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LEN European Swimming Championships 2010 - Day 3

Posted: August 11th, 2010, 9:39pm CDT

Fran Halsall secured British Swimmings third gold medal of the European Championships as she powered her way to victory in the Womens 100m Freestyle on day three in Budapest.

British Swimming, powered by British Gas, sit second in the overall medal table after Joe Roebuck added a bronze in the Mens 200m Individual Medley to take the overall tally to seven.

Swimming in lane three, Halsall (British Gas ITC Loughborough) lead from start to finish as she showed her class to fend off strong challenges from those around and touched for the victory and the European title in 53.58. Halsall was chased all the way to the wall by silver medallist Aliaksandra Herasimenia of Belarus in 53.82 and Femke Heemskerk from the Netherlands took the bronze in 54.12. For Halsall, who already owns World Championship and European medals at the age of just 20, victory gave her, her first individual international title.

View video of Women's 100m Freestyle Final (2m 13s flashplayer required) - 1st Francesca Halsall 53.58, 2nd Aliaksandra Herasimenia 53.82, 3rd Femke Hemmskerk 54.12
DVDs from the 2010 British Gas ASA National Age Group and Youth Championships

Posted: August 10th, 2010, 7:25pm CDT

If youd like to re-live all of the action from the British Gas ASA National Age Group or Youth Championships session DVDs are available to purchase.

With all of the meet available to buy, youll be able to watch your races again and again. Just fill out the required form and return to nationalevents@swimming.org

(1 DVD @ £10; 2 DVDs @£18; 3 DVDs @ £24; 4 DVDs @ £30; 5 DVDs @ £38; 6 DVDs @ £45; Full Set @ £100)

Click to download British Gas National Age Group Championships - DVD order form

Click to download British Gas National Youth Championships - DVD order form
LEN European Diving Championships 2010 - Days 1/2

Posted: August 10th, 2010, 7:17pm CDT

Rebecca Gallantree (City of Leeds) and Tom Daley (Plymouth Diving) finished 4th in the Team Event on the opening day, 34.5 points behind Germain duo Christin Steuer and Sascha Klein. Daley's 3m 405B dive had earlier pulled the Brits into second place.

Gallantree (City of Leeds) went on to contest the Womens 1m Springboard event in Budapest on Day 2, finishing 10th with a score 241.15.

View video from the Women's 1m Final (9m 23s flashplayer required) -1se Tania Cagnotto ITA 299.70, 2nd Anna Lindberg SWE 293.70, 3rd Anastasia Pozdnyakova RUS 282.65.

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LEN European Swimming Championships 2010 - Day 2

Posted: August 10th, 2010, 6:57pm CDT

British Swimmers, powered by British Gas, climbed to second in the overall medal table at the European Championships in Budapest with three more medals on day two with Lizzie Simmonds leading the way with gold.

View video of Womens 200m Backstroke Final (2m 43s flashplayer required)

Britain celebrated a one-two finish in the final of the Womens 200m Backstroke with Simmonds (British Gas ITC, Loughborough) edging the close rivalry she has with team mate Gemma Spofforth (Portsmouth Northsea) for the first time at a major international.
ASA Coaching Awards Coach Nomination Form

Posted: August 10th, 2010, 10:36am CDT

The Regional Workforce Awards Ceremony is taking place as part of SW Learning Week on Saturday 18 September 2010.

We are aiming for and would love to receive at least 105 Coach Nomination forms to be submitted by 1 September 2010 (15 per CSP)

Please circulate to all your contacts in clubs, schools, leisure centres, swim schools etc and encourage people to recognise their workforce.

If every club makes just one nomination we will easily surpass this target, before adding in leisure centres, school swimming or swim schools!

All you need to do is download the Coach Nomination form below and complete it electronically - click 'Submit' on the front page for the completed form to be emailed direct to Kelly Gaffney.
LEN European Swimming Championships 2010 - Day 1

Posted: August 9th, 2010, 2:16pm CDT

A gutsy performance from Scot Hannah Miley secured the gold medal in the Womens 400m Individual Medley as the British Swimming Team, powered by British Gas, opened their European Championship account on day one in Budapest.

