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NDSC Open Meet Results 2011

Results are now available for the 2011 Open Meet which took place on Saturday 18th June, at Northcroft Leisure Centre.

Full results, including Top Club, Girls and Boys can be found here

Newbury District Open Meet 18th June 2011

Entries are now closed for our 2011 Open Meet which takes place on Saturday 18th June, at Northcroft Leisure Centre.

A list of accepted entries can be found here download

Zara qualifies for 2011 Nationals in 3 events

Zara Ryan will make her third trip in three years to Sheffield in July as she has already qualified for three events in the 2011 Nationals.

Zara is currently twelve, but will celebrate her birthday as the National Championships begin, which means she has to qualify as a thirteen year old - an even tougher task ! Unfazed by this, however, she was recently the only Newbury swimmer to compete at the Crawley Spring Open, winning the 12/13 year old age group 400m Individual Medley in a time of 5.18.05secs, 0.68 seconds inside the national qualifying time (NQT) for 13 year olds.

Following this physically and mentally exhausting event, Zara swam the 200m IM in 2.31.09secs, winning her age group, but just 0.16 seconds outside the time required for Sheffield.

Zara then put in two storming performances in the 100m and 200m Fly, coming home second in both in 1.08.60secs and 2.30.08secs respectively, but crucially inside the NQT in both events by 0.10s in the 100m and 0.91s in the 200m.

Zara finished off the weekend with a new long course PB in the 200m Freestyle in a time of 2.16.34secs to finish in third position.

Loulou qualifies for National Swim finals in Sheffield

Two of Newbury's A' Squad swimmers, Louise McFadzen & Jake Jezzard, spent the bank holiday weekend competing in several events at the 2011 ASA South Eastern Region Youth Championships.

First up and seeded 5th in her heat in the 50m backstroke, Louise McFadzen got off to an excellent start by winning the heat in a time of 33.04 seconds, despite being one of the younger competitors in the girls 14 & 15 year old age group. Her time was good enough to be the reserve for the final, giving an overall placing of ninth.

The Saturday afternoon session saw Jake Jezzard take to the blocks in the 100m backstroke, going out very hard in the first 50m for 30.88 secs at the split, with a finishing time of 1.05.50 seconds, 16th place overall, again competing as one of the younger swimmers in the 15/16 age group.

In the same event for the girls, Louise Mcfadzen was again seeded 5th, needing a 1.08.85 second finish to qualify for the National Finals in Sheffield in July. With a solid 33.61 second at the 50m split she not only won the heat, but also qualified for the national finals in a fantastic 1.08.24 seconds.

This was also good enough to qualify her for the final later in the day, coming home in 5th in a slightly slower 1.09.15 secs.

Both swimmers went on to compete in the 400m freestyle and 200m backstroke, with Jake finishing in a time of 4.38.02s in the 15/16 year old boys 400m free and Louise in 4.47.59secs in the 14/15 years for girls.

Day 2 on Sunday and both swimmers returned for the 200m backstroke, with Louise up first for the girls, qualifying in 4th for the final in a time of 2.29.17 seconds and Jake securing a 2.23.54 seconds finishing 19th overall. With an almost identical time of 2.29.11sec in the final, Loulou finished in a commendable fourth place, missing out on the bronze by an agonising 0.02 of a second.

Sunday afternoon's session saw both swimmers compete in the 50m Butterfly, with Louise scoring a big PB in her heat of 30.98 seconds, qualifying for the evening's final, finishing in a dead heat for fourth place in 31.14 seconds. Jake also produced an excellent swim in his heat of 28.76 seconds, 0.8 seconds inside his seed time and finishing 17th overall.

In a test of physical and mental fitness, Jake also competed in two further events in the session, coming home in 2.26.77secs in the 200m Individual Medley and finishing fourth in his heat in the 100m freestyle in a sub-60 58.99 seconds.

The final day heralded a change in venue to the impressive New Surrey Sports Park and Louise McFadzen completed her regional campaign with the gruelling 800m freestyle, finishing in 10.00.62 seconds, 14th overall.

