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Swim England

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SE_Social_Media_image470   From Monday 3 April 2017 the ASA will use a brand new logo and the new name of Swim England for the national governing body for swimming, diving, water polo and synchronised swimming in England. Digital channels will change and Swim England’s new website will go live at the same time. For more information visit swimming.org/swimengland and for the Swim England strategic plan for swimming in England 2017-21, Towards a Nation Swimming.
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New Year’s Honours

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Jean Holland

Jean Holland, life member of Poole SC, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year’s Honours List for services to swimming following 70 years commitment to the sport. Joining Poole SC in 1947 aged 13 years, Jean gained her first ASA Teaching Award in 1955 and has since taught thousands of young swimmers at both Poole SC and Hamworthy Junior School. As a qualified official Jean has officiated at club, county, regional and national level, culminating in an invitation to officiate at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. A former county junior champion, and having established a Masters section at Poole SC in 1981, Jean continued to compete until well into her seventies and was a National Masters and World Masters medallist. Out of the pool, Jean has undertaken two separate terms as President ofimgID91401105.jpg.gallery Poole SC, as well as President of Western Counties ASA (now ASA South West) in 1967 and President of Dorset County ASA in 1969. Bournemouth Collegiate’s Alice Tai has also been awarded an MBE for services to swimming in the New Year’s Honours List. Alice who turned 18 at the end of January competed for Team GB at the Paralympic games in Rio 2016 and brought home a relay gold in the Women’s 4 x 100m Medley relay and an individual bronze in the Women’s S10 100m Backstroke. Alice, who currently trains in Manchester, competes in the SB9 and S10 classifications.
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…. And a Rio Gold!

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Alice Tai, with GB Paralympic team-mates Claire Cashmore, Stephanie Slater and Stephanie Millward, has stormed to victory in the 4 x 100m Medley Relay (34 points) on day nine of the Rio Games. Leaving Australia and the United States in silver and bronze medal positions respectively, the GB team qualified first from the heats and in taking the gold medal set a new World Record time of 4:45.23. Photo: (l-r) Stephanie Slater, Claire Cashmore, Alice and Stephanie Millward. stream_img    
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Rio bronze for Alice!

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Alice Tai has marked her Paralympian debut with a bronze medal in her very first event on day three of the 2016 Games in Rio. Finishing first in her heat of the S10 100m Backstroke with a time of 1:09.64, the Bournemouth Collegiate swimmer qualified third fastest for the final behind New Zealand favourite Sophie Pascoe and Hungary’s Bianka Pap. Turning into the final 50 metres in second place, Alice was overtaken by Pap over the last 25 metres but held off Canada’s Aurelie Rivard to touch third in 1:09.39. Sophie Pascoe (1:07.04) and Bianka Pap (1:07.95) took gold and silver medals respectively. With the S10 100m Butterfly and S10 100m Freestyle still come, congratulations Alice on this spectacular achievement. Photos: courtesy of Adam Parfitt (a very happy coach!) rio-alice
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ASA National Summer Championships 2016

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The ASA National Summer Championships 2016 ended with Dorset swimmers bringing home a total of  six English Nationals medals, two gold and four silver. The five days of competition for swimmers ranked nationally 25-44 in their age group and event began on 1 August with Dorset swimmers competing from Bournemouth Collegiate SC, Christchurch Seagulls SC, Poole SC and Swim Bournemouth.

Day 5

The fifth and final day of the ASA National Summer Championships 2016 produced three medals for Dorset swimmers. Ella Chown (BCS) finished first in both heats and finals of the 12/13 years 50m Butterfly in times of 29.43 and 29.16 to take gold, while in the 17/overs Madison Kemp (Poole) qualified first in 28.70 and second in the final in 28.64 to earn a silver medal. Knocking three seconds plus off his entry time in the 13/14 years 200m Backstroke to qualify in second place on 2:18.55, Swim Bournemouth’s Oliver Fairman again finished in second place in the final on 2:17.07 to earn a silver medal. In the 15 years 50m Butterfly Jack Arnell (BCS) qualified in tenth place on 28.46 to finish in ninth on 27.96.

Day 4

The busiest day for Dorset so far with nine swimmers reaching finals, five of those making their mark in 50m Breaststroke, and ending with a gold medal for Izzy Pryce (BCS) who finished first and PB’d in both heats and finals (15 years) of that event in 34.49 and 34.27. In the next age group up, Charlotte James (BCS) qualified and finished in seventh place on 35.44 and 35.01 respectively, while in the boys 16 years Kelvin Wong (Swim Bournemouth) achieved eighth then seventh place with 32.24 and 31.89, Poole’s Luke Roxburgh (17 years) tenth then ninth place in 31.29 and 31.25 and, in the 18/overs, Jamie Holmes (BCS) finished sixth and fifth on 30.25 and 29.85 respectively. Swim Bournemouth’s 100m Backstroker Oliver Fairman (13/14 years) achieved eighth in both heats and finals with 1:04.97 and 1:05.01, while Henry Stanbrook (17 years) took sixth and ninth place with 1:00.98 and 1:00.89 in the same event. Also from Swim Bournemouth, Savannah Barman qualified tenth in the 17/over 200m Butterfly with 2:30.59 to finish in ninth place with a time of 2:28.89, while in the 16 years 100m Freestyle Poole’s Thea O’Keefe placed tenth then eighth with times of 1:00.57 and 1:00.44.

