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North District Age Group Championships

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:47:00 EST

Fourteen swimmers from four Shetland clubs qualified for the North district age group championships held in Inverness last weekend. Between them winning 14 medals and breaking 26 Shetland records.

Delting Dolphins had a five swimmers swimming at the event Felix Gifford swam a full programme In his first event the 200m Backstroke Felix broke the 15/16 and open Shetland records 2.17.73, following this by a PB in his ever improving 100m breaststroke. In his 200m butterfly he swam brilliantly to take 4 seconds from the Shetland records 2.14.04 to come fourth. This was followed by Felix’s best swim a fantastic 400m freestyle in which he over took the more experienced and older Andrew Thomson from Upper Deeside to win the gold in new record time of 4.08.39. This is a great achievement as Felix is still only fifteen. He then managed a great 200m breaststroke to swim a very good Pb. Felix then went on to swim a great 1500m freestyle to gain the silver and break the Shetland records again 16.35.20. His last swim of the day was the 100m backstroke which he did a Pb. On Sunday He started his swimming by qualifying for the 100m butterfly final. He than swam a fantastic 200m freestyle to break both Shetland records on his way to winning the bronze in a very close race he was just .2 away from the gold. In the 800m freestyle he won the silver medal in new record time of 8.45.16. In the 100m freestyle he managed to qualify for the evening final. The final event of the afternoon he broke his final Shetland record in the 400m IM 4.49.12.In the evening session Felix swam brilliantly to win the bronze in the 100m butterfly in a fantastic pb 59.93 the first time he had broken the minute for 100m butterfly again in a close race he was only .1 away from the silver. In the freestyle he again won the bronze this time he was .2 away from the silver. These performances were enough to give Felix second place in the 15 and over championship.

Tom Raikes was also swimming very well gaining good PB’s in the200m butterfly and 100m backstroke He swam brilliant 400m freestyle to take the Shetland 17& over record. Tom also swam very well in the 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle to reach the final where he came a credible 6th in both. Jake Swanson did some very good PB’s during the weekend in the 100m backstroke, 400m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 100m butterfly. In an incredible 200m IM he swam very well to touch at exactly the same time as another swimmer both taking the heat this was a good enough time to qualify for the nationals, as was his very good 400m IM. David Wallace swam very well in the 100m freestyle to reach the finals where he swam a good Pb to come 5th. He also swam a great 200m freestyle time which also qualifies for the nationals. Arwen Raikes also swam well in all her events but especially the 200m butterfly where she went under 3 minutes for the first time.

The Clickimin training squad took 7 swimmers to this event. Sarah Williamson swam brilliantly in the two breaststroke events showing her class in this stroke she took the field apart in both events to win both gold medals. In the 100m breaststroke she also broke the 11/12 years Shetland record formally held by team mate Andrea Strachan. She also swam two great IM’s to come 6th in both. In her 100m butterfly she managed to reach the final where she came fourth. In all her other event she managed good Pb times.

Callum MacGregor swam a brilliant 100m freestyle. Firstly in the heats he took a whisper from his Pb to reach the final. In the final however he had an amazing swim to lead from the start to win the gold in a fantastic 52.67 an age group and open record achieving the fastest time ever by a Shetlander. Callum also swam a great 200m freestyle where he managed to go under two minutes for the first time breaking his age group record 1.59.43.Callum managed to reach the final in both the 100m butterfly and 100m breaststroke where he came 5th and 7th respectably. Callum also broke the 17 and over record in the 200m IM.2.19.00

Amy Harper followed Callum’s example by swimming brilliantly in the 100m freestyle to win the gold in a new Shetland record of 58.36. Continuing with the freestyle events she also won a bronze in the 200m freestyle taking this Shetland record as well 2.09.99.In the 200m IM, 100m backstroke and 400m IM she managed 4th place. Andrea Strachan had a great weekend achieve PB’s in most of her events In the 100m freestyle she had a great race neck and neck with Amy to just lose out on the touch to take a silver medal, a good one ,two for the Shetland swimmers. Andrea also swam extremely well in the 100m breaststroke to break the Shetland record to win the bronze. Andrea also achieved a Shetland record in the 200m breaststroke. She reached the final in the 200m IM where she came 6th she also came 7th in the 200m backstroke and 5th in the 200m freestyle.

