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British Championships 6.4. 2022
Good luck to Chloe at the British Championships 50 fly |
Chesterfield Open Meet 2/3.4.2022
Over the weekend Trident swimmers took part in the Chesterfield open meet. We had 9 swimmers (Logan, Lotti ,Zoe, Luke, Kyle, Emmy, Aidan, Alexis, Kaytlin) with a total of 47 swims. The performance of every swimmer was fantastic and I have seen an improvement on strokes, turns and dives technique. There were once again great PBs across the board, with several swimmers also moving up into the ‘A’ grade.
From a Coach’s perspective the swimmers showed great mental attitude over the weekend, particularly when things weren’t going to plan. They kept their focus, continued to compete and relied on their skills. This shows me that there is so much more to come from all swimmers. It’s easy to PB or get close to the PB when everything is going right, but when things aren’t and you are still getting close or PB’ing that shows great mental toughness and those are the swims you need to be most proud of as these define you as an athlete and a person.
We also had a nice surprise visit from Chloe taking time out from competing at another meet to come along to support her teammates.
Thank you to Michelle for being on poolside, to the parents for bringing and supporting all the swimmers and also to Chesterfield swimming club.
In numbers
9 swimmers
47 swims
27 pbs 57.4% success rate
3 Golds
3 Silvers
4 Bronze
Well done to all of you
Be Proud, Be Strong, Be Positive
LT4L
Over the weekend Trident swimmers took part in the Chesterfield open meet. We had 9 swimmers (Logan, Lotti ,Zoe, Luke, Kyle, Emmy, Aidan, Alexis, Kaytlin) with a total of 47 swims. The performance of every swimmer was fantastic and I have seen an improvement on strokes, turns and dives technique. There were once again great PBs across the board, with several swimmers also moving up into the ‘A’ grade.
From a Coach’s perspective the swimmers showed great mental attitude over the weekend, particularly when things weren’t going to plan. They kept their focus, continued to compete and relied on their skills. This shows me that there is so much more to come from all swimmers. It’s easy to PB or get close to the PB when everything is going right, but when things aren’t and you are still getting close or PB’ing that shows great mental toughness and those are the swims you need to be most proud of as these define you as an athlete and a person.
We also had a nice surprise visit from Chloe taking time out from competing at another meet to come along to support her teammates.
Thank you to Michelle for being on poolside, to the parents for bringing and supporting all the swimmers and also to Chesterfield swimming club.
In numbers
9 swimmers
47 swims
27 pbs 57.4% success rate
3 Golds
3 Silvers
4 Bronze
Well done to all of you
Be Proud, Be Strong, Be Positive
LT4L
Worksop Open Meet 5.3.2022
On Saturday 5 March 13 Trident Swimmers(Kyle 3 swims 50/100fc 50 fly, Kaytlin 4 swims 50/100 fc 100 back, 50 breast, Caitlin 3 swims 100fc 100 back 100 breast, Rowan 3 swims 50/100 50 breast, Emmy 7 swims 50/100/200 fc 50/100 fly 50 back 200 IM, Aidan 8 swims 50/100/200fc 50/100 breast 50/100fly 200 IM, Izzi 4 swims 50/100fc 50/100 back, Isla 50/200fc, 50/100 breast , Lily 3 swims 50/100 fc, 50 back, Luke 50/100 50/100 breast 50 back, Zōe 6 swims 100/200fc 50/100 breast 50/100 back, Chloe 1 swim 50 fly and Alexis 5 swims 50/200fc 50 back 50 breast 50 fly ) took part at the Worksop LC meet at Ponds Forge.
10 of 13 Swimmers had never raced LC before.
It was Rowan's first time ever competing he was naturally a little nervous but with the support from the rest of the team he over came his nerves and swam fantastic swims.
Once again the team support was awesome supporting each other in and out of the pool.
There were to many great swims to write about, but every swimmer gave it their all as they always do.
I will just mention Chloe reconfirmed her qualification for the British Championships on 50 fly and it got a little brutal for the last 2 swims for Emmy and Aidan as they hardly got any rest in between their last 2 swims Emmy swam 100fc and then had to line up straight away for the 100 fly and Aidan had to do the same but his swims were 100 fly straight into 200fc.
We had 58 swims in total and 57 PBs (long course, but many times faster than their short course PBs), 17 medals and had Emmy finishing 7th overall in the girls, Aidan finishing 9th overall in the boys and as a club we finished 7th overall visiting club (out of 18), which is credit to all of you Swimmers. Thank you, you should be proud of yourselves.
On coaching prospective the skills from the starts, stroke and finishes have greatly improved, having said that there is always room for improvement. So keep up the good work in training, because that is where the medals and pbs come from.
Thank you to all the parents for bring the swimmers, to Michelle for sorting swimmers making sure they got to their races and of course to all you great Swimmers.
