meet. In the first gala of the season and under the watchful eye of new head coach David Maxwell, they competed in 62 events, set 45 personal bests and brought home 27 medals – 12 ‘A’ Grade and 15 ‘B’ Grade. The girls were well represented with Rhiannon, Maya, Amy C, Jess, Emily, Laura, Amy B, Fay, Imogen, Charlotte and Eve all putting in strong swims; between them scooping up 16 medals – 4 gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze. Many achieved significant personal bests but the biggest gains were for Laura and Amy Bettles; Laura knocking 15 seconds ...
Posted 26 Sep 2016, 23:24 by Team Jorvik
New Head Coach appointedThe Committee are delighted to announce that we have appointed David Maxwell as the new Head Coach for Team Jorvik.David has a fantastic record as a swimmer himself, having competed in National Championships (winning a Bronze medal for his favoured event, 400m IM) as well as representing England in international competitions. He is a Level 2 Qualified Coach and has most recently coached the University of Leeds swim squad, as well as teaching in local learn-to-swim schemes. He is passionate about all aspects of swimming and understands the Team Jorvik ethos of ensuring all our members enjoy their swimming and giving all swimmers the chance to achieve their maximum potential.David replaces Jon Bearsdley, who took over ...
Posted 16 Sep 2016, 05:12 by Team Jorvik
Rotherham Metro A/B Meet July 2016A very successful end-of-season gala! Our squad achieved an amazing 35 PBs out of 41 swims, with several huge improvements in the longer events - a just reward for the hard work put in at training over the past few months. 15 year old Tom Watkins-Hargan was on top form and showed fantastic stamina, with 8 PBs out of 9 events over the weekend, including 400m Free and 200m Fly for the first time, a 14 second PB in 200m Free and 7 seconds in 200m Backstroke - the best reward coming late in the day with an A grade gold medal and NER qualifying time of 1:01.66 for 100m Backstroke; Tom came home with 4 A ...
Posted 19 Jul 2016, 14:59 by Team Jorvik
Richmond Dales Summer Madness July 2016A small (but perfectly-formed!) squad travelled to Leeds for this long course meet. Despite being an ungraded gala, they managed to win 14 medals from 27 swims. Best performances of the day came from the younger girls, Eve Clark (9) and Heidi Fothergill (10): Eve won a gold medal for her impressive 48.03 in 50m Fly, and Bronze medals for 50m Free, 50m Back and 200m IM, swimming 4 PBs; Heidi achieved 5 out of 5 PBs, 4 of which were Yorkshire (Winter Competition) qualifying times, winning a Silver medal for 100m Breaststroke and Bronze in the 100m Backstroke. Aidan Fothergill (12) updated some older times in his lesser favoured events with 4 PBs, going home with Silver ...
Posted 11 Jul 2016, 09:18 by Team Jorvik
