Buxton Swimming Club News

Derventio eXcel Short Course Open Meet

2011-10-04T13:02:00.003+01:00

We had 9 swimmers competing at the Derventio eXcel open meet at the weekend, including BSC's Senior Coach Mike Glossop. We had a total of 23 PB's which is very good to say how early on in the season we are. The coaching team were very impressed with the high level of technique and skills being transferred from training into competition such as fly kicks off every wall, high elbows and great strokes. The positive attitude was also apparant which was pleasing to observe.

Well Done to everyone and lets keep working hard!

Retford Open Meet

2011-06-21T23:49:00.002+01:00

We had 22 swimmers representing BSC on Sunday, a total of 70 PB's were achieved from 103 swims! Well done! It was a great day and our new banner was proudly unveiled as well. Thanks must go to Verity, Katy and Nicola for being team managers on poolside. A special mention should be given to Amy and Helen who tied in the fastest reaction time challenge. Results can be found on our home page and through our results section.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable day with lots of medals being won.

Update : Midlands

2011-06-21T23:45:00.002+01:00

It has been a while since the last post but now the time has come for a little update.

The East Midlands ASA (EMASA) regional championships were very good for the Buxton girls who competed. Emily Allsopp, Jodie Hawksworth, Emma Longden, Abbie Wood and Lucy Wood all competed in over 28 events.

The girls competed as Derventio eXcel at this competition, see their website for more. Results can be found on our website also.

DASA RELAY DAY

2011-03-28T12:01:00.002+01:00

This day is possibly THE most exciting day in the competition calendar. Relay Day!

There are air horns, pom poms, face paint and lots of noise!

The "Buxton Babes" were competing in the Womens Open 400m Medlay relay and Womens Open 400m Freestyle relay. The team consited of Abbie Wood, 12, Emma Longden, 14, Lucy Wood, 14 and Chloe Hodson, 15. The ages of these girls reflect how well they have done seeing as they were racing 15/16/17/18 + yrs.

The 400m Medlay : Lucy - backstroke - 1.06.73. Abbie - breaststroke - 1.17.85. Emma - Butterfly - 1.08.47. Chloe - freestyle - 1.07.03. Total time of 4.40.56 which would have qualified them in 3rd position into the final with bronze medal almost hanging around their necks with a possibility of a silver. However, the girls got DQ'd for a takeover mistake. The smallest and youngest team in Derbyshire could have come home with a bronze medal. Unfortunately this was not to be. The girls can come back next year to push for that silver medal they so deserve! Another year older, faster and more experienced.

It is not how far you get knocked down that matters, its how far you jump back up!

The freestyle relay saw Lucy on the first leg in a time of 1.03.75. Emma was next in a time of 1.05.01. Chloe followed in a time of 1.07.58 and Abbie anchored the team in a time of 1.04.20. Total time of 4.20.54. They missed the final by 0.3s! It was a very good race and the girls put their all in to the swim.

Buxton Swimming Club is very proud of your achievements especially because you were competing in the open age relays when we didn't have an open swimmer! Well done!

Derbyshire County Champs - 3rd Weekend

2011-03-28T11:25:00.004+01:00

This is the last instalment of reports from the DASA County Champs 2011.

The past three weekends have been exciting with Buxton swimmers continuing to better themselves by breaking PB after PB. Technique and skills look very strong but consistency is the key! We have been working really hard on high elbows, streamlining and underwater kicks and it has showed in competition! Our underwater work has got to be the amongst the best especially when officials comment "your Buxton swimmers are awesome off the walls!". Everyone who swam deserves a big round of applause.

Well done to: Emily Allsopp, Nick Bainbridge, Harri Bowen, Sophie Byrne, Tome Colling, Lily Howard, Chloe Hodson, Amy Johnson, Emma Longden, Ruth Winkless, Abbie Wood and Lucy Wood. Nice job!

The first swimmer in the water this weekend was Amy Johnson kicking us off in style with a 7s PB in the 100 IM with a time of 1.24.74. A strong performance on all four strokes especially the fly and breaststroke with the backstroke identified as an area to improve. Well done!

Abbie Wood was next also int he 100 IM with a 5s PB in a time of 1.12.87 narrowly missing out on the gold medal. Abbie's next event was the 800m fr where she went out like a rocket! Whats more impressive is the fact that she managed to keep the pace up finishing in 9.43.23. A very consistent and gutsy swim. Well done!

Emma Longden competed in the one and only heat of 200m fly and smashed her PB by 12s in a time of 2.31.35. Her 3rd 50 looked tired but she can improve that easily in training, Emma came back on her last 50 as if she had found 5th gear.

