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DIDDY LEAGUE FINAL (27 Nov'11)

DIDDY LEAGUE FINAL (27 Nov'11)

The Hillingdon Swimming Club team took third place in the National final of the Diddy League at Corby on 27th November. Well done to all!

 

NLGL FINAL RESULTS (26 Nov'11)

As reported below, RNSS won this year's Lowest Points Cup in the North London Graded League. The Cup was presented to the winning squad before Club Champs began. A few of them have either since left the club or were not present on the day, but receiving the Cup from Coach Lesley Westendorp were, from left to right, Michael Manfredi, Dillon Roglic,Charlie McCorriston, Lucy Kilmartin, Zayna Hussein,Skye Strang, Riana Hussein, Heidi Walsh, Emily Kilmartin, Lily Burton & Sydony Greenwood. Well done to them.

 

NLGL FINAL RESULTS (2 Nov'11)

RNSS finished a fantastic overall second to Leyton in this year's North London Graded League. There has been a slight delay as the final round was cancelled due to Walthamstow pulling out leaving a few teams having swam only five rounds and the rest, six. An average score has been applied to allow for this. It was very close for first place -a few less Too Fasts and less Dqs and who knows?

Also, RNSS  won the lowest points total for a single gala, 135, which was done at Leyton's gala. Apparently there is a cup for this achievement so we hope to get it by Club Champs and organise a photo of the actual team that day. It would also be good to take a group photo of all swimmers involved in this year's 6 rounds.

Again, well done to everyone involved over the series. The target next year?? There's only one answer

 

NLGL ROUND 6 REPORT (15 Oct'11)

Report by Trevor Hammond, Team Manager

We finally came to the last round of this year's North London Graded League at Clissold Pool N16 and what an exciting finale it turned out to be. It ended up being a contest between RNSS, Northolt Phoenix and current holders Leyton. There were some excellent swims, particularly from Charlotte Lomax and Charlie McCorriston who knocked sizeable chunks off previous times in 100m Free and 50m Breast, Luke Gates and Ben Scott. In all 22 of the 23 team managed 48 PBs between them on the night in relays and individual events, winning 13 events in total with only 2 speeding upgrades. However, a few slower than anticipated relays meant that going into the last two squadron races, there were just 2 points between the three of us. All we could do was sit back and watch the races unfold.

Unfortunately Northolt and Leyton beat us in both of them ending with them tying for first place with RNSS 2 points behind in 3rd. A great effort by all. Many thanks to Helen Stokes and Nicole Brownlee and parents who helped out poolside and everyone else for driving to the pool. It's not the best of places to get to and park, but is significantly cheaper than a coach.

We'll have to wait a few days to find out our final position for the year as that will be close as well, although Leyton appear to have won again. Overall, I think the swimmers have benefited hugely from this league giving them a regular taste of competition and not necessarily in their best stroke(s). This is shown by their continuing improving race times and is a credit for their hard training and obviously to their coaches.

Trevor Hammond

Team Manager HSC

 

HSC WINS DIDDY LEAGUE SOUTHERN FINAL !(2 Oct'11)

The Southern Area final was once again won by a team from Hillingdon Swimming Club. This now qualifies them to go the National Final. Congratulations to the team, pictured below.

 

NLGL ROUND 5 RNSS WINS !(17 Sep'11)

Report by Trevor Hammond, Team Manager

This was Round 5 of this year's North London Graded League and another great performance by our swimmers. It was our turn to host the round which was at Northolt Leisure Centre, (LB Hillingdon being unable to let us have a pool) and  RNSS won for the 3rd time in another exciting gala. Again, trying to match swimmers with times, especially relays, is proving to be very difficult. In all, the squad  managed  45 PBs!! A lot were in relays so split times not entirely accurate but a good indication and 10 of them resulted in being upgraded (ie too fast for the race) and maximum penalty points. It just makes it harder to pick a team for next month. The good thing about this series is it introduces new and younger swimmers to team galas in a competitive arena and 5 more joined the fray this time so well done to them all. I think they all seemed overjoyed at the final result when they all jumped into the pool. A good team spirit.

It was also good to see many parents helping out with various tasks, with some including me, being mentored for their Judge 1 course. Thanks.

You will see on the results sheet certain races are not placed. These are the upgraded ones. Race 12 for some reason has the girls result from race 11 duplicated, so ignore. Also to show splits on the last 2 squadron races, I have had to add 2 events, 47 & 48 to get around the computer program that only allows 4 swimmers per relay. I hope you understand. Apologies for missing Skye and Florence's splits. Stopwatch malfunction. Thanks to Martin South for doing split times despite having a nasty allergic reaction to a wasp sting. I'm surprised he managed to see properly through those swollen eyes.

The next and final round is scheduled for Sat 15th Oct in Nth London, venue TBC. Most of the boys I expect will be picked again and with a few exceptions, I imagine the girls squad will look familiar but there will be changes to account for all those PBs. I expect to email potential swimmers within the week. Anyway, well done to everyone.

Trevor Hammond

Team Manager HSC

 

HSC WINS WITNEY TEAM GALA (Sep'11)

Report by Trevor Hammond, Team Manager

I decided to pick the strongest possible team available this year to try and beat Maxwell SC after several close second places over the last few years. The squad was mainly made up with HB swimmers with RNSS supplying most of the U11's and a couple of seniors. This is normally the only gala that HB swim together in a team gala and one they look forward to each year at the beginning of the new season.

