Garioch Amateur Swimming Club travelled to the City of Glasgow Long Course Open Age Group Meet on 1st & 2nd May. It was an exceptionally large team of 23 swimmers, all keen to record LC times. No- one in the team came back disappointed. There were also a large number of swimmers that got in amongst the medals:

Phoebe Whitehead (15): Gold in 800m freestyle; Silver in 400m freestyle; Bronze in 200m IM, 200m Breaststroke, 200m fly.
Emily Jones (14): Gold in 200m freestyle, 200m IM, 800m freestyle, 100m fly, 100m freestyle, 400m IM, 200m fly, 400m freestyle.
Hannah Craig (14): Bronze in 100m breaststroke.
Jemma Grant (12): Gold in 400m IM; Silver in 400m freestyle; Bronze in 200m IM, 1500m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 100m fly.
Greig Rennie (15): Gold in 100m breaststroke, 1500m freestyle, 200m breaststroke; Bronze in 400m IM, 400m freestyle.
Alastair Miley (15): Gold in 400m IM; Silver in 200m backstroke, 100m backstroke; Bronze in 200m freestyle, 1500m freestyle.
Andrew Bryce (14): Gold in 100m freestyle, Silver in 400m IM.
Thomas Holmes (14): Silver in 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 200m fly.
Joseph Miley (12): Gold in 400m IM; Silver in 200m backstroke, 100m backstroke; Bronze in 200m IM.

David Smith, Sarah Smith, Molly Carlier, Victoria Allan, Josephine Laing, Matthew Smith, Hazel Johnston, Nicole Mowat, Peter Holmes, Findlay Douglas already had some Long Course times on record but added to them with some impressive PB’s. For Abbey Freer, Jessica Thomson, Owen Robinson and Chloe Grant this was their first Long Course meet where they gained good experience and some quality PB’s.

Our thanks go to Gitte Whitehead and all her poolside helpers who kept the momentum high in this smooth running event.

Buckie Age Group 24th April to 25th April.

Results

A small team of young swimmers from the Garioch Amateur Swimming Club competed at the Buckie Age Group 24th April to 25th April. The team included William Walker, Victoria Allan, Molly Carlier, Clara Douglas, Matthew Smith, Josephine Laing, Peter Holmes, Hamish Cooper, Findlay Douglas, Nicole Mowat, Haillie Wilson, Hazel Johnston, Jessica Thomson Abbey Freer and Owen Robinson. Although no medals were gained there were some impressive PB’s. Hamish with a 52 sec PB for 400m IM, Peter with a 20 sec PB for 400m IM taking 4th place, Matthew with a 24 and 25 sec PB for 400m IM and 400m free, Nicole with a 22 sec PB for 400m free. All the swimmers achieved PB’s on nearly every stroke so it was a huge success. Thanks go to coach Helen Smith and her poolside helpers.

SCOTTISH NATIONAL AGE GROUPS - TOLLCROSS (Apr 10)

SNAGS Results

GARIOCH come 10^th overall

Garioch Amateur Swimming Club sent a group of swimmers to the Scottish National Age Group Championships (SNAGS) which were held over four days 8th – 11th April at Tollcross, Glasgow. The team included Andrew Bryce, Thomas Holmes, Alastair Miley, Joseph Miley, Greig Rennie, David Smith, William Walker, Orla Adams, Hannah Craig, Jemma Grant, Emily Jones, Lois Milne, Sarah Smith and Phoebe Whitehead who had all qualified to swim at this prestigious meet. Hamish Cooper, Peter Holmes, Matthew Smith, Nicole Mowat and Haillie Wilson also travelled down to compete in the Relay events.

Emily Jones (14) headed into the finals as fastest qualifier in all her heats to win a staggering 10 gold medals for 100m breaststroke, 200m IM, 400m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 800m freestyle, 200m fly, 100m freestyle, 100m fly and 400m IM. Other medal winners included Orla Adams (15) who did an impressive swim to take silver in the 400m IM and also 2 bronze medals in the 200m breaststroke and 200m backstroke. Alastair Miley (15) was fastest qualifier in his heat and went on to take silver in the 200m backstroke. Joseph Miley (12) also took silver in the 200m backstroke and achieved a well deserved gold medal in the 400m IM. Greig Rennie (15) qualified fourth in the 200m breaststroke heat and then went on to win a bronze medal in the final.

It was a great achievement to see many of the swimmers make at least one final. The distance swimmers namely Phoebe Whitehead (15) and Lois Milne (12) competed in the 1500m freestyle where they narrowly missed out on a medal taking fourth place, but gained great PBs. Andrew Bryce (14) gained a well deserved fifth position in the qualifying and final of the 100m freestyle whilst Jemma Grant (12) had excellent placings in the 400m freestyle and 400m IM events. For some of our swimmers this was their First National Final. Thomas Holmes (14) qualified fourth in the 200m breaststroke, Sarah Smith (15) qualified for the 200m fly final and Hannah Craig (14) made the finals of the breaststroke. The Relay events were quite spectacular and highlighted the team spirit at the meet. David Smith (17) swam a superb fly leg in the 400 Medley Relay as did Nicole (12) and Haillie (12) in the 800 and 400 Free Relay Lead Off.

