2011 December » Leighton Buzzard Swimming Club

Young Swimmers gain their Distance Badges

LBSC Fun Gala

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Dec 162011

LBSC Fun Gala including Parent reaces

LBSC Annual Awards Criteria

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Dec 142011

Junior of the Year
This is based on the points achieved in the club championships for 12 years and under. Awarded to top boy and girl

Senior of the Year
As above but 13 and over

Award for Technical Excellence
For swimmers up to and including 10 years of age. To encourage technical excellence in young swimmers. Awarded to up to two boys and girls with the best technique across all three strokes. Swimmers are judged by the junior league coaches (minimum of three)

Most Improved Young Swimmer
Awarded to the boy and girl in the junior age group (up to and including 12 years of age as at 31st December) by the junior league coaches (min of 3). Each teacher will receive a nominations form during November. They will nominate swimmers they teach based on the following points;
1. Improvement in all four strokes.
2.Recorded improvements in PB times, When using the % improvement in times, each swimmer should have his total % improvement divided by the number of events they have times for , with a minimum set of 8 events (from all strokes 25m, 50m, 100m +100IM. Bonus points achieved in SPILLS also to be used.
3. Have a good attitude
4. Are committed
Nomination forms to go to committee award meeting in Dec and committee to make final decision

Club award
For competitive swimmers of 14 yrs +, a swimmer at any level. Given for the greatest contribution to the success of the swimming club. Incentive for 14+ to take a broader involvement in the club and to recognise that contribution.
Contributions could be in the way of
1.Willingness to swim Swimmers must have entered club championships, spills and participate when selected in club galas
2.Participation in Open meets
3.Helping in the organisation of open meets
4.Teaching: Gaining teaching qualifications, helping with learn to swim, qualifying as junior timekeepers or judges,
5.Help with social events
6.Any support for the club encourage and support the younger swimmers
Nominations should be made to chair of committee from coaching staff or committee members. Committee members to have final vote at the December award meeting

Swimmer of the year
Swimmer of the year will be given to the boy and girl who have achieved competitive excellence over the whole year based on:-
1. To be awarded to one boy and one girl swimmer

2.In the year of competition, the swimmer gaining the highest number of
a. National qualifying times
b. Zonal qualifying times
b. Regional qualifying times
c. County qualifying times

3. measurement of performance using the ASA graded tables, across all four strokes.

Christmas & New Year Training

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Dec 122011

Monday
Green Park
Last session
12 December 2011 training recommences
9 January 2012.

Tuesday
Tiddenfoot
Last session
20 December 2011
training recommences
3 January 2012.

Thursday
Halton
Last session
22 December 2011 training recommences
5 January 2012 .

Friday
Tiddenfoot
Last session
23 December 2011
training recommences
6 January 2012.

All county qualifiers are invited to train 4.00 pm -6.00pm Friday 30 December
there will be a small charge made for swimmers attending this session.

Sunday
Tiddenfoot
Last session
18 December 2011 training recommences
8 January 2012.

Leighton Buzzard Win Home Novice Gala

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Dec 122011

Leighton Buzzard Swimming Club ran a Novice Gala at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre on 3rd December and won it in style! The gala was swum against Putteridge Piranhas, Letchworth Sharks, Linslade Crusaders and Aylesbury and District clubs.

Leighton Buzzard got off to a great start at the gala by winning both the girls and the boys freestyle relay events. In all, Leighton Buzzard won ten of the 41 events in the gala and achieved second places in a further 10 events including the girls 11 and under 4 x 25m freestyle relay. Individual events won were the boys 50m breaststroke by Frazer Hughes, the boys 50m freestyle by Fionn Bell, the boys 11 and under 25m butterfly by Will Abbott, the girls 50m backstroke by Zoe Bisby, the boys 50m breaststroke by John Shaw, the girls 11 and under 50m backstroke by Amy Edwins and the girls 50m backstroke by Georgina Hawkes. Those all important second places achieved in individual events were by Ashleigh Fisher, Kieran Hawkes, Lauren Faulkner (2), Freya Payne, Will Shaw, Kayleigh Holroyd and Louis Hunt. Second places were also achieved in two team events.

Graeme Bell, Junior Squad Coach at LBSC was delighted with the result and said: ‘What more can you ask? First – great work team!’

The final result of the gala was: Leighton Buzzard – 1st on 162 points, Linslade Crusaders 2nd on 141 points, Aylesbury 3rd on 132 points, Letchworth 4th on 126 points and Putteridge 5th on 100 points.

Winter Short Course Regional Success for Leighton Buzzard Swimmers!

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Dec 122011

Leighton Buzzard Swimming Club’s Lucy Gregory and Jessica Payne recently both took part in the ASA East Region ‘Winter Short Course Championships’ and achieved some great results! The meet was held at the University of East Anglia pool in Norwich over the weekend of 3rd and 4th December 2011.

All Regional galas require qualifying times to be achieved in advance as a condition of entry and Lucy was eligible to enter the 50m butterfly, the 50m backstroke and the 100m backstroke events and Jess qualified for the 50m freestyle. All events were held with heats first and the top places going through to the finals. In the 50m butterfly heats, Lucy achieved 12th place, she achieved 13th place in the 50m backstroke heats and 16th place in the 100m backstroke heat, thereby qualifying for the ‘B’ finals of all three.

In the 50m butterfly, Luck clipped 23 hundredths of a second of her final time from the heat and achieved 4th place. She also clipped a few hundredths of a second of her 50m backstroke final time coming in at 6th place. A very respectable 8th place was also achieved in the 100m backstroke final. Jess came 42nd in the freestyle with a new personal best time of 29.17 seconds.

Head Coach of LBSC John Honey said ‘Both swimmers did very well by achieving qualifying times and Lucy then went on to achieve some further great results by getting through to the finals of the three events’.