GARIOCH AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB News 2003

2 SAS SWIMMERS INDUCTED INTO THE SCOTTISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT

Hannah Miley from Garioch and Christopher Chasser from Westhill are amongst the ten new swimming recruits see Spashmail of 9 December.

SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS OPEN

3 GASC swimmers - Hannah Miley, Chloe Adam and Jill Taylor - were part of the South Aberdeenshire team that went to Inverness for the Scottish Christmas Open meet.  Hannah won a gold in the 13/14 400M Freestyle and Silver in the 13/14 400IM.

Upper Deeside swimmer Kerry Buchan, also swimming for SAS, won several golds in the 15/16 age group and broke the Scottish Junior 1500M freestyle record by 12 seconds.

GASC times here

Full results on swimscotland

WINTER LEAGUE V HUNTLY

PBs were thin on the ground but great team spirit and fun for everyone at Huntly where Garioch won by 88 points to 49.  Times here

TIMEKEEPING COURSE

On Friday 5 December there was a course for budding time keepers.  The club now boasts 16 new probationary timekeepers and swimmers managed 33 new PBs during the practical session.  Here are the times. 

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003

See the Club Championships page here

NQTS

NQTs for the ASA Age groups next year.  If your aspirations are high have a look at the Qualifying Times page in the coaching section.

NORTH DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT MEET 1/2 NOVEMBER 2003 AT BANFF 

Garioch swimmers managed a staggering 54 PBs from 58 swims and came home with several medals.

Star of the weekend was undoubtedly Mark Adam who in winning 4 Gold medals and 2 Silvers broke 4 club records (50 back, 100 IM, 200 free, 200 back) in the 10 year age group.  

Other medallists for Garioch were Emma Weir, Robert Hayes (who also broke the club record for 50 back), Rachael Adam and Kimberley Murray.  Times can be found here 

WINTER LEAGUE V DEVERON 

On 4 October we hosted a Winter League match against Deveron.  An almost full strength squad gave Garioch a victory and times can be found here

DRUGS INFORMATION 

A new link has been added to our links page.  If you are unsure as to whether the cold remedy, nutritional supplement or anything else that you are taking will comply with the regulations, check the latest information at UK Sport’s Drug Information Database

SILVER CITY BLUES 

(Just in case you're not sure, it's a club in Aberdeen for masters swimmers).

A small team of Garioch masters went to the Silver City Blues open meet held in Westhill on 27 September.

Lynn Alderton, Mike Davidson, Joe Leonard, Wendy Primmer, Hugh Rees and Colin Watkins competed in a range of events and came home with several medals, a few PBs and although there was no award for the loudest shouters if there had been we would have won it.

After the event our masters were treated to a great buffet and a disco at Westhill Golf Club.  Thank you to the organisers.

TIME BAND MEET 

At our own time banded meet on 21 September Garioch retained the cup but only just!  Results below -

Garioch 46

Ythan 41

Westhill 34

Swimmers who swum faster than the cut off received a trophy:

Rachael Adam – Back (taking 39 secs off!) & Free (taking 18 secs off)

Kimberley Murray – Back (taking 22 secs off)

Medal Winners:

GOLD  Ewan Lyle – Fly, Barbara Hockridge - Back , Stephen Andrew – Free (taking 13secs off), Kimberley Murray – Fly (taking 13secs off)

SILVER Ewan Lyle – Brst & Free, Claire Brownie – Back & Free, David Rennie - Back , Jill Taylor - Fly

BRONZE Richard Binnie - Back, Christopher Mahony – Brst, Gordon Esslemont - Brst, Emma Weir – Free (taking 13secs off)

All that and 3 GOLD, 4 SILVER and 1 BRONZE in relay events.

Times here

WESTHILL MINNOWS 

We finished fourth in this graded meet with lots of finals and great performances from the relay teams of - 

Boys (Adin Low, Sidney Wright, Ewan Andrew & Marcus Adam) - Freestyle - Gold  & Medley - 6th

Girls (Laura Jack, Rosie Maddock, Mella Slattery & Jaimie Rees) Freestyle -Bronze & Medley – 5th

INDIVIDUAL FINALISTS:

9 yrs

Jaimie Rees (Back – Bronze, Fly – Silver, Brst – Bronze), Lucy Primmer (Free – 6th), Finn Hope (Brst – Bronze)

10 yrs

Sidney Wright (Back – 4th), Ewan Andrew (Back – Bronze, Fly – 4th), Rosie Maddock (Back – Gold, Brst – 4th)

11yrs

Adin Low (Back – Silver, Brst – Gold), Marcus Adam (Back – Bronze, Brst – 5th)

Times here

WORLD CLASS POTENTIAL HANNAH 

Hannah Miley has been selected for the British World Class Potential Programme along with 12 other Scots.  Scottish swimmers selected and their coaches shown below.