And the British squad continued to show their strength in depth with a silver medal in the Womens 4x100m Freestyle relay courtesy the new-look quartet of Amy Smith, Fran Halsall, Jess Sylvester and Jo Jackson.
IoS Insurance Information Pack

Posted: August 9th, 2010, 1:43pm CDT

Download document below containing all information on IoS Insurance cover.
mygames

Posted: August 9th, 2010, 1:40pm CDT

mygames (powered by v), offers young people a unique opportunity to promote and celebrate the values of the 2012 Olympic Games, which include friendship, respect, excellence, equality and determination. Young volunteers will be encouraged to use these values to develop a volunteering project that will make a positive difference in their community.
LEN European Synchronised Swimming Championships 2010 - Day 5

Posted: August 9th, 2010, 6:18am CDT

The British Synchronised Swimming Team, powered by British Gas, continues its impressive rise through world rankings with a fifth place finish in the Duet Final at the LEN European Championships in Budapest.

The Duet of Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison capped off Britains best result at a European event since 1995 with a score of 90.300 8.400 behind Russia in the gold medal spot followed by Spain, Ukraine and Italy.

Britains synchro swimmers placed ninth two years ago at the same event but climbed a further four places today in Budapest with a spider themed routine which saw them overhaul close rivals France.
FINA World Masters Swimming Championships 2010

Posted: August 9th, 2010, 6:13am CDT

31 July to 6 August 2010 (Swimming) - Göteborg, Sweden

Britains Masters showed their abilities on the World Stage as they took to the blocks at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The Womens 200m Breaststroke saw the British contingent pick up five medals as they showed their dominance in the event.
Hynd withdraws from IPC Swimming World Championships 2010

Posted: August 9th, 2010, 6:00am CDT

Paralympic Champion Sam Hynd has been forced to withdraw from the IPC Swimming World Championships after failing to recover from a neck injury.

Hynd has had to miss both training and the orientation camp that was held by the British Disability Swimming Team, powered by British Gas, due to his on-going injury problem.
British Gas ASA National Youth Championships (50m) 2010 - Day 5

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 7:37am CDT

The last day of competition saw Plymouth Leander take the Best Male Club Title and best Overall Club Title.

Just before receiving their award, Plymouth Leander had dominated the Boys 4x100m Medley Team, with the A team winning in 3:49.93 and the B team taking third in 3:52.19. Warrender Baths A split the teams with their 3:51.47 performance.

In the Boys 17/18yrs 400m IM, Jonathan Hill (Plymouth Leander) took the National final in a personal best. Hill led at halfway and although Ross Muir (F.I.R.S.T) began to pull back on the breaststroke, Hills Freestyle leg was too strong and he won in 4:24.55 ahead of Dan Wallace (Warrender Ba) and Muir who had to settle for bronze.
LEN European Synchronised Swimming Championships 2010 - Day 4

Posted: August 8th, 2010, 7:14am CDT

The British Synchronised Swimming Team, powered by British Gas, secured a strong sixth place in the final of the Team event at the European Championships.

The Brits, who are competing at a European Championships in the Team event for the first time, had a War of the World theme that sees athletes showcase their speed and ability with a sequence of complex moves.
Tickets on sale for British Gas ASA National Championships (50m) 2010

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 9:03pm CDT

18 to 21 August 2010 - Sunderland Aquatics Centre

Now is your chance to come and support your swimming stars as some of the nations best battle for the remaining places to go to the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Englands elite will have just returned from competing at the European Championships in Budapest and will be aiming to continue their form.
Sport England Small Grants Programme

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 8:54pm CDT
The Small Grants Programme is designed to help local communities increase access to sport or to improve the experience of people playing sport.
Download and unzip the file below for a pre-application checklist and a guide which will give you answers to important questions such as:
- Who can apply?
- What they will and what they wont fund?
- How to apply for funding?
- What makes a good application?
British Gas ASA National Youth Championships (50m) 2010 - Day 4

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 8:40pm CDT

The Boys showed they werent to be outdone on the penultimate day of the British Gas ASA National Youth Championships (50m) 2010, with a British Age Group record set for each sex along the way.

Plymouth Leanders Joseph Patching added to his medal tally with victory and a new British Age Group Record in the Boys 15/16yrs 200m Backstroke. The 16-year-old was given a shock on the first length when Sam Horrocks (Co Manch Aq) turned in under 29 seconds but Patching, swimming in lane 5, showed his superiority and at the half way point was two body lengths clear of the field. He maintained his lead to the end and touched in the new best time of 2:02.08, more than four seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

That was amazing, he gasped. I had the 200m Free semi final just before so I knew it would be tough. But I also knew I was on the pace when I turned in a minute and had 1.01 to come back. Its been a pretty good evening.

