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Just to let you know about some amazing offers available to any of your team that still need to gain their Level 2 Certificate in Swimming Teaching. We’ve reduced the prices for any of your staff when they book a place on one of the following Level 2 Certificate courses. |
| 30th July – 3rd Aug Alleyn’s School, Dulwich London 22nd – 26th October Alleyn’s School, Dulwich London |
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| And if you have any new recruits that you wish to get trained up with the Award in Swimming Teaching the usual 15% discount is also on offer for anyone who books a place on one of these courses in 2018.
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Our next trials are on the 5th May 2018
We welcome applications from swimmers competent in all four strokes (including starts and turns) to join our squads training towards County, Regional and National competition. To see our MINIMUM standards watch our video.
The trials will be held on Saturday 5th May at Ernest Bevin College, Beechcroft Road, Tooting, SW17 7DF. (Go to the sports complex entrance through the car park). Timings: sign in at 11.45, swim from 12.00, finish at 13.00.
Online pre registration application form is required, we will not allow your child to trial out otherwise.
If you’d like to know more about the trials, have a look at our quick Q&A’s here.
If interested please apply here
“Want to become a professional Swimming Teacher and/or Lifesaver with an internationally recognised awarding body? And even better, you can do this at one of Leander SC’s training venues, as there are regular training courses at Ernest Bevin College and Alleyn’s School. Here are some of the training courses on offer”:
- STA Safety Award for Teachers (lifesaving) course
- STA Award in Swimming Teaching course
- STA Level 2 Certificate in Swimming Teaching course
please visit www.aquatictrainingcourses.com for full details of prices, dates and locations
Dave Perry is running a Level 2 Certificate in Swimming Teaching course and it would be great to have as many Leander SC swimmers as possible. We’re looking for swimmers from ASA stage 5-10 (and upwards) to take part in the course.
Minimum criteria is that swimmers must be able to swim at least 15 metres front and back. This can range up to swimmers that can swim 800 metres+ and swim all four strokes.
If Interested please fill in the following form and send it to denise@aquatictrainingcourses.com
Head Coach’s Report
Surrey County Championships 2018
With every passing weekend of intense competition, and as the coaching team was busy collating and pouring over data, the picture began to emerge of Leander doing rather well this year. But it wasn’t until the last weekend of the Championships – and a further day’s wait for the official tables to be posted on the Surrey website – that the great success we had achieved came shining through.
Each weekend the stats were collected after every swim and a thorough performance analysis was conducted. As more success, records and medals were accumulated, the more excited I became at the prospect of penning this report.
This year the Surrey Championships committee decided for the first time to include the Surrey B qualifiers in the 50m events. Due to the increased number of competitors the fantastic London Aquatic Centre was chosen as the venue for the weekend’s swimming which also included the relays. The magnificent team spirit on poolside coursing through the Leander ranks was plain for everyone to see.
An overview of the last 5 Surrey Championships since I joined Leander shows the great strides that we have made.
Qualifiers
The standard of swimming in the Surrey Championships improves every year. Across most events and age groups the qualifying times are getting faster. In spite of the qualifying thresholds being more demanding (with the exception of the 50m events) Leander posted a record number of qualifiers this year: 65 swimmers featured in a total of 286 events, and Leander fielded 28 relay teams.
Surrey Championships – Tinlin Trophy (10-16y olds)
In the competition for the Tinlin Trophy Leander achieved a creditable 7 th place overall scoring 374 points. My first Surrey Championships as Head Coach with Leander was in 2014 when our tally was 210 points. At that point it was clear that we had work to do. While we achieved 6 th place in 2016, we scored almost 20 more points this year.
Kirstin (91) and Alderic (66.5) scored the most individual points while 23 Leander swimmers scored points.
After many years of the girls outscoring the boys, this year the boys (238.5) finally just edged ahead of the girls (224.5p) in the overall score.
Medals
With 35 medals in total, Leander also won more medals this year than in recent years. We brought home 5 gold medals each year in 2015, 2016 and in 2017. With 11 golds this year we more than doubled the tally and secured 8 th place in the medal table.
Altogether 9 Leander swimmers won medals. Among the girls Kirstin won 10 and Alderic scored the most for the boys with 7. Sonny won the most gold medals with 5 as he completed the Freestyle Grand Slam – winning the clean sweep of Freestyle events from 50m to 1500m!
Medals were also won by 2 Leander relay teams and one team regained a trophy won by Leander only on two occasions since 1930!
Finals and Personal Best Times
Leander swimmers reached 105 finals (including top 8 finishes in events which were straight finals) and 11 relay teams placed in the top 8. Our swimmers set 225 new PB’s.
Age Group Trophy Winners (10/11-14)
The Age Group Trophy is for the swimmers who gain the most points in each age category over 5 different events and for that reason it is highly prized. No Leander swimmer made the top 10 last year. This year was different: 4 Leander swimmers were ranked in the top 10: Sonny (12y) and Alderic (11y) collected their trophies for 2 nd and 3 rd respectively. Jacob (14y) and Saskia (12y) both finished 7 th while Keira Mc (14y) finished in 11 th place.
Club Records
Our swimmers set 55 new club records (53 Age group and 2 Open). Alderic set 14 new records, Sonny 13, and Kirstin posted 4 Age Group and 2 Open records, with Saskia close behind setting 5.
Other notable performances and improvements
Our most improved and most successful event this year was 100m Butterfly overtaking the 50m Backstroke from last year. Butterfly became the most successful stroke overtaking Breaststroke. However the great news is that due to our breadth of talent the 3 other strokes vied closely with one another and were not far behind. The rivalry between our two performance squads was intense. Gold Squad chased our seniors in Platinum Yellow Squad all the way but finally had to settle for 2 nd place with 141 points to PLY’s 181 points.
What next
In their final year competing in the Tinlin Trophy, our hugely successful 16 year- old age group, and the girls in particular, accumulated an impressive 141 points. They have set the bar and have given our swimmers coming through next year plenty to aim for!
The Surreys are a team Championships and success in the counties requires a combined and concerted team effort. To build on the wonderful achievements of this year with a view to an even better performance in the Age Group Trophy next year and beyond is now the goal for all our age group squads.
Martin Jurco
Head Coach
Highlights of 2018 Surrey Championships;
- Leander came 7th in the Tinlin Cup
- Sonny got 2nd in 12y olds age group trophies
- Alderic 3rd place in 11y old age group trophies
- Sonny. ‘Grand Slam’ – gold medals in all freestyle events
- Suzannah, Enerel, Lucy and Kirstin for winning the Elsie Annison Challenge Cup in 4 x 100m Freestyle
Well done to all the swimmer’s that swam and all the parent’s that drove and cheered them on. Full Surrey report will be following soon