Emma's next event was the splash and dash event 50m fr where she just missed her PB in a time of 30.03. Emma's last swim was the 100 IM in a time of 1.12.71 and her splits reflected each stroke well. Well done!

The senior boys captain, Nick Bainbridge, was next in the water in the 100 IM in a time of 1.16.02. Nick has not competed in many events before so this was good to see all four strokes. he followed this up with a PB in the 50 fr with a time of 28.11. Stroke rates were high but the catch position needs to be spot on otherwise his hands will slip through the water. Well done!

The senior girls captain, Chloe Hodson, also competed this weekend, first in the 50 fr with a time of 31.11 which is another PB. Stroke rates were OK but need to be above 50 strokes/min throughout without compromising the catch position. Another PB followed in the 100 IM in a time of 1.20.70. Stroke rate was low on the fr leg but all strokes looked strong. Well done!

And last but in no means least, Lucy Wood. Two PB's. One in the 50 fr in a time of 29.24 and one in the 100 IM in a time of 1.11.47. Throughout these championships it has become paramount to Lucy's development that she needs to seriously work on her underwater kick off the walls. Well Done!

Senior coach Mike Glossop was again in action this weekend in four events.

First the 100 fly in a time of 1.01.76.

Second the 100 IM in a time of 1.06.19.

Third the 400 IM! A very tiring event which he was county champion for two consecutive years. Unfortunately, due to reduced training he had to relinquish his title, finishing 4th (1st in his age group) in a time of 4.55.64.

Finally the 50 fr - the splash and dash event! 26.29.

Derbyshire County Champs - 2nd Weekend

2011-03-22T17:05:00.005Z

Again Buxton swimmers were smashing PB's during the 2nd weekend of the Derbyshire County Championships! The stamina built up over the past few months really showed and consistency in skills like underwater fly kick, high elbows and racing right up to the wall were very positive signs. Everyone can be very confident now going into the last weekend.

Abbie Wood was BSC's first swimmer of the weekend in the 400m freestyle in a time of 4.46.79.

100m Butterfly in 1.11.46. 200m Breaststroke in 2.45.00. At this point Abbie got upset that she wasn't closer to the older DX girls but should realise that she is only 12 - not 15/16 like the others! And that she is in fact the fastest 11yr old ever at 200m Breaststroke, not only in this country, but in the world!

Her 50m fr time was 31.30. Abbie's 100m fr in a time of 1.05.77 which is looking good for the womens open freestyle relay. 200m Backstroke 2.35.18 (be careful not to over reach). The 200 IM saw Abbie annihilate the field using her breaststroke in a time 2.30.43. Like the first weekend, Abbie needs to justify National QT's by doing the events long course in order to race in the latter heats. Well done!

Next up was Amy Johnson. 100m fly in 1.29.05. Her most aesthetically pleasing event was the 200m breaststroke in a time of 3.21.33. Amy built on the skills demonstrated in the 50m Br and there were no signs of the nodding churchill dog anywhere! ;) brilliant swim. 50 fr 33.69. Amy's 100m fr 1.14.22. 200m Backstroke in 3.12.56. 200 IM 3.04.36. A huge 5 second PB but the backstroke leg needs attention. Well done!

The junior girls captain, Sophie Byrne, was in action again this weekend. 200m Breaststroke 3.21.03. Consistent skills shown throughout are quickly becoming a natural habit which is a very positive response to efforts put in training. Sophie's next swim was the 50m Fr where she felt she didn't swim to her best ability, still a PB in a time of 34.78. Sophie needs to believe in herself more and be confident to race tough. Well done!

Ruth Winkless competed in the 50m Fr and achieved another PB in a time of 41.15. Ruth is starting to show real commitment and drive in training sessions which is starting to show in competitions. She is no longer 'worming' in the water, she is now swimming with a controlled body position. Well done!

Emma Longden bettered her 200m Fr PB by 2 seconds (2.16.45). She had already achieved a regional QT in this event. Her underwater work is very very strong. 100m Fly saw Emma narrowly miss out on a PB 1.10.13 but she has to take the positives into her next few races. Well done!

Lucy Wood knocked over a second off her 100m Backstroke PB (1.06.43). The main weakness that Lucy has to work very hard on in order to take the next big step, is underwater skills off the start and turns. Technically the strokes are very good and effort can not be questioned but its the little things that make a big difference. Well done!

