Woking Swimming Club - News 2006 part 2

The Roll of Honour board that is usually in the gallery next to the notice board is currently being repaired. However, the Committee is delighted to add another deserving swimmer to the list.

Emma Davis joined Woking SC as a 6 year old Associate in 1992 and has been a valuable A team swimmer throughout all her years as a Full Member.

We are delighted that Emma has continued to swim at galas for WSC whenever her commitments allow.

For her loyalty and length of service Emma Davis has been added to the Roll of Honour in 2006. click here for full citation

Christmas Disco 2006

Fun Night 2006

Sunday 10th December saw Pool in the Park taken over

by a motley crew of many colours.

With the sounds of Christmas ringing in their ears, the whole club shook off the rigours of the past few weeks of Club Champs and threw themselves (some literally) into the annual WSC Fun Night.

Following a serious moment to award some well-deserved awards and to add Emma Davis to the WSC Roll of Honour, both pools gave way to complete mayhem. Your correspondent and most of the spectators in the gallery spent two hours completely bemused by the various events devised by the coaches.

The six teams took it in turns to confound the referee with their abuse of the rules as they fought for final honours of the night.

Early on, John Eastwood's Black team took the lead, much to John's amazement. Then the Yellow team took honours as the best dressed team of the night.

The scoring system remained a complete mystery to all but a few elves, who were clearly open to all forms of bribery and blatant flattery.

Things took a nasty turn as the Yellow coach was 'yellow carded' for a blatant foul of stopping the black team mid race and was sent off pool side (although a very similar-looking fellow re-emerged under a poor disguise).

In the end the Green team emerged as winners to everyone's amazement and applause, as they had the smallest swimmers of the night (or so I'm told).

The Associates looked on in amazement from the training pool, wondering where their future lay.

Speedo Round 3 - 9th December

What a great 3rd Round competition WSC had in this year's National Speedo Swimming League South at Horsham!

Woking were in =1st place with Staines and Black Lion and knew that a great performance was needed - a performance to top the two wins they had gained in the first two rounds. Staines took first place almost from the start with the second place being closely fought over between Woking and Black Lion.

Woking swimmers were delighted with 3rd place in Division 1 East. Club Captains Nic Smith and Anna-Marie McGraw were presented with the 3rd place pennant.

Emma Davis and Nic Smith lead the way with Open IM swims and the Relay teams had great success with 10 out of 16 relays in first to third positions - 5 of those first. With great swims from all the swimmers, a further 5 PB's were achieved on the night. The 13/Under Boys team of Andrew O'Donnell, Jeremy Mulliez, Kyle Fleischer, John Hargen and Daniel Gibson were named Boys swimmers of the night for their performance. Katherine Robbings notched up 2 PB's with some determined swimming in the 50 Frontcrawl and the 50 Back and was named Girl's swimmer of the night.

Head Coach, John Eastwood, said "I couldn't have been prouder of all the Woking swimmers who fought right up to the last race and then, with true sportsmanship as they do in all galas, applauded all the other teams. Last year Woking finished 8th and to have improved by a massive 5 places indicates that the training schedules, work ethic and ethos are all coming together. We have a good stepping stone for the future and this puts us in a very good position for next year's Speedo League."

Havant & Waterlooville Level 3 Open 2/3rd December

Georgina Stubley was one of the 5 WSC swimmers who attended the above meet and out of 4 events entered, achieved 3 PB's.

Other swimmers who went included Natasha Holden (2 PB's) , Helen Steel (1 PB), Hanmin Wang, Jessica Irwin and Sam Holloway.

Guildford Level 1 Open 2/3rd December

A number of WSC swimmers attended the above Open Meet and, notwithstanding the adverse pool atmosphere (about which the pool management were made aware and have responded accordingly), came away with some very good results, including 9 Gold, 11 Silver and 5 Bronze medals and 17 PB's.

Haslemere 18th/19th November

WSC attended yet another successful Haslemere Open Meet. 36 PB's were gained along with 18 DQT's. Great swims came from all Woking swimmers and the following picked up medals:

Dominic Holloway; Gold (50 BR/S, 50 F/C), Silver (50 Bk, 200 Fly, 50 Fly, 200 BR/S), Bronze (200 IM)
John Hargan; Gold (50 Bk), Silver (100Bk, 200 Bk)
Kim Glazier; Gold (200 BR/S)
Daniel Gibson; Silver (100F/C, 400 IM, 50 Fly, 50 F/C, 100 BR/S), Bronze ( 200 Fly, 200 IM, 200 BR/S)
Becky Harding; Silver (200 BR/S, 50 BR/S), Bronze (100 BR/S)
Matt Dickenson; Silver (400 F/C)
Robert Taylor: Bronze (100 BR/S, 200 BR/S)
Alex Smith; Bronze (100 Bk)
Jeremy Mulliez; Bronze (400 F/C)

In addition Daniel Gibson broke the Club Record for the U14 400 IM and Dominic Holloway also came 2nd in the 10 year old BAGCAT 's.

