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East Region Youth Championships
8th May 2012
The Full report can be found on the Results page.
Well done to all 8 swimmers that competed at Regionals this weekend, all credit to coaches and swimmers. There were some outstanding swims. Four Gold's, three Silvers and three Bronzes secured 4th on the medal table behind Ipswich, Hatfield and City of Peterborough. We were the highest placed team in Essex.
Tom McLagan, Eliza Duffy and Evie Fisher now have British Gas Youth National times. Eliza and Evie each gained another time for the British Gas National Championships, which is being used as an Olympic qualification event. The ladies team (Evie, Eliza, Hannah Travell and Sarah Larner) secured 2nd and 4th in the relays and should qualify for this years National's in at least one of them. They also broke two Essex Relay Long Course Records - one their own and the other a Killerwhales record from 1990.
The boys (Tom, Gus Veasey, George Knight and Mathew Thompson) finished 4th and 5th in their 15-18yrs relays which was a great improvement from their entry time.
On top of that there were a number of club records broken.
Farleigh Hospice Sponsored Swim
2nd May 2012
On Sunday 29th April the swimmers from Chelmsford Swimming Club visited Riverside Pool to help raise money for Farleigh Hospice's '30 for 30' campaign.
Swimmers from all sections of the club took part. A photocall with the Mayor of Chelmsford, whose chosen charity of the year is Farleigh Hospice took place and photographer Dave Smith was on hand to take these shots. Dave also braved the top board to take a great shot of the swimmers in the diving pit.
Not only did the children take part but also a number of parents and coaches. Head Coach Sean Eveleigh took a sponsored dive from the top board, and this contributed to the over £1000 that the club was aiming to raise.
Colchester Open Meet and Ipswich Summer Sprints
30th April 2012
The Eligibility lists are now available for the above events, including the ability to pay for your swimmer's fixtures through PayPal, on the Fixtures page.
NOTE: It has been decided not to enter the Colchester Open Meet. Entry fees already paid via PayPal will be refunded within the next 24 hours.
Eastern Region BAGCat Championships
27th April 2012
The Eligibility list is now available for the above event, including the ability to pay for your swimmer's fixtures through PayPal, on the Fixtures page.
Evie Fisher & Eliza Duffy
23rd April 2012
Congratulations to Evie Fisher who has broken the Essex County Long Course 50m breast stroke record which has been held since 1996.
Evie, along with Eliza Duffy, have both gained qualifying times for the British Gas National Championships, a qualifying meet for the Olympic Games, to be held in Sheffield in June. Evie has gained the 50m and 100m breast stroke and Eliza the 50m back stroke.
Eliza has also been selected by Chelmsford Borough Council, in association with Riverside Ice and Leisure, to be one of it's Sports Ambassadors for 2012-2013.
Regional Qualifiers for 2012
11th April 2012
So far 23 swimmers have qualified to compete at this year's East Region Championships
Youth Championships - 5th & 6th May 2012 - Basildon
- Eliza Duffy (15)
- Evie Fisher (17)
- Emma Harley (15)
- Sarah Larner (18)
- Hannah Travell (15)
- George Knight (16)
- Thomas McLagan (16)
- Matthew Thompson (15)
- Gus Veasey (15)
Age Group Championships - 9th & 10th June 2012 - Norwich
- Eleanor Clarke (12)
- Lucy Hagger (11)
- Lucy Neal (14)
- Georgia Olley (11)
- Emily Pilling (10)
- Courtney Sanders (14)
- Lauren Scott (10)
- Holly Thompson (11)
- Kayleigh Ward (12)
- John Barber (10)
- Max Duffy (12)
- Ethan Harrington (14)
- Ole Mills (13)
- Liam Nicholson (12)
Essex Championships 2012
7th April 2012
Chelmsford Swimming Club has had an amazing 3 weekends of competition at the Essex Championships. In total we had 40+ children who qualified with Essex Times this year. This is an unprecedented amount of swimmers, bearing in mind we are one of the smaller clubs. In Block C alone we won 16 Golds, 6 silvers, 7 bronzes and had 50 top 8 swimmers. Due to these performances across all age groups we finished 2nd overall in the county, the highest ranking Chelmsford has ever attained, missing out to one of the major clubs in the Essex area, who incidentally has treble the amount of swimmers that we have. Everyone should be immensely proud of this achievement as it has come about through hard work and dedication of the swimmers and the strong team of coaches that we now have. On top of this Tom McLagan, Eliza Duffy and Evie Fisher all won top swimmer in their respective age group, dominating their swims throughout the competition, with Hannah Travell, Sarah Larner and Courtney Sanders coming second.
