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Goergie Pryor Qualifies for Olympic Selection Trials |
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Grace Harvey World Class |
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Hoddesdon Swimmers Smash Club Records |
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Special Night for Hoddesdon Swimming Club |
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English School Swimming Championships 2010 |
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Hoddesdon’s Chris Smith meets Olympian Michael Rock |
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Click here for link to report and photos of Chris Smith’s achievements at 2010 Talent Camp. |
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Congratulations to Sandra who WON "Volunteer of the Year" at the activebroxbourne Sports Awards last week. Well done to those who were runners up and nominated for the awards: Hoddesdon Swimming Club for Sports Club of the Year and Grace Harvey for Disability Sports Performer of the Year who were shortlisted and finished in the top three. Lucy Charles and Emma Warrington who were nominated for Young Sports |
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British Gas Grand Prix (25m) Leeds 6th - 9th August 2009. Before we had time to settle back into sunny Hoddesdon, we were packed and heading North again, this time along the A1 towards The Aquatics Centre, John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds. |
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Lucy, Emma and Janet at Leeds 2009 |
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WISE Schools International Championships 13th-15th March 2009 For those of you who don’t know, I was chosen to represent England schools at the WISE International swimming championships, competing against Wales, Ireland and Scotland at the Welsh National Pool in Swansea. I was able to miss Friday off school to travel up to Wales and meet the rest of the England team, and then I had a training session with my new team mates. I was able to meet two Paralympians who were also training at the time, Dave Roberts and Eleanor Simmonds. After training we were all given our own England Schools kit which consisted of; a hoody, polo shirt, track suit bottoms and a swimming hat. We then travelled back to our hotel and the team had a meal together, if you are like me and love food it was fantastic as there was nearly every food you could think of and it was an all you can eat buffet. The next morning (Competition day) the whole team were motivated after our team talk and everyone was ready for an excellent day of racing. When the morning session warm up was completed there was the opening ceremony. This meant each team got to parade around the pool cheering and waving their national flag. The atmosphere was amazing! My first race was the freestyle relay, our team lead from the start and left the other nations trailing behind. By the end of the first session England were in first place and sailing ahead of Scotland who were in second place, this gave our team confidence for the next session. For lunch we were all given a huge amount of delicious food to give us energy for the second session. Our team then had a group photo taken with the England flag in front of us. After the warm up for the second session our team was lively and cheering on everyone who swam, this created an amazing atmosphere and made me want to swim really fast to make the team proud. I competed in the 100m freestyle event and came a close second to my England team mate, meaning it was 1st and 2nd for England. I was happy as I swam a new PB time! The second and final session drew to a close after race after race of 1st place positions for England. The whole team were ecstatic. To finish off the competition there was a closing ceremony and like before each team had to walk around the pool waving their nations flag. Before the results were finally announced the four nations were lined up along the side of the 50m pool and we did a huge Mexican wave, this was really fun! Then the final results were announced and of course England had won for the 38th year in a row, England had also broken 17 out of the 18 records which were broken during the competition. The whole team were really pleased and to top off a fantastic weekend the four nations had a meal and party afterwards to celebrate.
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Golden Girls are hot at the Burns Meet Three of Hoddesdon Swimming club’s top swimmers , Lucy Charles Emma Warrington & Hayley Warrington travelled to the Ponds Forge 50m pool in Sheffield last weekend to compete in the Burns open meet. The main objectives were to achieve National and possibly British Championship Qualifying times, with the added bonus of meeting and competing against Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington. On Saturday, Emma was competing in the 100m Breaststroke in the first session & Lucy was competing in the 400m freestyle in the afternoon session. Emma swam a magnificent race, giving it everything and managed to achieve her long awaited National Qualifying time. She finished in a time of 1.16.78 well within the required time and will now join Lucy at the National competition held in Sheffield at the end of July. After Emma’s great performance Lucy was keen to swim her event. From the off Lucy meant business and lead her heat from start to finish. She easily qualified for the Nationals with a time of 4.28.54 but was disappointed to miss the British Championship qualifying time by the smallest margin needing to have swum a time of 4.28.37 seconds! On Sunday morning Emma & Hayley were competing in 50m Breaststroke & Lucy in 200m freestyle. Hayley was in the first heat of the 50m Breaststroke & had a fantastic race. She dived in and left the competition behind. She beat her personal best by 2 seconds and claimed gold in the 11yr old age group. Not to be outdone by her sister, Emma swam an equally fantastic race, beating her personal best by a second and claimed gold in the 14/15yr age group. Lucy swam a determined heat in her 200m freestyle, she won her heat and smashed her personal best by 2 seconds, she easily qualified for the National competition in a time of 2.08.40 but as with her previous race it just wasn’t fast enough to qualify for the British championships. All 3 girls returned from Sheffield happy with their achievements and are now looking forward to competing in the Herts county championships held in March. Lucy also has the honour of being selected to represent ESSA England swimming team in the WISE Home Nations School Swimming International competition over the weekend of 13th – 15th March at the Swansea International pool. |
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Janet wins “Coach of the Year” Award At Active Broxbourne’s first Sports Awards Ceremony Sporting talent and achievement within the borough of Broxbourne was celebrated on Wednesday 28th January, 2009 with the first Active Broxbourne Sport Awards. The awards recognised both sporting achievement and the invaluable role that volunteers put into running sports clubs. A total of 12 categories and awards were up for grabs for nominees at the well attended event, approximately 300 people attended the ceremony at Broxbourne Civic Hall. The scheme is aimed at recognising the talent and dedication of active participation and coaching in the borough. Lucy Charles was short listed for The Young Sports Performer of the Year, and Janet Warrington was short listed for Coach of the Year. Up against some stiff competition Lucy missed out on the award, however, was proud to be on the stage with some of the best athletes in the borough and the world. The winner of the Young Sports Performer of the Year was Oliver Rowlands who is ranked third in the world at double mini trampolining. Janet, who won the Coach of the Year Award, said “I am very proud to receive this award. I want to say a big thank you, to the dedicated team of coaches and volunteers at Hoddesdon Swimming club, all of whom are invaluable to the process and you should feel that this award is for you too. I also want to thank the swimmers, my motivation is driven by you - you are the main reason I want to improve and broaden my knowledge in coaching. Keep working hard, and so will I.” |
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National Schools Competition Division Ten Two of Hoddesdon swimming club’s top swimmers have been in action swimming for Division Ten (Herts, Beds, Bucks) in the national schools competition. This was swam at Enfield’s Southbury Road pool and consisted of the 12 divisions from England. The girls both gave good accounts for themselves, Lucy Charles winning a silver medal with a superb 100m freestyle race and a new personal best of 58.96. Emma Warrington had a good swim in her 100m breaststroke finishing 10th and the girls both swam in the relays achieving a 7th in the medley and 6th in the freestyle. The team had their best finish for some years and won the most improved division. As this was a national event, the girls will be very pleased with their efforts and it will help towards their national standings. |
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Congratulations to Josh and Holly Josh Arnold and Holly Gannon recently captained their respective school relay teams in the ESSA Secondary Schools National Finals 2008 at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. A fantastic achievement to be in two of England’s top school relay teams, well done! |
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October 2007 – Head Coach Janet Warrington 2007 Bursary Awardee - Janet Warrington Link to article on Skills Active Web Page:http://www.skillsactive.com/resources/nancy-ovens-bursary/2007/janet-warrington |
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