Emily Allsopp had a bee in her bonnet in the 100m backstroke. She won the event in a time of 1.03.08, her first PB for some time. Emily got very close to her 100m Fly PB in her last event in a time of 1.05.44. She is still picking her hands + arms up instead of bringing them round but that seems to be a common theme. Well done!

Harri Bowen was racing again this weekend. The first event was the 200m breaststroke which he completed in 4.42.72. A huge PB that could have been faster if he had followed the black line, its only in training and warm-ups that you swim round the lane. The 50m freestyle saw Harri get a 2s PB (44.82). High elbows were pleasing to see as well as a strong leg kick. Well done!

Tom Colling also competed in the 50m freestyle. Nerves kicked in and got the better of him but can be used a learning curve, disqualified on the start and a poor turn meant that he recorded a time of 38.40. Now he has been in a big competition, he can be more confident and relaxed so he can concentrate on the simple things. The stroke skills looked very smooth and good strong leg kick. Well done.

Senior coach Mike competed in two events over the weekend. 200m fly (2.18.73) and the 200m fr (2.01.53) winning a silver and gold medal respectively. No PB's - Mike has realised that if you don't train enough then 200m+ is very tough.

Derbyshire County Champs - 1st Weekend

2011-03-14T08:41:00.005Z

During the first weekend of the Derbyshire County Championships, Buxton swimmers were smashing PB's almost every swim! What we have been working on in training showed in every race. Underwater fly kicks of the turns elicited a response from one of the officials "Your Buxton swimmers have awesome underwater fly kick! Really outstanding!" High elbows on freestyle were good. The results reflect how well training is working even though we have very limited training time and only a 20m pool. The coaching team can not wait for the next two weekends!!

Ruth Winkless was the first to compete and earn a PB in the 200m FR with a time of 3.25.00. A very consistent swim and stroke technique has improved immensely.

Amy Johnson was next in the 200m FR with a 9s PB, 2.48.90. Another PB would have been recorded in the 100m BK 1.31.12 but Amy's 2nd turn warranted a disqualification. Unfortunately in the 50 BR, Amy did get DQ'd because her legs were not symmetrical, this is a learning curve for Amy and she must take the positives from the swim, 42.64 would have been over a 2s PB, hands, head and arms looked very consistent and strong throughout the swim.

In the 100m BR Amy had learnt from the 50m and got a whopping 10s PB in a time of 1.31.76! 50BK was the only swim that Amy didn't achieve a PB in a time of 41.55 but followed up with a 2s PB in the 50m Fly winning a silver medal in a time of 35.95.

The junior girls captain, Sophie Byrne, got a huge 4s PB in the 200m FR in a time of 2.40.62. The most pleasing thing about this swim was the use of fly kicks off every wall and the obvious benefits of putting 100% effort into training. Sophie narrowly missed out on another PB in the 100m BK in a time of 1.26.87.

Abbie Wood can only be described as a machine! 8s PB in the 200m FR well inside the Midland qualifying time and narrowly missing the National QT. 3s PB in the 100m BK in a time of 1.15.11, another Midland QT.

14s PB! in the 400m IM well inside Midland QT 5.09.46. Another PB in the 50m BR 38.02.

16s PB! in the 200m Fly in a time of 2.31.31 well inside the Midland QT. In the 100m Br yet another PB was achieved in a time of 1.18.06.

Abbie needs to justify National QT's by doing the events long course in order to race in the latter heats.

Harri Bowen competed in two events. First 50m Bk in a time of 48.40 which is a massive 3.5s PB! Second event was 50m Fly in a time of 57.50 which is just outside his PB. This is only Harri's second open meet and confidence is growing building on his performances at the Long Eaton open meet.

Lily Howard was the first senior Buxton swimmer to race. The 100m Fr saw a 2s PB in a time of 1.15.07. A very positive swim well done! Efforts in training earned that 2s PB but a tighter streamlined position might have earned a 3s PB. Streamlining is very important and requires very little effort.

The senior girls captain, Chloe Hodson, beat her entry time by half a second in a time of 1.08.70. Chloe is well on her way to reaching the times she used to be able to hit, its only a matter of time with the amount of effort to puts into the main sets especially on a Sunday. Her second event was 100m Br in a time of 1.36.34 - her hands need to be together as she kicks.

Emma Longden was next in the water. 100m Fr 1.04.22, over half a second PB. 100m Br 1.21.16 another PB. These two swims were only a second away from a Midland QT. 50m Fly saw a Midland QT in a time of 30.95. The last swim of the weekend saw what Mike regarded as Emma's best swim. He was the one who suggested Emma should swim it and she gained another Midland QT! the 800m Fr - 9.47.49! Emma's 800m was very consistent and the best thing about all of her swims, especially in the 800m, was her underwater work. ALWAYS streamlined and ALWAYS went 4-5m off EVERY wall. This elicited a response from one of the officials "Your Buxton swimmers have awesome underwater fly kick! Really outstanding!"

