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2/10/11

UK School Games

Congratulations to James Dawson on his performances and bronze medal in the UK Schools Games in Sheffield.

Representing England North James was 5th in the 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1.09.54.

He also swam the Breaststroke leg in the 4x100 Medley relay in which England North finished third behind England South & England Central.

Commonwealth Youth Games 2011, Isle of Man

Seventeen year old swimmer, Ilkley Siân Morgan, a pupil of Bradford Grammar School, competed on the World stage this week at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man.  Siân, part of a strong Welsh squad, swam in three individual races and two relays.

Competing on Day one of the meet, Siân swam a personal best time of 8.41.03 in the 800m freestyle to claim fourth position in the presence of Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, who said he was impressed with her swim when he spoke to her after her race.  Later that evening, Siân swam a storming leg (56.19) in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay to claim her first medal and position on the podium as Wales finished third behind Australia and England and smashed the Welsh senior record.

On day two, Siân swam a huge personal best time of 4.09.71 in the 400m freestyle to claim another bronze medal, only missing out to two Australians and breaking the Yorkshire Senior record of 4.10.58 that was set in 2003.  Just a few minutes later, straight after her medal ceremony, Siân was back in the pool leading the Welsh team off in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.  She gave the team an impressive start with a leading time of 1.59.79, beating even the Australians to give Wales a leading position after the first leg.  In a very exciting race, Wales were beaten by Australia so claimed the silver medal and another position on the podium for Siân.  Again, the team set a new Welsh senior record, breaking the previous record set in 2001 by over 22 seconds.

The third and last day saw Siân set another personal best time of 1.59.67 in the 200m freestyle event, finishing in fifth position, just missing out on a medal by 0.12 of a second in a finger tip finish.

Siân thoroughly enjoyed the experience of competing at the highest level against some of the best Youth swimmers in the world.  She also had the opportunity of meeting other athletes from different sports from all the Commonwealth countries.

Commenting on her experience, Siân said, “It was a fantastic way to conclude my junior swimming career and to have been on the podium three times at such an event was a dream come true.  I have come home with three medals and the confidence I need to set my sights high as I move up into the senior ranks.”

Many congratulations to Siân on her excellent performances at the Commonwealth Youth Games. The competition in the Isle Of Man, as you would expect was of the highest quality with some of the best youth swimmers in the world representing the stronger Commonwealth nations. Not only were Siân’s times outstanding she also broke the Yorkshire Senior record on 400 free and was instrumental in the two free relays helping Wales to smash the National Senior records in both the 4x100 and 4x200 events. The highlights were of course her three medals though, 1 silver and 2 bronze and this was a fantastic accomplishment against competition of he highest possible standard that the Commonwealth has to offer.

Congratulations and very well done Siân!

Andy Pearce, Senior Coach

8/8/11

Sponsored Swimathon

City of Bradford Swimming Club, the competitive outlet for Bradford Aquatics Competition Programme held an epic twelve hour Swimathon on Friday 29th - Saturday 30th July 2011 at Shipley Pool led by Coach Sarah Fisher.

Swimmers ranging in age from ten to 60+ swam from 8.00 pm on Friday night through until 8.00 a.m. on Saturday morning. They swam for an hour at a time with hourly rest intervals. Seven of the older swimmers did a continuous 50m relay at 1.00 a.m. and managed to accumulate 6,000 metres in total in just 57 minutes,

A group of parents also volunteered their services to keep the swimmers motivated and keep their energy levels up. 

The club is hoping to have raised in excess of £2,000 with all monies raised going towards taking the swimmers to an overseas competition and training facility in Europe.

Thanks must go to the staff at Shipley Pool for their cooperation and support of the Swimathon.

Christine McCabe

8/7/11

Youth Commonwealth Games Selection

Seventeen year old, Siân Morgan from Ilkley has been selected to swim for Wales at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man in September.  This will be another fantastic opportunity for Siân following her senior debut for Wales at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010.

Last week, Siân competed in the ASA National Championships in Sheffield, coming a respectable 12th position in both the 400m and 800m freestyle events which were both won by double Olympic champion, Rebecca Adlington.  She also came 13th in the 200m freestyle event and sat a personal best time in the 100m freestyle.

Siân attends Bradford Grammar School and is very grateful to the Hollins Hall Marriot Hotel for allowing her complimentary use of the gym as part of her training.

Her coach, Andy Pearce, is now busy preparing her for the National Youth Championships at the end of July.

Many congratulations to Siân on her selection.

Andy Pearce, Senior Coach.

