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January Newsletter 2019View in browser
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WELCOME TO THE JANUARY NEWSLETTER


HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Welcome to a new year and our first Newsletter of 2019. 

"Just to get Performance swimmers in the mood, here's a snapshot from last year's training camp in Spain.  We are all looking forward to the next camp in February and thanks to everyone for fundraising.
Good luck to all the swimmers!
Cheers,
Alex"



Also there are still places available for the Easter Camp in Newcastleton. dates 8th - 12th April at a cost of £175. The venue is Whithaugh Park, Newcastleton.  This is a busy and fun camp for the Intermediate 1 & 2 swimmers in the club and a great opportunity to make new friends. 




REMINDER please return all trophies from 2017 Club Champs to Marion ASAP!  Thank you.

COMPETITIONS

EAST DISTRICT AGE GROUPS – Round 1 (Distance Meet)
24TH & 25TH November, 2018
 

Well done to all the swimmers who qualified for this meet, it is a tough one. We managed 9 PB swims with the biggest improvement coming from Joshua Drainer who took 14secs off his 400IM. Well done Joshua. I always think that this is the toughest event but it is the swim where we had the most entries, so keep this up swimmers.
 
Swimmers were placed as follows:

Sixth    – Felix Hale 400IM
Eighth  – Ines Donald 400IM
               Michael Skakle 400IM

And just outside the top eight were Daniel Ritchie 9TH 400F/C, Felix Hale 9TH 400F/C, Ines Donal 10TH 800F/C, Michael Skakle 10TH 400F/C, Cameron Alexander 10TH 400IM & Joshua Drainer 11TH 400IM.
 
Great swimming everyone.
 
Fiona


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SCOTTISH NATIONAL SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
7TH – 9TH December, 2018
 
We had three swimmers qualify for this event, Ines Donald, Felix Hale & Angus Skakle, but only Ines & Felix were able to swim as Angus was unwell. Ines did a short course PB on her 50BR with a super swim & Felix took another 4secs off his 400I
M to win his heat with a very strong swim.


During the meet they had what were called ‘hot heats’, one in each event, where the heat winner could win a prize which added a bit of fun. Felix swam his 400IM in a hot heat so won a prize.
 
Felix had two other events & swam just outside his times but to qualify for the short course is fantastic so well done to all.
 
Fiona


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WARRENDER GRADED MEET
15TH & 16TH December, 2018
 
We didn’t have large numbers of swimmers taking part in this meet & also had quite a few call offs for a variety of reasons. On the Saturday I only had four swimmers in the morning & three in the afternoon. Gillian had a few more on the Sunday. We managed 7PB’s on the Saturday and a further 13 on the Sunday.
 
Highlights from the Saturday included Ines Donald taking 5secs off her 200fly in a super swim, Finlay Penman taking 6secs off his 50fly which was brilliant & Sasha Hale returning from injury with a 2secs pb in the 200F/C.
 
Of the Sunday swims, the largest pb came from Ben Gray in the 200 br with a 20s pb. Emily MacDonald competed in 5 events producing a haul of 4 pbs over the course of the day. Times for all swimmers, if not pbs, were on the whole matching pbs and this event proved an excellent warm up meet for the East District sprints the following weekend.        
 
Results:
Gold     – Ines Donald 50F/C
Silver    – Kate Gray 200IM
Bronze  – Ines Donald 100F/C
                Orla Kennedy 200B/C
Fourth    – Ben Gray 200BR
Fifth       – Orla Kennedy 100Fly
Sixth      – Ines Donald 200Fly
                 Cameron Alexander 100Fly, 200BR
Seventh – Orla Kennedy 100F/C
 
Great swimming everyone.
 
Fiona & Gillian



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EAST DISTRICT AGE GROUP SPRINTS
Saturday 22.12.18
 
Congratulations to all the swimmers who were selected for the EDAGS sprints. It was a very long day very close to Christmas when everyone  really needed a break.
 
 We had some amazing swims & a massive 34 PB’s which was fabulous. The swimmers raced very well & their turns & underwater work is showing a big improvement. Most swimmers who did not PB were very close to their times which was great. Ten Inverleith swimmers made finals with another four as reserves. Michael Skakle was a reserve for the 50BR final & at the last minute got a swim to come 4TH with a fantastic, determined swim. Felix Hale had a brilliant 50F/C final where he PB’d for a second time coming 2ND equal with Angus Allison in a very exciting race.
 