Lucy Wood got a 3s PB in the 400m IM 5.11.39 which is inside the Midland QT. Lucy then got another 3s PB in the 200m Bk 2.17.65 which is another Midland QT and a National QT! Lucy's closest competitor Evie Keane said "Good job Lucy was here to push me."

Nick Bainbridge competed in the 50fly - 32.13 saw a new PB being recorded. Another new PB recorded was in the 100m Fr, 1.02.53. Nick has never done 100m Fr in a competition so this was a great result for him. Nicks target is to break the minute barrier. His back end speed has to be worked on, a 4s drop off is too much.

Senior coach Mike competed in three events for his club Rykneld SC. 1s PB in the 50 Fly, 27.91 and a silver medal. No PB in the 200m IM but still a gold medal 2.17.59. A silver medal in the 100m Fr 54.79 with a 0.01s PB. Hey - a PB is a PB

Long Eaton Open Meet

2011-01-31T10:31:00.002Z

BSC had a great positive performance throughout the day. 28 fast swims were rewarded with 6 finals! 26 PB's, 17 Derbyshire County Championship times and 3 regional qualifying times were achieved! Competing were Harri Bowen, Sophie Byrne, Chloe Hodson, Lily Howard, Emma Longden, Helen Thornhill and Ruth Winkless. This was the very first open meet for Harri and Ruth and they certainly rose to the challenge.

The results prove that hard work and consistency in training pays off; streamlining and underwater kicks were phenomenal. Special mention has to go to Emma who destroyed everybody with her lethal underwater work.

It is very impressive to see how much we are improving as a club with regards to skills and technique. High elbows, great streamlining and good use of fly kicks off the walls were all positives.

The next step is to ensure streamlining is done on the dive before you enter the water to get a good start. Everyone swam really well on Sunday, well done swimmers!

Bo.Barnsley & Derbyshire Sprints

2010-12-13T10:38:00.003Z

BSC competed in two competitions over the weekend both held at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.

Out of a grand total of 75 swims, 51 PB's were achieved! Well done to all!

Saturday - Bo.Barnsley Xmas Sprint

Competing were Sophie Byrne, Ben Dawson, Amy Johnson, Freya Needham, Nick Short and Fran Sisson. 23 swims = 17 PB's !! Every swimmer got at least 2Pb's which shows that the hard work in training, even in a small training pool, is really starting to pay off. What was most impressive to see is how much skills and techniques have improved and the consistency of which is very good!

One noticeable thing that everyone needs to improve, is streamlining on the dive and underwater phases of the swim. This is crucial to swimming fast and its so easy to do with a little practice. Everyone swam fantastic, well done swimmers!

Sunday - Derbyshire Sprints

Competing were Nick Bainbridge, Sophie Byrne, Tom Colling, senior coach Mike Glossop, Jodie Hawksworth, Chloe Hodson, Amy Johnson, Bronwen Jones, Emma Longden, Rowan Mycock, Verity Mycock, Helen Thornhill, Abbie Wood and Lucy Wood. 52 swims = 34 PB's !! Only three swimmers didn't achieve personal bests but were no more than 0.39s off which is very positive. Like Saturday, it is very impressive to see is how much skills and techniques have improved and the consistency of which is very good! High elbows, strong finishes, good use of fly kicks off the start were all positives.

Again, it was streamlining that was the common factor in most swims on the dive and underwater phases of the swim. As above, streamlining is crucial to swimming fast and its so easy to do with a little practice. Everyone swam fantastic, PB's or not, well done swimmers!

Over the weekend we proved that a small club can achieve big things in tough circumstances. Lets not forget how little pool time we have, the size of the pool currently used and the fact that we had very little training leading into the weekend due to the weather. Considering all these factors, we did exceptionally well! Everyone should be very proud of themselves.

Thanks must also go out to all the taxi drivers (thats all the parents) and all the helpers over the weekend and in the lead up to the competitions.

BSC @ Northampton

2010-12-05T21:07:00.001Z

Buxton Swimming Club had 3 swimmers competing at the weekend, swimming as DX swimmers, with a huge total of 11 PB's from 17 swims! Well done Emma Longden, Abbie Wood and Lucy Wood. Great performances over the weekend and to say you're not fully tapoured, these are great signs of things to come. It shows how tough you can race, how consistent your skills are and that training is working well. Keep up the good, hard work! Well Done Girls!

