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Latest News...................                                Latest News.....................

 

New Stuff..... >>>>>>>>>

 

The Team fixtures have been added to the Calendar and individual fixture lists are now in place on the 

100s Gala

North Lancs - Level 3 Meet

Harrogate Junior Open Meet

Senior A Team Results

House Swimming Gala : Results

Top Scorers : June

 

Senior A Team Results >>>>>>>>>

Just look at these results .......................

 

 Division 1

 

Galas Swum

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

League Points

Gala points

1

Southport

4

4

 

 

 

16

665

2

Leyland A

4

1

2

1

 

12

506

3

Fleetwood

4

 

3

1

 

11

503

4

Carnforth

4

1

 

2

1

9

484

5

Newton Hall A

4

 

1

1

2

7

453

6

Chorley

4

 

 

1

3

5

375

Great big cheer for the squad..... second in the league !!

Fantastically big well done to all those who supported the squad during this challenging year.

Excellent result by all the swimmers who put their all into each race.

Well done.

 

100s Gala >>>>>>>>>

Sunday 14th September 2008 >>>>>>>>>

 

(Age as at 14th Sept 2008)

  

·       Mini Gala on Sunday 14th September 2008.

·       Swimmers must be 9 years or over on the day to enter.

·       Enables Swimmers to obtain Personal Best times over 100m.

·       Helps Coaches, Parents & the Swimmers monitor progress.

·       Medals to top 3 in each age category (11/U, 12/13, 14/Ov)

·       Completed Entry forms & money to be handed to Chris Butters or any Committee Member.

·       Entry fee £1.50 per Event. No refunds once entry received

·       Closing Date: Sunday 7th Sept 2008.

·       Withdrawal from one or more events MUST be made prior to the Gala but NO LATER than 2.15pm on the day.

        ALL withdrawals can only be made via Chris Butters (07976 829303)

·       Parents please note: On the day of Gala there will be an admission charge of £2.00 per person to spectate.

·       Any queries see Chris Butters.

 

Entry Form : Click Here (Word file)

Header Notice : Click Here ( PDF File)

Event Listing : Click Here ( PDF File)

 

North Lancs Level 3 Meet >>>>>>>>>

Sat 4th Oct and Sun 5th Oct >>>>>>>>>

NORTH LANCS – October Level 3 Meet

 

·       To be held at Palatine Pool, Blackpool on Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2008 

·       Age as at 5th October 2008 

·       Great opportunity for the younger Swimmers to experience an external Gala run under ASA Laws and ASA Technical rules. 

·       Enables Swimmers to obtain Personal Best times. 

·       Need to be realistic when entering that the swimmer is capable of swimming the stroke(s) correctly as ASA disqualification rules apply for all swimmers regardless of age.  

·       Also need to ensure that entries adhere to the Qualifying Times

i.e. must not have a Personal Best faster than the upper QT nor slower than the lower QT.  

·       Swimmers need not enter this meet to qualify for the Level 2 North Lancs meet in January/February 2009. 

·       All completed entry forms must be signed off by Gill Rankin as valid and correct prior to being handed to Chris Butters or any other Committee member. 

·       Completed Entry forms & money to be returned no later than Sunday 7th Sept 2008 (in order to send to Janice Whittle by Friday 12th September).

·       Entry fee £2.50 per Event plus a £4.00 Competition fee.

 

Entry Form : Click Here (Word file)

Header Notice : Click Here (PDF File)

Programme : Click Here (PDF File)

Qualifying Times : Click Here (PDF File)

 

Harrogate Junior Open Meet >>>>>>>>>

Sat 25th Oct and Sun 26th Oct >>>>>>>>>

 

Age is as at 26th October 2008

Venue : Hydro Pool, Harrogate

 

Open to Girls (9-13yrs) and Boys (9-14yrs) who qualify at Level 2   i.e. must swim faster than the qualifying times listed

 

This meet will be supported by Leyland Barracudas swimming club however swimmers will be required to make their own arrangements for getting to the venue.

