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Alsager Bridgestone ASC is a non-profit making organisation dedicated to the improvement and progress of competitive
swimming. We aim to encourage and develop good sportsmanship, individual integrity, team spirit and provide an environment
in which swimmers can realise their full potential at all levels.
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Katie, Molly and Heather all attended an art of Breaststroke clinic in the Wirral. They were taught by
double Olympic medalist and former world record holder Nick Gillingham M.B.E.
The 4.5 hour course comprised of a presentation covering planning for success, goal setting and handling
pressure and a 2 hour swim session. The methodology applied addressed the process of race preparation,
development of overall technique including analysing the level of buoyancy, pattern and efficiency of the leg kick,
shape and effectiveness of the arm pull, breathing and head position.
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Does waxing before racing make up for the lack of long racing suits banned from competition in line with FINA 2010 rule
changes?
The open men’s relay team from Alsager Bridgestone in South Cheshire certainly hoped so when they volunteered to participate
in a charity waxing session several days prior to the Cheshire Championships at the end of March!
It took Alsager Club members (supervised by Angela and Adele from “The Beauty Boutique” in Alsager) two hours to wax
and strip their Club Captain and his team, to raise funds for club equipment.
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Gaz and Greg Getting Waxed
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Gaz, Sam and Greg showing off the 4 x 50M medaly and free style trophies |
There was no doubt that the extra smooth finish added to their performance as Gaz Johnson, Greg George, Sam Pickford
and Michael Poynton powered in to scoop the much coveted titles in both the 4 x 50m medley and 4 x 50m free style
relay events.
OUCH!
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(This article appeared in the August issue of Swimming Times)
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WOW !!!!!!! Words can’t describe how proud the parents and coaching staff
are of the performance of 37 Alsager Bridgestone swimmers at the recent Biddulph
open.
The competition as always was at a high level and each swimmers target was to do
their best, and their best they did. From the 120 races, we got 79 finalists,
who picked up 13 Gold, 13 Silver, 16 Bronze, 8 fourth place, 18 fifth place and
11 sixth place medals. 4 Top boy / girl trophies and countless PB’s.
Full Report
Results
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What an amazing turnout and what a brilliant performance from each and every swimmer, they were
absolutely awesome. There were 21 swimmers doing 79 races winning no less than 4 speeding tickets,
and 33 medals, 8 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze, 6 fourth place, 6 fifth place and 3 sixth place. And most
importantly there were 43 PB’s.
Full Report
Results
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Sale was the venue for this years Peak and Plain Celebration gala. The opposition again were
Buxton, Sandbach, Knutsford and Trafford.
Final league standings left Alsager in a clear 2nd place.
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Results
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Congratulations to everyone who competed at the Winsford Junior Meet. Each and every
swimmer achieved either a medal or PB. Well done.
Timing was everything, it was the same day as the Peak and Plain Celebration gala, some of
the most hardy of swimmers did the afternoon session at Winsford and rushed over to Sale for
the celebration gala. Whereas a few stayed to complete the day at Winsford.
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“They were well up for it, absolutely amazing”, were the summing up comments from coach Gary Johnson.
Kitty Price receives Top Girl award for achieving highest points score from all of the girls who competed at the Ickle People meet. She got a massive 76 points picking up 8 Gold and 2 Bronze medals for her efforts.
35 of our swimmers competed in 182 races, there were 19 first, 4 second, 7 third and 11 fourth, 7 fifth and 5 sixth place finishes along with many PB’s.
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38 Kids & Parents gathered at Zulu Woods with Delta Force.
They divided into two teams (Red & Blue), Everyone a brilliant team bonding day that left
everybody smiling and covered in bruises, paint and storys to tell the familys and friends.
Thanks to everyone that came it was a fantastic day out! But the best team won! RED TEAM!!
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Minnows Alsager Bridgestone exceeded expectations, from the four days of
competition, 8 North West Regional Times, 17 medals and Many PB’s were achieved. The “Fantastic Four” pulled off the shock of the Cheshire County Swimming Championship winning both of the open relay finals.
Watch Open Freestyle Relay here.
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Sam Pickford - Gold 50M & 100 M Breaststroke and 400M IM
Silver 400M Freestyle, 400M IM, 200M Breaststroke and 50M Backstroke
Bronze 100M Backstroke, 50M Butterfly and 200M Freestyle
Junior title holder for the 50M Breaststroke
Simon Corbishley - Gold in 50M Freestyle
Silver 50M Breaststroke
Bronze 50M Butterfly
Gary Johnson - Gold in 50M Butterfly
Bronze – 100M Butterfly
Lydia O'Neil - Silver 50M Breaststroke
Amy Priestman - Bronze 50M Breaststroke
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Heather Hulme - 50M Butterfly
Niamh Minton - 200M IM (improved time),200M Freestyle, 400M Freestyle
Ben Legge - 100M Freestyle, 200M Freestyle, 400M Freestyle
Katie Sutton – 200M Breaststroke
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A full set of results so far can be found by clicking here.
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The Swams Relay team were made up of Gary Johnson, Sam Pickford, Tom Price, Kitty Price, Amy Priestman
and Greg George.
They swam a whopping 331 lengths in 55 Minutes, an amazing 56 lengths more then the all time record, raising over a
£100 for the Rotary Club Of Congleton
A big Thank you to everybody who kindly donated money to our charity winning relay..
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The swim clinic was run by Swim North West and Total Swimming, for any swimming clubs that had achieved swim 21.
The clinic was open to any club in the cheshire area, as a reward for becoming swim 21 Accredited, with two swimmers per club able to this clinic.
With a little bit of Gaz Magic (OK he works for Total Swimming), we managed to get 7 swimmers attending this event, these where:
Simon Corbishley, Aidan Morrey, Niamh Minton, Ellie Jones, Isabel Turnock, Ben Legge, Kitty Price.
They met a Chris Cook (Cookie Monster) who is double gold commonwealth champion (50m,100m Breaststroke) They had an inspiring presentation, 2 hour breastroke master class pool session and afterwards photos, goodie bags and autographs.
It was a great day! Everybody loved meeting Chris Cook, and all the kids have been touched and inspired by Chris to reach there goals.
A BIG thank you to Total Swimming and Swim North West for making it a great day.
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Notice's
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The Club Championships
are now a licensed Level 4 Meet, there are no longer 25m events for 9 Year olds
and all age groups are single age groups, the way point's and medals are awarded
have also changed please see Conditions for these change's.
Entry Form.
Flyer.
Conditions and Schedule Of Events.
Please note Gala 3 on the 10th October 2010 will now take place between 5 till 8 PM.
Thanks
Your Committee
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New Online Swim Shop Lanuched in assoication with swimshop.co.uk
Full Notice.
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Full Competition Calendar
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