News
Black Tie Night: Last week - 07/05/12
The deadline to get your black tie night tickets is this Friday! It’s being held at Heysham Golf club from 7.30pm with a three course meal starting at 8.00pm. More…
Easter closures - 03/04/12
There will be no training on;
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Bank Holiday Monday
Training back on tonight. - 30/03/12
The pool is now re-open and training will commence tonight as normal! More…
Pool still closed (Thursday) - 29/03/12
Salt Ayre is still closed today (Thursday) and we will here more about tomorrows training around 9am tomorrow morning. Keep coming back tomorrow to see the update on the pool.
Black Tie Night - 29/03/12
Over 18′s put this date in your diary! Saturday 19th May 2012. We are running our first club Black Tie night at Heysham golf club for current swimming and water polo members, coaches, parents as well as past members. More…
Monthly Fees Increase Reminder - 26/03/12
As per previous e-mails and posters, we have unfortunately had to increase monthly swimming fees from March 2012. Could all club members who have yet to alter the fees, please change standing orders accordingly and pay March fees at the desk or via the standing order account. More…
Three new ‘Life Members’ - 23/03/12
Three of Lancaster long serving members were presented by Irene Smith and Ray Holmes, who are both part of the life members group, on Wednesday at the Annual General meeting to become a life member of the club. Lancaster Water Polo Coach Ron Winn, President and ex polo player Ron Flude and treasurer and also ex water polo player Geoff Shingler were all presented their certificate. More…
Canceled training sessions - 21/03/12
IMPORTANT: On Sunday 25th March there will be a North Lancs home Gala at Salt Ayre starting at 5pm. Normal training will be cancelled after 5pm. The first session (4-5pm) will take place as normal. More…
Membership renewals & monthly fees - 27/02/12
Renewal forms and cheques are due by tomorrow (Tuesday 28 Feb 2012) and the monthly fees change from the 1st March – see below. More…
ASA Young Peoples Survey - 25/02/12
The ASA is currently completing further research into the behaviour of young people with regards to swimming. We are asking young people of secondary school age to complete a short survey with questions relating to how often they swim, why they swim and what would make swimming more appealing. The survey is anonymous and you will find a link to this below. More…
Lancaster City Minis Gala - 23/01/12
A new venture this year. An informal Gala for Competitve Development & Squad 1 Swimmers only – check your email for details or see Laura for an entry form.
Swimming Fixtures - 23/01/12
New fixtures are out now – please keep checking the board as they keep changing…
See fixtures page for latest.
Training back to normal tonight! - 03/01/12
Looking forward to seeing all swimmers back at training tonight. Don’t forget session 1 starts at 7.30 prompt and those attending session 2 should arrive for 8pm to stretch and warm up before the 8.30 start.
Club Gala - 20/12/11
Wow! What a great gala, fast and furious with records dropping everywhere.
Quick highlights: 10 CBPs set – 3 by Ellie Muncaster, 3 by Shea, 1 by Adam Leech, 1 by Olivia Robinson, 1 by Bethany Fletcher and 1 by Grace NB. More details to follow soon. More…
Distance Champs 2011 - 20/12/11
Over the last three weeks members of Lancaster City swimming club have taken part in the annual Winter Distance Championship Galas. In the 400 IM swimmers compete over 100m of each stroke. Eighteen year old Adam Bateson won the gentleman’s championships with a time of 5:09.73, a new personal best. Andrew Burch (5:35.13) and Harry Sykes (5:43.92) took the silver and bronze positions respectively. More…
Winter Gala Entries – Now Open - 03/11/11
The entry site for Winter Gala and distance championship events is now live and can be found using this link >
Butterfly Swim Clinic – Saturday 29th October - 09/10/11
We have secured two of Britains finest – Mathew Bowe & Joe Roebuck to deliver a butterfly based swimming clinic at the university pool on Saturday the 29th of October 2011. There are limited places so if you are interested contact Andi on info@swimcity.org.uk NOW… The cost is £45 and the clinic will run from 2.45pm to 6.15pm. It will include a Land Training session, information on nutrition and 90 minutes pool time. For more information, contact Andi and see the poster>>
THE BIG SWIM – Saturday 8th October 2011 - 06/10/11
THE BIG SWIM: Saturday 8th OCTOBER 2011
This event will take place at the Salt Ayre pool this Saturday from 1pm to 4pm.
