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NER Long Course Championships May 2018
We had a record 14 swimmers with NER qualifying times this Spring: Joan, Alex M, Tom, Zak, Joe S, Eleanor, James, Jake, Callum, Laura, Amy, Meredith, Joe C and Aidan (the latter two swimmers achieving QTs for both the Open and the Age Group competitions). The first weekend in May saw 9 of our squad competing at Ponds Forge in the Open Championships. There were solid performances all round, with some great PBs swum by Joan (50m Back), Alex (50m Back), Jake (50m Back), Callum (50m & 100m Back) and Meredith (100m Fly). The times achieved by Callum, Meredith and Aidan give them a very good chance of appearing on the qualifying lists for the Nationals when they are published at the end of this month. The Age Group Championships were spread over the last two weekends in May and took place in Leeds. On the first of these, Aidan came home with 2 hard-fought medals, both times impressively overcoming deficits to win Bronze in 100m Breast and Silver in 50m Breast. Joe also qualified for the final in 50m Free and just missed out in 200m Free, finishing in a very creditable 11th place. They both finished the competition strongly: Joe achieved PBs in 400m Free and 50m Back, where he qualified in 7th place for the final (but elected not to swim again); Aidan qualified for the 200m Breast final, where he put in another great PB swim to finish in 4th place, narrowly missing out on another bronze medal. |
Harrogate Spa Town Meet
A small group of eight Team Jorvik swimmers attended the Harrogate Spa Town Meet on 14 and 15 April 2018. It was a hot weekend but our swimmers kept their cool with some fantastic swimming. Every single one of our swimmers medalled over the course of the weekend. Aidan R (Silver - 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke; Bronze - 50 breaststroke, 400 freestyle). Alexander (Silver - 50 breaststroke, 100 backstroke). Charlotte (Gold - 50 freestyle; Bronze - 200 backstroke, 50 backstroke). Cormac (Gold - 50 breaststroke; Bronze - 200 breaststroke). Elizabeth (Gold - 400 freestyle; Silver - 50 backstroke, 200 breaststroke). Ellie (Gold - 200 butterfly; Silver - 400 IM). Emma ( Gold - 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 50 backstroke ; Bronze - 50 backstroke). Jake (Gold - 400 freestyle, 50 freestyle, 200 backstroke; Bronze - 100 breaststroke). Everyone PB''d over the weekend but Emma managed a full set - with some top swims she PB'd in 6 out of her 6 events. The largest PBs of the weekend went to Ellie and Cormac. Ellie achieved a tremendous 34 second PB on her 200 backstroke and Cormac took an impressive 15 seconds off his 200 breaststroke. All in all our swimmers demonstrated that when the heat is on Team Jorvik rises to the challenge.  |
Coaches and Teachers wanted!
We are looking for enthusiastic teachers and coaches to join our team in both the teaching section (Jorvik Swim Academy) and competitive squads. All levels of experience are welcomed (including new, less experienced people): our head coach and supportive voluntary committee are committed to providing guidance and professional development. Both teachers and coaches are wanted, varied working hours throughout the week and weekends. We use several pools around York but most of our sessions are held at Archbishop Holgate's school. For more information please contact our head coach David on teamjorvikheadcoach@gmail.com |
Jorvik Spring Festival
Our Jorvik Spring Festival Gala on 11 March 2018 saw the first full long course competition of the season for many of our swimmers and the first long course gala held at Leeds in almost a year! A total of 36 of our swimmers competed in the gala and a small army of parents acted as helpers to make sure it all ran smoothly. For some younger swimmers this was their first ever gala and they did us proud. Ben Blake, Jessica Grant, Lilly Hazzard, Madison Pears and Alexander Tew all made their swimming debut in style. Medals were won by Ben B (1st 100 breaststroke), Jessica (1st 100 backstroke, 5th 100 freestyle), Maddison (5th 100 freestyle) and Alex (5th 100 freestyle). A total of 68 medals were won by our swimmers overall (25 1st, 16 2nd, 16 3rd, 4 4th, 7 5th). Speeding tickets were achieved by Aidan F (100 breaststroke) and Meredith (100 butterfly). Many of our swimmers achieved personal bests with Ben G and Robbie both scoring a full set. Ben G pb'd in each of his four events and Robbie pb'd in all three of his events. New times were achieved by Libby, Emma B and Freddie as they took on the 200 freestyle for the first time. Maya, Robyn and Lento conquered the 200 IM. Emma B and Robyn achieved new times on the 100 backstroke, as did Freddie and Lento on the 100 breaststroke, while Robyn made it a hat-trick with a new time for the 100 freestyle as well. Each and every one of our swimmers is to be commended for their hard work and good behaviour during the competition as we showcased our club at our gala. Their respect for officials and other swimmers as well as their genuine, enthusiastic support for their fellow Jorvik swimmers really does put the "team" in Team Jorvik. We would like to thank all the parents who helped on the day and all those who helped to prepare for the gala and everyone who donated raffle prizes. With your help we were able to run a successful gala, not just for our swimmers but for all the other clubs who attended. Thank you. |
Yorkshire Championships Feb 2018
