A huge thank you to those swimmers and parents who have already confirmed their entries for BISAC swimming. Which this year takes a different format:

Saturday March 16th 9-12yrs at Harrow International School

Sunday 17th March 13yrs + at Bangkok Patana School

Saturday 23rd March 7-8yrs at Shrewsbury International School – City Campus.

Please see below for those students who have been selected / registered for their event.

For Junior Swimmers (9-12yrs), swimmers may swim a maximum of 3 events with only 3 swimmers per event, please see the entries below. Should you have more than 3 events please ensure you give your event selections to Mrs Gill no later than Wednesday March 6th so that all additional races may be allocated to other swimmers who do not yet have 3 events.

No individual awards other than 1st -3rd place medals will be awarded, the focus of this meet is the TEAM, age group and overall TEAM trophies will be presented. 

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For Senior Swimmers (13Yrs+) swimmers may swim 3 events with  maximum of 4 swimmers per event. 50m events are heats and finals and 100m events heat declared winners. Only the top 2 swimmers from each school can score points in any one age group. 3rd or 4th placing swimmers from any school will receive medals and finals placings should they finish in the applicable positions, this new ruling makes it very exciting should a should a school place 1,2,3,4 only swimmer 1 and 2 will score points 3rd place points will be allocated to swimmer 5. 

If you have not yet entered and would like to do so please see Mrs Gill before the end of the week (Friday 8th). 

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For swimmers 7-8 yrs they will attend the Swimming Festival where swimmers will swim 25m of all four strokes. The focus of this meet is swimmer development – no awards will be presented. 

If you would like to sign up for this meet please see Mrs Gill before the end of school on Wednesday 6th March. 

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Any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact myself at Victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th full meet details, including meet program and transport arrangements will be sent in the week prior to the events.

Good Luck to all swimmers

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill 

This evening 17 swimmers will be travelling to City Campus to take part in friendly practice swim in advance of their first BISAC Swim Festival also hosted at City Campus on March 23rd.

Please see below for the program:

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Relay Entries

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Swimmers entered into the meet tonight:

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Swimmers entered into BISAC (23rd March)

If your name is not on the list below and you would like to join BISAC swimming on March 23rd and are currently swimming in the You Time swimming program and will be aged 7 or 8 on March 16th 2019, please use this link to register (entries close on Wednesday 6th March) BISAC Swimming Sign up Link

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Congratulations to all 88 swimmers who took part in the Primary FOBISIA and BISAC timetrials this evening. 

Results are also available on Meet Mobile. 

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Dear Swimmers

If you competed in a swim meet during the half term holidays which was approved by TASA, please could you send a copy of your official results – thos could be a Meet Mobile screen shot, certificate or a copy of the results page to myself either at victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th or to the Sports and Activities office to enable your results to be updated and used in future swim meets. 

If it is not clear on the results please could you indicate whether the pool was long course (50m) or short course (25m), where the meet was and when it was held. 

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill  

Thank you to all swimmers who have informed myself of their absence tonight, please see below an updated program. We have also adjusted the event order to ensure those swimmers who need to first attend orchestra do not miss the important FOBISIA 50m events.

If there are any other swimmers who missed the 100IM last time and would like to swim this event tonight, we can add you to the program on poolside.

The program should be available on Meet Mobile. 

Good Luck to all swimmers

Mrs Gill 

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Please see below for the program for the time trials tomorrow, just as prior to half term the first event will start promptly at 3pm, all swimmers should register in the canteen. Parents are welcome to watch from poolside. 

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On Monday 25th February Shrewsbury International School will be hosting Olympic Swimmer James Goddard in a stroke clinic for senior swimmers, following this session he will be hosting a parent and swimmer talk open to every member of our swimming community. 

The talk will take place in the Memorial Hall starting at 4pm promptly, following the talk there will be an opportunity for photos and to wear James’s Medals.

James is one of the best swimmers the U.K. has ever produced, reaching finals at Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European level. He represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012), finishing 4^th in the 200m backstroke final in Athens. He knows exactly what it takes to make it to the top of professional and elite sport!

James trained as a full-time professional for 12 years alongside some of the best swimmers and coaches in the world. He has a vast knowledge of stroke technique and the work ethic and mental approach required at training and in competition to become an elite performer.

James started swimming at the age of five and finished competing professionally at the age of 30. He relates well to swimmers of different ages and varying abilities having mixed with all types of people during his swimming life. Having recently retired, James is keen to pass on what he knows to others and make swimming rewarding for everyone.

• 3-time Olympic finalist (Athens 2004 (4th), Beijing 2008 (6th), London 2012 (7th)
• Represented Great Britain at 5 FINA World Championships
• 3-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist
• European gold medallist (200m Individual Medley, 2008)
• Commonwealth Games record holder (200m Backstroke, 2010)
• 23 medals at British Championships (10 Gold, 10 Silver, 3 Bronze)
• Double European Junior gold medallist

Has Held the British records at

o   200m Individual Medley Long Course

o   200m Individual Medley Short Course

o    200m Backstroke Long Course (current record holder, set in 2010)

o   100m Individual Medley

If you have any questions about the event please drop by the Sports and Activities Office.

Have a great holiday

Mrs Gill

Aquatics Director

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Well done to all swimmers who trialed this evening. It was a delight to watch so many full heats. 

Please do not forget the final session held on Tuesday 26th February. 

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Please see below for a revised program for the BISAC & FOBISIA trials evening, for those students who also have orchestra practice please come along as soon as possible after orchestra has finished. 

BISAC Trials are only for those students 9 – 12 years old on Saturday 16th March. All students 7-8 will join the BISAC Swim Festival, there is no need to time trial for this event. 

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