Report from Graham Pople, Head Coach

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1 As a competitive swimming club, our aim is for all our swimmers to participate in and enjoy the sport of swimming. Whatever your ability, we will provide the opportunities throughout the year for you to train and compete, both as an individual and as part of a successful swimming team Report from Graham Pople, Head Coach NOTE: THERE IS NO TRAINING ON GOOD FRIDAY EVENING Gold Gold Silver Silver 7 8 Bronze Bronze Medals Medals Min. Min. of of 6 6 Club Club Records Records 2 2 Championship Championship Records Records Barrie Barrie Stewart Stewart is is the the fastest fastest 50m 50m Breastroke Breastroke swimmer swimmer in in the the South South and and Oliver Oliver Jermy Jermy is is County County Champion Champion & & National National Qualified Qualified Swimmer! Swimmer! Oliver Jermy County Champion Age 12 I am delighted to announce that H&WSC has had tremendous success at the recent Hampshire County ASA competition. The Counties were held in a series of events taking place over three weekends during February at three different locations firstly, at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth, at home here in Waterlooville, with the final weekend taking place in Southampton. The ASA County Championships are the main focus for every swimming club it is the highlight of the year for most swimmers as, after all, this is what they are training for. Every swimmers goal is to be able to achieve a County Qualifying Time. To be able to achieve this is enormously satisfying for both swimmer and coach, and is a direct result of all that hard training throughout the year. Never satisfied with just one or two QT s - all potential County swimmers work extremely hard towards qualifying for a full BAGCAT and this year, H&WSC have had the highest number of Qualifying Swimmers for individual Age Group events and also for full BAGCAT swimmers than ever before. This proves that H&WSC overall competitive standard is improving and whilst we will never have the size and resources of bigger clubs such as Portsmouth Northsea and Southampton, we are certainly a force to be reckoned with. It is a well known fact, and 2010 was no exception, that Hampshire County Qualifying Times are renowned to be some of the toughest in the country. There are some very fast swimmers throughout Hampshire and this is the reason the bar keeps getting raised. However, H&WSC rose to the challenge and we held our own producing some very impressive performances and results throughout the entire meet.

2 This year we had the highest number ever of 11 year old Boys qualifying with County times, between 5 boys, they qualified for 8 individual events. Well done to Henry Parry, Rory Huggins, Edward Richardson, Owen Davies, Daniel Prosser. We had our youngest girl swimmer, Katie Byrne aged 10, qualify for both 200m Back and 50m Free. Our young swimmers produced their personal bests on the day, and were never daunted by the massive 50m pool at Mountbatten during the first weekend Outstanding Seniors There were some outstanding swims from the other end of the age groups the Seniors. Our Master swimmers are to be congratulated on their brilliant achievements. SENIORS 2 Gold 3 Silver Barrie Stewart won Gold Medal for 50m Breast in his age group and stormed ahead and took Gold in the Open Final, which means he is the fastest 50m Breast swimmer in Hampshire county. Barrie continued his success and went on to take 2 Silver Medals in the 100m Breast in both Age Group and the Open Final. Stephen Tomlinson, not to be outdone, took Silver Medal for the 200m Back JUNIORS 4 Gold 9 Silver 8 Bronze Impressive Juniors Our Junior Swimmers were very impressive this year. Some narrowly missed out on the medals, but there were some great results Joe Duffy (Age 16) took Gold 100m Free and Gold 50m Fly. Silver in 100m IM, Silver in 400m Free, Silver in 200m Free and Silver in 50m Free, followed by Bronze in 100m Fly and Bronze 200m IM respectively Matt Jenner (Age 16) Bronze 100m Back Sophie Ormston (Age 16) Silver 800m Freestyle and Silver 200m Fly. Katherine Casey (aged 17/18) Gold 400m Freestyle and also a Silver in 200m Back & Bronze in 100m Back. Savannah Beauchamp (age 15) Silver for 100m Breast, Silver for 50m Breast, Bronze in 200m Breast and Bronze in 100m Breast Open Final Flossie Stirzaker (age 15) Bronze 50m Back Ashleigh Guttridge (age 15) Gold 50m Fly, and also Bronze 50m Free. Ashleigh Guttridge in top form Joe Duffy in action Oliver Jermy BAGCAT winner 2010 County Champion I am very proud to also announce that Oliver Jermy is 2010 Age 12 Hampshire County Champion BAGCAT Winner. 6 Gold 2 Silver Ollie had an outstanding Championship, swimming 9 events and achieving 6 Gold Medals and 2 Silver. 2 County Championship Records Smashed and 6 New Club Records Again! Ollie has smashed 2 County Championship Records. The new record for 200m Back which has been held since 2003 now belongs to Ollie and stands at The new Championship Record for 100m Back recorded by Ollie at was previously owned by Steven Cumper, a former H&WSC member who went on and swam at the Junior Olympics in 1996/7. 6 Gold Medals for Ollie in 200m Back, 100m Free, 100m IM, 200m Free, 50m Free, 100m Back together with 6 new Club Records 2 Silver Medals in 400m Free and 50m Back. What an achievement! Ollie swam so fast in his 100m Backstroke leg of the IM relay, that he would have recorded a National Qualifying Time for a 13 year old which puts him at No. 1 Boys Age 12 in the Country. Ollie will hopefully be competing in the Nationals in the last week in July in Sheffield. Well done Ollie, we are all very proud of you! Quote taken from recent Quote report taken in The from Portsmouth recent report News in The Portsmouth News But Northsea didn't have it But all their Northsea own didn't way, have however, it all with their smaller own outfits way, however, also faring with well. smaller outfits also faring well. Havant and Waterlooville were Havant among and them Waterlooville as Oliver were Jermy among shone them to finish as top Oliver of the Jermy pile in shone the to male finish 12-year top of the age pile group. in the male 12-year age group. Scoring on the BAGCAT's Scoring system, on Jermy the racked BAGCAT's up 2217 system, points Jermy to crown racked a up fantastic 2217 points weekend. to crown a fantastic weekend. That success came with Jermy That still success to have came made with it Jermy to his still second to have year made of swimming it to hisfor second his club. year of swimming for his club.