Next up are the ASA South Eastern Region BAGCAT Age Group Championships, which will be held in Crawley starting on 28th & 29th May, in which several of Newbury's younger swimmers will be competing, bidding to join Louise in Sheffield in July.

Easter Egg-citement at Reading for NDSC !

The Easter weekend had Newbury swimmers swapping chocolate eggs for a series of top notch, hard fought performances at the three day Reading Open Meet.
James McFadzen continued his winning streak with straight wins in the 12 year olds 200m breaststroke (a PB in 2.57.26 s), the 200m IM in 2.36.55s, the 100m breaststroke in 1.22.55s, setting a new NDSC record and the 200m backstroke in a time of 2.31.83s, knocking a massive 7 seconds off his seed time. James also made it through to the final of the 100m backstroke, putting in a fantastic performance of 1.09.27s, yet another PB and just 0.8 seconds off the national qualifying time.

Chris Regan also qualified for the 100m backstroke final and put in a solid performance in the 200m backstroke in 2.51.29s.

In the 14 year old age group, Harry Willingale strung together solid performances in the 200IM (2.37.03s), 200m Backstroke (2.34.48s) and after a great performance in the 100m freestyle of 1.02.05seconds, went even faster in the final, finishing 5th in 1.01.41 secs.

A fantastic weekend of swims from Jake Jezzard in the 15 year old age group saw him finish 2nd in the 200m IM in 2.20.67seconds and fifth place in the final, second in the 100m Butterfly in 1.03.34secs, golds in the 400m IM, 200m Freestyle in 2.02.77s & 100M freestyle in 56.38s and further silvers in the 200m Backstroke in a PB of 2.17.51seconds and 100m backstroke in 1.03.30seconds.

Success continued with the girls with Millie Pope coming second in the 10 & under 200m Freestyle in a super 2.36.47seconds and a third in the 400m freestyle.

Avani Gill, the youngest competitor in the recent county championships, swam 2 solid performances to finish 5th in the 100m backstroke in a time of 1.33,63secs and a fabulous silver in the 9years 200m back, knocking 10 seconds off her seed time.
Zara Ryan added two more golds to her collection, winning the 12 years age group 200m Freestyle & 400m freestyle in a time of 4.38.54 seconds, a time which was third fastest overall for the ladies.

11 year old Imogen Jones continued her success from a couple of weeks ago with a silver in the 100m backstroke and a new PB OF 6.48.94s in the 400m IM, whilst Paige Pope won the 13 year old 100m Butterfly and got the Silver in the 100m Backstroke.

Blistering swims from Louise McFadzen generated winning performances in the 100m backstroke in 1.06.18s, just 0.2 second away from qualifying for the National finals, the 200m backstroke in 2.22.17seconds, just 0.8 seconds from a national time and subsequently winning the final, a PB in the00m freestyle in 1.02.71 seconds, again going onto win the final in an even faster 1.01.68 s.

For the 12 year olds, Amy McBride won silver in the 100m Butterfly and third in the 100m Breaststroke, finishing 4th in the final in 1.2762 seconds. Lizzie Shore was reserve finalist in the 100m Breaststroke and came home in 1.10.06s in the 100m freestyle. Lucy Wilkins won her heat in the 100m freestyle in a time of 1.11.68s, with Fiona Crane taking second in 1.12.30s, both well within their seed times.

The Saturday and Sunday evening sessions also included the excitement of the skins events. Abigail Wood and Paige Pope both qualified for the 50m free event on Saturday and Abi going all the way to the final round and finishing second. Sunday evening saw Paige Pope swim again for the girls in the Junior Medley skins with James McFadzen representing the boys. Both swimmers progressed through several rounds before being knocked out, with the eventual winners both coming from Watford.

Louise McFadzen and Jake Jezzard represented NDSC in the Open Medley skins, again both making it through several rounds before being knocked out with the ladies winner coming from Shiverers and the mens from Tilehurst.