17/6/11

NER Bagcat Champion

A big well done goes to Myles Stirk who got 3 gold medals and 6 National times at the North East Region Bagcat Championships in Sheffield over the two weekends, and who also was crowned the 11yrs Age group Bagcat Champion

He will be joined at the Bagcat National Championships by 11 year old Jimmy Lund, who won 2 golds and got 2 National times.

Well done to both of them!

8/6/11

Celtic Tri-Nations Competition for Siân

17 year old, Siân Morgan travelled down to the Welsh National Pool in Swansea late on Friday evening straight after completing her last AS examination at Bradford Grammar School.  Siân had been selected to be part of the Welsh swimming team to take part in the Celtic Tri-Nations Competition from May 27 to 29.  Wales took on Scotland and Ireland in this annual event.  This was a fantastic opportunity for Siân to take part in another Senior International Meet following her Commonwealth Games debut in Delhi last October.  She narrowly missed the podium taking fourth position in both 800m and 400m freestyle and 6th position in 200m freestyle.

After an exciting bank holiday weekend of swimming, Wales were worthy winners of the Celtic Tri-Nations trophy for the first time in the competition’s history.

This competition was the final trial before the selection of the Youth Commonwealth Games team and Siân eagerly waits to see if she will part of the Welsh team travelling to the Isle of Man in September.

14/5/11

North East Region Championships Gold for David Brown

A small squad of City’s National Potential squad members who train under the guidance of Leisure Service’s senior coach Andy Pearce travelled to Sunderland to compete in the North East Region Youth and Senior Championships.

Time is now running out for qualification for this years National Championships but breaststroke specialist David Brown posted ASA and Youth qualifying times the 50m and 100m events. His personal best time of 29.59 in the 50m earned him a gold medal in the Youth competition and silver in the open event. His longer distance time of 1.07.81 silver was a silver medal winning performance in the youth section and earned him fifth place in the open event. He also had a best time of 26.28 in the 50m freestyle.

Luke Constantine secured a silver medal in the Youth 50m butterfly with a best time of 26.36 and third in the open event and also continued his run of good form with four further personal best times.

12/3/11

Yorkshire Swimming Championships - Feb 2011

Eleven year old James Lund took the plaudits at the recent Yorkshire Championships. In winning his age group 200m breaststroke for the third year running in a time of 3.05.53 he gained his first national qualifying time and will represent the club in the 100m and 200m breaststroke at the National Age Groups Championships in July. He also claimed silver in 400m individual medley and final placings in the 200m backstroke, 400m freestyle and 200m medley.

Also swimming as an eleven year old North East Region champion Myles Stirk struck gold in the 200m freestyle and silver in the 400m freestyle, 200m medley and 200m backstroke.

In the girls events Sian Morgan was the first to touch the wall in the open 100m butterfly in time of 1.04.69. Silver medals were the order of the day in the 200m medley; 200m butterfly and 800m freestyle. All her swims were National Youth times and the latter a new ASA National time.

Sam O’Donohoe secured silver in the 15/16 years 100m breaststroke, bronze in the 100m backstroke and placings in the 100m butterfly, 200m backstroke, 100m and 200m freestyle and 200m medley.

Open Age group swimmer Luke Constantine paced his way to bronze medals in the 100m backstroke and 200m medley and olacings in the 100m and 200m freestyle, and100m butterfly.

Newcomer Jasmine Hanson opened her City of Bradford Yorkshire account with a bronze medal in the eleven years 200m breaststroke with a time of 3.06.60 and sixth place in the 100m breaststroke.

City’s final medal went to Azura Cairns Poole in the girls eleven years 200m butterfly. She also claimed placings in the 100m butterfly, 400m freestyle and 400m medley.

10/3/11

British Gas Swimming Championships

Fifteen year old James Dawson of Embsay was City’s only representative at this prestigious meet and acquitted himself well in the 100m breaststroke event finishing in fourth place in the boys born 1995. The meet was Dawson’s first British Championship and his personal best time of 1.09.25 was a new National Youth qualifying time. He had already gained his 200m time so will now be looking to build on this experience in preparation for the Youth Championships later this year. Dawson has now lowered his 100m time by over three seconds since last November and will be looking to improve even further in the coming months.

He trains under the guidance of Andy Pearce, Head Coach to Leisure Services aquatic development programme.

Christine McCabe

10/1/11

Selections 2011

Sian Morgan has been selected to represent Swim Wales Senior Elite Squad and is presently in Cyprus at their warm weather overseas training camp being held at the Coral Beach Training Centre.

Sian is one of a group of five elite athletes who will benefit from this camp and it will stand her in good stead when she returns to represent the Northern England Swim Team who will be competing against swimmers who are on the England Talent Programme and a team from Canada in a  Tri Meet being held in Sunderland next weekend.

