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Head Coach Vacancy
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Market Drayton Pool
Session Changes
13th April 2010 - cancelled
Swimathon
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Counties
w/e 27th-28th Feb 2010
w/e 13th-14th Mar 2010
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Crusader
Sat 22nd May 2010 at Crewe
Sat 19th June 2010 at COSSACs

Targeted Meets
City of Birmingham Open
2nd to 5th April

Shrewsbury Open
4th April

Haden Hill
9th May 

Boldmere Water Carnival
3rd and 4th July

County sprint relays
4th July - TBC

Qualifier Meets
Youth Midlands
1st and 2nd May

Midlands Age groups
5/6th June and 12/13th June

Nationals Age groups
w/c 26th July

National Youths
 w/c 2nd August

Scottish Nationals
22nd - 27th June

Welsh Nationals
22 - 25th July

 

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Sprint Night Results are available here

Meets targeted by the Coaches for Club swimmers
City of Birmingham Open 2nd to 5th April (all swimmers)

Shrewsbury open 4th April (younger swimmers)

Haden Hill 9th May - all

Boldmere Water Carnival - 3rd and 4th July - all younger swimmers

CRUSADER GALA REPORT - Saturday evening saw the second round of division 3 of the Crusader League, although the first actual gala due to the one at Crewe having been postponed.  We had a very "new" team with the following swimmers attending their first gala representing Market Drayton: Joe Stone, Eloise Lamb, James Parton, Connor Bentley, Jack Healy, Lewis Danks, Saphina Tongue, Sam Mabbutt and Frances Derricutt.
 
We had some fabulous swims and came away with 17 new PBs, Joe Stone knocked an amazing 7 seconds off his 50 free time - well done Joe!  Dan Scriven came in first in the men's open 100IM, Ed Saxon in the boys U12 fly, the boys U12 freestyle relay also came first with Ed Saxon, Toby Cordova, Harry Riley and Alfie Thomas working excellently as a team.  Emma Scriven 1st in 12u girls breaststroke, Caroline Saxon in the ladies open freestyle, Dan Scriven in the men's open breaststroke and the men's open relay team consisting of Dan Scriven, Jack Booth, Richard Grindrod and Rob Wenlock came shooting home first by a clear 3 seconds.
 
Overall we came 4th with a score of 183, which considering we had 4 declared relay teams for which we would not receive any points, we did very well indeed.  Thank you to all who helped to organize the gala and all those who helped out on the night.  Without this help we would not be able to host a gala, thanks also to the Captains and Vice Captains for keeping the team motivated throughout the evening.
 
COUNTY SWIMMING GALA -    Ed Saxon swam for Shropshire in the inter county gala held at Fenton over the last weekend in January. His events were 4 x 50 medley relay where he swam the fly leg and the individual 50 fly, both in the 11 year age group. The relay was first and he gained a pb swimming 36.94.  He went on to swim another pb in the individual race with 36.86. This ranks him no. 1 for 50 fly in the county for 11 year old boys.

Presentation Evening Pictures - go to Gallery and click 'Medals for 2009' on the side bar. Thanks to Don Refern for taking these on the night.

SWIMATHON - there will be no squad training on Tuesday 13th April as the annual Swimathon will be going on in the pool.

LAND TRAINING - the new land training groups come into effect on Tuesday 2nd February 5.30pm - 6.30pm - if you have not yet picked up your January newsletter with full details please ask for your copy from the coaches. There will be NO land training on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th February but there will be training during half term.

CRUSADER TEAM - the new team list is now on the notice board, please see if you have been selected to swim and tick off your name with regards to availability. This gala will be at our home pool in MD on Saturday 6th February and the warm up starts at 6pm with a gala start of 6.30pm. Swimmers need to be at the pool by 5.45pm at the latest.

POOL HELPERS QUALIFICATION - well done to Richard Grindrod who has successfully completed his ASA Pool Helpers Award.

PRESENTATION EVENING - Thank you to all who helped to organize and coordinate the evening last Saturday 23rd January. It was a super night with the medals from club championships and the annual trophy awards being presented to the swimmers. Many thanks to Don Redfern who took on the role of photographer and there is now a display book on the notice board with the pictures from the evening. Copies of these can be bought on CD. If you would like a copy please let Debbie have £1 in an envelope with the swimmers name on and she will get you a copy done. The awards were as follows:

CRUSADER GALA - Saturday 16th January at Crewe.  The team list is now up on the board, please tick off your availability so Louise can finalize the team.
 