Garioch finished 10th overall, out of 83 competing Clubs. A great achievement!

Ultimately, this event could not have taken place without the excellent coaching support of Patrick Miley and Gitte Whitehead and all the poolside helpers.

Emily's Article in Scottish Swimming

DAY 4 - Session 3

Greig Rennie comes in 4th in the Boys 15 year old 200m free FINAL
Lois Milne comes in 10th in the Girls 10-12 200m back FINAL
Emily Jones comes in 9th place in the Girls 14 year old 200m back FINAL
Orla Adams takes BRONZE in the Girls 200m back FINAL
Joseph Miley comes 8th in the Boys 10-12 200m brst FINAL
Thomas Holmes comes in 7th in the Boys 14 year old 200m brst FINAL (First National Final)
Greig Rennie takes BRONZE in the 15 year old 200m brst FINAL
Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 100m fly FINAL
Boys 11-14 year old 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Joseph Miley, Hamish Cooper, Peter Holmes & Matthew Smith finish in 5:45:07
Boys 15-18 year old 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Alastair Miley, Greig Rennie, David Smith & Andrew Bryce finish in 4:18:75
Girls 11-13 year old 4 x 100m free relay - Haillie Wilson, Nicole Mowat, Jemma Grant & Lois Milne finish in 4:41:56
Girls 14-17 year old 4 x 100m free relay - Hannah Craig, Emily Jones, Orla Adams & Phoebe Whitehead finish in 4:11:50

DAY 4 - Session 2

Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 400m IM (HDW)
Orla Adams takes SILVER in the Girls 15 year old 400m IM (HDW)

DAY 4 - Session 1

Joseph Miley makes 2nd reserve in the Boys 11-12 year old 200m free FINAL
Greig Rennie makes Boys 15 year old 200m free FINAL
Lois Milne makes Girls 10-12 200m back FINAL
Emily Jones makes Girls 14 year old 200m back FINAL
Orla Adams makes Girls 200m back FINAL
Joseph Miley makes Boys 10-12 200m brst FINAL
Thomas Holmes makes Boys 14 year old 200m brst FINAL (First National Final)
Greig Rennie makes 15 year old 200m brst FINAL
Emily Jones makes Girls 14 year old 100m fly FINAL

DAY 3 - Session 3

Grieg Rennie comes 5th in the Boys 15 year olds 100m brst FINAL
Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 200m fly FINAL
Sarah Smith comes 9th in the Girls 15 year old 200m fly FINAL (First National Final)
Phoebe Whitehead comes 10th in the Girls 15 year old 200m fly FINAL
Joseph Miley comes 5th in the Boys 11-12 year old 200m IM FINAL
Greig Rennie comes in 6th in the Boys 15 year old 200m IM FINAL
Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 100m free FINAL
Orla Adams comes in 8th place in the Girls 15 year old 100m free FINAL
Joseph Miley comes in 5th in the Boys 11-12 year old 100m back FINAL
Alastair Miley comes in 5th place in the Boys 15 year old 100m back FINAL
Girls 11-13 4 x 200m free relay - Nicole Mowat, Haillie Wilson, Lois Milne & Jemma Grant finish in 10:03:90
Girls 14-17 4 x 200m fee relay - Orla Adams, Emily Jones, Hannah Craig & Phoebe Whitehead finish in 4th place in 08:57:12

DAY 3 - Session 2

Joseph Miley completes Boys 11-12 year old 1500m free in 19:11:94
Lois Milne completes Girls 11-14 year old 1500m free in 19:49:44
Phoebe Whitehead completes Girls 15 year old 1500m free in 18:22:43

DAY 3 - Session 1

Grieg Rennie makes Boys 15 year olds 100m brst FINAL
Emily Jones makes Girls 14 year old 200m fly FINAL
Phoebe Whitehead makes Girls 15 year old 200m fly FINAL
Sarah Smith makes Girls 15 year old 200m fly FINAL
Joseph Miley makes Boys 11-12 year old 200m IM FINAL
Andrew Bryce makes 2nd reserve in the Boys 14 year old 200m IM
Greig Rennie makes Boys 15 year old 200m IM FINAL
Alastair Miley makes 2nd reserve in the Boys 15 year old 200m IM
Orla Adams makes Girls 15 year old 100m free FINAL
Emily Jones makes Girls 14 year old 100m free FINAL
Joseph Miley makes Boys 11-12 year old 100m back FINAL
Alastair Miley makes Boys 15 year old 100m back FINAL

