Club Championships.
The Arnold Swimming Club Championships have been delayed this year and will now be held every year in the Autumn/Winter Seasons. This is mainly to give our coaches a better idea of swimmers capabilities in preparation for the Nottinghamshire's County Championships which take place in February and March each year. Also this gives more people the chance to take part as the competitions should not interfere with most peoples holiday period during the summer.
Entry forms can be obtained from the Club desk or you can download and print one by clicking here.
Gala - Venue - Date - Warm Up - Start
Gala 1 - Arnold 4th October - 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Gala 2 - Hucknall 22nd November - 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Gala 3 - Hucknall 29th November - 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Can ALL trophies obtained from last years Club Championships please be returned to the club desk.
Top.Olympic Games.
As most of you will be aware the Olympic Games have been taking place in Beijing over the last 3 weeks. TV coverage has been extensive throughout the entire games.
The 2008 Olympic Games have been one of the best ever for Great Britain Claiming a staggering 19 Gold Medals, 13 Silver Medals and 15 Bronze Medals. Putting Team GB in 4th place on the medals table behind China, USA and Russia.
In the Swimming Events Team GB managed to come 3rd in the medal table behind Team USA and Team Australia winning 2 Bronze Medals, 2 Silver Medals and 2 Gold Medals. Both of Team GB’s Gold Medals in the swimming events were won by local hero Rebecca Adlington.
Rebecca has grown up in Mansfield and has always had a passion for swimming. Starting at the age of 4 and taking part in her first competitions at the age of 10, progressing through her local club and training with Nottingham's Nova Centurion squad under the instruction of Head Coach Bill Furniss. Rebecca has trained hard and worked her way into the record books by not only claiming 2 Gold Medals for Team GB, but for smashing the Women's 800m Freestyle World Record! A huge congratulations to Rebecca and all of Team GB.
All eyes are now focused on the 2008 Paralympics with local hopefuls Sam Hynd (Nova - Sutton), Charlotte Henshaw (Nova - Mansfield) and David Ellis (Derventio - Heanor) in the swimming events. The opening ceremony of the 2008 Paralympics will be held on the 6th September and will be shown live on the BBC.
NG5 magazine
The NG5 magazine report Arnold Swimming Club's Swim21 Success in their August/September issue (page 40)
(Click for larger image)
For the full edition click here.
Good Luck Cards
Last night some of Arnold Swimming Clubs Members handed over good luck gifts to some of Nottinghamshire's Olympic hopefuls. We wish both girls all the success along with all of the British Olympic team as they head off to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics.
Beijing Olympics 2008 website.
Evening Post Article
Arnold Swimming Clubs Swim21 success hits the Evening Post
East Midlands A.S.A.
The A.S.A. East midlands region report Arnold Swimming Club's Swim21 Success
3rd July 2008
Notts ASA
Nottinghamshire's A.S.A. report Arnold Swimming Club's Swim21 Success
SWIM 21 PRESENTATION
Arnold Swimming Club were awarded Swim 21 accreditation in May 2008. The award was formally presented on 23rd June 2008 by the Mayor of Gedling, Councillor R J Goodwin to the Chairman of Arnold SC, Jim Shelton. The Club were delighted to welcome the President of Arnold SC, Bill Hammond. Also present were Committee Members from the Club, Rob Clarke, Head Coach Arnold SC and Sasha Matthews who swims for the Club when she is not competing in National Events or representing Great Britain! Sasha is one of the ‘Lloyds TSB local heroes’ selected to receive sponsorship up to the 2012 Olympics and is obviously a massive asset to the Club.
Arnold SC is run by volunteers and currently has over 200 members, mainly from the local community with most swimmers being under 15 years of age. The Chair of Arnold SC, Jim Shelton said ‘Attaining Swim 21 accreditation is a fantastic achievement for the Club. I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all the volunteers who help out at the Club and to all those who have attended training courses to ensure that the accreditation could be possibly. I would particularly like to thank Colin Walton who has worked tirelessly in collating all of the information required for submission and for driving this project’.