In Numbers
13 swimmers
58 swims
57 pbs that's a 98% success rate
17 medals
Gold lots
Silver a few more
Bronze a couple
As it was a A and B finals and the results haven't been split into A and B I'm not sure the exact number of gold,silver and bronze, but estimating it I think I'm quite close with the above.
AGAIN WELL DONE TO YOU ALL
Be Proud, Be Strong, Be Positive
T4L
On Saturday 5 March 13 Trident Swimmers(Kyle 3 swims 50/100fc 50 fly, Kaytlin 4 swims 50/100 fc 100 back, 50 breast, Caitlin 3 swims 100fc 100 back 100 breast, Rowan 3 swims 50/100 50 breast, Emmy 7 swims 50/100/200 fc 50/100 fly 50 back 200 IM, Aidan 8 swims 50/100/200fc 50/100 breast 50/100fly 200 IM, Izzi 4 swims 50/100fc 50/100 back, Isla 50/200fc, 50/100 breast , Lily 3 swims 50/100 fc, 50 back, Luke 50/100 50/100 breast 50 back, Zōe 6 swims 100/200fc 50/100 breast 50/100 back, Chloe 1 swim 50 fly and Alexis 5 swims 50/200fc 50 back 50 breast 50 fly ) took part at the Worksop LC meet at Ponds Forge.
10 of 13 Swimmers had never raced LC before.
It was Rowan's first time ever competing he was naturally a little nervous but with the support from the rest of the team he over came his nerves and swam fantastic swims.
Once again the team support was awesome supporting each other in and out of the pool.
There were to many great swims to write about, but every swimmer gave it their all as they always do.
I will just mention Chloe reconfirmed her qualification for the British Championships on 50 fly and it got a little brutal for the last 2 swims for Emmy and Aidan as they hardly got any rest in between their last 2 swims Emmy swam 100fc and then had to line up straight away for the 100 fly and Aidan had to do the same but his swims were 100 fly straight into 200fc.
We had 58 swims in total and 57 PBs (long course, but many times faster than their short course PBs), 17 medals and had Emmy finishing 7th overall in the girls, Aidan finishing 9th overall in the boys and as a club we finished 7th overall visiting club (out of 18), which is credit to all of you Swimmers. Thank you, you should be proud of yourselves.
On coaching prospective the skills from the starts, stroke and finishes have greatly improved, having said that there is always room for improvement. So keep up the good work in training, because that is where the medals and pbs come from.
Thank you to all the parents for bring the swimmers, to Michelle for sorting swimmers making sure they got to their races and of course to all you great Swimmers.
In Numbers
13 swimmers
58 swims
57 pbs that's a 98% success rate
17 medals
Gold lots
Silver a few more
Bronze a couple
As it was a A and B finals and the results haven't been split into A and B I'm not sure the exact number of gold,silver and bronze, but estimating it I think I'm quite close with the above.
AGAIN WELL DONE TO YOU ALL
Be Proud, Be Strong, Be Positive
T4L
County Championships 6.2.2022
Emmy continued with her second day of the Counties as she left off the first. Starting off with 100 freestyle where she knocked off almost 6 seconds from her PB to take her second Silver medal of the Championships with a time of 1:06.10.
Next swim was the 50 fly, again Emmy improved on her PB, this time winning Gold!
100 IM gave another great performance, narrowly missing out on a medal by just 0.16 sec, but taking a massive 5.31 sec off her PB.
Last event of the Championship for Emmy and Trident Swimmers was the 50 backstroke. Emmy took a huge 3.36 sec off of her PB, but again placed fourth, this time by only 0.08 sec behind the Bronze medal position.
In numbers :
1 Swimmer
4 Swims
4 PBs (100%)
1 Gold medal
1 Silver medal
and 2 (very!) close 4th places
A strong finish to the County Championships. Although the skills were good, work will continue to improve and build on the success.
Numbers for the Counties total :
Emmy continued with her second day of the Counties as she left off the first. Starting off with 100 freestyle where she knocked off almost 6 seconds from her PB to take her second Silver medal of the Championships with a time of 1:06.10.
Next swim was the 50 fly, again Emmy improved on her PB, this time winning Gold!
100 IM gave another great performance, narrowly missing out on a medal by just 0.16 sec, but taking a massive 5.31 sec off her PB.
Last event of the Championship for Emmy and Trident Swimmers was the 50 backstroke. Emmy took a huge 3.36 sec off of her PB, but again placed fourth, this time by only 0.08 sec behind the Bronze medal position.
In numbers :
1 Swimmer
4 Swims
4 PBs (100%)
1 Gold medal
1 Silver medal
and 2 (very!) close 4th places
A strong finish to the County Championships. Although the skills were good, work will continue to improve and build on the success.