WSC Temporary Tattoos

Yes - really! Our Woking Swimming Club tattoos have arrived. They are fantastic colourful temporary waterproof 'go-faster' Tattoos of our club logo that you can use at galas and open meets to support your club and intimidate our rivals!

They are easy to apply - just hold onto your skin for 30 secs (don't rush!) and soak through with a wet cloth. Peel off backing and there you are!

Easy to remove too - you can use cotton wool and baby oil or nail varnish remover or you can lift it off with cellotape. (Just make sure that you remove them before P.E or swimming at school).

The tattoos will be on sale at the shop - 75p per tattoo or save a few pennies and be prepared by buying a pack of 5 for Ł3.50.

Woking Win Speedo Round 2

Speedo Round 2 tends to be a harder competition than Round 1, and Saturday's gala was no exception to this.

The Team travelled to Dover to compete against Burgess Hill, Canterbury B, Erith, Dover, and East Grinstead, having already come first in Round 1 at home on the 14th October.

Woking got off to a fantastic start following the IM's with wins for both Girls and Boys 9-11 Freestyle teams and both the Under 13 Medley teams, who also won their Freestyle relays as well. The Girls U15 Freestyle team also notched up an exciting win and the Medley team came a very close second.

Individual wins came from Katherine Robbings (10/11 50 Back: 31.28), Becky Harding (13/U 100 Breast : 1.20.84), Daniel Gibson (13/U 100 Breast: 1:20.47), Dominic Holloway (10/11 50 Fly: 37.72), John Hargan (13/U 100 Back: 1.13.22), Emma Maurer (10/11 50 Breast: 42.81)

The strength in depth showed with a further 27 second and third placings and PB's from Katherine Robbings (50 Dominic Holloway (50 F/C), Amy Edmonds (100 Fly), Alex Smith (100 F/C), Daniel Gibson (100 Breast). Swimmers of the night were John Hargan and Emma Maurer.

We are now, as we were before Round 2, ranked =1 in Division 1 East and the toughest and Final Round is yet to come on the 9th December, when we travel to Horsham.

Halloween Disco

Crystal Palace

WSC swimmers visited the Crystal Palace complex at the end of September for a weekend of pool training and a session on core stability, together with a fun night on the Saturday.

This year we were fortunate enough to be able to book the entire 8 lanes for the 4 two-hour swimming sessions and were therefore able to take more swimmers than the previous year. Also WSC booked a personal trainer for the Sunday land session and rather than conduct gym work, WSC were entertained by a talk and an interactive demonstration on core stability.

Kaye Hargan organised the coach for the travel and the weekend was "patrolled" by John & Karen Eastwood, Janet Bayfield, Julie Todd, Jean Styles, Jules Burvill, Simon Johnson, Tom Nethercott, Chris Hall and Pauline Holohan.

The swimmers and helpers really enjoyed the weekend and the buzz was electric following the training camp.

and an overall prize for the swimmer who put the most all round effort of training, attitude and helpfulness was awarded to:

The Team Prize for the most points awarded over the weekend was awarded to the Blue Team.

The coaches all agreed that the squad that trained the hardest was the Tiger Sharks.

Next years venue still to be agreed but we will have a similar training camp in 2007.

Speedo Round 1

Woking Swimming Club hosted the first Round of the Speedo at Pool in the Park on Saturday 14th October. Facing tough competition from Kent clubs including Sevenoaks, Dover and Orpington, Woking were aware that they needed to pull ahead early if they were to win the gala.

Kim Glazier and Nic Smith responded with two fast Open Individual Medleys. The relay teams followed suit winning 5 out of the 8 opening relay events. It was becoming clear that it was going to be an exciting meet as Sevenoaks went head to head with Woking over the next 20 events.

Younger swimmers Katherine Robbings (10 -11 age group) did a storming 50m backstroke 37.61 secs to take second place whilst Emma Maurer and Dominic Holloway took first place for their 50m Breaststroke events. Sam Rumball in both his 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle events achieved second and third place respectively.

