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Open Meets Open Meets are organized by a number of Swimming Clubs up and down the Country. They are at various levels thereby allowing swimmers to compete against other swimmers of similar abilities. Sometimes they are licensed by the ASA as follows:- *Level 1 *- are long course events (50m) and are aimed at those swimmers aiming to achieve regional and national qualifying times. These meets will have qualifying times for entry E.g. Burns Open Meet Sheffield. Hoddesdon Swimming Club supports a number of Open Meets during the course of a year. Some of these are not licensed but we like to send a team of swimmers to these as they are very good for confidence building, experiencing the competitions and team building. You enter as an individual and can swim in as many races as you want to, provided that you meet any criteria for qualifying times. You usually need to give your best time on the entry form. If you do not enter a time and your entry is accepted, you will be put in the 1st heat, which is the slowest heat. Look out for meet details and entry forms on the notice board at John Warner Pool. Sue Spicer usually collects forms and co-ordinate entries. If you want to find out more please talk to someone on the committee, Mark Report on Cambridge Open Meet and City of Derby Open Meet (Sheffield) held on weekend 13th, 14th &15th January 2012. Busy Weekend for Hoddesdon Swimmers. Click here for Head Coach Janet’s report. Report& Photos of Killerwhales Open Meet 2011 Click here for Killerwhales report Bishops Stortford September 2011 Open Meet UK Challenge Winter Wonderland Saturday 27th November, 2010 Fourteen members from Hoddesdon Swimming Club travelled to Hatfield SC’s UK Challenge ‘Winter Wonderland’ Meet at the University of Hertfordshire’s pool. There were some great performances, personal best (pb) times and important County (CQT) and Regional Qualifying Times (RQT) achieved.Top six places were achieved by Becky Freestone 2nd in the 100 Breaststroke and 4th in the 200 Breaststroke; David Kelleway 2nd in the 100 Butterfly and 3rd in the 100 Freestyle; Emma Warrington 2nd in the 100 Breaststroke and 3rd in the 200 Breaststroke; Chris Smith 2nd in the 100 Breaststroke; Paul O’Doherty 3rd in the 200 Freestyle; Hayley Warrington 3rd in the 100 Breaststroke and 5th in the 100 Freestyle; Georgina Fisher 4th in the 100 Freestyle, 4th in the 200 Backstroke and 5th in the 200 Freestyle; Phoebe Spicer 4th in the 200 Backstroke and 6th in the 200 Freestyle; Jess Waters 5th in the 5th in the 100 Breaststroke and Kaitlyn Walsh 6th in the 100 Butterfly. Amy Godsave swam pb’s and achieved CQT in the 100 Freestyle, and 200 Backstroke swimming the first 100 in the 200 Backstroke race fast enough in order to achieve her CQT for the 100m. Chloe Richards swam a fantastic 200 Freestyle knocking 3 seconds off her pb and achieving her CQT and Kane swam his best time in the 100 Freestyle achieving his CQT. Well done swimmers some brilliant swims and well earned qualifying times. For the full set of results you can follow this link : http://www.hatfieldswimclub.co.uk/ Watford SC’s Middle Distance & 50m’s Open Meet Sunday 28th November, 2010 Up early the next morning for an 8:00am warm up at Watford’s Woodside pool twelve swimmers competed in the middle distance (400m’s and 200m’s) and 50m’s races. Swimming in the 400m Freestyle event, which was the first race:. Chloe Richards swam a brilliant race and achieved a 14 second pb finishing in 4th place in her age group; Georgina Fisher matched her pb time and finished in 1st place and Hayley also matched her previous best time and claimed 2nd in her age group. The meet provided a great opportunity for swimmers to achieve their County and Regional Qualifying Times and all swimmers finished in top six places in their races: Georgina Fisher won all her races: 400 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke and 50 Freestyle, Emma Warrington also came 1st in the 200 Breaststroke, 200 IM and 50 Breaststroke; Ralph Davies won the 50 Backstroke, 2nd in the 50 Butterfly, 2nd in the 50 Breaststroke and 5th in the 50 Freestyle; Jack Freestone came 2nd in the 200 Freestyle and 3rd in the 200 Backstroke; his older sister Becky Freestone finished 2nd in the 200 Freestyle and 5th in the 200 Breaststroke; Chloe Richards was 4th in the 400 Freestyle and 5th in the 200 Backstroke; Jes Waters finished 2nd in the 50 Butterfly, 3rd in the 50 Freestyle and 4th in the 50 Backstroke; Kane Hagley-King finished 4th in the 200 Backstroke; Chris Smith finished 5th in the 200 Freestyle; Kirstin Meikle finished 5th in the 50 Butterfly and 6th in the 50 Freestyle and Hayley Warrington finished 1st in the 50 Breaststroke, 2nd in the 400 Freestyle, 2nd in the 50 Freestyle, 3rd in the 200 Freestyle and 4th in the 50 Butterfly. For the full set of results you can follow this link : http://www.watfordswimmingclub.co.uk/
Romford Town Open Meet
