Scarborough Swimming Club (UK)
last updated: 4th December 2007
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4th December 2007 - The club has been very busy in the rundown to Christmas with swimmers excelling in the Regional and Yorkshire BAGCAT Champs as well as many more records falling in the Club Championships. Many of our swimmers have also been excelling at the Ridings Championships which have been held at the Beverley Pool. Again, medals and records have all been achieved.
15th November 2007 - The club has now received confirmation with regard to the dates for next year's A & B Gala, and the dates have been confirmed for 20th-22nd June 2008. All the details can be obtained from the A&B webpage.
9th November 2007 - Quite a number of Club Championship events have been completed over the past few weeks, where a number of Records have tumbled so far as well as lots of personal best times. Read how the first 17 events have good so far.
3rd November 2007 - Our A & B Gala which was scheduled for June 13-15th in 2008 may have to be moved back a week. It would appear that North Eastern Region is planning to hold BAGCAT Champs in Sheffield over the same weekend. The club will make an announcement soon with regard to any changes to the date.
The club has swam the final Ridings gala and was placed 2nd, thus confirming our Championship status in the Premiership.
Gala result below, and the final league table as follows:
20th October Gala Points Premier Division Gala Pts League Pts 1st South Holderness 166 4 1st Scarborough 2nd Scarborough 141 3 2nd South Holderness 3rd Kingfishers 109 2 3rd Kingfishers DNC Thirsk White Horse 0 4th Thirsk White Horse
Club championship swims have also been taking place on club nights and there have been a number of record swims. Full details to follow.
The club would like to remind all club members that there is no training on Thursday 15th November as this evening is designated for the vast majority of the club championship swims.
19th October 2007 - Could I remind all readers of this website that the webmaster does try to ensure the accuracy of the results and reports which appear and any mistake is regrettable and purely unintentional. Any inaccuracies can be reported to myself, Paul Yeoman and I will try my best to correct the error.
Our club has had a wonderful Winter Yorkshires over last weekend, where 16 swimmers made the qualifying standards to compete. They did not disappoint with the youngsters winning 4 medals and fighting their way through to 17 finals. The names of the qualifying swimmers are: Jack Colley, Robert Harvey, Jace Cappleman, Yuko Crawford, Nymph Sweeney, Chloe Pattison, Samantha Gibson, Rebecca Cox, Hannah Broadley, Luke Goodall, Callum Moverley, Sam Broadley, Jordan Doubtfire, Ben Moverley, David Couch and Gareth Mills. The successful medal winners with Gareth Mills, David Couch, Jace Cappleman (1st Yorkshire Medal) and Nymph Sweeney. Well done to them and all the other swimmers for making the club the most successful in the region once again. A more detailed report will appear soon.
The club now turns its attention to the final Gala of this year's Ridings Premier League with takes place at South Holderness on Saturday evening (20th) The club only needs 1 point to take home the New Premiership Trophy and be justifiably crowned the first Premiership Champions! Well done to everyone at the club for making this year's Ridings such a overwhelming success. The club would also wish the English Rugby World Cup Squad much success when then entertain South Africa in tomorrow night's final - Come on you England!
The club has also been holding a number of it's club championships throughout late September and October and a full run-down of results will appear here soon.To keep with the club's impressive record, we have had three swimmers qualify to swim at the Schools Inter-Divisional Championships held at Manchester's Aquatic centre on the 26/27th October. Well done to them, and we also had swimmers compete at the School's Division3 Individual Championships recently held at the Ennerdale Sports Centre in Hull. Well done to Jessica Couch for winning a Bronze medal during the 100m Breaststroke. Here is a photo of the three qualifiers for the Inter-Divisional Championships and a report kindly provided by Lynda Mills.
