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Land Training
2nd July - 16th September
(Summer Break)

Market Drayton Pool
8th-12th September 2008
(Annual Maintenance) 

Summer Fun Day and Family Picnic
Sunday 31st August 2008
11am – 3pm at Norton in Hales playing field.

AGM
Thursday 4th September at 6pm in the meeting room at the pool.  Everyone welcome.

Market Drayton Pool
 will be closed for routine maintenance for 1 week 8th-12th September 2008. 

Chase Roebuck meet
 25th and 26th October
Wolverhampton

The Swimming 10 commandments
For Swimmers
For Parents

NPLQ - Congratulations to Caroline Saxon who has just passed her NPLQ and is now a fully qualified lifeguard as well as a Level 1 teacher. Well done Caroline.

Competition to design an advertising car sticker for the MDSC! .....thanks to Emma Scriven for the idea.

Your design needs to be 160mm x 60mm (oblong), white background using black writing. You must include the club logo (MD) and also the web site address (www.mdswimclub.co.uk). Any other phrases or pictures must be able to be re-produced electronically so it is best to do your design on a computer if possible. Entries should be submitted to Debbie Grindrod by 20th August 2008. A final design will be chosen and we will then be having these produced by a printing company for displaying inside car windows. Please print out a copy of your design and on the reverse have your full name and date of birth and hand in as soon as possible! Debs

SHROPSHIRE COUNTIES SPRINTS WEEKEND - FINAL ROUNDUP
Sunday 6th July saw the sprints weekend taking place at Market Drayton pool. It was a very warm and humid day with a very busy schedule to follow.  Our club swimmers performed outstandingly and between them massed An incredible 43 PBs.  Thanks must go to Catherine and our team manager, Sarah Thomas ably assisted by Hannah Grindrod who rallied the swimmers together and made sure they were all in the right place at the right time.  Also thanks to Anne Saxon who turned up with some lovely cakes and fruit for the adults to help get them through the day!

MDSC did well and had swimmers in the final top 2 of several age groups.  The final age group placing were as follows: 

Top Boy 17 and over – Ian Martin, 2nd in 16yr Girls – Caroline Saxon, 2nd in 15yr Boys – James Wilson, 2nd in 14 yr Boys – Dan Scriven, Top Boy in 13yr old – Jaime Beebee and 2nd Tom Plows, 2nd in 9yr old Boys – Alfie Thomas.

Land Training Summer Break - Clyde Till is away on holiday from 2nd July through to 16th July and then we break for the summer. Land Training resumes Wednesday 17th September 2008.

THREE COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS
The three counties championships took place on Saturday 28th June at Thomas Telford School pool, following success at the secondary schools gala the following swimmers were selected to swim representing Shropshire, Daniel Scriven, Richard Grindrod, Jamie Beebee, Craig Judd and James Wilson. Shropshire put in some sterling swims and won the gala with a total of 161 points against Hereford with 125 points. Debs

North Shropshire East Junior Schools Gala
Well done to all of those club swimmers who took part in the North Shropshire East Junior Schools Gala held at Market Drayton pool on Friday 20th June. Megan Costelloe, Katie Nagington, Emma Scriven, Phoebe Tustin, Hannah Lever, Charlotte Chapman and Toby Cordova all put in impressive swims. Toby came 2nd in the boys 25m fly final with a time of 25.35 and he came 3rd in the boys 25m breast final with a time of 25.84. Emma Scriven was 1st in the girls 25m back final with a time of 18.78 (a new meet record) and 2nd in the girls 25m breast final with a time of 20.63 (would have been a new meet record but was superseded by the 1st place swimmer). Both Toby and Emma have been selected to swim for the North Shropshire East team at the gala being held in Shrewsbury next month - well done to everyone who took part.
Debs

Midlands Age Group Championships 2008 14th & 15th June.
Tom Plows was the first up to swim in the second weekend of the Championships. His first event being the 400IM. Tom put in a solid performance finishing with 5:32:73 (conv 5:27:43). Next to swim was Daniel Scriven in his best event the 100BR. Dan put in a great performance with a terrific 3rd place Medal and PB in a time of 1:16:02 (conv 1:14:32). Great swim Dan.

James Cook swam a good 200BK with a time of 3:11:56 (conv 3:09:86). Emma Scriven's next swim was the 200IM finishing with a time of 3:19:42 (conv 3:17:42). Jamie Beebee and Tom Plows again went 'head to head' in the 200 Free. Great race again with Tom just pippin Jamie this time to the finish. Tom finishing with a time of 2:20:36 (conv 2:17:96) and Jamie 2:20:75 (conv 2:18:35) both times just outside their PB's.

Emma Scriven was back in the water again in the 100Free. Emma although understandably tiring at this point put in a great swim with a new PB of 1:22:33 (conv 1:21:33). Well done Emma.