We also had a number of teams entered for the mixed freestyle & medley relays. There were some great splits in all the relays & everyone worked really well together. The 2001 – 2002 age-group team of Scarlett Donald, Charlotte Drainer, Leo Bryce & John Mander got silver in both freestyle & medley relays & the 2003 -2004 team were fifth in the medley & sixth in the freestyle. The swimmers in this team were Kate Gray, Orla Kennedy, Cameron Alexander & Felix Hale. Well done to all the teams.
 
Results:

Silver       – Felix Hale 50F/C, 2001-2002 freestyle & medley relays
Bronze     – Ines Donald 50BR
Fourth      – Michael Skakle 50BR
                   Charlotte Drainer 50BR
Fifth         – Daniel Ritchie 50BR
Sixth        – Daniel Ritchie 50Fly
                   Scarlett Donald 50BR
Seventh   – Felix Hale 50B/C, 50Fly
Eighth      – Cameron Alexander 50Fly
Reserves:   Daniel Ritchie 50B/C, 50F/C
                   Greig McVicar 50B/C
                   Felix Hale 50BR
 
Very well done to everyone taking part in this meet.
 
Fiona






              
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UPCOMING COMPETITIONS

19-20 January         Carnegie Graded

19 January              LDD Development

27 January              Lothian Junior Graded

 

2-3 February           ELST Age Group

9-10 February         East District Age Groups round 4

24 February            Hearts Last Chance

 

9 March                  Lothian Leagues round 1

27-31 March           Scottish National Age Groups

 

6-7 April                  Portobello Mad March

27-28 April              East District Open and Long Course Time Trial

 

 

THANK YOU

THANK YOU

 
A massive thank you to the committee & to all the swimmers who gave the coaches Christmas gifts. It was very generous of everyone & much appreciated by all the coaches.

All the very best for 2019.


Fiona

ANNUAL PRESENTATION DANCE

The Annual Presentation Dance is on Saturday 2 March at 7pm in Duddingston Golf Club.  

From Sunday 20th January, David Little will be selling tickets at a cost of £5.

TEEN TAXI

Good Afternoon,


My name's Becca and I'm currently casting for a new BBC show called Teen

Taxi. I was emailing to ask whether you would be able to help me spread

the word at your Club? As we're looking for active teens and their

families to get involved.


We've just finished Series 1 and looking for fun, outgoing families to

join our current cast of people all over the UK! We're looking for

families with at least one teenager between the ages of 14-19 to take

part, younger siblings are also welcome J


HERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SHOW:


Rarely parents/ guardians get the opportunity to connect with their kids

having to compete with technology, selfies and Snapchat! But there is

one place where no one can escape - the family car!


In this exciting series we aim to explore the relationships between

parents/guardians and their teens from all walks of life in all

different directions - from dropping them off at sports clubs, social

events, and even to their first date.


If you would like to know more about the show or would like to help

please feel free to get in contact! I've also attached our flyer for you

to have a look at!


Many Thanks


Becca


BECCA HARVEY | Researcher

DRAGONFLY FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS LTD


( 02920 786563 | TEMPLE COURT, 13A CATHEDRAL ROAD, CARDIFF CF11 9HA 


INTERNAL CUPS

INTERNAL CUP DATES 2019

Sunday 03 March

Knight Trophy (11 and under 100 fly) 400Trophy (12 and over 400 freestyle)
 
 Sundays 10 Mar, 2 June, 1 Sept, 17 Nov

Anderson/Huntley Cups/Speed Awards
 
Sunday 24 March

Huntly Cup (11 and under 100 IM) McMillan Cup (12 and over (100 IM)
 
Sunday 5 May    

Lee Trophy (13 year old 200 freestyle) Macfadyen Cup (14 and over 800 freestyle for girls and 1650 freestyle for boys) Sunday 26 May     
Peter Allan Cup and Fraser Cups (100 freestyle - time based)
 
Saturday 30 November

Annual Club Championships.


 

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