Day 3

A second silver medal and more personal bests for Dorset swimmers. BCS’ Ben Samuel qualified first in the 15 years 100m Freestyle with a time of 55.29 to PB in the final on 55.18 and take the silver medal. In the 50m Backstroke Swim Bournemouth’s Henry Stanbrook (17 years) and Amy Brown (12/13 years) both PB’d in heats and finals, with Henry clocking up sixth place on both occasions with times of 28.20 and 28.04 and Amy achieving eighth and tenth placings in 32.45 and 32.37 respectively.

Day 2

An all-girls day for Dorset. Ella Chown (BCS) qualified second in the heats of the 12/13 years 100m Butterfly on 1:06.89, finishing fourth with a PB of 1:06.45, while in the 17/overs Poole’s Madison Kemp qualified third with a PB of 1:03.18 to finish fifth in the final in 1:03.74. Jasmine McCrea (Poole) was back in the pool for the 15 years 200m Breaststroke qualifying seventh in 2:48.91 and PB’ing in the final to finish fourth on 2:44.97.

Day 1

A silver medal and some huge personal bests marked the start of the National Summer Championships 2016 for Dorset swimmers. Qualifying fifth in 1:16.89 for the 16 years 100m Breaststroke, Charlotte James (BCS) PB’d in the final with 1:15.42 to take the silver medal. In the same event Abi Manns (Swim Bournemouth) finished tenth in both heats and finals with times of 1:18.31 and a PB of 1:17.82 respectively. In the 400m Individual Medley both Oliver Fairman (Swim Bournemouth) and Jasmine McCrea (Poole) clocked up big PBs with Oliver knocking off nearly five seconds to qualify seventh on 5:01.88 and Jasmine knocking off six and half seconds to qualify fourth in 5:11.22. Finals placings were ninth for Oliver (13/14 years) with 5:07.04 while Jasmine (15 years) finished in sixth place on 5:13.37. Theo O’Keefe (Poole) qualified first in a PB of 2:07.37 in the 16 years 200m Freestyle to finish in fourth place in the final in 2:08.11.

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Swim Safe 2016

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swim safe® logo Swim Safe, a joint project between the ASA and the RNLI that aims to provide practical open water safety sessions for 7-14 year olds is to take place in Poole this summer. Hosted by Poole Borough Council, the event will be held at Sandbanks as well as the Council’s facility at Shore Road. The annual programme offers improver swimming tuition and water safety sessions at beaches and lakes across England with a focus on skills to keep safe in open water. Beach safety advice will be provided by RNLI lifeguards with up to 30 minutes of in-water tuition provided by ASA accredited swimming teachers. Two weeks of Swim Safe for Schools will run from 4 July, followed by three weeks of public access to the project from 30 July. Children must be able to swim a minimum of 25 metres to take part but attendance is free. Further information and booking form can be found at https://swimsafe.rnli.org/. There are also volunteer and teaching opportunities for members of Dorset affiliated clubs, so if you would be interested in helping out contact the ASASW Area Swim Manager Ashley Jones at ashley.jones@swimming.org. The Swim Safe pilot scheme was so successful that in 2015 the programme was extended to six locations in Bournemouth, Brockhole, Bude, South Shields, Jersey and the Isle of Man, which were attended by 3,600 children with an average of ten at each session across the five weeks. Having Swim Safe held locally is a good opportunity for clubs to get involved and encourage participants to carry on from their first open water swimming experience.
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Swim South Africa

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JACQUI HULL SA2 (1280x725) With so much energy and emotion currently being expended at the County Championships to knock off a 100th of a second here or win a medal there, it may be worth reminding ourselves that the opportunities we take for granted are not necessarily available for everyone. Swim teacher Jacqui Hull from Poole SC has recently returned from South Africa where she was involved with the voluntary project ‘United through Sport’, which aims to help disadvantaged children from the townships to access sports such as football, rugby, hockey, netball and swimming. During the time she spent in South Africa, Jacqui taught swimming at a local orphanage, a school for children with severe learning and physical difficulties, as well as a number of schools from the townships. Jacqui also helped coach a Masters group of a local swimming club “None of the children had ever had swimming lessons and most come along with a huge fear of the water but, over the five weeks I spent there, it was lovely to see all of them in the water splashing around having fun. A few of the children were swimming a width by the end of my attachment”, said Jacqui. “This was a hugely rewarding experience and I would urge any of our older swimmers or Young Volunteers to consider this very worthwhile project. The downtime is also great fun with adventures such as surfing, shark cage diving and safaris, to name a few.” For any teachers, older swimmers or YVs who are interested in this rewarding experience, further details and information on the placement from Jacqui by emailing her through the Poole Swimming Club website www.pooleswimmingclub.org.uk.  
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Laurie Dormer

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Laurie 80th with Nat Champs (2)

Laurie Dormer, former Head Coach of Bournemouth Dolphins SC and coach of Littledown Masters has died aged 85 years on 11 February 2016.

