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City of Sunderland ASC |
Welcome to the City of Sunderland Amateur Swimming Club website.
We are based at the Sunderland Aquatic centre. Our mission is to be the Swimming Club of
choice for all communities in the Sunderland and surrounding area.
The Club aim to provide opportunities for Long Term Athlete Development
and encourages members to obtain qualifications in teaching and coaching,
attend other sport related courses, and for non-swimming members to
qualify as ASA Officials.
The Club is primarily a competitive club and members of all ages are
encouraged to participate in swimming or swimming related competitive
activities such as water polo, diving, triathlon and synchronized swimming.
The Club also recognise that swimming regularly is part of a healthy
lifestyle and we will provide opportunities for non-competitive, but coached
swimming sessions to be available. |
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| Farewell Liam |
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The Club said farewell to Liam Whiting this month. Liam has been with us since he was 8 years old, firstly as a swimmer then as a coach and has been a tremendous ambassador for the Club. Liam has been a very popular member of the Club due to his commitment and enthusiasm, particularly with our younger members.
Thanks again Liam - and all the very best in your new job. |
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| Durham AA Graded Meet |
| Sunday 7th February 2010 |
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A total of 45 male and female swimmers aged between 9 and 16 years of age represented the City of Sunderland Amateur Swimming Club at this meeting.
Of the 216 medals available for the 72 events at this meet, the Sunderland swimmers won an impressive 82 medals – 25 Gold, 29 Silver and 28 Bronze.
Performance of the day was by Daniel Feather 10 years who won gold medals in all six of his events: 50m backstroke, 100m individual medley, 50m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 50m breaststoke. Thomas Burns took silver in five of these events, with Joseph Pomfret collecting bronze to give the Sunderland team a clean sweep in the boys 10 year old 50m butterfly event.
In the girls 10 year age group, Jodi Bunker took four gold in the 50m breast stroke, 50m butterfly, 100m individual medley and 50m backstroke, a silver and a bronze medal and with Lauren Patterson who took gold in the 50m freestyle together with three silver and one bronze medal, the girls ensured that the Sunderland team were strongly represented in the 10 year old age group.
The Sunderland team achieved a clean sweep of the medals in the 12 year old boys 100m freestyle event, with Andrew Markham, James Burns and Jordan Henry taking gold, silver and bronze respectively. The boys went on to take more medals in this age group with Andrew Markham taking two further gold, James Burns taking a further gold, silver and bronze, Jordan Henry added a further two gold medals.
In the girls 11 year age group Laura Taylor took gold in the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke and a further silver medal. Alexandra Clements, won gold in the 100m butterfly and a silver medal and together with Christina Castledine who took two silver and three bronze, ensured that the girls represented the club well in the 11 year old age group.
Other gold medallists from the City of Sunderland Amateur Swimming Club were Adam Jurgens (13 years) who won the 100m individual medley and 100m freestyle; Ashlyn Liddle (12 years) 100m butterfly; Sarah Morris (13 years) 100m backstroke and Lida Abrie (13 years) 200m freestyle.
Coach Val Wilson said; ‘Our swimmers were in fine form, recording some amazingly fast swims. It was a great days swimming – well done to them all.’ |
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| Northumberland & Durham 1500m Championships 2010 |
| Sunderland Aquatic Centre on Sunday 31st January |
Once again the City of Sunderland ASC swimmers were outstanding in their home pool, in what was great days racing in one of the toughest events on the regional swimming calendar. The swimmers achieved some excellent times in this event which entails swimming 30 lengths of the 50 metre Aquatic pool.
In the girls 14 to 17 years age group; Danielle Huskinson (16 years) produced a mature and very well paced display to swim her way to the championship title in the Open women’s category, in a time of 17minutes 31.02 seconds. Silver medallist from the 2009 National Youth Championships, Alexandra Robinson also claimed a bronze; while 17year old Eleni Papadoplous claimed the British Disability Record for S10 class, to add to the host of records she bagged in 2009.
In the girls 11 to 13 years age group; Emma Sinclair (13 years) swam her way to a new lifetime best taking Silver in a time of 18 minutes 37.62 seconds. The ever improving Lucy Walton (12 years) a finalist at the 2009 National Age Group Championships claimed bronze.
The City had other impressive performances coming from Adam Taylor (13), Lucy Ellis (13), Dima Isakau (15), Rachel Sinclair (16) and Matthew Bell (16).
For the individual age groups the City of Sunderland ASC girls performed to a particularly high standard with Lucy Walton taking the gold medal for 12 year olds, while Georgina Lamb (gold), Laura Taylor (silver) and Jess Thompson (bronze) made it a clean sweep for the Sunderland girls in the 11 year old age group.
Adam Taylor claimed Bronze in the 13 year old boys category, while James Burns took the bronze for the 12 year olds.
Coach Danny Thompson said; 'well done to the athletes representing the city, many of whom have shown a considerable improvement on their previous times.' |
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Burns Meet
30 – 31 January 2010 |
Head Coach Report
We had 6 swimmers from the A Squad racing at the Burns Meet at the weekend. The Meet was of a very high standard which also incorporated the first British staged meet for swimmers on the various GB programmes and teams.
