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Dec17
Swimmers Dozen medals at Southampton Xmas Meet
Seaclose Swimming Club Press Release 14/12/2015Swimmers Dozen medals at Southampton Xmas Meet
Seaclose Swimming Club attended the City of Southampton Swimming Club Level 3 Xmas Meet with a very large team over the weekend of 12th and 13th Dec.
The meet produced a very successful weekend for the club and some fantastic swims saw a medal haul totalling twelve medals.
For the girls Megan King (13/14 years) led the way with Gold in the 200m Individual Medley and 100M Freestyle along with a Silver medal in the 50m Butterfly event. Amber Backhouse (13/14 years) collected medals for the second weekend in a row with Gold in the 50m Freestyle and Silver in the 50m Breaststroke whilst Eleanor King (15 years and over) took Gold in the 50m Butterfly event. The youngest competitor over the weekend and also taking Gold in the 100m Butterfly event was Mia Stillwell (9/10 years).
The boys were also in the medals with Alex Stewart (15 years and over) taking silver in the 50m Freestyle and Butterfly events and Bronze in the 100m Butterfly and 200m Individual Medley. James Stirling (15 years and over) also in the same age category took Bronze in the 50m Freestyle event.
A special mention goes to Tom Kral (15 years and over) who due to a technical error on entry was allocated to the wrong heats for all of his races but still managed to produce two new personal best performances over the weekend in the 200m Individual Medley and the 100m Freestyle.
The Hampshire County Championships qualifiers have now been finalised for Seaclose Swimming Club and congratulations to the following for their qualification: Amber Backhouse, Lelayna Blacklock, Eleanor and Megan King, Abigail Lacey, Mia Stillwell, Michael Joyce, Tom Kral, Frank Morrison, Alex Stewart and James Stirling.
Nov17
Seaclose AGM Friday 27th
Seaclose will hold its annual AGM meeting on Friday 27th @ 7pm. It will be held at Medina Leisure centre. Its a great opportunity to see what’s happening with the Club, Listen to Val discuss open meets and what is involved with them and who they might appeal too. Full Agenda available to download here : Agenda AGM 2015
Nov05
I0W LONG DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015
I0W LONG DISTANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 Licence meet Level 429 November 2015
Medina Leisure Centre, Newport, Isle of Wight
ASA: All events will be conducted in accordance with ASA Laws and Technical Rules.
COMPETITORS: Must be members of an Isle of Wight Club and registered with the ASA.
ENTRIES: The closing date for entries will be Friday 20 November 2015. Late or ineligible entries will not be accepted. There will be no refunds for withdrawals after the closing date.
The entry fee will be £4 per event.
Please provide payment to your own Island Swimming club and clubs to submit one cheque to organisers.
Entries must be made on the form provided: photocopies of the official entry form will be acceptable. The form must be fully completed and legible. Entry times must be 25m pool times, converted from Long Course (50m) if necessary. Incomplete or illegible entry forms and entries without correct fees will not be accepted. If you do not have a time enter NT.
The promoter reserves the right to reject swimmers according to entry numbers and limitation to heat capacity in the allocated session time. This looks unlikely to occur, but if so, the slowest times will be rejected.
The Meet will run without entry cards. Competitors must register on arrival no later than 15 minutes before the start of their session.
AGES: As at the 31 December 2015.
AGE GROUPS: 10yrs and under, 11/12, 13/14, 15/16 and Open.
Entry for and Conditions available to download below:
Oct25
Seaclose Swim Club Social 2015
Swim Club Social 2015When: Saturday 28th November 2015
Time: 19.30 to eat
Where: Pizza Express, Newport
Open to all seniors and pre-seniors
I have booked a table at Pizza Express for us to spend some time together outside of the pool, we did this last year and it worked a treat. Come and join us this year!
Remember we are all representing Seaclose Swim Club so we all need to be on our best behaviour. If you think you may struggle with this, please wait until next year. (I will take contact numbers of parents of younger pre seniors, just in case of an issue on the night, as parents will be asked to collect you early if need be).
Choose your food:
Hyperlink to menu; http://www.pizzaexpress.com/our-food/our-restaurant-menu/
Please let me know so I have a rough idea of numbers, as I will need to confirm with Pizza Express. No deposit needed just turn up on the night.
Contact Ellie King for via face-to face or facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ellie.king.733?fref=uf
Thank you!
Oct16
Isle of Wight Sprints Dates announed
Please visit the Events page for full details:
Isle of Wight Sprints 2015
Oct08
Club Captains….
Please visit the club captain page for full details:Club Captains
Oct07
Promising Season start for Seaclose Swimmers at Southampton Open
7th OctoberPromising Season start for Seaclose Swimmers at Southampton Open
Alex Stewart and Megan King started the seasons medal tally for Seaclose swimming Club last weekend at the James Moreno Open Meet at Southampton.
Alex picked up a gold medal in the 400m Freestyle event in a time of 4 min 28.65 sec and also finished fifth in the 50 and 100m freestyle events. Megan meanwhile captured Gold in the 50m Freestyle event in a time of 27.93 sec along with bronze medals in both the 50m and 100m backstroke events.
There were also some well deserved personal best performances from Lelayna Blacklock, Grace Bolland, Eleanor King and James Stirling. Coach Val Gard said ‘this was a great start to what looks like being a great year’.
Oct05
Club Fees……..
5th October
As you will remember the fees for squad sessions changed from September 2015 and many members have yet to change them.
Please can you do this ASAP and let us have the difference in fees for September and October (if paid so far this month) as the club has to cover the increased pool hire/ASA fees etc.
Pre-Senior Squads: £24
Senior Squads: £25
Many thanks.
Sep07
County and Regional Call Ups for Seaclose Swimmers.
County and Regional Call Ups for Seaclose Swimmers.
A season of hard work in getting to the top of the rankings has been rewarded for Seaclose Swimmers Megan King and Abigail Lacey with selection for the Hampshire County Team.
Both Megan and Abi have been selected in the Hampshire ASA team to compete at the prestigious Inter-County Championships at the Ponds Forge pool complex in Sheffield on Sunday 18th October. They will be part of a 24 member team and will compete in the top division of the inter-counties which will be screened live on the ASA website. Abigail has also been selected for the South East Schools Division team and will compete in the 200m back, 200IM and the relays at the English National Secondary schools final in Leeds on 3rd and 4th October.
Good luck at both events girls, as Dave would say Go,Go,Go!