Craig Nicolson had a great meet achieving PB’s in nearly all his events. Craig swam well to reach the finals in the 100m breaststroke and the 200m IM coming 6th in both. The IM was even better for taking the age group and open Shetland records 2.16.21.Craig also achieved 6th place in the 200m breaststroke. Megan Petursdottir was swimming well achieving 3 PB’s and gaining a finals place in the 100m breaststroke. Megan Nicolson had a varied weekend but still managed to be on her PB’s. The Clickimin training squad would like to thank their coaches and the parents who accompanied them on this trip.

Brothers Donnie and Eddie Price represented South Mainland ASC Donnie who swam 11 events achieved PB’s in them all In the 200m butterfly he took an amazing 6 seconds from his time and then took a second from his 100m freestyle time After another pb in the 200m IM he concluded the session by coming 6th (Donnie however was the fastest 13 year old).in the 400m freestyle. He also managed PB’s in the 100m butterfly and 200m breaststroke. Donnie swam brilliantly in the 1500m freestyle aiming to go under 18 minutes he smashed his Pb by 26 seconds 17.43.12 to win a well deserved silver medal. On the second day Donnie swam a further four PB’s in the 200m freestyle,800m freestyle where he came 4th just missing a medal by .19, the 100m breaststroke and the 400m IM.

Eddie swam three events ,in a great 100m freestyle he swam a pb to reach the final in which he gained a place to achieve 7th place overall He also achieved PB’s in the 200m breaststroke which gave him 5th place and gained a good 7th place with a pb in the 200m freestyle

Shetland Junior Championships

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:35:00 EST

The Shetland swimming association held their annual junior age group championships on Sunday. This event was kindly sponsored by the A9 partnership Ltd. This championship involved children age ten and under swimming 25m and 50m events. In the 8 yrs and under age group Seumas Mackay(SM) dominated the age group by winning all four events in fine style and so taking the age group trophy. Dylan Black (SM) took the silvers in the backstroke and freestyle. Ian Poleson (WH) took the silver in the breaststroke and bronze in the freestyle. Stuart Bain (SH) won the bronze in the backstroke and Mark Hutcheon (SH) took the bronze in the breaststroke. In the girls event Erraid Davies (SM) like her team mate Seumas won all her events in tremendous style. The silver medals were well shared out Lianne Jamieson (WH) took the freestyle, Jasmin Smith (SM) the breaststroke, Kayla Manson (LK) the backstroke and Kirsten Keay the Butterfly. These girls also shared the bronze medals Lianne backstroke, Jasmin butterfly, Kayla freestyle and Kirsten breaststroke. Bowen Ratter (DD) took the 9yrs boys championship by winning the freestyle and butterfly, second place in the backstroke and third in the breaststroke. Reece Paul (LK) {left} won the gold in the breaststroke and bronze in both the backstroke and freestyle. The remaining gold went to Euan Polson (WH) in the backstroke Euan also got silvers in the freestyle and butterfly. The final silver was won in the breaststroke by Bobby Laurenson (SM) who also won the bronze in the butterfly. The girls 9yrs championship was won by Ami Maddison (LK) who dominated the age group by winning all her events. Katie Bain (SH) {right} won the silvers in breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle. The last silver was won by Sophie Black (SM) who also took bronzes in the backstroke and freestyle. The last bronze for breaststroke was won by Lois Ross (SH) {left}. The 10year olds swam 50m of each stroke. Zevf Vessey (DD) swam brilliantly to win this age group winning all his events. Morgan Morris (LK) won the silvers in butterfly and freestyle. Johannes Kerr (SH) won the silver in the breaststroke and bronze in the backstroke. Arthur Poleson (WH) won the last silver for the backstroke. Kieran Glaser (LK) managed to win the bronze for the breaststroke and Scott Robertson (DD) took the remaining bronzes for the butterfly and freestyle. The Hutchison (LK) twins battled it out for the 10yrs age group championship with Anne just betting Emmie to receive the trophy. Anne won the butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle and took a bronze for the backstroke whilst Emmie won the backstroke and took silver in the freestyle and breaststroke and bronze in the butterfly. Sophie Morris(SM) swam well to take the remaining silver medals in the butterfly and backstroke and Shannon Davies (DD) won the last bronze in the breaststroke. The Shetland swimming association would like to thank Jim Robertson and his officials, the Clickimin staff for all their help and The A9 partnership for sponsoring this event

