Swimming
Guildford City take Arena League
South East Region had a fantastic weekend with three of our clubs in action at the National Final of the Arena League.
In one of the most exciting and closest finals ever Guildford City claimed victory over the mighty Plymouth Leander’s breaking their long strangle hold on the event.
Guildford are now the Champions of both the Senior and Junior Arena Leagues which is a double first for us and a first in the history of the League.
Thanet SC finished the A final in a very creditable 6th. Oxford City also found success in the B final by coming in 3rd with Wycombe District taking 6th.
Well done to all swimmers, coaches & parents for all your hard work.
If you missed any of the action you can see the entire competition at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfLIBXRLVpw&feature=youtu.be
Coach Development Workshops – June
The Region organise 8 one day workshops each year for Swimming Development Coaches. The June coach development workshops will cover;
11th June – Strood Sports Centre, Kent and …..
12th June – Queen Anne’s School, Caversham
- The practical implications of session planning and set construction
- Backstroke technique
- Backstroke starts
25th June – Stoke Mandeville Stadium and …..
26th June – Churchers College, Petersfield
- Race planning and analysis
- Using test sets to monitor improvement
- Butterfly stroke development
For further information or to book please see the form and full agendas below.
Workshop Programme – Strood SC 11th June
Workshop Programme – Queen Anne’s School, 12th June
Workshop Programme – Stoke Mandeville 25th June
Workshop Programme – Churchers College 26th June
Swimming Development Coach Workshops
Over the last two weekends over 120 swimming coaches attended one of the four workshops delivered across the region. Venues included Oxford, Crawley, Winchester and Ashford. Local swimmers also benefitted from some additional coaching. Speakers included, Dr Julie Johnston, Amanda Booth, Ian Turner and England Programmes Officer, Lindsay Dunn. The Winchester workshop also included Synchro coaches, during the afternoon they received a choreography workshop from Biz Price.
Presentations from the theory workshops can be found below;
- Coaching Swimmers to think not sink – coach version (Dr Julie Johnston)
- Managing Relationships with Those who matter – coach version (Dr Julie Johnston)
- Ians Powerpoint Ian Turner Introduction
- Periodisation (Ian Turner)
- DESIGNING A WORKOUT (Ian Turner)
- THE WEEKLY PLAN (Ian Turner)
- TRAINING ZONES (Ian Turner)
- Mobility and Stability for Streamlining (Lindsay Dunn)
- Ashford School 050316 (Lindsay Dunn)
- Synchro presentation (Biz Price)
England Programmes Development Day 6th March
• Are you a Level 1 or Level 2 Swimming Teacher or Level 1 Swimming Coach?
• Do you motivate children to swim on a day to day basis?
• Do you help your swimmers create great skills for the future?
England Programmes are running a Development Day on 6th March at Hilton Hotel, East Midlands Airport. For full details please click here.
Regional Swimming Team win 26 medals at the Geneva International Challenge
| Female | Male | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Bean (Guildford) |  | Kieran Bird (Bicester) |  | ||
| Hannah Burvill (Woking) |  | Rory Burdin (Staines) |  | ||
| Constance Dean (Maidenhead) |  | Joseph Clark (Guildford) |  | ||
| Isobel Jones (City of Milton Keynes) |  | Thomas Flaherty (City of Milton Keynes) |  | ||
| Millicent Routledge (Bracknell and Wokingham) |  | James McFadzen (Wycombe District) |  | ||
| Nicole Ryan (Wycombe District) |  | David Murphy (Oxford) |  | ||
| Zara Ryan (Newbury) |  | Max Murphy (City of Milton Keynes) |  | ||
| Imogen Smith (Rushmoor) |  | Dominic Polling (Brighton) |  | ||
| Alicia Wilson (Guildford) |  | Thomas Thornley (Bicester) |  | ||
| Sophia Wilson (Guildford) |  | Fabien Whitbread (Oxford) |  | ||
| Team Managers | Coaches | ||||
| John Rowley/ Liz Rowley | Amanda Booth (Oxford), Vince Ayling (Woking) |
South East Region sent a mixed team of 19 swimmers to compete at the Challenge International Meet in Geneva at the end of January.