Eliza, Evie, Hannah and Ethan Harrington also broke Event Best Times some that have stood for many years. Club Records tumbled throughout the age groups, with Max Duffy and John Barber gaining their first records. This is fantastic and proves that we have so many strong younger swimmers coming through.
We now look forward to the regional championships where we are hoping that some more National Times, on top of those already achieved, are gained
Olympics 2012 Aquatic Events
17th March 2012
To see more information about each of the Olympic Aquatic events and venues, click on the pictures below, and you will be taken to the relevant pages on the London 2012 website.
Essex County Championships - Block A
2nd March 2012
Congratulations to all swimmers that competed at the first weekend of Essex Championships.
Chelmsford are currently 2nd in the points table, which is a fantastic effort. The medal count was also impressive with 18 Gold's, 18 Silvers and 7 Bronzes. Nine Club Records were broken by Evie Fisher, Eliza Duffy, Hannah Travell, Tom McLagan and John Barber. Event Best Times were achieved by Eliza, Evie and Ethan Harrington.
One of the best highlights of the weekend was having 3 girls break the minute milestone for the 100 freestyle, Eliza, Hannah and Evie all went under 60 in their finals, all within a couple of minutes of each other. This is the first time a female swimmer has gone under a minute for the 100 free in CSC's history.
These fantastic results set the platform for the next block of Essex Champs on the weekend 10/11 March. Good Luck!
Inter-Regional Water Polo Championships
28th February 2012
Captained by the Club's very own Dan Paddon, East Region Boys put in a stunning performance at last weekend's Academy Inter-regional Championships to come 2nd in the Championships, and are now ranked 7th in Great Britain !
The East Region team beat Scotland 6-2, London 5-4, Wales 13-4 and North West 7-1, but narrowly lost to South East 3-4
Read the full report here.
Essex Winter Championships
17th December 2011
The pictured swimmers took part in the recent Essex Winter Championships at Basildon. This was the first time it had been swum as a long course event.
Overall Chelmsford finished in 2nd place with 228 points.
Head coach Sean Eveleigh was very happy with the results from the weekend, and is looking forward to a successful championship in 2012.
| Essex Champions | |
| Eliza Duffy | 50m/100m/200m Back |
| Evie Fisher | 100m/200m Breaststroke (200m National Time) |
| Silver | |
| Courtney Sanders | 200m Back |
| Thomas McLagan | 400m Individual Medley |
| Evie Fisher | 200m IM & 50m Fly |
| Bronze | |
| Thomas McLagan | 200m IM |
| Courtney Sanders | 200m IM |
| Hannah Travell | 100m Freestyle |
Other swimmers who competed were Ole Mills, Gus Veasey, Matthew Thompson, Sarah Larner & Danica Brazier.
Chelmsford come 3rd in Arena League
10th December 2011
Chelmsford swimmers swam very well in what turned out to be a very thrilling final league gala. The final result meant there were only 6 points separating the top three teams.
Well done everyone!
Sportessex Awards
29th November 2011
At the recent Sportessex Awards Dean Walker received a 'Highly Commended' certificate for all the community coaching he does for swimming and water polo.
He was presented his certificate by Steve Dupree, from Anglia Ruskin. Also in the photo are Keith Walker, Dean's father, and Terry Candler.
Congratulations to Dawn Bracken & Dean Walker
15th October 2011
Congratualtions to Dawn Bracken and Dean Walker, who have both found out this week they have been given Games Maker roles at the Olympics next year.
Dawn is to be an Aquatics Medal Chaperone which means she will be required to greet medal-winning athletes, and chaperone them to the ceremony staging area in time for their medal presentation.
Dean, on the other hand, will be an Aquatics FOP (Field of Play) Team Member - WP (Water Polo) which means he will be volunteering a high-profile team to ensure that the all-important Water Polo field of play is properly prepared, maintained & marshalled for the games.
Well done to you both !
Sarah Larner's Channel Swim
7th October 2011
Sarah Larner recently has raised £170 for the Aspire Charity, which supports people with spinal injuries. She swam the equivalent of the English channel, which is 22 miles, in just over 13 hours training time at Newhall and the Basildon pool. This is the second time that Sarah has swum this.
