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Text Box: PERFORMANCE SQUAD Once Haileybury reopens Performance Squad on Mondays will be extended and will operate from 19.30 to 21.00. HODDESDON OPEN MEET The first open meet of the season produced a plethora of excellent swims including 35 PB’s which is quite remarkable given the limited water time over the summer holidays. There were 13 golds, 10 silvers and 5 bronzes along with 10 speeding tickets for exceeding the entry time. Judith Stephenson won 3 golds and a silver and sister Jeanine won 2 golds and a silver, Beth Fitzsimmons 2 golds and a bronze and Philip Murphy 2 golds. Sophie Rawlinson and Emilia Somers won a gold and 2 silvers, Sam Ditchfield won a gold, a silver and a 2 bronzes and Ben Ransome a gold. There was a silver for George Penn, Ashley Ransome & Daniel Hood and 2 bronzes for Elizabeth Withers. Spending the night in the cells for going too fast are Maddy Smith, Luke Rawlinson & William Charles (2 nights each!) Daniel Hood, Ben Ransome, Ashley Ransome and Jeanine Stephenson. Results here WELFARE OFFICER REQUIRED We still need to appoint a new Welfare Officer. It is a Swim 21 requirement that we have one and Cath has been holding the fort but would really like to step down. Could someone take over the role? Ideally it should be a parent who is approachable and attends the majority of sessions. Some knowledge of Child Protection an advantage but the Club will arrange for the Welfare Officer to attend appropriate training. If you can help out please contact John, Cath or any committee member. POOLS UPDATE Both Haileybury & Simon Balle are having problems completing their repairs on time and it looks like both will over run. Simon Balle is unlikely to be up and running again before October. We are endeavouring to book extra sessions at Hartham to compensate. Check web page for regular updates. TROPHIES Please could you return all trophies in a CLEAN condition to Cath or Janet or any committee member at Hartham as soon as possible but definitely by 17th Sept at the latest. CLUB LASANTA Following a very successful trip to Club La Santa in 2008, the Club intends to run another trip in 2011. The trip will be open to all Age Group and Senior Swimmers and the families. To find out more click here. HITCHIN OPEN MEET This year’s Hitchin Open Meet will take place on Sun 28th Nov at Hitchin Pool. It is a L3 Licensed Meet with 50 & 100 events in all strokes + IM. The Club is supporting this event and a Coach will be on Poolside throughout. We would like to encourage as many swimmers as possible to take part. Further information and entry form can be found here. All entries & payment must be with Paul F by Weds Sept 22nd VICKI SWIMS AT WORLD MASTERS Congratulations to our Club Secretary and Senior Squad Member Vicki Barker who competed in the FINA World Masters event in Sweden. Vicki swam a PB in the 50 Free and came home with a medal. To read more about Vicki’s Nordic Adventures click here TEAM FOR ISABEL GALA Here WELL DONE Congratulations to Caroline Moore & Margaret Carrier who completed their L2 Coaching course this week. Subject to passing the exam, the club now has 2 more qualified coaches. The Instructor for the course was Brian Brinkley MBE who represented Britain at the Munich Olympics in 1972 and captained the team in Montreal in 1976 winning a bronze medal . Brian also won 2 silver and a bronze at the 1975 World Championships, 2 silvers at the 1974 Europeans and a gold, 3 silvers and a 2 bronzes at the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Brian brought his medals in for all to see. MORE TEACHERS NEEDED Could you teach swimming? As a club we have recently lost a couple of teachers and are looking to recruit some more. Funding is available to cover most of the costs of the courses and being a qualified swimming teacher can lead to additional employment with local pools. Courses are available at Stevenage (L1 11-15 Oct, L2 6/11 to 3/12) & John Warner (L1 8-13 Aug, L2 4-24th Oct (weekends). Other courses in region here. If you would like to know more please speak to Lee or John or any committee member. PEANUTS Hertford’s Junior Squad finished in 3rd place in the Final Round of the Peanuts League Div 1. There were 6 first place finishes: Neo Metz (Breast) Lucy Fitzsimmons (Breast) William Charles (Fly), Ben Ransome (Breast), the boys U12 Free Team (Daniel Hood, George Penn, Joe Cook, Brodie Caress) and the boys U13 medley Team (Patrick Tarry, Ben Ransome, Brodie Caress, Andrew Burr). 