Alan Lynn Training - Janurary 2010

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:13:00 EST

One of Scotlands leading authorities on swimming and coaching, Alan Lynn, was back in Shetland last weekend to run the second in a series of three training weekends for Shetland Swimming Association. Coaches from five Shetland clubs, swimmers from the county training squad and some members of the development squad were involved in an intensive weekend at the Clickimin Centre.

On Saturday morning the three sessions were focused on coaches and the county squad. The education session covered competition strategy and how to make the best of swim ming meets. This was of particular interest with the challenges Shetland swimmers face, having to travel longer distances than their rivals to compete in mainland club, district and national meets.

The land training session which followed focused on dynamic warm up and power circuits. It was then into the pool for a two hour session in which Alan concentrated on improving aerobic capacity in individual medley events, training skills and stroke efficiency. The swimmers then had a lunch break while Alan led a discussion on Shetland swimming development with the coaches.

After lunch the county squad were joined by some members of the development squad. A very inform ative talk and discussion was then held about nutrition for training and competitions. Swimmers learnt about the best drinks and food to eat, when and how much. They then had the chance to sample food, which would enhance their training and performance.

The next land training session involved games warm-ups and group circuits and after a short break they were in the pool. Alan again covered stroke efficiency with mixed individual medley challenge sets and kick tests in a challenging training session. He also got the more experienced swimmers to mentor the younger ones for a time mirroring what they do at the club he coaches at, Stirling ASC.

Sunday morning saw everyone thinking about his or her own competition strategy including a mentoring exercise. The land session which followed caused much hilarity with a big fun element in the exercises they took part in. The final two hour pool session started with only three lanes being used to replicate a competition warm up where things can get very crowded. This was followed by speed development, aerobic maintenance in the front crawl and back crawl and recovery swimming.

Feedback from the swimmers showed how much they had learned over the weekend with Alan.

Swimmers and coaches would like to express their thanks to Alan Lynn for coming up to Shetland and Clickimin staff for their assistance. Thanks also to Kevin Jones for his photos throughout the weekend which captured all the hard work and fun. These training weekends have been made possible by a lottery funded Awards for all Scotland grant. Shetland Swimming Association is very grateful for their support for this swimming development project and is looking forward to Alan’s next visit.

Junior North District meet - December 2009

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:17:00 EST

Members of four swimming clubs from Shetland travelled to Inver ness at the weekend to compete in the North District meet.

Golden girl Sarah Williamson won gold in the 11/12 age group 100m breaststroke with a fantastic swim and new personal best (PB) of 1.21.81. In the longer breaststroke event, the 200m, she also swam well to take away the bronze. Sarah, the only representative of the Shetland Amateur Swimming Club, also produced PBs in the 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle and the 200m freestyle.

There were six swimmers from South Mainland ASC. Donnie Price, 13, swam in every event in the 13/14 year old age group, and only missed out on a PB in one race.

Not having had many op portunities to race 200m butterfly, but having shown steady improve ment in the shorter 100m race, Donnie expected to gain a good PB and was pleased to finish in 2.50.03, a 13 second PB. Another tough event, the 400m individual medley (IM), resulted in an excellent six second improvement for a 5.28.69.

In the 400m freestyle Donnie achieved eighth place and was the fastest 13-year-old. However, his biggest success of the weekend came in the 1,500m freestyle, where he finished in 18.09.57, a seven second PB and overall bronze position.

Also competing in the 13/14 age group was Karl Eldridge, 14, who had a good two days of racing, achieving six PBs out of seven races. His best improvement was in the 200m breaststroke where he took a massive 14 seconds off his previous best to finish with a 3.08.92. Another fantastic drop in time was in his 100m freestyle, nearly four seconds faster than before with a 1.07.07.

