NEWSLETTER Issue 29: July 2019 All Ready for British Summer Championships In this issue… Summer Championships are just around the corner …we’ve got all you need to know to support our swimmers at British, English, Scottish & Welsh … Coming Very Soon… Team Bath AS Summer Clinics Regional Champs Round Up Eleven Team Bath AS Swimmers will be representing the #blueandgoldarmy at the British Swimming Coffee with…. the ‘style king’ Championships (23-28 July), between them swimming that is our Development a total of 24 events during the meet to be held at Coach Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow. Racing every day having qualified for six events (50m, 100m, 200m Free; 100m, 200m Fly; 50m Back) will be 14yr old Max Adams who makes his British Championship debut alongside team mates Olly Watts (50m Free, 50m Fly), Rue Fowler (200m IM) and Katie Butcher (50m Back). There will also be appearances from our more experienced athletes with Mark Edmundson (50m, 100m, 200m Back), Rhiannon Bowen (100m, 200m Free; 100m Fly), Misty Marshall-Welling (50m, 200m Free), Ethan McNeil (200m Breast) and Laura McNab After completing her A Levels, Laura (50m Free) all competing in their best events. Niamh Ward McNab will be competing in the (14) and Finlay Saunders (15) complete the line up with 50m Freestyle at British both swimmers competing in the 100m and 200m Championships. Backstroke too. British Summer Championships #SummerChamps19 23-28 July 2019 Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow Follow team results - @teambathas on Twitter Livestream https://www.youtube.com/user/BritishSwimming Home Nation Championships Shaping Up Nicely for #blueandgoldarmy There’s an an exciting summer of competition ahead for Team Bath AS with swimmers preparing for British and Home Nation Championships over the coming weeks. Home Nation Championships kick off with the Scottish Summer Meet (11-14 July) where Ethan McNeil (right) will be competing in four events (100m Breast, 200m Fly, 200m IM, 400m IM). A couple of weeks later and the English and Welsh Summer Championships take place. We have teams of qualifying swimmers heading to both Sheffield and Swansea to compete at these events too. Our four Welsh Home Nation swimmers will head off to Swansea to fly the flag for the #blueandgoldarmy at the Swim Wales Summer Open (29 July-2 August). Swimming at the Welsh National Pool will be Lucas Lawman (200m Free, 50m Breast, 200m Breast, 200m IM, 400m IM); Katie Butcher (100m Back, 200m Back); Tegan Gibson (50m Free, 400m Free, 1500m Free) and Misty Marshall- Welling (100m Free). Left: Lucas Lawman, Misty Marshall- Welling, Tegan Gibson & Katie Butcher. Just a couple of days later, events kick off in Sheffield at the Swim England National Summer Meet (31 August-4 August). There will be nine Team Bath AS swimmers competing – Rue Fowler (100m Free, 200m Free, 100m Back, 200m Back); Olly Watts (100m Free, 200m Free, 800m Free, 50m Breast); Dylan Hood (200m Breast, 400m IM); Lydia Crawford (200m Fly); Peter Mould (100m Breast); Finlay Saunders (50m Back); Oliver Saunders (200m IM) and Alex Sharman (200m Fly). Above Left to Right (Top) Olly Watts, Finlay Saunders, Alex Sharman, Dylan Hood (Bottom row) Oliver Saunders, Lydia Crawford, Rue Fowler HERE’S ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO SUPPORT OUR SWIMMERS Follow/Tweet Your Support – Find us on Twitter @TeamBathAS 11-14 July 2019 Scottish Summer Meet #ScotSM19 Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh Info: https://www.scottishswimming.com/compete/swimming/national- events/summermeet.aspx 29 July-2 August 2019 Swim Wales Summer Open 2019 #SWSO19 Welsh National Pool, Swansea Above: Peter Mould, Info: https://www.swimwales.org/events/swim-wales-summer-open swimming 100 Breast Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/swimwales/?ref=br_rs at the Swim England 31 July-4 August 2019 Swim England National Summer Meet 2019 #SESwimming National Summer Ponds Forge, Sheffield Meet. Info: https://www.swimming.org/sport/about-the-national-summer-meet/ Livestream: https://www.swimming.org/sport/swimming-live-stream/ It’s Para World Championships for Steph Huge congratulations to Team Bath AS swimmer Stephanie Millward MBE who will be heading off to the World Para Swimming Championships 2019 at the London Aquatic Centre, 9-15 September. Steph will be competing in both individual events and relays at the Championships which are the Key qualifying event for the ToKyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Please join us in getting behind Steph as she prepares for this huge occasion and support her throughout the event by showing your support on social media. All the information about the Para World Championships can be found here https://www.britishswimming.org/events-and-ticKets/world-para-swimming- championships-2019/ Steph will be Swimming:- 9 Sept - 100m Freestyle; 10 Sept -100m BacKstroke 13 Sept - 4 x100m Medley Relay; 15 Sept – 4x100m