South East Regional Youth Championships
The South East Regional Youth Championships involving 75 swimming clubs
from over 7 Counties in the south east of England met at Aldershots Sports
Garrison over the weekend of 3rd /4th May.
It was an exciting time for Woking Swimming Club as 14 year old Amy
Edmonds took over a second off her 50m Fly to climb 18 places to 9th
position in the 14/15 year age band. This was an incredible achievement but
she had more surprises in store as she stormed to victory to achieve her
first NQT (National Qualifying time) for her 50m Freestyle in a time of
28.59 seconds.
15 year old Bethany Eastwood and 17 year old Alex Smith both were
determined to do equally well in their respective races. Bethany swam
strongly in her 100m backstroke and 50m freestyle races gaining a personal
best time of 30.36 secs in the latter. Alex Smith narrowly missed his NQT in
the 50m freestyle by 57 hundredths of a second. Despite this he swam an
amazing 50m fly in 28.91 seconds a personal best to win his heat and
produced an incredible swim in the 100m freestyle gaining a converted time
of 55.70 a personal best.
Head Coach John Eastwood commented that he was pleased with the efforts
of all of the swimmers but was especially proud of the achievement by Amy
gaining her NQT for the 50m Freestyle.
Annual General Meeting
The WSC AGM is being
held on WEDNESDAY 11th JUNE at 8.00pm at Woking Leisure Centre in the
Restaurant.
All parents are welcome including swimmers 14 years and older. There will
be reports from the Chairman Simon Johnson, Treasurer Julie Burvill and Head
Coach John Eastwood. There will be information about SWIM 21 and a chance to
ask questions about the Club and its plans for the future.
If anyone wants to join the Committee or just help out in the Club could
they contact either Liz Robbings or Jackie Smith through the normal email
address.
Bournemouth Bonanza!
Woking Swimming Club had a fantastic Open Meet at Bournemouth.
which concludes a very successful spring session as the Club not only did
very well in the County Championships but also achieved the SWIM 21
accreditation after many months of hard work.
Swimmers ranging from 9 to 19 years produced some superb personal bests
at the Meet gaining in total 25 Gold, 13 Silver and 13 Bronze medals.
12 year old Callum Ferguson took 10 seconds off his 100m backstroke and 8
seconds off his 100m fly a fantastic achievement! His sister Hazel, not to
be out done won 2 silver and 1 bronze medals. Elizabeth Jamieson won 6
bronze medals whilst Kirsty McKnight and Hannah Burvill had a storming meet
gaining 2 silver and 3 gold and 3 silver medals respectively.
The older swimmers equally shone with 14 year old Amy Edmonds producing
nail biting finishes to take 7 gold and 1 bronze medal whilst 17 year old
Alex Smith achieved 2 golds for his 200m and 100m backstroke, 2 silvers for
his 50m backstroke and 50m freestyle and a bronze medal for his 100m
freestyle. Tia Thurlow won gold for her 100 IM. 19 year old Ben Smith took 2
seconds off both his 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle only narrowly
missing out on the medals. 11 year old Dominic Holloway was top of the
Woking table with 11 gold and 1 silver medal a tremendous achievement!
The meet concluded with the prestigious 50m freestyle skins event whereby
the top 8 girls and top 8 boys battle it out to see who is the fastest male
and female 50 m freestyle swimmer of the meet. After going head to head for
5 swims with an army of very vocal supporters Amy Edmonds came 5th and Vice
Captain Alex Smith came a credible third. Head Coach John Eastwood
commented, I am very proud of all of the swimmers who have taken part this
weekend and the tremendous team spirit they have displayed supporting one
another.
Swimathon - WSC raises over
£1,000!
Thanks for all your support for the Swimathon.
In case you weren't aware we ended up with 5 teams, totalling 24 swimmers
and on each day we fielded a WSC Team.
The boys achieved the fastest time for the 200 length (5,000
m) distance, completing it in 1 hour 5
minutes!
The younger girls (98/99) came home in under 2 hours
!