In the 10-12 year age group, the youngest of South Mainland swimmers at the meet this year, 11-year-old Eddie Price, had a successful weekend, finishing
with a PB in all but one of his nine races.

Eddie’s weekend started with a seven-second PB in the 400m freestyle, lowering his time to 5.25.33 and overall 13th place.

His last event of the meet was the 200m freestyle where he improved by six seconds for 2.34.58, coming 14th in the age group and fastest 11-year-old.

He was delighted with a 3.24.34 in the 200m breaststroke, a massive 12 seconds off his previous best.

In the same age group James Morris, 11, successfully gained PBs in all of his seven events.

Four second PBs in the 100m butterfly and the 100m breaststroke brought his times down 1.36.65 for butterfly and 1.40.97 for breaststroke. However, it was in the 200m backstroke that he made his biggest improvement. He took a superb seven seconds off his previous PB to finish with a time of 2.56.01 and gain 16th overall place.

South Mainland had two girls competing in the 13-14 year age group. Kirsty Laurenson, 13, managed to beat her entry times for five out of six events.

She demonstrated tremendous im prove ment in both the butterfly distances, taking two seconds off her 100m for a 1.21.62 and just under 10 seconds in the 200m butterfly, with a 3.09.85. In the 400m IM an eight-second PB gave her a 6.10.93.

Sarah Keay also swam six events and had an excellent 200m breaststroke, with her time of 3.15.17 a six-second improvement. She was also very pleased to gain a PB in her 100 freestyle with 1.09.16 and to finish close to entry times in her other events.

A spokeswoman said South Mainland ASC would like to thank NorthLink, Mainlands, Freefield Pharmacy and Solution X for their support and sponsorship.

Delting Dolphins took eight swimmers to the event, and with all producing a least one PB it was a successful trip. Calum Maccoll had a fantastic weekend. In his first event, the 400m freestyle, he sliced just under 30 seconds from his time to swim under five minutes for the first time. He produced PBs in
the 100m butterfly and 200m backstroke, then pulled out a great swim in the 100m freestyle to take three seconds from his time to come fourth.

Calum took a tremendous six seconds from his time in the 200m breaststroke and seven seconds from the 200m IM which saw him gain the first reserve for the evening final. He also did a PB in the 100m backstroke and sliced seven seconds from his time in the 200m freestyle. Calum was never out of the top 10 swimmers for all his events.

David Wallace, also swimming in the 11/12 age group, produced many PBs. In the 400m freestyle he swam well to a good PB while in the 100m freestyle he went under 1.10 for the first time. He also did PBs in the 100m breaststroke, the 100m backstroke and took even seconds off his PB in the 200m freestyle.

Joshua Maccoll, also swimming in this age group but only turning 11 the day before the event, swam a fantastic 100m butterfly to a good PB time.

The older boys, 13/14 year old, also swam well. Saul Swanson produced PBs in all his events, taking four seconds from his 100m backstroke, 11 seconds from his 200m freestyle, four seconds from his 100m butterfly, two from his 100m freestyle and eight from his 200m backstroke. In what was a great weekend’s work for him, Michael Southern managed to go under the 1.10 mark in his 100m freestyle for the first time as did Iwan MacBride. Michael also did a good PB in the 200m backstroke.

Arwen Raikes as also swimming very well, producing PBs in the 200m butterfly, 200m freestyle, 100m freestyle and taking six seconds from her 200m backstroke. This event also saw team mate Leigh Wishart swim a good PB.

Lerwick Swimming Club had two swimmers at the meet, sisters Megan and Chloe Nicolson, who swam a full programme and produced some very good times.

Megan swam in the 13/14 age group and showed the other competitors how to start, gaining the advantage from every one of her starts very impressively.

Megan swam good PBs in the 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke while a fantastic 400m IM saw her take a good nine seconds from her time.

Chloe, in her first time at a district meet, did herself proud by producing great PBs in the 100m butterfly, seven seconds came off her 200m backstroke, four from her 100m freestyle, a massive 10 from her 400m IM and six from her 200m breaststroke. She also did a good PB in the 200m IM.