English Schools Swimming Association Championships 2007
Three Scarborough swimming club members have qualified to compete at this month English Schools Inter-Divisional Championships at Manchester Aquatic Centre on the 26th and 27th October. The boys producing impressive swims during the individual qualifying stage of the competition held at Ennerdale Leisure Centre in Hull
16 year old Laurence Mills of Scarborough Sixth Form College won both his qualifying events, he took first place with a comfortable lead in the Senior boys 200 metre Individual Medley in 2.13.19 and then went on to claim another victory in the 100 metre backstroke coming home first in 1.02.44 to secure his place in the championships.
14 year old Ross Glegg of Scarborough College secured his Championship place with a convincing win in the intermediate boys 100m backstroke in a time of 1.04.54. He gained a third place in a tight race in the 100 metre freestyle in a time of 58.48
St Augustine's pupil, 13 year old Jack Colley swam in two junior events and finished in third position in the 100 metre breaststroke in a time of 1.24.11. In the boys 100 metre freestyle Jack finished in second place just behind winner Aaron Tomasz of Hull in a time of 1.03.16. Jack was delighted to be selected to join team mates Laurence and Ross in Manchester later this month.
George Pindar Community Sports College were represented at the Division Three Individual Championships by 14 year old Gareth Mills and 12 year old Ben Moverley. Gareth swam in the intermediate boys in the 100m Butterfly finishing 3rd in a time of 1.05.19.and battled in a very close race in the 100 meter freestyle finishing 5th in 58.67. Ben swam in the Junior age group in the 100 metre backstroke in a time of 1.19.95 finishing 4th and the 100 meter freestyle Ben competed against older swimmers to achieve a creditable 1.08.26 finishing in 6th place.
Jessica Couch of Graham School was thrilled with her first English Schools bronze medal which she claimed after a strong swim in the 100 metre Breaststroke, the 12 year old competed in the junior girls event in a time of 1.29.80.
7th October 2007 - SCARBOROUGH CROWNED CHAMPIONS! A wonderful team display from Scarborough Swimming Club saw them top the Ridings Premier League when they empathically won their home gala at the Indoor pool last night. All the team put in a fine performance which saw them reach a commanding position after 8 events, on 27 points, South Holderness 23 points, Kingfishers 20 points and Thirsk bringing up the rear with 10 points. The gala saw the return of ex Scarborough Swimmer JJ Wilkinson who swam for the Kingfisher team. He was however, to make no impression on a rampant team performance who have now become the first Premier League Champions with one league gala remaining at South Holderness on the 20th October. The lead was never in danger throughout the gala and focus now was on who would come 2nd in this enthralling gala. At the halfway stage, South Holderness held a narrow lead over Kingfishers with 63 and 61 points respectively. Scarborough were by this time out of sight with 76 points. With a few good swims coming from the final relays, it was Kingfishers, last year's division 1 champions, who finally secured second place with 127 points.
This was a polished performance from the Young Scarborough Squad and the whole team can be proud of their part in a magnificent gala and to totally eradicate the disappointments of last year. Well done to the CHAMPIONS!Final Gala Result:
1st Scarborough 150pts, 2nd Kingfishers 127pts, 3rd South Holderness 121pts, 4th Thirsk 78pts
1st Scarborough SC 450pts 12pts 2nd Kingfishers SC 364pts 08pts 3rd South Holderness SC 360pts 07pts 4th Thirsk SC 260pts 03pts Scarborough are now crowned Premier League Champions with Thirsk relegated to the 1st Division. The club would also like to thank everyone involved especially officials and helpers who made the gala most enjoyable. The final gala will be at South Holderness on the 20th October - 1730 for 1800 start.
5th October 2007 - Most of the latest news with regard to the Pocklington League can be found on October's information page With the club having completed all of its galas, the most likely outcome for us in the league is to finish in 4th place - one above the relegation slot, with South Holderness the most likely relegation candidates. The big gala is tomorrow night, 6th October, when we go to the Indoor pool for the 3rd Ridings Premiership League gala when we swim in Our home gala. I will be starter for this eagerly awaited gala in which the club could be crowned the champions of the new Premiership League.