 We had a record 21 swimmers with qualifying times for the Spring Yorkshire Swimming Championships, which just shows how far the Club has come over the last couple of years. Of those, only 14 chose to/were able to swim: Libby Anderson, Heidi Fothergill, Cormac Reilly, Aidan Fothergill, Joe Callin, Meredith Harness, Amy Bettles, Laura Bettles, Callum Tonkins, Aidan Reilly, Emma Pears-Dorland, Emily Hill, Alex Mosey and Joan Clayton. The events were spread over three weekends in February.The first weekend got off to a fantastic start with Meredith making the 100m Backstroke final, where she came 5th with a 1.5 second PB over the day, and then Aidan F, Joe and Callum all achieving good PBs in the 200m IM and Joe qualifying for the final, where he finished in 10th place. Saturday afternoon saw Aidan F win his first medal, a Bronze in 100m Breaststroke, while Aidan R swim a good PB in the same event. Although not at his best, Joe collected another pennant by finishing 10th in the 400m Free final. On Sunday, Meredith swam well again in 100m Fly and 100m Breast and then put in a great PB swim in 400m IM, Amy & Laura finished just ahead of Meredith and with very similar times in 100m Breast, Joe was placed 6th in 200m Free and Callum came nail-bitingly close to a medal in 200m Back, finishing in 4th place. On the second Saturday, Amy swam a 4 second PB to earn herself an NER qualifying time in 200m Breaststroke. Later, Joe and Callum both swam great PBs and qualified for the finals, with Callum finishing 9th in a time 14 seconds faster than his entry time (Joe was unfortunately disqualified). Joe saved his best until last with a Silver medal in the 100m Free final. Sunday brought three exciting finishes in finals: Meredith achieving a brilliant 4th place in 200m Backstroke with a 9 second improvement on the day, Callum clinching a Bronze medal in 100m Backstroke, and Aidan F clawing his way back to win Silver medal in 200m Breaststroke. There were also PB swims for Meredith in 100m Free and Aidan R in 200m Breast. The third Saturday was Sprints Day, with all the 50m events taking place for all age groups. The squad did themselves proud with many PB swims, those with 1 second+ improvements being: Joan in Backstroke, Aidan R in Breaststroke, Heidi in Breast and Back, Meredith in Breast, Aidan F in Fly and Back, Joe in Back. New NER qualifying times were achieved by Joan (Back), Meredith (Breast), Laura (Breast), Aidan R (Breast), Aidan F (Fly and Back) and Joe (Back). Callum would undoubtedly have been challenging for a medal in Back was unfortunately unable to swim due to illness, but we still had 9 finalists: Meredith finishing in 8th in Back and a very unlucky 4th in Fly, just 0.01 second away from a Bronze medal; Joan was 8th in Back; Emily came 6th in Breast; Joe finished 6th but Aidan was disqualified in Fly; Joe won a superb Bronze in Free and was very close to another in Back with a fantastic swim, coming 4th by just 0.02 seconds; and Aidan successfully defended his title of Yorkshire Champion, taking the Gold in Breaststroke. |
Spring Festival Meet now full
Thanks to everyone for getting their entries in early. As of 23rd January, the meet is now full. Lane-filler swims might be available on the day if we get some withdrawals, but will be restricted to clubs already at the event. We are looking forward to another great gala! We are still in need of officials, of any level (trainees welcome too). Please contact us if you can help. |
Info for upcoming Yorkshire Swimming Championships
Our entries have been submitted and accepted. Entries can be checked here: http://www.yorkshireswimming.org/onlineresults/index.php and the results will appear when the competition commences. For the first two weekends, in Leeds, the morning session will start at 9am and the afternoon at 2pm. On Sprints Day in Sheffield (24th), the morning session starts at 9am and the afternoon at 2.30pm. All warm up sessions start 1 hour prior to the swim start times. |
Leeds New Year Meet
14 of our swimmers attended the City of Leeds New Year Meet on 6/7 January 2018. The New Year brought some new times for many of our swimmers who undertook longer distance events for the first time. Charlotte conquered the 400 IM. Four girls braved the 800m freestyle and each was rewarded with a medal for her efforts: Emma (silver), Laura (bronze), Jess (gold) and Joan (silver). Callum and Joe C took on the 1500m freestyle achieving excellent times - Joe C bagged a new Yorkshire time and a gold medal. New Yorkshire times were also achieved by Jake (50 breaststroke), Callum (100 breaststroke), Amy (200 breaststroke) and Meredith (400 IM, 200 breaststroke, 200 backstroke). Personal bests were hard won at this time of year with little training over Christmas, late nights and too many mince pies! However, our swimmers managed an impressive array. Aidan R nearly achieved a full set with PBs in 8 out of his 9 events. Similarly, Meredith PB'd in 6 out of her 7 events and Heidi in 3 out of her 4 events. 0verall, we came away with 37 medals (13 gold, 8 silver, 16 bronze). If this is the first gala of the year we have high hopes for the rest of 2018. |
Middlesbrough Xmas gala
Our Senior & Age Group Performance squads had a busy weekend with some amazing swimming at Middlesbrough in the last gala of the year on 9/10th December. With a full event schedule, up to 400m events, it was a great chance for the swimmers to update old times as well as enter some favourite events. Unfortunately the gala was so busy that the 400m IM and 200m Breaststroke were moved to Friday evening, meaning most of our entries had to be withdrawn for those events. PBs were too numerous to mention them all, but the star performance came from Amy, who produced some fantastic PBs all round, but most notably she achieved her first ever Yorkshire qualifying times with 3.5 and 10 second PBs in 50m and 100m Breaststroke respectively, and these might well turn out to be NER qualifying times too. In addition, there were 6 other new Yorkshire qualifying times: Laura (50 Back, 50 Free, 100 Breast), Emma (50 Free), Callum (200 Free) and Aidan F (100 Free). A total of 18 medals were won: Joe S (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), Tom (silver), Zak (2 silver, 1 bronze), Callum (silver), Aidan R (silver), Joe C ( 1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) and Amy (bronze). |
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