It was a great weekend for all the competitors, showing that Shetland has a great base of up-and-coming swimmers for the future.

(source - www.shetlandtimes.co.uk)

Rens 96 - Delting Dolphins - November

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:49:00 EST

Delting Dolphins took a squad of five swimmers to the Rens 96 open meet at the weekend and came back with a clutch of medals.

Felix Gifford swam brilliantly all weekend, gaining two golds, two silver and three bronze medals and breaking nine Shetland county records on the way.

He started the weekend by slicing three seconds from his time in the 400m freestyle to come fourth in a new open and age group record time 4.14.39. He then managed to get in the 100m breaststroke final where he came fifth, and finished sixth in the 200m breaststroke.

In he second session Felix broke his age group Shetland record 2.22.47 to come fifth in the 200m backstroke. He than swam a superb 200m individual medley (IM) to take the gold in an open and age group record time of 2.17.19. His second gold came in the 100m freestyle where he dominated the race.

The following day Felix came fifth in the 400m IM in a new open and age group record time 4.54.22.

In the 200m free he gained the silver in a new open and age group record 1.59.33, which also went through the meet record. In the final of the 100m backstroke he came third in a new PB.

In the final session Felix came third in the 200m butterfly in a new open and age group record time, and also came third in the final of the 50m freestyle. In the last final Felix was seeded first in the 100m butterfly. He swam against David Morgan and just lost out on the touch to be rewarded the silver. Again both boys went through the meet record.

Tom Raikes, also swimming well, reached the final of the 100m butterfly where he came sixth and the freestyle where he came fourth. He swam brilliantly in the 200m butterfly to produce a good PB to come third.

Rachel Southern managed to produce a PB in all her events and reached the final of the girls� breaststroke where she came fifth. Jamie Murphy swam well in his two freestyle events, the 50m and the 100m, to get good PBs in both. Arwen Raikes was on her PBs for all her events but swam very well in the 100m butterfly to produce a good PB The swimmers said they would like to thank Liz Southern for accompanying them on the trip.

(Source Shetland Times | http://shetlandtimes.co.uk )

Buckie Mini Meet - November

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:54:00 EST

Four young swimmers from Shetland took part in the Buckie ASC Mini Meet on Saturday – Erraid Davies from South Mainland Amateur Swimming Club and Chloe Nicolson and twins Anne and Emmie Hutchison from Lerwick Amateur Swimming Club.

The event consisted of 25 metre swims for Erraid, aged eight, and 50m swims for Anne and Emmie, 10, and Chloe, 11, in all strokes.

Erraid started the day in the eight years age group with a bronze medal in the 25m backstroke and a personal best (PB) time. She followed with a gold in her favourite stroke the butterfly after a great start, a silver and another PB in the breaststroke and and finally a silver in the freestyle in a time equaling her PB.

Emmie, swimming in the 10 years age group, won a fourth place pennant in the backstroke in a PB and later in the morning won a fifth place pennant in the butterfly. She also achieved a PB in the freestyle, gaining sixth place.
In the same age group Anne won silver in the breaststroke in a PB and bronze in the freestyle with another PB. Earlier she had achieved a PB in the butterfly, coming in seventh.

Chloe began her day with a fourth in the backstroke and a PB, with a superb turn gaining her a place. She followed with an excellent PB in the butterfly and a sixth place. In the afternoon she took three seconds off her breaststroke PB to gain a fifth place pennant. Saving her best to last she won the silver medal in the freestyle with another PB.

A club spokeswoman said the girls swam very well in an extremely competitive event with swimmers from all over the orth District.

The Lerwick swimmers said they would like to thank NorthLink Ferries, the SIC and their club for the financial support for the trip while Erraid thanked the Callum Younger Reach Fund for her funding.

(Source Shetland Times | http://shetlandtimes.co.uk )

Shetland Age Group Championships

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:06:00 EST

Shetland Swimming Association hosted the age group championships at Clickimin on Sunday and the competition produced some fantastic swimming.

