warrender baths club newsletter may 2015

Newsletter May 2015

IN THIS ISSUE

Hello Team Warrender!

Warrender has made an amazing start

to 2015 with a very successful meet for

our younger swimmers at the Club’s

Junior Age Goup Meet at Prestonpans

in March and just recently winning Top

Club at the Scottish Gas National Age

Group Championships in Aberdeen.

Warrender finished 121 points ahead

of our nearest rivals. There were some

particularly fine swims from our

swimmers so all their hard work is now

paying off. Well done and

congratulations to the swimmers and

their coaches. (More details in our

Head Coach report).

Massive thanks to everyone who helped us run the Junior Age Group Meet, at Prestonpans. Especially the organisers Mandy Galloway and Anne Sibbald but also to the army of technical officials, timekeepers, marshals and the ladies running the

raffle and tombola which again created much needed funds for the club. Thank you to the parents who supported the event and to the swimmers, many of whom went home with multiple medals.

With the British Swimming

Championships held recently in the

Olympic pool, we wish all our

swimmers success at many more

exciting events just around the corner.

If you have not seen last month’s Swimming Times – there may still be time to buy one. There is an 8 page feature on Warrender entitled “Laurel’s Flying Scots”. The article covers our history and our present successes and includes our 125 Anniversary Gala in 2014.

continued on page 2

Swimmers from Warrender Baths Club completed a very successful week of racing in Aberdeen, competing at the Scottish Gas National Age Group Championships (31

March - 5 April 2015).

Read all about our success on page 3!

A Word from the President

@WarrenderBC

Volunteer Profile Many jobs are needed to make sure the Club runs effectively. Read about Howard Clough’s role of STO Convener on page 11. Tips from the Top Be the best you can be! Olympian Keri-anne Payne gives you her top five training nutrition tips on page 11.

Top Club Award!

New in this issue!

HOLD THE DATE!

Club Championships - see

page 9 for full details In April’s Swimming Times - check out the

article at www.swimwarrender.com

‘Laurel’s Flying Scots’

From Masters, Water Polo & Squads in this issue!

Updates

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We have two very important

fundraising events coming up –

please support these events as they

are fundamental to our financial

health as a Club and provide support

to the swimmers and the Club:

The Warrender Spring Fling Dinner

Dance on Sat 2nd May @ the Waldorf

Astoria Caledonian Hotel - We still

have some tables and tickets left so

please come along, bring your friends

and family and have some fun. A

reminder email has recently been sent

to you by your Squad Administrators.

Ladies Afternoon Tea on Sun 7th

June @ the Waldorf Astoria

Caledonian Hotel

This event is back by popular demand

as the last event was such a success.

So Ladies – a perfect opportunity to get

your girlfriends together and have a

really fun afternoon.

Please also remember, as a Club we

have two important initiatives this

year.

Volunteering

The club could not survive without our

volunteers. We have a variety of roles

available, so if you have some time you

could give to help then please get in

touch.

126 Club

This is a great opportunity for the Club

to raise much needed funds to support

our swimmers. There will be prizes

every month giving you a great chance

to win, so please join the 126 Club. Info

on our Website.

New Corporate Sponsor

Finally, I would also like to introduce

and welcome a new corporate sponsor

of Warrender. DM Hall are Chartered

Surveyors, with offices throughout

Scotland and via Andrew Milne (father

of Milly) they kindly donated to the

JAGS meet at Prestonpans and we look

forward to working with them in 2015.

My best regards

Marjory Verth

President

Volunteers

Volunteers are very important to the Club and we cannot work

without your support and enthusiasm. We are always looking for

more parents and swimmers to get involved. If you are Interested,

please contact Jackie - Vice President at

[email protected] or mobile 07710 341502

126 CLUB - Up & Running

We are delighted that the Warrender 126 Club Lotto is officially up and running! We have now had two draws and our first and second prize winners are: February draw - Nikki Collins and Hammy Smith March draw - Peter Heatly and Ken Richards The Warrender 126 Club Lotto is a great way to support our swimmers. It's easy to become a member and join the monthly Lotto from £5 a month by standing order. For more details and an application form please visit our website http://www.swimwarrender.com/#/126-club/4588087490 or contact Fiona Kenney at [email protected]. The more members we have the bigger the prize fund will be!

Swimmers from Warrender Baths Club

completed a very successful week of

racing in Aberdeen, competing at the

Scottish Gas National Age Group

Championships (31st March – 5th April

2015). The Club had over 75

swimmers taking part in the meet, the

most we have ever had! At the

completion of the five day event we had

amassed 1125 points to finish 1st in the

Top Club Award, 121 points ahead of

2nd place South Lanarkshire, retaining

the title from 2014.

The meet was spearheaded by

dominant performances from 14 year

olds Archie Goodburn and Roisin

Ramsay; who both came away with

multiple medals each. Goodburn

amassed an impressive individual

medal haul which included five gold,

one silver and one bronze, whilst also

contributing to a 1st and 2nd place finish

in relays across the course of the week.

Ramsay was also a part of two

winning relay teams, whilst picking up

no less than eight silver medals across

the six day meet in her individual

events!

George Clough, a member of the

Scottish Youth Squad, had a short

programme, with his main focus on the

upcoming British Championships. Over

two days he won three gold, one silver

and one bronze medal, before returning

to Edinburgh to continue his training.

Strong Team Events

We had some very strong team events,

with the Girls 14-16 years team

dominating all three relays that they

took part in. No less than seven relay

teams won gold across the course of

the Championships and on the final day

of competition the 14-16 year old girls

(Niamh Ritchie, Katy Smith, Kirsty

Armstrong and Mhairi Swanson)

combined to break the Scottish Junior

Club record in the 4x100 Medley relay,

a fantastic achievement!