In the last afternoon session James Cook swam a PB in the 100 Free in a time of 1:17:50 (conv 1:16:40). In the very last swim for Market Drayton the 400 Free it was again that 'star' Emma Scriven. Emma swam in a time of 5:53:22 (conv 5:49:22). This was outside Emma's PB but to me to qualify and compete at this distance in a 50M pool at just 10yrs old was again a great achievement.

The championships were a great success for Market Drayton. Drayton had more swimmers in more events than most of our local clubs. Also it should be noted that we appear to have had a PB in every 100M event we swam! This is something the swimmers can be proud of. With a little more pool time and some extra hard training in the future I hope we can be more successful over the longer distances next year.

Well Done. Kevin.

PB's have been updated - 12 June 2008

Congratulations to the following swimmers who have achieved their Preliminary and Competitive Start Awards - Kathryn Jones, Alice Plows, Shona Duncan, Rebecca Deakin, Francis Derricutt, Matthew Poultney, Annabel Cook, James Cook, Freya Wright, Holly Guy, Edward Saxon, Joshua Poultney.

Time Trials results from 12th June - See the notice board or click here

Midland 2008 Age Group Championships - 7th/8th June Coventry.
Well done to the swimmers who qualified and entered the first weekend of the Championships at Coventry. First to swim was Emma Scriven in the 200Free. Emma put in a great swim just outside her PB with 2:47:59 (conv 2:45:59). Next to swim was Jamie Beebee in the 1500M who found this a tough swim finishing outside his pb, but well done for qualifying and having a go. On the second day James Cook put in a great swim for the 200 Free finishing 2:53:85 (conv 2:51:95). James also swam the 100BK shortly after with a cracking pb of 1:30:54 (conv 1:29:64). Later in the day Emma Scriven put in a huge brave effort in the 400IM finishing 12th with a time of 7:04:76 (conv 7:00:66). Next up was Jamie Beebee and Rob Wenlock in the 100 Free. Jamie got a great pb of 1:03:35 (conv 1:02:15) followed by Rob also with a PB of 1:00:60 (conv 0:59:20).

Well done again and thanks for contributing to another successful event for Market Drayton.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The swimming Club will be holding it’s AGM on Thursday 4th September at 6pm in the meeting room at Market Drayton Swimming Pool. All parents are welcome to come along and look back on what the club has achieved over the last year and what the focus is for the coming year. There will be the usual recruiting/nominations for the four main officers of the committee, Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer and Secretary. Anybody who may be interesting in finding out more or what these roles entail please contact any of the current committee members for more information. Come and join the general committee and have your say in how the club is run and managed. New ideas are always welcome. Nomination forms and a full agenda will be available later.

SUMMER FUN DAY AND FAMILY PICNIC We are planning to hold a summer fun day and family picnic on Sunday 31st August from 11am – 3pm on the playing field at Norton in Hales village. There will be games galore, rounders (swimmers verses parents/coaches), sack races, egg and spoon, 3-legged races, cat and mouse, skipping, soccer dribbling, kwik cricket and many more. Bring your own picnic and blanket/chairs and join us for a fun day for the children. We will be holding a raffle on the day and hopefully be providing ice cream for sale. Put the date in your diary now and note your names on the list to say you will be coming and approximately how many of you there will be. Younger/older siblings also welcome to come along and join in the fun. If anybody is willing to help with organising races please let the committee know.

ANNUAL CLOSURE OF THE POOL The annual routine maintenance is being carried out at the pool during September and this year the pool will be closed for one week only from 8th-12th September.

SRS LEISURE CLUB SWIM SHOP There will be a new link on the clubs home page in the next few weeks to SRS leisure MD swim club site. Parents will be able to order all their swim kit direct on the internet (postage free) apart from the items which carry the MD logo which will still be available to buy direct from the club. Any items purchased through our clubs page will carry a 20% discount to the club against future orders of bulk kit items. Try it out by clicking here

Time trials will be taking place next Thursday 12th June during normal squad training times. All those swimmers who would like to enter need to sign up on the list which is on the notice board with their details and events they would like to do. As we are targeting the Chase open meet in October this is an ideal time to get your PBs up to date ready for completing the entry forms. Full details of the qualifying times as well as the dates are also on the notice board. Entry forms for the Chase gala are with Kevin or can be downloaded from the Chase web site. Completed forms and payment must be handed in to the head coach by Monday 16th June.

The final Crusader Gala is being held at Market Drayton pool on Saturday 21st June. Warm up at 5.30pm and a 6pm gala start. The team sheet is on the club notice board please tick off your name as soon as possible. Thank you to everyone who has agreed to help at this home gala. We would be grateful of any raffle prizes for the night - please hand in to one of the coaches or any of the committee members.
Thanks. Debs

Counties and the 50m & 100m events - we have just been informed that these will now be run on Sunday July 6th, however any withdrawals have to be submitted by 1st June. You will only be entitled to repayment of your Counties entry fees for these events if you withdraw.

Therefore you will remain entered UNLESS YOU either tick the withdrawal list on the notice board OR let Debbie Grindrod know directly by the 30th May. Emails can be sent to her via the webmaster.

