Dear Parents and Swimmers

Emails were sent earlier this week via Parent Portal regarding the following swim meets. Please kindly be aware of the upcoming entry deadlines:

Future Stars Swim Meet (hosted by Bangkok Patana) Saturday 2nd February – closing date 4pm Friday 30th January – meet open to all swimmers currently in the “You Time!” swim program aged 8&Under on August 1st 2018 – entry forms can be collected from The Sports and Activities Office. 

Marlins Mayhem (Hosted by St Andrews 77 @ Secondary Campus) Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd March – Closing date 4pm Thursday 7th February – Meet open to all swimmers in “You Time!” Swimming Stage 4 and above – entry forms can be collected from The Sports and Activities Office.

BISAC Swim Festival 7 – 8 years (hosted at Shrewsbury – City Campus) Saturday 23rd March – closing date Monday 11th February – Open to all swimmers within the “You Time!” swimming program aged 7 or 8 years on March 16th 2019   Registration Form

BISAC Junior Swimming Championships 9-12 years (hosted by Harrow International School) Saturday 16th March – Closing date for registration for Time Trials Monday 11th February – Time Trials Sign Up Form

The top 3 swimmers in each event will be selected, each swimmer may compete in a maximum of 3 individual and 2 relays, all swimmers should be training regularly (minimum 2 sessions per week) with the “You Time!” swimming program, swimmers aged 9-12 on Saturday 16th March.

BISAC Senior Swimming Championships 13 years + (Hosted by Bangkok Patana School) Sunday 17th March – closing date for registration Monday 11th February – 4 swimmers per event, each swimmer may compete in a maximum of 3 individual and 2 relays. Please speak directly to Mrs Gill with your event selections. 

Due to the deadlines required by the host school, entries after the closing dates will not be possible.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or queries you may have regarding any of the swim meets – victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

Aquatics Director

 

Dear Parents and Swimmers

Please see the letter below sent via Parent Portal earlier today by Mr Rotheram regarding swimming and other activities this week. 

There will be NO morning swim training this week.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

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Dear Parents and Swimmers

St Andrews 77 Marlins Mayhem Swim Meet will be hosted this year on Saturday March 2nd and Sunday March 3rd at the St Andrews 77 Secondary Campus. 

The swim meet is open to swimmers who are currently swimming within the “You Time!” swimming program, whom are in Year 2 and above and are currently swimming in Stage 4 and above.

Swimmers may compete in a maximum of four (4) individual events.

Events available:

8 and under: all 25 meters events, 50 freestyle, 100 Meters IM
9 – 10 years: all 50 meters events, 100 freestyle, 100 meters IM
11 over: all 50 meters event, all 100 meters event and 100 meters IM

Age Groups (Age on March 2nd):

8 & Under

9-10 Years

11-12 Years

13-14 Years

15 Years +

Entry fee – 1000thb – payable to accounts which includes lunch voucher, T-shirt and swim cap

Closing date – Thursday 7th February 4pm

If you would like to attend this event please collect an entry and consent form from the Sports and Activities Office.

Any questions please contact me directly at victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th or ask in the Sports and Activities Office.

Kindest Regards

Mrs Gill

Aquatics Director

44 swimmers represented Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok, at the three day FOBISIA swimming championships hosted by Bangkok Prep last weekend. 23 schools and over 600 swimmers from across Asia attended the event.

Swimmers could compete in a maximum of 6 events over the weekend, Shrewsbury finished in 5th place with a total of 835 points. The boys team finished 3rd overall and the girls team finished 9th.

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For many swimmers this was their first experience at racing longer events  in a 50m pool such as 200m butterfly and 400IM, their determination in these events contributed to the overall success of the team. 

While it is easy to measure the success of a team by the number of medals won or points scored, the true success of a team comes in what can not be measured – the team spirit, the willingness to put your team first, going the extra mile for your team, racing an event you feel is not your best event but you know that it will help your team score vital points, and mostly getting out of the water after your race knowing you gave your very best effort. 

This weekend I did not see 44 individuals, I saw a team of swimmers working together to motivate and encourage each other. A team going the extra mile together. Swimmers who had never swum in a 50m pool before racing like this was their home pool. I have never been more proud of our team than watching them swim this weekend. 

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In total 44 swimmers competed in 208 individual events and 14 relays, recording 84 first time 50m pool (long course) competitive swims in a Shrewsbury swim suit and 102 new personal best times. 