Chelmsford Swimming Club - Proposed Changes
7th September 2011
An email went out to everyone on the club's email list earlier this afternoon. The contents of the letter are as follows:
Dear Members, Parents and friends of Chelmsford Swimming Club,
I am writing to you in consultation on a matter of what I feel is supreme importance to the future of Chelmsford Swimming Club. Chelmsford Swimming Club has been around for over 100 years and if it is to survive for another 100 then I believe that fundamental changes need to be put in place to protect the future of swimming and aquatic sports in Chelmsford. Primary in achieving this is the need to ensure that we have the right structure to go forward.
The club needs to become an incorporated body and a registered charity if it is to avoid the pressures that a modern competitive and litigious society can bring to bear. We are now a significant trading operation with wide-reaching services and interfaces with the community. Additionally it should ensure that we are also able to reap some of the financial benefits that we currently miss out on. To that aim I have secured funding to allow us to engage professional advice on the best way forward.
Included via this link (Word) or this link (.pdf) is a draft of the Memorandum and Articles of Association for 'The Chelmsford Swimming Club Community Interest Company' which I propose we set up as a first step. Much of this document is taken from our existing constitution. Can I ask that you read it and feed back any questions and queries that you have.
We would value your feedback on this, and I will endeavour to get answered any questions that you may have.
This is step one.
If we are in agreement then the new company would take over operations from the club by the AGM in November, and transfer the assets to the new organisation. The new company would then seek Charitable Status as soon as possible, as this is a separate process. This will impose minimal extra administrative burden on the club as we already have in place sound systems and procedures.
If you have any questions or queries please either approach me on poolside at New Hall where I am most sessions, or by emailing me at chairman@chelmsfordswimmingclub.org.uk.
I would ask that we put a deadline on feedback by 25th September 2011.
Yours sincerely
Michael C Veasey
Chairman
Sponsored Swim - Gosfield Lakes
6th September 2011
Three members of Chelmsford Swimming club recently did a sponsored swim at Gosfield Lakes to raise money for CORDA (preventing heart disease and strokes). 
It also provided a chance to swim alongside Olympic swimmer Ross Davenport, who had just returned from the World Championships in Shanghai. Hannah Travell who had swum at Gosfield Lakes before gave encouragement to Eliza Duffy and Gus Veasey, who were new to this type of swimming.
It was a beautiful evening and all three thoroughly enjoyed the race!
The Essex Sports Awards
5th September 2011
Nominations are now open for the sixth Essex Sports Awards 2011, hosted by sportessex on Wednesday 16th November 2011 at the Weston Homes Community Stadium in Colchester. It celebrates and recognises the very best in sport in Essex and those people who participate, support its provision and invest personally in its ongoing development. The 2011 awards ceremony follows the successful launch of the Essex Sports Awards in 2006 and has run annually since then getting bigger and bigger; it now forms part of the recognition pathway from local to county to the Regional BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards.
There are 8 categories from Unsung Hero, Young Volunteer, School of the Year sponsored by Essex Outdoors to the much coveted Sports Personality of the Year Award sponsored by Colchester United Football Club. To nominate someone or a team for The Essex Sports Awards 2011 please click here to complete the online form.
Gold Challenge for the Olympics 2012
16th August 2011
Dean Walker has set up a Gold Challenge for the club in order to raise £500 before the Olympics next year, by asking the swimmers to swim 2012km. More information can be found here.
Sportivate - Water Polo at Moulsham High School
1st August 2011
Take a look at the work being done by the club in using Water Polo and Swimming to promote fun and fitness amongst children and young adults
Essex Relays - 9th July
1st August 2011
The Essex county relays took place at the new 50m pool at Basildon sporting Village on 9th July.
Chelmsford had teams competing in the 9/10, 10/13,11/12 and 15/overs women's events and in the men's events the age groups were 9/10,11/12,10/14, and the 15 and overs.
The afternoon started with the 10/13 women's 400 medley this was swam by Danica Brazier, Eleanor Mcaffrey, Lucy Neale and Courtney Sanders they finished in 4th place.
Next was the mens10/14 years 400 freestyle team this was swam Dan Paddon, Regan Katz, Orin Mann and Gus Veasey they finished in 8th place.
After that was the women's 14years and over 400 Team Medley this team was Eliza Duffy, Evie Fisher, Sarah Larner and Hannah Travell they lead right from the start and won the gold medal for this age group. They broke the county record that they had set at East Region making a new county time of 4.34.85
Next up was the women's 11/12 years 200 medley team Danica Brazier, Eleanor Clarke, Evie Moir-smith and Lucy Greenwood They finished in 7th place.