It was fantastic to see the next

generation of Warrender champions

coming to the fore, with fine

performances from Katie Goodburn and

Daniel Saunders in the 11-12 year old

age group and Joe Ewing, Kirsty Peng

and Libby Simpson in the 13 year old

age group.

Many swimmers contributed to the

success of the Warrender Team at this

meet and it is impossible to mention

them all in order to keep the report to a

sensible length!

Great Team Effort

Many swimmers gained places in finals

for the very first time at this level with a

number going on to win medals. It was

certainly a great team effort and with a

very young team contributing to the

overall point score, it was a fine

achievement to once again finish first in

the Top Club standings. The coaching

staff was very proud of the overall

professionalism displayed by the team,

as well as the strong level of team

support and encouragement that

prevailed throughout the five day meet.

Swimmers will now refocus and

reassess their goals for the remainder of

the season where we look forward to

seeing them swim even faster!

Record-breaking Girls 14-16 Relay Team: Katy Smith, Mhairi Swanson, Niamh Ritchie and Kirsty Armstrong

Scottish National Age Group

Championships 2015

Goodburn and Ramsay Spearhead Warrender Victory!


Championships 2015 SUPPORTING SNAGS!

SELFIE OF THE MONTH!

Preparing for SNAGS 2015 4 x 200 free relay!

Winners Katie Stark, India Dodd, Kimberley

Mackay and Megan Briggs

TOP PRIZE!

Junior Age Group’s Jenny

Galloway’s colourful photo

won the top prize in Scottish

Swimming’s SNAGS Photo

competition. Jenny has won

some Speedo Goodies!

Congratulations Jenny!

JAG’s Abbi Sinclair

meets Hannah Miley at

SNAGS 2015!

SOME OF THE SNAG’S CHAMPIONS!

National Boys’ Joe Ewing

Junior National Squad’s

Daniel Parker

National Girls’