Patching also managed to qualify seventh for Day 5's final of the Boys 200m Freestyle, in a race where Louis Croenen (VZF Belgium) qualified more than two seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Horrocks qualified fastest for the 100m Butterfly.

There was an exciting fight to the finish in the older age category, with David Gregory (Plymouth Leander) finally emerging victorious in the Boys 17/18yrs 200m Backstroke. He finished in 2:02.86, just eight one hundredths ahead of silver medallist Charlie Boldison (Barnet Copt).

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Thats probably the best win Ive ever got at Nationals because Ive been having a pretty poor season for a number of reasons.

Id lost the 100m Backstroke [on Wednesday] by so little so just to get this win is great.
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It had been Gregory and eventual bronze medallist Jonathan Carlisle who had turned almost together at the half way point but with 50m to go it looked like Boldison might push on to win until Gregory found extra strength to fight back.

I could see Carlisle behind me and thought everyone was in a line but then I saw Charlie on the other side and thought just keep going. I touched and saw the Plymouth Leander team cheering so I thought I must have won... then I took a look at the board.
LEN European Synchronised Swimming Championships 2010 - Day 3

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 8:17pm CDT

The British Synchronised Swimming Team, powered by British Gas, qualified for the final of the Team event in sixth place at the LEN European Championships.

This is the first time under the leadership of Biz Price that the Brits have entered a European Championship Team event and they started their prelim with the Queen inspired Technical routine.
Director of 21st Century Legacy

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 10:22am CDT

Salary c£60,000
Location near Marlborough, Wiltshire
Type of contract Full time
Closing date 13/08/2010

Fulfil your dreams and aspirations as Director of 21st Century Legacy

21st Century Legacy was born from the success of London winning the right to host the 2012 Olympic Games. Dr David Hemery CBE, Olympic gold medallist was asked to help deliver a bid promise that the Games would be an inspiration to the youth of Britain and the rest of the world. From that challenge 21st Century Legacy was established and devised the Be the Best you can Be programme to be delivered in secondary schools to inspire, empower and challenge young people to fulfil their dreams and aspirations. The programme has now been successfully piloted in schools and is to be rolled out nationally in 2010/2011.
Ajulu-Bushell to chase Olympic dream in London

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 10:00am CDT

Talented teenage swimmer Achieng Ajulu-Bushell will move to London as she works towards her dream of competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The 16-year-old breaststroke swimmer, who switched sporting nationality from Kenya to Great Britain earlier this year, will continue her Olympic preparations at Ealing Swimming Club.

Achieng, who makes her senior British Swimming debut next week at the 30th LEN European Championships in Budapest, will move to Ealing SC from Plymouth Leander to be closer to her family when they return to Britain from Kenya to support Achieng as she pursues her Olympic dream.
LEN European Open Water Championships 2010 - Day 2

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 2:53am CDT

Britains Cassie Patten finished the womens 10km race in 17th place after leading the event up to the 8km point. The gold medal went to LInsy Heister from Holland. Italy's Giorgia Consiglio took the silver and Germany's Angela Maurer took the bronze.

Patten was Great Britain's only swimmer in the large field.
LEN European Synchronised Swimming Championships 2010 - Day 2

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 2:37am CDT

The British Duet, powered by British Gas, go into the final ranked in fifth place after strong performances on the second day.

Jenna Randall made an impressive return from injury that saw her and Olivia Allison secure an promising fifth place after both the Technical and Free Duet routines.

The Technical Duet which is competed to the Moonlight Sonata showcased the Duets new choreography and the Free Routine, which has a spiders theme, gave them the chance to show their creativity.
FINA World Masters Swimming Championships 2010 - Day 3

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 2:05am CDT

31 July to 6 August 2010 (Swimming) - Göteborg, Sweden

William Letch secured a gold and silver medal in Gothenburg as he swam in the 50m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly. The Exmouth swimmer, competing in the 70-74 years category, finished the Freestyle in 31.16 to take the title and followed it up with a second place finish in the Butterfly after touching in 1:21.56.