3 We faced fierce competition in the Freestyle and Medley Relay events however everyone pulled together and swam their hearts out. We made two finals - the Girls Junior Team were placed 6 th in the 200m Medley Relay Final and the Boys Junior Team were placed 7 th in the 400m Medley Relay Final. Fantastic! Each single one of our County Swimmers put 100% effort into their events, and speaking as Head Coach I am extremely proud of them all. They should all be so proud of themselves they are a credit to the club. It takes total determination, courage and dedication from a swimmer to consistently attend training, to get up out of a nice warm bed and swim those early mornings, to turn down party invites and social events to train late in the evenings & at the weekends. It may be no fun pushing out a 6000m training set when their friends are at the cinema but it does all seem worthwhile when they have that medal in their hand and know that they have earned it 100%. Well done all swimmers keep up the good work and keep training hard and reap the rewards! 11 A Final Events were swam between our Junior and Senior swimmers which puts them amongst the top 8 fastest swimmers in Hampshire County, which in turn puts H&WSC amongst the top swimming clubs. If you would like to see a list of our swimmers and their qualifying events and final places, this will be available for a short time on the noticeboard for you to see. You can always access the results directly from the ASA website. Do you know who classifies as Junior? Girls can enter into Junior competitions once they reach the age of 13 until they are 19 or more, when they will go on to the Senior Group. Boys can compete at Junior Level from the age of 14. The reason for this age difference is that boys tend to reach puberty later than girls. Have you noticed the Noticeboard? If so, The ASA / British swimming has recently reviewed its Data Protection Notice and made some changes. The notice outlines how they will collect and use your personal information from now on. To ensure all its members receive copies of the new notice we are being asked to ensure all members complete a new consent form. Please note that any member under the age of 18 will require a parent or guardian to complete on there behalf. We have been asked to get the completed forms back to the ASA by beginning of May If you have not already completed a new consent form,please collect one from the club desk Saturdays 4-6pm. Once completed, please post in Club Postbox (by trophy cabinet) for attention of Mandy Jermy. Thank you. There is now an allocated board exclusively used for information relating to ALL swimming events and selection sheets for all squads. The Swimming Events board is opposite the main run of Club noticeboards in the corridor to the fire exit. (it used to be for Masters only). There will be supply of entry forms available from here. Please check this noticeboard regularly and also the main information board opposite.