DAY 2 - Session 3

Lois Milne comes in 9th in the Girls 11-12 year old 200m free FINAL
Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 200m free FINAL
Joseph Miley takes SILVER in the Boys 11-12 year old 200m back FINAL, but GOLD as Scottish National.
Alastair Miley takes SILVER in the Boys 14 year old 200m back FINAL (First National Medal)
Hannah Craig comes in 9th in the Girls 14 year old 200m bsrt FINAL
Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 200m brst FINAL
Orla Adams takes BRONZE in the Girls 15 year old 200m brst FINAL
Greig Rennie comes in 8th in the Boys 15 year old 100m fly FINAL
Girls 11-13 year old 4 x 100m Medley Relay Lois Milne, Nicole Mowat, Jemma Grant & Haillie Wilson - finished in 5:35:40
Girls 14-17 4 x 100m Medley Relay Orla Adams, Emily Jones, Hannah Craig, Phoebe Whitehead - finished in 4:48.26
Boys 11-14 4 x 100m free Relay Joseph Miley, Peter Holmes, Matthew Smith & Hamish Cooper - finished in 4:48:03
Boys 15 - 18 4 x 100m free Relay Alastair Miley, David Smith, Andrew Bryce & Greig Rennie - finished in 3:54:14

DAY 2 - Session 2

Joseph Miley takes GOLD in the Boys 11-12 year old 400m IM (HDW)
Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 800m free (HDW)

DAY 2 - Session 1

Lois Milne makes Girls 11-12 year old 200m free FINAL
Jemma Grant makes 1st reserve for Girls 11-12 year old 200m free FINAL
Emily Jones makes Girls 14 year old 200m free FINAL
Joseph Miley makes Boys 10-12 year old 200m back FINAL
Alastair Miley makes Boys 14 year old 200m back FINAL
Hannah Craig makes 2nd reserve for Girls 14 year old 200m bsrt FINAL
Emily Jones makes Girls 14 year old 200m brst FINAL
Orla Adams makes Girls 15 year old 200m brst FINAL
Andrew Bryce makes 2nd reserve in Boys 14 year old 100m fly FINAL
Greig Rennie makes Boys 15 year old 100m fly FINAL
Alastair Miley makes 2nd reserve in Boys 15 year old 100m fly FINAL

DAY 1 - Session 3

Boys 11-14 years old 200m free Relay - Joseph Miley, Peter Holmes, Hamish Cooper & Matthew Smith finished in 10:30:79
Boys 15-18 years old 200m free Relay - Alastair Miley, Greig Rennie, David Smith & Andrew Bryce - 08:26:62, 10th Place
Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 100m brst FINAL
Hannah comes in 10th in the Girls 14 year old 100m bst FINAL (First Ever National Final)
Orla Adams comes in 4th in the Girls 15 year old 100m brst FINAL
Joseph Miley comes in 8th in the Boys 11-12 year old 200m fly FINAL
Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 200m IM FINAL
Orla Adams comes in 7th in the Girls 15 year old 200m IM FINAL
Andrew Bryce Boys comes in 5th in the Boys14 year old 100m free FINAL
Greig Rennie comes in 5th in the Boys 15 year old 100m free FINAL

DAY 1 - Session 2

Emily Jones takes GOLD in the Girls 14 year old 400 free (HDW)

DAY 1 - Session 1

Emily Jones makes Girls 14 year old 100m brst FINAL
Hannah Craig makes Girls 14 year old 100m bst FINAL
Orla Adams makes Girls 15 year old 100m brst FINAL
Joseph Miley makes Boys 11-12 year old 200m fly FINAL
Emily Jones makes Girls 14 year old 200m IM FINAL
Orla Adams makes Girls 15 year old 200m IM FINAL
Andrew Bryce makes Boys 14 year old 100m free FINAL
Greig Rennie makes Boys 15 year old 100m free FINAL

BRITISH GAS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Sheffield (Mar - Apr)

Results

The British Gas Swimming Championships (50m) began at Ponds Forge in Sheffield with Britain's elite swimmers battling hard to secure places on the National Team for Europe, as well as posting consideration times for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October.
Hannah Miley enjoyed a strong first day of competition, taking the 200m IM title. Hannah turned in third place after the butterfly and eased ahead of the field during the backstroke leg. Miley was pushed hard during the breaststroke length by youngster Aimee Willmott (Middlesboro) but kicked hard and eased to victory in the final 50m to win in a time of 2:12.32

NORTH DISTRICT AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS - Inverness (Mar 10)

Results

DAY 2 SESSION 2

Lois Milne and Jemma Grant make Girls 10-12 200m IM Final
Thomas & Andrew Bryce make Boys 13-14 100m Breaststroke Final
Emily Jones 1.13.98 (PB) & District Record & Hannah Craig make the Girls 13-14 100m Breaststroke Final
Greig Rennie makes Boys 15 & Over 200m IM Final
Orla Adams makes Girls 15 & Over 200m IM Final
Joseph Miley makes Bops 10-12 100m Fly Final
Jemma Grant makes Girls 10-12 100m Fly Final
Emily Jones takes Gold in Girls 13-14 200m Backstroke
Orla Adams makes Girls 15 & Over 100m Freestyle Final
Lois Milne takes Gold & Jemma Grant takes Silver in Girls 10-12 1500m Freestyle
Phoebe Whitehead take Bronze in the Girls 15 Over 1500m Freestyle
Garioch Boys take the 14 & over 400m Medley Relay
Garioch 14 & Over Girls take the Gold in the 400m Medley Relay
Joseph Miley takes Gold in the Boys 10-12 400m IM
Andrew Bryce takes Bronze in the Boys 13-14 400m IM
Greig Rennie takes Bronze in Boys 15 & Over 400m IM