Jean Howard-Jones (Spencer) added to her medal haul with a bronze in the Womens 65-69 years 50m Freestyle and the 200m Individual Medley.
British Gas ASA National Youth Championships (50m) 2010 - Day 3

Posted: August 6th, 2010, 1:56am CDT

In the Boys 17/18yrs 200m Butterfly, Kelly Colleges Cameron Brodie showed his class in the last 100m, powering away from the field and finishing nearly three seconds ahead of his closest rival with 2:00.54.

Brodie said: I felt strong all the way. Im always better in the back end and I qualified for the Commonwealths [for Scotland] last week at the European Juniors and I just wanted to make sure it wasnt a fluke! But it was a good race. Ive been tapering for nine weeks so Im surprised my fitness has lasted this long.

The final of the Girls 14/15yrs 200m Breaststroke proved one to watch, with new British bests set for both of the Age Groups. 14-year-old Siobhan-Marie OConnor (Team Bath Y&A) fought off 15-year-old Charlotte Bradbury (Bolton Metro) to take the gold. OConnor had led from the start but Bradbury pushed her in the last 25m, spurring both girls into clocking new British Age Group record marks with 2:30.94 and 2:31.11 respectively. Jessica Chadwick (Gallica) fought for the bronze in a time of 2:35.25.

OConnor said: My record was completely unexpected because I dont tend to swim Breaststroke, Im more of an IM swimmer. I was hoping to get a British Age Group record this year but not in the Breaststroke so Im really pleased but it was a bit of a surprise.

In the older age category, 17-year-old Avril Kiritschenko (Co Leeds) took the National title as she emerged as the clear leader and clocked 2:34.44 on her way to victory. But she admitted she was more of a 100m breaststroke specialist. I think it helped going out strong, she added. With the Butterfly you cant see the others really so its a race you have to swim yourself and it worked.

In the older 100m Freestyle Age Group, James Young (Plymouth Leander) managed to fight off Millfields James Disney-May in the last 50m to take the title in 51.18, with Disney-May taking silver in 51.28 and Ieuan Lloyd (Co Cardiff) in 51.70.

Young added: That was a nice swim. I have Sunderland in a couple of weeks so this was really to test my fitness. For two years me and James [Disney-May] have had this rivalry so it usually goes one way or the other. I always relish the swim but my back end of the race is always strong and so I was happy with my swim.
LEN European Open Water Championships 2010 - Men's 10km and Women's 5km

Posted: August 4th, 2010, 10:57pm CDT

The mens 10km Open Water race at the European Championships saw three British athletes race for glory.

The British Open Water Team, powered by British Gas, entered David Davies, Daniel Fogg and Richard Charlesworth into the 10km race and they were pitted against 2009 World Champion Thomas Lurz.

Olympic silver medallist Davies, who was making his return to Open Water swimming, led for most of the race but found that the final 2km was too much and he fell back into the pack of swimmers. World Championship swimmer Fogg swam a promising race and finished in 11th place with a time of 1:54:40.2.
Strategic Delivery Group - ASA Technical Swimming Committee

Posted: August 4th, 2010, 10:40pm CDT

Organisation: Amateur Swimming Association

Salary: Voluntary Roles

Applications are invited from individuals interested in becoming part of the Technical Swimming Committee Strategic Delivery Group in one of the following roles.

Communication Manager
To ensure clubs, counties and regions are kept informed of the working of the Technical Swimming Committee and provide written information electronically on website and emails.

Competition Manager
To ensure the continual development of the Competition Programme in England, working in partnership with appropriate professional officers and to monitor the development and programming of competitions in England and to ensure the swimmers taking part have the best experience available.

Workforce Manager
To work with appropriate professional officers, to ensure England attains its targets within the Whole Sport Plan pertaining to the development of volunteers.

Region, County and Club Liaison Officer
To maintain liaison with Regions, Counties and clubs and ensure the wider strategy of English Swimming is known throughout the sport and to act as a liaison between the Technical Swimming Committee and competition promoters.
Vacancy - Synchronised Swimming Manager

Posted: August 4th, 2010, 10:29pm CDT

Closing date: Tuesday 31 August 2010
Organisation: Reporting to: Aquatics Manager, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Ltd (LOCOG)
Salary: Competitive
Location: Canary Wharf, E14

Background and job purpose:

The London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games has been established as the organisation that will plan and stage the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.