The girls U15 and Open squads both won each of their 5 events laying the foundation for a convincing win over Maxwell. The boys finished mainly second to Maxwell except for the Open boys who had 5 very tough races against Witney and Maxwell. The most exciting race was probably the Boys Open 200m Breast relay in which Luke Spain came storming through and almost snatched first. Another metre, who knows? Anyway, a winning start to the season with a trophy in the cabinet.

Well done to everyone and to Witney SC for organising the event.

NB The cannon event at the end with 16 swimmers is not shown on the results although we did win it!

Trevor Hammond

Team Manager HSC

HSC WINS LONDON SWIMMING AWARDS (Sep'11)

Hillingdon Swimming Club has won three London Swimming Coaching Awards.

FUNdamentals Coach of the Year:  Hillingdon SC Disability Swimming Teaching Team

Health & lifelong participation Coach of the Year: Jenny Demont, SC Coach, RNSS House

Young Coach of the Year: Ellie South, PreMinstars coach, RNSS House

Congratulations to all award winners!

 

KARLEY MANN SWIMS AT THE FINA WORLD JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPS & WINS A MEDAL!

After returning from the National Youth Champs, Karley Mann continued to train hard in preparation for the FINA World Junior Swimming Champs in Lima, Peru in August.

Karley competed in the 200 backstroke and the 200IM, making it through to the finals of the backstroke and narrowly missing the final of the 200IM by finishing 9th in the heats.

In the 200 backstroke final, Karley swam 2:11.40 and secured the bronze medal in a time which was faster than the Championship record set in the heats.

Event 19  Girls 200 LC Meter Backstroke
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WR: W 2:04.81  8/1/2009  Kirsty Coventry, ZIM
Championship: C 2:11.45  8/18/2011 Miyu Otsuka, Japan
Name                 Year Team              Prelims     Finals       
==================================================================
                          === Finals ===                         

1 Zevina, Daryna         94 Ukraine           2:11.84    2:10.43C
r:+0.67  31.07      1:04.08 (33.01)
1:37.92 (33.84)     2:10.43 (32.51)
2 Otsuka, Miyu           94 Japan             2:11.45    2:11.02C
r:+0.52  31.22      1:04.47 (33.25)
1:38.25 (33.78)     2:11.02 (32.77)
3 Mann, Karley           94 Great Britain     2:11.50    2:11.40C
r:+0.54  31.33      1:04.20 (32.87)
1:37.86 (33.66)     2:11.40 (33.54)

 

NATIONAL YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011- (27-31 July)

The following swimmers competed in the National Youth Champs at Ponds Forge, Sheffield):- Adam Prunty, Adam Wood, Lucas Navarro, Francesca Marr, Sophie Wilson, Karley Mann, Sarah Procter, Fiona McAndrew, Sarah Harrington.

Click here for the results for all our Youth swimmers.

Congratulations to all, but especially to Karley who won gold in the 200m backstroke and to the 4 x 100 Medley relay team (shown below on the podium) who won the bronze medal despite stiff competition from the big City clubs.

The final tense weekend was magnificantly supported not only by the swimmers' families but also by other members and friends of Hillingdon SC who made a special journey to Sheffield to support the team effort. Thanks to Christine & Luke Spain, Lesley and Rachel Westendorp, Alex Carr, Sarah Quinn, Matthew Tuff and Liz McGowan.

 

NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011- (25.7.11)

Congratulations to the Hillingdon boys who swam fantastically at the National Age Group Champs in Sheffield this week. Special congratulations go to George Taplin who secured two silver and two bronze medals and three 4th places. Leon Berchie also achieved a place in the fnal of the 200 Fly, finishing in 9th place. Click here for the results for all our Age Group swimmers.

 

NAOMI AYRTON AND HOLLIE FISHER SWIM AT AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA

On the evening of 6 July 2011, approximately 2,000 athletes, 3,000 spectators, 200 VIPs and 100 artists gathered on the Viennese City Hall Square to celebrate the opening of the 13th European Maccabi Games. Read more...

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - MAR'11

The AGM of Hillingdon SC was held on Tuesday 29th March 2011.

Chairman and coaches’ reports summarised a successful year with strong achievements both in and out of the water.  There were a number of firsts: first overseas training camp, first Level 1 meet, RNSS first residential meet to name just a few. Swimming successes included our largest ever team at Nationals, our 3rd year in a row at the National Junior Arena League final, this time achieving a tremendous 2nd place,  and many individual and team successes at meets through the year.  Karley Mann represented Britain at the Euro Youths, returning home with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. Hillingdon SC members also won 3 awards at the London Region Volunteer Awards. 

Wayne Hirst stood down as Chairman and was replaced in the role by Joanne Lawrence who thanked him for his contribution throughout the year.  Club President Maurice Short paid tribute to the contribution of chairman, committee, coaches and all other members in the continuing success of Hillingdon SC. Minutes of the meeting and the Chairman's and Head Coaches reports are available on the Documents page.

 

RNSS TEAM WINS ROUND 2 & 3 OF THE NORTH LONDON GRADED LEAGUE

 

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