After 20 events Woking began to take the lead but they could not afford to relax as Sevenoaks were determined to claw back the points. U13 Becky Harding 50m Breaststroke and John Hargan, 50m Backstroke, produced two brilliant swims to win their events, whilst U13’s Daniel Gibson and Jo Blair came second and third respectively for their 100m Fly. U15’s Bethany Eastwood 100m Backstroke, Kim Glazier and Ross Arnfield 100m Freestyle all won their events whilst in the Open age group Catherine Taylor and Alex Smith both achieved personal bests.

Swimmers of the night were awarded to Catherine Taylor and Kyle Fleischer for their contribution throughout the gala.

The gala concluded with an exciting race between Sevenoaks, White Darts and Woking as six Open swimmers battled it out in the Men’s Open Freestyle relay. Woking narrowly lost out but won the gala overall with 225 points. Team Manager Olive Carroll said, “the whole team had shown tremendous spirit and were looking forward to the second round in Dover.”

Junior Cup Round 2 - 7th October 2006

The A Team had a short journey to Bracknell for the concluding round of the 2006 Junior Cup and it turned out to be a very competitive evening.

The team came a creditable third and during the course of the evening 2 Club Records were broken and no less than 15 PB's set.

Becky Harding got the team well under way with a PB in the U14 100 Breast which also saw the U14 and U16 Club records go again. (Becky had broken her own times that she set in the third round of the Rother League 2 weekends ago). She also achieved a PB in the U14 100 IM.

PB's followed from James Styles (U14 100 Breast, knocking 2 seconds off), Chloe Bard (U13 50 Breast), Emma Day and Dominic Holloway (U11 25 Fly), Kathryn Robbings (U12 50 Fly), Sam Rumball (U12 50 Fly), Daniel West (U11 50 Back), Jo Blair (U14 100 Fly, knocking a massive 3 seconds off her previous time), George Hatfield (U12 50 Breast), Amy Edmonds (U14 100 Free), Clare Maurer (U13 50 Fly), William Killen (U12 50 Back) and Sarah Noble (U14 100 Back).

The entire team fought hard and swimmers of the night were awarded to Sam Tucker and Jo Blair. Coaches John & Karen Eastwood and Team Manager Olive Carroll were full of praise for the team

Guildford	254
Haslemere	247
Woking A	207
Bracknell	199
Ferndown	179
Beau Sejour	175
Winchester	161

Woking B Team had an exciting and successful evening as they competed against seven other teams in Division 2 of the Hants & South Coast Junior Cup at Southampton.

As last year's Division 4 Champions, the fact that the team had managed to qualify for the final round of this year's competition in Division 2 was an achievement in itself. The whole team swam rose to the challenge and on a night where the lead changed hands frequently throughout the evening the team finished a very credible 4th.

Winners Alton, piped Basingstoke A by 3 points at the end of the evening. The team fought for every race and every point and performed brilliantly with 19 PB's on the night.

PB's came from: Sam Holloway (100 Breast), Halldora Thornsteins (50 Breast & 50 Back); Callum Thomas (50 Fly & 50 Free); Jeremy Mulliez (100 IM; 100 Free & 100 Back); Susan Sheil-Rankin (50 Free); Robert Hall (50 Back); Kirsty McKnight (25 Fly); Helen Steel (50 Back); Christopher Bousfield (50 Breast)

With the following swimmers breaking the PB's they had set six weeks previously in round 1.

Anna Chapman (50 Fly), Caroline Steel (50 F/C); Becky Spiller (100 Fly); Lauren Mooney (100 F/C); Susan Sheil-Rankin (50 Breast); Catherine Jamieson (50 Back).

Swimmers of the night were Becky Spiller and Jeremy Mulliez

Commenting on the team, Coaches, Sarah Marks & Julie Todd and Team Manager Jean Styles, said that they were delighted with all of the team in the way they had pulled together and produced such a brilliant result.

Alton	257
Basingstoke A	254
Hamble	245
Woking B	229
Locks Heath	218
Southampton	217
Wey Valley	206
Eastleigh	197

Woking Swimmers represent Surrey

John Hargan has been selected to represent Surrey in the Inter County National Championships swimming the Backstroke and relays.

Daniel Gibson has been selected to represent Kent and Surrey Schools in the ESSA National Championships swimming the 200IM and relays.

Woking do Rother well!

