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| Woking | 237 |
| Wandsworth | 220 |
| Alton | 188 |
| Hart | 169 |
| Winchester | 164 |
| Rushmoor | 127 |
Coaches John & Karen Eastwood, Julie Todd and Assistant Team Manager, Jean Styles were all full of praise for yet another good, solid, team result from the band of enthusiastic Woking swimmers.
Many of the younger swimmers from Woking travelled to Haslemere for this meet, which is designed for swimmers up to the age of 12 and allows them the chance to update their Personal Best Times. The swimmers certainly took this opportunity with 66 Personal Best Times produced out of the 96 swims on the day.
In his first Open Meet, Callum Ferguson swum 3 PB’s and won 4 medals
whilst Connor Wingham produced 4 PB’s from 4 swims and collected 3 Gold and
1 Bronze Medal.
Medals were won by:
Conor Wingham (Gold 50 Free; 100 IM & Bronze 50 Breast)
James Styles (Gold 50 Fly; Silver 200 Free)
Catherine Campbell (Gold 50 Breast)
Callum Ferguson (Silver 50 Free; 50 Breast; 100 IM & Bronze 50 Back)
James Watson (Silver 200 Free; Bronze 50 Fly)
Halldora Thornsteins (Bronze 100IM)
Ribbons for finishing 4th to 8th were won by:
Nick Heath (100 IM) Conor Wingham (50 Fly) Alistair Koh (50 Breast; 100 IM) Chloe Bard (50 Back) Jack Bousfield (100 IM) Laura Day (50 Fly) Ben Haskell (50 Back) Lauren Moonery (50 Fly) James Watson (50 Butterfly; 50 Breast) Kate Cole (50 Back) Daniel West (200 Free) Natasha Carr (50 Breast; 50 Fly) Catherine Campbell (50 Back; 50 Fly) Melissa Britton Williams (50 Back ; 100IM) Phoebe Lenton (50 Back)
Alistair Koh, Jack Bousfield, Nick Heath, Connor Wingham, Ben Haskell, Laura Day, Anna Marks, Catherine Campbell, Julia Mulliez and Melissa Britton Williams all produced at least 3 PB’s on the day – Well Done.
A total haul of 79 medals, numerous PB's and District times, along with 2nd place in the visiting clubs as well as an award for the top age group boy, were the spoils from the Bournemouth Open over the weekend of the 8th & 9th April. The 2 day event was well attended by WSC swimmers, all of whom dipped in and out of the various sessions and took advantage of the local amenities.
Amongst many of the marvellous swims, the one with the most excitement was provided by John Hargan in the 100 Back, who narrowly missed his NQT by 0.48 of a second. Becky Harding, Amy Edmonds and Lauren Mooney repeated their Surreys 1-2-3 in both the 50 Breast and the 100 Breast.
Medals were won by:
| Daniel Gibson (5G, 3S) | Sarah Noble (2S, 3B) |
| Dominic Holloway (4G, 5S, 2B) | Katherine Robbings (2S, 1B) |
| Josh Foulkes (4G, 2S, 1B) | Rob Hall (2S) |
| Emma Maurer (3G, 2S, 1B) | Kelly Davidson (1S) |
| John Hargan (2G, 1S, 1B) | James Styles (5B) |
| Becky Harding (2G, 1S) | Shelley Eastwood (2B) |
| Naomi Thrower (2G) | Kirsten Panter (2B) |
| Alex Smith (1G, 2S) | Lauren Mooney (2B) |
| Kim Glazier (1G, 1S, 3B) | Bethany Eastwood (1B) |
| Amy Edmonds (4S, 2B) | Sarah Hall (1B) |
Dominic Holloway picked up the award for the Top Age Group Boy
Woking Swimming Club came second with 856 points, behind Killerwhales on 1041 and ahead of Ferndown Otters on 783.
Woking were top visiting club at the Havant & Waterlooville Open Meet
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During the course of the day the swimmers produced 61 Personal Best Times
with John Hargan claiming a District Qualifying Time in the 100m Backstroke.
