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2010-2011 Season (archive)
Edinburgh International Age Group
Peterhead Graded
North District Age Group
Dyce Mini Meet
SAS Junior Meet Westhill
National Short Course Championships
Carnegie Long Course Open Winter Meet
Commonwealth Games
Garioch 200
Bridge of Don September Splash
Summer Bag Pack
European Championships
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HANNAH MILEY competed as part of Garioch Amateur Swimming Club at the Edinburgh International Age Group Championships 12th to 13th Feb in Tollcross, Glasgow. Hannah stole the show by winning 5 gold medals in 100free, 200back, 200IM, 100back, 200breast also demonstrating how superb turns and negative splits can win the race. Also swimming in fine form was Emily Jones (15) who picked up a plethora of medals which included gold 100breast, 200free, 200breast, silver 200fly, 100fly, 100free and bronze 200back, 200IM. Orla Adams (16) made a valuable contribution to the points by swimming an impressive 200backstroke to take gold, along with bronze in 200brst, 100brst. Alastair Miley (16) narrowly missed out on a gold medal by one 100th of a second to take silver in the 200backstroke but was still extremely happy with the result. Alastair also took bronze in 100back.
Robert Bryce (16) made the finals in the 100breast, 100free and obtained further consideration times for the SNAGS meet later on this year along with Ruth Bryce (14), Jemma Grant (13) and Jessica Thomson (12). David Smith, Thomas Holmes, Peter Holmes, Hamish Cooper, Sarah Smith, Nicole Mowat, Abbey Freer, Shannon Crawford all contributed to the team ethos.
Thanks go to Patrick, Gitte, Eavan and Anne for making the meet a success.
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A team of Garioch swimmers were competing at the Peterhead Graded Age Group Meet 12th Feb. They certainly did not disappoint with the medal haul:
- Caitlin O’Shaughnessy (11) gold 100back
- Rebecca Eggeling (10) gold 100free, 100fly
- Stuart Seymour (10) gold 100back, silver 100breast, bronze 100free
- Findlay Douglas (13) silver 100breast, bronze 100back
- Molly Carlier (14) bronze 100back
Thanks go to Bethany Carlier and Dave Seymour for making the meet run smoothly.
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Garioch Amateur Swimming Club travelled to Inverness to attend the North District Age Group Meet 5th Feb to 6th Feb.
Although there was fierce competition from the other clubs the swimmers attained some fantastic personal best times. Rebecca Eggeling (10) swam a beautiful 100 fly race to get a 10 second pb, whilst Shannon Crawford (11) eased her races to get a 17 second pb in the 100 back, a 16 second pb in the 200 fly and 13 second pb in the 100 free. Jessica Thomson (12) pulled out an amazing 32 second pb in the 400 free and along with Abbey Freer (12) gained qualifying times for the SNAGS meet later this year; Jessica in the 200 fly, 200 back and Abbey in the 100 free. Abbey also took huge chunks off her times getting a 12 second pb in the 100 brst and 10 second pb in the 100 fly, 200 brst and 100 back. Joseph Miley (13) competed at the younger end of his age group and still managed to get 4th place in the 400 IM whilst still getting pb’s in all his swims along with Peter Holmes (13) getting a further 6 second pb in the 200 fly. Molly Carlier (14) executed perfect turns in the back and free and got a 9 second pb in the 200 back.
All the swimmers were a credit to Garioch, still showing that hard work and determination pays off.
Thanks also go to the helpers who made this meet a success.
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Garioch Amateur Swimming Club sent a small team of youngsters to compete at the Dyce Mini Meet at Northfield Pool, Aberdeen. They were Ciara Adams, Heather McIntosh, Daniel McNally, Sophie McPhee, Marc Mowat, Spencer O’Grady, Caitlin O’Shaughnessy, Callum Ross, Sophie Stewart, Louis Zeegers.
The following swimmers won medals in their age categories:
Girls’ 11 years:
Ciara Adams gold 50Fly, bronze
50Breast;
Sophie McPhee gold 50Back, silver 50Free;
Caitlin O’Shaughnessy gold 50Breast;
Sophie Stewart bronze 50Back.
Sophie McPhee gold 50Back, silver 50Free;
Caitlin O’Shaughnessy gold 50Breast;
Sophie Stewart bronze 50Back.
