Newark Swimming Club

23/12/06

Wishing all swimmers, helpers, parents and everyone involved with the club a very Merry Christmas and a successful New Year.  See you all in the New Year.

16/12/06

Remember that the last session at the Grove before the Christmas break is today, Saturday 16th.  Swimming resumes on Saturday 6th January.

15/12/06

Loughborough swimming on Sunday this week is for the older swimmers.  A changed time for this week, with the session running 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

12/12/06

A good showing at the final gala of the year in Mansfield on Saturday saw us take 5th place after a battle against some really strong teams.  A total of 7 1sts and 6 PBs were obtained.  Click here for full results.

10/12/06

The results of the final weekend time trial are now available.  A total of 11 additional county times achieved.  Well done to all those who tried for a time.  Click here for details.

08/12/06

The training on Sunday night at Loughborough will be for our younger swimmers.

08/12/06

The main pool will be closing from noon on Saturday 16th December until 3rd Jan.  We will be swimming on Saturday 16th as normal.  We will be swimming as normal on Sat 6th, Sun 7th, Mon 8th and Wed 10th Jan.

04/12/06

The bus for the final Notts & District gala of the year will be leaving The Grove at 5.30 latest on the 9th December. The gala is at Mansfield for a 6.30 warm up and a 7.00 start.  Please do try and use the bus if possible.

04/12/06

The fixture list for 2007 is now available.  Click here to view it.  Please be aware that the dates on the fixture list are subject to change.

03/12/06

Congratulations to William Betts who has been selected for the GB Youth Men's Water Polo Team.  He shortly begins training with the Sharks at Walsall.

03/12/06

The results of the time trials held this weekend are now available, and a number of county times were achieved. Click here for the results.

03/12/06

A superb results at last nights Sports Centre League saw us take 1st place against some good teams.  A total of 20 PBs and 17 1st places.  Well done to all who swam - a truly great team performance.  Click here for full results.

02/12/06

The Sports Centre Gala tonight has a 6.30 pm warm up for a 7.00 pm start.

28/11/06

This forthcoming Sunday will be the turn of the Senior Swimmers at Loughborough.

28/11/06

The Grove have informed us that the pool will be closing for maintenance from the 16th December.  Therefore the last Monday club night before Christmas will be 11th December.

25/11/06

Swimming is on at Loughborough again on Sunday. This week the session is for our younger swimmers.

25/11/06

25/11/06

It was great to see so many people at the Presentation evening, especially so many new faces.  Many thanks to all who put in so much effort to make the evening a great success.  Also special mention to well deserver success for Juliana Richardson and William Ballard for achieving the most improved swimmer awards.

21/11/06

Don't forget it is the Club Championship Presentation and Disco this Friday at Bishops Alexander School.  Also, the AGM is on Thursday at RHP.

21/11/06

Well done to Juliana, Libby, Evie, Amy, Jack, Piers and Oliver who took part at the National Triathlon (swiming, running, shooting) event at Wolverhampton last weekend. The Boys and Girls teams were both placed 4th.

20/11/06

The qualifying times for the Midland Youth Championships are now available.  Click here to view them.

15/11/06

The qualifying times for the Midland Championships next year are now available.  Click here to view them.

15/11/06

To see the summary results of the Club Championships, together with details of the age group winners, then click here.

13/11/06

Some excellent swims at the Notts & District Gala produced 12 1sts and 10 PBs, and an overall 3rd place. Well done to all swimmers.   Click here for results (and split times)

10/11/06

Some great news from the Newark & Sherwood Sports Awards.  Lucy Smith won the Junior Sportsperson of the year, The Club were a finalist in the Club of the Year, and the Girls Biathlon team were finalists in Team of the Year

10/11/06

The 50m session on Sunday at Loughborough is for the older swimmers this week.

10/11/06

The Coach for this Saturdays Notts & District Gala will leave The Grove at 5.00, arriving at Hucknall for a 6.00 warm up and a 6.30 start.

06/11/06

The results from tonights (Monday) Club Championship Gala are now available.  Many thanks to all Organisers, Helpers and Swimmers.  Click here for the results.