Mansfield's Major Oak Open Meet

2010-11-22T13:53:00.003Z

BSC had 7 swimmers competing on the Sunday with a massive total 15 PB's from 24 swims! Well done Nick Bainbridge, Sophie Byrne, Chloe Hodson, Amy Johnson, Emma Longden, Abbie Wood and Lucy Wood!

The coaching team were impressed with the level of improvement shown in both stroke skills/technique and competition etiquette (although crisps are not particularly the best option). Warm ups and cool downs were swum correctly even in cramped conditions (which we should be used to anyway!)

These results show that training is starting to pay off and is working well!

Well done! Roll on Barnsley Open Meet 11th Dec and the Derbyshire's 12th December! Keep working hard! :)

PB's:

Nick: 50FR 0.11 seconds - 28.50

Sophie: 200IM 6.51 seconds - 3:09.71, 100BR 0.74 seconds - 1:40.17, 200BR 0.10 seconds - 3:25.27, 50BK 0.30seconds - 42.48.

Amy: 200IM 8.62 seconds - 3:13.22, 200BR 0.21 seconds - 3:38.44, 50FLY 2.76 seconds - 40.33

Emma: 200IM 4.55 seconds - 2:40.68, 100BR 3.59seconds - 1:21.40, 200BR 3.80seconds - 2:56.45

Abbie: 200IM 5.29 seconds - 2:37.29, 100FR 0.78 seconds - 1:07.82

Lucy: 200IM 0.05 seconds - 2:31.65, 100BR 4.63 seconds - 1:24.77

High Peak Sports Awards 2010

2010-10-17T22:02:00.005+01:00

3 Buxton swimmers were shortlisted for their achievements this year at the High Peak Sports Awards. Emily Allsopp (former winner at this awards), Lucy Wood and Abbie Wood (pictured above). All three swimmers are also part of the Derventio eXcel swim programme.

ABBIE WOOD won the runner up for the Junior Sports Woman of the year in a very strong field won by GB Pole Vaulter Katie Bryers. Abbie was presented the award by Councillor Jean Wharmby and at only 11 years of age swam to a GOLD MEDAL in the 200m Breaststroke at her first National Championships, here she posted the 4th fastest British time ever recorded in this event. She also swam to a SILVER medal in the 100m Breaststroke and 5th place in the 400m I.M. This is just the start of her swimming journey and she is looking forward to next year.

LUCY WOOD (14) also shortlisted for this awards event. Lucy again at her first ever national championships won a BRONZE MEDAL leading off on the Backstroke leg of the Derventio eXcel's FAB FOUR relay team, and swam to personal bests to swim into the top 10 in the country on individual events. Lucy also captured Gold medals at the Regional Championships earlier in the year.

EMILY ALLSOPP (16), who was the winner of the Junior Sports Person Award in 2009 was also shortlisted for the awards. Emily has had a good year firstly capturing a Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for the Regional short course events in November, followed by 2 silver medals in relay events at the Commonwealth Trials along with her DX team mates. Emily has also had to juggle swimming with her GCSE exams this year in which she earned excellent results. Emily went on to achieve a clean sweep of silver medals in the regional long course events in her favoured backstroke events and relays, and has set numerous county records on the way to qualifying for an impressive 12 events at this years nationals, demonstrating her versatility in backstroke, freestyle, butterfly and medley events.

Well done girls!

Dukeries 2010 Open Meet

2010-09-05T15:53:00.004+01:00

Well done to Verity, Rowan, Chloe and Emma! Between them they got a trophy and 5medals + the medal Michael, Senior Coach, won. For places 1st-3rd, you received a trophy, for positions 4th-6th you received a medal. 1 3rd place trophy, 1 4th place medal, 1 5th place medal and 3 6th place medals.

Buxton SC saw 7PB's in total which is fantastic for this time of season.

The gala gave the opportunity for those who hadn't swum for a while to gauge some sort of idea on how fast they were and to understand how open meets are going to work with the new coaching team. It was a brilliant day and special mention goes to Verity who won the reaction time challenge!

Its going to be hard work now leading into short course midlands or Mansfield OM.

Day 5 - ASA National Age Group Championships

2010-08-02T09:51:00.006+01:00

Day 5 of the National Age Group Championships.

First up was Buxton's Abbie Wood in the 11 years 400m I.M. Abbie posted a 6 second pb in the heats to qualify in 6th position and then improved by another 3 seconds in the final to swim to a 5.33.93 and take 5th place. Abbie has had a tremendous first visit to nationals, well done Abbie!

