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Latest News - 2010

For news from other years, choose the year: 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 or 2005

 

23/12/10

New links on the left hand side for Swimmer of the Month and Open Meets.

23/12/10

Provisional fixture list is now available.  Just visit the Fixtures page of the website.  Keep checking this as more dates will be added.

21/12/10

We wish everyone connected with the club a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

16/12/10

Well done to Ben Palmer who has just broken a club record in the 1500m.  Check out all the current records in the timings section by clicking here.

14/12/10

Timings from 200m FC swims from last nights 6.30 main pool session are now availble.  Just click here to visit the timings section of the site.  Lots of new pb's.

14/12/10

The last training session before Christmas will be squad night on Wednesday 22nd December.  The first session back will be Wednesday 5th January.  No club sessions between these dates. So first normal club night back will be Monday 10th in both pools.

14/12/10

On Monday 20th December we will be having splash night in the main and small pools.  In small pool can 6.30 and 7.10 sessions come from 6.30-7.30, and 7.40 and 8.10 sessions come from 7.30-8.30

12/12/10

Some excellent performances in the last chance timings this morning.  7 new county times achieved, and 22 new personal bests.  Click here to view.

11/12/10

The programme for tomorrow mornings last chance timings are now available.  Please click here to view.  There maybe minor changes before tomorrow.

09/12/10

The Swimmer of the Month awards for November go to Olivia Wightman in the main pool, and Katie Parry in the small pool.  Well done to both swimmers.

09/12/10

At the recent AGM the new committee for the swimming club was appointed.  Please visit the About Us section of the website to view the committee.

08/12/10

Click here to see how the club has received plenty of great headlines in the Newark Advertiser this year.  Thanks to the Advertiser for the coverage.

07/12/10

The 200 FC timings from Monday evening are now available in the timings section of the website.  2 more county times achieved and 28 new personal bests achieved.

05/12/10

Timings for the Last Chance swims this morning are now available in the timings section of the website.  Some excellent swims producing 5 new county times and 15 new personal bests.  Thanks to swimmers and helpers.

04/12/10

The provisional race list for the Last Chance Swims on Sunday morning are here.  Still subject to change but a packed programme, so please make sure you are poolside promptly as warmup will only be just over 5 minutes.  Please bring a towel/T shirt for poolside for between your races.

01/12/10

The Club has been allocated one of the 'Community Matters' boxes at Waitrose for December.  So please ask your friends and family to put their green tokens in our box and it will be a great way for us to raise funds for the New Year.

01/12/10

Just checked again, at 3.40pm and the latest is that The Grove are staying open tonight.  Roger is going to be there, so swimming will be on if you feel brave.  London Road is okay, but be very careful in the car park as this is pretty snow bound.  Please check website/twitter later in case anything changes.

01/12/10

The Grove is currently open, so hopefully swimming should still be on tonight.  Take a look at the www.twitter/NSDCouncil for more info.

30/11/10

Well done to all who braved the weather to swim at the Sports Centre gala at Hucknall on Saturday night.  We took 2nd place overall with 12 firsts and 2 new pb's.  Click here to view the results.

28/11/10

The list of those who have asked for a last chance swim are available here.  Have also included a list of swimmers who could benefit but haven't yet asked.  Please check back later in the week to see exact details of the races.

27/11/10

Don't forget if you are close to a county time then we are doing some timings on 5th and 12th December. Full information is available by clicking here.  Must confirm if you wish to take part by 1st December.

27/11/10

The Notts ASA site has information on galas, so might be worth checking for any news about whether the weather will impact tonights gala.

21/11/10

Many of our swimmers took part in the Major Oak meet this weekend.  Please click here to view the results.  Total of 5 new county times and loads of pbs.  

15/11/10

The Club AGM this year is on Thursday 25th November, all members of the club are welcome to attend.  It will be held at Bishop Alexander School starting at 7.30.  If you want to know more details or are interested in joining the committee then please speak to one of the current committee members.