Roisin Ramsay

Scottish National Age Group Championships 2015 Medal Winners

Gold

Chris Kerr 17/over 50 Breast 28.70

Calum Reid 17/over 1500 Free 16:15.11

George Clough 16 yrs 200 Breast 2:24.60

George Clough 16 yrs 200 IM 2:11.55

Archie Goodburn 14 yrs 200 Breast 2:36.16

Archie Goodburn 14 yrs 200 IM 2:18.82

Archie Goodburn 14 trs 50 Breast 32.55

Archie Goodburn 14 yrs 100 Breast 1:11.13

Archie Goodburn 14 yrs 400 IM 4:56.12

Kirsty Armstrong 16 yrs 200 IM 2:22.50

Katy Smith 15 yrs 100 Breast 1:16.37

Katie Goodburn 11-12 yrs 50 Back 34.13

Boys 17/over 4x200 Free 8:02.05

Boys ‘A’ 17/over 4x100 Medley 3:58.89

Boys ‘A’ 14-16 yrs 4x200 Free 8:14.73

Girls ‘A’ 17/over 4x200 Free 8:35.48

Girls ‘A’ 14/16 yrs 4x200 Free 8:46.09

Girls ‘A’ 14-16 yrs 4x100 Free 4:02.78

Girls ‘A’ 14-16 yrs 4x100 Medley 4:27.47

Silver

Calum Reid Boys 17/over 200 Fly 2:04.73

Jack Harrison Boys 16 yrs 200 Back 2:15.76

Fraser Allison Boys 15 yrs 800 Free 9:11.99

Fraser Allison Boys 15 yrs 100 Breast 1:12.30

Archie Goodburn Boys 14 yrs 200 Fly 2:21.37

Joe Ewing Boys 13 yrs 800 Free 9:31.03

Daniel Saunders Boys 11-12 yrs 800 Free 10:18.01


India Dodd Girls 17/over 1500 Free 18:01.09

Katie Stark Girls 17/over 100 Free 57.30

Emma Chittleburgh Girls 17/over 200 Breast 2:35.23

Megan Briggs Girls 17/over 100 Back 1:04.48

Kirsty Armstrong Girls 16 yrs 100 Fly 1:03.57

Kirsty Armstrong Girls 16 yrs 50 Fly 28.69

Mhairi Swanson Girls 16 yrs 50 Back 31.35

Charlie Cavens Girls 16 yrs 200 Back 2:22.74

Jess Damen Girls 15 yrs 200 Fly 2:27.55

Niamh Ritchie Girls 15 yrs 50 Back 31.11

Niamh Ritchie Girls 15 yrs 200 Back 2:22.04

Niamh Ritchie Girls 15 yrs 100 Back 1:06.51

Katy Smith Girls 15 yrs 100 Free 1:00.04

Katy Smith Girls 15 yrs 200 Breast 2:46.56

Roisin Ramsay Girls 14 yrs 1500 Free 18:17.28

Roisin Ramsay Girls 14 yrs 50 Back 31.98



Roisin Ramsay Girls 14 yrs 200 Back 2:25.35

Roisin Ramsay Girls 14 yrs 100 Back 1:08.92



Kirsty Peng Girls 13 yrs 50 Breast 36.31

Katie Goodburn Girls 11-12 yrs 50 Breast 36.98

Boys 17/over 4x100 Free 3:39.73

Boys ‘A’ 14-16 yrs 4x100 Free 3:46.94

Girls ‘A’ 17/over 4x100 Free 3:59.56

Girls ‘A’ 17/over 4x100 Medley 4:27.41

Bronze

Chris Kerr Boys 17/over 100 Breast 1:05.49

George Clough Boys 16 yrs 200 free 1:58.72

Archie Goodburn Boys 14 yrs 50 Fly 28.33

Joe Ewing Boys 13 yrs 400 IM 5:12.93


Daniel Saunders Boys 11-12 yrs 200 IM 2:38.92


Katie Stark Girls 17/over 50 Free 26.51

Kirsty Armstrong Girls 16 yrs 200 Fly 2:21.07

Kirsty Armstrong Girls 16 yrs 50 Breast 34.26

Jess Damen Girls 15 yrs 400 IM 5:18.50

Katy Smith Girls 15 yrs 200 IM 2:27.90

Katy Smith Girls 15 yrs 50 Free 27.84

Katy Smith Girls 15 yrs 50 Fly 29.42

Abby Orr Girls 14 yrs 50 Free 28.17

Libby Simpson Girls 13 yrs 100 Breast 1:21.89

Katie Goodburn Girls 11-12 yrs 50 Free 29.55

Katie Goodburn Girls 11-12 yrs 100 Breast 1:24.04

Boys ‘A’ 11-13 yrs 4x100 Free 4:15.84

Boys 11-13 yrs 4x100 Medley 4:51.68


Championships 2015

Finalists

Henry Mackenzie Boys 17/over 50 Fly 26.18

Henry Mackenzie Boys 17/over 400 Free 4:11.93

Henry Mackenzie Boys 17/over 100 Free 55.24

Calum Archibald Boys 17/over 100 Back 1:03.22

Calum Reid Boys 17/over 100 Fly 57.80

Calum Reid Boys 17/over 400 IM 4:38.38

Alasdair Lambert Boys 17/over 50 Back 29.80

Jack Harrison Boys 16 yrs 100 Back 1:03.22

Jack Harrison Boys 16 yrs 200 Free 2:00.55

Jack Harrison Boys 16 yrs 50 Free 25.98

Jack Harrison Boys 16 yrs 100 Free 56.00

Jack Harrison Boys 16 yrs 50 Back 30.09

Jonah Walsh Boys 15 yrs 50 Fly 28.96

Jonah Walsh Boys 15 yrs 100 Fly 1:05.32

Jonah Walsh Boys 15 yrs 200 Fly 2:26.27

Fraser Allison Boys 15 yrs 200 Breast 2:36.77

Fraser Allison Boys 15 yrs 200 IM 2:21.99

Fraser Allison Boys 15 yrs 50 Breast 32.55

Fraser Allison Boys 15 yrs 400 IM 5:03.41

Jamie Booth Boys 14 yrs 50 Fly 29.75

Calum Chittleburgh Boys 14 yrs 100 Back 1:08.27

Calum Chittleburgh Boys 14 yrs 200 Back 2:26.07

Calum Chittleburgh Boys 14 yrs 50 Back 30.86

Jamie Macdonald Boys 14 yrs 100 Back 1:08.97

Jamie Macdonald Boys 14 yrs 200 Fly 2:33.50

Jamie Macdonald Boys 14 yrs 200 Back 2:36.69

Jamie Macdonald Boys 14 yrs 1500 Free 18:52.29

Jamie Macdonald Boys 14 yrs 400 IM 5:16.92

Jamie Macdonald Boys 14 yrs 50 Back 32.23

Archie Goodburn Boys 14 yrs 100 Back 1:09.20

Archie Goodburn Boys 14 yrs 200 Free 2:08.42

Archie Goodburn Boys 14 yrs 400 Free 4:30.73

Archie Goodburn Boys 14 yrs 50 Free 27.52

Archie Goodburn Boys 14 yrs 100 Free 59.72

Jamie Booth Boys 14 yrs 100 Fly 1:06.476


Championships 2015 Finalists

Joe Ewing Boys 13 yrs 50 Fly 30.74

Joe Ewing Boys 13 yrs 200 Brst 2:53.27

Joe Ewing Boys 13 yrs 100 Fly 1:07.22

Joe Ewing Boys 13 yrs 200 IM 2:28.58


Joe Ewing Boys 13 yrs 200 Fly 2:28.00

Joe Ewing Boys 13 yrs 50 Breast 37.12


Joe Ewing Boys 13 yrs 50 Free 29.57


Daniel Parker Boys 13 yrs 50 Fly 31.76

Daniel Parker Boys 13 yrs 50 Free 29.26

Iain Rose Boys 13 yrs 100 Fly 1:10.83

Iain Rose Boys 13 yrs 200 Back 2:44.46

Iain Rose Boys 13 yrs 50 Back 34.13

Daniel Saunders Boys 11-12 yrs 200 Brst 3:01.00

Daniel Saunders Boys 11-12 yrs 50 Breast 38.54

Daniel Saunders Boys 11-12 yrs 100 Breast 1:23.31

Lewis Mackenzie Boys 11-12 yrs 50 Breast 41:51

