JULY 2019

A MESSAGE FROM OUR HEAD COACH

Welcome to the final quarterly newsletter of the 2018/2019 competitive season.

Congratulations to Lucas Malcev who became a regional champion, winning the gold medal for

the boys 12 years 100 m backstroke in a time of 1.13.39 at Crystal Palace on Sunday 20th May on

the final day of the London Swimming Regional Championships. Lucas also won a bronze medal

in the boys 12 years 200 m backstroke in a time of 2.36.97, and was a finalist for the 50 m

backstroke event.

Also at the championships, Arella Zarina competed in 5 events, and reached the finals of 4 of the

events, and was a reserve finalist for the 5th. Arella narrowly missed a medal placing in the 50 m

fly in the girls 12 years event, having qualified in 6th position for the final in a pb.time of 33.84,

and then went on to swim the final in 33.19, only 0.17 from bronze.

Other regional qualifiers who produced personal best times were Nino Saito-Figuera and Leli

Scicluna.

In the Thurrock Regional Qualifier meet in April Lucas Malcev won 2 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze

medals, Daniel

Two BGSSC swimmers placed the club on the global map in International competition.

Arella competed in the Latvian Youth Championships and won a silver and bronze medal

respectively for the girls 13 years and under 100 m Fly and 200 m I.M.

Ivy Hernandez Taylor competed in a swim meet in Sydney Australia and won 2 silver medals for

the girls 9 years and under 50 m freestyle and girls 10 years and under 100 m backstroke.

Well done all competing swimmers!

Tony

LONDON YOUTH GAMES:

MINI & MAIN SWIMMING

Sat. 6th July

Crystal Palace NSC

AGE GROUP COMPETITIONS:

Sun. 7th July

Borough of Waltham Forest SC

Meet

Sat. 27th & Sun. 28th Jul

NUEL London Long Course

Non-National Qualifying Meet

Sun. 22nd September

EDSC Super Sunday Sprint

Meet

Sat. 5th & Sun. 6th October

Alan Mitchell Memorial County

Qualifier

Sat. 12th & Sun. 13th October

NUEL Early County Qualifie

Sat. 2nd & Sun. 3rd November

DDSC & EDSC Fireworks Meet

Sat. 30th Nov. & Sun. 1st Dec.

Harrow Christmas Cracker

Meet

MIDDLESEX AGE GROUP

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sat 8th / Sun 9th Feb. 2020

Sat 15th / Sun 16th Feb. 2020

MIDDLESEX YOUTH COUNTY

CHAMPIONSHIPS

TBC

IMPORTANT DATES

M11 JUNIOR SWIMMING LEAGUE

Congratulations to all the swimmers

who represented BGSSC in the M11

Junior Swimming League this year. The

BGSSC 12 years and under squad has

retained first division status.

CLUB CLOSURES

MILE END Summer: Last Swim Tues 23rd July.

Return Mon 2nd September.

YORK HALL Summer: Last Swim Sun 18th August.

Return Wed 4th September.

ST GEORGES Summer: Last Swim Monday 22nd July.

Return Mon 2nd September.

No Talent Lane: Mon 29th, Tues 30th, Wed

31st July, and all dates in August

MCASA QUALIFICATION TIMES

Here is the link to the MCASA 2020

qualification times:

https://uk.teamunify.com/reczzmcauk/__eventform__/758224_County%20Qualifying%20Standard%202020%20V3.pdf

JULY 2019

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website regularly for up to date club

information. www.bgssc.co.uk

TOP TIPS FOR BREASTSTROKE

Kick

1) Draw your heels up to your hips, but don’t let your heels pop out of the water

2) Focus on your thigh not dropping under you as it creates resistance 3) Use the inside of your calf muscle as the propulsive surface 4) Kick back and down – and squeeze up

Head

5) Keep your head angled so that you are looking forwards and downwards – not just forwards

6) Imagine that you are holding a tennis ball between your chin and chest all the way through this process – and it’s not allowed to pop out The Underwater Phase

7) Don’t rush through this! Hold your streamlining and only go from one movement to the next when you feel a deceleration. Stay in a tight long shape and don’t look for the surface when you’re ready to swim. Hands & Arms

8) Keep your elbows in tension at the front of your recovery 9) On your outscull, keep your hands shallow and don’t bend your elbows 10) On your inscull, your elbows lead and should slam into the side of your ribs

Timin

CALL FOR OFFICIALs

If you are a parent or swimmer (16+) interested in becoming a qualified official, please speak with parent volunteer Joe Hall for information.

COMPETITION

Can you name the four British swimmers from their photos below?

1 2

3 4

1. _____________________________________________

2. _____________________________________________

3. _____________________________________________

4. _____________________________________________

The first correct submission to the club’s administration desk wins a prize.

THANK YOU TO KERRY

Best wishes to Kerry who has now left the club after 32 years of loyal service to concentrate on her own business. CLUB SUBSCRIPTIONS

From the 1st October 2019 all membership fees will be paid on our secure platform at http://uk.teamunify.com/bgsc. This is a secure platform used by multiple swimming clubs across the UK. No more membership payments will be accepted at the desk. This does not affect those who pay by direct debit, however, at this time we will not be accepting any new direct debits for membership fees. Please let us know if you need any help to login to the new secure platform.

AGM DATE

The AGM will be held at York Hall on 20/9/19