The club will be supporting the City of Southampton Open meet which takes place on Saturday 3rd March 2018
Age groups are 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, 15+.
Events are 50m of all strokes, 100m of all strokes, 200m Free and 200IM.
The meet is a first come first served basis so if you want to enter please get all information to Val via openmeets@seaclosesc.co.uk by January 8th at the latest to give the best chance of being accepted to the meet.
Round 3 of the Rother League galas is on 25th November at Havant & Waterlooville.
View the Round 3 Team Sheet here
As always we need to take officials and timekeepers so please say if you can come.
We plan to travel by car again so if you would be willing to drive please let us know.
Confirmations by 18th November please.
Over the next few weeks the club champs are taking place so some training sessions will not be on.
The following sessions will be cancelled because of races taking place at the same time:
Sunday evening 5th November
Tuesday evening 7th November
Friday evening 10th November
Sunday evening 12th November
Also, because of a large number of events on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th there will be no training in the morning sessions on these days.
No training on the morning of 4th and 5th of November
Lessons take place as normal on the morning of the 4th / 5th.
First Session – Sunday 29th for 1500m swimmers. Warm up is 5.30pm. There will be no training on this evening.
This years club champs will be on the following dates / sessions. The champs will be swum with competitors from all three island clubs so we can ensure that there are enough officials and volunteers but results will be specifically for the individual clubs.
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Session |
Date |
Venue |
Races |
|
1 |
Sunday 29th October |
Medina Leisure Centre |
1500m Freestyle |
|
2 |
Saturday 4th November |
Medina Leisure Centre |
50m Back, 100m Back, 200m I.M., 50m Breast, 100m Breast |
|
3 |
Sunday 5th November |
Medina Leisure Centre |
50m Free, 100m Free, 200m Free, 50m Fly,100m Fly |
|
4 |
Tuesday 7th November |
Medina Leisure Centre |
200 Back, 100IM, 200 Fly |
|
5 |
Friday 10th November |
Medina Leisure Centre |
400IM, 400 Free |
|
6 |
Sunday 12th November |
Medina Leisure Centre |
200 Br/s, 800 Free |
Travel Details
We will be travelling by car on the 5pm Fishbourne Ferry, returning on the 10pm Fishbourne ferry.
If you haven’t confirmed attendance please do so ASAP.
The team sheet for round 2 of the Rother League can be downloaded here.
This gala is all relays so lots of swims for everyone.
Please confirm if you can or can’t attend ASAP.
We will travel by cars therefore if you are willing to drive please let us know and how many people you can fit in your car. The club will cover all ferry costs.
We have to take officials so will need a judge and a timekeeper at least. If you can do either of these jobs please let us know.
Send all confirmations to coaches@seaclosesc.co.uk
This is a great fun gala with all relays giving everyone plenty of chance to swim and to do something a bit different to normal galas.
Thank you
The club will be supporting the following open meets this season:
Littlehampton County Qualifier L3 24th Sept £5 per event
http://www.littlehamptonswimmingclub.com/competitions/open-meets/county_qualifier/
James Moreno Open L2 30th Sept £6.50 per event
http://www.cossc.org/index.php/openmeets-14
[Updated] Rushmoor L3 SC Meet 22nd Oct (Meet has changed to a level 3 meet on the 22nd Only
http://www.rushmoorroyals.org.uk/rrsc_open-meets
Entries for the Littlehampton and James Moreno have to be with Val by 4th September at the latest – send them to openmeets@seaclosesc.co.uk
Rother League round 2 is on the 23rd September and a team sheet will be available at the start of September.
Well done to the Island Games swim team in Gotland. Great PB’s all week and medals for the team. Updates from the week available here – https://www.facebook.com/groups/454682691222928/
As we move towards the summer some provisional dates for the diary.
There have been lots of events and activities the last few weeks so the Isle of Wight Sprints and the Seaclose Club Champs will not take place until after the summer break. Club champs are likely to be end October / early November and the IW Sprints fitted around this.
Lessons finish for the summer on the weekend of 8/9 July. Squads will continue until late July. We are looking around 23rd July for the final session. There will be some sessions in August – dates to be confirmed.
Final details will be published here as soon as confirmed.
There will be a family fun night at Medina Leisure Centre on Saturday 24th Jun, from 5.15pm to 7.00pm
The fun night is open to all Club members from lessons and squads and is a chance to have a bit of fun and relax in the pool.
There will be an opportunity to try for a long distance swimming badge in the first hour of the session. If you would like to do this you will need someone that can count your lengths and the badges will cost £2.00
We will need lifeguards so if you can cover some or all of the session please let us know at coaches@seaclosesc.co.uk
See you on the 24th June.
Entries are now open for the 2017 Hampshire development meet. This will be on the 1st/2nd and 8th July at Waterlooville pool.
Details of the development meet, including the programme of events and conditions can be downloaded from https://www.swimmeets.org/calendar/showevent.php?id=756
The event is for 9 -14 year olds, date as the 8th July. Cost per event is £5.
ASA information can all be checked at https://www.swimmingresults.org/individualbest/