Samuel Chittleburgh Boys 11-12 yrs 100 Back 1:19.64

Samuel Chittleburgh Boys 11-12 yrs 200 Back 2:45.42

Samuel Chittleburgh Boys 11-12 yrs 400 IM 6:03.53

Calum Rose Boys 11-12 yrs 100 Fly 1:20.58

Calum Rose Boys 11-12 yrs 200 Fly 3:02.08

Joshua Aspinall Boys 11-12 yrs 50 Free 31.72

Joshua Aspinall Boys 11-12 yrs 50 Back 35.39

Emma Chittleburgh Girls 17/over 400 IM 5:13.60

Emma Chittleburgh Girls 17/over 100 Breast 1:14.71

Alyshia McCracken Girls 17/over 800 Free 9:19.90

Alyshia McCracken Girls 17/over 400 Free 4:39.70



Ailsa Timoney Girls 17/over 800 Free 9:57.26

Kimberley Mackay Girls 17/over 200 IM 2:27.66

Kimberley Mackay Girls 17/over 50 Breast 35.07

Finalists

Katie Stark Girls 17/over 200 Free 2:05.12

Katie Stark Girls 17/over 100 Fly 1:03.90

Katie Stark Girls 17/over 50 Fly 28.62

Katie Stark Girls 17/over 400 Free 4:28.58

Mhairi Swanson Girls 16 yrs 100 Free 1:01.36

Mhairi Swanson Girls 16 yrs 200 Back 2:28.38

Mhairi Swanson Girls 16 yrs 100 Back 1:08.94

Mhairi Swanson Girls 16 yrs 50 Free 28.83

Mhairi Swanson Girls 16 yrs 200 Free 2:13.88

Mhairi Swanson Girls 16 yrs 100 Fly 1:08.39

Mhairi Swanson Girls 16 yrs 50 Fly 30.46

Ellie Neil Girls 16 yrs 100 Free 1:02.05

Charlie Cavens Girls 16 yrs 50 Back 32.84

Charlie Cavens Girls 16 yrs 100 Back 1:08.26

Jess Damen Girls 15 yrs 200 Back 2:34.08

Jess Damen Girls 15 yrs 100 Back 1:09.72

Jess Damen Girls 15 yrs 200 IM 2:34.46

Jess Damen Girls 15 yrs 100 Fly 1:07.69

Katy Smith Girls 15 yrs 200 Free 2:13.90

Katy Smith Girls 15 yrs 50 Breast 35.83

Niamh Ritchie Girls 15 yrs 50 Free 29.21

Anna Mackay Girls 15 yrs 200 Breast 2:56.81

Sophie Hamilton Girls 15 yrs 50 Breast 37.97

Roisin Ramsay Girls 14 yrs 400 IM 5:17.40

Roisin Ramsay Girls 14 yrs 200 IM 2:33.25

Roisin Ramsay Girls 14 yrs 50 Free 29.60

Taylor Finlayson Girls 14 yrs 400 IM 5:25.23

Taylor Finlayson Girls 14 yrs 200 Fly 2:32.52

Taylor Finlayson Girls 14 yrs 200 IM 2:35.13

Taylor Finlayson Girls 14 yrs 100 Fly 1:10.01

Abby Orr Girls 14 yrs 50 Back 33.92

Abby Orr Girls 14 yrs 50 Fly 31.93

Libby Simpson Girls 13 yrs 400 IM 5:39.74

Libby Simpson Girls 13 yrs 200 Fly 2:47.53

Libby Simpson Girls 13 yrs 200 Breast 2:57.79

Libby Simpson Girls 13 yrs 200 IM 2:39.06

Libby Simpson Girls 13 yrs 100 Fly 1:13.46

Libby Simpson Girls 13 yrs 50 Fly 34.77

Finalists

Jocelyn Low Girls 13 yrs 400 IM 5:44.78

Jocelyn Low Girls 13 yrs 100 Back 1:15.16

Kirsty Peng Girls 13 yrs 100 Breast 1:23.36

Katie Goodburn Girls 11-12 yrs 100 Free 1:06.89

Katie Goodburn Girls 11-12 yrs 200 Breast 3:05.20



Jenny Galloway Girls 11-12 yrs 200 Breast 3:05.48

Jenny Galloway Girls 11-12 yrs 50 Breast 40.54

Boys ‘B’ 17/over 4x100 Medley 4:13.97

Boys ‘B’ 11-12 yrs 4x100 Free 4:29.58

Girls ‘B’ 17/over 4x200 Free 9:07.90

Girls ‘B’ 17/over 4x100 Free 4:17.05

Girls ‘B’ 17/over 4x100 Medley 4:49.68

Girls ‘B’ 14-16 yrs 4x200 Free 9:15.45

Girls ‘B’ 14-16 yrs 4x100 Free 4:15.62

Girls ‘B’ 14-16 yrs 4x100 Medley 4:42.00

Girls ‘A’ 11-13 yrs 4x100 Free 4:27.36

Girls 11-13 yrs 4x100 Medley 5:01.63


Championships 2015

South Lanarkshire—1004 points

1st Warrender BC 1125points

2nd South Lanarkshire 1004points

3rd City of Aberdeen 681.5points

Top Club Scores

(Scores are derived from swimmers living and

training within Scotland only, with only one score per

day per person counting towards the point tally)

Day 1 – Sunday 20

th September – Ainslie Park, 13:45 – 21:00 (Warm-up 13:00 – 13:40)

1. 200 Butterfly Boys 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16/over

2. 200 Freestyle Girls 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15/over

3. 200 Backstroke Boys 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16/over

4. 200 Breaststroke Girls 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15/over

5. 100 Individual Medley Boys 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16/over

BREAK

6. 200 Backstroke Girls 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15/over

7. 200 Breaststroke Boys 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16/over

9. 200 Butterfly Girls 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15/over

9. 200 Freestyle Boys 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16/over

10. 100 Individual Medley Girls 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15/over

*Day 2 – Sunday 27th

September – Ainslie Park, 13:00-18:30 (Warm-up 13:45– 18:30)

11. 50 Breaststroke Girls 9/under & NOVICE

12.. 50 Breaststroke Boys 9/under & NOVICE

13. 50 Freestyle Boys 9/under & NOVICE

14. 50 Freestyle Girls 9/under & NOVICE

15.. 100 Individual Medley Mixed 9/under & NOVICE

BREAK

16. 50 Backstroke Girls 9/under & NOVICE

17. 50 Backstroke Boys 9/under & NOVICE

18. 50 Butterfly Girls 9/under & NOVICE

19. 50 Butterfly Boys 9/under & NOVICE

20. 100 Freestyle Mixed 9/under & NOVICE

Day 3 – Saturday 10

th October – Glenrothes, 09:00-17:00 (Warm-up 09:00-09:45)







27. 200 Individual Medley Girls 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15/over

BREAK



30. 400 Individual Medley Girls 11, 12, 13, 14, 15/over

31. 400 Freestyle Boys 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16/over

Club Championships - Dates for your Diary!

