Tuesday 29 December 2015

Blog 2737: Rotary Club of Long Eaton

The Rotary Club of Long Eaton have very kindly made a donation to the swimming club for which I would like to express our sincere gratitude.

The Rotary Club also operate the ‘Smith Young’ Scholarship Fund where young people aged between 14 and 20 can apply for funding to undertake a specific project, further details on the scholarship fund and the process for application can be found here

Blog 2736: Monday 4th January 2016

There will be NO land training at West Park Monday 4th January 2016. The swim session will still be on.


Thank you


Debbie

Blog 2735: Derbyshire County Championships Matlock

Please could I have all entries for this gala by the 12th January 2016, full details can
be found on the following website www.derbyshire.org.uk


Please make cheques payable to Long Eaton Swim Club, just tick the events you would like to swim.


Thank you


Debbie

Blog 2734: Derventio Long Course 5th/6th/7th February

Please can I have all entries for this gala no later than 8th January 2016, full details can be found on the following website www.derventioexcel.org.uk


You don't need to give the times on the entry form, just tick the events which you would like to enter.


Thank you


Debbie

Thursday 24 December 2015

Blog 2733: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I would like to say thank to our coaches, volunteers, officials and swimmers for all of their hard work throughout this year.

Wishing everyone at Long Eaton Swimming Club a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year

Tuesday 22 December 2015

Blog 2732: Regional Qualifying Times

The Qualifying Times for the East Midlands Regional Championship 2016 are now published.

These can be found on the East Midlands ASA or on our webpages

Wednesday 16 December 2015

Blog 2731: Club Championship 400m Events. 6th January, 2016

The Draft Programme is now available here .

Blog 2730: Chesterfield winter meet 19/20th December

The warm up time for this weekend's gala for Saturday and Sunday  will be 8.00am for 9.00am start.

Thank you

Debbie

Monday 14 December 2015

Blog 2729: Arena League

A great night for Long Eaton teams in the final round of this years Arena League saw the A team finish joint 2nd by 1 point (3rd on number of wins 10-9) which should secure the clubs 2nd highest ever finish in the league and leave them in the top 10 teams in the West Midlands. When you consider the size of the clubs we are up against in this region this is an amazing achievement. The B team finished 3rd in their final, again, beating A teams even though the team was missing 12 swimmers for various reasons. The only negative was the number of disqualifications, in the A gala there was only 2 DQ's on the night both for Long Eaton and the B team had 7. This is unacceptable and all were caused by basic mistakes. So when your coaches are telling you to count your strokes on backstroke, start properly when diving and know what you are doing, then you need to follow their instructions, lazy training = lazy performances.

Next season we need to have no disqualifications and everyone needs to look at the data I sent out, so they know what times are needed to win any races they may be involved and train in a manor that will enable them to win those races. This means high levels of attendance, listening to instructions and training at the right intensity and skill level in every session along with making sure we do pre pool and post pool to aid recovery and avoid injuries. We can do this and we can go on upsetting bigger teams. This was a great performance but it could of been so much better with a few tweaks.

A massive thank you to all the volunteers who help run the galas from Officials to support staff and Team Managers. I am very proud of this years teams and performances form everyone.

The bank of Orange T shirts looked, great so its over to the parents now to follow the togetherness of the swimmers by sitting together, supporting every Long Eaton swimmer and wearing your T shirts with pride in the stands. I still have more T shirts available and they are only £5 each, a little cheaper than a replica football kit!

Sunday 13 December 2015

Blog 2728: Poolside behaviour

Whilst we want to positively encourage competitiveness, sportsmanship, and team spirit there are behaviours which have NO place within Long Eaton Swimming Club.

Physically aggressive behaviour such as pushing, shoving, slapping, punching will not be tolerated during any club activity.

The committee can and will exclude individuals from the club if these behaviours are observed.