06/11/06

The AGM will take place on Thursday 23rd of November 7:30pm at the NSK club, any questions or agenda items to be forwarded to The Secretary, 1 Lightfoot close, Newark, Notts NG24 2HT.

06/11/06

Well done to Alice Thomas and Lucy Smith who competed in the Midlands Long Course (50m pool) championships at Coventry this weekend.  Some fabulous swims from both of them.  Click here for more info.

06/11/06

The second main gala of the Club Championships takes place tonight.  Warm up is 6.30 for a 7.00 start.  If you are not entered in the races, then normal training sessions will not be taking place tonight.

04/11/06

The results from the Saturday Gala of the Club Championships are now available.  Click here to view them.

02/11/06

A number of swimmers have just completed their ASA Competitive Start Award for their diving.  Well done to Joshua Barker, James Lane, James Mattysz, Jason Mattysz, Adam Whitney, Ryan Bennett, Olivia Matthias, Amy Pearson, Isobel Rumley and Charlotte Clipsham. Special thanks also to John Palmer for running the course.

31/10/06

The Club Championships results from Wednesday and Sunday races are now available.  Click here to see them.

30/10/06

The programme for the Club Championship races for Saturday 4th and Monday 6th are now available.  Click here to view them.

30/10/06

Three of our Masters competed at the ASA Masters Championships at Sheffield (27-29th October).  Well done to Christine Gillard, Dawn Whitehead and Giles Thomas for fantastic swims.  Click here for more information.

30/10/06

Congratulations to John Palmer and Pauline Luxton who have successfully competed the Team Managers course

29/10/06

Some great swims at the Minor Gala held at Retford last night.  A total of of 9 personal bests and 5 first places - well done to Laura (2 firsts), Thomas, William and Ben. Click here for the results.

23/10/06

The programme of events for the events on Monday 6th November are now available.  Click here to view them.

22/10/06

The first two results from the club championships are now available.  Click here for the results.

22/10/06

Some fantastic swims at the Sports Centre league gala held last night at Mansfield.  Our team came 2nd with 17 personal bests and 10 1sts.  Click here for results.

21/10/06

The 50m training for Loughborough on a Sunday night will be as follows for the next three weeks.  Sunday 22nd October - Younger Swimmers, Sunday 29th - Older Swimmers, 5th November - Younger Swimmers.

20/10/06

The Coach for this Saturdays Gala will leave The Grove at 5.30, head to Mansfield for a 6.30 warm up and 7.00 start.

16/10/06

The results of the Notts & District gala are now available. Fantastic to see 12 PBs achieved.  Click here to view the results.

15/10/06

Excellent result in the Notts & District gala at Carlton Forum last night.  We came second overall and the swimmers achieved 11 first places.  Well done to all swimmers.  Full results to follow.

15/10/06

The details of the events for the Club Championships for the Wednesday/Sunday sessions are now available. Click here to find the order of the races.

11/10/06

The coach for the gala at Carlton Forum on Saturday leaves The Grove at 5.00, for a 6.00 warm up and a 6.30 start.

10/10/06

Excellent news as Lucy Smith and James Wathen have been chosen to represent Nottinghamshire in an inter county gala on 22nd October.  Well done to both of them.

10/10/06

A battling performance at the Minor Gala at Mansfield on Saturday saw us take 5th place.  A total of 8 personal bests and 1 first place.  Click here for full results.

10/10/06

Congratulations to Alice Thomas, Charlotte Batterham and Jamie Scott.  All three have been moved up to the Nova A Squad at Mansfield.

09/10/06

At the Ponds Forge Robin Hood meet 1st Places were achieved by AliceThomas (x2) and Thomas Record, all in breaststroke.  All our entrant swam well, with all achieving top 10 places in one event and at least one PB.

05/10/06

The qualifying times to compete in the 2007 Notts County Championships are now available on the Notts ASA website.   Click here to go to them.

05/10/06

Results from the sponsored swim are now available. Click here to see details or visit the timings section of this site.

03/10/06

Well done to all swimmers who took part in the sponsored swim last night.  Some really good distances were achieved.

03/10/06

Congratulation to all the Newark Swimmers who competed in the Regional Triathlon at Southwell on Sunday.  Excellent to see so many qualifying for the National event.

