Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope Santa has brought you all you could have wished for! 

Enjoy the rest of your break, and be ready to come back in the new year refreshed and determined! 

I can't wait to see how every one performs in the next few months given how well everyone is training! 

See you in the new year! 

Coach Rob 

Goal Setting Meetings

I have been asked by a few swimmers/parents if I could help with filling out some of the goal setting forms. In the new year I will arrange some 10-15 minute slots after some sessions where swimmers and parents can sit with me and discuss their future. It will probably be in the form of a sign up sheet on the notice board. 

Coach Rob

The results are in!

The points have been counted, and the winning team will be announced at the Presentation Evening, Saturday 11th January. Make sure you don't miss out on the prize! I can tell you that there were just 4 points separating 1st and 3rd! Who'd have thought it would have been so close?! 

Coach Rob

Team Points

All I can tell you is there are currently only 10 points between the current 1st and 3rd place! Its tight! Make sure you're doing all you can for your team in this last week to be in for a chance of winning!

Coach Rob

Goal Setting

I will be emailing round a Goal Setting sheet for all swimmers to fill in and return to me after the Christmas holidays. 

These are really important to help put you all on the right road for success mentally! The ones who win and are best swimmers are the ones who know where they want to go, and how they want to get there - and it all starts with a dream. Michael Phelps said at 12 to his coach Bob Bowman that he wanted to go to the Olympics. The other kids laughed - but look who he is now...

Coach Rob

Counties Entry Deadline Looming!

Please remember the County entry forms need to be completed and returned to Loz by the 20th December! Please don't worry if your swimmer/s doesn't have certain times, as we can update the entry forms after the Time Trila in the New Year.

If you cannot attend the minimum required, please make sure you email/speak to me.

Coach Rob

Water Polo!

A message from Ian:

We will be playing water polo for the second half of the session on Thursday. Make sure you bring down your A game! This could be your last chance to win points for your team, so make sure you don't miss out!

Christmas Holidays

Lucky for you guys, I don't finish University until the 20th! (Very late!) So my last session will be next Wednesday the 18th. I am told sessions will be covered by various coaches until my return no later than the 12th January.

For those of you that I won't see, have a great Christmas, and a Happy New Year! Try and get a few swims in over the holidays, even if it is just at public sessions. I'm looking forward to starting the New Year with so many young swimmers with so much potential!

Points for the last 2 weeks will be kept a secret, and the winning team revealed at the Presentation Evening in January.

Coach Rob

Time Trial - CANCELLED

We will be postponing this time trial until the new year to give us a little more time to organise it. 

Still enter the events you wish to enter, even if you haven't got a time. We will then update the entries before they are sent off. 


Coach Rob

Team points after week 5!

This week, no points were awarded during training. However, Ruby, Sahana and Aahana all completed some research into their team mascots, winning them 10 points each. The totals therefore are;

Red: 49
Blue : 36
Green: 54
Yellow: 31


Coach Rob

Counties

Just a reminder that the entry forms for now available from the newsletter email and off the club website. These need to be done ASAP please! Please also remember that all Juniors are required to compete in 2 out of the 3 Saturdays - I will require an explanation form the parents of any Junior that isn't. We are really trying to get a big turn out for the competition, so every swimmer counts!

City of Birmingham Trail

I'd like to wish the following swimmers the best of luck in their trail with City of Birmingham tomorrow evening;

Asha Gurung
Ellie Sibbald
Daniel Hindle
Maya Graves 
Karnell Nunes - Smith 
Stefan Davies 

They have been selected by Ian and myself for their current ability and their future potential, not to mention their effort and attitude. 

Swimmers have to be a minimum of 9. Niamh Bevan and Jodie Carreon currently train with City of Birmingham a number of times each week, and are clearly reaping the rewards! 

For those that don't know, City of Birmingham is a Squad that brings together all the best talent from the Birmingham area, giving swimmers the very best chance of reaching their potential. 

The club has directly or indirectly sent a swimmer to every Olympic games since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics - so they know a thing or two about swimming... 

Everyone in the Junior squads should be aspiring to eventually train here. I can tell you from first hand experience, training twice a day is no mean feat! But nothing good comes easy, and if you really want to succeed in such a tough sport then that's what's required!

If anyone wants to find out more about City of Birmingham, feel free to have a chat with me. 

Coach Rob

Team points after week 4!

Here are the points with just 3 weeks left!

Red: 39
Blue : 16
Green: 54
Yellow: 31

Green are disappearing into the distance with Red and Yellow fighting it out for second! Blue have got some catching up to do in the final weeks - there's nothing like a good comeback! 

Coach Rob