During his coaching career Laurie, who started with the Borough of Ealing SC circa 1960 and moved to Bournemouth Dolphins in 1985, has produced a string of National Age Group Championships together with a Commonwealth Games medalist and, since 2006 with Littledown Masters, National Masters medalists and World Triathlon and Iron Man champions.

Laurie’s passion for the sport and determination to raise the profile of swimming, not only in Dorset but also nationwide, was instrumental in the formation of the British Swimming Coaches Association and the Southern Junior League, while his tenacious involvement in the late 1980’s at the planning stage of what we know today as the Littledown Centre has ensured that Dorset got the 8-lane competition pool it so badly needed.

He will be sadly missed. Our thoughts are with Luke, Laura, Joe and his grandchildren.

Photo, courtesy of Roger Guttridge: Laurie on his 80th birthday in 2010 with (L-R) his first National Champion Jimmy Faben (1966), Commonwealth Games silver medalist Malcolm Tucker (1966) and more recent National Champions, BDSC swimmers Ben Gibbs and Danielle Moore.

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National Inter-County Championships 2015

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October saw all the Counties from England, Wales and Scotland converge on Ponds Forge in Sheffield to compete in the prestigious National Inter-County Championships, a competition with archived results back to 1974. Dorset had finished fourth in Division 2 in 2014, joining Worcester, Suffolk and Devon in gaining promotion to Division 1, so the aim of coaches Barry Alldrick (Poole) and Adam Parfitt (Bournemouth Collegiate) was for Dorset to stay in Division 1 and break Dorset’s habit of yo-yo’ing between divisions on an annual basis. After the first six events with swimmers stepping up in rankings in every event so far, Dorset had started strongly and were at a gala highest of eighth in Division 1. Swims from Poole’s Jacob Peters, who won the 14/15years 100m Butterfly in a Dorset Junior Record of 56.58, and BCS’s Finn Trehane finishing second in the 12/13 years 100m Breaststroke with a PB of 1:09.86 contributed to these high points. Kayla Van Der Merwe (BCS) also made the top ten in the 12/13 years 100m Breaststroke with a PB of 1:17.71. The Dorset team impressively racked up many personal bests, but had to wait a further ten events before making the top ten again, and this came in the Boys 14/15 Medley Relay team of Poole’s Jacob Peters, Swim Bournemouth’s Kelvin Wong and Bournemouth Collegiate’s Christian Tai and Ben Samuels. Jacob’s back stroke leg of 26.95 was enough to break his own Dorset Junior Record. At this point the team was now down to 19th place and in need of some more top ten finishes. Over the next ten events, many more personal bests were gained along with a further three Dorset Records being lowered. Top ten finishes were earned by Finn Trehane gaining sixth place in the 12/13 years 100m Backstroke with another PB of 1:04.38, club mate Ben Samuels touched ninth in the 14/ 100m Freestyle in a PB of 54.94, with Zak Aitchison racing well to break the Dorset Senior Record to touch fifth in the 16/17 years 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1:04.88. Poole’s Harriet Perfect finished ninth to break her PB and the Dorset Junior 100m Backstroke record in the 14/15 years with a time of 1:03.56. Club mate Jacob Peters took his second win of the day and third Dorset Record in the 100m Backstroke in a time of 57.91. With just four events to go the team lay in 18th place. The last four relays again saw some impressive times and step ups but no top ten finishes, meaning that Dorset finished 19th with 240 points. Fellow promoted counties from last year Worcestershire and Devon finished 18th and 20th respectively, along with 17th placed Scotland West to start the 2016 competition with Dorset in Division 2. First time selection badges were awarded to: BCS – Ella Chown, Honor Davies, Zoe Gannaway, Lottie James, Kayla Van Der Merwe (BCS); Poole – Morgan Hiles, Jessica Kelleway, Jasmine McCrea, Alex Price, Guy Selwood; Seagulls – Bethan O’Hara, Max Weeks. Poole’s Madison Kemp and Bournemouth Collegiate’s Zak Aitchison were selected as team Dorset Captains. One of the captain’s roles is to parade on poolside with all the other Counties. As Zak was in the second race requiring time to prepare, Swim Bournemouth’s Henry Stanbrook stepped in for Zak for this role to make a grand entrance to poolside with Madison to some impressive cheering by the rest of the team. Special thanks go to Nadine Honeybun, Dorset County ASA President, Chris Mills and Mandy Thomas for representing Dorset as Technical Officials, and Team Captain’s Madison Kemp (Poole) and Zak Aichitson (BCS).