4 Congratulations to the following swimmers on being promoted effective April 2010 Foundation Squad up to Intermediate Squad Isabel Gwyn Amy Hall Dominique Warren Lily Summers Grace Summers Michael Rutten Lois Parry Dougal Russell James Outen Joe Marrinacio Intermediate Squad up to Higher Squad Philippa Chandler Lauren Miles Ellie Haynes Lawrence Pople Higher Squad to Advanced Squad Ella Francis Braden Daniels Olivia Burden Jack Ford Advanced Squad to Junior Performance Squad Owen Davies Edward Richardson Todd Libby Tim Plummer Keep up the fantastic work ADVANCED SQUAD Report by Tom Peddell Congrats to Owen Davies, Edward Richardson, Todd Libby and Tim Plummer on their promotion up to Junior Performance at the beginning of April Well done and well deserved. For the April Swimmer of the Month, I nominated Deelan Sabir and Molly Sheppard, based on their total commitment to tasks and great attendance record,and alsotodd Libby who has really shown vast recent improvement however I decided the winner has to be Deelan Sabir! GREAT STUFF WELL DONE PS Don t forget, if you are new to the early morning training session on Tuesday, you need to be poolside, ready to swim by 5.45am. You need to enter the leisure centre by the side fire door exit you won t be able to get in through the front doors that early! HIGHER SQUAD NEWS Report by Zoe Jones Ella Francis, Braden Daniels, Olivia Burden and Jack Ford are all being promoted to Advanced from April, having swum well in their test set and shown excellent determination and attitude. In the recent test set of 6 x 100 front crawl, Heidi McKeand showed excellent self discipline to average 1.53 on 2.15 cycles, knocking 29 seconds off her previous average. Ella Francis and Jack Flear, swimming on 2.15 cycles for the first time, averaged 11 and 17 seconds faster respectively! Well done everybody you are making good progress. SWIMMER OF THE MONTH for Advanced Squad is DEELAN SABIR for coming in every single training session since his promotion to Advanced in March and for his sheer hunger for success NEWS FROM INTERMEDIATE SQUAD - Liz Ward The first Novice Gala for our "HAWKS TEAM" for 10 years & under for 2010 was held on 27 Feb at Eastney Pool, the home of Portsmouth Northsea SC young club members. Our young swimmers competed against PNSC, Fareham Nomads and Locksheath. The other clubs brought along some strong swimmers, but we managed to get a few 1 st Places here and there. The most important thing, I believe, is that we had great team spirit and support and everyone had a great time. A special thank you to Mrs Sisson, Mr and Mrs Gibbons and Mr Hill for their invaluable help poolside. The next gala, a Fun Gala for under 10's, is to be held on 24th April. Look out for the team selection sheet which will go up on the noticeboard a couple of weeks before. Well done to the 4 swimmers being promoted into Higher Squad on 1 st April and a very warm welcome to the new up and coming stars that have just come up to Intermediate from Foundation Squad see opposite. The next 6 weekly Test Set for Intermediates is scheduled for 7th April (sprints) and 11th April. (endurance) please ensure you do attend, thank you.

5 Question: Why bother with nutrition? Answer: A balanced varied diet will help you achieve your swimming potential. NERGY GET YOURS FROM CARBOHYDRATES TTITUDE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOUR FOOD CHOICE IS ESSENTIAL ASTY TASTE IS IMPORTANT ALWAYS TRY TO KEEP FOOD TASTY ATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE AND FOR SWIMMING NJOY YOUR FOOD GOOD FOOD = GOOD MOOD WHEN YOU ENJOY IT ITTLE AND OFTEN IS THE BEST WAY TO STAY ENERGISED OTS OF FRUIT AND VEGGIES BENEFIT YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM PEND TIME PLANNING & ORGANISING YOUR SNACKS & DRINKS ORRYING ABOUT FOOD AT COMPETITIONS SHOULD BE A THING OF THE PAST NVEST IN GOOD QUALITY FOOD NOT CHEAP AND CONVENIENT FOOD AKE BREAKFAST AN ESSENTIAL PART OF YOUR PREPARATIONS ATER BOTTLES NEED CLEANING REGULARLY NERGISE TO SURVIVE THE RIGOURS OF LONG HOURS TRAINING EARN TO RUSTLE UP SOME QUICK AND TASTY MEALS ON YOUR OWN AST BUT NOT LEAST ENJOY THE OCCASIONAL TREAT, YOU DESERVE IT! There are some really informative and useful Nutrition Guides available to download from the British Swimming website From the Home Page if you put NUTRITION in the Search Box it will bring up several useful links, one of which has been printed and put on the noticeboard for your information. There is a more detailed document by Alex Popple which also makes useful reading amongst others. This information is available to you FREE, so please do check out the website and have a browse. If you or your child has lost any swim kit, please put a notice up on the noticeboard at Waterlooville or Havant. If you don t want to put your telephone number on display, ask that it be returned to the Club Desk or any committee member. Remember to take the notice down once it is returned! Also, ask your Coach if they have picked up any lost property too.