02/10/06

The results from our 1st Biathlon event are now in.  Click here for the results.

29/09/06

Important Change - The coach for the Minor League Gala at Mansfield on 7th October will now leave at 5.15 rather than 5.30.  The warm up is at 6.30 and the gala starts at 7.00.

28/09/06

On Monday 2nd October it is the Sponsored Swim night.  Please can all of our swimmers make a special effort to try and collect sponsors based on how far they will swim in 5 ,10 or 15 minutes.

24/09/06

Our inaugural Biathlon event proved to be a great success today with over 30 entries.  Thanks to all competitors, organisers, helpers and supporters for making it such an enjoyable event.

24/09/06

We had some strong performances last night at a very competitive Minor league gala.  Drawn against some strong squads our swimmers performed well achieving a total of 14 personal bests.  Well done Thomas Record for gaining our two first places.  Click here for results.

23/09/06

An excellent 2nd place was achieved at the Sports Centre League at Mansfield on the 16th.  With 10 personal bests and 12 first places.  Click here for results.

20/09/06

The Minor league gala this coming Saturday is at Hucknall.  The coach leaves The Grove at 5.00, warm up is 6.00 and gala starts at 6.30.

20/09/06

Our Club Championship is taking place in October/November.  The closing date for entries is 26th September.  We'd encourage all of our main pool swimmers to enter as the Club Championship is a great place to set a personal best time.

15/09/06

Please could all swimers ensure that they arrive on time for their training sessions.  It is vital that you are on poolside promptly to ensure that you warm up correctly, avoid injury and don't disrupt other swimmers.

14/09/06

Don't forget about the Regional Triathlon on the 1st October.  This event, at Southwell covers a swim, a run and pistol shooting.  Closing date for entries is 19th September.

14/09/06

An early warning that on the 24th September there will not be the usual Sunday morning session, as we will be holding the swim races for our Biathlon between 8am - 9am.

13/09/06

The Sports Centre Gala on Saturday is at Mansfield.  The coach will leave The Grove at 5.30, with warm up at 6.30 and the gala starting at 7.00.

12/09/06

We have booked training time in the 50m pool at Loughborough University on a Sunday evening 6pm - 7pm starting in October.  The sessions will be for our stronger swimmers, and if you are interested in attending then please register your interest at the swim club desk. Cost will be £3 per session.

11/09/06

The Newark Swimming Club Biathlon will be taking place on Sunday 24th September.  Closing date for entries is the 14th September, so if you are planning to enter make sure you let us know.  Click here to email

10/09/06

We held a series of 50m timings at this mornings Sunday morning session.  Click here to see your times.

10/09/06

Our first gala after the school holiday was last nights Simeon Hansard Trophy Gala.  Against some squads from Sherwood and Louth we battled to a creditable 3rd place.  A total of 8 pbs achieved and 4 first places.  Click here for full results.

05/08/06

News in from the Biathle World Championships held on Sunday.  Lucy Smith came an excellent 2nd in her age group (including fastest swim), and Oliver Carrington came 11th in his.  Fantastic performance from them both. Click to the MPAGB website for more details.

04/09/06

The Simeon Hansard Trophy Gala takes place on Saturday at The Grove.  The warm up is at 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start.

04/09/06

We did some timings on front crawl turns at the session on Sunday.  Click here to see the timings.

30/08/06

Lucy Smith and Oliver Carrington are both competing for Great Britain at the World Biathle Championships in Salford this weekend.  The Biathle involves a continuous run, swim, run.  Best wishes to both of them.

24/08/06

Remember there will be no swimming on Monday 28th August as The Grove will be closed for the Bank Holiday.

19/08/06

The final league tables for the Development Galas have now been published.  We came an excellent 8th out of 18 Nottinghamshire clubs taking part.  Well done to all who competed.  Click here for the results.

14/08/06

The Regional Triathlon (swim, run, shoot) is taking place on 1st October at Southwell.  Entries need to be in by 19th September.  Ask at the desk for more info.  Also a shooting training day is taking place on 2nd September in Lincoln.