Lucy Wood competed in the Girls 4x100m Medley relay for DX. The FAB FOUR regional champion girls swam incredible splits with a very exciting final to win the BRONZE MEDAL 5.87 seconds faster than their regional victory in a time of 4.34.01, the team of LUCY WOOD (1.09.05), SARAH VASEY (1.17.01), HANNAH JONES (1.06.42) and EVE FARNSWORTH (1.01.53). The girls swam their hearts out and throughout the course of the medley relay, swam some amazing splits. This is the first nationals for 3 out of the 4 girls and they have all come within the top 11 swimmers in the country in their individual events...this is an awesome start to their national swiimming and testament to their teamwork, skill, passion and commitment.

Day4: ASA National Age Group Championships

2010-08-01T20:57:00.002+01:00

Day 4
ABBIE WOOD won a SILVER MEDAL in the 11 years 100m Breaststroke in a lifetime best of 1.20.97, nearly 3 seconds faster than her personal best that she set at the 100m split of her GOLD medal winning 200m Breaststroke.

National champion and silver medallist!

Very well done Abbie!

Abbie Wood - National Champion!!!

2010-07-29T22:12:00.004+01:00

Day two of the British Gas ASA National Age Group Championships sees Abbie Wood crowned as the gold medalist and national champion in the girls 11yrs 200m breaststroke.
Abbie qualified fastest from the heats in a time of 2.52.80 – a 5sec PB and then went on to smash this by a further 2secs by winning the final by almost 4secs in a time of 2.50.97, setting herself apart as the class act in Girls breaststroke for 11year olds in Great Britain.

WELL DONE ABBIE – ALL AT BUXTON SC ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU

AGE GROUP NATIONALS - DAY 1

2010-07-28T23:31:00.001+01:00

LUCY WOOD, in her first ever nationals improved on her personal best time with an excellent 2nd 100m in the 13 years 200m Backstroke. Lucy was ranked 16th going into the championship, Lucy swam to a new personal best of 2.25.57 and finished in 11th position just 0.15 seconds outside the final, which means that she is in the top 10 13 year old girls in the country (the winner being from Turkey).

Buxton Swimmers at Midland Region Championships

2010-07-25T17:53:00.003+01:00

As both swimmers and parents patience wears increasingly thin with the Council due to the continued delays with the Buxton Swimming Pool refurbishment, its closure now into its 10th month, 5 Buxton swimmers have amazingly still managed to qualify and jcompete at the Midland Region Swimming Championships in Coventry.

Helen Thornhill, Abbie Wood, Emma Longden, Lucy Wood and Emily Allsopp all competed in the Championships in May and June. Helen Thornhill competed in the 10 years age group 100 and 200 metres backstoke finishing in a superb 9th and 18th places. Helen showed some great potential at the meet. Emma Longden competed in the 100 metre Freestyle and 100 metres butterfly in which she finished in an excellent 14th place with a personal best time. Senior Coach Mike Glossop is predicting a lot more success for both Helen and Emma once normal training hopefully resumes at Buxton in September

Abbie Wood won 2 silver medals in the 100 and 200 metre breaststroke. Abbie finished in 7th place in the 400 metres individual Medley. Lucy Wood won a gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke and a bronze in the 200 metre backstroke. Lucy finished in 4th place overall for 13 years girls Lucy also won a gold medal with the Derventio eXcel swim squad relay team.

Emily Allsopp competing in the Youth Championships in May won 3 individual silver medals in the 50, 100 and 200 metre backstroke events. Emily also won a silver and 2 bronze medals with the Derventio eXcel swim squad relay team.

Reminders!

2010-07-06T10:29:00.001+01:00

The coaching team need your Dukeries entry forms by this Friday 9th July. All Juniors and Seniors should enter.

Also, the Buxton Swimming Club BBQ is being held this Saturday 10th July @ the Devonshire Arms, Fairfield.

Peak and Plain 26th June

2010-07-01T00:03:00.001+01:00

WELL DONE EVERYONE! It was such a good gala on Saturday with team spirit soaring! I was dying to put some trunks on and dive in!

Buxton had 10 first place finishes! (with a few, harsh technical disqualifications along the way)

It was clear to see that yet again the Junior Development squad's technique is shining through, in competition now which is fantastic! Everyone fought hard in every race!

The boys relay at the end won Gold, your medals will be arriving shortly, after another team fielded ineligible swimmers.