6 Guernsey Masters Meet 16,17,18 April Closing date now gone. 25 th April Spring Open Meet Waterlooville (closing date for entries extended until 7 th April) All swimmers to enter including younger swimmers check with your coach 1 / 2 nd May British Gas ASA SE Region Youth Championships (TBC) Girls age 14+, Boys aged Qualifying Times - Check Swim South East website 16 th May HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS Eligible swimmers to enter check website for info. Closing date: 24 April TIME TRIALS ALL SWIMMERS TO ATTEND Saturday 22 May (may be postponed due to Maurepas) - watch noticeboard for info Saturday 10 July 4 6PM Saturday 20 Nov HAMPSHIRE Waterlooville Sunday 6 th June 2010 Get your entries in for this. MAUREPAS FRANCE Friday 21 May - 23 May 2010 Put your name down or contact Jane Rowland jrowland@incomm-europe.com Minimum qualifying times are on the board and latest information - See Entry Form at back of newsletter 29th/30th May & 12/13 th June British Gas SE Region BAGCAT Competition Crawley (All eligible swimmers to enter Qualifying times apply, check Swim South East website) 26th/27th June & 3 rd /4 th July Hampshire County Development Meet Waterlooville - All swimmers to enter Schedule and Entry Deadline to be advised. PREMIER LEAGUE Round 1-17 April (@ Rushmoor) Round 2-15 May (TBA) JUNIOR CUP Round 1 11 September Round 2 16 October NATIONAL SWIMMING LEAGUE (ARENA) Round 1 9 October Round 2 13 November Round 3 11 December Fun /Novice Galas (for Foundation/ Intermediate Squads) 12 June 18 Sept 13 Nov BY SELECTION ONLY The above dates must be in your diary. You need to keep these dates free in case you are selected to swim. You are not guaranteed to be selected, however you need to keep yourself available JUST IN CASE. Selected names will be posted on the Noticeboard at Waterlooville only. Please check the board regularly for more information. Selection sheets will not be up until a week before each event.

7 Train to be a Timekeeper There are a few spaces left on the Timekeeping Course if you are interested in becoming a Timekeeper please contact the Club Desk on Saturdays or contact AMANDA BEAUCHAMP for further details as soon as possible. Due to ever rising pool rental costs, we have been forced to raise the Squad fees. Please be advised that the following Squad Fees will apply with effect from 1st April Train to become a Young Official There is a bursary available through Havant Borough Council to undertake training to become a Young Official. Please contact Graham Pople for further information. Performance 62 Junior Performance 46 Club 30 Advanced 38 Higher 30 Intermediate 26 Foundation 26 Masters TBC Please could all members adjust their standing orders to reflect the changes effective 1st April Thank you Apologies to Chris Weekes whom I forgot to mention in the last issue of Newsplash, when reporting on the Special Awards. Chris Weekes assists Graham Pople with Foundation Squad on Thursday evening at Havant. On Saturday, Amy McKells assists with the Foundation Squad. Matt Lovett and Flossie Stirzaker also help out with Foundation. Learn how to teach SWIMMING There is a Level 1 Teaching Course for Swimming being run by Adrian Noble at Waterlooville in May The course is open to anyone over the age of 16 and will consist of 6 sessions run over two weekends. If you are interested and would like to know more please speak to Graham Pople before or after any of his Training Sessions (see swimming schedule) In line with ASA Policy, would all parents please note that they are not permitted to go onto the poolside during Training Sessions. The only exceptions are if you are CRB checked by H&WSC and have been specifically invited by a Coach to complete a particular task for example helping out with a test set. Ashleigh Guttridge and Michael Robinson also help assist Zoe on poolside at Havant with Higher Squad on Sunday. The assistance that these senior swimmers provide is invaluable to the Club s success. They are able to educate the young swimmers in Lane & Pool Etiquette, Stroke expectation and give them loads and loads of motivation! All Coaches are also Life Guards and the swimmers safety could be compromised if they are distracted by parents. If you wish to speak to your child s Coach, please arrange a mutually convenient time either before or after a training session. Thank you