DAY 2 SESSION 1

Emily Jones takes Gold in the Girls 13-14 400m IM
Orla Adams takes Gold in Girls 15 & Over 400m IM in 5.01.75 (PB)
Andrew Bryce takes Bronze in the Boys 13-14 200m Freestyle
Emily Jones takes Gold in the Girls 13-14 200m Freestyle
Joseph Miley takes Silver in the Boys10-12 200m Fly in 2.45.37 (PB)
Jemma Grant takes Bronze in the Girls 10-12 200m Fly in 2.45.37 (PB)
Joseph Miley makes Boys 10-12 100m Backstroke Final 1.10.14 (PB)
Jemma Grant 1.16.30 (PB) & Lois Milne 1.15.24 (PB) make Girls 10-12 100m Backstroke Final
Phoebe Whitehead 1.12.34 (PB) & Sarah Smith make Girls 15 & Over 100m Fly Final

DAY 1 SESSION 3 - FINALS

Andrew Bryce takes Gold in the Boys 13-14 100m Freestyle in 57.05 (PB)
Hannah Miley takes Gold in the Girls 15 & Over 100m Backstroke
Andrew Bryce takes Silver in the Boys 13-14 100m Fly in 1.04.87 (PB)
Emily Jones takes Gold in the Girls 13-14 100m Fly 1.04.28 (PB)
Peter Holmes is placed 4th in the Boys 10-12 100m Breaststroke
Jemma Grant is placed 4th in the Girls 10-12 100m Breaststroke
Greig Rennie takes Silver in Boys 15 & over 100m Breaststroke in 1.07.44 (PB)
Orla Adams takes Bronze in the 15 & Over 100m Breaststroke
Andrew Bryce takes Gold in the Boys 13-14 200m IM in 2.20.41 (PB) & Thomas Holmes is placed 5th in 2.24.00 (PB)
Emily Jones takes Gold in the Girls 13-14 200IM
Joseph Miley is placed 4th in Boys 10-12 100m Freestyle Final
Lois Milne & Jemma Grant take 6th & 7th place respectively in the Girls 10-12 Freestyle Final

DAY 1 SESSION 2

Hannah Miley takes Gold in the 15 & Over 800m Freestyle
Emily Jones takes Gold in the Girls 13-14 800m Freestyle in 8.57.27 (PB)
Peter Holmes makes Boys 10-12 100m Breaststroke Final in 1.32.45 (PB)
Jemma Grant makes Girls 10-12 100m Final in 1.27.39 (PB)
Thomas Holmes takes Bronze in the Boys 13-14 200m Breaststroke in 2.40.18 (PB)
Hannah Miley makes Girls 15 & Over 100m Backstroke in 1.03.84
Emily Jones takes Gold in the Girls 13-14 200m Breaststroke in 2.35.08 (PB)
Joseph Miley takes Gold in the Boys 10-12 200m Backstroke in 2.26.32
Hannah Miley takes Gold in the Girls 15 & Over 200m Breaststroke
Orla Adams takes Bronze in the Girls 15 & Over 200m Breaststroke in 2.39.70
Andrew Bryce makes Boys 13-14 100m Fly in 2.06.30 (PB)
Emily Jones makes Girls 13-14 100m Fly Final in 1.05.44
Joseph Miley takes Bronze in the Boys 10-12m Freestyle in 2.16.75
Jemma Grant takes Bronze in the Girls 10-12 200m Freestyle in 2.22.27 (PB)

DAY 1 SESSION 1

Orla Adams takes Bronze in the Girls 15 & Over 200m Backstroke in 2.21.84 (PB)
Emily Jones takes Gold in the Girls 13-14 200m Fly in 2.19.95 (PB)
Joseph Miley makes Boys 10-12 100m Freestyle Final in 1.05.02 (PB)
Lois Milne 1.05.57 (PB) & Jemma Grant 1.07.57 (PB) make Girls 10-12m Freestyle Final
Greig Rennie makes Boys 15 & Over 100m Breaststroke Final in 1.08.96 (PB)
Orla Adams makes Girls 15 & Over 100m Breaststroke in 1.14.30
Andrew Bryce makes Boys 13-14 100m Freestyle Final in 57.85
Hannah Craig makes Girls 13-14m Freestyle Final in 1.03.73 (PB)
Jemma Grant takes Bronze in the Girls 10-12 200m Breaststroke in 3.01.09 (PB)
Andrew Bryce 2.25.70 & Thomas Holmes 2.26.71 (PB) make 200IM Final
Emily Jones makes 200IM Final in 2.19.42 (PB)
Joseph Miley takes Bronze in the Boys 10-12 400m freestyle 4.43.95 (PB)

