2009 IPC Swimming European Championships

Reykjavík, Iceland 18th – 24th October 2009

Day 1 
Eleni Papadopoulos, who is competing in her first major international competition, put in an impressive performance in the final of the women’s S10 100m Butterfly to win the silver medal.
Papadopoulos moved into second place after the first 25m and knew she just had to keep her pace up to ensure her place on the podium.
The British Gas swimmer worked hard over the final 50m and secured her silver medal in a time of 1:13.82.
Papadopoulos said after her race: “I am really chuffed with myself. I had a really good time in the race and I have been feeling really strong over the past few days. I have three more races to come this week and I am feeling really good for them.
“I am so motivated at the moment and I am really pleased to have come to my first major international and won a medal.”
The gold medal was won by Elodie Lorandi (France) in a time of 1:10.89 and the bronze medal went to Anna Omielan (Poland) in 1:16.43. .
Day 2

Eleni Papadopoulos, who won her first major international medal yesterday, went into the final of the women’s SM10 200m Individual Medley looking confident.
Papadopoulos knew team-mate Emma Cattle and Elodie Lorandi (France) would put up tough competition.
Lorandi secured the gold medal in the final 10m and touched home in a time of 2:42.19 and Papadopoulos won her second silver of the competition after finishing in 2:43.57.
“I am really shocked,” Papadopoulos said. “I thought I was in third and I looked at the score board and I saw that it said second. I went into it ranked third and came out with silver and a personal best which is great.
“To have medalled in my two main events is a real boost for me. My confidence is really growing at the moment and I am really happy.”

The Tyne & Wear young volunteer’s project is for any young person aged 14-18 years old from clubs, schools and local colleges. You are invited to assist with activities within a club environment and gain an insight into the role and structure and management of a voluntary aquatic sports club.
Through this programme opportunities will be created for young people to contribute to the club environment through experience and qualifications.

The aim of the project
The objective is to increase voluntary involvement within swimming clubs by young people and to increase the knowledge and expertise of young people who already help out in clubs. The young volunteers will be offered various development opportunities such as official’s course, team manager training, Young Aquatic Organiser Award, Poolside helper’s qualification and a reward day for completing all aspects of the project.

Why?

• Provide experience within different areas of an aquatic club.
• Meet other people your age
• Gain qualifications!
• Gain Experience
• Volunteer at your club and give some back to your sport
• Gain volunteer hours for Step into Sport and Duke of Edinburgh Awards
• Looks good on your C.V.

COST
Free – Funded by ASA North East Region and Tyne & Wear Sport

INTERESTED?

Contact Danny Thompson before 2ND November 2009

Diddy League Final - September 2009

City of Sunderland swimmers are celebrating after the delayed final of the 1st Division of the Northumberland & Durham Junior League was played out to a full house at the Felling Swimming Pool.

 The original final had been cancelled due to a flash flood in June at Sheffield.

 After only being promoted from the 2nd Division last season the team had already accomplished it’s original target set by the coaching team of qualifying for the final and so avoid relegation by being ranked 8th and last after the 3 qualifying rounds. 

The final was contested with Newcastle, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Tynemouth & Chester le Street. 

It quickly became apparent that this year the team from Newcastle would be too strong but there then developed a 3 way race for a coveted runner up slot between the 2 Teeside clubs and Sunderland. 

The Sunderland team however rose to the challenge with wins for the 9 years Freestyle Team (Jasmine Moss, Beth Nicholson, Elizabeth Clements & Amelia Bateman), 11 years Girls Medley Team (Laura Taylor, Georgina Lamb, Jessica Thompson & Kate Harnett) and individual wins for 10 years Alex Clements in the 50m Back in 39.01 & 10 year old Daniel Feather in the 50m Butterfly in 38.64. Also winning the 50m Butterfly for the 12yr old boys was Adam Charlton in a time of 31.83.

This enabled the team to break the 200 point mark and take 2nd place overall despite it being their first season in the top tier of junior swimming. 

Final Score    City of Newcastle      247

                        City of Sunderland    208

                        Stockton                     180

                        Middlesbrough          177

                        Tynemouth                 154

                        Chester le Street       95

18 October 09
National County Team Championships
Results from the gala here, website

16 October 09
New Squad Fees
Documents for new squad fees
letter, standing order form

11 October 09
BOSSS Results
Results from the 2nd BOSSS Open here
acrobat results

06 October 09
Chester le Street Accepted/Rejected
accepted and rejected entries, website
draft programme

05 October 09
Harrogate Accepted/Rejected
accepted and rejected entries, website

03 October 09
National Qualifying times 2010
The 2010 national qualifying times can be found
here

02 October 09
New Squad Structure Presentation
Paul Hogg's new squad structure presentation can be viewed here
(Competitive Development times corrected)

23 September 09
Gala Enties
The club calendar is regularly updated and all gala information is now displayed on the Club’s notice board (on the balcony above reception).
Swimmers should receive gala information and an entry form from their coach – this means your swimmer needs to be competing in this gala.

If for any reason your child will not be competing then please discuss this and any other entry queries with your child’s coach (please do not approach coaches during a training session).

Entries must be paid for (by cheque) on the night the gala is closing – this will usually be a Friday 4:30 – 6:00pm (for OH1 only – this will be the Thursday before 4:30 – 5:30pm).  The desk will be open (where the club shop is, to take entries and payments.

If you are needing to hand in entries outside of this timescale then please ensure you put the fully completed gala entry form and cheque (not cash) in an envelope and pass to your squad manager, who will in turn pass to the competition secretary.

Please check the website regularly for updates/accepted/rejected/warm up times.

Your help is appreciated.

20 September 09
Autumn Graded Series - Middlesbrough
Results from weekend 1 here

7 September 09
Diddy League
Results from the final here

3 September 09
Poolside Guidance
With a new season ahead, could swimmers please read up on poolside guidance here


24 August 09
N&D Autumn Graded Series
Below are the accepted and rejected entries for the series for COSASC. These are made up of swimmers who were originally too fast, swimmers who were not in all bagcat categories (shown as either 01.00.00 or 0.20.00) and rejections from 400 Free, which was massively oversubscribed and where swimmers were rejected if they were also in 800 (shown as 02.00.00).
Accepted, Rejected, Cover Letter

20 September 09
Autumn Graded Series - Middlesbrough
Results from weekend 1 here


7 September 09
Club Calendar Update - new galas

Details of additional galas in December have been added to the calendar.
Details of each gala will soon be available on the club noticeboard, which is located on the balcony above reception. 
Swimmers to enter the galas as directed by their coach, any queries should be discussed with their coach. 
The desk will be open on the balcony for entries to be handed in on the closing date.
Payment by cheque preferable.

7 September 09
Diddy League
Results from the final here


3 September 09
Poolside Guidance
With a new season ahead, could swimmers please read up on poolside guidance here


24 August 09
N&D Autumn Graded Series
Below are the accepted and rejected entries for the series for COSASC. These are made up of swimmers who were originally too fast, swimmers who were not in all bagcat categories (shown as either 01.00.00 or 0.20.00) and rejections from 400 Free, which was massively oversubscribed and where swimmers were rejected if they were also in 800 (shown as 02.00.00).
Accepted, Rejected, Cover Letter

10 August 09
National Results
Results from the 2009 Nationals
Age Group, Youth/Senior

20 July 09
European Youth Olympic Festival
Live results here

31 March 09
Self Certifications/CRB forms
Anyone who works closely with children, such as
Team Coaches/ Poolside staff / Time keepers and Squad managers, should contact Marie Herring regarding these forms.