You can follow Newbury District Swimming Club's gala performances as they happen on Twitter.

Bracknell Level 3 Long Course & Level 1 Long Distance Meets

Newbury's Level 1 and Level 3 swimmers headed for Aldershot Garrison in Saturday's spring sunshine for the opportunity to compete in a 50m long course pool.
The day's first sessions staged a Level 3 competition with Harry Willingale bringing home an impressive eight medals, Imogen Jones six and Abigail Wood & Jack Tucker four apiece, with a strong NDSC contingent securing over 30 placings throughout the day.
Imogen Jones picked up a bronze in the 11 year old girls 100m freestyle in a time of 1.12.05s with Abigail Wood also finishing in third place in the 13 year old age group in 1.07.40s. In the same event for the boys, 14 year old Harry Willingale also picked up a bronze medal in a time of 1.02.58s and Matthew Pudney came home fourth in the 11 year old boys age group in a time of 1.15.99s.
More successes followed in the 100m Breaststroke with Harry Willingale and Jack Tucker both taking golds in times of 1.28.35s and 1.42.27s, Abi Wood adding silver in a time of 1.32.40secs and Molly Dummett winning a bronze in the girls 10 and under age group.
Imogen Jones added her second medal of the day with silver in the 11 years 100m backstroke (1.20.43s) and Harry Willingale took bronze in his age group category (1.15.84s).
11 year old Imogen Barrett took silver in the girls 100m Butterfly in 1.36.03s with Imogen Jones completing a hattrick of medals with the bronze.
Harry Willingale won his fourth and fifth medals of the day in the boys 14year old 200m freestyle in a time of 2.18.70s and 50m Butterfly in 33.98s.
Imogen Jones also took her fourth placing of the day with a third in the 50m butterfly (40.53s), with Kerry Read, competing in the 11 year old age group for the first time, taking a commendable fourth place in a time of 41.47secs.
In the 50m Backstroke Molly Dummett came home third in a time of 43.11s in the youngest age group and Imogen Jones added another silver in 39.47s, with Jack Tucker also coming in second in a time of 42.32s and Harry Willingale third in 36.61s.
In the 50m breaststroke Abi Wood added another silver (43.33s), Jack Tucker came home first in 46.68s, ten year old Elliot Rickerby third (51.22s) and Harry Willingale second in his age group in 40.55s.
The final event of the session, the 50m freestyle, saw continued medal success with a third for Imogen Jones (35.26s), a gold for Abigail Wood in 31.77s, bronzes for Jack Tucker 34.77s, Matthew Pudney (34.37s) and Harry Willingale in 29.85s.
In addition to the fantastic medal haul many other swimmers from NDSC, some competing in a 50m pool for the first time, swam excellent personal best times. Also competing were: Frankie Twyford, Ruth Wyatt, Alice Points, Lois Ryan, Fiona Crane, Sasie Spencer, Jenny Pudney, Elliot Rickerby, Matthew Smith, Joseph Seward, Ryan Sitton, Amy Quesada-Getgood and Jennifer Orr.
Saturday evening was the turn of the level 1 swimmers to compete in the long distance events of 800m and 1500m.
James McFadzen was the youngest competitor in the boys' 800m freestyle, completing his race in a time of 10.36.27s. Zara Ryan finished her 800m race in a time of 9.36.82s, well within her regional age group qualifying time and then went on to compete in the longer 1500m event in a time of 19.10.64s. Newbury's only other competitor was Louise McFadzen who completed her 800m event in 9.56.16secs.

NDSC Graded Open Meet 2011

I am pleased to announce that our 2011 Open Meet takes place on Saturday 18th June, at Northcroft Leisure Centre. Meet pack is now available download For any enquiries please submit via online enquiry form

New Session for Masters & Youth

From Wednesday 4th May, Masters & Youth will have a session at Hungerford from 8:30-9:30pm.
This new session provides the squad with 4 lanes, replacing the 2 lanes on a Thursday evening at Northcroft.