Elgin ASC Meet (Feb 10)

Results

A small team of swimmers competed at the Elgin A.S.C. meet held at Buckie Leisure Centre on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st February. They were Hannah Craig, Clara Douglas, Jemma Grant, Beth McIntosh, Lois Milne, Rachel Taylor, Findlay Douglas, Matthew Smith, Thomas Holmes and Peter Holmes. Although it was an icy journey the temperature started to warm up once the swimmers started to haul in the medals. The following won in their age groups:

Hannah Craig (14) gold medals for 200m and 50m freestyle, 200m and 50m breaststroke, silver medals for 200m and 50m fly. Thomas Holmes (14) 5th place medals for 200m freestyle and 200m fly. Peter Holmes (12) a 4th place medal for 50m breaststroke. Lois Milne (12) a bronze medal for 200m freestyle. Rachel Taylor (11) silver medals for 200m and 50m breaststroke. Jemma Grant (12) a bronze medal for 200m fly, 4th place medals for 200m freestyle and 50m fly, 5th place medals for 200m backstroke and 200m breaststroke. Jemma Grant also managed to keep her competitors at bay by swimming a blinder in the 400m IM Open event to collect a much deserved bronze medal.

Whilst many PB’s were gained along the way, with excellent support from all the teammates and their coach Helen Smith, the highlight of the meet was Hannah Craig being awarded the PLATE for BEST GIRL 14/15 years

Edinburgh International Age Group Championships (Feb 10)

Results

Garioch Amateur Swimming Club travelled to the Edinburgh International Age Group Championships 13th to 14th February. This was their first ‘team’ event since the pool closure but despite the 5am departure from Inverurie their spirits were high. The team of sixteen swimmers comprising Orla Adams, Andrew Bryce, Hannah Craig, Jemma Grant, Thomas Holmes, Peter Holmes, Hazel Johnston, Emily Jones, Alastair Miley, Joseph Miley, Lois Milne, Greig Rennie, David Smith, William Walker, Phoebe Whitehead and Haillie Wilson did not disappoint. They still managed to collectively gain an approximate 75% strike rate increase thus proving that the recent change in their training programme did not seem to affect their performance.

Emily Jones, true to form, took a medal haul of 6 golds and 1 bronze with Orla Adams picking up a bronze in the 100m breaststroke. Joseph Miley’s superb performance in the 100m backstroke earned him a silver medal. The PB’s were evident across the board particularly with Hannah, Jemma and Thomas in the fly events and also Greig and Lois in the 200IM event. The newcomers to the ‘team’ event, Hazel and Haille, swam excellently and got their first LC times on record.

The team management and coaching support was enthusiastically achieved by an experienced group of coaches and chaperones, namely Gitte Whitehead, Anne Smith, Garry Holmes, David Bryce, and Manivanh Bryce. Their contribution to this ‘team’ event was invaluable and reflected in the team spirit and tremendous successes that were witnessed by all.

Peterhead Graded Meet (Feb 10)

Results

A small team of Garioch Swimmers attended the Peterhead Graded Meet (On Tour) at Banff Swimming

Pool last weekend. Molly Carlier, Hamish Cooper, Clara Douglas, Findlay Douglas, Abbey Freer, Beth McIntosh, Nicole Mowat, Owen Robinson, Matthew Smith and Jessica Thomson did themselves proud. The honours consisted of only one medal – Beth McIntosh took 3rd place in the girls 14 & over 100m Backstroke – but the swimmers were delighted to take 27 personal best times from 42 swims and showed great team spirit, enthusiastically (and noisily!) supporting their team mates.

Well done, swimmers and a big “Thank You!” to coach Helen Smith and team manager Gayle Mowat.

Garioch take 2nd place in Dyce Mini Meet (Jan10)

Results

This was a chance for a lot of our Development and Squad 1 & 2 Swimmers to show what they had. They competed very well and we had many medallists on the podium. PB's were being smashed all round. All in all a great day and excellent Team Spirit. The Garioch swimmers set the trend of cool dance moves for their stretching exercises of which was soon picked up by the rest of the pool as they all joined in

Scottish Gas National Short Course Championships 2010 (Jan 10)

Results

Final Day and GARIOCH come in 4th place overall for the Team Placings - GO GARIOCH

GARIOCH GIRLS - SILVER MEDALLISTS IN THE 4x50 & 4x100 FREESTYLE RELAYS

SGNSGTeam

Day 3

Hannah Miley makes 400 IM 'A' final ranked 1st, Emily Jones ranked 3rd & Orla Adams ranked 12th in the 'B' final
Hannah Miley makes 200m Freestyle 'A' final ranked 2nd & Emily ranked 5th
Hannah Miley makes 200m Breaststroke 'A' final ranked 1st, Orla Adams ranked 8th & Rosie Maddock ranked 20th in the 'B' final