 

An electronic entry form needs to be submitted by the club, hence if you are interested please complete a copy of the paper entry form and make your cheque payable to ‘Leyland Barracudas ASC’. Please also indicate if you require a Coaches Poolside pass.

 

All forms must be signed off by Gill Rankin as valid entries before being returned to Chris Butters, Janet Smith or Wendy Ratchford by no later than Friday 12th September. Please note that although the closing date is the 1st October, Harrogate is a popular meet and entries are dealt with on a first come first serve basis.

 

Many thanks

Chris Butters

 

Entry Form : Click Here (PDF file)

Header Notice : Click Here (PDF File)

Details : Click Here (PDF File)

Events : Click Here (PDF File)

Qualifying Times : Click Here (PDF File)

 

 

 

House Swimming Gala 2008 >>>>>>>>>

 

Notice to ALL swimmers the winners of the gala for 2008 are.....

 

Fitchie

 

Congratulations to the whole squad.

 

 

Newsletter>>>>>>>>>

 

Here is the latest copy of the fab newsletter hot(ish) off the presses - Click here  

(opens in a new window)

(or right mouse click and save locally)

 

 

Lancs County Age Groups & Championships 2008 >>>>>>>>>

Results >>>>>>

The results for this event are located here : click me to get there !!

 

 

North West Region Age Group Championships >>>>>>>>>

North West Region Youth Championships >>>>>>>>>

 

The results can be found by following the link from the www.swimnorthwest.org website

 

Top Points Scorers for June >>>>>>>>>

 

Shannon Hall - 154 Points
Andrew Plummer - 195 points

 

 

 

Pool Locations..... >>>>>>>>>

A list of the pools that we use has been put together.....

(For those with the SatNav the list include the postcodes)

click me !!

 

For pools that are not listed (or you are away on holiday and want to see if there is a pool nearby !!!)

you can try this website www.swimmersguide.com (by the way this is for most places in the world)

 

HOWEVER.... there is always a proviso.... CHECK THE NOTICE BOARD at Leyland!!!

Any changes are likely to be posted there quicker than here !!!

 

 

 

ASA National Youth Championships August 2008.....   >>>>>>>>>

Ponds Forge - Sheffield   >>>>>>>>>

 

I've attached the programme of events and the qualifying time requirements.

 

Programme of Events

Qualifying Times

(All are PDF files and they open in a new window)

 

Your Club Needs YOU !!!

Call for Volunteers.....   >>>>>>>>>

 

Gill and Karl will require assistance with poolside assistance and assorted helpers.

Committee also require willing volunteers to assist with the day to day functions of Leyland Barracudas.

 

Contact : Gill Rankin for the poolside or Janet Smith for the Committee side of things.

 

Raffle Prize Requests.....   >>>>>>>>>

 

Sharon is putting out a plea for raffle prize donations.

She can be found most swim days at Leyland generally asking for Bonus Ball entries ;)

.... talking of which......

 

 

Sponsorship & Raffle Prizes>>>>>>>>>

 

Would you or your company like to sponsor Leyland Barracudas ?

Get in touch and let us know.

We can put some advertising onto the website for you.

We are also looking out for some raffle prizes for the coming year for galas and such.

Get in touch with our excellent fundraising officer : email here Fundraising.Officer @ LeylandBarracudasASC.co.uk

(you will need to remove the blank spaces)

 

 

 

 

Just in case anyone did not know.....

Leyland Barracudas ASC was awarded Swim 21 Accreditation in November 2006

 

Fantastic and huge well done to all concerned.

It was a long slog, but we started the year by saying we would do it and we got it!

 

 

Other News >>>>>>>>>

 

Is your virus software up-to-date? 

 

Log Books >>>>>>>>>   

 

I've attached copies of the log books that we would appreciate you guys filling in.

They are in Word format so should be accessible by anyone. (Any problems drop me a line.)

 

Seniors : right click here

Others : right click here

 

Thanks. 

 

 

Webmaster Stuart Hodgkiss : BarracudasWebAdmin@LeylandBarracudasASC.co.uk :Last Update 04/07/2008

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