14/08/06

A new first for Newark Swimming Club as we are holding our own club Biathlon championships on the 24th September.  Entry forms are now available and must be submitted before 14th September.

06/08/06

Just a reminder that there is no diving session on Saturday 12th August.  The Saturday morning swimming session will be on as normal however.

04/08/06

The Grove is back open so swimming is as normal on Saturday and Sunday morning.

02/08/06

Latest news from The Grove is that they are still having problems with the pool, therefore Wednesday night training will not take place tonight.

27/07/06

At Mondays session we did some start timings.  These were from the feet leaving the blocks to the head reaching half way down the pool.  Click here to see the results. Alternatively visit the timings section of the website for further training timings.

25/07/06

The results are now in for the Skegness Gala.  Good to see so many terrific swims from young and not so young swimmers.  Click here for the results.

24/07/06

New links have now been added to The Grove Leisure Centre and also to the Newark Advertiser websites.  Click here to visit the links page.

24/07/06

The T time results have now been collated and are available.  The T times (basically how far a swimmer can swim in either 5, 10 or 15 minutes) give a good indication of each swimmers stamina, and also to set target times for training sessions.  Click here to see the timings spreadsheet.

24/07/06

Well done to all those who went to the Skegness fun gala on Saturday.  Sounds like it was a great day out, and with some fun racing in the evening.  Also a big thank you to those who helped organise the day.

21/07/06

The swimming club continues as normal over the summer holiday season with a full programme of training. The only expection will be the Bank Holiday on the 28th August.

19/07/06

Just a reminder that the coach for the Skegness Gala on Saturday leaves from The Grove at 11am.  Should be a good enjoyable day out.

12/07/06

Great news from the Midland District ASA Open Water Swim at Bosworth Lake, Leicestershire where on the 9th July, Louise Hansard achieved 1st place in the Womans 3K swim in the 35-39 age group in a time of 52:54:10.

12/07/06

Well done to Lucy Smith who represented Great Britain in the 1st European Biathle Championships on 9th July in Santander, Spain.  The event comprised a continuous 1km run on asphalt, a 200m swim in the sea and a further 1km run.  Also still only 14, Lucy was in the Girls Youth B (15/16 old) age group, but still comfortably claimed 1st place and the gold medal with solid running and a commanding swim.  Lucy would like to thank the Hansard Trust, Newark & Sherwood District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council for their continued support.

09/07/06

Congratulations to all of our swimmers at last nights Development Gala at Beechdale.  Good to see so many of our younger and less experienced swimmers performing so well.  Click here to see the results.

08/07/06

A number of our swimmers took part in the Midland District Age Group Championships held in early June in Coventy.  In the Boys 100m Freestyle, James Wathen swam 1:03:03 (PB) and came 17th in the 13 years age group, Charlotte Batterham came 18th in the 200m Freestyle (2:26:65), and Jamie Scott was 34th in the 200m Freestyle in a time of 2:22:67 (PB).

08/07/06

At the British Swimming Junior International 3k open water event, held in Royal Albert Dock, London on 24/25 June, Jamie Scott achieved a time of 45:46.  This placed Jamie 16th, an excellent performance in the 13-17 age group.  The water was filthy, deep, only 18 degrees and the course was challenging.  Click for a picture of Jamie at the event.

08/07/06

At the North of England triathlon championships held at Stalybridge on Sunday, Oliver Carrington took gold in his age group.  Libby Carrington, competing in her first triathlon, came second.  Well done to both of them.

07/07/06

At a recent open meet in Derby, three of our swimmers were lucky enough to meet Ross Davenport the 200m Freestyle Gold Medallist.  Click here to go to pictures.

07/07/06

As part of our investment in training for our volunteers, Jeanette Batterham, Julie Mills and Kath Scott attended a Team Managers course.

06/07/06

The coach for the development gala on Saturday 8th July will leave from The Grove at 5pm.

05/07/06

Well done to Jamie Scott who recently competed in a junior 2 mile freestyle open water event at Wykeham Lake, Scarborough.  He came 3rd in a time of 45.42 (personal best).  Weather was good with water temp at 15 degrees.