In the girls 11-12 age group Sarah Williamson (Shetland) dom�inated to win all her events and took the championship with Chloe Nicol�son (Lerwick) winning all the silvers. The bronze medals were shared out between Vhairi Davies (South Mainland) in the butterfly and IM, Kayleigh Anderson (SH) in the backstroke and breaststroke, and Morven Davies (SM) in the freestyle.

In the boys event Calum Maccoll (Delting Dolphins) won the butterfly, backstroke, IM and freestyle and took the silver in the breaststroke, enough to win the championship. Darrin Eldridge (SM) won the breaststroke and gained silvers in all the other events. The bronzes were shared by Eddie Price (SM) in the butterfly, IM breaststroke and freestyle and David Wallace (DD) in the back-stroke.

In the 13-14 age group Megan Nicolson (LK) won the champ�ionship, taking gold medals in the butterfly, backstroke and freestyle. She also won silvers in the IM and breaststroke. Megan Petursdottir (SH) won the IM and breaststroke, gained silvers in the backstroke and butterfly and a bronze in the free-style.

Megan Petursdottir�s excellent IM also won her the stroke championship for that event. Arwen Raikes (DD) won the remaining silver in the freestyle and a bronze in the butterfly. The remaining bronzes were won by Kirsty Laurenson (SM) in the backstroke, Leigh Wishart (DD) in the IM and Sarah Keay (SM) in the breast-stroke.

In the boys event Craig Nicolson (LK) won all the gold medals, giving him the overall age group championship. His breaststroke race, in which he took his age group record, won him the overall breaststroke championship.

Donnie Price (SM) managed to take all the silvers for the age group while Karl Eldridge (SM) in the butterfly and IM and Saul Swanson (DD) in the backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle shared the bronzes.

In the girls 15-16 age group Jessika Swanson (DD) won golds in the butterfly, backstroke and freestyle and silver in the breaststroke, in which team mate Rachel Southern won the gold. She also won a gold in the IM and and silvers in the remaining events, enough to give Jessika the cham-pionship.

In the boys event Felix Gifford (DD) won the butterfly, backstroke, IM and breaststroke and was second in the freestyle, enough to win him the championship from Callum Macgregor (LK) who won the freestyle and came second in the remaining events. Jake Swanson (DD) won all the bronze medals.

This age group produced many of the overall stroke champions. Felix won the butterfly after taking a good lead at the 50m mark, he won the backstroke and he dominated the IM to win in a new open record time of 2.19.09. Callum, not to be outdone, won the freestyle in a new open record time of 53.74.

In the 17 and over age group Amy Harper (LK) won the backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle, taking the overall stroke championship and domin-ating the girls events.

Jan Price (SM) won the IM for this age group and gained silvers for the breaststroke and freestyle.

In the boys� event Tom Raikes (DD) won the championship, winning the butterfly, backstroke, IM and freestyle. The remaining gold was won by Kevin Gifford (LK) in the breaststroke, in which Tom won the silver.

(Source Shetland Times http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2009/11/06/swimmers-excel-as-trophies-well-shared-out-betwen-teams)

Alan Lynn Training

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:08:00 EST

One of the countrys leading edu�cators of swimming coaches was in Shetland last weekend to take a training weekend for swimmers and coaches.

Alan Lynn is a senior teaching fellow of sport coaching at the Department of Sport Studies at the University of Stirling.

Forty-two swimmers, aged from nine to 18 years, and 13 coaches from four Shetland clubs were involved in the intensive programme which took place at the Clickimin Centre. Over a day and a half they took part in three pool sessions, three land training sessions and three educational sessions all led by Alan.

New techniques, training drills and tough training sessions in the pool gave coaches new ideas as well as some fun learning activities for all the swimmers taking part. In the land sessions the importance of strength conditioning was covered along with a variety of warm up exercises. Educational sessions cover�ed a variety of subjects in�cluding what it takes to be a champion, technique, keys to suc�cess, goal setting, time management for swimmers and a DVD of top class swimming. This was a fantastic opportunity not only for the swim�mers but for coaches from all over Shetland. Everyone enjoyed the weekend and the swimmers were a credit to their clubs and Shetland.