The idea is to swim between 1 and 12 lengths in order to help our local swim reach 2012 lengths as quickly as possible.
It’s open to anyone – Not only would I like to encourage as many swimming club members to attend as possible…
but get Mums, Dads, friends and family to turn up as well.
If you wish to participate you need to sign-up on the LCC website >> Anyone who swims will get a free swim.
ALSO – Help is needed to monitor the lanes and count lengths, so let me know if you can help. ANDI
Mary 2nd place at World Biathle Championships. - 25/09/11
News just in… Mary Hodgson has taken second place in her age group at the World Biathle Champs in Sofia, Bulgaria. She called in to let us know this morning. The other entrants are still to finish competing so hopefully more news later. Well done Mary!
Junior Gala Pictures - 18/07/11
A fantastic junior gala, with records falling all over the place. Well done to all who swam and a massive thank you to all the people who helped organise and run the event on the day.
See the presentation pictures here >>>
Senior Gala Pictures - 09/07/11
View the gallery from the gala here >>> Well done to all the swimmers at last nights senior gala – especially all the young swimmers who braved those big races and to all the swimmers who added endurance to their sprinting ability by swimming so many events. See the presentation pictures here>
Starts & Turns Clinic - 06/06/11
The Olympic Medalist, Nick Gillingham is holding a Starts and Turns course in Burnley on the 11th September. It costs £50 but promises to be very good. I will be on poolside with Nick for the morning based pool session. Anyone interested can get details and a booking form by email from info@swimcity.org.uk > Andi
NLL 9th July Cancelled - 20/05/11
The NLL fixture for the 9th July has been cancelled pending a new date.
2011 Copeland Graded Gala - 20/05/11
Dear All
Please find about the 2011 Copeland Graded Gala event which is to be held at Whitehaven, Cumbria on Saturday 18th June 2011. More…
Summer Gala Entry - 18/05/11
Summer Gala Entry MicroSite now open >
Griffin Gala update - 11/05/11
Looks like the swimmers had a great time at this years Griffin Gala in Whitehaven.
Summer Gala entries opening soon! - 06/05/11
The Summer Galas this year will be on the Friday the 8th of July (championships) and Sunday the 17th of July (Juniors) – so watch out for the entries opening soon.
For the first time the junior gala will feature an 18m race in the tank for our very youngest swimmers and as usual there will a relay event open to local primary schools – so keep checking the site for the entry forms going live!
Griffin Gala - 01/05/11
The Lancaster team are travelling to the Griffin Gala next Saturday (7th May). The bus departs Salt Ayre 7am – so have an early night.
For programme details see: http://www.copelandasc.org.uk/griffin_gala_10.html Good Luck swimmer, sorry I can’t be there!
Remi Bags a Regional - 01/05/11
Swimming today at the Salford Meet Remi surprised himself with a regional qualifying time in the 400 IM. Wow! Well done Remi. Team mates at the Gala all got PBs in every swim, including some whoppers. The medal haul so far:
Harry Sykes –Bronze 100m Fly, Bronze 200m Breast, Silver 100m Breaststroke, Silver 200m Butterfly
Mary Hodgson – Bronze 200m Back
Elias Giles – Bronze 200m Butterfly
More details to follow…
All the results on: http://www.showtimekitchens.co.uk/results/Spring%20Meet%202011/index.htm
City Swimmers County Outing. - 01/05/11
Well done to all the City Swimmers who made the 2011 Counties at Liverpool and Manchester.
15 members of Lancaster Amateur Swimming and Waterpolo Club recently travelled to Liverpool and Manchester over two weekends to compete in the Lancashire County Championships. All swimmers had achieved qualifying times between November 2010 and February in ASA swimming competitions. Many of the swimmers had never before qualified for County Level swimming. Some of the younger swimmers had not experienced swimming in a 50m pool, which compared with a 25m pool is more difficult because there are fewer turns and reduced push off advantage, with PBs harder to achieve.