FINALS
Hannah Miley takes GOLD in the 400m IM, Emily Jones comes in 6th & Orla Adams comes in 14th
Hannah Miley takes GOLD in the 200m Freestyle, Emily comes in 5th & Junior Champion
Hannah Miley takes GOLD in the 200m Breaststroke, Orla Adams comes in 7th & Rosie Maddock 18th
Womens 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay led by Hannah Miley, Emily Jones, Orla Adams and Phoebe Whitehead once again lead from the start in a thrilling race that saw the girls maintain their lead, but were pipped at the end to get a fantastic SILVER - Well done girls
Mens 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay led by Greig Rennie, Jonas Whitehead, David Smith and Andrew Bryce battle superbly to a creditable 5th in their heat

Day 2

DAY 2 – Session 1

First highlight of day 2 is 200 Back, Hannah Miley and Orla Adams in the first of many head to head GASC heats. Both excel and straight through to finals. Greig blasts the 200IM with a 5 second PB, a winner from Lane 10. 100 Fly, another 3 way GASC race with Hannah, Emily and Rosie, all through to finals. In 50 Back we discover Jonas is a backstroker at heart with a PB and reserve final, Andrew looking good with nearly 2 second PB. Orla makes 50 breast final and Alastair looks smooth in 200 Fly PB. The morning session rounds off with a great 100IM from Sarah Smith. Also, David, Hannah C and Phoebe all cooking with solid swims. Another busy night for Hannah Miley with 3 finals, 8 plus one reserve in total for Garioch.

Hannah Miley makes 200m Back 'A' final ranked 1st & Orla Adams makes 'B' Final ranked 12th

Hannah Miley makes 100m Fly 'A' final ranked 2nd & Emily Jones ranked 7th. Rosie Maddock makes 'B' final ranked 19th

Jonas Whitehead makes 1st reserve for 50m Backstroke

Orla Adams makes 50m Breaststroke 'A' final ranked 5th

Hannah Miley makes 400m Freestyle 'A' final ranked 1st

Emily Jones makes 100m IM 'A' final ranked 8th

DAY 2 – Session 2

Session 2 saw Hannah Craig kick off proceedings in the Girls 14/u 400m free with a 5.19sec PB and Orla Adams followed on with a 3.97sec PB. Then into the Mens 1500m Free and this saw David Smith in action. Keeping on the 1500m Free theme Andrew Bryce came in with a 16.25sec PB. Alastair Miley was up next with Greig Rennie in the last heat and Greig pulls off a 17.24sec PB. All putting in great performances in the Boys 15 & Under 1500m Free. The Girls 14/u 100 IM saw Hannah Criag in action again finishing off this session with a1.66sec PB.

Day 1

DAY 1 – Session 1

A great first morning for Garioch, 11 through to finals plus one reserve. Jonas kicks off first and blows off the Edinburgh cobwebs with 50 Free and then makes final in 50 Brs. First PB’s of the day to Andrew and Alastair in 200 backstroke, then new Scottish record for Emily Jones in 200IM plus Hannah and Orla into the final. Our own Tasmanian Devil, David Smith hit the mark in the 100Fly and a new PB. 200 Fly saw Hannah, Emily and Rosie all through to finals with PB to Phoebe, but just outside for birthday girl Sarah. Finally, Greig found his legs in 400 freestyle and a reserve finalist. Hannah Craig makes a good comeback after the biscuit incident and Joseph appears as one of the youngest ‘men’ swimmers of the morning.

Hannah Miley makes 100m Breaststroke 'A' final ranked 4th & Orla Adams ranked 8th

Hannah Miley makes 200 IM 'A' final ranked 1st & Emily Jones ranked 3rd while breaking the Scottish Age Group Record. Orla Adams makes 200m IM 'B' final ranked 18th

Alastair Miley makes 200m Back 'B' final ranked 20th

Jonas Whitehead makes 50m Breaststroke 'B' final ranked 19th

:Hannah Miley makes 200m Fly 'A' final ranked 1st & Emily Jones ranked 5th. Roise Maddock makes 200m Fly 'B' final ranked 14th

Greig Rennie makes 400 Freestyle 2nd reserve for 'B' final ranked 22nd

Emily Jones makes 100m Freestyle 'A' final ranked 10th

DAY 1 - Session 2

Session 2 saw Greig, Alastair, Calum, Joseph, Hannah Miley, Phoebe, Orla, Hannah Craig, Lois Milne, Andrew Bryce all give respectable swims. Greig after the mornings 400m Fr did it again pulling off anther great time. Also several PB's were gained by the swimmers and a good solid performance all round.