In the men's 200 freestyle team was Liam Nicholson, Owen Thomas, Matthew Clarke and Nathan Croft swam well in the heat
The girls 9/10 medley relay consisted of Georgia Tawn, Georgia Olley, Holly Thompson and Lucy Hagger they finished 3rd in the final
The 9/10 years boys' medley team of John Barber, Lewis Dunn, Robert Moss and Jacob Clarke all swam some of them it was their first time of swimming in a 50 metre pool.
All the team swam well in the afternoon session and there were some good finishing positions and lots of medals.
The evening session started well and 10/14 years medley team of Ethan Harrington, Gus Veasey, Orin Mann and Regan katz finished in 5th position.
The women's 10/13 years 400m free team consisted of Eleanor McCaffrey, Evie Moir -Smith, Danica Brazier and Courtney Sanders finished in 3rd place and won a bronze medal.
The women's 14 years years and over 400 freestyle relay swimmers were Evie fisher, Sarah larner, Hannah Travell, and Eliza Duffy they finished in first place in a time of 4.11.69.
The men's 11/12 medley relay team were Liam Nicholson, Owen Thomas, Matthew Clarke and Max Duffy finished in 4th place.
The next event was the Women's 11/12 200 freestyle they were Danica Brazier, Lucy Greenwood, Eleanor Clarke and Evie Moir-Smith they finished in 14th place.
Next was the men's 9/10 medley relay team the swimmers were John Barber, William Banks, Robert Moss, and Jacob Clarke they finished in 6th place.
The women's 9/10 200 freestyle team was Holly Thompson, Georgia Tawn, Georgia Olley, and Lucy Hagger they finished their race in 2nd place and won silver medals.
The last race of evening was the Women's 14 and over 800 freestyle relay was swam by Eliza Duffy, Hannah Travell, Evie Fisher and Sarah Larner they finished in 1st place and won the gold medal in a time of 9.06.38.
Braintree Sprints - 3rd July
1st August 2011
The Braintree sprints were held at the The Braintree Swimming centre on Sunday the 3rd of July. Chelmsford took a squad of 22 swimmers to this event accompanied by Coaches Louise Neale and Rob Olley. This was the 1st meet for a lot of the younger swimmers. The 9 year olds swam well as this was a double age group John Barber managed a 6th place finish in the 50 backstroke. Also swimming in this age group were Daniel Atkinson, Lauren Gowers and Ciara Nicholson who picked some good pb times.
The 10 year olds also swam well Lucy Hagger finished In 4th place in the 50 freestyle with a time of 34.44. Georgia Olley had a good day finishing 4th in the 100 back stroke. Holly Thompson won three silver medals for the 50 breast, back and 100 Im and bronze for the 50 free.
The boys in the 11/12 years old age group made some good PB times Ryan Mugford swam in the 50 back, breast and freestyle. Liam Nicholson won a gold medal in the 50 breast with a time of 40.96.The girls in the same age group also did well Eleanor Clarke won a gold medal in the 50 breast with a time of 41.14. Darcey Gardiner had a 6th place placing in the 50 free and back. Charlotte Gowers also swam well with some good times. Emily Smith swam in 2 races and got a PB in the 100 IM. 12 year old Matthew Clarke achieved a PB time in the 50 fly. The final age group was 13/14years Ethan Harrington had some good swims and had some top six finishes. Orin Mann won 2 gold medals and a silver with some good Pb times. Dan Paddon also got a PB time in 50 back heats. Last of all the girls also did well Emma Harley got a bronze medal in the 50 breast and a silver medal in the backstroke. Eleanor McCaffrey had a good meet picking up gold and silver medals and a PB time in the freestyle. Lucy Neale won a gold medal in the 50 breast and PB time in the free and IM. Kate Rockcliffe swam several races and finished in 2nd place in breast stroke heats Rebecca Smith also finished the meet with a PB time.
Well done to everyone who swam.
National Junior League
1st August 2011
On Sunday 26th June a team of young swimmers (aged 9-12) travelled to Braintree for the final round of the National Junior Swimming League.