The regular Masters & Youth sessions will be:
Sunday - 6:45pm Kennet
Monday - 7:30pm Hungerford
Wednesday - 8:30pm Hungerford

Newbury continue record breaking run in County Championships

Newbury continued their excellent performances in this year's County Championship with more medals and rosettes won across the board during the final day of competition.
Millie Pope, Zara Ryan and Louise McFadzen got the day off to an excellent start in the girls 400m freestyle, with Millie and Louise turning in solid fourth places in their age groups in 5.35.95s and 4.44.01s respectively and Zara taking gold in a time of 4.33.58s to set a new age group record for twelve year olds.
Jack Tucker continued his success from a fortnight earlier in the ten and under age group with a bronze in the Boys' 50m Backstroke in a time of 39.16s. James McFadzen took fourth in the twelve year old category and 15 year old Jake Jezzard came home fifth in the 15/16 year old category on a time of 29.65s. Jake then went on to take fourth place in the 'B' final.
In the girls' 50m backstroke, the tiny trio of Millie Pope (5th), Kerry Read (8th) and Molly Dummett (9th) finished in the top ten in the ten and under age group. Louise McFadzen took a bronze for the 14 year olds in a time of 32.35s, giving her an overall third in the Junior Championship and a subsequent 3rd in the County Championship 'B' final.
Onto the 50m Breaststroke and another gold for Zara Ryan (36.90s) and silver for Jack Tucker (45.34s).
In the Boys' 100m Individual Medley, Jake Jezzard won silver for the 15/16 year olds in a time of 1.05.72s, giving him 6th overall in the County Championships. Jack Tucker and James McFadzen both secured bronzes in their age groups in times of 1.27.31s and 1.16.34s respectively.
Another medal double in the 10 & under girls 100IM with Millie Pope winning gold in 1.25.34s and Kerry Read bronze in 1.27.74s. Zara Ryan broke another record in the 12 year old age group in a fantastic time of 1.11.79s. For the older girls, a solid performance by Paige Pope in the 13 year old category earned her a 5th rosette in 1.15.30s.
The Championships concluded with the relay events in which the girls 11 & under team of Imogen Jones, Lexi Fellows, Lauren Wall and Millie Pope finished in 5th place, despite being seeded 16th in a time of 2.16.06s. The girls success continued with a bronze for the 4 x 100m medley Relay team of Lucy Wilkins, Amy McBride, Zara Ryan and Lizzy Shore in a time of 5.07.77s.

Many of Newbury's swimmers benefited from intensive pre-Championship training in Cyprus which was kindly sponsored by local company, Rebound Electronics.

Newbury bag 27 medals in second weekend of County Championships

NDSC are celebrating after a string of excellent performances in the middle weekend of this year's County Championships, with 14 medals being won on Saturday and a further 13 during Sunday.
Twelve year old Zara Ryan continued her winning streak from the long distance meet with a further 7 golds (200m Fly, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Freestyle, 50m Fly, 200m IM, 400m IM & 100m Fly), silvers in the 100m and 200m Backstroke and a bronze in the 100m Freestyle, also breaking 3 age group records in the 200m Freestyle (2.13.96 sec), 50m Fly (31.58 sec) and 400m Individual Medley (5.17.63 sec). Meanwhile, ten year old rising star Millie Pope put in a string of fantastic performances to bring home 2 golds (50m Fly & 100m Fly), 3 silvers (200m Fly, 200m IM & 200m Freestyle) and a bronze in the 100m Freestyle.
Strong swims from the boys saw Jake Jezzard come home third in the 15/16 years 200m Freestyle (2.01.22 sec), win the B final of the 100m Backstroke and a commendable third in the B final of the 50m Butterfly, two silvers for Jack Tucker (100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke) and bronze in the 200m Backstroke and twelve year old James McFadzen with a silver (100m Backstroke) and two bronzes (200m IM &200m Breaststroke).
More successes for the girls saw older sister Louise McFadzen take silver in the 14 year old age group category in the 100m Backstroke in 1.07.36 secs, young Molly Dummett win a bronze in the 10 years and under 200m Breaststroke and twelve year old Amy McBride complete a 1-2 for Newbury to take silver in the 200m Breaststroke.
The rest of the team of both experienced and first time county swimmers alike recorded many personal best times with solid swims from everybody.
The final weekend of this year's County Championships takes place in Maidenhead on March 26th with the last of the individual events and the team relays. Competing in the relays for NDSC will be:
Girls BAGCAT age 10-13: Abi Wood, Amy McBride, Paige Pope and Zara Ryan.
Boys BAGCAT Age 10-14: Luc Schreiber, James McFadzen, Harry Willingale and Blake Clark.
Girls age 9-11: Lauren Wall, Lexi Fellows, Imogen Jones, Millie Pope and Kerry Read