Numbers for the Counties total :
County Championships 5.2.2022
Despite missing over half of our County qualifiers, today’s County Championships was a great success with over 83% PBs!
First up was Aidan in the 50 breast, knocking almost a second off of his PB in his first County Championships race.
Next the 50 freestyle with Emmy, again her first County Championships race, and Becky both showing the good work we have been doing on turns skills and coming back hard on the last length. Becky was fractionally off of her PB, but held good form through her race to finished well. Emmy took off just over half a second from her PB to finish second in her age group gaining a silver medal, missing out on gold by just 0.04 second!
The afternoon’s races continued the excitement, with the girls 50 breaststroke where Emmy swam well to PB by almost 3 seconds.
Aidan in the 50 freestyle next, again working the turn well to chip another half a second off of his PB.
Final event of the day was the 200 freestyle where Emmy was racing the event for only the fourth time in open competition. Still working out the pacing, Emmy went out well on the first 50, steady in the middle and then came back fastest on her final 50 to PB by 5.49 seconds!
In numbers :
3 swimmers
6 races
5 PBs
1 Silver medal
Throughout the stroke and turns skills were very good and maintained during the races. Aidan, Becky and Emmy all performed well with good results and either PB’ing or being very close on their PBs.
It was a shame that so many of the Team were unable to attend, but those who did carried the torch with true Trident passion.
Well done to all of you!
Be Proud, Be Strong, Be Positive
LT4L
Despite missing over half of our County qualifiers, today’s County Championships was a great success with over 83% PBs!
First up was Aidan in the 50 breast, knocking almost a second off of his PB in his first County Championships race.
Next the 50 freestyle with Emmy, again her first County Championships race, and Becky both showing the good work we have been doing on turns skills and coming back hard on the last length. Becky was fractionally off of her PB, but held good form through her race to finished well. Emmy took off just over half a second from her PB to finish second in her age group gaining a silver medal, missing out on gold by just 0.04 second!
The afternoon’s races continued the excitement, with the girls 50 breaststroke where Emmy swam well to PB by almost 3 seconds.
Aidan in the 50 freestyle next, again working the turn well to chip another half a second off of his PB.
Final event of the day was the 200 freestyle where Emmy was racing the event for only the fourth time in open competition. Still working out the pacing, Emmy went out well on the first 50, steady in the middle and then came back fastest on her final 50 to PB by 5.49 seconds!
In numbers :
3 swimmers
6 races
5 PBs
1 Silver medal
Throughout the stroke and turns skills were very good and maintained during the races. Aidan, Becky and Emmy all performed well with good results and either PB’ing or being very close on their PBs.
It was a shame that so many of the Team were unable to attend, but those who did carried the torch with true Trident passion.
Well done to all of you!
Be Proud, Be Strong, Be Positive
LT4L
Short Course Midlands 2021
Over the weekend 6th and 7th November, we had 3 swimmers taking part in the Short Sourse Regional Championships - they were Chloe (50/100 fly and 50 back) Becky (50 fc) and Hayva (50/100fc), for the latter 2 it was their first SC Regionals. Well done to you all.
Hayva was the first one up on Saturday with the 100 fc where she injured her knee on the start. After a strong first 50 on target, the effect of the knee injury reduced power off the wall and in the kick, so the second 50 was off the pace. Although she finished the race, unfortunately Hayva had to pull out of the Sunday 50 fc event. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Chloe was up next on Saturday with the 50 fly where her skills looked very good and the work she has put into developing her stroke since coming back in September showed with a smooth flowing swim. Although not a PB, Chloe maintained the new stroke and rhythm well throughout the swim tested under race pressure.
On Sunday Chloe swam the 100 fly and 50 backstroke. Again both swims were of good consistent stroke and rhythm. The 100 fly was the fastest Chloe has swum it this year and the 50 back was within this year’s range of times.
In the afternoon Becky swam her 50 fc, which was a confident and technically very good swim, finishing just outside of her PB.
Although we didn’t have any PBs this time, from a Coach’s perspective everything we have worked on since we’ve been back (which is only 8 weeks) was on display from starts to finishes and everything in between.
We cannot expect to PB every time we swim, there are often numerous reasons and factors that can influence and affect swimmers both before and during the race that can help or hinder their swim. There were many positives from this weekend’s races to build on going forwards, so swimmers should not be disheartened if they do not PB, just reflect and take that knowledge and experience forward with you to your next training session.
It was a fantastic achievement and great experience for all 3 swimmers to qualify and participate in the Championships. This was the first major competition of the season and from what I’ve seen there’s plenty to come!
Thank you to Michelle, James, Emma and Caroline who took the sessions on Friday evening and Sunday morning, without them the sessions wouldn’t have gone ahead