We have to remember to concentrate on swimming fast, not smiling all the way down the pool! you know who you are! ;)

Those few swimmers who turned up to training Sunday had a tough set and did themselves proud, pushing past the pain barrier. It really was great to see red faces :)

The improvement shown in the past few weeks is immense and we can only get better! :)

Website Update

2010-06-28T13:17:00.002+01:00

The coaches corner has two new pages ready to be used.

The photo gallery has been re-organised and will be fully functioning very soon.

Website Update

2010-06-25T12:26:00.004+01:00

The Home page is always being updated so look out for news bulletins there and "Dates for Your Diaries" may change as well.

The buttons on the left have been sorted to ensure the links are correct.

You will notice "Coaches Corner" has been added, this area is currently being developed.

"Gala Procedures" is a very important page for swimmers to look at, recently re-done by the coaching team. This page will be moved to "Coaches Corner shortly"

The website now has a 'theme' running throughout. Blue and White to match the clubs colours.

"Committee Members" and "Coaches, Teachers & Helpers" have been updated.

"Thinking of Joining?" has been updated following our current residence @ St. Anselms, as has "Training Times"

The "Web Links" and subsequent pages have all been re-done so the links work properly after british swimming changed their website.

So, the "Coaches Corner" is a big area being revamped at the moment as well as the Photo Gallery and Swim21 accreditation/documentation. For swimmers and parents wishing to log on and view the photo gallery, please contact Mike for a username and password. Please note that the password may change periodically for security purposes.

Training Sunday 13th June

2010-06-14T09:12:00.002+01:00

Hi all,

I'd just like to say how impressed I was yesterday at training with everyone. The Junior Development are really concentrating on their stroke technique and continue to make vast improvements, so well done! The Juniors and Senior had a hard set yesterday which they completed very well. Seeing a few red faces and a lot of swimmers pushing themselves hard is very pleasing for me to see.

Lets keep going! Lets keep improving!

RESULTS: Peak & Plain League Gala 6/06/10

2010-06-09T13:17:00.001+01:00

The results of the Peak & Plain Gala are published : http://www.crusaderleague.org.uk/Peak_Plains/results/2010r4.htm

Well done again everyone.

Congratulations!

2010-06-08T08:41:00.001+01:00

Emily Allsopp has been selected for the UK School Games representing the Central team. This is a great achievement, well done. Emily represents Buxton at County level and Derventio eXcel at regional and national level.

Peak & Plain League Gala 6/06/10

2010-06-08T08:31:00.003+01:00

Again I would like to say thank you to all the poolside helpers at the weekend; I'm not going to name names otherwise I might miss someone out :S

Very well done to all the swimmers involved, a much improved performance compared to the Crusader league gala and in such a short space of time is very impressive.

Crusdaer League Gala 25/05/10

2010-05-25T23:06:00.002+01:00

Firstly I'd like to say a big "thank you" to all the poolside helpers at the weekend; Trisha, Julie, Darren, Jo and Rachel. Also, well done to all the swimmers involved especially those who swam up age groups in order to make up relay teams. Positives and negatives from the gala have been noted. Great team spirit was shown along with good, hard racing and safe relay takeovers. It was difficult in a pool of that length. We need to ensure the simple things are done and done well. Things like swimming hard into the finish and racing with perfect technique skills practiced in training, including correct and fast turns.

We need to ensure that plenty of notice is given when a swimmer is unavailable for a gala.

Thank you again everyone, and well done!

Peak and Plains results

2010-05-16T20:56:00.004+01:00

Hi everyone. A little late, but the results of the last Peak and Plains gala can be accessed on the link.

http://www.crusaderleague.org.uk/Peak_Plains/p2010.asp

Click on gala 2 results on the bottom of the page.

Still a bit of work to do, but well done to all swimmers.

Swansea open meet

2010-05-16T09:13:00.002+01:00

If you would like to follow the Buxton swimmers' progress at Swansea this weekend, you can check the live results on the web at:

http://www.swimswansea.co.uk/results/longcourse2010

Well done so far, Emily; Lucy and Emma!

Buxton @ Swansea

2010-05-15T00:36:00.001+01:00

Good luck to Emma, Lucy and Emily who are competing in Swansea this weekend!

Peak and Plain gala, Nantwich

2010-05-10T20:23:00.001+01:00

Well done to all our swimmers and thankyou to all the helpers at the Peak & Plain Gala at Nantwich. I will post a full report when the official results are available. Until then well done everyone.

