BISAC Trials will conclude tomorrow night (Tuesday).

Warm up will begin at 2.40pm with the first race – U8 25m Backstroke starting promptly at 3pm.

We hope that the event will be finished by 4.30pm. We have a team of time keepers joining us to help keep the meet running to schedule. Please arrive promptly to poolside. All junior swimmers must register in the canteen.

Previously registered swimmers who wish to be considered for the BISAC team are required to attend this final trial. In fairness to all swimmers only times recorded during the trials will be considered for selection. Please do not worry if your time is slower during the trials – this time will only be considered for selection. For BISAC your current personal best time will be used.

The program can be viewed here: 

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The program is also available on the swimming notice boards.

Meet Mobile will not be available for this second session, as all schools are busy selecting their teams, we want to keep our team a secret from all the other schools for as long as possible. Therefore results will only be published on the swimming notice boards.

If you would like to learn more about how the timing system works at a swim meet, a brief guide is located here. If you are interested in being more involved with the swim team and would like to become a time keeper for time trials please see Mrs Gill in the Sports and Activities Office.

BISAC Swim trials this evening will be live on MEET MOBILE – please search BISAC Trials

Trials are being held tomorrow evening for Swim Team members (year 3 and above) who wish to represent Shrewsbury at the BISAC swimming championships (Seniors Saturday 26th & Juniors Sunday 27th March).

All junior school swimmers should register in the canteen – following the usual You Time procedures, we hope that the trials will be concluded by 5.30pm.

*please kindly note, these are not trials to join swim team, should you wish to join swim team, please register into Stroke School during the block 4 registration*

Khun Monz will be present tomorrow if you would like to purchase new googles or the green and gold team kit.

Over the weekend a number of swimmers attended the St Martin’s Cup swim meet host at ABAC swimming pool. This 3 day swim meet is one of the final opportunities in the swimming calendar to achieve the entry times required for the Thailand Open Swimming Championships held in April.

Congratulations to Prim P and Win who both achieved qualifying times and will be attending their first Thailand Open Swimming Championships in April.

Prim P – Placing on the podium in two of her nine races, Prim achieved  3 qualifying times for the Thailand Open Swimming Championships. Prim placed 2nd in the 50m Backstroke and 3rd place in the 50m Freestyle, she also achieved the qualifying time in the 100m Freestyle.

Congratulations Prim

Win L Swam and amazing nine races, winning six medals and qualifying for the Thailand Open in eight races.

Win’s results were: 1st Place in the 14 year old 50m Fly, 2nd Place in the 100m Fly, 50m Backstroke, 200m IM, and 3rd place in the 100m Backstroke. Win also achieved the Thailand Open qualifying times for the 50m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle.

Congratulations Win

Congratulations to both Win and Prim. We look forward to hearing about your experience at the Thailand Open when we return from the Songkran break.

If you are interested in knowing how close your personal best times are to the current qualifying standards, please follow the link below:

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Dear Senior Swimmers

If you have received an invitation to the UWC Dragons Den Swim Meet, this is a gentle reminder that the closing date for consent forms and passport copies is tomorrow.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

To date we have 59 people signed up for the BISAC swim trials next Thursday (3rd March). If you have not already done so, please follow the link to sign up:

BISAC Swim Trials Sign Up

Below is the order of events for Thursday, this is the same order as the BISAC competition. Swimmers will be required to swim in all events. Previous recorded times will not be considered – this ensures the event and selection process is fair to all swimmers.

The team will be announced on Friday 4th March.

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To speed the registration process on poolside on March 3rd, please register your intent to attend the BISAC swim trials here:

BISAC Swim Trials Sign Up

Half term is almost upon us 🙂 please have a wonderful restful break. Rest is a very important part of the improvement process, it is during this rest period that your muscles repair, regenerate and get stronger allowing you to become faster.