The Ridings records pages still require to be updated to reflect all the earlier galas, but this update will now take place after tomorrow's gala - Come on Scarborough Swimming Club!
Adam Harvey picked up some medals the recently held Regional Masters which took place in Harrogate on the 22nd September. She how he got on here.
Just in case you have missed it, the club is to hold a Valentines Gala on the 9th February 2008 in addition to our regular A & B gala in June of next year. Read about it here and obtain all information and entry forms.
27th August 2007 - The refunds to clubs for the lost second day of the Scarborough A & B Gala hosted back in June has began on the 24th August. Refunds will be made to the person who submitted the original entries and cheques will be made payable to the club concerned. Any outstanding medals and certificates will also be sent out at this time.
The club is considering to hold another 'one day' gala as a direct replacement for the lost day, and a proposed date of the 9th February 2008 is under consideration. Any firm details will appear on this website in due course. There was some pre-exposure to the event which appeared in the Scarborough Evening News.
Four of our swimmers have been swimming in the National Swimming Championships Held at Ponds Forge Sheffield.
16th July 2007 - It was with some deep regret that over the weekend that Scarborough Swimming Club learned of the death of Scottish Open Water Coach, Eian Prentice, who was known and well respected by many of the club's Open Water swimmers and their family, and often brought the Scottish Open Water Squad to take part in the Wykeham and North Bay Swims each year, which were part of the Grand Prix Circuit. Our condolences go to his wife and young family.
15th July 2007 - The club has been very busy once again, where swimmers have been competing in the North Eastern Regional Open Water Championships held at Wykeham Lake, and organised by your very own club. The club also tasted action in the form of the North Yorkshire Swimming League, where it stormed to victory for the first time in three starts.
It was our home gala this time and we greeted teams from Ryedale, Thirsk White Horse and Derwent Valley Devils. 31 of the 49 events were won, with another 10 events where we came 2nd, and 36 personal best times set by the young team. The atmosphere in the Indoor Pool was electric, where a vast abundance of sportsmanship between the competing teams was on display, and was there for all to see - Just as the sport of swimming should be - good clean fun.
After the first 12 events, the host team had taken a 6 point lead over 2nd placed Thirsk with the points tally being; Ryedale and Derwent 21pts, Thirsk 35pts and Scarborough on 41pts. The points difference just got bigger come the halfway point and it looked like Scarborough were on their way to their first victory in the North Yorkshire League. A full report will appear shortly but for now it would be suffice to say that it was an excellent performance from all club swimmers with the final result being:
1st) Scarborough 168pts, 2nd) Thirsk 140pts, 3rd) Ryedale 88pts, 4th) Derwent Valley 81pts
ASANER Annual Open Water Swimming Championships incorporating British Grand Prix - 14th July 2007
There was an abundance of medals won by our club swimmers in the open water event in which a dozen medals were taken home by the intrepid swimmers who did exceptionally well to battle the very un-summer like weather conditions. Due to the extremely powerful wind, the organisors decided to cut the event down from 5Km to 3.75Km (3 Laps of the Lake) The two favourites of the male and female events, James Leitch (City of Glasgow) and Erica Brown (Chesterfield) are no strangers to Wykeham, and our very own swimmers certainly gave a excellent account of themselves and indeed, Julie Owen upset the form book with a great win in the Ladies race when she forged ahead early in the race to hold off the challenge of both Brown and club mate Sarah Roberts. Julie eventually winning in 48.23, taking both the Yorkshire and Regional Gold medal and the Grand Prix's 22 points with Erica Brown taking the Silver medal in 50.02 and Sarah Roberts the Bronze Regional and Yorkshire Silver medal in 53.07 The men's race was an exciting affair with the club's Adam Harvey taking an early lead to take pole position for over half the race. James Leitch started to attack Adam at the 2Km mark, and eventually took the lead to take the Gold medal in 46.36, with Adam Harvey winning the Regional and Yorkshire Gold medals to finish in 2nd place in a time of 47.42, and collecting 19 Grand Prix points along the way.