Zara Ryan takes double gold on opening day of County Championships

Newbury District's 2011 County Championship campaign got off to a golden start with 12 year old Zara Ryan winning both the long distance events on the opening day of the championships.
Coming home in 9.42.17secs in the 800m freestyle, Zara saw off a challenge from Amersham's Mia Poplawska to take the gold. This excellent time secured her 4th in the Junior Championship class of 14 years and under and 5th overall and also qualifies her for the South East Regional finals later in the season.
Zara's second win of the day came in the 1500m freestyle in a time of 19.39.62secs, which gained her silvers in both the Junior championship and overall classes.

TVJL Second Place

Congratulations to everyone who swam in the Thames Valley junior League over the 3 events. Newbury came 3rd in the final to give us a second place in the overall league.

Newbury win TVJL

The Newbury TVJL Round 1 team are now on the bus on the way back to pelican lane after winning the first round. We will arrive at 2125. well done everyone!

Cyprus Training Camp 2010

Newbury District Swimming Club and Reading Swimming Club are holding for the first time at joint Swim Training Camp in February 2011.

The joint Swim Training Camp, arranged through Sports Abroad will be using the 50m Olympic pool and facilities at the Coral Beach Resort, Cyprus.

The training team consists of 15 A and B squad swimmers and 3 coaches.

Newbury District Swimming Club would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the swim training camp.

Cyprus Tourist Organisation
Rebound Elecronics UK
Gerald Palmer Eling Trust

2010 National Arena Round 3 (A Final) Unofficial Results

The unofficial results are:
Wycombe 219
Woking 204
Newbury 171
Fareham 155
Brighton 149
Winchester 148

Well done to everybody who swam and gave their best in a very competitive event

The Byron Bicentennial Swim 2010

On the 3rd May 1810, Lord Byron swam across the Hellespont in Turkey, the stretch of water that divides Europe from Asia. Exactly 200 years to the day SwimTrek organised a crossing to recreate this heroic swim. This crossing was the culmination of the Byron Swim Festival, a 3 day event held in Canakkale, Turkey where Byron enthusiasts, keen swimmers, academics and the current Lord Byron came together to celebrate what is widely seen as the dawn of open water swimming as a sport.

Don't worry if you have missed it as there is another opportunity to celebrate the bicentenary in August. For full details go to www.swimhellespont.com

You can read full reports of the swim in the Financial Times, Daily Mail and the Guardian.

The other interesting article is in the 'Outdoor swimming Societys' website by Colin Hill who won the event.
He was looking to beat the record of 48mins but in the end because it was so cold and rough he managed it in 1hr 27mins. Article

I had decided to also do the swim in the 13 degree water without a wetsuit because I mistakenly thought it would be too easy with one. I managed the 5km swim (although I swam a lot further than that due to not being able to see where I was going) in 1hr 52mins and came in at 35th place out of 140, only about 20 of us swam without a wetsuit!

It was a great atmosphere with everyone keyed up for the event, and I intend continue to do the swim every year but in August, when the swim is to celebrate the Turkish victory in their war of independance.

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