Swim 21 is the Amateur Swimming Association’s Club Development model - a planning tool, based on the principles of Long Term Athlete Development, enabling clubs to help athletes, teachers, coaches and administrators to achieve their full potential. It focuses particularly on the needs of athletes - striving to provide them with the best possible support and environment. Swim 21 accreditation is a 'Quality mark'. It recognises nationally and regionally the clubs that are committed to providing safe, effective and quality services for the benefit of their members.
Q - What does that mean for Arnold SC?
A - It means that Arnold have been recognised and awarded the Teaching and Skill Development accreditation, (the only club in Nottinghamshire at the moment), in doing so it proves that the club have the structure and abilities to provide safe, effective and quality services for swimmers and coaches. It also means that as a Swim 21 club we are able to keep pool time and look for more time in other areas as we should now be looked at more favourably over other clubs without swim 21. Also any course’s our coaches attend could be offered at a reduced rate!
Article - A.S.C. Committee
Photography - Jessica Rigley
This article is also featured on the Notts ASA website and the East Midlands ASA Website
Brian Johnson
It is with great regret that we have to announce the death of Brian Johnson, Mansfield SC. Brian was a Past President of the Notts A.S.A. and the first President of the East Midland region of the A.S.A. Brian's Funeral is arranged for Friday 30th May at the Mansfield Crematorium at 2:00pm. Brian's family has requested that there be family flowers only and any donations are to be made to the John Eastwood Hospice. Brian will be sadly missed in the Swimming Community and Arnold Swimming Club would like to send there condolences to Brian's family.
Swim 21
Most of
you will be aware that Arnold Swimming Club has been working towards gaining
Swim21 Accreditation for quite a while now. And the Committee is pleased to
announced that on May 15th, we received news that the national board had made
the decision to grant us with the accreditation.
What is Swim21?
Swim21 is the ASA's Club Development model - a planning tool, based on the
principles of Long Term Athlete Development, enabling clubs to help athletes,
teachers, coaches and administrators to achieve their full potential. It focuses
particularly on the needs of athletes - striving to provide them with the best
possible support and environment.
Swim21 Accreditation is a 'Quality mark'. It recognises nationally and
regionally the clubs that are committed to providing safe, effective and quality
services for the benefit of their members.
Clubs work steadily towards the attainment of a series of outcomes all of which
are seen as essential if the right level of support is to be provided at each
stage of an athlete's development.
Swim21 Accreditation is available to ASA clubs of all aquatic disciplines that
are positioned at one or more of the four levels of:
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has a commitment to achieving its equity targets throughout the sport. Swim 21 is no different and the Association is keen to support clubs in the shared objective of widening the participation base and hence the performance of the sport as a whole.
What does that mean for Arnold?
It means that Arnold have been recognised and awarded the Teaching and Skill Development accreditation, in doing so it proves that we as a club have the structure and abilities to provide safe, effective and quality services for swimmers and coaches! Skill Development is the highest accreditation we can achieve given the pool time and coaching level!
Any other benefits?
As a swim21 club we are able to keep pool time and look for more time in other areas as we should now be shown a preference above other clubs without swim21! Also any course’s our couches go on will be offered at a reduced rate!
Look out for these logo’s on our web site and paperwork from now on!!!
Website Changes
Over the next few months Arnold Swimming Clubs website is being developed. This is to give all of you better access and ease of use. During these changes there may be sections of the website that become unavailable and some that do not respond as usual. Please bare with us during this time and we hope that these developments will not cause too much disruption for our users.
If you have any queries or any suggestions please click the email us link above.
Regards
David Fortescue
ASC - Membership/Webmaster
County Success
Congratulations to Rachel Martin who took part in the Nottinghamshire County Championships today claiming not only a 1st place in her age group for her 1500m Freestyle swim, but a 1st place overall in the county.