Apologies for the short notice but the club was only informed by County on the 23rd May.

Open Water Race - Congratulations to Caroline Saxon who took part in the senior 4k race at Colwick Park, Notts and regained her trophy for the 3rd consecutive year. There were 30 senior competitors, both males and females setting off together in a water temperature of 15 degrees. It was certainly very bracing and Caroline had a slightly blue tinge around the edge when she finished!

The course consisted of 4 circuits around the lake, marked out by buoys that have to be carefully negotiated, and the technique of swimming outdoors needs to be heavily reliant upon brute force whilst ignoring the smooth streamlined frontcrawl needed in a pool. Caroline was concerned she was not fit enough to swim a fast pace over the distance but surprised herself by beating not only the women but the men as well, achieving a time of 51 minutes.
Anne 

Shropshire County Secondary School Gala - Wednesday 14th May 2008.
The annual secondary schools gala took place on 14th May at MD pool and the following 9 club swimmers swam representing their own school: James Wilson, Richard Grindrod, Daniel Scriven, Charlie Thomas, Tom Bull, Jamie Beebee, Craig Judd, Emma Bundy and Nic Martin. Swimmers had a great night with several of them coming home with Bronze, Silver and Gold medals. All those swimmers who came 2nd or 1st were also invited to swim at the Three Counties Championships on Sat 28th June being held at Thomas Telford Pool. Well done everyone! 
Debs

Haden Hill
Market Drayton had 11 swimmers attending the meet. Alfie Thomas, Annabel Cook, Charlie Thomas, Daniel Scriven, Emma Bundy, James Cook, Jamie Beebee, Richard Grindrod, Rob Wenlock, James Wilson and Tom Plows entered over 45 individual events between them. Great performances and near misses of MDQ Times continued throughout the day. We had new MDQTs for James Cook, Tom Plows and Rob Wenlock. We also had a stack of HH crystal first, second and third place trophies. We also had particularly great swims from Annabel Cook in the 200BR and Charlie in the 200FLY. It was a hugely successful and enjoyable meet. The new qualifiers can now look forwards to joining us at the Age Group Champs in a few weeks time. Well done all.
Kevin

Midland 2008 Youth Championships
Well done to the four Swimmers who qualified for this years championships. Caroline Saxon and James Wilson competed on the Saturday. Caroline swam the 200FC with a time of 2:22:67 LC. Later in the day Caroline qualified with a heat time of 29.98 for the 50FC Final and came in 8th with a time of 30.56LC. James made the final of the 100BK and came 5th with a time of 1:04:50. James came 12th overall in the 100FC with a time of 56.85 and narrowly missed the final of the 50Fly with a time of 28:90.

On day two, Emma Bundy and Ian Martin joined the team. Caroline swam the 400FC with a time of 4:53:76LC and the 100FC with 1:06:91LC. With a great effort Caroline who had never swam at Midlands level with anything other than FC previously qualified for the 400IM final! Caroline finished with a time of 5:48:33 in the final. James again was on good form making the 50BC final with a heat time of 29.46LC going slightly slower in the final but securing third place. James was reserve finalist in the 50FC with a time of 26.57LC and also did well in the 100FLY with a time of 1:04:30LC. Both Emma and Ian put in great swims. Emma swam the 100FC with a time of 108:54LC and Ian with a good swim in the 200FC with a time of 2:11:26LC.

It was a long weekend with some of the swimmers also training at Wrekin later in the day whilst James and Caroline stayed for the finals.

Well done to the four of you.

Thanks Kevin.

Chase RoeBuck Meet
Kevin is now handing forms out for this Club Targeted meet. Required back in to club by 9th June.

Additional info and forms can be found Here

No training session on Monday 5th May - Pool Closed

New Hoodies have arrived!

Brief report on Crusader - 26 April
Well done and thank you to all the swimmers, helpers and officials (especially Mrs Rumney for stepping in as 'our' Judge at the last minute) who attended the Crusader gala at Dane Valley. With our 9yr olds at the lower end of their age group and having to support the gaps in the 12U age group points were again scarce. However, with some great relay attempts -a few DQ's - I am certain the younger teams we will be better placed in the future. We eventually came last in the gala. There were still great personal performances with an incredibly 18 PB's. Check web site for updated PB tables to follow. Special well done to Rob Wenlock who ploughed through the 1 min Barrier with 59.13 in the 100Free. If we continue to improve we will do well in our home Crusader gala and the Speedo rounds later in the year. Thanks all.

Kevin

New Open swimmer to join the club?
Daniel Scriven with Richard and Ian at the 9th FINA Short Course Championships... and Mark Foster just after his 50m Butterfly final.

They had gone for the afternoon session on the 4th day as part of Daniel's Birthday - a great end to a great days racing.

Justin did try to sign him up for the next Crusader at Dane Valley in a couple of weeks, but the lure of his home base in Florida was just too great!

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