DAY 1- Session 3 - FINALS

Hannah Miley takes GOLD in the 800m Freestyle

Hannah Miley takes GOLD in the 100m Breaststroke 'A' Final & Orla Adams comes 8th

Hannah Miley takes GOLD in the 200m IM 'A' final & Emily Jones comes 5th & Junior Champion. Orla Adams comes 5th in the 'B' final

Jonas Whitehead comes 10th in the 50m Breaststroke 'B' final

Hannah Miley takes GOLD in 200m Fly 'A' final, Emily Jones comes 4th & Junior Champion & Rosie Maddock comes 3rd in 'B' final

Emily Jones comes 10th in the 100m Freestyle 'A' final

Womens 4 X 50m Medley Relay Hannah Miley (Bk), Orla Adams (Br), Rosie Maddock (Fly) & Emily Jones (Fr) piped to 4th place by 45 1/100 of a second

Garioch Bag Pack (Dec 09)

Garioch Amateur Swimming Club are about to undergo a period of pool closure in Inverurie and in an effort to generate funds to see them through this period are doing a Bagpack at Morrisons on Wednesday 23rd December. Hannah Miley the newly crowned European Short Course 400 IM Gold Medallist will be on hand for part of the event for photo opportunities and autograph signing whilst packing a few bags also. The club will have to train in 4 different locations during the closure period and would like to thank Aberdeenshire Council along with Dyce Swimming Club for making available alternative venues as far ranging as Alford, Huntly and Dyce.

The closure will put a great strain on the club in the year of the Commonwealth Games where Hannah is hoping to compete in several events. Members of the club will be on hand to pack people's bags between the hours of 9am -1.30pm and will be grateful for any donation no matter how small.

NORTH DISTRICT DISTANCE MEET - BANFF (OCT 09)

Results

GARIOCH Amateur Swimming Club attended the two-day North District Distance Meet at Banff Swimming Pool last weekend. They proved to be a strong team with most of the team members gaining medals. The boys set the scene on Saturday morning with Findlay Douglas getting a Silver medal in the 400IM (11yrs). The 14yr old boys, Andrew Bryce, Thomas Holmes and William Walker then took the respective Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the 400IM. To round off this event David Smith won a Silver medal for the 15 & over age group. It was now the girls turn. Jemma Grant triumphed with a Gold medal in the 1500m freestyle (12yrs) and Sarah Smith had an amazing swim and took the Silver in the 14yrs age group. That was only the morning! The afternoon saw Joseph Miley winning a spectacular Gold medal in the 800m freestyle (11yrs). His brother, Alastair, not to be outdone, had a fantastic reply and took Gold in the 14yrs age group, with Andrew Bryce picking up the Silver. The girls decided they could answer the boys gold silver bronze placings in the 400m freestyle (12yrs) with Lois Milne, Aimee Wright and Jemma Grant taking the respective medals. Cat Freeman then took the Silver in the 14yrs age group with Hannah Craig getting a great PB. Phoebe Whitehead (15yrs) then decided to top the day with a Gold. Aaron Brookes (13yrs) managed to get great PB’s in the 800m freestyle and the 400mIM along with Peter Holmes (12yrs), whilst Nicole Mowat (11yrs) gained an impressive PB in the 400m freestyle event.

Although Sunday morning brought a contrast in the weather, the contrast in the medal haul was not for Garioch. Lois opened with a Silver in the 400IM, with Aimee getting a time under 6 minutes. Hannah Craig (14yrs) swam to get the Silver closely followed by Cat to get the Bronze. Rosie Maddock (16yrs) rounded off the session with a gutsy swim and took Gold. The boys then furthered their distance swimming in the 1500m freestyle (14yrs) with William taking the Silver and Thomas taking the Bronze, also getting great PB’s along with Aaron. With the weather not easing in the afternoon, neither were the medals. Lois and Aimee got the respective Gold and Silver in the 800m freestyle (12yrs), and Cat picked up a bronze in the 14yrs age group closely followed by Hannah. Findlay got another Silver in the 400m freestyle, narrowly missing out on a Gold, whilst Andrew King got a great PB together with Thomas and Aaron. David Smith ended the meet with a grand finale and picked up a Bronze medal.

EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS - ISTANBUL

Hannah Miley completed a tremendous weekend of swimming by claiming the European Short Course 400 metres IM Gold Medal in a new British record time of 4.25.66. In addition she secured the Bronze Medal in the 200 metres IM in a time of 2.20.61 and 6th place in the 200 metres Breastroke in a new British record time of 2.20.61.

Garioch Amateur Swimming Club are proud of all Hannah's achievements and wish her well in the coming year."

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STIRLING LC TRAINING

The long course (swimming) training at Stirling turned out to be a very enjoyable experience for all. The weather was fine which meant yours truly wore shorts for the whole day, Glyn having to wear a scarf due to inability to cope with temperatures in the twenties.

The morning started with a game of who is in the right bus before sedately pulling out of the carpark Stirling bound. Gayle led the way closely pursued by Glyn with yours truly checking for any unruly swimmers being deposited on the roadside.

First stop Glendoick Garden Centre with Peter Holmes and Glyn demonstrating to the rest the art of speed breakfast roll eating.

Onto Stirling, and in the pool for 10 sharp Kevin, Manivanh and Gayle performing admirably poolside giving North Ayrshire a run for their money in adjoining lanes. Glyn and Garry had meantime mysteriously dissappeared with the first aid kit only to be quickly called into action.

The first user of the Garioch first aid kit was David Smith, Glyn turned up within the 10 minute NHS deadline and was then seen to vanish leaving only a trail of damp grass ???