Biathlon Achievement
Recently Matthew Tomlin has taken part in the British Schools Biathlon Championships. To take part in this event Matthew competed in the Central England competition back in October 2007 where he came 5th. The British Schools Biathlon Championships took place on Sunday 24th February at Bath University where Matthew was amongst 50 other Qualifiers from all over Britain. The event comprised of a 50m swim and 1000m run. Overall Matthew finished 38th and not only is this a great achievement for Matthew but also for Nottinghamshire, as Matthew was the only competitor from Nottingham. A huge Congratulations to Matthew on this achievement and we wish him the best of luck for his future success.
Pool Closed - Cancelled Sessions
Arnold Leisure Centre have informed us that some essential maintenance work is to be carried out on the pool at Arnold over the Easter break. This will involve the pool being closed for 2 days. The 2 days have been agreed upon to be the 24th and 25th March. This will mean that there will be no training at Arnold on these dates.
More Sessions Cancelled
It has been decided to cancel the Friday session at Southglade on 8th February and the Sunday session at the University on 10th February. This is due to the start of the 2008 County Championships.
Cancelled Sessions
Please note that the training session at Arnold on Tuesday, 5th February and Tuesday, 19th February has been cancelled due to a coaches meeting and essential pool maintenance that will be taking place.
Congratulations to Andrew Zawadzki
On Wednesday evening Andrew Zawadzki was invited to the Notts County Council Disability Sports Unit Christmas Party and Presentation Evening. Once there Andrew found out that he had been nominated for the "Young Persons Services to Sports" Award - for his voluntary efforts on a Sunday evening teaching a 10 year old boy with ADHD to swim - and to Andrew's surprise, Andrew was the proud recipient of the award. Arnold Swimming Club would just like to say a big congratulations to Andrew and we hope that he continues his voluntary work with these children to greater there success in swimming.
Christmas Closures
Arnold Swimming Club will have its last session of the year at Arnold on THURSDAY 20th DECEMBER. Sessions will resume again on Thursday 3rd January 2008. We hope that you all have A lovely Christmas and a break from swimming and join us again in 2008.
Success for Arnold Swimming Club
Today Arnold competed in both the A final of the West Midlands Division 3 North National Speedo League, and the Notts and District League final. Arnold Swimmers managed to claim a victorious 2nd place in the Notts and District League final, beaten by some very tough opponents from Bramcote Swimming Club by only 4 points!! Also Arnold have had some swimmers taking part in the Speedo League Final at Queens Leisure Centre, Derby. This was a historic night for Arnold Swimming Club as it was the first time we have entered the National League. Going into the final round Arnold were second on points behind Etwall Eagles with both Clubs having won their respective galas in the first two rounds. Arnold managed through great team spirits and team efforts to claim 1st PLACE!!! We would like to thank all of the swimmers who took part in both events. A huge thank you also needs to go to families and friends that have helped out and supported the teams throughout these two leagues this year.
Club assigns new chairman.
With the resignation of Arnold Swimming Clubs chairman, Colin Walton, back in July, the clubs committee have now appointed a new chairman. The Clubs new chairman with immediate effect is Jim Shelton. Most of you will know Jim as he has had a huge involvement within the club from helping to organise our gala squads, Organising the club desk and being the clubs membership secretary. We feel that Jim will have a lot more to offer the club with this new role and wish him the best of luck.
As Jim moves into his new role as Chairman the committee have elected that David Fortescue will take over Jim’s old role as Membership Secretary from the 1st April 2008. David has also been involved with the club for many years now moving from swimmer, club captain, and currently organises the results from swimming galas along with the clubs website. David will take on this challenging job next year as he hopes to develop his role within the club and committee.
Continued success for Sasha Matthews.
The Notts County Council Swimmer of the Year Trophy can only be won once by a swimmer on the County Council Swim Squad and is presented to the swimmer who has made the most improvement and achieved commendable results over the previous 12 months. This year the Trophy has been awarded to Sasha Matthews.