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Warrender Club Championships 2015 ~ Programme of Events

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Day 4 – Sunday 11th

October – Glenrothes, 09:00-17:00 (Warm-up 09:00-09:45)







38. 200 Individual Medley Boys 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16/over

BREAK



41. 400 Individual Medley Boys 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16/over

42. 400 Freestyle Girls 11, 12, 13, 14, 15/over

*Day 2 – for all Benson Squad swimmers plus ALL 9/unders

Assistance from Ryden

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New Warrender Tattoos!

Our new Warrender Tattoos are now in stock!

This venture is another way for swimmers to show

support for the Club and contribute to fund raising.

The tattoos (temporary, and easily removed with

baby oil) proved very popular with swimmers at the

JAG Meet and at SNAGs in Aberdeen – as

modelled by National Girls’ Jess Damen!

They are available from the Shop at Development

Meets and the Club Championships and we also

hope Squad Managers will take sets to sell at away

Meets. Jess Damen

Photo courtesy of

Scottish Swimming Flickr

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STO stands for Swimming Technical

Official (i.e. timekeepers, judges,

starters, referees etc) and my main

role at the club is to ensure we have

enough available officials to run our

own events and provide sufficient

numbers at external meets. In

addition to sending out numerous

emails pleading for volunteers, I also

identify or arrange training courses

at different levels and liaise with

East District and Scottish Swimming.

‘We (my wife Yvonne is a former

Club Treasurer) have been involved

with Warrender for 12 years, with

three children having passed

through the ranks. George is

currently in Elite squad (we are with

him at the British Championships in

London as I write this, hence the

photo at the Olympic pool).

‘Emily swapped swimming for

rowing a couple of years ago and, in

addition to studying at Glasgow

University, she spends early

mornings with a GB talent scheme

squad on the River Clyde.

‘Alex gave up swimming because of

niggly neck and shoulder problems,

but they didn’t stop him playing

water polo for Aberdeen University

for four years. The children certainly

don’t get their prowess in water from

me (I struggle to get to the other end

of the pool and I’m not talking about

the Commonwealth Pool). Yvonne

is a bit better but never competed.

However, I can beat them all at any

racket sport they care to mention,

which is the important thing. I am a

team captain and committee

member at Meadows City Tennis

Club.

‘Workwise I am an environmental

consultant, specialising in

hydrogeology (try fitting all that in a

“Profession” box on forms), but I

seem to have drifted into semi-

retirement in the last couple of

years, just doing bits of freelance

work.

In my younger days I was a

geologist, working on gold mines in

South Africa and exploring for gold

in the US and Scotland (it’s true!). I

fill my time now with various roles,

including house husband and

George’s swim manager/driver, and

more interestingly I was recently

accepted on to The Children’s

Panel.’

If you are interested in volunteering as

a timekeeper, starter, judge or referee,

please contact me and I can tell you

more about those roles and help you

find the right training course and

experience to become involved.

Contact me at

[email protected]

Profile: Howard Clough -

STO Convener

Tips from the Top

Warrender’s Olympian Keri-anne Payne

gives us her top 5 training nutrition tips.

ONE - Eating before training - it's so

important to eat something before you go

training. Having fuel in your system will

mean that you can train at your best. If you

have nothing before the session then you

will be running on empty. Just like a car

can't run on empty, it needs fuel to even

work. It took me ages to get used to eating

before early morning training. Now I

usually have toast, I tend to stay away

from milky foods like cereal.

TWO - T minus 20 minutes. It's very

important to eat something no later than 20

minutes after your sessions. You need to

replace the energy you lost during the

session and the optimum time for that is no

later than 20 minutes post session. I

usually have a smoothie made up with

banana, actimel, milk, blueberries and

strawberries. Another option is a milkshake

and a banana.

THREE - Having a good lunch - doesn't

have to be salad (I can't survive off of that)

but a balanced meal is always good. With

all the swimming I have to do I need to

make sure I have a good portion of

carbohydrates and protein.

FOUR - In the lead up to competitions.

Don't get too stressed about eating huge

portions, make sure that you have a good

amount of carbs with all your evening

meals. It's also very important to eat loads

of vegetables, they will make sure you are

at your best giving you all the vitamins and

minerals needed to race well.

FIVE - Snacks. It's not against any rules to

eat a chocolate bar or a packet of crisps

every now and then BUT if you have one

or both of these every day that's when

things start to impact on your

performance.

Howard outside London’s Olympic Pool at the British Championships

Welcome and very well done to all the

swimmers in the Club on an excellent

team effort which resulted in the Club

retaining the crown of Top Club at the


Championships!

The performance of National Girls was

very positive and contributed to the very

good overall performance of the Club.

From the 12 girls of the squad who

travelled to Aberdeen, 6 of them

managed to medal in individual event/s

(Roisin Ramsay 8 medals; Katy Smith 5

medals; Niamh Ritchie 3 medals; Jess

Damen 2 medals; Charlie Cavens 1

medal; Mhairi Swanson 1 medal) and

another 4 made the finals or top 10

places (Ailsa Timoney; Anna Mackay;

Sophie Hamilton; Taylor Finlayson).

Moreover, the girls contributed to some

impressive relay efforts with the

highlight being the Scottish Junior Club

Team record set by Niamh, Katy and

Mhairi along with Elite Squad’s member

Kirsty Armstrong in the 4x100 Medley.

The above numbers/achievements

clearly indicate the wealth of talent and

potential in National Girls Squad.

Despite the overall good performance

of the girls, of course, there is still

plenty of room for improvements in

training and competitions!

A special well done to Roisin who

survived after covering 5.3 km of racing

in Aberdeen!

Also, Niamh and Taylor will be racing in

the Olympic pool in London taking part

in the British Championships. Good luck

girls and enjoy racing (and shopping)!

