WITH THE WEBSITE BEING DOWN AT THE MOMENT........ This is the final report from the 2013-2014 competitive season. The Dolphins swimmers and coaching staff will be practising reduced sessions during August to give their bodies and minds time to rest before 2014 -2015 season gets underway in September. 2014 NATIONAL MASTERS 3km Open Water Championships Nichola Smith of the Daventry Dolphins Aqua squad competed at the 3km National Masters Open water Championships at Rother Valley, Sheffield at the weekend. Competing in the 30-34 years age group she won her event in a time of 42 minutes. 41.70 seconds. Conditions were overcast with the water temperature 20 degrees but because of the south westerly wind blowing, it felt colder with the wind also making the conditions very choppy. Most mass swim starts are made from in the water and this was the first time Nichola had experienced diving into open water from a pontoon. She coped with the changeable conditions very well and at the first 1km she was lying in 2nd place but after 1.5km she had caught up and overtaken her nearest rival Selena Burgess who is a former GB representative swimmer and finished well ahead of Burgess who recorded a time of 44 minutes 03.60 seconds. Nichola was the 8th placed female overall out of 31 competitors which included several Team GB swimmers who were using the event as a practice event for the forthcoming European Championships in Berlin. Proudly wearing her Gold medal, she is pictured below with Cassie Patten former 10km marathon swimmer and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games bronze medallist and her fellow medallists. 2014 NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS Joseph Iacovides aged 14yrs competed at the ASA National Age Group Swimming Championships at Pond Forge, Sheffield. After qualifying for the 1500m in 2013, this year he achieved qualifying times for SIX events and he achieved the following results: • 9th 1500m freestyle 17.01.71 pb OUTSTANDING • 17th 400m individual medley 4.59.06 • 19th 200m individual medley 2.20.39 • 33rd 200m freestyle 2.05.36 • 34th 100m butterfly 1.04.27 • 23rd 400m freestyle 4.21.75 For his swimming development at this higher level of competition, Joseph represents the City of Coventry Swimming Club where he will now train under Adam Ruckwood (former Commonwealth Games 100m backstroke gold medallist.)Joseph was a key member of the relay teams and was the lead off swimmer in both the 4 x 100m freestyle (57.15) and 4 x 200m freestyle (2.03.15) Overall Joseph finished 34th out of 110 swimmers in his age group and i know that his family, friends and ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLUB are very proud of his achievement and we are hoping to present him with his commemorative hoody as soon as we can ‘BIG COW’ OPEN WATER The previous weekend saw a small contingent of swimmers head to Emberton Country Park, Olney Buckinghamshire for the ‘Big Cow’ Open water event. This was a 750m swim and was ideal for novice swimmers to facilitate their open water practices. It was held under the British Triathlon Federation rules (not the Amateur Swimming Association rules) and had the temperature been below 22 degrees, swimmers could have worn wetsuits which actually makes the swimmers more buoyant in the water. The hardy Dolphins have been swimming outdoors this season and only wear their normal swimwear. Results: 6th Rachel Coates 11.07 9th Libby Ward 11.56 12th Polly Smith 12.32 13th Maya Patchett-Smyth 12.37 27th Suzanne Smith 16.36 30th Mackenzie Patchett-Smyth 29.23 We hope to do more of these events next year, making it a bit more of a social occasion, happy campers! COMMONWEALTH GAMES CONNECTIONS: • Head Coach Rob Sharp used to coach Jack Thomas the Welsh bronze medallist in the Para-sport S14 200m freestyle Disability Swimming category, when he was coaching at Swansea Valley SC during the 2008-2009 season.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:17:45 +0000
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