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FREDDIE FLIES FOR ANACONDA
Freddie Cornwall broke two new Anaconda records at Braintree, Essex at the
end of APRIL as he helped the club climb to third place in the Junior Speedo League. The 9 year old speedster took first place
in the 25m freestyle (15.95) taking .21 of a second off the record which had stood for 22 years. He followed this up with
a clear win and record in the 25m butterfly, setting a new mark of 17.42.
The 9 years old swimmers were in outstanding
form - Iona Ocak won the girls 25m freestyle in a new personal best time of 18.85; Olivia Howe won the girls 25m breaststroke
in in 23.51 and the 9 year old girls freestyle relay of Ocak, Howe, Olivia Warwick and Maisie Parker also took a convincing
win in an overall time of 1.16.07.
Jake Usher (11) was the 5th winner for Anaconda in the 50m freestyle (34.45) and
there were also some excellent second places from Verity Hayes (10), Thomas Dwyer (10), Nina Morris-Evans (10), Fred Celul
(10), Morgan Mockler, Maisie Parker (9), Padraig Lynch (12), Aimee-Rose Nahal (10), Joshua Steimert (10).
DOM AND FREDDIE RECEIVE COUNTY
AWARDS FROM MIDDLESEX SWIMMING
Anaconda's star swimmers Dominic McLoughlin (12) and Freddie
Cornwall received awards from Middlesex Swimming on Saturday evening, following their huge successes at the recent County
Championships. Dominic won two outright titles at the championships with gold medals for the boys 50m and 100m freestyle and
a third place in the 100 Individual medley. Freddie was also a triple medallist in the 9 year old events, winning silver for
the sprint freestyle and butterfly events, followed up by a bronze in the 200m backstroke. Both boys received a third place
in the overall BAGCAT points system for their respective age groups and received their awards from the President of Middlesex
Swimming, Mr Ralph Shortland.
SPRING DEVELOPMENT MEET - APRIL 2008
Meanwhile, 14 Anaconda swimmers raced to the medal podium at the Middlesex Development meets held at Southbury Road
over the last two weekends, setting 39 personal best times and 10 County qualifying times in the process! Star performers
were Joe Grubb (12) who set 4 PB's from 4 events, recorded 3 QSA times (County level) in the 100m Backstroke, 200m Breaststroke
and 400m Freestyle and then took the gold medal in the 100m butterfly. Not to be outdone, 9 year old Ethan Harrington, competing
in his first B-level development meet, set 4 amazing county times in the 50m and 100m backstroke, 200m freestyle and 200m
individual medley, along with 3 other QSB times, earning him the right to compete at a higher level of competition for the
next round.
Other county times were set by Kathleen Bartha (13) in the 100m IM (1.22.22); Jessie Baker (14) in the
50m Breaststroke (40.07) and Freddie Cornwall in the 200m Breaststroke (3.53.68). The overall tally of 14 gold, 5 silver and
8 bronze medals then went to Grubb (1 gold), Baker (3 gold, 2 bronze); Bartha (1 gold, 1 silver); also Andrew Bartha (10)
- 2 golds; Harley Greer (12) - 2 golds; Samuel Dixon (12) - 2 golds; Mei Corbett (14) - 1 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze; Jodie
Sees (13) - 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze; Lydia Pearse (10) - 1 gold; Tomas Sitek (12) - 2 silver; and Felix Day (11) - 1
silver medal.
JODIE SEARS TO DOUBLE VICTORY -
NORTH LONDON GRADED LEAGUE
GURNELL POOL, EALING , 1ST MARCH 2008
13 year old Jodie Sees and
14 year old Steve Jones were Anaconda’s star performers at the North London Graded League held in Ealing on Saturday.