There are currently 26 sports on the Olympic programme and 20 sports on the Paralympic programme with athletes from 205 National Olympic and 165 National Paralympic Committees competing in the events. Over 1500 athletes are expected to participate in the Olympic Aquatics programme, across 4 disciplines, Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming and Water Polo, with a further 600 athletes in the Paralympic programme in London 2012 in the discipline of Swimming.
British Gas ASA National Youth Championships (50m) 2010 - Day 2

Posted: August 4th, 2010, 10:04pm CDT

Amelia Maughan (Millfield) decided she was not content with lowering the British Age Group mark yesterday at Ponds Forge and went on to knock more than half a second off the record again in the final of the Girls 14/15yrs 100m Freestyle. Maughan was pushed all the way by Jessica Lloyd (Co Manch Aq) and touched in 56.09, ahead of Lloyds 56.29 and bronze medallist Siobhan-Marie OConners 57.21.

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I just couldnt believe Id got that time. I looked up at the scoreboard twice.
"

Maughan, who yesterday admitted shed been aiming just to go under 57 seconds, said: The girls pushed hard and when I put my head up I thought I was going to lose. I think in the end I really wanted to win.

There were lifetime bests for the medallists in the Boys 15/16yrs 100m Backstroke as Joseph Patching (Plymouth Leander) took the title in 57.25, while Sam Horrocks (Co Manch Aq) settled for silver with 58.15 and Joe Elwood (Ulverston) came in third with 58.31.

Patching, who also won his 200m IM semi-final, said: I had a big day yesterday, six races, so Im a bit sore but I knew I had them behind me so I kept pushing. It was a fun race.

In the Girls 16/17yrs 100m Freestyle, Emma Saunders (Co Manch Aq) was pushed all the way by Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (Plymouth Leander) but Saunders pulled away in the last 50m. Her 56.32 was enough to win her the gold, which she then added to when she helped City of Manchester to the title in the Girls Youth 4x100m Free Team.
Vacancy - Development Coach (Synchronised Swimming)

Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 11:17pm CDT

Reference: 028544
Working Hours: Full time (37 hours a week)
Salary: (BG7) £19,318 - plus financial support for full education and coach development

Closing Date: 1 September 2010
Location: Bristol
Type of Contract: Three year fixed term

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Development Synchronised Swimming Coach within the Sport and Health Development team, funded for a three year fixed term period. Bristol City Council, in partnership with the Amateur Swimming Association, is looking for a dynamic, enthusiastic and well-motivated coach to work with the swimmers, coaches and partners to develop the synchronised swimming pathway and achievement in the city. The Development Coach will need to be committed to the development of synchronised swimming in Bristol, assist the South West Region and demonstrate a willingness and capacity to develop relationships with the Regional Synchronised Swimming Clubs and Committee.

Candidates for this position should be committed team players, enthusiastic, self motivated, flexible and be able to work unsupervised.
The successful candidate will be asked to submit their details for an enhanced CRB check.

For more information about the post and to apply visit [jobs.bristol.gov.uk] and type keyword swimming in the quick job search. Alternatively please contact recruitment and quote the reference number 028544 (tel 0117 9224499 or email: recruitment@bristol.gov.uk).

Click to download and then uzip file for advert and Job Description / Employee Specification.
British Gas ASA National Youth Championships (50m) 2010 - Day 1

Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 11:05pm CDT

Ponds Forge

The first day got off to a cracking start with a new British Age Group record being set in the mornings heats.

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It was a great swim and Ive been looking for it for ages because I didnt get a record last year.
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14-year-old Amelia Maughan (Millfield) swam to the new British Mark of 56.51 in the final heat of the Girls 14/17yrs 100m Freestyle. She lowered the previous record, which had been held for nearly six years by British Swimmings Fran Halsall, by more than three tenths of a second.

Maughan then went on in the evening session to qualify fastest for the final, although her time of 56.66 was slower than the mornings display.

She said: The time was really good considering Ive been trying to reach it all year. I had just hoped to get under 57 seconds but I just felt really strong so I thought just kill it!
LEN European Championships 2010

Posted: August 3rd, 2010, 10:52pm CDT

With one of the benchmark meets of 2010 beginning on 4 August 2010, Britains aquatic stars are putting the final touches to their preparations in their bid for glory.

British Swimming is sending athletes to compete in all four events that are taking place. The competition will see a total of 1,100 athletes fighting to become European Champion.

The LEN European Championships begin with Synchronised Swimming and Open Water Swimming.