Christine McCabe

1/11/10

British Gas Masters & Senior Age Group Championships

British record holder Chris Brown was City’s only representative at the British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships held at Ponds Forge Sheffield. Swimming in the 55/59 years age group Brown came home with a hat trick of National titles in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke events His time of 31.90 in the 50m event was just outside his British record of 31.48. His 200m time of 2.37.49 was twenty seconds ahead of second place finisher David Thorp, City of Derby and his 100m time of 1.09.64 was also a convincing victory over Roman Walczak, City of Oxford.

Brown trains with Leisure Services Aquatic Competition Programme under the guidance of coach and fellow Masters swimmer Steve Eddison

Christine McCabe

Commonwealth Games Report

Congratulations to Siân on her performances at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. To swim PBs and to be very close to her PBs in a major meet is an outstanding achievement and this demonstrates how well she dealt with the pressure of competing at her first major Games.

To make a semi-final exceeded all expectations and this added to an already unbelievable experience. Very well done to Siân on all her performances in India.

Andy Pearce, Senior Coach.

11/10/10

Jamie Brown selected as a Young Ambassador for the School Sport Partnership

Congratulations to Jamie Brown who has been chosen as one of only 2 Young Ambassadors for the West Bradford Schools Partnership.

The Young Ambassador movement commenced in 2006 following London’s successful Olympic bid where Lord Coe promised the UK would use the power of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to inspire millions of young people to become involved in sport. Young Ambassadors are selected due to their sporting talent, and more importantly, due to their outstanding commitment and ability as young leaders or volunteers.

The role of a Young Ambassador involves increasing participation in school sport and PE, spreading the word of the Olympic and Paralympic Values “respect, friendship, personal excellence, courage, determination, inspiration and equality” and promoting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and a healthy lifestyle.

23/8/10

Commonwealth Games Selection

City of Bradford swimmer, 16 year old Siân Morgan competed in the final Commonwealth Trials in Sunderland last week.  She has been selected to swim for Wales in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India in October.  Siân, who lives in Ilkley and is a pupil of Bradford Grammar School, has been coached by Andy Pearce of ‘Bradford Council Aquatics Programme’ for the last six years and is the first City of Bradford swimmer ever to compete at the Commonwealth Games.  Siân qualifies to swim for Wales through her Welsh father and is the youngest member of the Welsh swimming team.

Commenting on her selection, Siân said, “I’m so happy that all the hard work over the years has paid off.  It has been a difficult year trying to balance my school work and sitting my Gcses with all the training and trials.  I’m so excited now, I can’t wait to go to India; it’s going to be the best experience of my life.”

Her coach, Andy Pearce, is delighted and said, “I’m thrilled for Siân. Although she is still very young we have been targeting these games for the last four years. She has worked very hard over this time and now this is the reward for all her work. I am sure the experience of competing in a major games will help her greatly in her future swimming career.” 

24/8/10

Commonwealth Trials Finals Place for David Brown in 50 Breaststroke

Swimming against much older opposition at the British Gas ASA National Championships 2010 in Sunderland, the final Commonwealth Trials event, 16 year old David Brown finished the heats of the 50m Breaststroke event in 8th place in a time of 30.21.

In the finals, he finished in a very creditable overall 9th place.

31/7/10

European Junior Swimming Championships

16 year old Siân Morgan from Ilkley represented Great Britain for the second successive year in the European Junior Swimming Championships.  They were held this year in Helsinki, Finland from July 14th to July 18th. Siân, a pupil of Bradford Grammar School, competed in the individual 400metres Freestyle event and came 12th in all of Europe, with over 40 different countries competing. She just missed out on a position in the final.

Coached by Andy Pearce, of ‘Bradford Aquatics Competition Programme’, Siân trains nine times a week with the City of Bradford Swimming Club.  Following on from Helsinki, Siân will compete in the final Commonwealth Trials in Sunderland in August, hoping to cement her place on the Welsh team in Delhi in October.

Congratulations to Siân both on her selection and her performance at this, the highest possible level of junior swimming. An outstanding effort, well done Siân!

Andy Pearce

21/6/10

Three North Eastern Champions

A big congratulations to our 4 gold medal, 2 silver medal winner and top BAGCAT 10yr old boy Myles Stirk who had a phenomenal 2 weekends with PB’S in all his swims.

Another well done to our other double gold medallist, and 1 silver medal, Jimmy Lund.

They join our gold medallist from the earlier Senior Championships, David Brown, to bring our tally to 7 North Eastern Titles this summer.