Following on from their victory in the Junior Cup Woking were in fine spirits as once again they played host to Bracknell, Haslemere, Alton “A”, Elmbridge and Sutton & Cheam in the final round of the Rother League held on 23rd September. It soon became clear that Woking faced the toughest competition from Bracknell and Haslemere.

During the evening over 15 PB ‘s were achieved including two fantastic swims from 14 yr old Ross Arnfield for his U16 100m Breaststroke and 100m Freestyle events and James Styles who took off almost 2 seconds from his PB for his U14 50m Breaststroke.13 yr old John Hargan fought hard to take first for his 50m Backstroke, whilst Kim Glazier achieved second place for both her U16 100m IM (Individual Medley) and U16 100m Freestyle events. 16 yr old Alex Smith achieved a 58.93 sec PB for his 100m freestyle whilst younger swimmers Sam Rumball, Dominic Holloway, Catherine Robbings and Emma Maurer all performed brilliantly achieving PB’s.

Becky Harding achieved a PB in the 100m Breaststroke and in doing so broke the Club Under 14 and Under 16 Records.

Emma and Sam were nominated as the swimmers who had performed the best over the three rounds.

As the evening wore on Bracknell appeared to be pulling away but the relay races closed the gap as Woking’s U12 and U14 teams stormed to victory. The three horse race continued until the final event of the evening, the squadron relay, when Woking after several exciting lengths was narrowly beaten to take third place. The Masters relay team, which followed on from this event but was non points scoring

was cheered on by both parents and swimmers, included Emma Davies and coach Tom Nethercott plus two parents Brian Robbings and Catherine Ferguson who enthusiastically took up the challenge to win the Masters cup.

The final points tally left Woking in third position with 221 points. Swimmers of the night were Ross Arnfield and Becky Harding.

Hants & South Coast Junior Cup

Both Woking “A” and Woking “B” Teams had an exciting and successful evening on Saturday 9th as Woking were hosts at Pool in the Park for the first round of the Junior Cup.

As last year’s Division 4 Champions and newly promoted to Division 3, Woking “B” knew they had to get as many points on the table to take forward to round 2. The team all swam brilliantly and had a magnificent tussle with Locksheath all the way through the 51 event competition.

Locksheath however held on to take second place by 2 points with Woking “B” just in third. The team fought for every race and every point and performed brilliantly. The gallery were kept on the edge of their seats right up to the squadron relay with the closeness of the results.

The team notched up 23 PB’s on the night and 38 first to third positions.
PB’s came from:
Lauren Mooney (100 Breast & 100 F/C U14), Lucy Troman and Alistair Koh (50 Breast U13), Anna Chapman and Robert Hall (50 Fly U12), Sam Holloway (100 IM & 100 Fly U14), Caroline Steel (50 F/C U12), Helen Steel & Oliver Kenworthy (50 Back U11), Natasha Holden (50 F/C U12, Becky Spiller (100 Fly U14), Kate Cole (50 Back U13), Misha Blair & Nick Heath (50 F/C U11), Susan Sheil-Rankin & George Hatfield (50 Breast U12), Matt Dickenson (100 F/C & 100 Back U14), Katie Brown & Benjy Clarke (50 Fly U13), Anna Marks (50 Breast U11) and Catherine Jamieson (50 Back U12).

Commenting on the team, Coaches, Karen Eastwood and Julie Todd and Team Manager Jean Styles, said that they could not have asked for a better fighting performance. The “B” Team travels to Southampton for the second round clash on the 7th October.

Away from this momentous tussle and swimming in Lane 6, furthest away from the gallery, Woking “A”, the League Cup Holders were quietly (?!) and effectively winning the gala - coming first in 38 out of the 51 events, with 16 out of 17 relays being won!

With a fantastic all round performance, Coaches, John Eastwood and Tom Nethercott and Team Manager Olive Carroll decided that the team also all deserved to be Swimmers of the Night.

Halldora Thorsteins (50 Breast U13), Emma Day & Dominic Holloway (25 Fly U11), Callum Thomas (50 Fly U12), Daniel Gibson (100 IM U14), Sam Rumball (50 F/C U12), Hannah Burvill & Sam Tucker (50 F/C U11), and Sarah Noble (100 Back U14).

Help Wanted

As you know WSC relies on your support in order to run galas (both friendly and league) plus the forthcoming Club Champs. We are desperately short of officials and I ask you to please consider attending the course described below. The exam fee will be reimbursed.

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