15/11/10

The Club Champs Disco and Prize Giving is on Friday 26th November.  It is at Bishops Alexander School 7-10.30.  All club members are welcome to attend.

13/11/10

Final results for the Club Champs have come through.  Just visit the results section to view them.  2 new county times and loads of PBs recorded.  PB list has been updated with all of the results.

06/11/10

The results from the 1st November races from the Club Champs have now been uploaded.  Just visit the results section to view them.  7 new county times and stacks of PBs achieved.

04/11/10

For those swimmers who are getting close to the county times, then on Sunday 5th and Sunday 12th during our 8-9am session we will be doing some last chance timings.  Full information is avaiable by clicking here.

04/11/10

We keep a record of swimmers personal best times in the timings section of this website.  If you'd like the password for this or have new times that have been achieved then just email pb@newarksc.co.uk.  The times required to qualify for the Notts County Championships are also shown.

03/11/10

New results now in from two open meets that some of our swimmers entered.  Visit the Results section of the website to view them.

01/11/10

Swimmer of the month for October is awarded to Ross Whitehead, Main Pool, and to Aaron Reilly, Small Pool.  Well done to them both.

01/11/10

Tickets for The Big Autumn Draw are now available.  Prizes from Elk Go Karting, Belton House, Dominos Pizza, Revive, Nails by Beverley, Envy Hair and Nails, The Grange Spa, Beautique and more!  Get your tickets now, draw takes place at the presentation evening, November 26th.

31/10/10

Latest results are now available from the Minor League at Arnold.  Many excellent swims saw us take 2nd, with 10 wins and 16 pbs.  Superb performance particularly from some of our first time swimmers.  Click here to view results.

31/10/10

Just a reminder that the Club Champs are taking place on Monday 1st and 8th November.  Please only come to the sessions if you have entered the Champs.  The small pool is also closed on these two weeks.  All other sessions continue as normal.

29/10/10

Congratulation to Pauline Luxton, Stacy Marriott and Ellis Marriott who successfully gained the Helper Award for Teaching the Disabled to Swim.  This award is provided by the National Association of Swimming Clubs for the Handicapped.

26/10/10

The results from last Wednesday swims at the Club Champs are now available.  Visit the results section to view.  5 new county times achieved, and 30 new pb's.  Terrific swimming by all.

25/10/10

An excellent result at the Sports Centre gala on Saturday saw us clinch 2nd place overall.  Total of 12 wins and 17 pb's.  Click here to view the results.

23/10/10

The latest edition of the Newsletter is now available.  Click here to view.

23/10/10

At the Minor League Gala last Saturday the team faced tough competition, but still produced some excellent swims including 3 wins and 12 pb's.  Click here to view the results.

18/10/10

The latest results from the Club Champs are now available in the results section of the site.

17/10/10

Why not follow the club on Twitter.  Just register for an account and become a follower of newark_sc.  There are also a host of top swimmers worth following including Rebecca Adlington, Kate Haywood, Liam Tancock and Fran Halsall.  Click here for more on twitter produced by the ASA.

10/10/10

The first races in the Club Champs took place this morning.  Just visit the results section of the website to view them.

08/10/10

Congratulations to Saskia Mills who has just completed her Level 1 in Teaching Aquatics

06/10/10

The provisional programmes for the Club Champs can be viewed here in Excel.  Just click here.  Any questions then please get in touch with Clive Richardson.

05/10/10

A reminder that Club Champs start in October at some of the Sunday and Wednesday sessions.  Basically 400-1500 races are on Sunday, and 200 races on Wednesdays.

There will be only races, so no training, on the following dates -  Sunday 10th and 17th, and Weds 13th and 20th.

27/09/10

The results from the Walter Crisp Trophy Gala are now available.  Some excellent swims with 14 pbs and 7 first places.  Click here to view the results.

26/09/10

Don't forget to make sure your Club Championship entry forms are in tomorrow.  The closing date is the 27th September.  Click here to view the Parents Letter and the Entry Form.  