Boys’ 11 years:
In addition to the medal haul the swimmers were making dramatic
improvements on their personal best times such as Louis getting a 23
second PB in the 100IM and 14 second PB in the 50Fly. Spencer O’Grady gold 50Free,
silver 50Back.
Girls’ 10 years: Heather McIntosh gold 50Fly,
silver 50Free, bronze 50Back and 50 Breast.
Boys’ 10 years: Marc Mowat gold 50Free, silver
50Back, bronze 50Fly.
Girls’ 9-11 years 100IM: Caitlin O’Shaughnessy
silver, Ciara Adams bronze.
This incredible achievement enabled the team to come joint 1st in the competition.
Thanks go to Gayle and her poolside helpers for making the meet a success.
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Garioch Swimming Club sent a small team along to compete in the SAS Junior Meet 15th/16th January at Westhill Swimming Pool. Jemma Grant, Thomas Holmes, and Joseph Miley had returned from competing in the British Gas Championships in Glasgow the previous weekend so fatigue was rife.
However, they did not disappoint as they chalked up the following medals in their age groups:
- Jemma (13)
- gold 800free, 400free, 200free,
- silver 400IM, 200IM, 200brst, 200fly;
- Thomas (15)
- gold 200brst, 25brst,
- bronze 1500free, 400free, 400IM, 200back;
- Joseph (13)
- silver 400free, 200free, 200fly
- bronze,400IM, 200IM, 200 brst, 200back.
The final accolade was that Jemma picked up the trophy for ‘best 13 year old girl’ and Thomas picked up the trophy for ‘best 15 year old boy’.
Thanks go to coaches Carol and Phoebe along with Keith, Elaine and all the helpers contributing to Garioch’s success.
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Garioch Amateur Swimming Club triumphed at the British Gas Scottish National Short Course Championship 2011 held in Tollcross, Glasgow 7th – 9th January. The team of 10 came 3rd out of 62 competing clubs and having such a small team entered this made it all the more spectacular. The team comprised Hannah Miley, Alastair Miley, Joseph Miley, Emily Jones, Orla Adams, Robert Bryce, David Smith, Sarah Smith, Thomas Holmes, Jemma Grant.
Hannah Miley was a huge asset to our achievement as she won 1st place medals in 9 finals and 2nd place medals in 2 finals. Emily Jones also contributed to the points by coming 2nd in 2 finals and 3rd in 1 final.
Other swimmers qualifying to make finals were Alastair in the 200bc, 400IM, 400fc, 200fly; Robert in the 400fc; David in the 200fly; Orla in the 50brst, 100brst, 200brst, 200IM, 400IM, 200bc, 400fc and once again Emily in the 200fly, 200bc, 200fc, 400fc.
The whole team swam with a great fighting spirit which enabled many of them to achieve personal best times throughout the competition. This was also reflected in the Relay events which confirmed the camaraderie of the team.
Thanks go to Coaches Patrick and Gitte for imparting their valuable advice and all the poolside helpers who made the event run smoothly.
(Swim Scotland Report)
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GARIOCH Amateur Swimming Club travelled to Tollcross, Glasgow to compete at the Carnegie Long Course Open Winter Meet 30th/31st October. This was a team event which meant a chilly start to their 5am departure by bus. However, the spirits were high. The team of 23 swimmers comprising Ciara Adams, Orla Adams, Robert Bryce, Ruth Bryce, Hamish Cooper, Shannon Crawford, Clara Douglas, Findlay Douglas, Abbey Freer, Chloe Grant, Jemma Grant, Peter Holmes, Thomas Holmes, Emily Jones, Hazel Johnston, Josie Laing, Alastair Miley, Joseph Miley, Nicole Mowat, Owen Robinson, Stuart Seymour, Sarah Smith, Jessica Thomson did not disappoint, coming 2nd overall .
The heat declared winner’s medals went to: Emily Jones gold 200 free, 200 IM, 200 fly; Alastair Miley gold 200 back, silver 400 free, 200 IM, bronze 200 free, 200 fly; Joseph Miley silver 200 back; Jemma Grant 4th place 400 free, 5th place 200 back; Jessica Thomson 5th place 200 fly; Robert Bryce silver 200 breast, bronze 200 free, 400 free, 4th place 200 IM.
The 100m final event medal winners went to: Emily Jones golds 50 free, 100 fly, 100 free; Alastair Miley silver 100 back and 5th place 100 free; Thomas Holmes bronze 100 breast; Jemma Grant bronze 100 free, 4th place 100 back; Joseph Miley 4th place 100 back; Jessica Thomson 5th place 100 fly and 100 free; Robert Bryce 5th place 100 free; Shannon Crawford 4th place 100 back.