Congratulations to the following swimmers:

Genis – Year 9 

3rd Place Overall High Point Score

400m IM – 2nd Place

200m Breaststroke – 2nd Place

100m Breaststroke 2nd Place

50m Breaststroke 2nd Place

 

Win L Y12

200 Backstroke – 3rd Place

100 Backstroke – 2nd Place

100 Butterfly – 2nd Place

 

Nick Y10

200 Backstroke – 3rd Place

400 IM – 3rd Place

 

Sean Y6

200m Butterfly – 3rd Place

 

Girls 13-14yrs Medley Relay Team – 3rd Place

Kate

Genis

Proud

Purse

 

Boys 11-12yrs Medley Relay Team – 3rd Place

Promp

Maxi

Loogcluin

Sean

 

Boys 11-12yrs Freestyle Relay Team – 3rd Place

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Promp

Sean

Maxi

 

Boys 9-10yrs Freestyle Relay Team – 2nd Place

Finn

Tonkaaw

Tata

Poom

 

A huge congratulations to all swimmers who performed exceptionally well in very demanding conditions over an extremely long weekend. Our focus now moves to BISAC in March with details of Marlins Mayhem coming out next week. 

 

I am so proud of you all

Mrs Gill 

Aquatics Director. 

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Khun Monz will be in school on Monday 21st January and Wednesday 23rd January between 3-4pm outside the Sports and Activities Office, selling team swim suits, swim team tshirts and the usual goggle, towels etc. 

Dear Parents and Swimmers

Bangkok Prep will be hosting their annual Puppy Cup development meet on Saturday 26th January. This swim meet is open to all swimmers in Stage 7 and below who did not attend ISB SwimFest. To ensure the meet remains a development meet there are maximum (can not be faster than) entry times:

25m Freestyle, swimmers faster than the time below are not eligible for this swim meet:

6&under 23 Second

7 year Olds 22 S.

8 year Olds 21 S.

9 year Olds 19 S.

10 year Olds 18 S.

11 year Olds 17 S.

Entry fee for the meet is 750THB which includes all events, commemorative T shirt, swim cap, goody bag, and mystery race prizes.

Please see Mrs Gill in the Sports and Activities Office for an entry form and to confirm if you are eligible for this swim meet. Entries close Friday 7th December.

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

 

Dear Parents and Swimmers

Monday December 3rd 2018 2.40 – 4pm Shrewsbury Riverside Campus will host Shrewsbury City Campus in a friendly swim festival, all swimmers in the learn to swim program (Stage 7 and below) are invited to attend, events will include 25m freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and friendly relays.

The meet will be lead by the senior swimmers who will conduct the time keeping and assist with marshalling under the guidance of the swim coaches. We hope this will create a lovely festival atmosphere for all involved.

To assist with creating a program and especially the relay teams, we do require all swimmers to enter in advance, please follow the link below:

Swim Festival Sign Up

There will be no swimming for Junior Swim Team on this day.

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Best Wishes

Aquatics Team

60 swimmers traveled to ISB this weekend to compete in the annual ISB SwimFest. The meet this year took a team focus with age group team awards. Swimmers were each able to compete in a maximum of 4 events and 2 relays. 166 new personal best times were recorded from 209 individual swims – this is staggering 79% personal best improvement rate. Congratulations to all swimmers.

As your personal best becomes faster the amount you improve by decreases, and at some swim meets you may not always see an improvement – when this happens it is important to how close you are swimming to your personal best. Seniors may often only improve by 0.01 seconds and this is a fabulous achievement, to see so many seniors improving by over 4 seconds over 100m is a reflection of the hard work they have been putting into their training.

Please see below for the team results, these are superb given the numbers of swimmers we had in each age group – just 4 swimmers (only 2 swimming on Sunday due to the Geography field trip) in 15+ boys came an amazing 5th place. Our 11-12 girls and boys team looks incredibly strong with them placing 5th and 4th respectively. For the team as whole to come 7th against many larger schools is a reflection on just how hard every single swimmer is working during training. We are incredibly proud of your achievements.

SHB – results (personal best improvements highlighted)

Full results

Age Group Results

Team Results

 

Dear Parents and Swimmers

Please see below details of the ISB TriKids triathlon. This is NOT an official Shrewsbury Event, however we encourage you to enter and attend what we hope will be a superb event. Please enter directly through the website www.gotorace.com/events/trikids-thailand

Places are limited to only 300 places

Good luck to all competitors

Best Wishes

Mrs Gill

Dear Parents and Swimmers

 

Please see below the entries for ISB SwimFest, if you have not yet made your selections, please ensure you see me first thing Monday morning to select your events. Swimmers are able to swim a maximum of 4 events and 2 relays – should you spot any errors or would like to change your selection please email me at Victoria.g2@shrewsbury.ac.th or pop into the Activities Office.

 

Entries will be submitted to ISB after swim practice on Monday.

 

Congratulations to everyone who competed in the Aquathon today, a huge thank you to those of you who helped out at the event it was fabulous to see so many of you running with the younger swimmers.

Have a great weekend

 

Mrs Gill.