26/06/06

Congratulations to Pauline Luxton who has passed her Level 2 Swimming Teacher exam, and is now a fully qualified swimming teacher.

25/06/06

A fine team performance at the Ashfield Festival of Sport Gala last night at Hucknall.  A large team swam well to take a strong 4th place.  A total of 8 first places. Thanks to all swimmers and helpers.  Click here for the results

23/06/06

The Coach for the Gala at Hucknall on Saturday 24th June will be leaving at 5.00 from The Grove.

19/06/06

If you have any suggestions of things you would like to see included on this website, or have some news or photos that you'd like included, then please email me at webmaster@newarksc.co.uk

18/06/06

Visit the timings section on the website for details of backstroke turn speeds on Saturday, and for speed & stroke counts for a 50 Frontcrawl set from Sunday.

14/06/06

After the recent Nova Centurian development squad trials, six of our swimmers gained entry this time.  Well done to Chloe, Laura, Brittany, Libby, Lewis and Simon. This brings our total up to 9 swimmers in the development squad, as well as 5 swimmers in other squads - a great achievement for a club of our size.  Those who missed out this time should have a chance to trial later in the year.

13/06/06

Congratulations to all those swimmers who took part in the recent Development Gala.  The Development galas are a great opportunity to introduce some of our newer or less experienced swimmers to competitive galas.  Some excellent times were achieved.  Click here for the results.

08/06/06

Well done to Tamara Lukasheh on obtaining her Level 1 Assistant Teacher qualification.

07/06/06

The winners of the raffle held on Monday were 1st Mr Richardson, 2nd Mrs Wilkinson, and 3rd Mrs Newman.  Thanks to all who took part.

30/05/06

At the Ivan Percival Open Water meet, held in The Albert Docks Liverpool on Saturday 27th, Jamie Scott came 1st in the 2mile Junior Freestyle race.  An excellent time of 48mins 12 secs despite very cold conditions and the attention of hundreds of Jelly fish!

27/05/06

Three of our swimmers competed in the Annual Open Water Championships at Colwick Park in Nottingham. William Betts and Jamie Scott took part in the 2k Junior Mens event and finished 3rd and 4th respectively.  Louise Hansard representing our Masters section finished 7th in the 4k Senior Ladies event.  Excellent results despite rain and 15 degree water temperature.  All were duly inspired by Julie Bradshaw from Loughborough (holder of Cross Channel Butterfly record) who won the 4k Senior Ladies fly event.

27/05/06

The winners of the 100 Club for May are 1st place C Sons and 2nd place S Carrington.  Congratulations to both winners.

26/05/06

Well done to the team at the recent Spring Gala at Retford.  A total of six personal bests and three first places.  Thanks to all swimmers and helpers.  Click here for the results.

21/05/06

On Saturday we did some timings for turns from the flags to flags.  Fast turns are one of the prime ways to reduce your personal bests.  We will be regularly doing timings on turns to check progress.  Click here to see the times, or visit the timings section of the website.

21/05/06

We've again had good coverage from our local papers.  The Newark Advertiser gave a good spread on the Age Group Championships, whilst the Grantham Journal reported on the Biathlon championships.  Thanks to both papers for the coverage.

14/05/06

We again had a large team at the British National Biathlon championships in Manchester on Saturday who performed really well.  Loads of great performances including the Youth E girls team of Amy Scott, Libby Carrington and Evie Luxton gaining 2nd place overall, Lucy Smith earning 4th place in the Youth B, and William Betts gaining 8th place in the Youth C category.  Click here to link to the MPAGB results page.

14/05/06

Great performances from Lucy Smith and Alice Thomas at the Midland Youth Championships.  Lucy achieved a top 10 place in the 50m freestyle and also three other top 20 finishes.  She has also qualified for Nationals in the 50m Freestyle.  Alice was 11th in the 200m breastroke and 6th in the final of the 100m breaststroke.  Click here for more info.

09/05/06

Well done to the team who competed in the Sports Centre League gala at Beechdale on Saturday night.  A solid 4th place overall was achieved, along with 12 personal bests and 6 first places.  Click here for the results.

