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Text Box: STEVENAGE OPEN MEET Once again the Stevenage Open meet proved to be a happy hunting ground for hertford swimmers who competed in the annual Open meet over the weekend and returned with plenty of medals! Luke Plant won 3 golds, 1 silver & 3 bronzes while Frankie Hunt also won 3 golds along with 2 silvers. Beth Fitzsimmons won 2 golds and 2 silvers, and Neo Metz 2 golds. Gabrielle O’Brien won a gold, 2 silvers and 4 bronzes, Daniel Tarry a gold, a silver and 3 bronzes, Emilia Somers and Maddy Smith won a gold and a silver each and Daniel Hood won a gold and 3 bronzes. Sarah O'Brien won 2 silvers and 3 bronzes, Ashley Ransome a silver and a bronze, and Emily O’Brien, Michael Sim and Troy Metz each won a silver. Elizabeth Withers, William Charles and Janine Stephenson all won a bronze. Results REGIONS Congratulations to Ashley Ransome and Sarah O’Brien who both competed at the Youth’s Regional Championships last weekend at Basildon’s 50m pool. They both managed to do much better than their seeded positions. FUNDRAISERS WANTED! We would love to set up a fund-raising group who could organise events/raffles/sponsorship and look at other ways of raising funds for the Club. The big advantage would be that we could subsidise pool hire and hopefully reduce fees! Is there anyone who would like to join a fund-raising group or better still lead one? Please speak to Jane or any committee member if you can help. CLACTON PIER SWIM If you are over 14 and fancy a fun day out with a bit of Open water swimming, why not take part in the Clacton Pier Swim? The Water polo Section take part every year and last year several other swimmers also joined in. It takes place on Sunday 22nd July, and is a 1,200m tide assisted swim. For more information contact Neil Cook. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SWIMMING OFFICIAL? Herts ASA are always interested in training anyone (over 16) who would like to become a timekeeper, judge or referee. A number of courses will be running over the autumn (info here). If you are interested please speak to Jane or Paul. Latest edition of Swimming Officials newsletter here. TEAM FOR PEANUTS R2 The team has been selected for Round 2 of the Peanuts League on Sat 19th May at Hitchin. If you have been selected please make every effort to be available as we need to put in a strong performance to keep our hopes of Div 1 status next year alive. Team here. PEANUTS R1 The junior squad faced fierce competition in the first round of the Peanuts League held at Stevenage Pool but they fought hard to secure 5th place and give themselves every chance of remaining in Div 1. For many of the younger members of the squad, this was their first opportunity to represent the club in a gala. There was 1 first place : William Gibbard in the 9 years breaststroke (and William also took home the teddy for the best performance on the night). There were also 8 second places: William Gibbard (9 years butterfly), Max Eland 9 years backstroke, Troy Metz (9 years breaststroke) Marc Ross Gardner (U11 Breaststroke), Frankie Hunt (U11 Backstroke), Joshua Purcell (U12 breaststroke), Girls 9 years medley team ( Cara Day, Troy Metz, Lily Merrett, Daisy Creasey) and the boys U12 medley team ( Michael Sim, Joshua Purcell, Neo Metz, Luke Rawlinson). Final results: 1st Hatfield 128 2nd CoStA 136, 3rd Potters Bar 146 4th Bishops Stortford 176 5th Hertford 206 6th Berkhamsted 246. Results here CONGRATULATIONS BETHANY Well done to Bethany Fitzsimmons who is following in the steps of Becky Adlington as a distance specialist! Beth swam at the Luton Open Meet and broke the club record for the 800 Free (to go with her 1500 record). FREE GYM MEMBERSHIP Hertford Swimming Club is delighted to announce that Everyone Active has agreed to sponsor 3 of our swimmers by providing free gym membership. The swimmers, Beth Fitzsimmons, Luke Plant and Ben Ransome were nominated by Steve who stated “over the past few years they have shown commitment to training and maintained high attendance levels during this period.  Performance levels have continually improved and these athletes are now regularly setting new Club Records and PBs in almost every competition swum.  