VOL.3 FEBRUARY 2014 Hatfield Swimming Club Newsletter www.hatfieldswimmingclub.org.uk Five weekends of back to back racing and we are now into February The first month of the year has already gone by and we are really starting to gather momentum as a team. We’ve had a busy weekend in Biggleswade with a huge cross section of the club competing, a long weekend at the Zonal Championships with some very strong in season swims, our own Hatfield Valentines meet, international representation in Belgium and six performance swimmers making their way to Edinburgh for a grand prix event. That’s January done and dusted, so moving onto to what lies ahead. We’ve just had the second round of the Hert’s Major League this weekend as well as a sizeable performance and racing team heading to Sheffield for the Derventio meet. We will have a short th rest bite on the weekend of 15/16 before we send of 16 of our University swimmers to Sheffield for the British University Championships as well as Caleb Hughes who is competing at the event as preparation The Grand Prix event in Edinburgh this weekend just gone for the fast approaching Commonwealth Games Trials in April. This weekend also coincides with the Harrow THANK YOU!!!! Open Meet. Following that we have the distance events A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE at counties! HELPERS, COACHES AND OFFICIALS FOR MAKING THE VALENTINES MEET SUCH A GREAT SUCCESS! th th Meet Report: Biggleswade Open Meet 18 /19 January THANK YOU!!!! Success at Saxon Pool for Hatfield Swimmers: Samir Ahmed A large contingent of Hatfield’s junior swimmers took the short-course meet hosted by Biggleswade by storm. The fearsome quartet of; Luke Turley, Luke Sugden, Ben Garratt & Nathan Hughes claimed numerous individual accolades as well as posting some of the fastest age-group times in Great Britain this year. Coaches; Barry Smith, Ingrid Wilkes & Samir Ahmed were extremely pleased with the overall performances and effort shown by all the Hatfield swimmers based at the Finesse Swim Centre and the Hertfordshire Sports Village. There were fifty-eight swimmers representing the team and the club came away with the ‘Top Team’ trophy. Well done to the following swimmers who did a fantastic job; Bailey Wilkes, Jade Whitehouse, Alfie Warnock, Nathan Wankling, Thomas Vullo, Luke Turley, Fiona Thornton, Euan Thornton, Emily Talbot, Luke Sugden, Anthony Smith, Amber Shine, Max Shirvell, Toby Shirvell, Max Robertson, James Rayner, Josh Rayner, Georgia Pritchard, Elinah Phillip, Amarah Phillip, Bex Pedrithes, Sophie Payne, Sammy Parker, Oliver Parker, Luke Moore, Eliot Miller, Libby Magill, Cailtlin Loo, Saric Lewington, Indie Leader, Tobi Laguda, Niamh Kelly, Dinnith Karunthilaka, Antonia Jubb, Tim Hughes, Nathan Hughes, Amber Hughes, Reese Housden, Nicholas Hollas, Monette Hilario, Cailtlin Harvey, Harriet Hanson, George Gould, Sam Garratt, Ben Garratt, Bethan Fuge, Molly Francis, Alex Faulkner, Jess Farrow, Jamie Farrow, Elizabeth Earl, Christina Durbin, James Cameron, Jess Bond, Natasha Bentley, Suzie Bird, Matt Bentley, Ollie Bailey & Luke Abeywickrama. VOL.3 FEBRUARY 2014 Hatfield Swimming Club Newsletter www.hatfieldswimmingclub.org.uk Facebook and Twitter!!! FEBRUARY – JULY MEET CALENDAR FEBRUARY 2014 8 Herts Major League Round 2 TBC Select Team Like the clubs Facebook page - 8-9 Derventio Excel February Festival Sheffield TBC 21-23 BUCS Long Course Championships Sheffield Students www.facebook.com/HaftieldSwimmingClub 22-23 Harrow John Basford Open Meet Barnet Qualifiers MARCH 2014 And follow us on Twitter - @HatfieldSC 1 Herts County Champs (Distance) Luton Qualifiers 8 Herts Major League Round 3 TBC Select Team 15-16 Herts County Champs Borehamwood Qualifiers Also you can now follow the University of 22-23 Herts County Champs Borehamwood Qualifiers 27-29 Sheffield Premier Meet Sheffield Qualifiers Hertfordshire’s Swim Team - @UHSwimming APRIL 2014 3-6 Scottish Championships Glasgow TBC 5 Harlow Development Meet Harlow - 10-15 Commonwealth Trials Glasgow Qualifiers 27 M11 Junior League - Round 1 TBC Select Team 26-27 Arena League National Final Cardiff SelectTeam MAY 2014 Two Hatfield swimmers and one coach made the 3-4 ASA East Region Youth Champs Luton Qualifiers trip to Belgium for the first international long 17 Peanuts League Round 1 TBC Select Team course meet of 2014 for Team GB. Caleb 18 M11 Junior League - Round 2 TBC Select Team Hughes and Ian Wright flew over from Britain 24-25 Team Luton Open Meet [LC] Luton TBC JUNE 2014 whilst Adam Brown flew over from his U.S. 14 Peanuts League Round 2 TBC Select Team University training base. Both swimmers did 14-15 Harrow End Of Season Meet TBC Qualifiers