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Kingfishers SC Scarborough – Ridings Winners 2024

Kingfishers SC Scarborough – Ridings winners 2024

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On Sunday we were presented with our Ridings Trophy and gold medals for winning the Ridings league this year – the first time in Kingfisher’s history – what an amazing team effort it has been this year, thank you so much to everyone who has competed this year for us, all 42 of you.
I know every single one of you gave every race your all as individuals (often achieving some of your fastest swims) – we won the trophy this year through pulling together as a team, aiming to be the best we could be on the day together, whether that was making a huge effort to get there last minute to replace another team mate who could no longer make it, learning new skills such as step over take overs to help make us faster, or keeping plans clear so you were all available – we did it for each other and for our team and I couldn’t be more proud of, and grateful,for every single one of you.
Congratulations to Thirsk White Horse and Bridlington who came 2nd and 3rd and thanks for some strong competition from every team who took part and for all who helped organise these events – officials, the SADSA Executive, Everyone Active management and all the parents and other club volunteers, including many of our own, who gave up their time to ensure these galas happened and ran smoothly.
A huge thank you to our brilliant volunteer coaching team for being instrumental in helping us achieve these results as a Club and for giving up their time to be poolside (or in some cases, swim!) to support at every Ridings gala.
The Ridings is a Scarborough and District Swimming Association (SADSA) league of local grassroots swimming clubs coming together to compete and gain racing experience, and includes the organisation of Friendly League galas which we also competed in this year – thanks so much to all of you who swam, helped, organised and took part in those, we had some good successes and wins in those galas too. SADSA is a great organisation to be a part of, pulling together to make ourselves stronger and give ourselves a voice in a county of already very strong swimming clubs.
On Sunday many of our swimmers (a record breaking 49 of you for this event) took part in the annual SADSA Championships at our pool – several of our swimmers from across our Performance and Development squads were trying new events, or using the meet to add some good racing practise into their weekly training, or aiming to better their times. I didn’t expect some squads to get any PBs at all on Sunday because we are in the middle of a really hard training block ready for the Counties or Regionals next year but many of you did! 50% of your races ended up in you getting a new personal best time (PBs) – well done! Some of you even gained new Yorkshire and North Eastern times for next year – you now have 135 Yorkshire and North Eastern Qualifying times for next year between you!
Thanks so much, as always, to our coaching team, officials, poolside team and other helpers and to SADSA for organising another good day of racing at our pool.
Since our last racing update from the North Eastern Championships, Eliza Hammond, a long time Kingfisher member and currently training in our Senior Performance squad has qualified for, and is entered to compete at the Winter National Championships in Sheffield this December. What an incredible achievement, and hot on the heels of competing at, and reaching the finals of the Summer Nationals earlier this year. Very well done Eliza!
What an amazing team we are so lucky to have!
Ridings dates for your diaries for next year (let’s see if we can hold onto our crown – all galas will take place at our pool again and the team will be selected on specific criteria including fastest times, warm up will be 6pm for a 6:30pm start)…
Saturday January 11 2025
Saturday March 8th
Saturday May 17th
Saturday October 4th
Well done Everyone
Special thank you to Head Coach Zoe for pulling together this report !!

Scarborough Winter Meet Information

Message from event organiser

Hello all,

The Scarborough SC Winter Open 2024 is just around the corner. Before we dive in, please take a moment to carefully review the following key information to ensure everything runs smoothly for everyone involved.

1. Poolside and Changing Room Rules

A quick but important reminder to all swimmers:

  • Bags are NOT permitted on poolside.
  • Phones should NOT be used in the changing rooms unless for medical reasons.

Any swimmer found in violation of these rules will be removed from the session. This is non-negotiable, so please ensure all swimmers understand and follow these rules for a safe and focused environment.

2. 800m & 1500m Events

For swimmers competing in the 800m and 1500m events, training times are permitted for any NT (No Time) entries. It is critical that these are entered accurately to ensure correct placement in heats. Please double-check all entries to avoid any complications.

3. Updating Swimming Times

It’s essential that all swimmers update their times before the event to ensure accurate heat placements. Here’s how to do it:

  1. Go to openmeets.co.uk
  2. Find Scarborough SC Winter Open 2024
  3. Click Entry List and locate your club
  4. Click Entries by Swimmer
  5. Hit the circular arrow to update
  6. Follow the instructions on the next page
  7. Open the rankings data in a separate tab (click “Click here” when ready)
  8. Press Ctrl + A (to select all), then Ctrl + C (to copy)
  9. Return to the entry page and Ctrl + V (paste) into the pink box

It only takes a couple of minutes, but it is vital for ensuring the entries are correct and all swimmers are properly placed in their heats.