I believe that this opportunity needs to be taken and these gym sessions, in addition to their pool training will build upon the high standards that they have already attained”. These swimmers will attend an induction program on Sunday 22nd April and gym session initially twice a week where they’ll be able to enhance their core body strength and will also be provided with a sponsored shirt. Hertford S.C. and the swimmers are very grateful to Steve Cox of Everyone Active, for making this possible.    HERTS ASA JOINS SOCIAL NETWORKING Herts ASA is now on the Social Media. Feeds and updates can be found here: Twitter Facebook RSS Feed CLUB CHAMPS It’s that time of year again! Lee has sent out Club Champs information to everyone. If you have NOT received this information please contact us here asap WELL DONE BEN Congratulations to Ben Ransome who finished 8th (out of 38) in the boys 14 years BAGCATS awards at this years counties. The top 8 in each age group receive an award. What are BAGCATS? Well the ASA believes younger swimmers (13 & under for girls, 14 for boys) should compete in a variety of events and distances to develop swimming potential. Times are converted into points and the highest points score in each category is counted. There are 5 categories: freestyle 200-1500m; 200m fly, breast or back; 50m any stroke; IM 100-400m; 100m any stroke. This is a major achievement for a swimmer from one of the smaller clubs so well done Ben! Link ASA COMPETITIVE STROKE AWARDS Of special interest to our younger swimmers, did you know that you are entitled to purchase ASA stroke awards when you achieve certain times for every stroke over 25, 50, 100 & 200m. Awards come in bronze, silver, gold and platinum and times have to be achieved in competition or at an organised time trial. For more information look here or contact Cayt Tarry CHILDPOWER British Swimming have introduced a new section to their website called Childpower. A link is available at the top of this webpage (click on the little fish). Do encourage your young swimmers to have a look. There is also a direct line for you to phone if you have any concerns about the way young people are treated. The number is 0808 100 4001. Or speak to our Welfare Officer Karen Townend. CONTACT ARRANGEMENTS Now that our new squad criteria are in place, it is important that parents contact the club IN ADVANCE if their children are unable to swim (eg because of illness, exams, holidays etc). The Club now has a Yahoo account which is accessible by the Committee and Steve. If your child can not attend a training session please use hertfordsc@yahoo.co.uk . (Paul Fitzsimmons MUST be contacted directly for late unavailability for galas). WATER POLO TASTER SESSIONS The Water Polo section have been offering taster sessions to Age Group/Senior swimmers at the end of training on Wednesdays until about 9.00pm. Boys and Girls are welcome. If you are interested please contact Neil Cook. SQUAD CRITERIA The Committee have made some revisions to Squad Criteria. This is to enable swimmers to move more easily between squads. New criteria are here. NEW KIT PRICES AND PICTURE HERE ADULT SWIMMING Did you know the club has an adult section? They swim on Thursday evenings from 7.15 to 8.15. There is a simple training schedule for those who want it or just do your own thing! Any member of the club 16+ is welcome to attend. If you are interested speak to Margaret. IF YOU WEAR A HAT MAKE IT A HERTFORD ONE! Please would all swimmers remember that ONLY Hertford hats should be worn at Galas & Open Meets when members are representing the club. Poolside staff will have a few spare hats for swimmers to borrow. Anyone wearing a non Hertford hat will be asked to stand down from their event.

 

SWIMMING THIS WEEK

 

  Sun 13th May    HAILEYBURY 17.15 Sharks up

  Mon 14th May   HAILEYBURY 19.15 Whales 19.30 Performance

  Tue 15th May     SIMON BALLE 18.30 Peanuts 19.30 Senior/Age GP

  Wed 16th May   HARTHAM 19.00 Everyone

  Thu 17th May    HARTHAM 19.15 Seniors/Age GP 19.15 Adults

  Fri 18th May      HARTHAM 18.00 Jun/Dev 19.00 Age GP/Seniors

  Sat 19th May     PEANUTS R2 18.30 Hitchin

  Sun 20th May    HAILEYBURY 17.15 Sharks up

                               

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Text Box: PEANUTS EFFORT AWARDS Lauren Parsons Luke Rawlinson SWIMMERS OF THE WEEK Olivia Creasey, Joshua Purcell MOST IMPROVED Amy Skidmore, Jamie Hourican