22/09/10

Results are in from the latest Minor gala held at Hucknall on Saturday.  Some excellent swims, with 4th overall, 14 new pbs and 3 wins.  Click here to view the results.

19/09/10

We did some timings on the Saturday morning session.  Click here to view them, and also visit the pb list.

13/09/10

Some good swims at the Sports Centre Gala held at Mansfield on Saturday night.  We took 4th place overall with a total of 8 wins and 4 pbs.  Click here to view the results.

13/09/10

A couple of 200 FC times were done on Sunday.  Visit the timings section to view the results.

05/09/10

The entry details for the club championships have just arrived.  Click here to view the Parents Letter and the Entry Form.  Please note that last date for entry is Monday 27th September.  All swimmers keen on trying for a place in Nova should look to enter 50, 200 and the IM events.

01/09/10

Look out soon for entry forms for the Club Champs.  Great opportunity to measure your improvement and also to try for county times.  Watch this space, and check out the Fixture section of the site for more information.

20/08/10

The Belper Marlins Open Meet is coming up on 31st October.  This is one of our regular open meets.  If you are interested then please click this link.  For entries please speak to John Palmer.

14/08/10

Congratulations to Julie Mills, Glenn Feltimo and Jamie Scott for passing their Level 2 Swimming Teaching Qualification.

14/08/10

200 FC timings from Monday session on 26th July have now been uploaded.  Click here to view them.

02/08/10

The schedule and qualifying times for the 2011 Notts County Champs are now available.  Click here for the times and the schedule.

02/08/10

Some more results from the Notts ASA time trial held on 18th July.  Click here to view the results.

17/07/10

Don't forget to get your bids in for the Silent Auction.  We have some great prizes up for grabs and are inviting you to take part in our Silent Auction.  Please click here for more info.  Closing date is 20th July.

17/07/10

All sessions continue through the summer thanks to all of our volunteer coaches/teachers.  

11/07/10

We did a distance timed swim this morning.  Some excellent swims.  Click here to view the results.

10/07/10

A few more timings were done this morning and produced two more pbs.  Click here to view the results.

10/07/10

Four of our swimmers took part in the National Biathlon in Liverpool.  Well done to James, Simon, Ruth and Olivia.  Click here to view the results, or visit the photos section to see a snap of them.

06/07/10

There is a good open meet coming up later in the year, the Major Oak meeting.  Click here for details.

06/07/10

Some of our swimmers took part at the Ripley Rascals Open Meet on Sunday.  Click here to view the results.

06/07/10

More excellent swims at the Development Gala on Saturday.  25 new pb's and 14 wins. Click here to view the results.

04/07/10

The Club Records have just been updated with four new records.  These have all been set by Ruth Money, and are for 100 Backstroke and 100 Fly swims.  Fantastic swims to break some excellent existing records.  Records can be viewed in the timings section of the site.

04/07/10

We did some 50 FC timings for swimmers at this Sunday morning session.  Please visit the timings section to view the results for the younger swimmers.  Well worth a look as some big pb's were set.

30/06/10

Fancy a great day out this Summer?  We have some great prizes up for grabs and are inviting you to take part in our Silent Auction.  Please click here for more info.

29/06/10

We took part in the Southwell Graded Gala on Saturday.  Two teams were entered, click here to view the results.

29/06/10

The results from the Nottingham Northern Open held on Sunday 27th are now available.  Click here to view them.

26/06/10

Four new PBs were achieved this morning in a 200 timed FC swim.  Click here to view the swims.

25/06/10

A number of swimmers took part in an Open meet at Ponds Forge on Sunday.  Some superb swims and a number of wins and pb's.  Click here to view.

20/06/10

An excellent performance last night saw us take 2nd place at the Hansard Gala.  A total of 5 wins and 4 new personal bests.  Well done to all swimmers and helpers.  Click here to view the results.

14/06/10

We had five swimmers swimming at the Midlands champs.  Some excellent swims.  Click here to view results.

