Recently 5 Swimmers from Abergele Swimming Club took part in the North Region Championships. Nathan Edwards-Hughes found himself in 4 finals and setting 5 new personal best times. Elain Jenkins took 3 seconds off her personal best in the 100m freestyle.Methan Ratnakumar was on a roll taking an amazing 12 seconds off his 400m Freestyle, over 9 seconds off his 200m Backstroke and 7 seconds off his 100m Backstroke.Catrin Wellsburys took 4 seconds off her 100 Breast stroke and 3 seconds off her 100m Freestyle.Ioan Wellsbury came 6th in 200m Breast stroke and took a fantastic 18 seconds off his personal best time, in the 100m Breast stroke he took over 5 seconds off in the prelims and took another second off in the Final taking 7th place. The 100m Freestyle saw another 5 seconds off his PB time and 3 seconds off his 100m Backstroke.
Swim Wales
Perfectly Engraved Sports Trophies
British Swimming
FINA
Upcoming GALA'S and Other Events! The club went through a difficult time last year but is now going from strength to strength. We would like to thank everyone involved with the club for all their hard work last year. We have taken on some new swimmers and the atmosphere on training nights is great. There are two gala's coming up, both in Bangor and we would love to see a good turn out for both. We will also be taking part in the National Development Swimming League aimed at finding the best swimming club in Wales. There was a fantastic team spirit at the Four Town's gala in Rhyl and we are looking to carry this forward into the new year. Gala details are below, entry forms can be downloaded and the members section now contains PB's to make filling in gala entry forms easier.
Menai 'AA' & 'B' Grade Meet ( 27th February 2010) Bangor Swimming Pool
This gala an ‘AA’ and ‘B’ Grade Meet. Swimmers can enter ‘AA’ grade for some swims and ‘B’ grade for others. Any swimmer entering the ‘B’ grade with a time faster than the ‘B’ grade cut off will automatically be put in the ‘AA’ grade, any swimmer entering the ‘AA’ grade with a time slower than the ‘B’ grade cut off will be put in the ‘AA’ grade as requested therefore please ensure that you enter your time in the grade you intend to swim in (Entrance form available in the downloads > gala entrance forms section!).
BANGOR SPRING OPEN MEET (20th - 21st March 2010)
Bangor Swimming Club would like to extend an invitation to Abergele Swimming Club to enter our sixth Open Meet at the Bangor Swimming Pool. You will notice, however, that this year the gala is called the Spring Open Meet and will be held on Saturday & Sunday, 20th & 21st March 2010, and is this year licensed at Level 1.
Incorporated in this meet will be a Level 4 Meet to include 50m event for the Age Group swimmers (Entrance form available in the downloads > gala entrance forms section!).
National Development Swimming League
A fast and exciting competition! Who will be the best club in Wales for 2010? 2010 marks the third year of the league, and we would like to see as many clubs as possible take part! There are two rounds per Region, with a National Final to be held this year in West Wales (A document describing the swimming league is available in the downloads > club information section).
Abergele Swimming Club Championships
The members of Abergele Swimming Club have had two great weekends in the pool, fighting it out for medals in there annual club championships. It’s been two big fun weekends for all the swimmers aged from 7 to 16 years old, with loads of encouragement coming from their parents and friends at the poolside. Later in the year the club will host their annual presentation evening, where trophies will be presented to all of the various categories. A big thank you and well done goes out to all the swimmers who took part over the two weekends. For some of them it was their first competitive swim. The club would also like to say a big thank you to the Leisure Centre Manager Alun Evans, and all his staff, along with all the helpers who contributed to the smooth running of the events. Also thank you to all the parents who supported the event and an extra big thank you to the club coach Sian Lancaster from all the swimmers, parents and committee members.
GALLERIES - The galleries now contain many fantastic pictures of the Championships.
NEW COACHES - Abergele Swimming Club welcomes Andrew Roberts to the coaching staff. Andrew has joined as a "Head Coach" and has already been working closely with Sian Lancaster. Congratulations to Wayne Cooper, Simon Sherrington and Jim Fox on passing their Coaching course.
SUCCESS FOR ABERGELE AT LLANDUDNO PENTATHLON
Abergele swimmers had a fantastic day at the Junior Development meet in Llandudno on June 6th. There were some fantastic performances from everyone involved and personal best times were acheived by every swimmer. Well done to all the swimmers who took part.
CLUB HISTORY
The Club was formed back in 1996 with just 16 members. We are a voluntary run club that relies on the commitment of not just the swimmers, but also their parent(s). We welcome any parent who wishes to offer their skills, time and effort in order to improve the club. Now in 2010 we have over 50 members.
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