Dear Parents and Students

Enrolment for block 4 will be opening shortly, please see below the timetable that will run from Monday April 27th through to the end of term:

Year 1 & 2 Stroke Development – 2.40 – 3.30pm

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

Year 3&4 Stroke Development 2.40 – 3.30pm

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

Year 5 & 6 Stroke Development 2.40 – 3.30pm

Monday, Thursday

New for the next activity block – Swim gala practice: Each week will feature a different stroke, swimmers will have an opportunity to record new personal best times. Swimmers must attend the entire activity block. Places are strictly limited.

For all squads during term 3 the minimum attendance are just 2 sessions per week

Tuesday 2.40 – 3.30pm

Level 0

2.40 – 3.30pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

3.45 – 4.30pm Tuesday & Thursday

Level 1

2.40 – 3.30pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

3.45 – 4.30pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday

Level 2

2.40 – 3.30pm  Thursday

3.45 – 4.30pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Level 3

2.40 – 3.30pm Monday,Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

3.45 – 4.30pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Level 4 –  all sessions will contain an element of land training work, swimmers will require trainers and a t-shirt at every session.

3 – 4.30pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

3.30 – 4.30pm Tuesday

Level 5 / 6 –  all sessions will contain an element of land training work, swimmers will require trainers and a t-shirt at every session

3 – 4.30pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

3.30 – 4.30pm Tuesday

Swimmers squads for block 4 will be announced on Friday.

Dear Swimmers and Parents

Please see below for the squad coach responsibilities at the weekend:

Saturday

Under 8’s

Head Coach – Coach Joe

Assistant Coaches – Coach PP (Boys)

Assistant Coaches – Coach Joe (Girls)

9 Yrs

Head Coach – Coach Mix

Assistant Coaches – Coach Mix (Boys)

Assistant Coaches – Coach Noon (Girls)

10 Yrs

Head Coach – Coach Mew

Assistant Coaches – Coach Mew (Boys)

Assistant Coaches – Coach Max & Mica (Girls)

Sunday

Seniors

Head Coach – Coach Mew

Assistant Coaches – Coach Mix – Breaststroke

Assistant Coaches – Coach Noon – Backstroke

Assistant Coaches – Coach PP – Butterfly

Assistant Coaches – Coach Joe – Freestyle

Assistant Coaches – Coach Max – IM

Relay Team:

The fastest team score double points!

Under 8 Medley

9 Years Medley

10 Years Medley

11- 12 Years Medley

13 – 14 Years Medley

Under 8 Freestyle

9 Years Freestyle

10 Years Freestyle

11- 12 Years Freestyle

13 – 14 Years Freestyle

Good Luck this weekend  🙂

Dear Parents and Swimmers

All the details regarding the meet this weekend, can be found via the BISAC website: BISAC Swimming Website, the meet program can also be downloaded from the general information  tab. I would highly recommend downloading this and saving it to your phone/ ipad/tablet it is unlikely a  printed version will be available.

The meet looks to be an exciting closely contested competition. Every swim a swimmer undertakes is important, gaining valuable points for the school towards the team trophies.

For specific Shrewsbury information, please follow the links below:

BISAC 2015 Information

Please may I politely remind everyone that only the Shrewsbury green and gold swim kit together with white hat is to be worn. If you need a new swim hat (or a spare) these are available to purchase in the school shop. If you need a new swim kit Khun Monz will be available in school tomorrow from 2.40pm.

All swimmers should arrive at Harrow no later than 7am. If you would like to take the bus from school please reserve your seat before the end of school on Thursday.

Should you have any questions regarding the competition please contact myself in either the Sports and Actitivies Office or via Victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th

Good luck to all swimmers

Mrs Gill.

If you wish to book a seat on a bus to either the junior or senior BISAC, please see Mrs Gill before the end of Wednesday.

Congratulations to the following swimmers who have recently broken school swimming records:

ISB Splash (SC)

Prim P –

9 Years Girls 50m FS 35.11

9 Years Girls 100m FS 1.19.36

9 Years Girls 100m IM 1.32.30

Rena Balmer

11-12 Years Girls 100m FS 1.08.22

11-12 Years Girls 200IM 2.44.71

Pon P

10 Years Boys 50m BrSt 46.45

U13 FOBISIA (LC)

Pun T

11-12 Years Boys 100m BrSt 1.30.57

Win L

11-12 Years Boys 200m IM 2.39.32

Bangkok Swimming (LC)

Loogcliun

9 Years Boys 50m FS 34.32

9 Years Boys 100m FS 1.18.69

9 Years Boys 50m BrSt 45.84

9 Years Boys 50m Fly 39.98

Congratulations to each of these swimmers, who are now the fastest in their events.

To see how close your personal best time is to one of the school records, please visit the records section on the home page.