exceptionally well picking up medals in the 50, 24-28 British Gas International Meet Manchester Qualifiers JULY 2014 100 and 1500 freestyle events. It was a great 12-13 Hatfield Non National Meet Herts Sports Village Qualfiers experience for Hughes at his first senior GB 12 Peanuts League Round 3 TBC Coach Select International event and he certainly stepped up 12 Dunstable Splash Night Dunstable TBC and raced some strong times in the midst of heavy winter training. MEET ENTRIES CLOSING DATES* *Please ignore all dates on the various open meet websites. The following dates are when Hatfield’s double Olympian this week also shared the entries need to be with the club secretary by in order to give us time to process the some fantastic news with the world via his twitter entries and submit them on time. page. Congratulations Adam and Mary with a FEBRUARY 2014 baby due JUST after the Commonwealth Games 8 Herts Major League Round 2 Team To Be Selected draw to a close! 8-9 Derventio Excel February Festival Closed 21-23 BUCS Long Course Championships January 24th 22-23 Harrow John Basford Open Meet Closed MARCH 2014 th 1 Herts County Champs (Distance) January 24 8 Herts Major League Round 3 Team To Be Selected 15-16 Herts County Champs January 24th th 22-23 Herts County Champs January 24 27-29 Sheffield Premier Meet February 10th APRIL 2014 3-6 Scottish Championships March 3rd th 5 Harlow Development Meet February 24 10-15 Commonwealth Trials TBC – Anticipated to be early March 18-20 Norwich Easter Meet February 28th 27 M11 Junior League - Round 1 Team To Be Selected 26-27 Arena League National Final Team To Be Selected MAY 2014 th 3-4 ASA East Region Youth Champs March 28 17 Peanuts League Round 1 Team To Be Selected 18 M11 Junior League - Round 2 Team To Be Selected 24-25 Team Luton Open Meet [LC] TBC June 2014 7-8 ASA East Region Age Group Champs May 2nd 14-15 ASA East Region Age Group Champs May 2nd VOL 3. FEBRUARY 2014 Hatfield Swimming Club Newsletter www.hatfieldswimmingclub.org.uk Swimmer Profile – Jessica Farrow In the second of our swimmer profile series we look at one of our performance 2 girls who has made her name for herself with a Hannah Miley-esque attitude to training where no set is too hard and if her arms and legs start to ache, she just digs a little deeper. How many sessions a week do you swim? “I train seven times a week in the pool”. How many land sessions do you do? “I train twice a week on land” Talk us through how you manage to fit in all your school work around your training and racing The 14 year old Hatfield Star commitments? “Fitting my school work in is quite difficult sometimes especially when I get big projects. I mainly do my little weekly pieces of homework after school or after training and sometimes even at lunch. On the odd occasion, I have to take my homework to the pool and do it when my dad is teaching as I just don't have time to do it at home. When I get homework, I try to do it straight away as then I don't have to worry about trying to fit it in around my training. I have even taken my homework to galas and last year I had to finish of 2 days work of project work on the coach there and back to Cardiff, with the help from my friends!! It is very hard to do my homework , but as I am choosing my options this month, I know that I am going to have to plan ahead Jess bringing a whole new meaning to ‘pink panther’ and try and manage my time between swimming and school work, but it can be done.” Any sayings or motto’s you want to share? Favourite movies? “Behind the athlete you’ve become, the coaches who have pushed you, “DESPICABLE ME!!!!!!!!!! And Pitch Perfect.” friends who have supported you, the medals you have won, Favourite food? and the hours of practice, is the little girl who fell in love “Swedish meatballs, and of course mum’s Sunday with swimming in the first place.” roast!!!” VOL 3. FEBRUARY 2014 Hatfield Swimming Club Newsletter www.hatfieldswimmingclub.org.uk The Influence of Parents in Youth Sport: Ian Wright from: http://www.thesportinmind.com/articles/the-influence-of-parents-in-youth-sport/ We’ve all seen that one parent on the sideline, shouting out inappropriate comments at the top of their voice that are not only directed at their own child, but often at their teammates, teachers or coaches and the referee. How much does this behaviour influence the sporting experience of their child? How much should the parent be involved? It goes without saying that parents have an important role in the sporting development of their child. However, caution needs to be taken in their approach as parental behaviour’s can have both positive and negative effects on their child’s sporting experience.