Kostas

National Girls

Since the last newsletter, National

Boys have been busy in various

different meets and locations. Five

members of the Squad travelled to

Sheffield where they looked to obtain

further SNAG’s times and cement work

that had been put in during training.

Congratulations to Joe Ewing who

came away with top 12/U Boy!

Others opted to venture through to

Bellshill with a large array of events

and the opportunity to try and enhance

the skill development in a variety of

strokes and events, accumulating a

medal tally of 17 with some excellent

performances.

With the British qualification window

opening on the weekend of the

Edinburgh International and a few

weeks out from SNAGs, it was an ideal

opportunity for those competing to

finalise race plans and put into practice

swimming fast. The performances put

in at the Edinburgh International, on the

whole, were very promising with lots of

optimizing looking forward to SNAGs.

With a team of 11 heading to Aberdeen

for SNAGs we were all heading for long

days and fast swimming.

The boys kicked the Tuesday evening

off with a bang in the 800 free, with Joe

Ewing and Fraser Allison getting the

medal and PB train up and running. It

was great to see the enthusiasm and

support that all the boys gave each

other on a daily basis and the support

for the whole team, and I thoroughly

enjoyed my first SNAG’s with you all.

However, the hard work isn’t over yet,

we have a long way to go until August!

Various meets are up and coming in

May, with the last meet in the British

qualification window being held at the

Commonwealth Pool. Please ensure

you’ve responded to emails to highlight

your availability.

On a final note, National Boys welcome

Charlie De Beaux from Junior National.

Lana

National Boys

Squad Updates

Junior National A busy few months for JN starting with

our annual trip to the Ayr 200s Meet at

the end of January. A great weekend

away with some fast swimming thrown

in. Many thanks to my Team Manager,

Mandy Galloway and our travelling

official, Sharon Laing who both helped

enormously to make the weekend such

a success.

We subsequently settled down for a

couple of months of hard work. During

this period the weather improved

dramatically and so we were able to get

outside and up Arthur’s Seat for some

Sunday land training.

Then, at the beginning of April, it was

time for the main focus of our year,

Scottish National Age Groups.

Congratulations to all the swimmers

from JN who took part and gained some

valuable experience for the future.

Special mention must go to our

medallists Kirsty Peng, Libby Simpson,

Katie Goodburn, Abby Orr and Daniel

Saunders and our four finalists, Jocelyn

Low, Jamie Booth, Iain Rose and Daniel

Parker.

Between the JN swimmers we

achieved a total of 12 individual

medals plus a further 27 individual final

swims. What an amazing achievement

for the squad!

Anne

Development Squads

Hope you have all enjoyed a bit of a

break over the Easter holidays and are

raring to return to what

always seems like a very short

summer term. Looking back first, there

have been two big events

recently.

First the Warrender Junior Meet which

was a huge success and all our squad

youngsters had some great swims and

lots of fun at Prestonpans over the last

weekend in March. Then it was

straight on to the big highlight in the

age group calendar, what is called

SNAGS – the Scottish National Age

Groups, held in the 50m pool in

Aberdeen, which 16 swimmers from

Jag, 2 from Age and 1 from Wilkie

White had qualified for. You will read

much more about both of these events

elsewhere.

On Sunday 19th April summer term

training returned to the normal

schedule and we welcomed 19 new

youngsters to the Benson squads,

most from SwimFast, and in addition

several swimmers will be

moving squad and settling in to new

training programmes.

There are several Meets coming up

soon, the first one being our

Development Meet on Sunday 26th

April. Then various squads are

entering various Meets as follows –

Sunday 3rd May - Round 2 of the

Lothian League (by selection from

various squads)

Sunday 10th May - Hearts Novice

Meet at Musselburgh, Benson

squads

Fri/Sat/Sun 15/17th May – IM

Tough Meet at Bathgate, Age, Jag

and Wilkie Red squads

Sat 23rd May – LDD Graded Meet

at Whitburn, Wilkie White squad

Sun 24th May – Midlothian

Minnows Meet at Prestonpans,

Smith Red squad

Then there are a variety of Meets

in June, currently being

considered and ending up with our

final Development Meet of the

season on Sunday 21st June

The Development Meets are very

important for introducing young

swimmers to competition in a friendly

“in house” situation before moving on

to compete externally. They enable

youngsters to gradually try out different

strokes and distances as they make

progress and when their coach feels

they are ready for new events and

challenges. Please mark these on

your calendar and aim to be there.

Have a good term of training and

competition.

Frances

Following our training period, our main

competitions, SNAGS and Easter, it is

time to evaluate the work we have

done and where Age Groupers can still

improve looking ahead.

After a few hard swim training weeks,

Age Group competed in the

Development Meet on 1st March, with

81% success out of 49 total swims.

The guys gave a very positive

impression and this competition

demonstrated everyone’s high fitness

levels for further successful

competitions.

Then, Lothian Leagues, with great

performances and the accumulation of

extra points for Warrender. However,

the best event was the “Last Chance

SNAGS”, where every Age Grouper

was really excited and they were extra

motivated to get their best

performance. Results couldn´t be

better!

31 personal best times out of 37 total

swims, with 84% success rates. But,

the two warriors of the day were the

guys who represented our team in

Aberdeen in SNAGS; Lewis Birrell with

a consideration time for his 50 freestyle

(28.66) and Calum Robb with his

consideration time for his 50 fly,(34.09).

Both, Lewis Birrell and Calum Robb

went to Aberdeen with all their hope

and energy and they did an excellent

job for Age Group. Lewis did 28.76

which is his best time in Long Course

and it is almost his best in short course

and Calum Robb surprised everyone

doing 3” faster than his Short Course

time - 31.88”!

Now, after the rest of Easter and the

school holidays, we start building the

foundation of training and start our

training block on the 19th which we will

build week by week, battle by battle,

competition per competition!