Alice Masterman; Lauren Mooney; Jessica Irwin; Kelly Davidson and Oliver Kenworthy swum a PB in every event they swum – Well Done.
Medals were won by:
Kelly Davidson (Gold 50 Free; 50 Fly) Rebecca Spiller (Bronze 50 Fly)
James Styles (Gold 50 Breast; Silver 50 Back) Susan Shiel Rankin (Bronze 50 Breast)
Robert Hall (Silver 50 Back) James Watson (Bronze 50 Free; 50 Back)
Chloe Bard (Silver 50 Fly) Lauren Mooney (Bronze 50 Back)
John Hargan (Silver 100 Back) Josh Foulkes (Bronze 50 Breast)
Top eight ribbons for
Rebecca Spiller (50 Free; 50 Back) Alex Smith (100 Free; 100 Back)
James Styles (50 Butterfly; 50 Free) Robert Hall (50 Free)
Josh Foulkes (50 Butterfly) Chloe Bard (50 Back)
George Hatfield (50 Butterfly; 50 Breast) Sam Holloway (50 Breast)
James Watson (50 Butterfly; 50 Breast) Jeremy Mulliez (50 Breast)
Daniel West (50 Breast) Susan Shiel Rankin (50 Free; 50 Fly)
Both Woking "A" and "B" teams travelled on the famous double decker coach
to Epsom on the 25th March to compete in the first round of the Premier
League.
The teams were drawn next to each other in lanes 5 and 6 and were up
against Wey Valley, Epsom, Fareham and Farnham.
The B Team registered a total of 19 PB'S and 23 1st-3rd positions which was a fabulous performance. It was made more exciting when the "B" team beat the "A" team on some of the events. The travelling supporters were treated to the spectacle of quite a few first and second positions in the same race.
Swimmers of the night for the "B" team were Anna Chapman, Becky
Spiller and Sam Rumball. PB's were achieved by Connor Wingham, Ruth
Tweedie-Smith, Kyle Fleischer, Misha Blair, David Joseph, Becky Spiller (2),
Melissa Britton-Williams, Sam Rumball (2), Matt Dickenson (2), Callum Thomas
(2), Helen Steel (2), Anna Chapman (2) and Alistair Koh.
The "A" Team notched up 31 first places and a further 15 seconds and thirds in the 52 event gala. On the way to victory 14 PB's and 1 Club Record were set.
Swimmers of the night were Daniel West and Amy Edmonds and PB's
were set by Hannah Russell, Alex Miller, Jo Blair, John Hargan (3), Emma
Maurer, Dominic Holloway (who achieved the Club Record for the Boys Under
11 50m Breaststroke), Daniel Gibson (2), Sarah Noble, Emma Day, Susan
Shiel-Rankin and Amy Edmonds.
Final results had Woking "A" in first place with 261 points and Woking
"B" in third place with 173 points. Wey Valley came second with 210, Epsom
fourth with 153, Fareham fifth with 146 and Farnham sixth with 116.
Round 2 is on the 20th May. The "A" team will travel to Haslemere and the "B" team to Basingstoke.
SURREY COUNTY SWIMMING ASSOCIATION
(Sub Region of the ASA South East Region)
Chairman: Alan Lewis
17 Burgh Wood
BANSTEAD Surrey SM7 1EW
01737 361811
07973 422701
mailto:Alan@lewis-and-co.freeserve.co.uk
As the Sub Region for your Club we are responsible for all future Officials training. We shall be running courses for all interested parties during October this year, with the examinations on Monday 6th November, the closing date for entries is Tuesday 12th September. These examinations are also available on line now at http://www.Britishswimming.org, and follow the link to officials. We propose to run our courses over two Sundays, probably at a venue in or near Guildford, rather that has been done previously over four or five evenings.
At the present time we as a County are short of qualified Referees, and I am currently persuading the South East Region to run both Race Results and Referee courses. These are also likely to be held over two Sundays, in order to take these two examinations you will need to be a qualified Timekeeper and Judge, and also have passed the Starters theory paper. The examination date for this is Monday October 9th, and I would anticipate the courses being held during September, the closing date is also the 12th September.