Euan Dale - Dougie Campbell - Millfield
Mark Branch - Sandy Blackwood - North Ayrshire
Scott Houston - Graham Wardell - REN 96
Caitlin McClatchey - Mark Perry - Norhampton
Chris Chasser - Gary Paterson - South Aberdeenshire
Lewis Smith - Ian Wright - Warrender
Rebecca Hillis - Andrena Hammond/Graham Wardell - REN 96
Lorna Smith - Graham Wardell - REN 96
Andrew Hunter - Dougie Campbell - Millfield
Hannah Miley - Patrick Miley/Gary Paterson - South Aberdeenshire
Adrian O'Neil - Eileen Adams - City of Aberdeen
Fiona Andrews - Andrena Hammond - REN 96
Michael Jamieson - Louise Clayton/Bill Penny - City of Glasgow

BRIDGE OF DON SPLASH 

PBs nearly all round as 31 swimmers made their mark at the September Splash.  A new 9 years 100 back club record to Jaimie Rees, and Robert Hayes beat the cut off time for a speeding ticket in 100 free and 100 back whilst Emma Weir also got a ticket in the 100 free. 

Medals won by:

Gold – Kimberley Murray (Breast & Fly), Callum Ross (Back), Mark Adam (Fly), Rosie Maddock (Back)

Silver – Rachael Dalgarno (Breast), Christopher Walster (Fly), Stephen Andrew (Fly), Ian Barrack (Back), Sidney Wright (Free), Mark Adam (Breast)

Bronze – Gordon Esslemont (Fly), Joe Whiteman (Back), Emma Weir (Fly), Ewan Andrew (Back)

Results of Garioch swimmers here

SQUAD MEMBERS 

A list of squad members has been added to the coaching page.

PRESENTATION EVENING REPORT 

On 22 August there was a Start of Season Presentation Evening to give members the chance to hear about plans and discuss opportunities within the club.

The meeting was attended by over 70 members from all sections of the club (competitive, recreational, specials, masters, teachers, parents, and all!).

After a welcoming opening address from Club President Pat Maher, Head Coach Patrick Miley then gave a presentation with a breakdown of current practices and expectations within the club.  He also explored pathways to World Class Potential and beyond from the very beginning of club level swimming.  For more details see Coaching or take the quick route here

Squads Manager Lynne Walster, (who has taken on this role in addition to her primary role as a club coach) outlined the functions of Squads Manager and explained club expectations of squad swimmers.

Anita Weir then unfolded some of the mysteries of the treasurer’s role by explaining how charging is managed and breaking down some of the elements that cause confusion about bills.  For Anita's financial tips see here 

All in all a very informative and enjoyable presentation, and then we all went swimming!!!!

CLUB RECORDS 

Club Records - 

    Open and 

    Age on the Day 

can now be found on the Times and Results Page or follow the link here  

ARE YOU IN THEM?  

It has not been possible to search all historical records as yet so some of these records may change for older ones as more information becomes available.  Meantime enjoy your 5 minutes of fame................... 

CONGRATULATIONS HANNAH! 

I know that we are all used to reading and hearing about Hannah Miley's successes but now she is a British Age Group Champion - not only once but three times over.  Best of all Hannah is now British 13 year old girl BAGCAT champion - CONGRATULATIONS!

Hannah was the first Briton home in 200M freestyle, 200M fly and 400M IM at the ASA National Age Group Championships held from 27 - 30 July at the Pond's Forge pool down in Sheffield.

Full results and photos can be found on ASA website BAGCAT results 

NORTH DISTRICT SPRINTS 

These were held at Westhill on 28 June 2003.  To see your times click here or check Swimscotland for the full results.  Three gold medals and two silvers for Hannah Miley and a bronze medal for Jill Taylor.  Well done!

NATIONALS 

Many top swimmers from across the UK took part in the Scottish National and Age Group finals at Tollcross, Glasgow from 18 - 22 June 2003.  This presented the younger age group the opportunity to see the stars in action close up and in some cases compete with them.

It was an excellent few days, made all the more so by some great perfomances by the local South Aberdeenshire Swim Team (SAS) who came second overall in the team competition.

Once again Garioch team members played their part and in the Age Group section Hannah Miley took two National titles in the 400m IM and 200m butterfly. In addition to these golds she took silver medals in the 800m free; 400m free; 200m back and 200m IM and bronze in the 100m fly and 200m free. 

The team relay events are a major contributor to the points totals and Hannah was joined by Garioch team mate Barbara Hockridge in winning the silver medal in the 4x50m Medley relay. 

Times from the Nationals are available at Swim scotland but for Garioch times only see here.  