PEAK & PLAIN - NANTWICH

2010-05-08T14:27:00.002+01:00

Good Luck to all the Buxton Swimmers competing in the Peak & Plain Gala at Nantwich tonight!

Buxton Swimming Club Coaching Staff Announcement

2010-05-01T16:03:00.006+01:00

Buxton Swimming Club Coaching Staff Announcement

We are pleased to announce that David Peet has been selected to be the new Head Coach of Buxton Swimming Club, to be assisted by Michael Glossop as Senior Coach. Both Coaches will be working accross all areas of the Club, non swimmers to seniors.

Dave is the former Head Coach of Macclesfield Sattelites and is qualified to Level 3 Club Coach standard. Dave has 15 years of experience teaching and coaching at swimming clubs and brings lots knowledge and enthusiasm to the Club.

Michael is qualified to Level 2 swimming Teacher/Coach, still swims competatively for Rykneld Swimming Club at regional and national level and has represented Derbyshire at inter counties meets. Michael will be well placed to bring modern training methods to our junior and senior squads.

The Committee are confident that this blend of Youth and Experience will prove be a huge success. Dave and Mike will play a huge part of our future development plans when we are back in Buxton, where we aim to provide high quality swimming lessons, technique work for all swimmers and look to expand our training programme for our competative swimmers.

Good Luck Mike and Emily

2010-04-30T23:26:00.002+01:00

All at Buxton Swimming Club would like to wish Mike and Emily good luck this weekend at the Midland Youth Championships.

Following thier progress here

http://www.swimmingvolunteers.org/publicevents/midland/index.htm

Speedo Videos

2010-04-29T23:15:00.002+01:00

Hi everyone.

There are a couple of videos I'd like you all to take a quick look at.

On the speedo website...

"The Lochte Laws" is a very good video about setting goals and having fun. Ryan Lochte is six time Olympic medalist.

For those of you who have facebook, there is a group or fan site. Search speedo and its called "Speedo International". There are numerous videos available to look at here. Michael Phelps has done a series of six videos including:

Michael Phelps typical day.

Michael Phelps race warm up.

I suggest just watching them for inspiration, motivation and to pick up tips.

Mike

Satillites Open Meet 24/25 April

2010-04-26T14:15:00.003+01:00

Hi All!

On behalf of the coaching team I'd like to say how impressed we were at the Satillites gala at the weekend. Everyone conducted themselves very professionally on poolside, in the warm ups and in the cool downs. Well done.

We had 7 swimmers competing in 29 races (including finals) and we had 13 PB's across the board. Every swimmer PB'd over the weekend which was great!

I was very impressed with our starts and underwater work, keep it up guys!

Small things to work on are things like swimming in a straight line, no breathing 1st stroke off the dive or turn and making sure we touch the wall with two hands on breaststroke turns (you know who you are)

All in all, fantastic weekend!

Mike

2010-03-30T15:22:00.003+01:00

Hi Everyone
Hope you all enjoyed your training session with Dave on Sunday. We really enjoyed ourselves but i think some of you had to work hard looking at the red faces leaving the poolside.
Don't forget to take your PB books and a log book with you (not for those in lessons) and remember to fill them in. Write down the set you have completed after each session and write down how you felt i.e. you found the set easy or you were really tired.
As soon as Dave has time he will look at your books to get an idea of how you are doing.
Tonights lessons (30.03.10) will have Dave, Julie and Moira present to help you all. have a great session.
We have two galas coming up so keep your eyes on the Buxton website and we will try and get a great team going to represent Buxton

British Swimming Championships

2010-03-28T20:04:00.003+01:00

Good Luck To Emily Allsopp who is swimming in the British Swimming Championships this week. The Championships will take place over 6 days, from Monday 29th March to Saturday 3rd April 2010 at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, and doubles up as the Commonwealth Games qualifiers.

Follow Emily's progress here !!!

Derbyshire Championships Swimmers

2010-03-28T16:28:00.002+01:00

Could all swimmers who swam at the Derbyshires please be available for a photo on Tuesday Evening, Medal winners, please bring them along with you.

Thanks

Derbyshire Records

2010-03-28T15:17:00.002+01:00

Buxton Swimming Club would like to congratulate Emily Allsopp on her recent awards by the Derbyshire ASA at the recent City of Derby meet.
Emily was awarded certificates of recognition for achieving 3 all time Derbyshire records
200m backstroke (2.16.34)
100m backstroke (1.03.81)
50m backstroke (29.87)

Hoodies and Tee shirts

2010-03-28T14:28:00.001+01:00

New Buxton S C Hoodies and Tee Shirts now available.

Contact Trishia for details.