Our following competitions are:

26th April, Development Meet 3rd May, Lothian League 16-17th May IM Tough Meet 6th June, Lothian Leagues

We will focus in the middle of June on

finishing our preparation and preparing

our best fitness level for the 13-14th

June East Lothian Prestonpans Meet

and the Aquanauts and Development

Meet on the 20th and 21st June.

Improving our attendance rates is the

challenge of this group, which has

been reduced to an average of 60%,

when every individual swimmer needs

to achieve 83% to remain in this squad.

Every swimmer needs to aim for 5 out

of 6 sessions per week.

I am looking forward to seeing all the

swimmers back to normal training after

this rest and am desperate to start

building the stamina of the Age Group

Warriors!

Dani

Lana

Age Group Warriors!

Junior Age Group Squad

In the three months since the last

Newsletter, a great deal has taken

place, mainly in the Competition aspect

of our Programme. At this time. we are

saying “Goodbye!” to the following

swimmers, Ella (Bennett); Rebecca

(Ivens); Ross (Kerr) Liam

(McLaughlin)and Magnus Rowley, all

of whom have progressed very

significantly over that period and are

now ready to take on the newer

challenges of a more rigorous training

regime. I am absolutely certain that

each of them, if they want to and accept

those challenges, can do very well in

their new Squad.

At the same time, we welcome our new

Squad members, Yasmin (Ali); Mark

(Innes); Benjamin (McLauchlan);

Mattie (Moore); Calum (Rose); Faye

(Williamson). I have been closely

observing your training and competition

swims over the last few weeks and I

know you are well capable of joining

your new Squad. Please read carefully

the expectations set out for you in your

selection letter and if you want to

discuss anything with me, please don’t

hesitate to let me know.

Attendance

Throughout the last phase of training,

this has seen a great improvement

virtually across the whole Squad with for

most an average of 80 to 90% and in

some cases at the 100% level. In the

main, the only cause of absence has

been something unavoidable and I am

extremely grateful to all those who have

informed me either in advance or

immediately afterwards as to the very

valid reasons for this. At risk of

appearing to be “nagging”, I think it is

worthwhile just updating what I said in

the last newsletter about this:-

I need to stress the importance of

continuing to try to make the expected

5/6 sessions every week and never to

fall below the 4 session minimum

requirement on any week unless there

are very special reasons for doing so or

special arrangements have been

previously discussed and agreed with

me.

Please also remember the

arrangements for notifying me of

absence which are as follows:-

If you know in advance that you will

miss one of your normal sessions, just

let me know as soon as you can. If the

absence was unexpected, just tell me

the reason at the next session.

If more than one session will be or was

missed, I would appreciate an email as

soon as possible.

The same situation applies to any

Competition which the Squad is

scheduled to attend in that if attendance

is not possible, I would really appreciate

being informed personally by email as to

the reason. I hope nobody finds any

difficulty with that, but if so, please let

me know and I will be happy to discuss.

Training

Obviously, this has focussed mainly on

specific preparation for the various

competitions since January and now

that we have passed the main SNAGS

Meet for that phase our attention will

return to working on a combination of

sound Technique and the development

of longer distance and basic aerobic

training. This will help in laying a sound

foundation for the longer term. As far as

training arrangements are concerned,

there will be a change to our Venue on

a Monday, moving from Leith Academy

to Ainslie Park and I hope this will

enable even more of you to attend that

session. I realise that the finish time is

15 minutes later and of course that is

before our early morning on Tuesday.

Maybe quicker and smarter dressing

after the session will help to get you all

back home, have something to eat and

still get to bed nice and early.

Competition

This part of the last Newsletter was just

prior to the MAGS Meet at

Grangemouth where there were some

more really useful swims recorded

particularly on Fly and other non-

standard events. This was followed by

the East District Challenge Meet where

there were some huge improvements

for a number of individuals on more

selective events. A few swimmers

represented the Club in the 1st Round

of the Lothian League and produced

some excellent performances. The

special Last Chance Time Trials

arranged to make qualifying swims for

SNAGS provided a great opportunity for

a number and this was gratefully

accepted in particular by Samuel C with

a great 400 IM swim; Jenny G, Emily C

and Lewis M on 200 Breaststroke;

qualifiers from Eve C on 50 Back, Finlay

S, Katie S and Abbi S on 100 Free

and rom Lucy T with a couple of super

swims on Breaststroke.

Finally of course for this phase came

the actual SNAGS Meet where with 16

Qualifiers, the Squad was very well

represented not only in number but also

in the quality of all the swims. Special

mention perhaps of our Finalists,

Joshua A coming 4th in 50 Back,

Jenny G in two as well as Lewis M

and of course Samuel C. All in all it

was a great experience for everyone

and hopefully will have lit the fires of

ambition and determination to get back

to that Meet again next year.

Hammy

Congratulations to Mark Innes who has

been promoted to Junior Age Group and

Morag Toellnor and Robert Wright who

have been promoted to Age Group this

term. Well done! I wish you all continued

success and my very best wishes.

I also extend a warm farewell to Jacob

Davie who has taken up a place in Club

Squad and a big welcome to Grace

Robertson, Johnathon Cormack, James

Robb and Gabriel Quinn who have been

promoted to Wilkie Red from Smith Red.

I very much look forward to working with

you all!

Since the last newsletter, Wilkie Red

swimmers have been very busy and

successful! I had a great turn out of

swimmers competing at the JAG's and

the MAG's in Grangemouth at the end of

January and the beginning of February,

picking up many top six finishes and

contributing to Warrender retaining the

overall trophy! Well done all involved!

Then another great turn out of

swimmers competing at The East

District Challenge Meet in Bathgate,

over two days this time, in February, in

a variety of events ranging up to and

including the two 400's. Again, it was a

very successful meet with tons of big

PB's and some very competitive and

entertaining racing from my guys.