11/06/10

The results from the Development gala at Bramcote are now available.  Some excellent swims, with 21 pbs and 8 first places.  Click here for the results.

11/06/10

Good luck to Alice, Millie, Lewis, Ruth and Ben, all currently taking part in the Midlands Champs.

11/06/10

We managed to put many swimmers through to the Nova trial at the end of last month.  Well done to all who went to the trial, and especially to Jake, Jacob, Joe, Emma and Elliott who were selected.  Nova were very impressed with the standard of all of our swimmers.

04/06/10

For Saturdays gala, the bus will leave The Grove at 5.30, to travel to Bramcote for a 6.30 warm up, 7pm start.

29/05/10

The pb list has been updated to roll forward to show county times for 2011.  Shading is used to show whether swimmers have the likely time, and whether they are close.  Please note that the times are not published until later in the year so may vary.  Visit the timing section to view.

27/05/10

The latest issue of our club newsletter is now available to read.  Please click here to view.

26/05/10

Just a reminder that there is no swimming on Monday 31st May, as it is a Bank Holiday.  However swimming continues as normal on Saturday and Sunday this weekend.

19/05/10

Timings from Monday evening session are now available.  Please just visit the timings section of this website to view them.

16/05/10

The Club Disco/Age Group Presentation evening is taking place on Saturday 22nd May from 7pm at the Winthorpe Community Centre.  All from the club are welcome and we hope to see you there.

11/05/10

At the Spring Gala on Saturday we took 4th place, with 6 wins and 8 new pb's.  Well done to all swimmers and helpers.  Click to view the results.

03/05/10

A number of our swimmers took part in the Rykneld open meet on Saturday.  Some excellent swims.  Click here to view the results.

03/05/10

Due to the Bank Holiday there is no swimming tonight at The Grove.  Back on Wednesday night.

01/05/10

The club records have been updated.  Well done to Grace (100 Fly), Ruth (IM and 50 Back) and Millie (100 Free) on setting new times.  Check them out on the timings page.

27/04/10

The final results from the Age Group Championships are now available.  Just visit the results section to view.  A whole stack more pb's and some really excellent swims in every age group.

24/04/10

Great result at the Sports Centre league on Saturday with 2nd place overall.  Some terrific swims saw us claim 13 wins and 9 new pb's.  Click here for the results.

20/04/10

The results from the Age Group champs are now available.  Please visit the results section to view.

16/04/10

The Age Group Champs are taking place in the large pool on Monday 19th and Monday 26th, 6.30 warm up for a 7.00 start.  This replaces normal training, so only swimmers entered will be swimming on these two dates.

The small pool will continue to operate as normal during these two weeks.

12/04/10

The programmes for the Age Group Champs have now been published.  Click here to view.

10/04/10

Timings from this mornings session are now available.  Just visit the timings section of the website to view them.

07/04/10

The Age Group Championships draft programmes are available here.  Just click here to view.  Any comments then please feed back to Clive.

05/04/10

To help us raise funds for the club we've signed up with buy.at.  Any purchases you make through this site will help raise funds for the club, so we'd really appreciate you having a look.  The links on the right of this page will take you through to the site, or just visit buy.at/NewarkSwimmingClub.  There is a more info link on this site which gives you more details.

05/04/10

Hope everyone has enjoyed a great Easter.  Swimming starts again on Wednesday.

30/03/10

Very successful gala on Saturday with 9 pb's and 21 wins, saw us claim 2nd place overall.  Click here to see the results.

27/03/10

We did some spot timing this morning.  Three new pb's in 200 FC.  Visit the timings section to view.

26/03/10

Don't forget that Monday 29th is the last day to get your entries for the Age Group champs handed in.  No late entries are accepted, so please do make sure you get your form returned.

21/03/10

The final events of the Counties took place this weekend.  More fantastic swims, with 91 personal bests, 5 wins, 26 top 3 placings and 13 Midland qualifying times.  Visit the results section to view them.

21/03/10

Timings from the 200 swims on Saturday morning are now in the timings section.

