Wednesday 27 June 2012

Fund Raising at Asda Bodmin this coming Saturday

Many thanks for the volunteers who have signed up for selling raffle tickets at Asda on Saturday 30th June. We still need 3 or 4 more volunteers in the 2pm-4pm slot, so if you are free to sell raffle tickets and raise funds for the club (it helps keep the subscriptions down), please sign up on the noticeboard at the leisure centre or drop me a line on jerweatherhead@hotmail.com - thanks.

Jeremy Weatherhead (Club Development Officer)

PS If you have raffle prizes please let me know

Monday 11 June 2012

Club Championships 2012

The Club Championships are open to all swimmers who are members of Bodmin
Dragons, including multi-club swimmers.

This is an excellent opportunity for swimmers to gain experience and entry times for
the Bodmin Open on the 3rd November and / or the Cornwall County ASA
Development Gala at Bodmin on the 17th November, in a relaxed and friendly
atmosphere.
  • Age groups are 7 & under, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 & over for Boys and Girls
  • Ages are taken as of the 3rd July 2012
  • Swimmers can enter a maximum of 6 events in the Club Championships and are
  • encouraged to do so
  • All those taking part will receive a 2012 Club Championships t-shirt
  • Medals – 1st, 2nd & 3rd for each event, in each age group.
  • Entry Fee for the Club Championships is £20 for up to 6 events
  • Programmes £1 on the night, for each session
  • Officials - Timekeepers and a Referee / Starter.
  • Results service with Hy-Tek Meet Manager
  • Electronic start signal
  • Electronic timing
  • Closing Date for Entries Wednesday 27th June 2012
The presentation of medals and the distribution of t-shirts will take place at our Presentation Evening later in July, the date of which will be announced soon.

The Club Championships are not a licensed event, but will be subject to ASA Laws
and Regulations.

As always if you can find some time to help out marshalling and so on please let one of us know poolside

Links to Club Championship Documents (open in new window);

Saturday 2 June 2012

Exeter May Meet

Rebecca, Katie, Esther, Amber, Charlie and George relax at the deep end after the Exeter May Meet.
Bodmin Dragons Swimming Club had a very successful weekend at the Exeter May Meet on the 12th May and 13th May. Rebecca Anderson, Esther Doleman, Lyndon Holmes-Beddow, Amber Houghton, Lani House, Charlie Randall, Katie Randall and George Spencer came away with a total 21 medals.
  • Rebecca Anderson secured a Cornwall County Record in the Girls 13 200 Backstroke taking first place in that event and in the 50 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle and the 200 Individual Medley. Rebecca also secured second place in the 50 Breaststroke and the 100 Freestyle.
  • Esther Doleman secured first place in the Girls 15 200 Breaststroke, with second place in the 50 Breaststroke and the 200 IM, and third place in the 200 Freestyle.
  • Lyndon Holmes-Beddow just missed out of the medals in the Boys 11 200 Backstroke, but secured a well earned qualifying time for the ASA South West Age Group Championships to be held at Millfield in July.
  • Amber Houghton secured second place in the Girls 10 400 Freestyle with third place in the 50 Butterfly and the 200 Backstroke.
  • Lani House was just out of the medals in the Girls 11 400 IM, the toughest event in swimming, and in the 200 IM.
  • Charlie Randall secured third place in the Girls 13 400 Freestyle knocking over three seconds off her PB.
  • Katie Randall secured third place in the Girls 14 50 Breaststroke and in the 50 Butterfly.
  • George Spencer secured a well deserved first place in the Boys 13 400 IM and a qualifying time for the ASA South West Age Group Championships together with a second place in the equally tough 200 Butterfly, knocking almost 2 seconds off his qualifying time for those Championships, and a third place in the 200 Breaststroke, missing the qualifying time by only 0.79 seconds.
George Spencer and Lyndon Holmes-Beddow will be joined at the ASA South West Age Group Championships by Rebecca Anderson and Katie Randall, above, who had previously qualified and by Millie Sander and Angus Jarvis of Bodmin Dragons.