IASC Newsletter

LIVINGSTON & DISTRICT DOLPHINS DEVELOPMENT MEET 17 January (Chris Bryce)

On Sunday 17th January I had the great pleasure of being the coach in charge of swimmers from our club at The Livingston & District Dolphins (LDD) development swim meet which was held at Whitburn swimming pool,these development meets are a great way to introduce young inexperienced swimmers to competing,this particular meet was very well run with all the swimmers involved gaining great experience and a trophy to keep as a momentum for taking part before each stroke was swum the swimmers got to watch a demonstration swim and drills from Tain Bruce who has won medals at Scottish national level and I think they were surprised to see her doing the same drills they do at training.The swimmers from Inverleith all did really well with Angus O’Conner fastest in the 10 year old boys 50m back stroke and Cara Bryce posting the fastest time for 10 year old girls 50m breast stroke with Sam Drainer, Guy Kirkpatrick, Otto Bruce Gardyne and Aiden Carey all posting PBs in all or nearly all 4 strokes (well done everyone).If you have any questions about development meets or any other competitions please ask .

LOTHIAN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS - 31 January

Congratulations to everyone who swam in the Lothian Club Championships and succeeded in (eventually!) bringing the Senior Trophy back to the Club. The results read out on the day did not include the final relay so a recount brought the total to:
Inverleith - 211 points
Livingston District Dolphins - 203 points
Unfortunately we didn't have the excitement of winning it on the day and the photo op which followed but we presented it to the swimmers both at Leith Victoria and again at the Club Dance.

BELLSHILL SHARKS OPEN MEET 13/14 February (Fiona Anderson)

We had about 18 swimmers taking part in the above meet which was brilliant, more than we have had in the past. What a weekend, we saw some fabulous swimming from all ages & medals galore. The Bellshill coach was very impressed & wondered what the secret was!!

Angus Allison was swimming exceptionally well & achieved four meet records & an East District record for his 200BR by .01 which has just been confirmed.

Saturday results:
GOLD
Angus Allison 200IM, 100BR, 200BR
Michael Skakle 200BR
Ines Donald 200BR

SILVER
Ines Donald 100BR, 50Fly, 100F/C
Michael Skakle 100BR
Felix Hale 200B/C
Angus Allison 20Fly, 100F/C
Cameron Alexander 50B/C

BRONZE
Cameron Alexander 200IM
Adele McDaid 50Fly
Michael Skakle 50Fly
Felix Hale 50B/C
Sasha Hale 50B/C
Joe Penman 50B/C

4^TH
Carla Lovell 100BR
Joe Penman 200B/C
Cameron Alexander 50Fly, 200BR
Michael Skakle 50B/C
5^TH
Cameron Alexander 100BR
Michael Skakle 100F/C
Scarlett Donald 200BR
6^TH
Cara Bryce 100BR
Rebecca O’Donnell 50Fly
Adele McDaid 400IM
Carla Lovell 200BR

Sunday results:
GOLD
Angus Allison 400IM, 400F/C
Michael Skakle 50BR, 50F/C
Ines Donald 50BR (MEET RECORD)

SILVER
Michael Skakle 100Fly, 100B/C
Adele McDaid 100Fly, 200Fly
Angus Allison 50BR
Scarlett Donald 50BR
Joe Penman 100B/C

BRONZE
Cameron Alexander 100Fly, 200Fly
Eve Lovell 50BR
Ines Donald 200Fly
Angus Allison 50F/C

4^TH
Charlotte Drainer 50BR
Sasha Hale 100B/C
Felix Hale 100B/C
Cameron Alexander 50F/C
5^TH
Felix Hale 400IM, 50F/C
Sasha Hale 100Fly
Rebecca O’Donnell 100Fly
6^TH
Cara Bryce 50BR

Well done everyone who took part as we had loads of PB’s as well as all the placings. Great swimming.

CARNEGIE SPRING MEET 20& 21 February (Fiona Anderson)

This was a super meet where we had a big entry for all sessions. It was held at the Michael Wood Sports Centre in Glenrothes which is a great facility & the swimmers seem to really enjoy competing here.

The weekend saw loads of great swims by the experienced & the less experienced swimmers with a lot of PB swims & some very good placings. This was despite the fact that this competition was age at the end of the year so some swimmers who are still 12 at the moment were swimming in the 13/14 age group which is a big jump up.