This was a great team performance. We needed to finish 3rd or better to avoid relegation and as you can see from the table below we came 3rd. Results from the evening were :
- 1st RTW Monson 223 points
- 2nd Colchester 181 points
- 3rd Chelmsford 175 points
- 4th Anaconda 169 points
- 5th Halstead 147 points
- 6th Runnymede 113 points
Well done to all the swimmers who took part. A big thank you to all the parents for supporting their children swimming. Thank you again to Dan Sorrell for end of lane, Rob Olley and Steve Greenwood for being officials, and Martin Travell for giving up his Sunday afternoon to Judge. Also a big thank you to Helen Nicholson for organising the team.
Students enjoy WaterPolo through Sportivate
20th July 2011
Students at Moulsham High School in Chelmsford have been introduced to Water Polo through the new Lottery funded programme Sportivate. The Water Polo programme is one of the first projects to near completion of the six weeks activity which forms the basis of Sportivate. Twenty Year 12 and 13 students have been taking part in sessions led by Dean Walker from Chelmsford Swimming Club, who has been encouraged by the students' enthusiasm for the sport.
Dean said, Moulsham High School have backed this 100% and they have now gone on to enter a team in the schools tournament. The kids really enjoy these sessions and get the great benefits of fitness and socialising too.
Sam Coombes, an 800m distance runner aspiring to compete in the 2012 Olympics and also the Sporting Champion for the Essex Sportivate project attended the session and even joined in to see what it was all about. ""The energy and enthusiasm of the young people wanting to try a new sport and get involved in Water Polo was fantastic. There was so much laughter and fun involved in this session and the young people enjoyed this fast paced, high energy activity which captured their excitement!"
Bronze Medallion and Life Support Course
17th July 2011
Chelmsford Lifesaving Swimming Club will be running a Bronze Medallion and Life Support course at Riverside Ice and Leisure Pool, Chelmsford, from Monday 5th September 2011 from 8pm till 9:30pm for 14 weeks.
The fees for the course will be £120.00. This includes the course books, pool hire, exam fees, certificates, insurance and membership with Chelmsford Swimming Club. If the candidate is already a member of Chelmsford Swimming Club for 2011 then the course fees will be reduced to £103.00.
This award can be used for candidates who are completing their Duke of Edinburgh's Award, or completing either GCSE or A Level PE or thinking of becoming a Lifeguard.
The pupils will need to bring a long sleeve shirt AND jumper or sweat top AND trousers or a skirt.
If you are interested in booking a place on this course please contact Sarah Scotchmer by 15 August.
East Region BAGCat Championships - 4/5 & 11/12 June
21st June 2011
A small team of Chelmsford Swimmers travelled to the UEA Sportspark in Norwich over two weekends to compete in a 50m pool for the ASA East Region BAGCats championship. Gus Veasey started the weekend well with the 100m backstroke where he finished 4th in the final. Next was the 200m backstroke where he finished 2nd in the final, a 3rd place placing for the 200m breaststroke and a 2nd place for the 100m breaststroke. Gus also swam in the 400m Individual Medley.
13 year old Courtney Sanders got a 4th place in the 200m IM, a 2nd place in the 100m freestyle, 2nd place in the 200m freestyle, a 3rd in the 100m backstroke, a 2nd in the 200m backstroke and 2nd place for the 400m freestyle. Overall Courtney came 2nd in the BAGCats.
In the 10 year old girl's age group Holly Thompson had a very good weekend, finishing 8th in the 200m IM, 10th in the 200m Freestyle, 10th again in the 200m freestyle and for the 100m backstroke another 10th place. The 200m breaststroke was a 3rd place finish and a bronze medal. She also finished in 15th place for the 100m freestyle.
Another 10 year old, Georgia Olley, swam in the 100m backstroke finishing in 11th place and the 200m backstroke finishing in 13th place.
Liam Nicholson swam in the 100m breaststroke and won a silver medal and the 200m breaststroke winning a bronze medal.
Danica Brazier swam the 400m freestyle and finished in 9th place, the 200m freestylein 12th place, 100m backstroke in 12th place, 200m backstroke in 8th place and the 100m breaststroke in 12th place.
11 year old Maxwell Duffy also swam well, finishing in 2nd place in both the 100m and 200m freestyle finals.
Colchester Open Meet - 28th May
12th June 2011
A small group of swimmers travelled to Colchester to compete in their annual meet held at Leisure World.
The junior boys swam well, John Barber, Daniel Atkinson, and William Banks all got personal best times.
Liam Nicholson picked up a good selection of medals 1 gold and 4 silver and some good pb times.
In the 12 year old age group Matthew Clarke swam well getting pbs in the Breast, back and the IM
13 year old Regan Katz has some good swims and picked up a silver medal in the 50 breast.