Three swimmers competed in the first part of the Championships in Liverpool. 9 year old Grace Nolan Barnes and 11 year old Jessica Shatford, both had outstanding performances in the 200m breaststroke, Grace winning her heat and achieving a PB whilst Jessica achieved a PB and qualified for the NW regional finals. 12 year old Alex Bradley showed outstanding form achieving a PB in 200m backstroke.
Two weeks later in Manchester, 15 swimmers competed in the second part of the championships. Grace Nolan-Barnes swam in five events:- 50m freestyle, backstroke, breast-stroke and butterfly; and following an excellent performance achieved another PB in 200m freestyle. Grace completed the competition in sixth place overall in the 9 year old age group.
The youngest swimmer from Lancaster was 9 year old Marcus Robinson, competing in a 50m pool for the first time and achieving a PB in 50m backstroke. Also competing in the 50m backstroke were 10 year olds Alistair Edwards and Elias Giles. Both boys had outstanding performances with Alistair finishing fourth overall for his age group in this event.
In the 10 year old girls age group, Amy Shaw performed well in a strong field in the 50m breaststroke and Holly Salisbury continued to show her potential competing in the 50m freestyle and backstroke, achieving PBs in both. 11 year olds Jessica Shatford and Olivia Robinson had excellent performances:- Jessica in 50m and 100m breaststroke and 50m freestyle and Olivia in 100m, 200m and 400m Freestyle and 200m IM. Both girls achieved PBs in all their events. They also achieved qualifying times for the NW regional competitions, Jessica in 100m breaststroke and Olivia in 200m IM. An outstanding performance from 12 year old Izzy Maher in 50m freestyle achieved a PB. 16 year old Sarah Hodgson, true to form, gave outstanding performances in 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle, with a PB in 100m freestyle.
11 year old Adam Leach achieved a PB in 50m freestyle. 12 year old Alex Bradley had great performances in 50m and 100m freestyle achieving PBs in both events. 13 year old Jordan Titley continued to impress with his performances in freestyle, gaining another PB in 100m freestyle. 16 year old Harry Sykes showed excellent form winning his heat in 50m freestyle adding to the list of PBs for
the Lancaster swimmers.
The North West regional championships will be held in June. Jessica and Olivia will be joined by Remi McVey, who achieved a regional qualifying time for 400m IM in a recent competition at Salford.
For further information about Lancaster City Swimming and Water Polo Club please contact Andrew Daykin on 07774 483595, email info@swimcity.org.uk or visit www.laswpc.com
Well done to our Regional Qualifiers - 28/04/11
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A big “Well Done” to Olivia & Jess for their great performance at the counties where they both achieved regional qualifying times. Good luck at the regionals.
No training on Royal Wedding Day. - 28/04/11
Don’t forget – training is cancelled on Friday 29th April due to the Royal Wedding – Salt Ayre is closed. Sorry!
Success at North Lancs. BLACKPOOL - 20/02/11
North Lancs. Age Groups 2011.
Twenty one swimmers, aged between 9 and 17, from the Lancaster City Swimming Squad recently represented the club over two weekends in the North Lancashire British Age Group Categories (BAGCAT) gala in Blackpool. The swimmers swam a total of 97 events, achieved 68 personal best times (PBs) and 4 top three places.
North Lancashire League 2011 - 13/01/11
The 2011 North Lancashire League dates have now been released. Although all dates are not completed, they are:
Saturday 12th March 2011 – Chorley @ 5.15pm
Sunday 8th May 2011 – Salt Ayre @ 4.00pm
Saturday TBA Mat – Burnley ST Peters W/up @ 4.30pm
Saturday 9th July 2011 – Hyndburn W/up @ 4.30pm
Please advise your coach if you cannot swim on any of these dates.
Micro League 2011 - 13/01/11
The 2011 Micro League dates have now been released. In 2010, in Division B Lancaster swam to 1st place in a tight contest with only 16 points separating the top three teams, which meant Lancaster have been promoted to the A team this year. More…