Sasha took an individual bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in
the 400m Freestyle lowering her personal best time considerably in both the heat
and the final. Sasha then helped the Great Britain team to a gold medal as part
of the 4x200m Freestyle team. Sasha then returned immediately to the National
Championships in Sheffield and took a silver medal in the Junior 200m Freestyle
event. Sasha was also a member of our gold-winning 4x200m Freestyle team at the
National Championships.
Website Issues
Throughout July Arnold Swimming Club have had some technical problems with one of its two websites. This has meant that for a few weeks the .org.uk site has been inaccessible. With a lot of hard work and discussion between our hosts and myself, we have finally fixed all of the problems that we were having. if you have sent an e-mail to us in July or in the first two weeks of August at any point and have not received a reply, we kindly ask if you would re-submit the email, as these were not received.
If at any point one of our websites "goes down" or is inaccessible for any reason we would like to remind you that Arnold Swimming Club is currently running two websites. It is very unlikely that both sites will be down at the same time so please visit our alternative site. As a rule as a webmaster, I also make a point that I will only update one website at any one time so that there is always a version of the site that is accessible.
The two website addresses:
Thank you for your co-operation
David Fortescue
Webmaster
Sasha Matthews success in Antwerp
As most of you know Sasha Matthews joined Arnold Swimming Club at a very young age and has devoted much of her life to swimming and pushing herself that little bit further each time. Along with training with Arnold Swimming Club she was selected to swim for Nottinghamshire's county squad (Nova Centurion). Since swimming for Nova Sasha has worked hard and pushed herself up the ranks within Nova and has been selected to swim for Great Britain. Sasha's most recent achievement is in the European Junior Championships in Antwerp claiming a Bronze Medal for Great Britain in the Women's 400m Freestyle.
Click here to go to the official results page.
Click here for the ASA news report. (full - external link, extracted - PDF)
Congratulations to Jacob Parker
Jacob took part in the DSE British short course championships on the 14th and 15th July and came away with 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal along with two British short course titles, one in the 100m freestyle and one in the 200m butterfly, both myself, Tony, and Michelle (Jacobs parents ) would like to thank Rob, the head coach, Bill and the whole club for all there support leading up to the championships and I am sure there is more success to come for Jacob and Arnold Swimming Club.
Chairman's Resignation.
After many years being involved in the club, our chairman, Colin Walton, has decided to take a back seat in the club and announce his resignation from this position. Colin will still be involved with the club and we will still see him on poolside helping out. We would like to thank all of the time and effort that Colin has devoted to the club in the past few years and wish him all the best for the future.
Thanks again to everyone who helped organise this years presentation evening. Everybody that attended had a good evening. See you all again next year.
Annual Gala Report
Well that's another years Club Championships Completed and what an amazing two galas we have had. With a staggering 313 Personal Best times set and 10 Club Records over the two weekends. All of the coaches would like to wish all of our swimmers a huge congratulations on an outstanding performance, especially to our younger swimmers to whom this is their first competition in a gala situation.
Arnold Swimming Club would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents and helpers for their participation over the two weekends. Without your help, support, hard work and dedication we would not have been able to have such a great two galas. May we also thank all of our sponsors;
Frank Key, Bill Hopkins, The Parker Family, Rob Clarke, Blue Circle Fish Bar, Micro Mesh Engineering, Linear Installations, Tracy Martin and Colin Walton.
Results
Since Arnold Swimming Club launched its website it has had the results published in a webpage format for viewing by our website viewers. Over the past year we have also been publishing our results in a file format so that they can be printed in a more friendly manner and also so that you can save a copy to your own computer if you want to. From January 2008 you will only be able to view/print/save the results published on the website in this new file format. If you still do not have the Adobe® Reader® or if you require the latest up to date version please click the logo at the bottom of the menu bar to the left.
Autumn Galas
For the autumn period Arnold Swimming Club will be targeting the following Open and League Gala’s.