3 disqualifications proved expensive but once again we have retained our Div 1 status for another year (final placings yet to be confirmed). Results CLUB CHAMPS R3 The final week of the Club Champs produced more excellent swimming. There were 9 new Event Best Times including 3 more to Ben Ransome (200 IM, 50 Breast & 100 Free), 2 to Vicki Barker (50 Breast and 100 Free) and Brett Harding (50 Back & 100 IM) and 1 each to Bethany Baxter (50 Back) and Patrick Tarry (50 Back) . There were also new Club records for Brett Harding (200 IM) and Junior records to Thomas Disney (200 IM & 50 Breast) & Patrick Tarry (50 Back). Vicki’s 100 Free time beat Jo Chapman’s 15 year old record. Over the 3 weeks there were 16 new event best times (of which Ben Ransome achieved 5 and Brett Harding 3). Results: <girls> <boys> CLUB CHAMPS R2 Week 2 of the Club Champs produced more exciting swims along with new Club Records for Michael Carrier in the 50 fly and junior records for Thomas Disney in the 50 Fly & 100 Breast. There were also new Event Best Times for Ben Ransome (Jnr 50 Free & 200 Free) Brett Harding (Snr 50 Free) Ashley Ransome (Snr 50 Fly) and Michael Carrier (Snr 50 Fly). The first 3 home (Brodie Caress, Ben Ransome and Patrick Tarry) all broke the event best time in the boys Junior 50 Fly. The closest finish was in the girls Senior 50 Free where just 0.4 seconds covered the first 3 home with Emma Lythaby just holding on for gold. Results: <Girls> <Boys> CLUB CHAMPS WEEK 1 The first week of Club Champs finally got underway a little late following problems with the boom (we thought that was all behind us didn’t we). Many thanks to all those who helped to get the pool ready. Undaunted by England’s elimination from the World Cup it was an entertaining evening’s swimming with some excellent performances including a new Event Best Time in the 100 Back (breaking Anthony Smith’s record which has stood since 1998) and a new Club Record for Kenny MacLoad (who also broke the club record in the 100 IM) and a new junior record for one of our recent recruits Thomas Disney in the 14/15 IM. There were some very exciting finishes with dead heats in the boys 14/15 Backstroke and boys 9 years Butterfly. 3 swimmers finished within less than 0.4 seconds of each other in the boys 11 years backstroke and there was another very close finish to the boys 14/15 IM. Results here <girls> <boys> SHOWERS Please could everyone shower before entering the pool at Hartham. Apparently this helps maintain the water quality. SLM are looking into improving things from their end. LATEST NEWSLETTER Here. Should be emailed out to everyone if we have an up to date email for you! ADULT SWIMMING Did you know the club has an adult section? They swim on Thursday evenings from 8 to 9. There is a simple training schedule for those who want it or just do your own thing! Any member of the club over 16 is welcome to attend. If you are interested speak to Margaret. 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. 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 

                                           

Weds 8th Sept                HARTHAM 19.00 to 20.45 Everyone

Thurs 9th Sept               HARTHAM 19.30 to 21.00 Seniors/Age Group

Fri 10th Sept                   HARTHAM 18.00 to 20.30 Juniors up

Sun 12th Sept                HARTHAM 17.15 TO 19.15 Whales up

 

Normal sessions resume at Hartham from 1st Sept + Sundays 5/12/19th Sept instead of Haileybury. Haileybury should reopen 4th Oct. In view of continuing problems at Simon Balle we have booked Hartham for Friday 10th Sept from 18.00 to 20.30 instead

 

 

 

 

           

Text Box: CLUB LASANTA—be part of it! At Easter 2008 the Club organised a very successful training camp at Club LaSanta in Lanzarote. We are hoping to repeat this in October 2011. Swimmers would get 2 sets of 2 hours coaching/day with the rest of the time free to enjoy the facilities of LaSanta & Lanzarote with their families. Places open to Age Group & Senior Squad. No unaccompanied children. We need to know if there is enough interest to make it viable. Click here for more information & interest form. Memories of LaSanta 2008 here La Santa_079