15/03/10

We will be closed at Easter on Sunday 4th April, and Monday 5th April.  We will also be closed on the two May Bank Holiday Monday sessions, 3rd May and 31st May respectively.

15/03/10

More great swims from the Counties.  Just visit the results section to view them.

10/03/10

The Club Records for the club have recently been updated, and can be found in the timings section of the website.  These are up to the end of February.  The rules for acceptance of times are also included alongside the times

10/03/10

Please could all swimmers make sure possessions are secured in a locker, or your swim bag bought onto poolside, due to a number of thefts recently at The Grove.

09/03/10

The entry forms for the Age Group Championships are now available.  The two galas take place on Monday 19th and Monday 26th April.  We encourage ALL swimmers in the main pool to take part.  The closing date is strictly applied and is 29th March.  Click here for details/entry form.

07/03/10

The results from the counties have now been summarised.  Click here to view the results, or visit the results section.

07/03/10

Thanks to all who entered the Newsletter competition, congratulation go to Katie Rastell who has won a goodie bag of club kit, well done.

26/02/10

50 FC Timings from the 15th Feb session, and turns timings from the Sunday 21st session have also now been added to the website.  Please visit the timing section to view.

25/02/10

At Mondays 7.10 session there were some 200 FC timings done.  Please visit the timings page to view the results of these.

22/02/10

The Age Group champs are going to be held this year on Monday 19th April and Monday 26th April.  You can find other gala dates in the fixture section of the website.

21/02/10

Results are now available from the Sports Centre gala held on Saturday at Retford.  Third place overall with 14 new personal bests and 6 wins.  Click here to view the results.

19/02/10

Some terrific swims in the first weekend of the Notts County Championships.  The times have now been added to the pb list, which you can see in the timings sections.

11/02/10

Monday 15th Feb is the closing date for the Newsletter competition and for feedback about the club social events.  Please check out the newsletter issued on the 24th January - a copy is below.

10/02/10

Good luck to all of our swimmers competing at the County Championships starting this weekend.  

07/02/10

The latest round of the Spring Gala was held last night at Bramcote.  We had a really tough draw against five very strong teams, however some excellent swims saw us achieve 7 new personal bests and 2 wins.  Click here to view the results.

02/02/10

The gala on Saturday is at Bramcote.  The bus leaves The Grove at 5.30, with warm up 6.30 for a 7.00 start.

31/01/10

We had a tough gala last night in the latest round of the Minor Gala League.  Against some very strong teams we still managed 5th place with 2 wins and 5 new personal bests.  PBs can be viewed in the timings section, and click here to view the gala results.

24/01/10

Last night the club took part in the Spring Competition at Bramcote.  Against some tough clubs we achieved 4th overall, with a total of 5 wins and 4 pbs.  Click here to view the results.

24/01/10

The latest edition of the club newsletter is now available with loads of content.  Click here to view.

17/01/10

The results from last nights Minor Gala at Bramcote are now available.  Click here to view.  A solid 3rd place overall, with 15 pbs and 4 wins.

17/01/10

The large pool restarts tomorrow Monday from 6.30.  The water will be a little cooler than normal, so if you are unwell please think carefully before attending.

16/01/10

The Sunday morning session is cancelled.  We went swimming this morning and the pool was freezing, and we cut the session short.  The pool is unlikely to warm up to an acceptable level by tomorrow morning.

15/01/10

Well done to Will, Jessica, Luke, Evie, Lewis, Elliot and Grace.  They all had attendance of over 80% at either Saturday, Sunday or Wednesday sessions last year.

14/01/09

The main pool re-opens this weekend, with first session back on Saturday morning, and first club night on Monday.  The pool will be slightly cooler than normal, so anyone who is unwell/has a cold may not wish to attend. The small pool will not re-open this Monday, so first small pool Monday session will be 25th.

04/01/10

Due to the pool maintenance, there will now be no training at The Grove until Saturday 16th January.  See you all back soon.

 

 

 

 


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