Hoddesdon Swimmers Haul in the Medals Hoddesdon swimmers had two successful competitions bringing home trophies and medals. 15 swimmers travelled to Southbury Leisure Centre for the Romford Town Level 3 Open Meet. Hoddesdon swimmers put in good performances against some strong Clubs including Hillingdon and Ealing as well as the host Club, Romford. Kaitlyn Walsh gained a 4th place in the 400 freestyle and a 6th place in the 200 IM, Kirstin Meikle won a Gold medal in the 50 Butterfly and Bronze in the 100 IM. Phoebe Spicer had some good swims including a 4th place medal in the 100 Backstroke and several County Qualifying Times (CQT). Jessica Waters saved her best swim for the gruelling 400 IM, which she swam with good technique to finish 6th in a time 28 seconds faster than her entry time. Georgina Fisher obtained a Silver Medal in both 100 and 200 freestyle events, achieving a Regional qualifying time in the 200 freestyle. She also won a gold in the 50 backstroke and 6th in the 100 Individual Medley. Jack Freestone was placed 5th in the 200 IM and 4th in the 200 breaststroke achieving CQT’s in both events. Ralph Davies gained a 6th place and a CQT in the 200 IM, Whilst Chloe Richards shows she is well on the way to recovery from injury with a 5th place in the 200 freestyle, 5th in the 50 Backstroke and 4th in the 200 Backstroke. Ryan Brewster gained a well deserved 4th place medal in the 50 Fly having swum well all weekend. Of the other swimmers who attended, many swam well and gained County Qualifying times or set new Personal Best times. Braintree & Bockling 2010 Summer Open Sprint Meet. Nine Hoddesdon swimmers attended the Open Meet and between them achieved 17 new PB’s and 17 medals in the top three places. Well done to them all!! It was a well run meet with a friendly atmosphere and the swimmers all enjoyed the day as did their parents. It was a good meet to finish off the year giving the swimmers a lot of confidence and a well earned rest before the start of the new season in September. Nine years old Jack Freestone was the youngest of the Hoddesdon swimmers competing in the mixed 9/10 year category he finished 14th in both the 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke events. He finished 11th in the 100m I/M with a 3 second PB, 11th in the 50m Breaststroke with a 2 second PB and finished the day off by making the final in the 50m freestyle finishing in 8th place. Phoebe Spicer swimming in the 10 year old age group got great Pb’s in all three of her events. She got a 3 second PB in the 100m I/M to finish in 4th place. A 2 second PB got her into the final of the 50m Butterfly as the 4th fastest qualifier and a further 2 second PB in the final put her into 3rd place. A PB in the Backstroke heat got her into the final and a further Pb in the final got her 4th place. Georgina Fisher swimming in the 11 year old age group had a great meet she medalled in all her 5 events. She got a 3 second PB in the 50m Breaststroke which gave her 3rd place. She got 2nd in the 50m Freestyle, 2nd in the 50m Butterfly, 2nd in the 50m Backstroke and 2nd place in the 100m I/M. Rebecca Freestone swimming in the 12 year old age group finished 3rd in the 50m Breaststroke, 8th in the50m Freestyle with a new PB. 3rd in the 100m I/M with a 3 second P/B made the final in the 50m Butterfly with a 2 second P/B coming 7th. Kaitlyn Walsh swimming in the 12 year old age group finished 4th in the 100m I/M with a 2.5 second PB. She made the final in the 50m Butterfly gaining another PB of just over half a second coming in 3rd place and made the final in the 50m backstroke finishing in 5th place. Chloe Richards swimming in the 13 year old age group got a PB in the 50m Freestyle. She got a great PB (over 4 seconds) in the 50m Backstroke which put her into the final where she finished in 6th place. Another 3 second PB in the Butterfly put her into the final where she finished in 6th place. Another 3 ½ second PB in the 100m IM gave her another 6th place. Kane Hagley-King swimming in the 13 year old age group thought he was onto a winner when he was mistakenly entered into the girls but took all the jibing in good faith. He got a 1 second Pb in the 100m IM which gave him a 5th place. He reached all the finals in the 50m races getting a 3 second PB in the Butterfly which gave him 2nd place. A 3 second PB in the Backstroke which gave him 4th place. He got another 3 second PB in the breaststroke which gave him 4th place. He got a slight PB in 50m freestyle which gave him 4th place again. Kirstin Meikle medalled in all 3 of her events. She got 2nd in the 100m IM and 2nd in the 50m Butterfly missing out in the final for 1st place by a fingertip. She was also 2nd in the 50m Backstroke, missing out on 1st place again by the narrowest of margins. Chris Smith swimming in the 14 year old age group also had a good meet and medalled in all 5 of his events. He was the only one of the Hoddesdon swimmers to get a first place finish. He was 2nd in the 100m IM, 1st in the 50m Breaststroke, 3rd in the 50m Butterfly, 3rd in the 50m Freestyle and 5th in the 50m Backstroke Sheffield NO Frills Open Meet 2010 Click here for link to Head Coach Janet’s report on the “Sheffield No Frills Open Meet” held on 28th-30th May 2010 UK Challenge Open Meet held at Hatfield on 15th & 16th May 2010. For report on UK Challenge Open Meet by Head Coach Janet Warrington and internet link to full results click on the links below Link to Report on 2010 UK Challenge Open Meet The internet link for the full results is : Hatfield-UKC Winter Wonderland Meet 2009 Several Hoddesdon swimmers attended this Open Meet.There were some excellent results from the swimmers many of them achieving more than one Pb in the events they swam in. Emma Warrington gained 1st place in the girl’s 16 year old age group 50m Breastroke and 2nd place in the 200 IM event. Hayley Warrington came 1st in the girl’s 11/12 year old 100m Freestyle achieving her Regional qualifying time. She also came 2nd in the 50m Freestyle and 3rd in the 50m Backstroke events. Kirstin Meikle swam well coming 4th in the girl’s 13/14 year 50m Butterfly event achieving her Regional qualifying time. Rebecca Freestone achieved three new Pbs in the girl’s 11 year old age group in 100m Breastroke,100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle events. Chris Smith swam well coming 3rd in the boy’s 13/14 year old age group 50m Breastroke event with a new Pb. He also achieved new Pb’s in the boy’s 100m Breastroke and 200m IM events. Other Hoddesdon swimmers who were at the Open Meet were, Jack Freestone, Ben Warrington, Kane Hagley - King, Kiera Sullivan and Jes Waters.
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