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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 (eg Ours, Hitchin, Cheshunt, Stevenage) 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 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. Hatfield Valentine Meet 21st February 2009 Congratulations to all the Hoddesdon swimmers who took part. There were many great swims resulting in 15 individual medals won and 39 new PB’s set, in addition there were 22 regional qualifying times achieved. This should set the club swimmers up for a great Herts BAGCATS Junior Championships due to start on the 7th March. Link to Hoddesdon swimmers results
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