Dear Parents and Swimmers

Keep up to date with all BISAC information via the BISAC swimming website:

https://sites.google.com/site/bisacswimmingchampionship/welcome-1

If you would like to book a place on the bus for either day please contact myself directly via victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th the bus will depart SHB at 6.15am promptly on each day.

If you are planning on travelling directly to the competition, please arrive no later than 7am. I would like all children to recieve a full meet briefing before begining their warm up.

Due to the nature of the pool at Harrow, all swimmers who are part of a junior relay team must be confident in diving into shallow water. If you are not confident diving into shallow water, swimmers are permitted (and it is recommended) to start in the water. There will be a specific relay training session held for all junior relay swimmers on Tuesday evening 4-5pm.

If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

Dear Parents and Swimmers

Entries for the Senior and Junior BISAC Swimming Championships are displayed on the swimming notice board, entries have also been distributed via the parent portal.

For this year two relay teams are permitted for each age group, only the fastest team will score valuable double points towards the team trophy. To check which relay team you are in, please visit the swimming notice board.

Final meet details will be distributed to all swimmers via the parent portal and will also here on the blog early next week.

Team Kit Reminder

Please may I take this opportunity to issue a polite reminder that ONLY the Shrewsbury Green and Gold team swim kit together with the white hat, (dark green Shrewsbury) is to be worn when representing Shrewsbury in any swim competitions.

If you need new kit – the swim hat is available to purchase in the school shop, Khun Monz will be available in School on Tuesday  24th March from 2.40pm should you need to purchase any new team swimming kit, goggles or other swimming equipment.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

Dear Swimmers and Parents

From today a session will begin at 3pm for all Senior swimmers and Junior swimmers in Level 4&5. Sessions will begin at 3pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays and at 3.30pm on Fridays. Monday sessions will continue as normal from 4pm onwards.

Swimmers will require the following at every session:

• Clothes for gym training (shorts, t-shirts and trainers)
• Snorkel
• Water bottle
• Swim Wear

Swimmers may also join the regular session at 4pm, if they are completing another You Time Activity prior to swimming.

Many Thanks

Mrs Gill

Congratulations to all swimmers who competed on Thursday in the U13 FOBISIA games hosted by Garden International School in Malaysia. After a long hot morning in the athletics stadium the swimmers moved to the Shal Alam Aquatics Centre where they dominated the Boys competition, convincingly winning both relay teams in the 50m pool.

Performing against the top 6 FOBISIA schools in Asia, Shrewsbury narrowly missed out on 2nd place by just 3 points and were only 23 points behind 1st place. This is an amazing performance from all swimmers coming of the back of a demanding training schedule of 4 sports and sets the senior team up well for the BISAC swimming championships on Sunday March 29th. Well done everyone you should be extremely proud.

Final Results:

Girls

1st Place Garden International School 189 points

2nd Place Alice Smith 180 points

3rd Place Bangkok Patana 148 points

4th Place SHREWSBURY 139 points

5th Place Tanglin 119 points

6th Place Dulwich 106 points

Boys

1st Place SHREWSBURY 170 points

2nd Place Bangkok Patana 147 points

3rd Place Garden International School 143 points

4th Place Dulwich 139 points

5th Place Alice Smith 132 points

6th Place Tanglin 123 points

Overall

1st Place Garden International School 332 points

2nd Place Alice Smith 312 points

3rd Place SHREWSBURY 309 points

4th Place Bangkok Patana 295 points

5th Place Dulwich 245 points

6th Place Tanglin 242 points

48 Swimmers competed at ISB Splash over the weekend. Saturday saw the swimmers battle for the short course (25m pool) Team and Individual Age Group Trophies, while on Sunday the swimmers competed in the long course (50m Pool). Competing against 14 international teams, Shrewsbury were the only Bangkok school lucky enough to receive an invitation. The team competed in a total of 218 races of which 25 were first time swims in a long course pool.

Over the weekend a total of 139 personal best times (of a possible 193) were achieved this is a staggering 72% of all swimmers recording a personal best time.

27 Individual medals were won (7 Gold, 6 silver, 14 Bronze) and 6 Relay medals were won (1 gold – boys u8 100FS, 3 Silver,  2 Bronze)

Shrewsbury placed an amazing 4th overall in the total points competition:

and 8th in the average points competition (number of points / number of swimmers):

In the Individual points trophy awards:

Amelia achieved 2nd place in the U8 Category

Chad achieved 2nd place in the U8 Category

In the tough 11-12 category Rena achieved a well earned 3rd place.

Congratulations to all swimmers, the results from this weekend look extremely positive for BISAC at the end of the month.

FULL Meet Results ISB Splash Saturday

FULL Meet Results ISB Splash Sunday

SHB Saturday Results

SHB Sunday Results