Thomas Gardner finished in 6th place for the 50 breast and Back and 7th place in the freestyle.
The junior girls had a very good day with Holly Thompson winning 3 gold medals and 1 silver and 1 bronze and some good pb times. Lucy Hagger also won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal and a 5th place. Emily Pilling swam three races and got a pb in all of them. Georgia Tawn swam all five races and finished 5th in the breast stroke and achieved pbs in all them. Darcey Gardner and Eleanor Clarke swam three races each. Emily Smith also swam two races. Alexandra Rae swam in all the races picking up some good pb times and a medal. Lucy Gardner had a good also picking some pbs. Emma Harley picked up silver and a bronze medal. Lucy Neale got pb times for the Freestyle and the IM Hannah Travell finished In 9th place overall and broke one of the records for the 100 backstroke in the 15 year old age group. Chelmsford finished as Top club and retains the Reg Baines cup.
Coach Trevor Goulds said: There were some amazing swims considering it was only a small squad
National Junior Swimming League - Round 2
3rd June 2011
On Sunday 22nd May a team of young swimmers travelled to Enfield for the second round of the National Junior Swimming League.
The girls 11 year and under freestyle relay team made up of Bethany Harrington, Eleanor Clarke, Darcey Gardiner and Lucy Greenwood swam extremely well to pick up our first 1st place. John Barber got the second 1st placing with his excellent 25m backstroke in the 9 year old section. Two more first places were to follow with Eleanor Clarke swimming a magnificent 50m breaststroke in the 11 and under section, followed closely behind by another great 50m breaststroke from 11 year old Liam Nicholson.
This was the first gala for some of our swimmers. Everyone gave their best performance and we came a very creditable 4th. Final placings and points were :
- 1st Romford Town 251 points
- 2nd Edmonton Phoenix 225 points
- 3rd Kingston Royals 176 points
- 4th Chelmsford 146 points
- 5th Anaconda 129 points
- 6th Runnymede 91 points
Well done to all the swimmers who took part. A thank you goes to Rob Olley and Steve Greenwood for being officials, Dan Sorrell for end of lane, Helen Nicholson, Lorna Clarke and Jo Gardiner for whipping the team, and also to the parents for their support. The final round of this league is on Sunday 26th June at Braintree Swimming Centre. Keep training hard !
Congratulations
29th May 2011
Congratulations to Evie Fisher who qualified for Nationals in the 100m Breaststroke, at Sheffield this weekend. She joins Eliza Duffy and Courtney Sanders, who have also qualified.
Bracknell Open Meet - 21st/22nd May 2011
24th May 2011
Courtney Sanders and Gus Veasey both represented the club at The Bracknell Open Meet which was held at Aldershot Garrison on 21st/22nd May.
Both swimmers had an exceptional weekend
Courtney won the 200m freestyle and gained a national qualifying time, she also won the 200m IM. Two silver medals for the 100m freestyle and the 200m back, and a bronze medal for the 100m back.
Gus swan well, and he picked up three gold medals for the 100m breast, 200m breast and the 400m IM all with pb times in a 50m pool. He also finished in 4th place for the 400m freestyle.
Courtney also finished as top girl for the meet
Chairman Michael Veasey said both Gus and Courtney swan really well and the club should be proud of them.
Congratulations
23rd May 2011
Congratulations to Courtney Sanders who qualified for Nationals in the 200m Freestyle, at the recent Bracknell Long Course Meet at Aldershot. She joins Eliza Duffy, who has also qualified in the 100m and 200m Backstroke events.
New Procedure for Claiming Club Records
16th May 2011
Please note it is now the responsibility of the swimmer to notify the club when they have broken a club record. You will need to complete the new club record form within the Club Records section and return it to clubrecords@chelmsfordswimmingclub.org.uk for approval.
If this procedure is not followed then the new time/record may not be recognised.
East Region Youth Championships 2011
10th May 2011
This years East Region championships were held at UEA Sportspark in Norwich. Five girls represented the club at various events during the weekend. They were Eliza Duffy, Hannah Travell, Evie Fisher, Sarah Larner and Emma Harley.
To read more, visit the Results page.
Clacton Round The Pier Swim
14th April 2011
Clacton Swimming Club are holding their annual 'Round The Pier' swim on 24th July 2011. The event involves a 1200m tide assisted swim from the East side of the pier, to the end of the pier and back down the West side.