Well Done Lads!

27/4/10

Bradford  Summer Medley Series 2010

The details of this years Summer Medley Series have now been sent out to the clubs. This is a training and development programme aimed at the development of core skills for those swimmers who are just below County standard and entry is via the local clubs (Bradford, Dolphin, Bingley, Ilkley, Keighley, CoB). Details are shown below for information but entry must be made via your club only.

Summer Medley Information Pack

11/4/10

British Championships

Fifteen year old Siân Morgan, of Ilkley, represented the City of Bradford Swimming Club in the British Championships in Sheffield.

She competed in her favoured events, 200m and 400m Freestyle, swimming alongside double Olympic champion, Rebecca Adlington, in both heats.  Following on from a recent illness, Siân dug deep and despite swimming just below her personal best times, she produced a gutsy performance at the end of the week in the 400m Freestyle. 

This has resulted in her selection, for the second year running, for the Great Britain team in the European Junior Swimming Championships to be held in Helsinki, Finland in July 2010.

Her performances also leaves her in contention for a place on the Welsh Team competing in the Commonwealth Games in India in October.  She has to compete in further trials before the final selection at the end of August.

Siân is coached by Andy Pearce in ‘Bradford Aquatics Development Programme’ and trains nine times a week, including four early morning training sessions.  She is a pupil of Bradford Grammar School and will sit her GCSE examinations this summer.

Event Time   200m Freestyle 2.05.60   100m Freestyle 59.25   50m Freestyle 27.83   400m Freestyle 4.21.29 Welsh Senior Elite Selection Time 2010/2011

1/4/10

Not as Nifty Fifty 2009

Just to let you know that you raised the magnificent sum of £624.80. This is £10 more than the sum raised last year which means the event is still as popular as ever.

This amount will be forwarded to Cancer Research UK on your behalf by our Club Treasurer.

Thank you all very much indeed for your support and I hope to see as many of you as possible at this years event which will take place over the weekend of 11/12 December . Should you not have handed in your sponsorship money for last year then it can be added to this years total so do please let Christine McCabe have it or keep it until December!

16/3/10

Team Manager Selection

Christine McCabe has once again been selected to represent Great Britain as a Team Manager, this time  at the European Junior Championship to be held in Helsinki in July

7/3/10

Congratulations

Chris Lund, Geoff Killock and Mike Dawson  have now qualified as Judge Level 2 officials. We would like to congratulate them and thank them for the time that they have put into achieving this.  They all now intend to move on to completing the starters qualification.

If anyone is interested in becoming an official e.g. Timekeeper, Judge level 1 or level 2 or even referee, please contact Chris Lund for more details. Volunteers of this type are always needed to help our galas run!!

20/1/10

Swim Clinic

Bradford Grammar School 17th January 2010

Over forty City of Bradford swimmers and coaches attended a swim clinic run by former City of Bradford coach Ian Armiger and Commonwealth record holder Joe Roebuck. The clinic, entitled “From Age Group To Major Games Podium” was held at Bradford Grammar School and gave swimmers an insight into what could lie ahead for them if they continue their swimming careers into adult life.

Armiger, now director of swimming at Loughborough university and a GB international coach, conducted two sessions in the pool assisted by Roebuck who is currently the 400m Individual Medley Commonwealth record holder. Roebuck demonstrated his skills in the water and also had photos taken with the swimmers.

Following lunch the visitors gave a talk illustrated by videos of Commonwealth medallists and record holders then answered questions from swimmers, coaches and parents. All swimmers received a signed certificate and the club hope to repeat this type of clinic in the future.

See a video of Joe & Ians Demonstrations Here

Christine McCabe

13/1/10

Swim Wales New Year Dragon Meet

Swansea 8/10 January 2010

Sian Morgan travelled to Swansea to compete in the first of the series of Swim Wales’s Commonwealth Games trials. With a trip to India within her grasp Sian put in some good performances and showed the selectors that she is a worthy contender for a place on the Welsh team. In addition to winning both her events in the youth category she finished second open swimmer in both the events. Her 100m free time of 58.90 was a personal best time and also a new British Championship qualifying time for her. Her time of 2.05 27 in the 200m freestyle was also a qualifying time.

Sian a pupil at Bradford Grammar School swims with Leisure Services Aquatic Coaching Scheme under the guidance of Andy Pearce who was delighted with Morgan’s start to the long course season.

Christine McCabe

15/12/09

Congratulations to New Timekeepers

Well done to our 10 newly qualified volunteer timekeepers! Young Official volunteer, Rebecca Lund, qualified at the recent Sheffield Snow Frills Meet.