8 Five Swims = Five Medals Fabulous brand new Club Sweatshirts (hoodie style) in Club Colours are now available to order!!. See the noticeboard at Waterlooville for further information and check out the fabric sample and size info. The new sweatshirts will have the Club Logo on and the Swimmers name. Polo shirts with logo and name are also available. For further information, see Liz Faull (Performance Training times) or ask at the Club Desk or any committee member. If you want to put in an order, fill out an order form (available from desk or noticeboard) and place in envelope with your payment (Cheques made out to Havant & Waterlooville Swimming Club) and pop it in the Club Postbox by the Trophy cabinet. Payment with order please. Be quick they are going like hotcakes! Congratulations to three of our Master Swimmers who participated in the South East Regionals Long Course Masters Meet held on 30 th January Unfortunately, a reduced number of Master Swimmers were able to attend this meet, as it clashed with the re-scheduled (weather postponed) Chris Hunt Memorial Swim. However, between the three swimmers, Masters managed to notch up five medals from five swims which is not bad for a Regional Level Competition! Steve Tomlinson - 2 silver Emily Jones - 2 bronze, swimming as a Senior in her first Masters meet since just turning 18 Lynne Jones - 1 silver (her first for a Long Course Meet) CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEB PAGE! Masters have recently been given their own Web Page within the H&WSC Website. Check it out here lists all the Masters Information, Masters Meets and Schedules, Masters Records and anything else relating to Masters Swimming. Graham Pople was recently invited by the Portsmouth University, Department of Sport & Exercise, to provide volunteer swimmers from Performance Squad to assist with the study Reduction in Training Volume and its affect on competitive performance for a group of yrs competitive front crawl swimmers. The investigation was conducted by 3 rd year students, with the idea that reduced training may have a positive affect i.e. improved swim times. The results of the investigation may lead to improved future training regimes. Voluntary participating Performance swimmers were asked to keep a diary of how they felt on a daily basis, before and after training, whether they felt ill or tired and kept a record of what they ate daily. As part of their normal training cycle, periodically applied over a period of 2 months in December and January, testing was carried out, involving speed tests of 100m and 400m front crawl. During these speed tests, the swimmers heart rates were monitored, stroke rate, stroke count and blood lactate levels, using small finger prick samples of blood. Further studies with the university may be undertaken later in the year. Graham will be informed as to any useful results. BEAUCHAMP BOLDLY BREAKS BREAST STROKE CLUB RECORD! Graham Pople reports that Master swimmer Amanda Beauchamp has recently broken the Club Record for 50m Breastroke (Age yrs). Full details to follow in next issue of Newsplash with a centre page photo! Stroke Clinics It is possible that stroke clinics may be held over the summer period. Please watch this space for further information. If you or your Child is interested in participating in a stroke clinic please put your name down at the Club Desk so that Graham Pople can monitor the level of interest and plan some dates. NEWSPLASH Editor Tina Lewendon I hope you enjoyed reading Newsplash. If you have any information or news that you would like to share with the Club in the next issue, please Tina direct on AVSR17@DSL.PIPEX.COM

9 ENTRY FORM FOR MAUREPAS, FRANCE SATURDAY 22 MAY AND SUNDAY 23 MAY 2010 Club Name: HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE SWIMMING CLUB Surname: Forename: ASA Registration Number: Date of Birth: Male / female (please circle ) CONTACT DETAILS Address: Postcode: Home Phone Number: Phone number in event of Emergency (if different): address: EVENTS You can enter 50m Freestyle and 200m I.M. You can then select 3 x 100m races Free, Fly, Breast or Back ONLY 3 Please check the qualifying times below you MUST be able to swim FASTER than these times these are the lowest qualifying times allowed. Event SUBMITTED TIME Year of Birth 1993/1994 Year of Birth 1995/1996 Year of Birth 1997/1998 Year of Birth 1999/2000 Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls 100m Freestyle m Butterfly m Breast m Back m Freestyle m I.M You MAY be required to top up your ASA Competitive Insurance please see Jane or Mandy Jermy for further details See noticeboard for further details of this event. Please make sure your name is up on the board if you wish to come and complete an entry form no money required yet for entries. Post entry form in W Ville Pool Club Postbox