The Woking News and Mail were there to take a picture on Thursday, so I'm
hopeful we'll get a mention in the paper (not sure whether it will be the
free one or the Woking News and Mail).
The best news of all is that because of your friends and families
generosity we raised just over £1,000 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The details of the donations (and a few pictures) can be found at:
http://www.justgiving.com/wscathon08
Many thanks once again for making our participation in the event such a
success!
Swim 21
Swim 21 is the ASA's Club Development model - a planning tool, based on
the principles of Long Term Athlete Development, enabling clubs to help
athletes, teachers, coaches and administrators to achieve their full
potential. It focuses particularly on the needs of athletes - striving to
provide them with the best possible support and environment.
Swim 21 Accreditation is a 'Quality mark'. It recognises nationally and
regionally the clubs that are committed to providing safe, effective and
quality services for the benefit of their members.
Swim21 is awarded by the Amateur Swimming Association to clubs able to
meet its stringent standards in all areas including such items as child
welfare, organisation and communication.
Swim 21 Accreditation is available to ASA clubs of all aquatic
disciplines that are positioned at one or more of the four levels of:
- Teaching
- Skill Development
- Competitive Development
- Performance
Woking Swimming Club led by Jean Styles has worked steadily towards the
attainment of Swim 21 for Competitive Development over the last 12
months and we are delighted to announce tonight that on 28th Feb the
National Accreditation Panel approved our submission.
This is a huge milestone for the club and on behalf of all the members we
want to thank Jean and all other contributors for the enormous amount of
effort and congratulate them on this achievement.
We will discuss further the positive impact this has for the club going
forward at the AGM this year being held in June.
Surreys 2008
The Surrey County Championships started on the 9th February with the 800m
and 1500m being held at Aldershot 50m pool and finished with the Relays on
the 9th March at the Spectrum. A long month but well worth it for all the
Woking swimmers.
Woking came 8th in Surrey with a total tally of 23 medals.
A total of 295 individual swims resulted in no less than 158 Personal
Bests, 3 Club Records, 6 Gold medals, 6 Silver and 8 Bronze.
The Relay teams provided another Gold, Silver and Bronze.
The Club Records came from:
Dominic Holloway: Under 12 200 Breast and 50 Breast.
Calum Ferguson: Under 12 200 Fly.
Dominic was also 1st in the Boys 11 years Bagcats, with Calum
coming 3rd.
Hannah Burvill came 4th in the Girls 10 years Bagcats.
Gold Medals were won by:
Dominic Holloway 50 Breast, 200 Breast
Calum Ferguson 50 Fly, 50 Back
Amy Edmonds 50 Breast, 100 Breast
The Boys 9-11 Medley Relay team of Oliver Kenworthy, Dominic Holloway,
Calum Ferguson and Daniel West.
Silver Medals were won by:
Dominic Holloway 100 IM, 200 IM
Calum Ferguson 50 F/C, 200 Breast
Kim Glazier 100 IM
Hannah Burvill 50 Back
The Boys 9-11 F/C Relay team of Connor Wingham, Daniel West, Dominic
Holloway and Calum Ferguson.
Bronze Medals were won by:
Calum Ferguson 100 IM, 200 IM
Amy Edmonds 50 F/C, 100 IM
Dominic Hollway 400 IM
Kim Glazier 100 F/C
Hannah Burvill 50 F/C
Bethany Eastwood 50 Back
The Girls 14-15 F/C Relay team of Jo Blair, Chloe Bard, Bethany Eastwood
and Amy Edmonds.
Fun Night 2007
16th December saw total mayhem at Woking Pool in the
Park, as hundreds (well seemed like it!) of colourful swimmers took part in
the annual WSC Fun Night - a chance to forget all the hard work of the year
so far, for one night anyway.
Starting on a serious note, were the annual awards -
as follows
- Dominic Holloway - Tom Olley Cup for most
points in the Surreys
- Emma Maurer - Phillip Page Breaststroke
Cup for best improver.