Volunteers Sally Evans, Sandy Fordham, Claire Hartley, Andrew Mawson, Andrew Mitchell, Richard Poole, Gary Sheldon, Stephen Talbot and Andrew Tate were certified at our Christmas Meet.

We would like to thank all of them for giving up their time for training, studying and volunteering for the benefit of all of our swimmers!

14/12/09

Welsh Squad Selection for James Dawson

Embsay based James Dawson is delighted to have been selected for the Welsh Regional Squad for English based swimmers for the 2009/2010 season. This selection is reward for his performances both at regional and at British National level. Cardiff born James, who swims for the City of Bradford Swimming Club and who is the youngest of only five boys to have been chosen for the squad, has recently been in action at the North Eastern Counties Championship held at the Sunderland Aquatics centre. James returned with a triple medal winning performance, bringing home half the medals haul for his club and recording six top ten finishes from his eight events. He established personal best times of 4.58.21 in the 400 metres individual medley, 2.36.88 in the 200 metres breaststroke and 1.12.46 in the 100 metres breaststroke plus 2.20.37 in the 200 metres backstroke.

This weekend, he has been competing nearer to home in Shipley at the City of Bradford Christmas meet, again returning with four medals from his five swims together with third place finishes in the exciting knock out "Skinz" events for the fastest swimmers at the meet.

James trains with Bradford Council's Sports and Leisure Service training scheme under the guidance of Head Coach Andy Pearce.

12/12/09

WORLD SCHOOL GAMES 2009 - Hamad Aquatic Centre, Doha, Qatar

Sian Morgan, 15 years of age, got to compete on the World stage for the first time in her swimming career when she was selected to represent ‘English Schools’ in the World School Games in Doha, Qatar this week.  These games are held every four years.  Sian, a pupil of Bradford Grammar School and member of City of Bradford Swimming Club, coached by Andy Pearce, was in fine form and came home with two personal best times.  She reached the final of the 400m freestyle and came in 6th position, beaten only by more senior girls.  In the 200m freestyle she was 9th overall and had the consolation of winning the B final in a time which was a Yorkshire Junior Record. 

42 countries competed at these games in swimming, athletics and gymnastics.  As well as the competition, all the athletes experienced the culture of Qatar through a trip into the desert which included camel racing.

Sian is very grateful to City of Bradford Swimming Club, Bradford Grammar School and the Yorkshire & Humberside Schools’ Swimming Association for making this trip possible.

24/10/09

Yorkshire Team Championships

Sian Morgan was selected to represent Yorkshire in the British Gas National County Team Championships held at Ponds Forge, Sheffield on Sunday 19th October.

Sian’s selection was on the 14/15 100m Freestyle and she also swam the Freestyle leg in the Girls 14/15 Medley Relay. She was in excellent form and finished in third position in the 100m Freestyle with a personal best time of 57.91. Her relay split of 26.88 was a Personal best relay split over 50m with the team coming home in third spot.

Yorkshire finished in second in the overall points standings with Lancashire in first place and Middlesex in third position.

Andy Pearce Senior Coach

28/09/09

Wedding Congratulations

Congratulations from all of the members of the club go  to our former Chair, Life Member & Masters Swimmer, Chris Brown who was married in Skipton at the weekend to Gwyn Hughes.

16/6/09

Triathlon Successes for Former City of Bradford Swimmers

Alistair Brownlee topped of an amazing season by taking the World title with a fifth consecutive series win in Australia at the weekend and his younger brother Jonathan rounded off the weekend with silver in the Junior age group.

Both of them trained for the swimming element with the City of Bradford until their departure to University.

Congratulations to both of them from everyone in the club and good luck for the future.

28/8/09

Selections

For the fourth year in succession Sian Morgan has been selected to represent Swim Wales National Youth Squad. Selection takes place each year based on qualifying times and this richly deserved selection follows on from Sian’s recent success at the National Youth Championships in Sheffield and the European Junior Championships in Prague.

She has also been selected to represent Yorkshire Swimming Association for the third consecutive year in the National Inter County Championships to be held at Ponds Forge Sheffield in October.

Christine McCabe

15/8/09

Former City of Bradford Swimmer Leads World Triathlon Championships

Alistair Brownlee, the 21-year-old British triathlete who has stormed into international contention this season, won the elite men’s event in style at today’s Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championships Series in London’s Hyde Park. The win, in 1:41.50, was his fourth of the World Series, and sends the Yorkshireman to the top of the world rankings.