Entry is £5 per swimmer, and swimmers must be 14 years old or over, and ASA Category 2 registered. The entry form can be found on the fixtures page here.
Disabled Water Polo Section
18th March 2011
Chelmsford Swimming Club has started and set up the the first disabled water polo club in Britain.
It is currently running every Saturday at Moulsham High School for an hour and is open to all people with any disability above the age of 11.
The concept was born after one of the Chelmsford Water Polo coaches had a serious work accident and saw that people with any disability had no pathway route on to water polo or team sport in minor sports in the area. With the help of sportessex, Chelmsford Borough Council and Essex ASA funding, and the determination of Essex Inclusive Sporting Enterprise (EISE), this club has managed to start with only ASA membership payments needed from the swimmers as the pool hire costs were covered.
Inclusion sports are fun and played at a standard that suit all and the same is for the new Dolphins Water Polo Club where volunteers from Chelmsford Swimming Club give up their time to coach the members of the new and exciting club, be it in the shallow end for weaker swimmers or the deep end for the stronger ones.
This club in its 6 weeks of existence has shown that disability does not have to be a barrier to sport and some of the swimmers have learnt to swim as well as play a team sport for the 1st time.
So if you are interested in joining or know someone who would be, please contact Dean Walker on: thedolphins@hotmail.co.uk or waterpolo@chelmsfordswimmingclub.org.uk
Already other swimming clubs from neighbouring towns have been to see the training sessions which always end in a fun game, and Chelmsford Swimming Club are helping them to set up Disabled Water Polo clubs of their own so that there is a pathway on to competitive water polo v other clubs.
All the coaches do it on a voluntary basis so the cost depends on the number of people in the pool. The more people swimming the less it costs so please come along and bring a friend and try this new and exciting sport that Simon Burns MP and Boris Johnson are wanting to be kept up to date on its progress what with Chelmsford being the pinicle of this new disabled sport and with London 2012 being staged not far away.
The picture shows some of the new members and junior coaches with their Epsan Water Polo Equipment and copy of The Swimming Times. Two of the junior coaches are classified as disabled themselves which proves that anyone can play water polo.
Left to Right: Oliver Parker, Stephanie Parker,Alex Welby, Anna O'Connor, Beth Corrigan, Jonathan Birt and three of the junior coaches Josh Missen, Tor Hawes and Alfie Green.
The two un-named players are from Runnymede Swimming Club seeing how we run the new club and an adult helpers son who acts as ball boy!!
The Importance of the Underwater Kick !
9th February 2011
Sean sent this out recently. It shows what can be achieved with a good underwater kick in backstroke. Watch Hill Taylor in Lane 6.
Ortus Londinium - Luxembourg
31st January 2011
Eliza Duffy, aged 13, travelled to Luxembourg with the Ortus Londinium squad last weekend to compete in the 13th Luxembourg Euro Meet 2011. She had some fantastic races and won two gold medals and one silver medal. She won the 200m backstroke in a long course time of 2:26.11 (a 3 second PB) and gained her first national qualifying time for 2011. She also won the 50m Backstroke in a time of 32.44 and came second in the 100m Backstroke in 1:09.48. Eliza also finished 5th in the 100m Freestyle (1:01.44), 8th in the 200m Freestyle (2:14.53) and 9th in the 50m Freestyle (29.12). In the 200m Backstroke she finished 20th in the open category and made it into the B final where she finished in 17th place. All this is amazing considering she is only 13 !
Well done Eliza! She is the first Chelmsford swimmer to gain a national time for 2011. Let's hope there will be plenty more over the next few months.
Eliza Duffy
14th January 2011
One of our club's top swimmers, Eliza Duffy aged 13, has been selected to travel to Luxembourg at the end of January to compete with the Ortus Londinium squad in the 13th Luxembourg Euro meet. Ortus Londinium is a squad of Essex's finest talents selected from National championships. The 23 strong squad will be travelling as a unit from a collective team made up from clubs around Essex. The squad are all attempting to secure British Championship and National championship times. The Essex athletes will once again be mixing in with some of Europe's finest Olympians. It gives the swimmers a great experience of international competition & how to handle being away from their home routine.
Eliza has also qualified for the British Championships to be held in Manchester 5th to 12th March. She will be brushing shoulders with all the top British swimmers including double gold medalists Liam Tancock and Rebecca Adlington as well as European champions Lizzie Simmonds, Hannah Miley and Gemma Spofforth. As well as competing for the national title, the top swimmers will be looking to qualify for the chance to represent Great Britain in the World Championships in August in Shanghai. This is an amazing experience for Eliza to be part of and we wish her good luck in both of these top level competitions.
