News and Announcements
Monday 20 February: A reminder of the change to this weeks training timetable
Tuesday 21st February: Regional and County squad will start as usual at 17.30 in the gym. Make sure you bring suitable clothing and trainers. Both squads will then swim from 18.30-20.00pm. Masters will swim from 20.00-21.30pm.
Thursday 23rd February: Regional squad will swim from 18.30-19.30pm, with land training from 17.30-18.30pm Junior Academy will do land training only in their usual time 17.30-18.30pm Academy 18.30-19.30 is not affected and session will go ahead as normal. Masters and Comp Development not affected, sessions go ahead as normal.
Feb 16, 2012: Session Cancellation, (Tuesday 6 March)
I’m sorry to say that, due to a further St Paul’s School water polo match, we will have to cancel another SPBSC session.
The match will take place on Tuesday 6 March, and this will mean that both the County and Regional Squads will have to be cancelled, with a possible slight delay to the start of the seniors and Masters session.
Apologies for being the bearer of bad news – especially after the problems with the pool over the weekend.
Feb 12, 2012: Pool Re-opened
Thank you for your patience whilst the tecnical staff at St Paul's Boys School resolved the problem with the pool. We are pleased to announce that the problem is now fixed and all sessions will resume as of Monday 13 February 2012 with the exception of the early morning Tuesday session for the Regional squad.
Feb 10, 2012: URGENT POOL CLOSURE NOTICE
The Pool has been closed with immediate effect, due to the failure of a major part of the pool water system, it will remain closed for a few days, we apologise for the inconvenience and will advise you as soon as the Pool is available for use again.
Jan 2012: New Year letter from Head Coach
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Dec 06, 2011: Christmas Schedule and Close Down.
Please click here to see the schedule of training for the holiday period this Christmas.
Click here to find out what the Masters have been up to....
LIMERICK SWIM CAMP - EASTER 2012
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OCTOBER HALF TERM - SWIM CAMP REPORT
Click here to read the report
BRITISH MASTERS LC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011
Click here to read the report.
Late start on Monday 7th November
Colet Court is hosting a swimming gala on Monday 7 November against Kings College Junior School (KCJS). The estimated gala finish will be around 5.45pm.
Sadly this will mean that Regional Squad will not be able to start their practice at their usual 17.30 time and will have to start half an hour later at 18.00.
Thank you for your understanding and apologies for any inconvenience
HALLOWEEN PLANS!
Click here to find out what is happening for those who dare to train on Monday 31 October...
POOL CLOSURE REMINDER, 26 October
Dear All
St. Paul’s School are hosting a water polo round for ESSA (English Swimming Schools Association) on Tuesday 1 November.
Unfortunately this will mean that sessions for COUNTY and REGIONAL SQUADS will be cancelled on that day.
However the SENIORS and MASTERS SQUADS will be able to train from 20.00 onwards.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
SWIM CAMP: 24 - 28 October
Click here for further details
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
Click here for a report of this year's club champs.
SURREY TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR NATIONAL COUNTY TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Many congratulations to Georgina Boyle who has been selected to swim as part of the Surrey Team at the National County Team Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield on Sunday 16 October. Surrey finished 7th in Divisions 1 last year and are looking to improve on that this year. With Georgie in the team, how can they fail? Go Georgie!!
ALL SPBSC SESSIONS ARE CANCELLED TODAY(WEDNESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER)
Due to the club championships taking place at girls school this evening all sessions taking place at both the boys school and girls school are cancelled today. There will be no training at all for any squads due to the manpower needed to run the championships.
OLYMPIC SWIMMER ALAN RAPLEY STROKE CLINIC
SPBSC CLUB CHAMPS AWARDS CEREMONY SUNDAY 09 OCTOBER
Please join us to celebrate the achievments of all swimmers at the Club at the Annual Awards Ceremony held in the SPS dining hall on Sunday 09 October (11.00 - 13.00).
The Masters have been busy in open water again.
On Saturday 11 September 2011 some of the maters competed in the Maxifuel Open Water Swim.
The club did extremely well! Check out these results:
5km
2nd Sheila Jansen
10km (wetsuit)
2nd Donal Harte
4th Dion Harrison
6th Iain Macara
7th Will Ellis
10km (non wetsuit)
1st Pip Bennett
2nd Rich Pryer
Their coach Tony Pearce came down to Bray Lake to support and had these words to say
“An outstanding Team Performance. Our goal is the World Masters Swimming Championships in Italy
next Year!”