“I can’t believe it” said Brownlee, from Leeds, of his performance. “It was tough. It’s great to win at home. The crowd was unbelievable, one of the best I’ve ever raced in front of. The atmosphere was incredible. “I couldn’t have expected this at the beginning of the season”. Brownlee now goes to the world final in Australia next month as world no.1.

Alistair and his brother Jonathan, who finished 27th despite being only 19, both trained with the City of Bradford Swimming Club until their departure for University. We would like to wish them well for the rest of the season.

See Highlights from the BBC

15/8/09

National Championships Silver Medal

Continuing her summer of success Ilkley’s Sian Morgan powered her way to a silver medal in the girls 14/15 years 200m freestyle in a new best time of 2.04.41. The longer distance freestyle events also proved to be successful for Morgan when she placed fourth in the 800m freestyle in new best time of 8.58.77 and the 400m event where she placed fifth in a time of 4.21.42. Other top twenty finishes came in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly and 50m freestyle.

28/7/09

World Coaching Success for Former CoB Swimmer

Former City of Bradford swimmer Martyn Wilby, who is now the coach at the University of Florida in Gainsville, USA today saw one of his swimmers, Gemma Spofforth representing Great Britain take the World title in the 100m Backstroke at the World Championships in Rome in a new World Record time of 58.12.

Club Secretary, Christine McCabe, who has met Gemma in her capacity as one of the British squads Team Manager  said; “ I’m really pleased for them. Gemma is lovely girl I've been away with her a couple of times and her coach Martin Wilby swam for COB and I believe still has a fly record.”

Congratulations from the club.

14/7/09

European Junior Championship Success

Ilkley’s Siân Morgan, City of Bradford Swimming Club, represented Great Britain in the European Junior Swimming Championships in Prague July 8-12th.

Swimming in her first European Junior Championships, Siân came home with a gold medal as she was a member of the winning Great Britain girls’ 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay team. Great Britain beat Sweden to the gold with Germany claiming the Bronze.

Coached by Andy Pearce at Bradford Councils Sport and Leisure Services Swimming Development, Siân was selected to swim at the Championships following her performance at the British Championships/Trials earlier this year. Siân is a pupil at Bradford Grammar School and trains nine times a week.

22/6/09

Newly Qualified Level 1 Judges

A huge Congratulations and Thank you to Chris Lund, Geoff Killock, Mike Dawson & Steve Eddison who have now qualified as Level 1 Judges. They have put in a lot of time and volunteer hours to achieve this and it is much appreciated by everyone in the club. They now join the band of too often unsung volunteer officials without whom our galas could not take place and this is a good opportunity to say

A Big Thank You to all of them!

22/6/09

Selections

Sian Morgan has been selected to represent the English School Swimming Association at the World Schools Games in Doha, Qatar from the 7th - 12th December. She will compete in the 200 Free and the 400 Free events and may also be included in one or more relays.

Dmitry Kadichnikov has been selected to compete in the UK Schools Games in Swansea in September.

Sam O’Donohoe has been selected to train on the NER Beacon Programme for 2009. His selection follows his two top ten finishes from the 2008 National Age Groups.

Senior Coach Andy Pearce has been selected as a coach for the NER Beacon Programme but has had to decline due to squad commitments.

Swim Shop Cup 2009 Oslo Norway  29th – 31st May 2009

Sian Morgan represented the Welsh National Youth Squad in the above meet. It’s never easy to travel for a long time and then compete but Sian handled the travelling extremely well and swam some great times, particularly on the Sunday of the meet. Congratulations to Sian on her medals and times that she achieved at this prestigious International event.

Celtic Tri Nations 2009 – 20-22 February 2009 – Swansea

Sian Morgan represented Wales in this meet. Sian helped Wales to second place behind Scotland and swam some very pleasing times.

Well done Sian. Andy Pearce, Senior Coach

4/4/09

Team Manager Appointment

Life Member and secretary of the club, Christine McCabe been appointed as a Team Manager to the Tri Nations Meet in August with the GB Senior Team.

This is the same meet she went to in Quebec last year between France, Canada and GB. They are rotating it and this year it is to be in London at the newly refurbished Crystal Place pool.

4/4/09

Sian Selected for European Junior Championships

Fourteen year old Sian Morgan has been selected to represent Great Britain in the European Junior Championships as a result of her performances in Sheffield.

The Championships will take place in Prague (Czech Republic) from 8th – 12th July.

18/3/09

Dyon is Schools Biathlon Champion

The British Schools Biathlon Championships were held in Bath last weekend, with Crashaw School pupil Dyon Whiteley travelling down the long distance to compete in the running and swimming event.