Jodie won both of her individual events in personal best times, setting the mark of 1.14.00 in the 100m front crawl and 34.74
at the 50m distance. In the boys events, Steve Jones set knocked over 1.2 seconds off his personal best time in the 100m front
crawl, also setting new impressive times in the 50m front crawl and butterfly events, where he was up-graded due to his unexpectedly
fast time. Other wins, all in the breaststroke events were recorded by Max Kirby (25m), Joseph Heekin (25 & 50m), Roisin
Heekin (50m) and the boys medley and front crawl relays. Five Anaconda swimmers - Jessie Potter (13), Iona Ocak (10), Marcus
Amazona (11), Mario Robec (11) and Aref E.Esfanani (14) were competing in their first gala, with Aref being up-graded to higher
time in his first ever event.
GORDON
TROPHY - PARK ROAD POOL, 1ST MARCH 2008
The Anaconda
A grade team were unlucky to just miss out on winning the Gordon Trophy. Despite 7 individual wins and overwhelming superiority
in the relay events (10 wins), the team were beaten to first place by Bethnal Green due to a number of disqualifications for
relay changeovers. The outstanding swims came from John Rivers (13) who won the U/14 50m breaststroke setting a brilliant
time of 35.67 and Freddie Cornwall (9) who backed up his recent county success by winning the U/12 front crawl against boys
up to two years older. Samara Williams set a new personal best time of 31.54 to win the U14 50m front crawl, and other wins
were secured by Morgan Mockler (U/12 50m butterfly); Julia Taylor (U/16 50m front crawl); Clare Walton (U/16 50m butterfly)
and by Anaconda coach Wayne Lock helping out the team to win the Open Men’s 50m butterfly.
DEMON DOM’S THE FASTEST 12 YEAR OLD SWIMMER IN THE
COUNTY!
MIDDLESEX
COUNTY SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS
SOUTH
BURY ROAD, ENFEILD, 23 - 24th FEBRUARY 2008
Anaconda’s Dominic McLoughlin
has established his credentials as the fastest 12 year old swimmer in the county! Competing at the Middlesex Sprint championships
last week, Dominic scooped the gold medal in the 12 year old 50m front crawl in the super fast time of 28.79, convincingly
beating his nearest rival by a clear half-a second. To top things off, Dominic set a new Anaconda club record of 33.54 for
his 50m butterfly swim which earned him a bronze medal and was also placed high in the county rankings for his other two swims,
4th in the 50m breaststroke (39.97) and 5th in the 50m Backstroke (35.44).
Anaconda’s other star
performer was 9 year old Fred Cornwall. Competing in his first Middlesex championships, Fred returned with two silver medals
in the 9 year old front crawl and butterfly with times of 36.16 and 42.42. The young speedster was unlucky to not to receive
a further silver medal for the 50m backstroke, having being disqualified for his costly miscalculation at the 25m turn.
Finalist berths (top 8) were
also achieved by fifteen year old Leo Kirby in the 50m butterfly (6th) and 50m backstroke (8th) and Clare Walton (14) in the 50m
breaststroke (5th) and 50m backstroke (8th).
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| The Eric Pinwell Trophy U/12 squad |
VICTORY
FOR ANACONDA U/12 TEAM
ERIC
PINWELL TROPHY
SOUTHBURY
ROAD, ENFEILD 16th FEBRUARY 2008
The
U/12 squad from Anaconda returned from Enfield last week with the scoop of
the Eric Pinwell Trophy! The 32 swimmers performed brilliantly in the relay-based tournament, setting 5 club records and winning
an amazing 15 out of 29 events against the strong teams of Enfeild, Cheshunt,
Potters Bar, Edmonton Phoenix, Hoddeston, Bethnal Green, Harrow and Wealdstone.
Meanwhile,
the U/12 squad from Anaconda returned from Enfield last week with the scoop
of the Eric Pinwell Trophy! The highlight of the gala were the relay swims by 12 year olds Andrew
Boadi, Joe Grubb, Dominc McLoughlin and Padraig Lynch who re-wrote the club record books in both events, 100m frontcrawl (57.58)
and 100m medley (1.06.89).
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| Barnet Sprints Team 10th Feb |
SUPER SWIMS FROM ANACONDA SEVENS
Seven
A grade swimmers represented Islington’s Anaconda Swimming Team at the Barnet Copthall Sprints Meet last weekend –
and amassed an amazing 20 medals including 7 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze, between them.
Clare
Walton (14) set a new Barnet Meet record in the 50m backstroke slicing 1.37 seconds off last years mark. Competing
in the Open Girls age group (14+), Walton won four events outright – Backstroke (35.34), Breaststroke (40.17), 75m &
100m individual medley (56.92 & 1.16.61); and also snatched a silver medal in the butterfly event with a personal best
time of 34.46.
Mei
Corbett showed an impressive return to form, winning 5 medals in the girls 13 year category - gold in the13 years
75m Individual medley (1.00.69), 3 silvers in the breaststroke (40.86), backstroke (38.02) and 100m medley (1.22.06) and a
bronze in the butterfly (37.27).
Harley
Greer (12) set a new personal best time of 41.66 to win gold in the 12 years breaststroke and followed this up with
a silver in the freestyle (32.30) and bronze in the butterfly event (37.64).
Other
medal winners for the team were Kathleen Bartha (2nd in the 12 years 50m backstroke 37.85 and 3rd in the
50m Breaststroke 43.66); Julia Taylor (2nd in the Open 50m freestyle 30.89); Iona Davey
(3rd in the 13 years 50m breaststroke 43.01) and Jud Broscombe-Walker who took gold in the gala’s novelty
event – 25m underwater along with his bronze for open men’s butterfly.
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| Tappin Trophy gala at Feltham, 9th Feb 2008 |
TROPHY TRIUMPH FOR ANACONDA BOYS
The Anaconda boys team won a stunning victory at Feltham on Saturday 9th Feb to bring the Tappin
Trophy back to Islington. The feat was more remarkable given that 9 of the swimmers from both boys and girls teams
were competing for the very first time and many of the swimmers had been pooled from the clubs successful teaching programme,
which takes place at Cally Pool.
The boys scored 11 overall wins in the time-banded gala with 7 individual titles
going to the under-11 swimmers Harry Grubb (Backstroke) , Redi Qosja (Butterfly) & Sammy
Williams (Frontcrawl) ; Sam Dixon (under-13 Butterfly); the under-15s Tashan Harris-Wilson
(Backstroke) & Ben Bedwell (Frontcrawl); and Jud Broscombe-Walker (Open Frontcrawl).
Grubb, Qosja and Dixon teamed up with Ronnie Grubb to win both U/13 relay
titles, with Ronnie also up-grading to U/15 to win the older boys relay along with Harris-Wilson,
Bedwell and James Verity. The open men’s team of Sam Spence, Joe Grubb, Hayden
Thomas and Broscombe-Walker combined to win the Medley relay followed by a super win in the last
race of the gala: the mixed boys & girls 8 x 25m squadron.
The 5 newcomers to the girls swim team, Gemma
Jones, Maya Spence, Isis Hudson and Yelena Zylko each swam personal
best times and went on to score 3 individual wins in the U/11 age group – Spence for 50m Breaststroke,
Hudson for 50m Frontcrawl and Zylko for 25m Butterfly. The girls team were placed 3rd overall
in the gala but with new talent like this, the results can only get better for Islington.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
1st - 2nd December 2007.
Well done to our team of 11 swimmers (Brett McLean, Wayne Lock, Leo Kirby, Dominic McLoughlin, Charlotte Larner,
Clare Walton, Mei Corbett, Jessie Baker, Samara Williams, Kathleen Bartha and Harley Greer) who competed at the Middlesex
County Championships at Southbury Road last weekend.
Anaconda came home with 6 medals - 1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze, with some closely-fought 4th and 5th places too!
Brett McLean won a fantastic Gold in the open men's 200m Butterfly in a new club record time of
2.12.65. Brett took out the race from the beginning and finished convincingly many seconds ahead of his nearest rivals! He
also took bronze in the 100m Fly (1.00.68); 5th place in the 200m Freestyle (2.04.16) and 7th in both the 50m &
100m freestyle (26.35 / 56.94). Brett broke 4 club records altogether in 100 & 200m fly; 200 & 400m freestyle
(4.28.43).
Clare Walton (13) won Silver in the Girls 14 and Under 100m Individual Medley in
a finals time of 1.15.99. She followed this up with a tough 4th place in the 200 Individual Medley in a new personal best
time of 2.39.08 and was made "first reserve" for the exciting "fast-skins" swim-off competition! Clare also reached the Open
Women's final in the 50 backstroke finishing 4th in the U/14 category (35.35); 5th in the 100m Backstroke (1.14.06);
6th in the 50m Freestyle (31.19) and 7th place in both the 50m & 100m Breaststroke (40.30 / 1.26.68).
Wayne Lock won bronze in the Open Men's 50m Breaststroke in 32.63 following his fast heat time of 33.15.
He fought an unlucky 4th in 50m Butterfly in a time of 27.96 and took 5th place in the final of the 50m Freestyle (25.78).
The Girls 13 and Under Medley team of Kathleen Bartha (Backstroke), Mei Corbett,
(Breaststroke), Clare Walton (Butterfly) and Harley Greer (Front crawl) won a bronze
medal, posting the excellent time of 2.25.95. Three events later Harley set a storming PB (32.05) to
lead off the 4 x 50m freestyle relay and the girls came home with another bronze medal, making it two within
fifteen minutes!
Dominic McLoughlin (12) swam a mammoth 11 individual events setting 5 new club records in the process! The
new 12 year old records are 50m freestyle (29.65); 200m Freestyle (2.22.57); 400m Freestyle (5.03.42); 50m Butterfly
(35.09) and 200m Backstroke (2.42.20). Well done Dominic!
Other PB highlights were Mei Corbett 50m breaststroke (40.97) which won 8th place for U/14 category
and 50m backstroke (37.41). Jessie Baker took 6 seconds off her PB for the 200m freestyle (2.26.85) in
a confident swim which lead the heat from start to finish. Jessie also finished 8th place in th U/14 400m freestyle in the
time of 5.18.99. Samara Williams took 6 seconds off her 400m freestyle finishing 9th in a time of 5.22.91.
Leo Kirby set a new PB of 1.02.09 for 100m Freestyle and equalled his best time in the 50m Breaststroke
(37.95). Charlotte Larner, Kathleen Bartha and Harley Greer each posted excellent times in the freestyle
events, with 32's all round in the 50 metres and consistent 1.10 / 1.11's in the 100m.
JOHN WATSON TROPHY GALA
PARK ROAD POOL 3rd NOVEMBER 2007
Another great result for Anaconda with loads of pb's and two more club records for Morgan.
See results
Middlesex Development gala
Leo Kirby, 15,
won an amazing haul of 8 medals at the Middlesex Development gala at Southbury Road on 27th October 07. He won five gold
medals in 100m and 400m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley and three silver medals
in 100m breaststroke, 200m backstroke and 200m freestyle.
Dominic McLoughlin,
13, won two gold medals in 100m breaststroke and 200m backstroke and received the coveted yellow speeding tickets for unexpectedly
swimming faster than the permitted time in five events: 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle, 200m individual medley and 100m backstroke.
Fred Cornwell, 9, won gold for 200m individual medley and three speeding tickets for 200m backstroke, and 200m and 800m freestyle.
Gabriel Cramer,
14, won gold for 100m and 800m freestyle. Jessie Baker,13, won gold for 200m and 800m freestyle and bronze for 200m backstroke.
Andrew Bartha, 10, won silver for 50m backstroke and two bronze medals, Kathleeen Bartha, 12, won silver for 100m backstroke,
Padraig Lynch, 11, won bronze for 100m butterfly and Mei Corbett, 13, won silver from 100m breaststroke and bronze for 200m
breaststroke. Several other swimmers, including Joseph Heekin, Roisin Heekin, Jodie Sees and Samuel Dixon won rosettes and
set new personal best times.
Speedo 13th Oct
Anaconda swimmers set three tremendous new Club
records in an excellent team effort in the first round of the Speedo league gala at Southbury Road Pool, Enfield, on Saturday. Competing against the best clubs in the London
Region, Morgan Mockler set a new Club record of 38.00secs when she came third in the 10-11 year olds 50m butterfly. Josh Wright,
16, set a new Club record of 66.10 secs, coming fifth in the 100m open backstroke. The under-14 team of Andrew Boadi, John
Rivers, Daniel Melville and Dominic McLoughlin set a new 4x50m freestyle record when they came fourth. The Open relay squad
of Brett McLean, Cal McLean, Leo Kirby, Hayden Thomas, Josh Wright and Wayne Lock equalled the Club record set at last year’s
Speedo when they powered their way to third in the 6x50m freestyle. They also came third in the medley relay.
Brett McLean took a superb second place in the
open 100m breaststroke and swam with great determination to take fourth in the 4x50m individual medley in a new personal best
time. Other individual achievements against the exceptional opposition included Dominic McLoughlin, coming third in the under-14
100m freestyle, Abigail McNeill, third in the under-16 100m breaststroke, Leo Kirby fourth in under-16 100m butterfly and
freestyle events and Clare Walton fourth in under-16 backstroke. Anaconda’s small squad swam 24 individual personal
best times and continue to pursue their goal of keeping their place as one of the 24 teams in London Division 1. The 9-11
year old girls Holly Harbour, Isabel Patrick, Naomi Jeffs and Morgan Mockler showed
great promise taking fourth place in their medley and freestyle relays. The next Speedo league gala will be in November.
The final points score was Camden Swiss 357, Ealing
339, Runnymede 219, Westminster 217, Hemel Hempstead 186, Anaconda 184, Acton
did not show.
Speedo Oct 07 Results
News
Anaconda
and Clissold Partnership announcement, 26 June 2007
In order to offer additional opportunities for both Clubs and their swimmers, Anaconda
and Clissold have agreed to extend their partnership activities and develop short and longer term proposals for joint training
and other activities. The first project will be to establish a joint training programme
for a Speedo squad made up of members of both clubs to provide the Anaconda team at the 2007 Speedo league, with the aim of remaining in Division 1. Clissold’s Head
Coach, Greg McNeill will undertake the role of overseeing the Speedo squad and their training.
We anticipate that the detailed arrangements for the joint training programme will
be finalised by the end of July for implementation in September.
Note: Current joint activities include:
· Offering access to training sessions for members of the partner club
· Sharing a team coach at galas, including Middlesex events
· Opportunities for members of Anaconda to access water polo training and diving
lessons provided by Clissold
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"4 London Clubs achieved Swim 21 accreditation at the latest
panel to bring the national tally to 271. Clubs that achieve Swim 21 status are nationally recognised as committed to providing
safe, effective and quality services for the benefit of their members. They also work to ensure their athletes, club officials,
volunteers, teachers and coaches are able to reach their full potential within the sport.
The Successful Clubs were :
Teddington SC (Skill Development)
Acton SC (Skill Development)
Anaconda
SC (Teaching)
Feltham SC (Teaching" | | |
Swim21 is the model the ASA use's, in conjuction with Sport England,
for club development. In order for a club to become accredited with Swim21, it must first complete an Audit, followed by an
Action Plan and finally, collect evidence to prove the club has met certain critirea set by the ASA. Once accredited, the
club must continue to improve and develop and yearly Action Plans and Validations must be approved by the ASA in order for
a club to remain in the programme.
Being accredited means a club is safe, well established, managed correctly,
with qualified coaches and is always looking to the future.
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