Friday 11 December 2015

Blog 2728: Arena B

The warm up time for tomorrows gala is 6.00pm for 6.30 start. Bramcote Leisure Centre.
Remember your orange shirts for poolside.
Thank you
Debbie

Blog 2727: Chesterfield

I have been asked if any officials are able to help at next weekend's gala at Chesterfield. If you are able to help please could you contact Fiona Critchlow at Chesterfield.

Thank you

Debbie

Blog 2726: A Team

URGENT.
I need 2 team managers to help at this weekend's gala for the A team ,if you can help please could you contact me as soon as possible.

Thank you

Debbie

Thursday 10 December 2015

Blog 2725: Arena League

I'm still waiting to hear from Millie Wright and Freya Birkin regarding Saturday's Arena team, if anyone has their contact details can you please ask them to let me know if they are swimming.

Tuesday 8 December 2015

Blog 2724: Results from the 5th December Time Trials

These can now be found on the website

Blog 2723: Saturday Training

With the time trials taking place again this Saturday there will be no swim session at West Park. Swimmers who are taking part in the time trials, land training will start at 7am.

Thank you

Debbie

Monday 7 December 2015

Blog 2722: Winter break

With the winter break coming up its a time to rest and have fun but its also a time for growth and development particularly for age group (9-14) and youth (15-20) swimmers. When a swimmer is training or active constantly the body is doing more of a patch up job than focusing on development. So as soon as a swimmer hits a break the body will look to fully recover and develop, something we encourage with the breaks. So don't be surprised if your swimmer grows over the 2 weeks at a rapid rate. As we want this to happen we want to encourage growth and development as much as possible and as we are a clean club and do not support the use of drugs here are some tips on how to do this.

1 Sleep - without having to get up for morning training this is a period where you can take advantage and use your bodies natural recovery time to its fullest.

2 Diet - Proteins are the building blocks of every cell in the body and the body will fully reproduce its self every eight months, so these are a vital macro - nutrient for recovery and development. For these to work their magic you need to aid them in absorption by making sure you get the correct minerals and nutrients in to aid the proteins do their job. So plenty of veg of all colours, mainly green but yellows, reds and oranges are vital to break the greens down. The government say 5 a day but this is too low, Ideally it should be 9 a day and broken down as 7 veg 2 fruit, 8 a day is 6 and 2, 7 a day is 5 and 2, 6 a day is 5 and 1 and 5 a day should be 4 and 1. A portion is the size of your fist. Swimmers should be consuming between 1.8 and 2.2 grams of protein per kilo of body weight.

3 Hydration - As with competition if you do not stay hydrated your body cannot perform and that includes the performance of repair recovery and development. Check your pee, clear is over hydrated, where you wont feel hungry and therefore not get the nutrients in to develop, orange pee go and put your head under a tap instantly you are very dehydrated and could be causing damage to vital organs. Straw coloured pee is just right.

5 Squat - The squat is a total body exercise and so hits the CNS (central nervous system) this in turn will release natural HGH (human Growth Hormone) and encourge development of the body. Its also a good way to keep fit during the break and work on that explosive power for starts and turns. There are loads of variations of squats you can do to keep it interesting so do 10 sets of 10 over the day and mix it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ux1w1xiPE

and finally

6 Hot Baths - the hot water increases the bloodflow around the body and this in turn helps take the nutrients to where they are needed quicker and helps remove any byproducts away.

So enjoy your break rest recover and develop ready for a cycle 2 and get your entries in for the galas especially County Championships in February

P.S. Chocolate, sweets and crisps are not proteins nor do they contain any nutrients!!!!

Blog 2721: County Sprints

A great days Long Course racing on Sunday with valuable experience for all those that entered. Long Eaton won 3 Golds, 6 Silver and 7 Bronze on the day. Most importantly the majority of swimmers learnt something on the day, whether it was about race plans, the importance of skills especially on sprints or starting to understand that consistency and working at the right intensity is how you improve. Hydration was a factor and swimmers are reminded that they should have their drinks bottles in their hands all day and they are to continually sip their drink throughout the day to stay hydrated. 2% dehydration = 10% drop in performance.