You can see pictures from this event by visiting http://www.swpixevents.com

SAS LEAGUE 

Westhill were the winners of the 2003 SAS league trophy but GASC swimmers swam well in match 4.  A list of times can be found here (in pdf format) 30 pbs from 43 swims - well done!

NORTH DISTRICT SENIOR DEVELOPMENT MEET 

Medalists below.

EXCEEDED CUT OFF: Drew Bond (200 Back)

MEDALS:

GOLD – Chris Walster (50 BC & Brst)

SILVER – Luke White (200 BC & IM), Chris Walster (200 Brst)

BRONZE – Luke White (50 BC & Free), Gordon Esslemont (200 Brst & Free), Lynsey Barron (200 Brst), Stephen Andrew (200 Brst)

PETERHEAD MINI MEET 

Medals went to -

Boys 10 years relay team of Mark Adam, Robert Hayes, Marcus Adam, Ewan Andrew (2 gold)

Mark Adam (1 gold, 2 silver & 5th place)

Robert Hayes (1 bronze & 2 4th place)

WELL DONE!

PB TIMES UPDATE 

PB times are now stored in a different way which should make it easier for the webmaster to update them although this does mean that they will look different.  

Times have been updated to include all those shown on the results list.  They are shown as rankings rather than the age as shown previously.

To see the new PB times click here.  Comments about this new format will be very welcome.  Send them please to the webmaster

JUNE SPLASH CHAT INCLUDING HOLIDAY TRAINING DATES 

See the splash chat page here to see the latest splash chat or check on any old issues.

YTHAN SPRINTS 24 May 2003

TOO FAST – Chris Walster (50 Breast)

MEDALS:

GOLD – Joe Whiteman (IM & free), Lucy Skitmore (IM & Free), Rachael Adam (Fly), Kimberley Murray (BC), Emma Weir (Brst)

SILVER – Chris Walster (IM), Joe Whiteman (Fly & BC), Drew Bond (BC),

 BRONZE – Boys 14+ Medley & Freestyle Relay team, Rachael Adam (BC)

All the times are here

DEE DON CHALLENGE 25 MAY 2003 

Swimmers from GASC attended Tullos Pool to take part in the first ever Dee Don challenge.  This is a beta style event and we were competing against teams from Cults Otters, Banchory Beavers and Aberdeen Amateurs.

It was a great event with a very happy atmosphere and was won by Cults Otters with Garioch finishing third.

NEASCA Championships 

MEDALS: 

GOLD – Boys 13&O Freestyle Relay team,

SILVER – Girls 13&O / 12&U Medley Relay teams,

BRONZE – Girls 13&O / 12&U Freestyle Relay teams,

4^th – Luke White (brst), Claire B (fly), Ewan B (bc), Joe W (IM), Lucy S (IM), Kieran A (BC), Laura Jack (brst & free)

5^th – Gordon Esselmont (bc), Ewan B (IM), Marcus Adam (brst), Sidney Wright (free)

6^th – Luke W (free), Drew Bond (brst), Gordon E (brst & free), Marcus Adam (free)

Inverness Graded Meet 

31 swimmers travelled to Inverness on May 10 2003.  They returned with 60 personal bests from 81 swims, 1 speeding ticket, 5 gold medals, 11 silver medals, 7 bronze medals and the Inverness Graded Meet Trophy.  Fantastic!

Swimming Terminology 

Do you know what your coach/swimmer/friend is talking about?

If swimming terminology is your weak point, find out more on our terminology page within the coaching section - swimming abbreviations will follow soon.

Coaches Bulletins 

Splashchats can now be found on this website on the coaching pages.  You can also read the contents of Patrick's butterfly seminar and other coaching bulletins will appear as they are produced.

North District 

Results from North District are here

A fabulous 27 Personal bests, 18 medals (11 gold and one silver for Hannah Miley, 2 silver for Steven Rennie, 1 silver and 1 bronze for Jamie Whiteman, 1 bronze for Chloe Adam and 1 bronze for Lucy Skitmore), lots of finalists and 6 North District Records.

Boys v Girls Gala 1 March 2003 

Well it was a close match (not!) and great fun with the boys winning by 82 points to 52.  The girls demand a rematch!

A few shots of us all in action.  Click on the picture for a bigger version.

Nice streamline!	Reach for the skies!	Who is that boy?	Best shot of the night.
Great start but look at those officials!	See the hands on!	Not quite to grips with over the top starts.	Where's that wall?
Aaaaaah....	Caught the coach in the corner ;-)	I'm sure they said it was the cycle first.....	When they say guys in speedos.........

Elgin Graded Meet 15 February 

WE WON THE ELGIN GRADED MEET TROPHY

Well done swimmers!