The South East team, which was selected on the strength of performances in the SER Winter Championships, was drawn clubs from across the Region and ranged in ages from 14yrs to 23yrs.
The purpose of the trip was to provide talented athletes with the opportunity to compete in an offshore competition and provide much needed experience.
Returning with a medal haul of 6 golds, 10 silver and 10 bronze medals from 3 days of competition the team demonstrated that they were far from overawed by the experience.
The prestigious event is in its 50th year and attracted swimmers from across Europe and beyond including well-known swimming celebrities like Hungarian Laslo Cheh and American Katie Ziegler.
Live results can be found on this link ;
Day 1 in Geneva was full of success for the regional team. The first gold medal came from David Murphy in the junior 200m Breaststroke.
Silver medals were won by;
Connie Dean (50m Breaststoke), Rory Burdin (Junior 100m front crawl), Isobel Jones (200m Backstroke), Max Murphy (1500m front crawl),
Bronze medals were won by:
Hannah Burvill (400m frontcrawl), Kieran Bird (Junior 100m fly), Connie Dean (200m IM)
Day 2 in Geneva saw more fantastic swims with 11 medals being won by the team.
Gold medals were won by:
Millicent Routledge (Junior 100m Free), Connie Dean (200m Breast), James McFadzen (Junior 200m IM), Isobel Jones (800m Free)
Silver medals were won by:
Dominic Polling (200m IM), Connie Dean (400 IM), James McFadzen (Junior 200m Back)
Bronze Medals were won by:
Max Murphy (400m Free), Hannah Burvill (100m Free and 50m fly), Sophia Wilson (400m IM)
Day 3 in Geneva saw the team win another 7 medals
Gold was won by Kieran Bird in the Junior 200m fly
Silvers medals were won by:
Millicent Routledge (Junior 200m free), Connie Dean (100m Breast), Sophia Wilson (Junior 200m Fly)
Bronze medals were won by:
Hannah Burvill (200m Free), Kieran Bird (Junior 200m Free), James McFadzen (Junior 200m Back)
David Murphy also won the top Junior boy award by achieving the highest Fina point score for his time in the 200m breaststroke.
Selection Criteria
- Winners of individual Olympic Events at the ASA South East Region Winter Championships 2015 will be selected:
- 100, 200 backstroke;
- 100, 200 breaststroke:
- 100, 200 butterfly;
- 200, 400 IM;
- 50, 100, 200, 400, 800/1500 freestyle.
- Further selections, if required, will be made by the Coaches Forum.
- Swimmers placed below third will not be considered.
- Swimmers must be in full-time training with a club in the South East Region.
Coaches Conference 2015
Over 30 coaches from across the region attended Leatherhead Leisure Centre for our first conference. The day included both swimming specific workshops and general coaching information from Sport Coach UK. The feedback from the day was excellent. Find out more about the presentations here.
Coach Development Workshops February and March 2016
4 swimming coach development workshops have been planned by the Region through February and March 2016. You can find full details here.
Workshop Agendas
Workshop Programme – Headington School 27.2.16
Workshop Programme – River Park LC 28.2.16
Workshop Programme – Ashford School 5.2.16
Workshop Programme – K2 6.3.16
Sussex dominate 5km open water championships
Swimmers from across the region converged on Eastbourne for the 5km SER/Sussex Open Water Championship and the Eastbourne 2km Sea Swim. Regional swimmers were joined by swimmers from as far afield as Australia who came to experience the delights of sea swimming.
Saturday’s South East Region/Sussex 5km Championship took place in glorious sunny and calm conditions with a beach full of spectators enjoying Eastbourne’s sun. Chloe Pollard (East Grinstead SC) and Andrew Horsfall Turner (Beacon SC) took the Open Championships with Junior first places to Maddison Drury (Hailsham SC) and Cavan Beck (Southend SC).