Next was the first round of The Lothian

Leagues where numerous WR

swimmers had been selected! Another

big well done for being selected and

contributing to Warrender's success!

Lastly was Warrender’s JAG Meet

where all but one of my twelve and

under's attended with almost all

lowering their times significantly on the

two 200's, which was where my main

focus had been.

Easter Egg Challenge Knock Out

On Thursday 2nd April, I ended the

session with a little Easter fun. After

taking all lane ropes out the challenge

was to race 25's freestyle with fins. The

start was one loud whistle with no prior

warning. It was open water style

(everyone racing at the same time). The

last to touch each time was knocked out

of the race and the forfeit was to select

an egg from my bowl of mixed raw and

hard boiled eggs which they then had to

crack over their own heads (on poolside

off course!). We continued this until the

last swimmer in the pool won. The prize

was a LARGE boxed Cadbury's cream

egg which went to Neil Ferguson and

runner up was Robert Wright. This was

great fun and enjoyed by all!

Maxine

Wilkie Red

Sally Jack receives the Top

Club Trophy on behalf of

Warrender at our own Annual

Junior Meet on 28/29th March

Coach, Maxine with her

winning team! Top Club Award

at Grangemouth JAGS on 1

February with James

Donoghue holding the trophy.

There's life still in ‘slightly-older-than-he-was-before Masters’ swimmer Jason Kenney, who took gold in three out of three

freestyle sprint swims at the 25th Annual Aberdeen SCB Open Masters meet on 21st February 2015.

The only WBC Masters swimmer able to attend this year, Jason won gold in his new age group (45-49yr old) - winning

100m (59.84s), 50m (27.19s) and 25m (12.6s). Out of all swimmers aged over 25yrs, Jason came 5th in the 100 freestyle -

with only four younger "whippersnappers" swimming faster.

There were plenty of good times from sub-25yr old swimmers in most events, and a few Scottish Masters Records also

across the Age Groups at this meet. This was a good first Masters meet for Jason this year. Let's hope it continues!

Masters News

Three Masters Golds in Aberdeen

Benson Blue The swimmers in Benson Blue have continued their

brilliant racing into 2015, with some fantastic races both

individually, and at team events. The Warrender JAGs

meet was a real stand out event for me, as every swimmer

from the squad achieved a personal best in at least one

event! There were too many fantastic swims to mention

here - but special recognition must go to Niamh

McCreadie, whose winning Tombola performances were

the talk of the squad! As a whole, I was really proud of

how the swimmers conducted themselves at the meet,

and the results ultimately spoke for themselves!

Unfortunately I was unable to attend the first round of the

Lothian Leagues, however Abbie, Lucy, Megan, Elli,

Imogen, Emily, Patrick and Innes did an excellent job of

representing the club, and came away with some

personal best times in the process. I can't wait to see how

they progress through the rounds!

As the summer term approaches, there will be some big

changes to the squad! I'll be sad to see so many leave,

but excited to have more budding swimmers join the

group and start their journey through Warrender. Well

done, Benson Blue, for another great term. Let's carry the

hard work into the Summer!

Sarah Eaglesham

Interested in Masters swimming?

Contact Stewart Imrie at

[email protected]

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Scott Wilson represents GB at Junior European qualifiers

Scott (pictured 3rd from right) was recently in Malta with the GB under 17 team in

Malta. This is a great accolade for a Warrender player to be playing at this level.

The team did really well against extremely strong opposition. Unfortunately they

lost their final match to the hosts 7-6 in front of a 2000 capacity crowd, which

means they just failed to qualify.

By Duncan MacGregor

Water Polo News

Coaches pass test!

Well done to Michael Stuart and Martyn Bryce who both recently passed their UKCC Level 1 water polo coaching qualification.

Caledonia Boys

The Caledonia under 17 team recently entered the under 17 Prelims. Warrender players Dominique Zahra, Jamie Heywood,

Lewis Barrow, Lewis Pritchett and Rhuari Stuart were selected. They had some really tough games and now enter the Plate

tournament later this month. The scores were as follows:

Cheltenham 7 - 8 Caledonia

City of Manchester 3 - 2 Caledonia

Invicta 10 - 8 Caledonia

Cwm Draig A 5 - 2 Caledonia

Sedgefield 11 - 5 Caledonia

European 8 Nations Boys Tournament

Warrender players Bailey Forbes, Dominique Zahra & Jamie Heywood were all away to Malta recently to represent Scotland

at the EU 8 Nations 1998+ tournament. The participating countries were: Czech Republic, Denmark, Malta A, Wales, Austria,

Ireland, Malta B and Scotland. They came a credible 7th place, and recorded their first win against Ireland at this age group

in 7 years. Warrender Coach Neal Rayner was in charge of the team for this tournament.

Caitlin selected for Scotland Ladies

Congratulations to Caitlin McRobbie who has been selected to represent Scotland at the EU 8 Nations. The tournament will

take place in Dublin on 15th - 17th May. Scotland have been drawn in a group with Denmark, Czech Republic & South

Africa. The other teams are Ireland, Austria, Switzerland & Slovakia. This is the first full Senior cap for one of our girls in a

few years, so it's a great effort by Caitlin who is a role model for our younger girls with the way she applies herself.

Senior Team top of league

At the halfway point in the Spring League, our Senior team are currently sitting

proudly at the top. But with a few tough games still to come, they will need to be at

their best to stay in the lead.

New Sponsor

We are proud to announce that we have a new sponsor, KM Electrical. They are

domestic, commercial and emergency electricians in Edinburgh who have served

the Lothians and surrounding areas for over 15 years. KM Electrical have done

electrical work for some of our players and friends, and they come very highly

recommended!

Interested in finding out more about Warrender Water Polo?

Contact Duncan at

[email protected]

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