Open Gala's
Leicester Penguins 7th October ONLY
Mansfield Major Oak 17th & 18th November
League Gala’s
22nd Sept (minor gala 12 & under two teams)
6th Oct (minor gala 12 & under two teams)
13th Oct (Nott’s & District & Speedo all age’s)
27th Oct (Minor gala 12 & under two teams)
10th Nov (Nott’s & District & Speedo all age’s)
8th Dec (Nott’s & District & Speedo all age’s)
Any swimmer could be asked to attend these league gala’s and will be informed in due course.
New Website
The new website will be officially become the Arnold Swimming Clubs website from Tuesday 1st May 2007. If you have any comments or experience and trouble with the website then please e-mail us and let us know.
Pool Closure
Notice to all swimmers: Sessions on Tuesday 20th, Thursday 22nd, and Friday 23rd of March at Arnold Leisure Centre are cancelled due to the pool being closed. We apologise for the short notice and any inconvenience caused. Sessions will commence as normal from Monday 26th March.
New Website
As from time to time websites get a makeover, and it has come to that time for Arnold Swimming Clubs Website. After receiving comments from many different people about things that they would like to see on the website and things that could be changed, I have decided to give the website a face lift. Recently I have been working hard to come up with some ideas (that actually work), but I am happy to release the initial prototype website. Soon I will also be adding a password protected section to the website for the PB Times. Passwords will be sent out to everyone and also changed periodically. To view the website please follow the link below.
If you experience any glitches or have any suggestions please email me.
LINK REMOVED.
Fee increase
Please be aware that Arnold Swimming Club have had an increase in Training Fees and Membership Fees. Training Fees will take effect from 1st March 2007 and Membership Fees will take effect from 1st June 2007. For new fees and an explanation about the increase please click here, or click here for a copy you can save (PDF format)
Alternatively you can obtain a copy from the club desk.
Speedo League
Arnold Swimming Club's committee would like to announce that in a bid to expand the club to the next level of competitive swimming, the committee are considering to participate in the National Speedo Swimming League for the 2007 season. As The club still need to finalise details and we will make a final decision to enter the league or not, early in 2007.
Club Merger
Arnold Swimming Club's committee would like to respond to local speculation that Arnold Swimming Club will be merging with another local club in the near future by stating that this will not be the case and Arnold Swimming Club has no intention of merging with any other club.
Congratulations to Tony Parker
Arnold Swimming Club would like to wish Tony Parker (Coach) a big congratulations after attending and successfully completing a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (N.P.L.Q.). The course was an intense weeks course which Tony has been dedicated to and has passed.
What does this mean for Arnold Swimming Club?
This now means that every training session when we are back at Arnold, and every session that Tony is coaching at until January we will have a fully qualified Lifeguard in our coaching staff.
We would like to wish Tony all the best with his new role and hope that the skills he has learnt will not have to be put into use!!!
Pool Closures
please click here to go to our Pool Closure information page.
Page now removed.
Congratulations to Jacob Parker
A big Congratulations to Jacob Parker who had been picked for the Nottinghamshire Elite Squad. Jacob recently competed in the 1st British Short Course Championships for Swimmers with Leaning Difficulties at Sheffield. Jacob swam in two events, both of these being open events, one of these being the 100m Freestyle. Jacob managed to defeat most of his competitors and claim a Silver medal for his 2nd place victory.
J.Parker with his 2nd place medal.
Pool Closures
It has been decided by Arnold Leisure Centre to make some adjustments to the Pool area and changing rooms. As most of you may have noticed, Arnold Leisure Centre has been in need of some repairs and a general tidy up. The Leisure Centre has now decided to take a big step to improve its facilities to us and the public. The main thing that will be happening will be a full retiling of the pool and surrounding areas. The work on this task will commence in early October and is planned to go on through November and December. During this period it will be necessary to close the pool.
When more information is released and relocation is confirmed notices will be put on the notice boards at Arnold Leisure Centre and here on the website.