The only real casualty of the morning was Peter who was now mastering the art of keeping the breakfast roll down.

And so to lunch or avoid the wasp as it became known to Orla and Lois. Emily invented a new sport of hurl the apple core at the hockey players and Kevin tried to blend into the grass out of embarrasment at the same time. A quick walk around the lake to loosen up the muscles and then into Land Training led by Glyn everything aches before I start Freeman.

The Hula Hoop competition looked to be a 2 horse race between Lois and Peter until it was spotted that Peter had been using an illegal hoop and Lois Hulaad to an easy victory. The chin up competition was a 2 horse race for the boys with David my back is ok now taking it by 2 short necks from William, the ladies competition being an easy victory for Rosie. I would stress both competitions were carried under FIG rules and strict supervision.

Onto the afternoon Stirling pool session with Kevin, Manivanh and Glyn leading the way, Gayle on minutes of meetings and Garry preparing for the sponsored sleep. A couple of freak injuries cut finger to Nicole and muscle strain to Joseph carrying out in situ lane rope adjustments (stewards enquiry still needed).

The swimmers, I am reliably informed by Kevin, all performed admirably and were now getting ready for Supper. The highlight of the evening being the sight of 15 Garioch swimmers sprinting towards and then into Jimmy Cheungs !! , the adults and a few more discerning swimmers walking another 100 yards to the Chinese Restaurant that had actually been booked for the evening. Within 10 minutes of our arrival the chef was struggling to cope, all swimmers were ensuring that the calorie count was restored and it was not easy to see if the chef was going to come out on top. However, I will leave it to everyone's imagination as to the overall winner in the food eating stakes.

The journey home proved to be relatively uneventful, with quiet swimmers in my bus anyway. Kevin had to be roused to help me find the fuel cap and then it was back to base slightly later than planned but with everyone having enjoyed their day. My thanks go out to all the adults that helped but particularly to the swimmers who once again proved to be a credit to GASC

GARIOCH 200

Results

GARIOCH Amateur Swimming Club held their Garioch Open 200 Meet on the 12^th/13^th September 2009 with the home team winning the overall competition.

The meet opened on a sunny Saturday morning with Hannah Miley drawing in the crowds to watch her achieve golds in 200m breaststroke, 200m IM, 50m freestyle, 200m backstroke and 200m fly. As the home team started their onslaught the points were starting to mount up with Emily Jones winning a tremendous 7 gold medals in 50m backstroke, 200m IM, 50m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 200m fly, 50m fly, 200m freestyle and silver in 200m breastroke. The rest of the home team were also hauling in the medals with Orla Adams winning gold in 200m and 50m breaststroke, silver in 200m IM and 200m backstroke, bronze in 50m freestyle, 50m fly and 200m freestyle; Rosie Maddock winning bronze in 50m fly; Hannah Craig winning bronze in 50m breaststroke; Jemma Grant winning bronze in 200m IM and 50m freestyle; Lois Milne winning silver in 200m freestyle and bronze in 200m backstroke; David Smith winning silver in 200m fly; Alastair Miley winning gold in 200m fly and 200m backstroke, silver in 50m fly and 200m IM, and bronze in 200m freestyle; Thomas Holmes winning silver in 200m breastroke; Andrew Bryce winning silver in 200m freestyle, bronze in 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 200m IM; Joseph Miley winning gold in 200m fly and 200m backstroke, silver in 200m IM, bronze in 200m breaststroke and 50m backstroke. Also contributing to the points and some impressive PBs were Rachel Taylor, Aimee Wright and Peter Holmes, with Jemma Grant getting an amazing 19 second PB in the 200m IM and Greig Rennie and Hannah Craig getting 16 and 13 second PBs in the 200m fly. Other team members who contributed to our triumph were Aaron Brookes, Sarah Smith, Cat Freeman, Phoebe Whitehead, Laura Macbrayne, Findlay Douglas, William Walker, Hamish Cooper, Owen Wright and Matthew Smith.

This event would not have taken place without the help from the Swimming Pool team and all the volunteers including Hazel Johnston, Molly Carlier and Clara Douglas who weren’t swimming at this event. A big thank-you to all!

Garioch Amateur Swimming Club would particularly like to thank our four main sponsors for generously supporting such a successful event:

Malcolm Allan Housebuilders

Enterprise Engineering Services

LFF Scotland

GPH Builders Merchants

We would also like to thank the following local businesses for their kind raffle donations: Davids for Sports, Boots the Chemist, Mitchells the Dairy, Silver Dapple, Kilted Frog, Dizeree, Blockbuster, Victoria Wine, Moar, Garioch Sports, Spa, Halo, Curves, Fennel, Booths, Somerfield, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer, Olmeldrum Golf Club Professional, Tesco, Bajaloo, The Edge, Strachans, LIDL, Craigdon Mountain Sports, Jill Sim Catering. These donations helped to raise much needed money for our club. Thank you!

GARIOCH SWIM CAMP MAJORCA 2009

A RESOUNDING SUCCESS

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