- Hannah Burvill & Callum Ferguson - most
improved junior
- George Hatfield - most improved
intermediate
- Lucy Troman - most improved senior
And finally the Rose Bowl (which can only be won once)
goes to Sarah Noble for her performance in the 2007 Surrey 1500
metres, taking over 1 minute off her PB and picking up 3 Club Records during
the year.
After that, it all got a little bit silly!
Over 10 games, competing in 6 teams, there were two
hours of extreme silliness, lots of bribery, a couple of elves and the
occasional penalty for outrageous behaviour.
The singing at the end of the races was fairly
appalling, but the rules had to be followed. Actually the best game finished
with complete silence!
Even so, in the Junior Woggle Race, so few understood
or kept to the rules, the judge deemed it had to be run again.
There was a fight to keep an maintain
first place, with the Green Team holding the lead through the first 6 races.
Whether it was the adept use of the joker in Game 7 or just pure skill the
final winner on the night was the Yellow Team.
And John ended up in the pool (which was expected -
but Ross was probably involved!)
So we end by
wishing you all a Happy Christmas and see you in the New Year!
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Disability Swimming
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Woking Swimmer World Champion at Biathle
World Championship in Monaco.
Emma Davis, competing for Ireland, won her first World Championships at
Monaco on the 28th September. Competing in the Senior Race, Emma beat the
two competitors for Great Britain in a thrilling finish.
The race took place on Larvotto Plage with the run leg made up of three
500m out and back loops and the swim a 200m out and back in the sea.
Transition was on the beach and proved challenging given the uneven surface.
Emma, whose previous position in the September Triathlon European Cup was
second and is on the Elite Women's program, is really looking forward to
next years championships which are to be held in South Africa.
Emma returned home for a rest (!) and swam for Woking Speedo team in Round
1
2008 Surrey Championships
The qualifying times are now available.
Click Here for the document 
Rushmore Royals Open Meeting 20/21st October 2007
Some great swims over the 2 days of the Rushmore Royals Long Course Open
meeting at Aldershot resulted in 4 Club Records, 4 Gold, 6 Silver and 4
Bronze medals.
Out of the 65 swims there were 35 PB's rewarding those swimmers that have
been putting their hard training to good use.
Gold Medals came from Bethany Eastwood (200 Back, 50 Back), Amy Edmonds
(50 Breast, 50 Free) and Hannah Burvill (50 Back)
Silvers came from Victoria Thurlow (50 Fly), Amy Edmonds (50 Fly),
Bethany Eastwood (50 Free), Ross Arnfield (50 Breast), Dominic Holloway (50
Breast), Alex Smith (50 Free..and who narrowly missed out on an NQT)
Bronze medals were won by Victoria Thurlow (50 Free), Hannah Burvill (200
Free), Kirsty McKnight (50 Fly), Emma Maurer (200 Breast).
Club Records were achieved by:
Amy Edmonds: U16 and Open 50 Free
Sarah Noble: U16 and Open 800 Free.
Congratulations to all the swimmers for their spirit and determination.
Open Meets
The Club will be attending the following Open Meets in the early part of
the 2007/8 season:
Surrey Qualifier 20/21 October 2007
Rushmoor Royals Level 2 20/21 October 2007
Woking Club Champs Level 4 Oct/Nov 2007
Haslemere Level 1 17/18 November 2007
Guildford Level 1 1/2 December 2007
Brighton Level 2 early January 2008
Cranleigh B Level 3/4 27 January 2008 (provisional)
Surrey County Championships Feb/March 2008
Bournemouth Level 2 April 2008 February 2008
Meets noted in blue show that forms/letters
have already been, or are about to be, distributed.
For further details of WSC supported meets please continue to check the
noticeboard or the website. This list is not exhaustive and is subject to
change.
This notice will also be regularly updated so please keep checking the
board.
Please note that, with immediate effect, I shall
not be accepting any entries which are handed in after the publicised WSC
closing date. Late entries delay our official club entry, and can result in
all swimmers losing out because a meet has been over-subscribed and our
entries did not arrive in time.
Hilary Dickenson Open Meet
Secretary 1/8/07
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