Dyon who is currently the Yorkshire Schools Biathlon Champion was ranked 1st in the year 11 boys going into the competition but it was by no means a forgone conclusion that he would take the title. Perfect weather conditions helped in the 1000m run and Dyon led for most of the race. The final 100m saw Dyon being chased down however he managed to hold the lead and finished in a dead heat with a time of 2:42.82 equating to 1384 points.

The afternoon swim provided even more tension as Dyon was out-touched into 5th place (in heat, 6th overall) with a time of 59.42 for his 100m swim. A great swim by Thomas Crew in a time of 55.17 meant that the next 1/2 hour was unbearable, working out the points proved that it was going to be a very close finish. As the results were posted a wave of relief and elation washed over Dyon as he realised that all his hard work had come to fruition. Dyon took the title for the year 11 boys with a total of 2632 point to become British Schools Biathlon Champion.

Dyon is a member of Pudsey & Bramley Athletics Club and swims with the City of Bradford Swimming Club.

17/12/08

Sports Minister gives credit to Bradford's top swimming club

Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe presented the City of Bradford Swimming Club with a certificate from the Amateur Swimming Association on Friday December 12 which recognises the high standards of the running of the club.

Swim 21 Accreditation is a quality mark which lets swimmers know they are getting the highest standard of tuition from the club. The gaining of this award makes the club eligible for Sport England's prestigious club mark accreditation.

Clubs have to reapply each year for accreditation with full renewal every four years and the City of Bradford club has just gained full reaccreditation at Skill Development Level.

Christine McCabe, Secretary of the City of Bradford Swimming Club, said: "We are absolutely delighted to be reaccredited and demonstrates that the hard work many volunteers put into running the club is being recognised. It will a great accolade to receive the certificate from the Sports Minister."

Coun Anne Hawkesworth, Executive Member for Environment & Culture, said: "It is good to know that high standards are being maintained in Bradford. We have an excellent swimming development scheme and the City of Bradford Swimming Club provides a great opportunity for youngsters to compete effectively with others from all over the country."

Andy Foulds, Swim21 Co-Ordinator for the Club being congratulated by Gerry Sutcliffe & Club Chair, Daivid Alexander

15/12/09

Leo Beatty Award - Yorkshire Swimmer of the year 2008

Chris Brown City of Bradford has been awarded the Leo Beatty trophy as Yorkshire Swimmer of the year for 2008.

His award comes as a result of success at County, Regional and National level where he won four national titles and broke two Great Britain records in the 50m and 100m backstroke.

He will be presented with the award at the Yorkshire Masters Open Championships in Scarborough in May. He was closely followed by Bill Moore of Halifax in second place and Carolyn Irvine of BOK in third place.

30/10/08

British Masters Records for Chris Brown

City’s GB Masters record holder Chris Brown added the 100m backstroke record to his collection when competing in the ASA National Masters and Senior Age Group 25m Championships at Ponds Forge Sheffield.

His time of 1.09.23 was just inside the record previously held by Eddie Riach of Milngavie and Bearsden. His time of 31.48 in the 50m event was inside his old GB record of 31.99 and also put him in gold medal winning position.

Brown also went on to win national titles in the 200m backstroke in a time of  2.36.55 and the 50m butterfly in  time of 30.75 which was new personal best time for him.

30/10/08

Selections

Sam O’Donohoe was selected for the North East England Age Group Talent Programme and attend the first one day camp at the new Aquatic Centre in Sunderland. His selection followed his success at the National Age Group Championships earlier this year. O’Donohoe already has one 2009 national qualifying time under his belt which he achieved in the 200m individual medley at the Yorkshire Winter Championship’s held in Sheffield.

Christine McCabe acted as Team Manager for the camp and has also been selected to manage the next two camps of the series.

Sian Morgan was selected to represent Yorkshire at the National Inter County Championships held in Sheffield. Sian swam in the 100m butterfly in the 14/15 years age group and finished in eighth place out of a total of 20 swimmers. Her time of 1.04.44 was a new personal best time and a national qualifying time for the 2009 Youth Championship’s. Sian also has qualifying times in the 200m event and the 200m freestyle.

15/9/08

Retirement of Christine McCabe

Christine has announced her retirement as Swimming Development Manager for the City of Bradford with effect from the end of September and we would like to take this opportunity to wish her well and thank her for all of her efforts on behalf of the swimmers of the city over the years.