Full details will be sent to all Clubs well in advance.
The first round of the Minor League took place at Pool in the Park. Woking were host to Basingstoke, Hamble, Southampton, Winchester 'B' and Alton 'B'.
Woking were ahead after the first 10 events and never lost the lead, coming away comfortable winners with a lead of 60 points over second placed Basingstoke.
On their way to this victory 19 PB's (out of 42 individual events) and 1 Club Record were achieved. The Club record for the Under 10 Boys Breaststroke fell to Dominic Holloway. Kim Glazier marked her return to WSC with a 2 ½ second PB in the Ladies Open IM.
Other PB's came from Rebecca Merritt and Robert Taylor in the Open 100m Breaststroke; 3 from Chloe Bard in the Girls Under 13 Freestyle, Breaststroke and Butterfly; 3 from Dominic Holloway in the Boys Under 11 Butterfly, Freestyle and Breaststroke; 2 from Daniel Gibson in the Boys Under 15 Breaststroke and Butterfly; 2 from Sam Rumball Boys Under 12 Freestyle and Boys Under 13 Butterfly; Catherine Campbell Girls Under 11 Butterfly, Emma Maurer Girls Under 12 Freestyle;Alex Miller Boys Under 13 Breaststroke; Ruth Tweedie-Smith Girls Under 13 Backstroke; Charlie Cope Boys Under 15 Freestyle; and finally Alex Smith who went under a minute for the first time in the Open Freestyle.
Out of the 42 individual events, Woking swimmers achieved 31 1st and 2nd places. In the 11 relay events Woking claimed 7 1st places and 4 2nd places.
This result puts us in a good position for the second, and final, round of the competition where the competition will be tougher.
Swimmers of the night were Alex Smith and Emma Maurer.
Round 2 is once more at home, Pool in the Park, on the 6th May 2006.
The following recently passed their Practical Time Keeping course at the Surrey's
They are now waiting to take the judges practical exam.
Woking SC had a resounding win after a closely fought battle
in the Wey B Jnr. League against 5 other clubs, and are now the holders of
this very imposing cup.
Woking and Wandsworth were head to head for much of this very exciting gala,
but Woking SC managed to pull away from their opposition and finished in a
blaze of glory by winning the 10 x 25m mixed squadron freestyle relay -
their seventh consecutive win.
PB's fell thick and fast, with a 5sec. PB from Rosie Hamilton and a 6
sec. PB from Henry Mooney in the U11 50BK, and a 5 sec. PB from Henry Stock
in the U11 50FC.
PB's also from Susan Shiel Rankin in 50BRS and 50BK, William Killen in 50
FLY, Becky Spiller, Emma Adams and Phoebe Lenton
in 50FC, Niall Johnson and Alex Campbell in 50BK, Kelly Davidson and Sam
Tucker in 50 BRS, Nicky Britton Williams and Matt Dickenson in 50FLY, and
George Hatfield in 25 FLY.
Coach Karen Eastwood remarked on how pleased she was with all the swimmers - so much so that they were all made swimmers of the night!
The final weekend of the Surrey Championships provided the most exciting
and the most fun for Woking swimmers.
Saturday got off to a cracking start with Woking's first 1-2-3 in the
Girls 12 year old
100 Breast (Becky Harding, Amy Edmonds and Lauren Mooney),
and Rebecca Merritt added to her 50 Breast Gold with a Bronze in the 100
Breast. Robert Taylor also added to his previous Breast medal by picking up the
Bronze in the Open 100 Breast. The presentation of the 1-2-3 got the
loudest cheer of the day from the Woking supporters in the gallery, (even if
Lauren was nearly late for her medal!).
13 4th to 8th places were achieved in the 400 Free and 400 IM events.
The relays were held on Sunday and Woking entered as many as 3 teams in both the younger Boys and Girls age groups, giving the younger swimmers the opportunity for the experience at the Surreys. Congratulations to all those swimmers that turned up to perform and sit tightly together poolside!