English Channel Swim - 1st September
7th September 2010
Congratulations to one of our Masters swimmers, Jon Spriggs, who swam the English Channel last week in a time of 15 hours 27 minutes.
The conditions near France on the day were extremely difficult, and this is highlighted by the fact that out of 7 swimmers attempting the swim, Jon was one of only two who succeeded.
Lifesaving Section - Endeavour Cup
7th September 2010
Chelmsford Swimming Club Lifesaving section has been presented with The Endeavour Cup for constant endeavour in the tuition of Water Safety during 2009. This was presented to Chelmsford Lifesaving section by Dr. C.G. Smith on behalf of the Royal Lifesaving Society Essex Branch. The Lifesaving Club in 2009 taught a range of Lifesaving awards including the Bronze Medallion, Award of Merit and the National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches. The awards are taught by RLSS qualified teachers, Sue Stewart, Malcolm King and Sarah Scotchmer.
The photo consists of a few of the pupils who had in 2009 completed their Bronze Medallion, and have this year completed their Award of Merit and Lifesaving 1,2,3 courses. Congratulations to them all.
If you are interested in taking part in any Lifesaving activities please look here.
Mini-Polo - Junior Water Polo at Riverside
5th July 2010
Chelmsford Swimming Club runs a very popular Mini-Polo section at Riverside, every Tuesday evening from 7.15-8.00pm in the Learner Pool.
The sessions will continue to run throughout the school holidays and are for children up to, and including, Year 7.
For more information, either come down to Riverside on a Tuesday evening, or contact Dean Walker at waterpolo-chelmsfordswimmingclub@hotmail.co.uk.
Moulsham & Great Baddow High Schools - Waterpolo
29th March 2010
Any Moulsham or Great Baddow High School students interested in the Waterpolo teaching being conducted by Dean Walker at either school should click here for contact details.
Gala Entries
26th March 2010
Just a reminder about gala entries. When entering a swimmer for a gala that has qualifying times, please ensure that the swimmer's current personal best is either, below the qualifying time where only one is specified, or between the qualifying times where an upper and lower time are specified, otherwise the entries will be rejected.
Nicky Sanders has spent a lot of time recently on entries which were not eligible to enter certain galas. Entry times can always be found on the Fixtures Page for each event.
Please also remember that cheques should be made payable to 'Chelmsford Swimming Club', and not the club hosting the gala, as we enter all our swimmers centrally.
East Region Water Polo - Presidents Cup - 27th February
1st March 2010
Many congratulations to the Essex Water Polo team who won the East Region Presidents Cup on Saturday 27th February. The team was captained by our very own Dean Walker, with other Chelmsford players Charlie Bullus, Kev Crick and Phil Gilham also part of the winning team. Chelmsford's Michael Bowerfield was there in his capacity as referee.
Read the full event report here.
New Swimsuit Rules
26th November 2009
New FINA bylaws on swimwear with effect from 1st January 2010 for all competitions except Masters events.
- BL 8.1 - All FINA approved swimwear to be used at the Olympic Games and FINA World Championships must be approved by FINA at least twelve (12) months prior to the start of the respective competition. In addition, it must be available for all competitors by 1st January of the year of the Olympic Games or FINA World Championships.
- BL 8.2 - In swimming competitions the competitor must wear only one swimsuit in one or two pieces. No additional items, like arm bands or leg bands shall be regarded as parts of a swimsuit.
- BL 8.3 - From January 1st 2010 swimwear for men shall not extend above the navel nor below the knee, and for women, shall not cover the neck, extend past the shoulder, nor shall it extend below the knee. All swimsuits shall be made from textile materials.
Training and Sickness do not mix !!
26th October 2009
Over the last few weeks quite a few swimmers have been turning up to training with the start of a cold or flu, and getting out early or not training fully, which in the hot damp environment of the pool spreads the illness rapidly around the rest of the swimmers
Unless you are well enough to train properly, you should not attend a training session. Swimming is an intensive sport and requires 100% fitness, so if you are unwell please do not come to training and spread your germs to others. A few days off usually means you are not contagious, so please respect the other swimmers in your squad.
If you are interested in any of the activities undertaken by Chelmsford Swimming Club and wish to find out more, please email us at info@chelmsfordswimmingclub.org.uk.