4. Coaches’ Poolside Passes

Coaches: You should have already received an email with a Microsoft Form to fill out in order to receive your poolside pass. This form must be completed by all coaches who require a pass.

Important: Any coach who has not filled out this form will NOT be given a poolside pass—no exceptions. Please complete the form ASAP to avoid any last-minute issues.

5. Balcony Access and Cleaning

Parents, please note that the balcony must be cleared at the end of each session for cleaning purposes. This includes all personal belongings. We will reopen the balcony as soon as it is cleaned, but your cooperation in clearing the area quickly is essential.

Additionally, please remind all parents that access to the changing rooms will NOT be allowed during the meet, and that we are operating a cashless entry system. Please make sure any payments are made electronically prior to the event to ensure smooth entry.

6. Warm-Up Schedule

It’s going to be a fantastic weekend filled with exciting competition. Let’s make sure we’re all on the same page so we can focus on giving our best performances!

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Scarborough SC Winter Open 2024! ????????

 

Key diary dates to the end 2024

Please find below key dates from now until the end of the calendar year.

Fri 1st & 22nd Nov 7-8pm no sign up session

Sun 17th Nov – no training due to SADSA championship

Sat 23rd & Sun 24th no training due to SSC open meet being held at the pool

Weds 18th Dec  Tombola and raffle draw

Last training session for all squads apart from senior performance

Fri 20th Dec last session for senior performance before Christmas break

Week beginning Monday 6th January training resumes

The next two months are busy with training and open meets. A huge thanks to our small team of volunteers who are putting in the hours to make sure we can safely support events at the same time as ensuring training goes ahead.

It will only take one or two to become poorly and this situation will change. Please check email and the club Facebook page for regular updates.

Thank you

For assistance please contact:
Swim Manager and Accounts: admin@kingfishersswimmingclub.org.uk
Kingfishers Swimming Club is a registered charity in England No: 1093018.

Yorkshire Championships – Open Age Group Report

Yorkshire Championships Report:

What a brilliant weekend in Leeds at the Yorkshire Championships with our aged 13+ swimmers. The new kit looked great poolside, almost as good as our swimmers in the pool but that was always going to take some beating as they all did so brilliantly well – PBs, top tens and race plans well executed. I was super impressed by our team’s maturity and approach to their races – focused, mentally ready and so supportive of each other which built confidence across the team with hurdles overcome together ???????????? Swimming, as with life, has its ups and downs but when you know you have a team of friends and family supporting you it makes the tough times so much easier. Well done team and good luck to our swimmers competing at next weekend’s Yorkshire Championships in Sheffield.

Thanks so much to Team Manager Tim who was poolside with me all weekend and Simon and Nigel who were officiating – without a team of generous volunteers who give up their time, these events just wouldn’t happen. Thanks to Shaun for managing all our entries and of course, huge thanks to all our dedicated coaches who support our swimmers year round.

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Yorkshire Championship Information

Yorkshire Championship Information

It’s round 2 of the Yorkshire Championships this weekend at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. This time it’s the turn of our 9-12 aged swimmers who have gained qualifying times to compete against the best swimmers in Yorkshire. Start lists/heat sheets and the results site are all now available here https://results.swimming.org/swimming/results/2024/ysa/ – some great placings, well done ???????? to Olly, Harry, George, Freddie, Charlie, Toby, Charlie Bob, Kamsi, Zak, Conor, Leah, Poppy, Genie, Ella, Megan, Mia, Sophie, Orla and Griff who will all be taking part this weekend – hope you all enjoy every second of your swims!
These are the warm up times:
Saturday 19th October 2024
Session One –
Warm Up
7-50am – Female 9/10 years
8-05am – Female 11/12 years
8-20am – Open/Male 9/10
8-35am – Open/Male 11/12
Start 9am
Session Two –
Warm Up
1-20pm – Female 9/10 years
1-35pm – Female 11/12 years
1-50pm – Open/Male 9/10
2-05pm – Open/Male 11/12
Start 2:30pm
Sunday 20th October 2024
Session Three –
Warm Up
8-20am – Open/Male 9/10 years
8-35am – Open/Male 11/12 years
8-50am – Female 9/10 years
9-05am – Female 11/12 years
Start 9:30am
Session Four –
Warm Up
12-50pm – Female 9/10 years
1-05pm – Female 11/12 years
1-20pm – Open/Male 9/10
1-35pm – Open/Male 11/12
Start 2pm
Training sessions will continue as normal at our pool this weekend – many thanks to our volunteer coaches for supporting our swimmers both at home and away. Your poolside coaching team in Sheffield will be Charlotte, Tom and Nicola.
Spectator tickets are available here online https://www.swimmingresults.org/…/yorkswinter…/index.php advance booking is recommended, although I believe they may unfortunately have sold out already for the Saturday sessions but the Promoter has said that they will allow parents to share tickets so that those parents without can hopefully find another parent to swap so that they can pop in and watch their child’s race.
Email sent with further info to all swimmers/parents attending this weekend. List of qualifiers below with information as to which events they are entered.
Very best of luck everyone!
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Friday night land training