The 6 swimmers representing the City of Sunderland were Jonny Carlisle, Dan Heeley, Patrick Callan, Andy Cumberlidge, Jennifer Tatters and Kathryn Woolston-Thomas. Despite the swimmers being in mid cycle we had some solid performances.
Jonny Carlisle continued with his fine form from last year to win the 17-18 years 100 backstroke in a best time of 58.57. Jonny was just pipped for gold in the 200 backstroke to take the silver medal in an excellent 2.07.14.
Patrick Callan was our other top 10 finisher with good performances in the 100 breaststroke (9th place) and 200 breaststroke (10th place). Overall, the swim meet gave the swimmers the opportunity to improve their warm up and preparations, and to clearly establish their race plans for the rest of the season.
The next competition is the N&D Open and Youth Championships which takes place at Sunderland on 20-21 February. Alastair Johnson
Head Coach |
| Newburn Graded Meet |
| 23rd & 24th January - Louisa Centre Stanley |
Newburn’s New Year Graded Gala held at the Louisa Centre Stanley is the first gala of 2010. This competition offers chances for age group swimmers to achieve N&D qualifying times and also prepare for the busy competition schedule soon approaching.
Sunderland swimmers had a fantastic weekend with many top 6 finishes and medals won as follows:
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26 |
| Silver; |
31 |
| Bronze; |
22 |
There were many swimmers who achieved N&D qualifying times in numerous events, too many to mention everyone. Also some swimmers gained NER qualifying times for Youth Championships at Sunderland in May and Age Group Championships at Sheffield in June a fantastic achievement, well done.
Matthew Wylie (Olympic Hopefuls) had an amazing swim in his 400 freestyle on Saturday afternoon. Matthews’s time of 5.22.49 is not only a 9 second personal best from a time achieved two weeks ago, it is also 8 seconds under the time he needed to achieve to be considered for a National Talent Programme. The time Matthew accomplished is also a S9 British Championship qualifying time.
A big positive from the weekend was to see so many talented young swimmers from Sunderland competing and winning medals, it looks good for the Diddy League but also for Sunderland Swimming Club’s future!!! |
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British Gas Northumberland &Durham SA
800m Freestyle Championships (50m) |
| Sunderland Aquatic Centre
16th January 2010 |
A large squad of City’s swimmers gathered at their home pool to test themselves against the best in the county over 800m Freestyle. With swimmers showing consideral improvement and 20 swimmers setting new lifetime bests.
Northumberland & Durham County Champions for Sunderland were:
| Jessica Thompson |
11yrs |
| Lucy Walton |
12yrs |
| Adam Taylor |
13yrs |
| Eleni Papadoplous |
14/17yrs Multi Disability |
Swimming there way to silver medals was:
| Izzy Bozzanko |
12yrs |
| Adam Charlton |
12yrs |
| Emma Sinclair |
13yrs |
Claiming bronze was:
| Laura Taylor |
11yrs |
| Danielle Huskinson |
14/17yrs |
City swimmers narrowly missing a medal finishing in the Top 10 were:
| Georgina Lamb |
11yrs |
| Lucy Ellis |
13yrs |
| Jordan Henry |
12yrs |
| James Burns |
12yrs |
| Annabelle Joyce |
12yrs |
| Joe Middleton |
14yrs |
| Jennifer Tatters |
14yrs |
| Alex Robinson |
15yrs |
| Matthew Bell |
16yrs |
There were many outstanding performances across the programme, this is a great start to the year. Let’s use the momentum to move towards a great championship for 2010. |
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In The News |
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SQUAD TRAINING ON SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY
Due to the Northumberland & Durham Open and Youth Championships taking place on Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 February, squad training on that Saturday will be as follows:
Skill Development and Competitive Development
6.00 - 8.00 am in the dive tank
Coach - Alastair Johnson
Olympic Hopefuls
6.00 - 8.00 am in the 50 metre pool
Coach - Val Wilson
Junior Olympians and above
6.00 - 8.00 am in the 50 metre pool
Coach - Danny Thompson
Please note that there is NO dryland on this day.
Have a great workout.
Regards,
Alastair Johnson
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19 February 10
Gateshead & Wickham Graded- March 20th
Could parents please check the entries here.
These are the entries sent by the club, not the accepted entries. Any problems please let john lamb know today via:
galas@cityofsunderlandasc.co.uk
19 February 10
Timekeepers Course
 The club are running a timekeepers course on Tues 23rd Feb- 6pm in Meeting room 2. This is aimed at anyone aged 14+. Timekeeping is a vital role in the success of galas.
Come along if your interested.
The course will be delivered by:
Jan Papadopoulos: email- jemotter@live.co.uk, mob- 07880595056
17 February 10
Monthly Newsletter-New
The club has launched it's monthly newsletter. This is full of lots of interesting items including interviews from the coaches, details of up and coming events and swimming tips.
A big thanks goes to Judith Hinitt for her effort in putting together this professional publication.
View the February newsletter here
17 February 10
N&D Open & Youth Championships (50m)
Live results available here.
The club are running a raffle at the event and need donations for prizes. Could anyone who wishes to donate please hand in at the club desk on Friday evening.
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