Despite the fact that we seem to do a lot of PB’s I don’t expect swimmers to PB every time they swim. This is not possible & at times they will swim slower. Getting better is not done in a straight line but more of a zig zag line that goes up & down.

Places as follows:

Gold – Ines Donald 100BR, 200BR, 50BR
            Rebecca O’Donnell 50Fly
Silver – Rebecca O’Donnell 50F/C, 100F/C
             Felix Hale 200Fly
             Scarlett Donald 50BR
             Charlett Drainer 50BR
Bronze – Felix Hale 200B/C
                Rebecca O’Donnell 100B/C
               Cameron Alexander 100Fly
4^TH – Holly McCluskey 50BR
5^TH – Ines Donald 100Fly
6^TH – Ines Donald 50F/C, 100F/C
          Cameron Alexander 200B/C, 400IM, 50B/C
7^TH – Eve Lovell 50BR
          Felix Hale 50B/C
8^TH – Felix Hale 400IM, 100Fly
         Orla Kennedy 200Fly
         Cameron Alexander 200F/C

ELST Novice Meet 28 February (Fiona Anderson)

We had 11 swimmers taking part in this novice meet, 2 in the morning & 9 in the afternoon.

The swimmers managed a total of 32 PB’s between them which was great. It was an enjoyable day for swimmers who had not competed much & was split into two sessions, 9 & under in the morning & 10 & over in the afternoon.

There were no disqualifications in this meet but if a swimmers did something incorrect then the officials told them what they had done so hopefully they will learn from the experience.

Results

Gold – Amy Elvins 50Fly
Silver – Archie Macdonell 25Fly
             Munro Lawrie 50BR
Bronze – Iona Blair 50BR
4^TH – Kate Gray 50B/C
5^TH – Archie Macdonell 50BR
          Ben Gray 50B/C
          Esther Silverton 50BR
          Kate Gray 50F/C
6^TH – Archie Macdonell 50B/C, 50F/C

Very well done everyone.

LOTHIAN LEAGUES – Round 1 - 5 March (Fiona Anderson)

This was the first round of a three round competition. The morning session was for the younger teams, 8/9years & 10/11. We had two teams for both girls & boys in the 10/11 age group. We don’t have enough swimmers to field a younger team.

Lots of our swimmers have not competed a great deal so it was good to have the opportunity to let as many swimmers take part as possible. We had a lot of very good swims with some great PB’s.

The older swimmers, 12/13 & 14 & over, took part in the afternoon. Unfortunately we couldn’t manage to get a full team for the 14 & over girls so there were two events where we did not have any swimmers.

Over the course of the day we had several swimmers who swam ‘too fast’ which means they were faster than the times allowed in the rules, I regard this as a positive as it means the swimmers are improving. Unfortunately we also had a few disqualifications so hopefully swimmers will learn from this.

The leagues are a team event so swimmers may not always get to swim their favourite stroke but what is best for the team. There is also a limit on the number of swims allowed.

Places as follows:
10/11 Boys – A Team 4^TH (1 too fast), B Team 13^TH
10/11 Girls – A Team 3^RD, B Team 8^TH
12/13 Boys – A Team 5^TH (3 too fast), B Team 10^TH(1DQ)
12/13 Girls – A Team 13^TH (2 too fast, 1 DQ), B Team 15^TH (1 DQ)
14 & Over Boys – 6^TH (1 too fast)
14 & Over Girls – 5^TH (2 no swimmer)

Well done to everyone who swam especially those who came in at short notice.

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL MEET - 11-12 March

It was great to see Inverleith swimmers in warm up alongside big international names like Hannah Miley, Ross Benson, Michael Jamieson, Adam Peaty and Ruta Meilutyte. Well done to Adele McDaid, Carla Lovell, Eve Lovell, Scarlett Donald, Stuart Crawford and Joe Penman all of whom qualified for the event and particular congratulations to Adele McDaid who did some superb PBs and to Joe who made the final of the 100 back coming 6th.

As Head Coach, Fiona Anderson spent all weekend at Prestonpans with our swimmers at the Portobello Mad March Meet and is now busy preparing for SNAGS and Swim Camp a report on that meet will follow in the next newsletter.