So, watch this space!
2011 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
It's that exciting time of year again. Make sure you click on the below links to make sure you are up to speed on the arrangments for this year's club championships
News from the masters
The Masters have been busy this summer! Click here to read about their amazing results.
Summer Swim Camp Report
Click here find out what they all got up to!
29 July 2011, Results from National Age Group Championships in Sheffield.
If you see them by the pool make sure you give your congratulations to the below swimmers. They all managed to improve upon their times set at the Regional Championships 6 weeks ago and pulled out a set of fantastic PB’s at the Nationals.
Georgina Boyle 4th in 100 Freestyle, 14th in 200 Freestyle
Joshua Lawson 6th in 200 Breaststroke, 6th in 100 Breaststroke
Hugo Lowell 7th in 200 Breaststroke, 11th in 100 Breaststroke.
Holly Addison 15th in 200 Backstroke, 18th in 100 Backstroke
This is a fantastic achievement for the swimmers and the club as a whole when you consider that:
- The club is only just approaching the end of its second year.
- The NQT’s were set particularly high this year.
- All of our swimmers are ‘home bred’ and have genuinely swam with their coaches for a considerable time
- Our swimmers qualified in 3 different strokes and all had 2 different distances, thus highlighting the balance and broad scope of our Performance Programme.
A fantastic achievement by all involved. Martin Jurco – Head Coach
25 July 2011, GB Masters National Open Water Championships
Pip Bennett and Tony pearce went to the Masters National Open Water Championships in Sheffield. It was a windy day and although the water temperature was meant to be 18 degrees, they had reports that it felt more like 16. Only a few people warmed up in the water as they were doing a dive start (quite unusual for open water racing at this level) and they did not want to wait around in the cold! After battling the elements and the other swimmers, Tony came outwith a Silver in his age category and Pip became National Champion in the (30-34 category). Very pleasing results to say the least!
17July 2011, The Nationals!
This year St Pauls Barnes Swimming Club have four swimmers competing in The Nationals. After an incredible year of training and competing Holly Addison, Georgina Boyle, Joshua Lawson and Hugo Lowell are heading off to the Sheffield Arena and will compete at the Nationals from Thursday 21 July - Sunday 24 July. We wish them and their coaches all the very best of luck and will be cheering them on in spirit!
17 July 2011, World Swimming Championships
Best of luck to our coach Damien Bryan who will be working with the Irish Open Water Swimming Team at the forthcoming World Championships in Shanghai from 17-23 July.
13 June, 2011: Summer Swim Camp
The dates for this year's summer swim camp have now been announced and places can be booked by contacting Martin directly. The camp is open to all swiimers and we look forward to seeing as many people there as possible.
Tuesday 07 June 2011
We are holding our trials for new members to join the club on Saturday 2nd July 2011 at St Paul's Boys swimming pool, 11:15am for registration. Please contact our membership secretary to register no later than Monday 27th June via membership-enquiries@stpaulsbarnessc.com Please see our squad criteria page for more information on what standard of swimming we expect.
1 June 2011, ACADEMY SPRINT GALA
We are holding a fun, SPBSC only, sprint gala on Sunday 12th June from 8:30am for all swimmers in Pre-Team, Junior Academy and Academy squads. This will be a fun gala of 25m races to give all our swimmers a chance to experience the atmosphere of a swim gala and have a bit of fun racing. As coaches we have decided to enter all swimmers for every race we feel they are able for (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly).
TO MAKE SURE YOPU ARE PART OF THIS EVENT PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME ON THE SIGN UP SHEET OUTSIDE TONY’S OFFICE.
DATE: Sunday June 12th.
WARM UP: 8.30
VENUE: ST PAULS BOYS.
27 May 2011, ANNUAL BBQ
Back by popular demand the annual BBQ is ON! For further details and to book your place please click here. Please print a copy of the reply slip and return it to Bosi or place it in the envelope by the pool entrance. (Hard copies of the reply slip are also available by the pool).
04 May 2011, Swimming Caps
The club shop will be putting in an order for personalised swimming caps at the end of next week so if people haven't already ordered one and would like to , please could they email Nicola at SPBSCclubshop@hotmail.co.uk by Wednesday May 11th.