Friday night land training for our Senior Performance squad starts this evening ????????????

If you’d like to attend the next block of sessions, please sign up via the link emailed again today.
Photo: Aquatics GB
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Club Captains

Club Captains!

We managed to get a photo of Joe, Bess, Alicia and Sam, our brilliant Club Captains for the next year, at our final Ridings gala the other week and at our Club Night last week, our Chairperson, Kath, presented them with their t-shirts.

They already have lots of projects in the pipeline and went along to this month’s Committee Meeting to represent our swim members – they are your voice and they want to help support and represent you, so please chat to them if you have any ideas, have a question (remember, no question is a silly question) or just want to check in!

Joe, Bess, Alicia and Sam, you are already excelling in your roles – the support and advice you offer our swimmers poolside at meets and galas and the encouragement and your positive role modelling makes a huge difference to our team, thank you for being amazing and for the contribution you give to your Club!

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Scarborough Summer Meet – Final Information

Scarborough Summer Meet – Final Information

 

Good evening all,

Please find final meet information regarding this weekends Scarborough Summer Gala.

SESSION ONE FRIDAY 7th JUNE 2024

WARM-UP 7:00PM FIRST HEAT 7:30PM

PLEASE NOTE SWIMMERS AND COACHES WILL BE ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE POOL AS SOON AS THE SET UP IS COMPLETED. THE WARMUP WILL START AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.

 

BOYS – ALL CLUBS – 7:00PM TO 7:12PM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

GIRLS – ALL CLUBS – 7:12PM TO 7:24PM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

 

SESSION TWO SATURDAY 8th JUNE 2024

WARM-UP 7:45AM FIRST HEAT 9:00AM

 

BOYS – 9,10,11,12 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 7:45AM TO 7:57AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

GIRLS – 9,10,11YRS – ALL CLUBS – 7:57AM TO 8:09AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

BOYS – 13,14,15+ YRS – ALL CLUBS – 8:09AM TO 8:21AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

GIRLS – 11,12 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 8:21AM TO 8:33AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

GIRLS – 14,15+ YRS – ALL CLUBS – 8:33AM TO 8:45AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

 

SESSION THREE SATURDAY 8th JUNE 2024

WARM-UP 1:30 PM FIRST HEAT 2:30PM

 

GIRLS – 9,10,11 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 1:30PM TO 1:40PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

BOYS – 9,10,11,12 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 1:40PM TO 1:50PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

GIRLS – 12 & 13 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 1:50PM TO 2:00PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

BOYS – 13,14,15+ YRS – ALL CLUBS – 2:00PM TO 2:10PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

GIRLS – 14,15+ YRS – ALL CLUBS – 2:10PM TO 2:20PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

 

SESSION FOUR SUNDAY 8th JUNE 2024

WARM-UP 7:45AM FIRST HEAT 9:00AM

 

GIRLS – 9,10,11 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 7:45AM TO 7:57AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

BOYS – 9,10,11,12 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 7:57AM TO 8:09AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

GIRLS – 12 &13 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 8:09AM TO 8:21AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

BOYS – 13,14,15+ YRS – ALL CLUBS – 8:21AM TO 8:33AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

GIRLS – 14 & 15 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 8:33AM TO 8:45AM – SPRINTS LAST 5MINS

 

 

SESSION FIVE SUNDAY 8th JUNE 2024

WARM-UP 1:30PM FIRST HEAT 2:30PM

 

BOYS – 9,10,11,12 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 1:30PM TO 1:40PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

GIRLS 9,10,11YRS – ALL CLUBS – 1:40PM TO 1:50PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

BOYS 13,14,15+ YRS – ALL CLUBS – 1:50PM TO 2:00PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

GIRLS – 12 & 13 YRS – ALL CLUBS – 2:00PM TO 2:10PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

GIRLS – 14 7 15+ YRS – ALL CLUBS – 2:10PM TO 2:20PM – SPRINTS LAST 3MINS

 

SHOULD THERE BE ANY REASON TO CHANGE THESE TIMES DURING THE EVENT THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE GALA AND PUBLISHED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

 

All Visiting Clubs

Please make sure the information below is communicated to your Parents, Swimmers, Team Managers and Coaches

ALL SWIMMERS BAGS TO BE STORED OFF POOLSIDE AND IN LOCKERS OR IN THE LARGE CHAMNGING ROOMS.

