Dear Parents and Swimmers

For those swimmers who will be 11 years and over at BISAC (March 28th), trials for the 400m freestyle event will take place tomorrow night (Friday) at 3.15pm. Any swimmer who wishes to try this event must register poolside at 3.15pm.

Best Wishes

Vicki

Dear Swimmers and Parents

I am delighted to inform you that Shrewsbury International School have been invited to attend the Marlins Mayhem swim meet on Saturday 22nd March at St Andrews International School – Sukhumvit 71 (event details below). Only swimmers who are NOT selected for the BISAC team, after the trials on Saturday 8th March (or whom are unable to attend BISAC) will be invited to attend this meet, this will be an excellent competition for everyone who has been training hard all year but sadly do not qualify for the BISAC team. The swim meet will also provide an opportunity to achieve the qualifying times for the next squad in term 3!

Marlins Mayhem Event Details

Any swimmer who wishes to attend either BISAC or the Marlins Mayhem swim meet must attend the BISAC swim trials on Saturday March 8th.

To register for these time trials please follow the link below:

BISAC event selections swim meet sign up

Please do not hesitate to contact me in the Sports and Activities Office or around the poolside with any questions or queries you may have.

Kindest Regards

Mrs Gill

Dear Parents and Swimmers

If you have entered the ISB Splash Meet on March 15th & 16th please check carefully through the entry list below:

ISB Splash Saturday Entries

ISB Splash Sunday Entries

Should you spot any errors please could you let me know by 9am on Wednesday morning.

Best Wishes

Vicki

Dear Parents and Swimmers

Entries for the BISAC team selection swim meet (Saturday 8th March) close at 5pm on Tuesday 4th March.

To check the current entries please follow the link below. The swim events will follow the same order as those on the day of BISAC ( Juniors Saturday 29th March, Seniors 400m Friday 28th March, Sunday 30th March).

BISAC Team Selection Meet – Current Entries (24th Feb)

BISAC Team Selection Swim Meet Events

If you have not yet signed up and would like to do so, please follow the link below:

Sign up for BISAC Selection Swim Meet Saturday March 8th

Please note that this will be the only opportunity to qualify for the BISAC Team.

The first 3 swimmers in each event who have been completing the recommended number of BISAC training sessions will be selected, (top 4 for relays).  If a swimmer is selected for more than their permitted number of events (4 Juniors / 6 Seniors) then swimmer number 4 will be selected.

Please select as many events as you feel you are able compete in at the selection meet, giving yourself the best opportunity to be selected.  Fewer swimmers enter the longer distances and therefore these events are easier to achieve a medal in.

If you would like to be considered for the relay teams it is important that you also select either 25m freestyle (for juniors) or 50m freestyle (for seniors). The medley relay teams will be selected from the first swimmer in the 25m  (8 & under) or 50m of each event for that age group.

Although many entries have qualifying times – do not be disheartened, you have all trained very hard over the past few months, please try the event, you may make the qualifying time.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Gill in the Sports and Activities Office.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

Dear Swimmers and Parents

If you would like sign up for the BISAC event selection swim trials on Saturday March 8th, please follow the link below:

BISAC Event Timetrials

Entries close – Tuesday 4th March  This is the only opportunity to qualify for BISAC events. Only the top 3 swimmers who have been completing BISAC training will be selected. (top 4 for relays) If a swimmer is selected for more than there permitted number of events (4 Juniors / 6 Seniors) then swimmer number 4 will be selected. Select as many events as you feel you can swim in on Saturday to give yourself the best opportunity to be selected. Fewer swimmers enter the longer distances and therefore these events are easier to achieve a medal in.

If you would like to be considered for the relays it is important that you also select either 25m freestyle (for juniors) or 50m freestyle (for seniors).

Please note that although many entries have qualifying times – do not be disheartened, you have all trained very hard over the past few months, please try the event, you may make the qualifying time.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Gill in the Sports and Activities Office.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

The house teams have been playing in the inter house waterpolo matches at lunch time over the last three weeks.

Tomorrow they play in the finals. Please come along and support your house:

3rd Place v 4th Place = Teresa V Williams 11.50am

1st Place v 2nd Place = Mandela V Kings  12.20pm

Take a look at Sun Yang’s high elbow in the under water pull phase. Look at how he pushes off on his back at the wall during a turn and rotates to his front in a streamlined position, keeping his head down for that first stroke. How he rotates to his side and really holds the water. As this is a 1500m swim his kicking is not as fast as it would be if he were swimming 100m, however it is still great technique kicking from his hips.

Sun Yang 1500m Freestyle Swim

You’ve trained hard all year and the day is finally here…Its swim meet day. You’re nervous, but excitied. You know that you have put all the training in you could. You calm the butterflies and step onto the block, the starters gun goes and you’re off. Swimming your heart out, you touch the pads at the finish and look up at the score board, a personal best. YES. All that hard work has paid off. You go to your coach for feed back about your swim, but they look really sad, you’ve been disqualified. What did you do wrong???

Its heartbreaking when you get disqualified, please see the new disqualification form from British Swimming here to see what swimming actions will result in a disqualification.

Congratulations to all swimmers who swam in the Shrewsbury Arena Invitational Swim Relays on Saturday. It was wonderful to see so many people swimming in the meet on Saturday. Shrewsbury swimmers were rewarded for all their hard work and determination by being crowned champions of the swim meet.

The Shrewsbury Swimmers won the following categories:

Overall Champions

Senior Champions

Junior Champions

Boys 8 & Under Champions

Girls 8 & Under Champions

Boys 9 Years Champions

Girls 9 Years Champions

Boys 10 Years Champions

Girls 10 Years Champions

Boys 11 – 12 Years Champions

Girls 11-12 Years Champions

Girls 13 – 14 Years Champions

Boys 15 Years + Champions

Full results can be found below:

Junior Team Points 

Senior Team Points 

Junior Age Group Points

Senior Age Group Points

Junior Relay Results

Senior Relay Results

Congratulations to all swimmers, any swimmers who won medals will receive them at training on Wednesday.

Lets continue this winning streak through to BISAC!

Best Wishes

The Swim Coaching Team.

Dear All

A polite reminder that the closing date for entries into ISB Splash (March 15th & 16th) is 5pm on Friday (14th February). Please follow this link to enter: ISB Splash Entry

On Saturday March 8th, the event selection for BISAC will take place. The meet will start at 9am with warm up at 8.30am, the meet will conclude by 2.00pm.

This meet will be the final and only event selection opportunity for BISAC, (for children who are already part of the BISAC squad) attendance at the swim meet will also confirm your ability to attend the BISAC swim meet – Seniors 28th & 30th March, Juniors 29th March.

Any senior swimmers (11 years +) who wish to be selected for the 400m freestyle, should attend the 400m time trial on Friday 28th February at 3.15pm.

The first 3 swimmers in each race who have been attending BISAC swim training will be selected to attend the BISAC swim meet hosted at NIST on March 28th – 30th (Seniors 28th & 30th March, Juniors 29th March).

Relays will consist of the first 4 swimmers in that stroke. Juniors may enter 4 individual events + 2 relays and Seniors may enter 6 individual events + 2 relays – should any swimmers qualify for more than their permitted number of events, the swimmer will need to discuss with their coach the events that they will take part in. Should this occur, swimmer number 4 will be invited to attend the swim meet.

To see the available events please follow the links below:

Junior BISAC Events

Senior BISAC Events

If you have any questions regarding these swim meets. Please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill