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WESTERN COUNTIES MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS 25TH SEPT

A day after Keynsham's brilliant results at The Bristol North Meet, 4 of our older swimmers showed that it can still be done at the grand age of 19yrs to 24yrs.

BRISTOL NORTH JUNIOR OPEN 17TH/24TH SEPT

KEYNSHAM IS TOP OVERALL CLUB

TOP GIRLS RELAY TEAM, TOP BOYS RELAY  TEAM

TOP OVERALL RELAY TEAMS

WILL TAVENER TOP 9YR BOY

LOREN BLEAKEN TOP 9YR GIRL

MARTIN BLEAKEN TOP 12 YR BOY

4 MEET RECORDS BROKEN 

Plus all Finalists, listed here.

Sports Foods and Drink Powders

For those of you that use energy drinks, I thought I would mention this website I stumbled upon which has a lot of the major sports drinks used by swimmers, at what seem to be better than average prices.

    www.Wiggle.co.uk is the website. Select the "Energy Drink" category on the left for the drinks. Such brands as Isotar, Lucozade and Science in Sport can be found there.

    Hope that is of use to some people!

HENLEAZE GALA SEPT 10TH

A bit of a disaster really. A thunderstorm 30 mins before the start caused Bristol North pool to leak badly. This pool is a victorian pool and has seen better days. A new pool is being built in the area but has yet to open. Joe, Dan C and I got the news as we were half way to the gala and spent a frantic 15mins trying to call up swimmers. We then stood out side the pool and broke the bad news to those that arrived. I did feel sorry for Norton Radstock who had hired a coach, but I think they went onto Mcdonalds!  Better luck next year!

NATIONALS 2005

Well done to Mike Oram, Martin Bleaken and Rebecca Alford who competed in the National Age groups in Sheffield.

Mike got an incredible 2nd in the 13yrs 100 fly in a time of 1.03.25 and also 3rd in the 200 fly, his time 2.18.47. Plus he got into the final of the 100 free and got 10th in a time of 58.49. Mike came 11th in the BAGCATS which qualified him for World Class Potential. This is fantastic news as only the very top swimmers in the country are picked. It means Mike will attend special training camps and be monitored for his future on the international/national stage. Keynsham Swimming Club is very proud of you Mike.

Next came the National Youth's. Well done to Simon Rex, Beth Taylor Erin Jeffery, Rosie Williams and Kristine Brown who all competed and got some great p.b's. Beth got a great GOLD in the 16yrs 400 I.M. in a time of 5.03. Rosie got into the final of the 50metres 14/15yrs Free and got 8th in a time of 27.96 and Erin got into the 14/15yrs 400 free final and also got  8th in a time of 4.28.74. Plus she got 7th in the 800 Free in a time of 9.09.85. Well done girls.

The full results can be found on www.britishswimming.org.

BBC Sports Academy Website

    I have just been looking at the excellent BBC website and noticed a link to the Sports Academy page and more specifically the Swimming section.
   
    There is lots of information on the great sport of swimming here and there are even tips and MasterClasses including videos from Great Britain swimmers such as James Gibson, Stephen Parry and Mark Foster.
       
    Please check out the website as its full of useful stuff. Click the "more" link just underneath this story for more info.

ROUND ROBIN GALA 9TH JULY

Thornbury 164

Keynsham 144

Stroud 114

Bristol North 68

Well done to all our swimmers who competed in this strongly fought gala. We were a bit thin in our 12 and 13yrs boys age groups. So I would like to make a special mention and well done to James, Harry, Chris and Luke for doing all their own races plus swimming up an age or two. Bet you all slept well on Saturday night!!

Good result and very well done to Thornbury.

WORLD BIATHLE RACE SERIES

Congratulations and a very well done to Ed Ponsonby who competed in the Modern Penthalon Assoc World Biathle Race Series which was held in Holland. Ed who is 15yrs old won the 15/16yrs category.

Ed had to run 1000 metres then swim 200 metres then run 1000 metres. He completed this in 9mins 19secs. What a sprinter!! Brill result.

WESTERN COUNTIES SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS 3RD JULY

Well done to James Tavener who got 1st in the sprint BAGCATS, also Joe Beament, Dan Sawyer and Luke Murray who were  placed in the top 5 BAGCATS. All top 8 placings have been added so please scroll down to news article entitled Western County Championships for all the info.

Keynsham Claim 5th at Junior Speedo League Final

After a stunning display from our swimmers, little ol' Keynsham managed to pull themselves into 5th place(141 pts) against some extremely tough opposition. We lost out on 4th place to Chard by a mere 1 point!

Congratulations to Tornadoes of South Dorset who won the competition with a final score of 218pts.

These were the final placings:

1st 218pts Tornadoes of S. Dorset
2nd 214pts Swindon Dolphins
3rd 172pts Ferndown
4th 142pts Chard
5th 141pts Keynsham
6th 136pts Yeovil

As you can see it was very close. Well done to all our swimmers.

Committee Updated

I have finally updated the committee on the "Who's Who" page.

The committee shuffled around a bit and has some new people involved including the creation of a new post.

Here is a basic run-down of the changes:

Tony Carnell takes over as Vice Chairman,
Claire Jolliffe is now our Welfare Officer,
Jacqui Abraham joins Tina Cartlege as Secretary.

Goodbye and Thanks to Dave Beament & Rosemary Oram.

Please Click the "Click for more" link to the right for full information.