Congratulations to Sasha Matthews
A Huge Congratulations Goes to Sasha Matthews this week as it has just been officially announced that Sasha has been selected along with Helena Thornton and Emma Bird from the Nottingham Nova Centurion Squad to be part of the Team GB swimmers for the European Junior Championships in Palma De Mallorca, Spain between 6th and 9th July.
As most of you will know Sasha has swam for Arnold for a number of years now and we would all like to wish her the very best for the coming championships and all future challenges she is faced with.
Congratulations to swimmers!!
A big Congratulations to all Swimmers who swam in this weekends Minor Gala League Final Overall Arnold had a fabulous night ending with 221 points and with 13 1st places, 4 PB's and 4 Club Record's.
Notice to swimmers
- Go to the TOILET before coming onto poolside.
- Make sure you have everything you need (GOGGLES, FINS, DRINK)
- All swimmers to be on poolside and ready to swim at the correct time. (7:55pm Mon. and Thurs. 6:55 pm Tues)
- Have a drink bottle (Plastic) with water or a weak diluted drink. NO FIZZY DRINKS!!!
- Stay in lane positions and go on your correct time keeping a 5 second space.
- If you have any problems see your coach, DO NOT try to sort them, we are here to help
Our Pledge To You.
- We will do everything we can to help you become the best that you possibly can.
- This will only happen if you have confidence and trust in us.
- I am confident we can all improve if we work together
Bill Hopkins
Assistant head coach (granddad to the kids)
New Fees
Please be aware that Arnold Swimming Club have had an increase in Training Fees and in Membership Fees.
Training Fees will take effect from 1st March 2006 and Membership Fees will take effect from 1st June 2006.
For our new fees please click here, or click here for a copy you can save (PDF format)
For an explanation about the increase please click here, or click here for a copy you can save (PDF format)
Alternatively you can obtain a copy from the club desk.
Fixtures
2006 Fixtures List Published
Survey
New Survey Published : Passwords
Christmas Disco
Christmas Disco Tickets are now on sale from the Club Desk
Adults & Guests £2.00
Children & Swimmers £1.00
Don't forget Admission by Ticket ONLY.
The Disco will be at the Arnold Working Men's Club on Wednesday 7th December from 7:30 pm
Christmas holidays
Yes folks its that time of year again. The Christmas Holidays are approaching us very fast.
Just so that everyone is aware here is a list of dates for what is happening over Christmas/New Year.
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December |
Wed | 7 |
Christmas Disco (Tickets on sale from the club Desk) |
| Fri | 16 |
Last Session at Southglade |
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| Tues | 20 |
Last Session at Arnold |
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January |
Thurs | 5 |
Sessions resume at Arnold |
| Fri | 6 |
Sessions resume at Southglade |
Interactive Menu Bar
After many votes cast through the Arnold Swimming Club websites one type of menu bar was chosen for this website and should now be up and running.
New website up and running
After a few weeks work the Arnold swimming club website has a new webmaster and has also gone under a dramatic makeover.
Please let us know what you think and pointers you have. Also if you have any problems with the website such as links not working please let us know.
E-mail us using the 'E-maul Us' link in the menu bar at the top.
Head Coach Appointment
The Club are very pleased to announce Rob Clarke as the new Head Coach with effect from Monday 3rd October 2005. Rob was previously Assistant Head Coach at Mansfield Swimming Club and more recently Head Coach at Radford Swimming Club.
Assistant
Head Coach
The Club are also very pleased to announce Bill Hopkins as the new Deputy Head Coach with immediate effect. Bill has been a figure head at the Club for many years and the Club are very fortunate to have someone of his calibre coaching our swimmers.
Matt
Kerrison was offered the position of Assistant Head Coach at the club
to work along side Rob and Bill. Matt has declined the offer. Matt will leave
Arnold Swimming Club on Friday 30th September 2005.
The Club would like you to join us in welcoming Rob and Bill in their new positions and also to wish Matt all the best for the future.