Another winner was David Mort taking the Silver Regional medal and Yorkshire Gold in the Junior Male 1.25Km event coming home in 2nd place in 20.37, and with newcomer Tom Venner doing exceptionally well to win the Bronze Regional and Yorkshire Silver medal finishing in 3rd place with a time of 24.40. Emma Couch did very well against the elements and claimed both Regional and Yorkshire Bronze medals when she came 3rd in the Junior Female 1.25Km race in a time of 19.29.
8th July 2007 - Scarborough Swimming Club enjoy stunning Ridings Premiership League Victory - The club enjoyed a sensational victory at Thirsk last evening (7th July) when it comprehensively defeated League 1 Champions Kingfishers by a resounding 29 points, almost the same number of points difference as the last gala where the gap was a mammoth 34 points. With all swimmers swimming to the best of their ability, the result did not look in jeopardy, and the win puts the club firmly at the top of the league and look set to become the first Premiership league champions and with the club's home gala still to look forward to later in the year. Thirsk, the host club, increased their points tally but still finished at the wrong end of the points. A full report will appear soon and the result was as follows:
1) Scarborough 146pts, 2)Kingfishers 117pts, 3)South Holderness 113pts, 4)Thirsk White Horse 101pts
22nd June 2007 - Important Information regarding Scarborough A & B Gala 2007- After an extraordinary committee meeting, it has been agreed to refund to clubs all entry fees that were charged to clubs for entries taken for the cancelled day, Sunday. As you are obviously aware, the power failure was down to some pretty foul weather but the club and its members want to see our friends again next year, and therefore a refund will be arranged shortly.
Open Water News coming shortly!
19th June 2007 - The report found here for the A & B gala will appear soon in the Scarborough Evening News, who also took a number of Photos on Saturday. Results are available too! They are in PDF so you will need Adobe Acrobat to read them. Next week, Microsoft Word documents will appear where it is hoped to show the split timings from Saturday's events.
The fault still remains at the pool as we speak, but power is being provided by a generator whilst NEDL carry out the necessary repair work.
RESULTS
Visitors please to note that the date advertised in the programme for next year's event was incorrect and the correct dates are the 14th and 15th June 2008. The event is likely to be advertised and entry into the competition will probably open in November.
17th June 2007 - Scarborough A & B Gala - 2nd Day abandoned due to major electrical fault! - It is with deep regret that the Club had to make the decision to abandon the 2nd day's action due to a underground cabling fault. Scarborough Borough Council staff informed us at 0700 that the Indoor pool was without power to run the air-conditioning and pool circulation pumps, and due to health and Safety, could not allow the event to take place.
It was hoped to have NEDL, the electrical contractors to effect a repair quick enough to allow a delayed start a few hours later, but this was not possible, and it was with some sorrow that the club announced to the waiting crowd that no swimming was possible.
The Saturday went extremely well and the club felt that all swimmers were having a great time, and it is a shame that we couldn't make the second day such a success as the first.
There were a number of clubs attending for the first time, and we do sincerely hope that this problem has not put you off attending our gala or enjoying the hospitality of Scarborough again next year. If any club has any queries, please do not hesitate in contacting the club secretary, Mrs Sue Taylor on 01723 367714. We look forward in seeing you all again in 2008.The results from Saturday will appear on this website as soon as possible.
10th June 2007 - The result of the North York League gala held at Ryedale pool last night (Saturday 9th June 2007) was:
Team Thirsk White Horse 161 Ryedale 124 Scarborough 109 Derwent Devils 74 The result means the league looks like this: 1st Thirsk 8pts, 2nd Scarborough 5pts, 3rd Ryedale 5pts, 4th Derwent 2pts.