After the excitement of the 1-2-3 on the Saturday, the Woking supporters
were
treated to the best relay swim of the day when the Under 13 Girls
Medley Team of Bethany Eastwood, Becky Harding, Joanna Blair and Amy Edmonds
told the Gold position beating Leatherhead (who were the first to
congratulate them) and Guildford teams into second and third place
respectively. This achievement was made doubly rewarding as they knew they
were up against nationally qualified swimmers! As ever, Woking spirit (and
the shouts from the gallery and poolside) inspired!
The Under 13 Boys Medley team of John Hargan, James Styles, Daniel Gibson
and Charlie Cope, came close to emulating the girls success and came away
with a very creditable Bronze Medal.
Final Bagcat positions were awarded to Dominic Holloway (2nd), Becky
Harding (3rd) and Daniel Gibson (3rd). Congratulations to them.
After 6 weekends of competition and 367 swims, no less than 196 PB's were achieved and 14 Club Records were broken. Many children achieved their automatic District Qualifying times and even more achieved Base level, which will no doubt be improved upon over the next few weekends.
Both John Eastwood and Olive Carroll remarked that the entire competition had been enjoyable (but tiring as well as rewarding) and that they couldn't have asked for a better finale for Woking.
Woking swimmers had achieved some spectacular swims and performances throughout the Surreys and the Surrey Development Gala and they, as well as the parents, should be extraordinarily proud of these achievements.
The third weekend of the Surreys, held at Crystal Palace, saw further
success for Woking with another good haul of medals and PB's.
GOLD: Dominic Holloway 200 Breast and 200 IM
Becky Harding 200 Breast
SILVER: Dominic Holloway 200 Back and 200 Fly
Emma Maurer 200 Breast
Amy Edmonds 200 Breast
Daniel Gibson 200 Breast
BRONZE: Daniel Gibson 200 Fly and 200 IM
Kim Glazier 200 Breast
John Hargan 200 Back
Josh Foulkes 200 Breast
Robert Taylor 200 Breast
Emma Maurer 200 IM
There were also 16 4th to 8th placings.
The 12 year old Girls narrowly missed a 1-2-3 in the 200 Breast, as they did in the 50 Breast on the second weekend. The weekend saw Dominic Holloway in second place in the Bagcats, with Becky Harding, Amy Edmonds and Daniel Gibson all in the top 5.
Held at the Spectrum, the Development Gala provided some very good and
exciting swims from Woking. Over the course of the two days, 3 Gold Medals,
9 Silvers, 6 Bronze and 57 4th to 8th placements were achieved. For many of
the swimmers, this was the first time in a County Championship and was a
worthwhile learning experience of this type of competition.
Karen Eastwood and Olive Carroll were very impressed that all the Woking
swimmers showed fighting spirit and support for each other over the course
of the weekend. Medals were won by:
GOLD:
Niall Johnson 50 Free
Sam Holloway 50 Fly
Sarah Hall 50 BackSILVER:
Sarah Hall 50 Breast
Halldora Thorsteins 50 Free
James Watson 50 Breast
Susan Shiel-Rankin 200 Free
Conor Wingham 50 Fly
Sam Rumball 50 Fly
Matthew Dickenson 50 Back
Katie Brown 100 Free
Sam Holloway 200 IMBRONZE:
Sam Holloway 50 Free & 100 Back
Sophie Phillipson 100 Back
Natasha Carr 100 IM
Conor Wingham 100 IM
Robert Hall 200 Free
The second weekend of the Surreys provided more medals, a Club Record and 75 PB's out of 151 swims.
Medals were won as follows:
GOLD:
Dominic Holloway - 3 (50 Breast, 50 F/C, 100 IM)
Becky Harding - 1 (50 Breast)
Rebecca Merritt - 1 (50 Breast)SILVER:
Amy Edmonds -2 (50 Breast & 50 F/C)
Dominic Holloway - 2 (50 Fly & 50 Back)
John Hargan -2 (50 & 100 Back)
Daniel Gibson - 1 (50 F/C)BRONZE:
Daniel Gibson - 3 (50 Fly, 100 IM & 100 F/C)
Josh Foulkes -1 (50 Breast)
Robert Taylor - 1 (50 Breast)
Amy Edmonds -1 (100 Fly)
Charlie Cope - 1 (100 Back)
Nic Smith - 1 (50 Back)
Dominic Holloway also equalled the Club Record in the 10 years 50 Back.
