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FINA World Junior Diving Championships 2010 - Day 1
1 to 6 September 2010 - Tucson
The first day saw four British athletes in the mix as the competition began with the 1m and 3m Springboard events.
Alicia Blagg and Hannah Starling were the first British athletes that took to the boards and both began the 1m Springboard prelims well. Blagg enjoyed consistency in her dives and qualified for the final in ninth place. Starling was looking close to joining her in the final but dropped her penultimate dive and finished in 14th place to miss the final by just five points.
Record entries for 2010 British Gas Great North Swim
This weekend’s British Gas Great North Swim in Windemere will feature a record-breaking 9,000 athletes after a 50 per cent rise in participation.
The event – which attracted 2,000 swimmers when it was launched two years ago – sold out their allocation for the 500m, one-mile and two-mile swims in just six weeks.
In addition, the fields for the elite races are as strong as ever with Olympic medallists Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie Patten headlining the women’s competition and Olympic bronze medallist Thomas Lurz in the men’s.
Mark Foster launches British Gas Swimfit
Five-time Olympian and Strictly Come Dancing contestant, Mark Foster, was joined by professional football and rugby players to launch British Gas Swimfit in the North at the Nuffield Health: Doncaster Fitness and Wellbeing Centre on 1 September 2010.
The ASA’s British Gas Swimfit programme is a free-to-use gym-style initiative for the pool. The website www.swimfit.com allows swimmers to set their own goals and log all the swimming that they do. Swimfit also provides poolside units with laminated session cards to allow pool-users to choose a session suitable for them.
Team Kellogg’s Champions of Tomorrow Award winners 2010
Twenty-one young British swimmers will now get funding to help with their future swimming thanks to Kellogg’s after their fantastic performances at the British Gas ASA National Age Group Championships.
The first, second and third place BAGCAT winners all received recognition from Kellogg’s for their outstanding achievements in the pool thanks to the Team Kellogg’s Champions of Tomorrow Award.
Extended deadline for 2010 ASA South West Regional Workforce Award Nominations
Reward and recognise your swimming teachers and coaches by completing a nomination form below for the 2010 ASA South West Regional Workforce Awards
Taking place as part of ASA South West Learning Week from 12 to 19 September 2010, our Regional Awards Ceremony takes place on Saturday 18 September 2010 at Somerset College of Arts and Technology, Taunton.
Just download and complete the form below and click ‘submit’ to enter your nomination today….it’s easy!
The closing date has been extended to 10pm on Friday 4 September 2010.
CoachNominationFormv9-Kellyb.pdf 362.99 kB
British Gas ASA Zonal Championships (50m) 2011
29-30 January 2011 - Crystal Palace
This new competition, introduced for the first time in 2011, brings together swimmers from three regions, South West, South East and London into a zonal championships.
The 2011 meet will be hosted by London Region. The competition will be hosted by the other regions in turn in subsequent years.
Arrangements are currently being finalised. We anticipate full details (conditions and how to enter) to be completed before the end of September.
Download and unzip file below for Programme of Events and Qualifying Times
Note: The qualifying times are automatic qualifying times. Swimmers achieving these times will be accepted. A set of consideration times will be added after consultation with clubs to determine the likely level of support for this new competition.
programmeofevents.zip 35.18 kB
FINA Junior World Diving Championships 2010
1 to 6 September 2010 - University of Arizona, Tuscan
Tom Daley will aim to add the junior title to his world senior crown at the Junior World Diving Championships. The 16-year old struck two silvers in the ‘B’ category two years ago and will be looking to reach the podium again after a tricep injury disrupted his European Championship and Youth Olympic Games campaigns in August.
Daley will be joined in the USA by synchro partner Max Brick, with whom the teenager finished ninth in the 10m synchro platform at the World Championships in Rome last year.
Youth Olympics 2010 Diving Round Up
21 - 24 Aug 2010 - Toa Payoh Swimming Complex, Singapore
Tom Daley came 9th in the Youth Men's 3m springboard final (299.40 Finals to total 514.35). The event was won by China's Bo Qiu (381.35 Finals to total 607.15). Silver went to Ukraine's Oleksandr Bondar (565.35) and bronze to American Michael Hixon (341.40 Finals for 554.65).
Video interview with Qiu and Daley (2m 29s flashplayer required)
View Part 1 video of the top three from the Final below (12m 43s)
Swimmers begin Delhi preparations in Cyprus
A group of 10 swimmers from British Gas ITC Bath and British Gas ITC Loughborough will prepare for the Commonwealth Games with a 10-day camp in Cyprus before joining with the rest of the Delhi-bound swimmers in Doha.
Coaches Dave McNulty and Kevin Renshaw will be leading the camp with swimmers including Olympic medallist Jo Jackson, Commonwealth Champion Caitlin McClatchey and Commonwealth Games debutant Roberto Pavoni.
The swimmers are being given the opportunity to acclimatise to the temperatures and outdoor pool before they travel onto Doha and Delhi. The ten days will be used to begin the swimmers' taper and give them the best opportunity to perform well at the Commonwealth Games.
FINA World Masters Synchronised Swimming Championships 2010
Great Britain’s Masters Synchro Team followed up the swimmers’ success at the World Masters Championships in Göteborg with medallists in the solo, duet and trio events.
Brighton Dolphin’s Linda Doidge, Elizabeth Fitzsimons and Margaret Hamerton were the only British gold medallists in Sweden, winning the 50-64 trio.
Having scored 58.375 for their technical routine, the trio added another 63.375 in their free to finish on 121.750 – 4.875 clear of nearest challengers SC Delphin Eschweiler of Germany.