 

ALL SWIMMERS THAT NEED MEDICAL DEVICES OR MEDICINE SHOULD BRING A SMALL BAG THIS CAN BE STORED ON POOLSIDE WITH THE TEAM MANAGERS AND COACHING TEAM.

 

PASSES MUST BE WORN AT ALL TIMES ON POOLSIDE AND CHANGING AREAS BY COACHES AND TEAM MANAGERS.

 

COACHES AND TEAM MANAGERS PACKS WILL AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHANGING AREA.

 

RETURN ALL COACHES PASSES AND PACKS TO MEDAL TABLE AT THE END OF THE MEET.

 

ALL SWIMMERS MUST WEAR APPROPRIATE FOOTWEAR WHEN LEAVING POOL WETSIDE AREAS (CHANGING ROOMS AND POOLSIDE).

 

POOLSIDE WILL OPEN TO COACHES @ 7:20AM AND ALL SWIMMERS @ 7:30AM

 

ALL RUBBISH ON POOLSIDE NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO THE BAGS THAT ARE ON POOLSIDE.

 

THE CLUB WILL ACCEPT DEBIT OR CREDIT CARDS ON THE DOOR.

 

BALCONY STEP AREAS NEED TO BE CLEAR AT ALL TIMES

 

BALCONY WILL BE CLEARED AFTER SESSION 2 AND 4

 

NO PARENTS WITHIN CHANGING AREAS DURING THE SESSIONS. ANYONE NOT FOLLOWING THESE INSTUCTION MAYBE ASK TO LEAVE.

 

Finally any questions regarding logistics & swimming need to be made to the poolside coaching team & team managers.

 

Your childs race entries can be found here: Entry Lists (openmeets.co.uk)

 

Enjoy the weekend dive well & swim fast

Kind Regards

Shaun Vasey

Swim England – Keep It In Your Locker

Keep It In Your Locker – Swim England

‘Keep it in Your Locker’ aims to raise awareness of a recently-introduced element in Wavepower which prohibits the use of a mobile phone or device in changing rooms during Swim England regulated activity.

It was brought in at the beginning of 2024 as part of a revised version of Swim England’s safeguarding policy and procedures document to help protect members from instances of inappropriate photos or video footage being taken.

Swim England’s safeguarding policy and procedures document, Wavepower, can be viewed here: https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/… #SwimEngland #Wavepower

Welfare & Safe Guarding

Meet our club welfare officer Adrian Vipond

Adrian can often be found around the poolside & on the balcony.  He is around so that parents have chance to speak to him face to face if they have any concerns or issues.
If you have any concerns to discuss with Adrian but need make contact urgently you can contact him via welfare@kingfishersswimmingclub.org.uk
Kingfishers is a SwimMark Accredited Club with Swim England and Sports England.  The club follows the guidance in Wavepower for child safeguarding, the Swim England (ASA) Code of Ethics and Codes of Conduct.

Meet Hayley our Deputy Welfare Officer

 

My name is Hayley and I am the deputy Welfare Officer for Kingfishers Swimming Club. I am also a parent of three boys who swim at the club. When I’m not at the pool I can usually be found on the side of a football pitch watching the boys play for three different grassroots football teams!
I currently work for our family business in a HR capacity. I have previously worked locally as a social worker. I am often at the pool and local galas and can be approached at any time should you have any concerns or comments to make. Kingfishers will continually strive for the club to be a safe and rewarding space for all the children and young people who swim for us.

Kingfishers Safeguarding policy document can be found by clicking the link:

Kingfishers Swimming Club Safeguarding Policy

Child Power:

“Are you a young person who is concerned upset or worried ?”
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There is a dedicated helpline for anyone wishing to raise a safeguarding or welfare called Swimline, or the Safeguarding Children Link can be found on the ‘Useful Links’ section on the home page. For information on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in North Yorkshire, and access to free on line training, please see the following web page:

http://www.safeguardingchildren.co.uk/

The NSPCC guide to safe sports can be found here:

https://thecpsu.org.uk/download/media/2368/safe-sport-events-activities-competitions.pdf