When we return from the half term break we will be back into full training:

BISAC Trials – Thursday 3rd March (entries will be submitted to BISAC Monday 7th March) – attendance at these trials, confirms your availability to represent the school at the BISAC swimming championships

U13 FOBISIA – Wednesday 9th – 14th March

BISAC Seniors – Saturday 26th March

BISAC Juniors – Sunday 27th March

Primary FOBISIA 25th – 27th May

Training Sessions:

Monday mornings 6.30 – 7.15am Land training

Tuesday – Friday mornings 6.15 – 7.15am Swim Training

Evenings 2.40 – 3.45/4pm (squad dependent) & 4-5/5.30pm (squad dependent)

Saturday mornings 8 – 9.30/10am (squad dependent) ** please note NO training Saturday  – 13th & 20th Feb,  2nd, 9th & 16th April**

All BISAC and FOBISIA swimmers should be attending a minimum of 1 swim session a week (ideally 2 or more).

Dear Parents and Swimmers

Earlier this week you should have received a message via parent portal that the BISAC swim trials have been postponed until Thursday 3rd March.

All swimmers who wish to represent Shrewsbury at the upcoming BISAC swimming championships (26th & 27th March) are required to attend these trials. We actively encourage all swimmers to take part, should you not be successful in securing a place on the team, these trials provide a opportunity for you to improve your current personal best times.

Although we can only take the fastest three swimmers in each event, due to the number of available events and that juniors may only compete in four events, it is often necessary to select swimmer number four, five or six in some events. Please remember “you have to be in it, to win it!”.

Registration will take place on poolside between 2.40 – 3pm. Please do not be late.

If you have any questions regarding the event please do not hesitate to contact me in the Sports and Activities Office.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

17 swimmers traveled to Phuket on Thursday for the 2nd hosting of the FOBISIA Swimming Championships. The swimmers competed against 500 swimmers  from 17 schools across the FOBISIA network over three long and hot days.

Junior swimmers were able to compete in six events and two relays while senior swimmers could compete in eight events and three relays. In a similar format to last year, senior swimmers had the exciting opportunity to swim in both heats and finals.

Every swimmer scored valuable points and came away with at least one ribbon or medal.

There were outstanding performances in the relays where swimmers often swan up into the next age group. In the 10 year old girls relay team: Prim P (year 5, 9 years old) Amelia (year 5, 9 years old), Genis (Year 6, 10 years old), Kate (Year 6, 10 years old) won the 4 x 50m Freestyle relay.

In the girls 11 year old 4 x 50m Freestyle relay; Remie, Gam, Sarah and Thane placed a close 2nd place.

Swimming up 3 age groups into the 13-14 year old relay Pon from Year 7 assisted Matthew P, Matthew W and Peem to 2nd place in 4 x 50m relay and 3rd place in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay. Loogcluin Year 5 swim up on Sunday to assist the boys to a closely fought 4th place in the 4x50m medley relay.

While the girls; Alex, Rena, Prim B and Gaby had a very close race in the 13-14 years 4x50m and 4x100m freestyle to place 5th and 4th respectively.

In their individual events both Prim P and Genis placed 3rd overall in their age groups, congratulations girls this is a superb achievement.

Matthew P, came 2nd in the boys 12 year old 100m freestyle. Peem, placed 3rd in the boys 13-14 years 200m freestyle.  Rena, undertook a demanding program of events, with three back to back finals on the first day, narrowly missing out on a medal in the finals of the girls 13-14m 200m IM, 200m freestyle and 100m Butterfly finals. Celebrating her birthday and therefore swimming up into the next age group Alex swam two brilliant races in both the 50 and 100m backstroke. Prim B together with Matthew P made at least one final on each day of competition, against such a strong competitive field this was an amazing achievement. Swimming outside of their comfort zone Peem and Matthew W undertook both the 400 IM and 400 freestyle, these are events Shrewsbury would love to see more swimmers undertaking.

To see the full set of results please follow the link> [pdf-embedder url=”https://blogs.shrewsbury.ac.th/swimming/files/2016/02/MEET-RESULTS-3.pdf”]

Together the team scored 2000 points to finish 6th overall, this gave the team an average of 111 points against the average of 118 scored by Bangkok Patana, putting Shrewsbury an amazing 2nd place in the Average Points Trophy.

Total team scores:

Well done to all the team, we now look forward to BISAC on 26th & 27th March hosted by Harrow.