Freestyle Relay Our Girls Enjoy Regional Camp Following their performances at Regionals, three Team Bath AS swimmers Lucy Stevens, Molly Watts and Poppy Williams attended the first day of the Swim England South West Regional Pathway Camp at Millfield. Well done girls! Volunteer Award for Peter Congratulations to swimmer Medals for Masters Swimmers Peter Mould who came joint 3rd place in the Somerset ASA Team Bath AS celebrated medal success at 2019 County Volunteer of the the Gloucester and Somerset Masters Year Award. Meet held at Horfield Leisure Centre, Bristol on 18 May. Peter was presented with his Guy Roberts won Gold 100 IM; Gold 100 award at the Somerset AGM Free; Gold 50 Free; Bronze 50 Fly. in June in recognition of his Alex Koniotes won Bronze 100 Free; volunteering poolside for Bronze 50 Fly. Team Bath AS. OUR NEXT MEET Saturday 7 September 2019 EARLY SEASON SHORT COURSE L4 SPRINT MEET & RELAYS Horfield Leisure Centre, Bristol BS7 0XW Further details www.teambathas.co.uK Big Shout Out To Our Volunteers The annual National Volunteers Week took place 1-7 June and gave us a chance to say a big thank you to all those volunteers who help run our Club. Like most Clubs we could not exist without the free time, passion and tireless work done by our volunteers and as ever we’re always in need of more help. We launched our new commitment to volunteering scheme this year and we thank all parents who have responded so far either by paying the opt out fee or by registering their hours with our volunteer coordinator Mark Birkett ([email protected]). If you still have to get your hours in, do it right away as this seasons contributions will be concluded at the end of July. Movers and Shakers…. Team Bath AS Volunteers Co-ordinator Mark Birkett with our swimmer Mark Congratulations to our Academy Swimmers who have moved up to new squads since our Edmundson. last newsletter. Well done to all our swimmers who have Welcome to our new Performance graduated from the Academy Finish Squad into Swimmers the Performance Program Transition Squad A big Team Bath AS welcome to the new after completing their trial. Welcome to Oswin, Talya, Katie, Finnley, Tallulah and Grace. swimmers (and their families) who have joined the Performance Program since our last issue: Glesni Lewis (below) has moved up from the Turn to Finish Squad within the Academy. Abi Coppard, Izzy King, Tegan Gibson, Logan Bolwell, Poppy Williams & Seb Gillett. Congratulations Debbie Congratulations to Debbie Rafferty who joins our team of officials A big warm welcome to our new Academy Swimmers and their families who have joined having qualified Team Bath AS following the last Academy as a J1. Swimming Taster Day. Thank you Grace, Cara, Jimmie, Cesca, Will B, Isabella, Will Debbie. M, Erin, Peter and Wilson. Emerging Talent Makes a Splash Youth Regionals Team Bath AS swimmers competed in Plymouth in the Swim England South West Regional Championships over the weekend of 4-6 May with the competition revealing some star performances from emerging talent with Championship titles for both Niamh Ward (15yr, 200 Back) and Olly Watts (14yr, 800 Free) who were both competing for the first time at Plymouth. Entering the competition on 2.23.93, Niamh’s 200 Backstroke heat swim produced a new PB which she promptly slashed again in the finals by a further two seconds to produce her golden swim in a time of 2.21.14. Having already contributed in the full set of Boy’s Relays, Olly Watts pulled out a new LC PB on the final afternoon winning Gold in the 800m Freestyle in a time of 9.15.71. Double Silver Medallist Finlay Saunders (16) also showed solid progression through the competition knocking 3 seconds off his 200m Backstroke PB and a second off his 100m Backstroke time to win his medals. Backstroke medals kept coming with Mark Edmundson’s Bronze (17+yr, 200 Back) and Niamh’s second medal, a Silver in the 15yr 100 Back. Having already swum in the 100 Free (6th) and 100 Fly (6th) finals, Rhiannon Bowen demonstrated her signature grit in the 17yr 200 Freestyle Finals winning a further Silver medal for the Team in a time of 2.06.98. Competing for the first time in Plymouth 15yr swimmers Lydia Crawford (5th 200 Fly, 8th 100 Fly), Katie Butcher (7th 50 Back, 10th 100 Back) and Niamh Ward (1st 200 Back, 2nd 100 Back, 8th 100 Free) all achieved Finals swims with 16yr boys Arthur Bown-Mazzoni (8th 200 Free) and Finlay Saunders (2nd 200 Back, 2nd 100 Back, 5th 50 Back, 6th 800 Free) adding further to the Team’s Finals tally. With many swimmers entering the Open (17+yr) age group for the first time the Championships provided an additional challenge. Un- phased, our Open swimmers produced solid performances through heats and finals with 17+yr final swims for Madeleine Aldam- Gates (9th 50 Free), Rhiannon Bowen (2nd 200 Free, 6th 100 Free, 6th 100 Fly), Mark Edmundson (3rd 200 Back), Ethan McNeil (6th 400 IM, 8th 200 Fly), Peter Mould (9th 200 Breast) and Alex Sharman (7th 200 Fly).