Swimmers making other finals were Orla in the 100/50 free, Robert in the 100 breast, 50 free, Jemma in the 100 fly and 50 free, Joseph in the 100/50 free, and Peter in the 50 free. For our younger swimmers Owen and Stuart, this was a first time experience for them as they both made the 50 free final and Owen also made the 100 fly final. Abbey also made the finals in the 100 breast, 100 fly, 100 free and secured a bronze in the 50 free. Chloe sneaked into the 100 fly final and swam with a fighting spirit.
Emily was true to form with her medal haul along with Jessica who displayed a perfect freestyle technique. Alastair swam a superb backstroke which only added to the accolade of winning ‘best boy’ trophy in his age group. However, our greatest success story came from recent Garioch addition Robert Bryce who put on a display of tremendous swims which earned him ‘best boy’ trophy in his own age group. Overall, there was a great team spirit, led by inspired coach Gitte Whitehead, which was reflected in the many impressive pb’s that were gained along the way. In addition, this meet would not have been possible without the help from Jamie Laing and Garry Holmes who chauffeured the team to and from the meet.
Congratulations to all the athletes in the commonwealth games.
Special congratulations to Hannah Miley the Commonwealth Gold Medal winner in the 400 IM with a new Games record of 4:38.83
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Garioch 200 (Sep 10)
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GARIOCH Amateur Swimming Club held their Garioch Open 200 Meet on the 11th/12th September 2010 with the home team coming 2nd out of 15 competing clubs. Hannah M ---------
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As the team spirit started to build so did the points with Emily Jones winning a tremendous 8 gold medals in 200m breaststroke, 50m backstroke, 200m IM, 50m freestyle, 200m fly, 50m fly, 200m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and silver in 200m backstroke.
The rest of the home team were also hauling in the medals with Orla Adams winning silver in 200m breaststroke, 200m IM, 200m fly, 200m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and bronze in 50m freestyle, 200m backstroke and 50m fly; David Smith winning silver in 200m fly and 200m IM backstroke; Peter Holmes winning silver in 200m fly, 200m IM, 50m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and bronze in 50m fly, 200m freestyle and 200m backstroke; Jemma Grant winning silver in 200m fly, 200m freestyle and bronze in 200m breaststroke, 200m IM and 200m backstroke; Joseph Miley winning silver in 200m freestyle and 50m backstroke; Sarah Smith winning bronze in 200m fly; Lois Milne winning bronze in 200m freestyle.
Also contributing to the points and some impressive PBs were Thomas Holmes, Alastair Miley, Nicole Mowat, Haille Wilson and Owen Robinson, with 10 year old Stuart Seymour getting a 19 second PB in the 200m freestyle. Our 10/11 year old newcomers to the event namely Rebecca Eggeling, Chloe Grant, Ciara Adams, Shannon Crawford, Abbey Freer, Sophie McPhee, Caitlin O’Shaughnessy, Sophie Stewart and Jessica Thomson provided some spectacular swims and great PBs along with Victoria Allan, Molly Carlier, Hamish Cooper, Clara Douglas, Hazel Johnston and Matthew Smith.
All the swimmers contributed to making this a successful team event to which this would not have taken place without the help from the swimming pool team and the coaches/officials who gave up their time.
Garioch Amateur Swimming Club would also particularly like to thank our 4 main sponsors for generously supporting such a successful event:
- ANDERSONS, INVERURIE
- S + D FABRICATORS LTD
- LFF Scotland
- Central Investment
Mitchells the Dairy, De-Zire, Garioch Sports Centre, Halo, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Craigdon Sports, Headline, J G Ross, Inverurie Tile Centre, Oldmeldrum Golf Club Professional, Jill Sim Catering, Coop Kintore, G.A.S.C. Swim Club Members.
These donations helped to raise much needed funds for our club. Thank you!
Results.....awaiting report
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Championships Aug 2010 GARIOCH's Hannah Miley powered to a commanding gold in the 400m individual medley at swimming's European Championships this month in Budapest beating the current world champion CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL THE DETAILS |
Over the summer holidays GARIOCH swimmers, staff and parents carried out a very successful bag pack raising over £400 for the club.
Well done to all involved