Training session changes during club champs

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.

 

 

 

 

Seaclose Club Championships 2017

Reminder

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.

 

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

Rother League Round 2 Team Sheet – 23rd September 2017

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

Open Meets 2017/18

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. 

Latest News / Summer Info

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.

 

 

 

Team Managers Course (Not just for Team Managers!)

Swim England have brought in new rules that the Team Manager qualification is required by anyone wishing to be on poolside for the Nationals and it is being filtered down to Open Meets etc.  
 
The course is the ‘Team Managers 1 & 2’ and is completed as a 1-off course. It does not need to be repeated or renewed.  
 
Any person wishing to be on poolside at gala’s and open meets will need to have this.  
 
Seaclose are hosting a course and with the tutor coming to the Island we have special permission to complete both modules will be covered on the same day.
 
The date is Saturday 30th September at Medina Leisure Centre. Time to be confirmed but will likely be between 8.30 – 4 p.m.
 
The course is free for Seaclose S.C. Members and parents.
 
Please let us know by the end of July if you can attend by e-mailing chairman@seaclosesc.co.uk 
 
 

Family Fun Night – 24th June

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.

Hampshire Development Meet 2017

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.

Val will collate entries for the Seaclose swimmers. For her to do this send the details to openmeets@seaclosesc.co.uk
 
Please include:
  • Swimmers full name
  • Date of birth
  • ASA membership number
  • The events they want to swim and their PBs.

ASA information can all be checked at https://www.swimmingresults.org/individualbest/ 

There are upper limits and swimmers are not allowed to enter the same events they raced in the County Championships this year.
 
 
Deadline to have the information to Val is the  21st June at the very latest.

 

Rother League Round 1 Team Sheet – Updated

Updated – Thursday 16th

Travel details are confirmed now – we will meet at Ryde Pier Head at 15.15 to get the 15.47 ferry over. We will be travelling by coach to Haslemere. The gala is starting slightly earlier than normal so will hope to be on the 21.20 ferry back from Portsmouth.

If you haven’t confirmed if you can attend please let us know using the details below. I have some volunteers but any officials that would be able to come and help please let us know.

 

 

The Round 1 Team Sheet 2017 can be downloaded here.

We need to provide officials to support this gala so if you can attend in this capacity please let us know.

Please drop an e-mail to coaches@seaclosesc.co.uk to confirm attendance.

Travel details will be confirmed but will likely be 3/4pm from Ryde Pier head returning later in the evening. We will be travelling as a team by coach.

Thank you.