07/05/06

If you are keen to improve your technique, stamina and speed then have you considered coming along to an extra session?  At our weekend sessions (Saturday & Sunday mornings 8am-9am) we currently have some spaces.  Just ask at our desk on a Monday night if you are interested.

07/05/06

It was fantastic to see so many swimmers at the trial for the Nova squad this morning.  Well done to all of our swimmers for putting in such a good effort.  It must have been the most trialists we've ever had for the trials.

01/05/06

We are always on the look out for volunteers to help on poolside.  If you are interested then please have a word on the front desk on a Monday night, or ask one of the teachers on the Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday sessions.  Full support is given to help you.  All of our helpers are unpaid volunteers.

01/05/06

Well done to all our prize winners at the awards ceremony on Friday night.  Fantastic to see a really great attendance.

26/04/06

Make sure you come along this Friday to attend our Age Group Championship awards ceremony.  It's at the RHP clubhouse.

16/04/06

At our Saturday session we did a 5 x 100 FC timed test. Click here for the results, or look in the timings section. We will be using this test to check swimmer progress.

15/04/06

The results are now available from the Age Group Championships held last week.  A bumper entry say over 70 swimmers competing.  An absolute stack of personal bests were achieved by the swimmers, and 23 new Age Group records were set.  Thanks to all swimmers, organisers and helpers.  Click here for the results.

08/04/06

This Saturday morning we did some timings of Starts.  Click here to see the times.

05/04/06

A bumper lot of entries for this years Age Group Championships.  Click here to see an excel spreadsheet showing the races for both Saturday and Monday.

02/04/06

A solid 3rd place at last nights Sports Centre gala at Hucknall.  Against some strong teams a total of 15 personal bests and 9 1st places were achieved.  Well done, particularly to those swimmers who 'swam up' an age group.  Click here for the results.

01/04/06

We did some timings of turns at this Saturdays session.  Click here to check speed achieved.

01/04/06

Photos of some of our County swimmers and winners are now available in the photo section of this site.  Click here to see some of our successful swimmers.

31/03/06

The latest winners of the 100 club drawn on the 27th are 1st Place P Crosby, 2nd Place S Hay.  Well done to both winners.

31/03/06

Our swimmers at the Counties this year achieved a total of 72 personal bests, 5 1st places in eventsand, 9 Midland qualifying times and 6 top 10 overall placings.  Click here for more details.

26/03/06

Well done to all the swimmers who competed so well at the Nottinghamshire County Championships.  Some fantastic performances from our swimmers, with a stack of personal bests achieved.  Click here to see the results.

26/03/06

Don't forget to get your entries in for the Age Group championship.  The closing date is 27th March.  This is a great chance to test how much you've improved.

21/03/06

A date for your diary is a gala at Skegness on Saturday 22nd July.  We are taking a coach over to Skegness in the morning, spending the day in the town, before competing in a gala in the evening.  Should be a good day out with some fun events at the Gala.  Volunteers and entrants wanted.  If you are interested then email events@newark.co.uk.

20/03/06

More success for the team at the East Midlands Biathlon event on Sunday.  A large Newark Swimming Club contingent took part, with all qualifying for the National Finals.

20/03/06

A tremendous performance at the Minor Gala on Saturday.  Newark came a storming first in the gala with 19 personal bests achieved and 29 first places.  Well done to all involved.  Click here for the results.

18/03/06

With the Commonwealth Games swimming on the TV it's a good time to see how the experts swim.  Particular points you may have seen over the first few days have been the streamlining off starts & turns, the amount and speed of kick underwater at turns, the smoothness of the very best swimmers, strong kick on front crawl throughout even on distance races and those with good turns gaining advantage on other swimmers.

17/03/06

Please can all swimmers make sure they arrive in good time for each training session.  The warm up is an essential part of each session, and its important to complete it all.  If you arrive late you risk not warming up your body properly and also disrupt other swimmers in your lane.

17/03/06

Good luck to all our swimmers who are taking part in the East Midlands Modern Biathlon competition at Southwell this coming Sunday.

16/03/06

Entry forms are now available for the Age Group Championships to be held on the 8th and 10th April.  The champs are a great place to check how you are progressing and set a personal best or beat an existing one.  If you are would like any more information then just speak to a