10th June 2007 - Our swimmers continue to do very well in the North East Regional Agegroup Championships where a number of medals have been secured. The majority of the results so far can be found on the June's activity page, link at the top of the page, or to the left.
29th May 2007 - Reports for the two friendly league galas as well as our great success mentioned below in the Ridings Premier league can now be found on the relevant Monthly page ie. May 2007.
See the Yorkshire Squad below: Photo 1
20th May 2007 - RIDINGS PREMIER LEAGUE SUCCESS! - The club won a magnificent first Premier league gala at the Indoor pool on Saturday (19th May) night. The club stormed to a 28 point victory over 2nd placed South Holderness with Kingfishers coming home in 3rd place, some 34 points adrift of Scarborough's oldest swimming club!
20th May 2007 - Hardy souls have braved the cold waters of Wykeham lake for the first time this year! ((Wednesday 16th May) Scarborough Club sends its best wishes to James Sowersby, who has just joined the Army and has started his training. The Open Water fraternity will also be without another one of its top swimmers with Aaron Yeoman having moved to London to take up employment with Virgin trains. The club wishes them all the success for the future.
The Yorkshire Squad 2007 - please note if you want a high quality copy, please click on the small photo above. Note the download size is 2.5Mb, which is no problem with broadband, but will be a struggle with dial-up connections. (There is a problem with the large photo which will be rectified soon 3/6)
6th May 2007 - Our hardy open water swimmers venture outside for the first time on Wednesday 9th May at Wykeham Lakes. Let's have a good turn out for this first session! (Due to the adverse cold conditions, swimmers did not venue into the lake on this day)
Our swimmers have recently been taking part in the Hull Open Meet - Read how they got on.
We held a friendly gala in the Indoor pool last night - report to follow. We travel to Whitby on Saturday 12th May for a further friendly gala.
10th April 2007 - Our A & B gala has now reached full capacity and entries have now closed. Clubs who have swimmers entered are reminded that they can still adjust the entry times for their swimmers up to the 30th April. They need to contact the Meet secretary to make the changes.
The club welcomes 15 other clubs to our gala in June, and look forward to hosting swimmers from: St Neots, Dronfield, Tadcaster, Sheffield City, Thirsk White Horse, Barnsley, East Leeds, Grimsby Santa Marina, City of Sheffield, Sherwood, New Earswick, Bridlington, Ryedale, Adwick, Whitby and of course, your hosts, Scarborough.
30th March 2007 - A report for the Yorkshire Agegroup and Junior/Senior Championships has been received from Michelle Broadley, please read how our swimmers made 29 finals and won 17 medals in what is probably the most successful Yorkshire championships ever! - Well done to them all!
The Kingfishers 2nd Gala has now been and gone and a small report will appear on the website soon. We have also had swimmers travel with the Kingston-upon-Hull team to Berlin. Lawrence and Gareth Mills, Paul Hargreaves, Ross Clegg and Jack Colley were the lucky swimmers who went to the wonderful German Capital.
27th March 2007 - The report from the Pocklington times gala is available, as is the friendly gala and some open water news.
8th March 2007 - We have had problems with the web hosts recently, and for the past 6 weeks or so, there has been no updates to this website. Now it would appear that the problems are now over, and the website will be updated as soon as possible.
28th January 2007 - Well, contrary to what I said above, it now looks like Atlantis will remain open for one more season! - Another U-turn for the wonderful council here in Scarborough!
The report from last year's club championships can be found here.
16th January 2007 - The club held its first Committee meeting at the Crescent Hotel last evening. All new members were welcomed to the meeting by the Chairman and Club President, Sam Greetham.
One piece of news which may interest some was that contrary to what we thought, the Atlantis pool will shut this year, and will probably be dismantled in March or April. We now have to look for a new venue for our annual BBQ. It looks like our old North Bay Pool has finally had its day!