27/6/08

Alistair Brownlee Selected for Olympics

Alistair who trained for swimming with the City of Bradford under the Bradford Grammar School scheme with Andy Pearce until his departure for university, was confirmed today as a member of the British Triathlon squad that will compete in the Beijing Olympics this summer. Twenty year old Alistair sealed his selection with a third place finish at the Madrid World Cup, and was crowned Under 23 World Champion in Canada earlier this month. “My original focus was 2012,” he admitted, “but I am not treating Beijing as a practice run, I’m going there to make the most of it.”

We would all like to wish him Good Luck!

24/6/08

Sarah in the Medals at Cerebal Palsy Championships

City of Bradford SC member Sarah Chown, who trains at Shipley and Eccleshill, was delighted with her recent performances at the Cerebral Palsy Sport National Championships held at Nottingham University Pool.

Swimming in the S6 category Sarah finished in gold medal position in the 50m backstroke, silver medal place in the 50m breaststroke, bronze medal place in the 50m and 200m freestyle and fourth place in the 100m event.

She will next be in action at our End of Season Meet.

26/5/08

Sian Invited to Open Ilkley Lido

Sian Morgan was invited to open her local pool - Ilkley Lido - for it’s summer season. To see the report from the Telegraph & Argus, including a video report. Click Here

14/5/08

Congratulations to Chris Brown

He broke the GB record for 50m Back 55/59 years age group in a time of 31.99 at the YSA Open Masters held at Scarborough on Saturday 10th May 2008. The record was a long standing one ( 1993) held by Graham Sykes of Coventry and stood at 32.40

10/5/08

Talent Development Selections

City of Bradford’s Sam O’Donohoe and James Dawson were recently selected for an Amateur Swimming Association, North East Region Training Camp. The camp which was held at the new 50m Sunderland Aquatic Centre was a chance for swimmers from the North East to test the water at this prestigious facility. This initiative is an additional activity of the English Talent Development Programme Level 1, as part of the Beacon programme investment in the ASA North East Region.

Swimmers were selected from the North East Region winter short course championships held at Harrogate last November and from the Yorkshire BAGCAT championships held at the John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds in February/March this year.

The day consisted of a pool session for swimmers, coach’s workshop and parent’s presentations and was headed up by Dave Legge the Regional Talent and Development Coach.

Both Sam and James train with Bradford Council’s Leisure Services Coaching and Training Scheme and are names to watch for the future.

Christine McCabe Swimming Development Manager

1/11/07

English Schools - Sian Morgan

Representing Bradford Grammar School Sian Morgan travelled to Manchester Aquatic Centre to compete in the English Schools Swimming Championships.

She took silver in the Girls 13yrs 100m freestyle in a time of 1.01.24 and was part of both the medley and freestyle Yorkshire division team. Her lead off time of 28.82 in the freestyle team was both a National Youth and British Championships qualifying time.

This week Sian travels to Swansea as part of the Welsh Youth and Elite Squad for a development camp.

Christine McCabe - Swimming Development Manager

29/10/07

National Masters Champion - Chris Brown

Following on from the success of City’s age group swimmers at their National Championships, City’s top masters swimmer Chris Brown showed that Sport and Leisure Services coaching and training scheme provide opportunities for all age ranges when he won a National title at the ASA National Masters.

Swimming in his favoured backstroke events Brown came home with a gold medal and a National title in the 200m event which he won by a huge margin in a time of 2.35.90. His closes rival Roman Walczak of City of Oxford finishing in a time of 2.54.25 

His second medal came in the 50m event when he finished in bronze medal place behind Graham Powell of Luton and Trevor Clark of Kenilworth.

He also narrowly missed out on a medal in the 100m backstroke finishing in fourth pace in a time of 1.08.87

Christine McCabe - Swimming Development Manager

28/10/07

Club Captains Announced

Following ratification by the Committee of the votes from Squad members the new City of Bradford SC Club Captains have been announced.

Female Captain - Rosie Preston Male Captain - Michael Bonson Female Vice Captain - Sadie Dalton Male Vice Captain - Luke Constantine

Congratulations to all of them.

10/9/07

National & County Selections

At the start of the new season City of Bradford Swimming Club has already received a boost with both swimmers and coaches receiving news of selections.

National medallist Sian Morgan and her coach Andy Pearce both head to Palma Majorca this weekend to attend a British Swimming Female Development Event Camp. Both will gain valuable experience alongside members of British Swimming’s elite swimmers and coaches.

Sian Morgan has also been selected along with County medallist Isaac Ehdieb and Jenna Chapburn to represent Yorkshire at the National Inter County meet to be held at Ponds Forge Sheffield on October 21st.

Youth Development coach Sarah Fisher has been selected for the North East Region’s “Select Female Coaching Group” This coaching group will run alongside the England Talent Development Programme’s regional level two camps to be held in 2007/8