Blog 2720: Changing Poolside

Please can swimmers avoid changing poolside when changing room facilities are available.

We have recently received a complaint about this behaviour.

Arena team managers can you re-enforce this message please

Blog 2719: Queens Street

Due to a roofing problem at Queens Street, there will be NO swimming  this Sunday. Swimmers in squads A/B who are swimming at Chesterfield are able to swim at Loughborough this Sunday 4pm till 6pm.

Thank you
Debbie

Saturday 5 December 2015

Blog 2718: Performance of The Year

I am pleased to announce that Blue Seventy are have provided Long Eaton Swimming Club with a performance swimsuit as an award for the Performance of the Year from one of our swimmers.

We had several worthy nominations from our head coach who said he was spoiled for choice.

It is my pleasure to say that this year the award goes to Senior Male Club Captain Adam Freundlich in recognition for his bronze medals at the English National Championships earlier this year.

Wednesday 2 December 2015

Blog 2717: Derbyshire Sprints

The warm up time for this Sunday at Ponds Forge is 8.30 am for a 9.30 am start.

Thank you

Debbie

Tuesday 1 December 2015

Blog 2716: Male Swim Models

We have worked previously with Simply Swim with some of our younger swimmers helping with fitting and modelling.

They want to now do a men's and boy's collection and do some additional ladies pieces.

They are looking for swimmers from Long Eaton Swimming Club to participate once again. The consultant Laura Rattray will be in attendance looking for feedback about what swimmers like and don't like which helps enormously with design and manufacture.

They are looking for boys from waist size 22" to 32" and for men 30"- 42".

The swimmers will be measured if selected will receive £20 per fitting thereafter.

Laura is DBS checked and will be willing to show this check to parents who must be in attendance during fittings.
If you are interested please contact laurarattraydesign@outlook.com

Once we have enough interest we will arrange a time and date.

Blog 2715: Arena League, 12th December - B team

The B team are at Bramcote Please let me know via email or tick off on the sheet on the notice board ASAP


Hannah Searby

Elliott Box
Rachael Elder

James Paterson
Phoebe Fullerton

Frederick Buckingham
Emily Cragg

Joseph Searby
Kathleen Humphrey

George Buckingham



William Baxter
Lana Dilks


Aine O'Regan

George Casartelli
Chloe Pearson

Sam Hardy
Imogen Mellor-Patching

Lewis Tipping



James Cox



Rory Batchelor
Lauren Searby


Mollie Daniels

Theo Hamilton
Catlin Hutcheson

James Webster
Anna Pancisi

Oliver Tipping



Daniel Foss
Hannah Cox

Peter Softley
Chloe Blaydon

Joshua Bestwick
Chelsea Eley


Leanne Atkins

Matt Leech
Eden Michell

Sam Pearson
Elle Pryce

Sam Parker



Kye Hazelton



Callum Henley

Blog 2714: Arena League, 12th December - A team

The A team are at Redditch in the final and if we win this gala we will finish 7th the 2nd highest position (6th being the highest) for the club please tick off on the notice board or let me know via email ASAP if you are able to swim. The bus leaves West Park at 3:45pm


Harmony Torrington

Harrison Frearson
Hannah Dodic

Luke Witten
Freya Birkin

Sky Torrington
Milly Wright

Finlay Moss
Pheobe Golton

Ben Tipping




Isabella Askham

Bradley Evans
Naomi Dilley

Thomas Strachan
Rebecca Beech

Joshua davis
Alesia Sollaku

Benjamin Webster




Bethany Rae Mclean

Samuel Frearson
Sophie Eley

Joshua Beech
Sian James

Matthew Cross
Esther Halford

Rhys Llewellyn




Emily Osbourne

Adam Freundlich
Helen Gorman

Ed Martin
Chloe Bates

Harry Charitos
Hannah Dowell

Steven Barrett