WESTERN COUNTIES MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS 25TH SEPT

A day after Keynsham's brilliant results at The Bristol North Meet, 4 of our older swimmers showed that it can still be done at the grand age of 19yrs to 24yrs.

BRISTOL NORTH JUNIOR OPEN 17TH/24TH SEPT

KEYNSHAM IS TOP OVERALL CLUB

TOP GIRLS RELAY TEAM, TOP BOYS RELAY  TEAM

TOP OVERALL RELAY TEAMS

WILL TAVENER TOP 9YR BOY

LOREN BLEAKEN TOP 9YR GIRL

MARTIN BLEAKEN TOP 12 YR BOY

4 MEET RECORDS BROKEN 

Plus all Finalists, listed here.

Sports Foods and Drink Powders

For those of you that use energy drinks, I thought I would mention this website I stumbled upon which has a lot of the major sports drinks used by swimmers, at what seem to be better than average prices.

    www.Wiggle.co.uk is the website. Select the "Energy Drink" category on the left for the drinks. Such brands as Isotar, Lucozade and Science in Sport can be found there.

    Hope that is of use to some people!

HENLEAZE GALA SEPT 10TH

A bit of a disaster really. A thunderstorm 30 mins before the start caused Bristol North pool to leak badly. This pool is a victorian pool and has seen better days. A new pool is being built in the area but has yet to open. Joe, Dan C and I got the news as we were half way to the gala and spent a frantic 15mins trying to call up swimmers. We then stood out side the pool and broke the bad news to those that arrived. I did feel sorry for Norton Radstock who had hired a coach, but I think they went onto Mcdonalds!  Better luck next year!

NATIONALS 2005

Well done to Mike Oram, Martin Bleaken and Rebecca Alford who competed in the National Age groups in Sheffield.

Mike got an incredible 2nd in the 13yrs 100 fly in a time of 1.03.25 and also 3rd in the 200 fly, his time 2.18.47. Plus he got into the final of the 100 free and got 10th in a time of 58.49. Mike came 11th in the BAGCATS which qualified him for World Class Potential. This is fantastic news as only the very top swimmers in the country are picked. It means Mike will attend special training camps and be monitored for his future on the international/national stage. Keynsham Swimming Club is very proud of you Mike.

Next came the National Youth's. Well done to Simon Rex, Beth Taylor Erin Jeffery, Rosie Williams and Kristine Brown who all competed and got some great p.b's. Beth got a great GOLD in the 16yrs 400 I.M. in a time of 5.03. Rosie got into the final of the 50metres 14/15yrs Free and got 8th in a time of 27.96 and Erin got into the 14/15yrs 400 free final and also got  8th in a time of 4.28.74. Plus she got 7th in the 800 Free in a time of 9.09.85. Well done girls.

The full results can be found on www.britishswimming.org.

BBC Sports Academy Website

    I have just been looking at the excellent BBC website and noticed a link to the Sports Academy page and more specifically the Swimming section.
   
    There is lots of information on the great sport of swimming here and there are even tips and MasterClasses including videos from Great Britain swimmers such as James Gibson, Stephen Parry and Mark Foster.
       
    Please check out the website as its full of useful stuff. Click the "more" link just underneath this story for more info.

ROUND ROBIN GALA 9TH JULY

Thornbury 164

Keynsham 144

Stroud 114

Bristol North 68

Well done to all our swimmers who competed in this strongly fought gala. We were a bit thin in our 12 and 13yrs boys age groups. So I would like to make a special mention and well done to James, Harry, Chris and Luke for doing all their own races plus swimming up an age or two. Bet you all slept well on Saturday night!!

Good result and very well done to Thornbury.

WORLD BIATHLE RACE SERIES

Congratulations and a very well done to Ed Ponsonby who competed in the Modern Penthalon Assoc World Biathle Race Series which was held in Holland. Ed who is 15yrs old won the 15/16yrs category.

Ed had to run 1000 metres then swim 200 metres then run 1000 metres. He completed this in 9mins 19secs. What a sprinter!! Brill result.

WESTERN COUNTIES SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS 3RD JULY

Well done to James Tavener who got 1st in the sprint BAGCATS, also Joe Beament, Dan Sawyer and Luke Murray who were  placed in the top 5 BAGCATS. All top 8 placings have been added so please scroll down to news article entitled Western County Championships for all the info.

Keynsham Claim 5th at Junior Speedo League Final

After a stunning display from our swimmers, little ol' Keynsham managed to pull themselves into 5th place(141 pts) against some extremely tough opposition. We lost out on 4th place to Chard by a mere 1 point!

Congratulations to Tornadoes of South Dorset who won the competition with a final score of 218pts.

These were the final placings:

1st 218pts Tornadoes of S. Dorset
2nd 214pts Swindon Dolphins
3rd 172pts Ferndown
4th 142pts Chard
5th 141pts Keynsham
6th 136pts Yeovil

As you can see it was very close. Well done to all our swimmers.

Committee Updated

I have finally updated the committee on the "Who's Who" page.

The committee shuffled around a bit and has some new people involved including the creation of a new post.

Here is a basic run-down of the changes:

Tony Carnell takes over as Vice Chairman,
Claire Jolliffe is now our Welfare Officer,
Jacqui Abraham joins Tina Cartlege as Secretary.

Goodbye and Thanks to Dave Beament & Rosemary Oram.

Please Click the "Click for more" link to the right for full information.