Whilst once more cramped conditions prevailed at the Spectrum - and that was just poolside, the WSC supporters were treated to some fantastic swims from their swimmers and a number of podium positions as can be seen from the medal tally.
WSC nearly had a 1-2-3 in the Girls 12 year old Breaststroke however, for a group of just 38 swimmers, the medal tally along with 39 4th to 8th places shows that the home grown swimmers are performing really well.
The swim of the weekend came from 15 year old Rebecca Merritt - her birthday was in January as well- who took a fantastic Gold position in the 50 Breast.
The Bagcat points also prove that WSC are up with the opposition with Dominic Holloway currently in second place in the 9 year old boys, Daniel Gibson and John Hargan 4th and 9th respectively in the 12 year old boys. Becky Harding and Amy Edmonds are currently in 5th and 7th positions in the 12 year old girls, with Joanna Blair 9th in the 13 year olds.
- John Eastwood
A Group of 16 WSC swimmers were at the Cranleigh B Open on Sunday 29th
January, a familiar venue and also a popular one for WSC. Over the course of
the meeting, 26 PB's were achieved along with 8 Speeding Tickets!
In addition WSC achieved:
Congratulations to Alistair Koh, Ben Haskell, Connor Wingham, Lucy Troman and Helen Steel who picked up speeding tickets at Cranleigh!
20 WSC swimmers went to the Ealing Open Meeting over the weekend of the
28/29th January . WSC haven't been to a long course Open Meeting in such
numbers for a very long time and didn't come away disappointed. Whilst the
water temperature was cool, which didn't suit some of the swimmers, the
atmosphere was pure Woking poolside with every swim getting support from the
swimmers and the WSC parents who had made the short journey.
14 PB's were achieved by the group of swimmers and DQT's were set by:
Poolside entertainment was again provided by WSC..
check out the video clip of YMCA!
Click here to download/view the video (3Mb file)
Congratulations to John Eastwood who picked up a parking ticket at Ealing!!
The Surrey Championships have started in a really positive manner for
Woking Swimming Club.
On Sunday 5th February, the 1500m Freestyle events were held at Aldershot.
4 WSC swimmers started the ball rolling for the club in the 2006 County Championships.
Sarah Noble, 12, achieved a Silver Medal and a Club Under 14 record as well as a District Qualifying Time, followed by Catherine Taylor, who achieved 3rd in age (7th overall) and who also got the Club Open and U16 record. Jeremy Mulliez, aged 12, achieved a 4th position in a personal best time, together with Robert Taylor, 16, who swam bravely for a lifetime best.
The Surrey County Championships continue throughout February and early
March.
Photograph shows Sarah Noble receiving her Silver Medal.
- John Eastwood
The prestigious Brighton Open Meet on the 7th and 8th January saw success for Woking Swimming Club.
Results over the weekend were 13 Golds, 13 Silvers, 12 Bronzes (a total of 38 trophies, eclipsing 2005's results of 15) and 38 4th to 8th places (33 in 2005).
Trophy winning performances from:
- Katherine Robbings (5 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- Dominic Holloway (4 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- Robert Taylor (2 Gold, 2 Bronze)
- Shelley Eastwood (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze)
- Becky Harding (1 Gold)
- Daniel Gibson ( 3 Silver, 2 Bronze)
- Ross Arnfield (2 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- Bethany Eastwood (1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- Joanna Blair (1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- John Hargan (1 Silver)
- Emma Maurer (1 Silver)
- William Killen (1 Silver)
Out of 128 swims, swimmers achieved an impressive 43 PB's for Woking's first visit to an Open Meeting in 2006. Woking were 5th in the Top Club stakes.
WSC also won the "Cheerleaders and singing competition"!
- John Eastwood
It
is with great pleasure that the committee appoint Karen Eastwood as Deputy
Head Coach for Woking Swimming Club.