PRESENTATION EVENING TICKETS - they are selling fast now and we have only a dozen left.  If you still would like tickets but have not caught up with Debbie please email or give her a ring so she can put some up for you.  Don't miss out on this lovely evening where we celebrate the success of the swimmers over the past year.  7.15pm arrival for a 7.30pm prompt start.  Awards, followed by food and then the disco.
 
2010 COUNTY ENTRIES - all forms have now been submitted to county and this year we have 14 swimmers (just over a third of our club members) who have qualified for events and a total of 77 individual entries.  Well done to all who worked hard to achieve qualifying times this  year.  There will be a rota for help on poolside during the two weekends so if you re able to help please sign up on the notice board or let Louise Scriven know your availability.
 
SHREWSBURY GALA - 3rd APRIL 2010 - we will be targeting this gala on 3rd April. Please check out the web site at Shrewsbury swimming club or pick up entry forms from the club notice board.

Final PB update for 2009 has now been completed.

Congratulations to Ed Saxon who has been selected to swim for Shropshire County at their next gala on 31st January at Fenton Manor.  Very well deserved Ed!

Grand Xmas Draw 10th December 09

Many thanks to everyone that bought and sold raffle tickets.

LAND TRAINING - last land training before Christmas will be Wed 16th Dec and it will resume after xmas on Wed 6th Jan 2010

Shrewsbury ASC Evolution Open meet, Sat 5th December – Well done to the 8 swimmers who all entered this open meet, Richard Grindrod, Jack Booth, Sam Mabbutt, Harry Riley, Ed Saxon, Rebecca Deakin, Katie Deakin and Phoebe Tustin.  This was the first open meet for both Jack Booth and Sam Mabbutt.  As a club we did exceptionally well with our 8 swimmers.  The boys entered two relay teams (Jack, Richard, Harry & Ed) two 14 yr olds and 2 ten year olds and came in second out of 7 in the freestyle relay and 3rd out of 6 in the medley relay!!

Richard achieved 4 new PBs and Gold in 200 back, Silver in 200 breast, 200 IM, 200 free, Bronze in 50 back and 50 free. Jack gained 6 new PBs, Gold in 200 fly, Silver in 50 fly and Bronze in 200 breast.  Harry achieved 2 new PBs and a Bronze in 50 breast.  Ed 4 new PBs and Gold in 50 fly and Bronze in 200 back.  Katie Deakin achieved a new PB and Gold in each of 50 free, 50 breast, 200 IM and 200 free.  Rebecca 2 new PBs and Gold in 200 breast.  Phoebe 2 new PBs.

Congratulations to Richard who came first overall in his age group (14) and was awarded Top Boy, Jack Booth came in a very respectable joint 2nd in the same age group.  Katie came 2nd in the girls 10 yr old age group.  A very well done to you all.  A big thank you goes to David Grindrod for doing the timing, Liz Deakin and Leda Tustin for being the “Team Managers” for the day in a very busy and warm pool.

Wrexham Junior Meet – Saturday 28th November 2009 - Ten club swimmers attended this gala. From a total of 42 races there were 38 PBs, which shows just how well they all swam on the day. A great day for new (first gala for Rhiannon and Lewis)  and older swimmers alike, with the following also achieving medals Ed 3rd 50m Fly, Katie 4th  100IM and 4th 25m freestyle, Alfie 4th 50m Freestyle, Harry 5th 50m backstroke, and 5th 50m breaststroke, Emma 5th 50 BR. Thanks to all who made this an enjoyable and rewarding day!

LAND TRAINING - those swimmers who have recently joined land training sessions should attend the squash club for a training session on how to effectively use the gym equipment and get the most out of land training on Tuesday 1st December from 5.30-6.30pm.  Please sign up on the notice board so we now how many to expect there.
 
MIDLANDS TIMES - the qualifying times for 2009-2010 for the age group and the youths are now on the qualifiers page on the web site.
 

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