Important News – No Training on Wednesday 11th July for sessions after 7pm
No training on Wednesday 11th July for any of the sessions after 7pm. This is due to the world cup, work commitements & the race for life.
To make up for this we are extending the summer term by 1 week so last summer club night will be Wednesday 25th July. Saturday 28th and 29th will also run.
If England win on Wednesday the Sunday session may also be cancelled.
City of Leeds Summer Meet 30 June – 1 July 2018
50m Long Course Meet –
PURPOSE OF THE MEET
To enable athletes to achieve times suitable for entry into Regional and County Championships and other Meets at Level 1 or Level 2
Details of City of Leeds Meet Information can be found by following this link:
https://www.swimleeds.org.uk/meets/city-of-leeds-summer-meet-2018
In the event of any competors withdrawing please inform your coach asap….
John Charles Centre for Sport
Middleton Grove
Leeds
LS11 5DJ
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Date For The Diary – Kingfishers Fundraising Night
Channel relay fundraising gig, date for your diary, Friday 27th July,at the cask, 7 til midnight. Bob Walker booked for sound, £5 tickets in advance or £6 on the door. Tickets and line up to follow shortly.
No Training Sat 16th or Sun 17th June
No Training Sat 16th or Sun 17th June due to Scarborough A & B Gala Friday 15th – Sunday 17th inclusive.
Good luck to all our swimmers who are competing…
Scarborough Swimming Club Gala Information 15th – 17th June
Warm up Times & General Information:
Scarborough A & B Gala Meet Information
| Start lists & Live results for the Scarborough 2018 A&B Gala can be found on this link :
http://www.foxsgalatimings.co.uk/onlineresults/scmeet18/index2.htm |
BLDSA Wykeham – More Success For Kingfishers !!
The local BLDSA event at Wykeham lake on the weekend of 26/27 May proved to be another successfu
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one for Kingfishers. The first event started at
10pm on Saturday night, the swimmers entered the water with two LED lights each and swam 5 x 1k laps of a very dark lake, each were accompanied by a kayaker huge thanks at this point go to Steve,Chloe and Caitlin Hodgson, Martin Plant, Oliver Brunt, Chloe Riley, Carl Knight and Claire Edwards for keeping them safe. Claire romped home in 1hr 28mins and snatched 1st place from Alex Lee who was 2nd in 2 hrs 2 mins with Alex Sedman coming home in 2hrs 25mins. Ellie Knight was the first breastroke Swimmer home in 1hr51min closely followed by 2nd breastroke Jane Sedman in 2hrs 8mins. Heather Riley succumbed to severe cramp in her leg in the 4th lap and retired better to be safe than sorry in open water.
Having got into bed at 1.30am the swimmers were expected back at the lake by 8.30am to register for the day swims, much earlier than previous years and as the times would reveal the lack of rest and sleep was to take its toll on the days 5k swims.
Claire, Alex, Jane, Ellie and Owen Mahoney entered the water at 9.30am for the 5k race accompanied by Alex Lee, Maddy Adams and Thomas Reynoldson in the 3k. Once again all had kayakers and much thanks is given to their continued support to keep our swimmers safe. The sun shone but the wind did also blow making it an incredibly tough swim. Maddy flew home in 1hr 3mins to win her second junior first this season, closely followed by Thomas the first junior boy in 1hr 11mins. Alex Lee came home in 1hr 18m two very credible swims from this young lady fresh out of retirement. The 5k swimmers were tiring in the choppy water but Claire still took 2nd place in 1hr 32mins, Ellie continuing her 1st place run in Breastroke in 2hrs 4mins with Jane in 2nd place in 2hrs 18mins. Owen fresh as a daisy Mahoney came home in 2hrs 28secs. Alex Sedman put up a brave fight but in the end on the back of all the end of year exams having finished uni she came out after 3k exhausted but in the knowledge she gave 100%
The 1k proved an enticement to newbie Dave Eblet who swam the course accompanied by a tired Alex Sedman and Claire Bamford in a cracking 20mins 14secs well done Dave and everyone for a great weekend of swimming.
Colwick BLDSA – Kingfisher Ladies Sweep The Board
The first British Long Distance swimming competition was held at Colwick Park Sunday 20th May and Kingfisher Swimming Club’s ladies swept the board with first 3k Lady going to 14 year old Maddie Adams in 47mins 36secs, 2 placed 3k Lady was Heather Riley in her first BLDSA swim in 50.59. The 5k ladies breastroke was won by Jane Sedman in 1.42.37 smashing her previous PB and close on her heels was Alex Sedman in her furthest swim to date in 2hrs 1min 52secs. The club is now looking forward to the BLDSA Wykeham night and day swims next weekend where more club swimmers will be racing for places.
Kingfisher Joe Benson Qualifies For North Eastern County Championships
Kingfisher Joe Benson Qualifies For North Eastern County Championships
Congratulations to Kingfisher Joe Benson who has qualified for 2 events at the prestigious North Eastern County Championships to be held at the John Charles Aquatic Centre Leeds. Joe achieved qualification on the back of his excellent races at the Yorkshire Championships February in the 50m & 100m Backstroke events.
Joe’s races will take place over 2 weekends Sunday 20th May & Sunday 27th May. This is a fantastic achievement & thoroughly well-deserved.