Swimmers and coaches would like to express their thanks to Alan Lynn for coming up to Shetland, Clickimin staff for their assistance and Lesley Hutchison for organising this the first of three visits from Alan. These training weekends have been made possible by a lottery funded Awards For All Scotland grant. Shetland Swimming Associ�ation are very grateful for their sup�port for this swimming development project, which will see swimming in Shetland go from strength to strength.

As well as being as being a highly regarded coach, Alan Lynn is the author of three of the most recent and current books on swimming � Crowood Sports Guides to Swim�ming, High Performance Swimming and Conditioning for Swimmers.

All three books are a must have for anyone embarking on a career in coaching and are essential reading for students of UKCC level 1, 2 and 3.

(Source - SHETLAND TIMES http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2009/10/16/swimming-guru-hosts-training)

British Intercounties

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:16:00 EST

Congratulations to Andrea Strachan who came 9th in the 16/17 100m freestyle, Amy Harper who came 11th in the 16/17 100m backstroke and Felix Gifford who came 3rd the 13/14 100m freestyle whilst representing Scotland North in the British Intercounties competition in Sheffield last weekend. The girls were also members of the winning 16\17 medley relay and Felix�s medley relay came 3rd.

County Championships Trio - October 2009

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:32:00 EST

Three Shetland swimmers have been selected to represent the North District of Scotland in the forthcoming county championships in Sheffield on 18th October. Seventeen-year-olds Amy Harper from Lerwick ASC and Andrea Strachan (SACSC) will be com peting in the older age group while Felix Gifford from Delting Dolphins will swim in the middle age group. This is a great achievement for the swimmers and means that Shetland has taken three of the 24 places in the team.

Shetland Junior Sprints -27th Setember 2009 - Clickimin

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:47:00 EST

Winners: Sophie Morris, Anne Hutchison Emmie Hutison, Erraid Davies.�

Bowen Ratter, Josh Maccoll and Seumas Mackay.

Shetland�s junior sprints took place on Sunday 27th September 2009. Most Shetland clubs were represented. Ages ranged from about 8 to 12 years. The younger ones swam one length (25m) whilst the older ones had to swim a whole two lengths (50m). There was tough competition throughout with many PBs, close exciting races and medals

Marc's Medley Challenge

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:11:00 EST

There was exceptional swimming on Saturday 26th September at the North Mainland Leisure Centre in Marc’s Medley Challenge. The gala consisted of a 50m sprint of each stroke and the final is a 200 IM. Swimmers from many clubs were competing and achieving many PBs and medals.

Distance Time Trials

tomdog84@gmail.com — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:30:00 EST

There were many excellent PB's achieved at Shetland's Distance Time trials. A wide variety of ages were represented from all the clubs. Well most got PB's!

The Gala ran from 11:00 to 14:00 and included:

Mixed 200m Breaststroke
Mixed 200m Freestyle
Mixed 800m Freestyle
mixed 1500 Freestyle

Well done everyone.

Uk School Games - Swansea

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:48:00 EST

Felix Gifford recently represented Shetland and Scotland in the UK school games. Swimming 100m freestyle in the boys freestyle relay, it was a close action paced race. Felix gained two places on rival teams and touched in an amazing 55.9 seconds.

British Nationals

tomdog84@gmail.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:47:00 EST

At the end of July 2009 felix Gifford Represented Shetland and Scotland in the British Nationals, swimming 100 freestyle. Getting an amazing 56.8 in a 50 meter pool he thrashed one of his English rivals!

Island Games - Aland 2009

info@deltingdolphins.co.uk — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:06:00 EST

At the end of June 2009, eight Shetland Swimmers traveled to Aland to compete in the 13th Natwest Island Games. We Gained two medals, both bronze, by Andrea Strachern in the 50 m Breast and Amy Harper in the 100 m Freestyle. The boys all gained good PB's and worked very well as a team acheiving high places in relays, and smashing the Shetland records.

Beta League winners 2008/2009

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:03:00 EST

The Beta league winners, the South Mainland team are presented with the trophy.

Age Group Nationals Edinburgh 2009

info@swim.shetland.co.uk — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:06:00 EST

Recently swimmers competed in the Edinburgh age group nationals.With tough competition records were still achieved!