On Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 2010

Junior 1 & 2 will  be a combined session commencing at 6pm until 7pm for J2 and 6pm until 7.30pm for J1

Seniors By invitation only (Adam & Emily will let you know) will train 7.30pm to 9pm at NULS.

Everyone at Newcastle ASC would like to congratulate Rachael Kelly and Dave Gregory on their selection to the Great Britain team for this summer's European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki in July. Both have qualified off the back of their tremendous performances at the recent British Championships in Sheffield.

16 year-old Rachael set a stunning new PB of 59.86 in the semi-final of the 100 Fly and was only a fraction outside of claiming a senior British medal. Dave (17) claimed his first ever senior national Championship medal when he claimed the bronze medal in the 50 Backstroke!

In the recent WISE Schools international event in Glasgow 13 year-old Jack Smith was picked to represent England, against Wales, Ireland and Scotland, and managed to win all three of his races.

It is excellent to see three of Newcastle's swimmers doing so well on a national level and we'll all be cheering on both Rachael and Dave during the summer when they represent Great Britain!

NASC Swimmers gaining Regional Yth Longcourse Championships 2010 qualifying times are as follows:

Addison Brown, Dave Henshall, Ben Osbourne, Liam OMahony, Alex Gough and Emily Shaw.

Alex Dawson had also qualified but will unfortunately be unable to compete as he is scheduled to have a knee operation at the end of April. Alex has already gained his 100m Freestyle National Qualifying time, so we wish Alex well and hope will be back into training soon before Nationals in August.  

Dual club swimmers Rachael Kelly and Joe Stanford also have qualified for the Championships, but will be swimming under The Royal Wolverhampton School squad at this event.

Adam Taylor who swims dual club for Walsall and Newcastle has  also qualified for the Regional Championships but  Adam will not be competing  at this years Regional Champs, Adam has opted instead to be poolside as a Coach for this important event with our swimmers.

They will be at Coventry on 1st /2nd May for the Midland Regional Longcourse Yth Championships 2010.

Age group swimmers who have gained qualifying times for the June Age Group Champs (so far) at Coventry are:

Aaron Nash- 200m and 100m Backstroke

Rebecca Twardochleb- 100m and 200m Breaststroke

Ashley Tweats- 200m Backstroke

Amy Colclough- 400IM, 200IM, 400m Freestyle

Swimmers and parents enjoyed a good weekend of swimming at Sheffield in March. 12 swimmers attended the City of Sheffield Premier, level 1 Open meet. Coach Adam Taylor, took a squad of swimmers to this meet.

Noteable swims came from Rebecca Twardochleb, gaining her second Regional Age Group qt in the 100 Breaststroke, alongside her 200 Breaststroke Regional qt gained at Counties, Becky also swam excellent pbs in the 50 and 100 Fly .

Liam OMahony had an fantastic weekend at Sheffield and gained his first Regional Yths qualifying time in the 50 Freestyle and, just missing  out on his 100 Freestyle qualifying time by a fraction, he also swam  pbs in all his other events he now joins Ben Osbourne as another first time qualifier for Regional Yth Champs, Ben gained his 100 Freestyle qt earlier in the year, he was also seeking his 50m Freestyle qt at Sheffield, but had to withdraw at the last minute  just before his event, due to a sickness bug !

Other swimmers at the Premier Sheffield meet included Alex Gough, Will Robinson, Louise Edge, Ashley Tweats, Sam Winton, Addison Brown, Adam Taylor, Emily Shaw, Ben Osbourne  Megan Ashley. Good long course pbs for some and a good indicator level for others .

Swimmers and parents enjoyed a great weekend of swimming.

NOTE: The next longcourse meet is at Sheffield in May (Rotherham Open Meet), swimmers are in training for this event and Adam Taylor who will be Coach at this meet will be expecting some good results