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Mission Statement : Epping Forest District Swimming Club aims to be a club for the community working together at all levels and ages to inspire swimmers to reach their full potential. We aim to achieve this by providing a secure and caring environment where every member is valued and encouraged to work together as a team to achieve their goals.
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Bancrofts - 27 July 2010
Bancrofts Pool will be operating as normal from tomorrow (Wednesday 28th July)
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Essex Champs 2011
Details of the 2011 Essex champs and qualifying times have just been released by Essex County ASA. Full details can be found on their website in due course and our club notice board from Sunday. There are some important changes that you need to be aware of;
Age Group Champs will take place over 3 weekends 19/20 Feb, March 12/13th, March 26/27th in an 8 lane pool. No relays.
There will be one closing date in Jan. All entry times must be licensed event times except swimmers in the youngest age group. Coaches will be able to provide additional information about entry into the championships and qualifying times. May I take this opportunity to remind you that all our own Club Championships are licensed events and therefore times can be used for entry into the Essex Championships. For details of the remaining club champs for 2010 please refer to the club calender or speak directly with your coach. 2010 County Champs was an exciting and successful time for theclub lets make 2011 even more successful! Keep swimming fast!
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E County Champs 27/28 November 2010
I am pleased to announce I am now in possession of the entry information for the Essex County Champs and Special Age Group relays to be held at Braintree on 27/28 Nov. Full details can be found on the Essex County website and club notice board. Closing date for entries to reach Alison Hollis is Sunday 10th October. There will be no extension to this date - late entries will not be accepted.Entries should be accompanied by a cheque made payable to EFDSC. Times must have been acheived at a licensed meet within the preceeding 12 months of the official closing date and therefore entered on the ASA database. This will be checked by Essex ASA. For further info please speak with your coach in the first instance.
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Summer holiday timetable 16 July - 3 Sep
Available by clicking >>> here <<<
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Dates for the diary!
Just to give you some advanced warning of the following events:
ASA East Region Winter Championships - UEA Norwich 6th/7th Nov 2010
EFDSC Winter Meet - Loughton - 14th November 2010
National Arena League (Speedo) - 9th Oct 13th Nov 11th Dec
ASA Essex Winter Champs - Braintree - 27/28th Nov 2010
Further details to follow when available.
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Charity Aquathon - 5th Sept.
EFDSC would like to invite all swimmers and their families to take part in our Charity Fun Aquathon Sunday 5th September 2010. This event replaces the charity night swim and will be an ideal end to what we hope will be a hot summer and to mark the start of the new, busy and hopefully successful swimming year before the hard training begins! Full details have been e mailed to all members and can be found on the notice board at Loughton. Entries should be passed to Debra Waite or any member of the committee. Squad swimming and ducklings will run as normal.
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Early morning sessions.
We are pleased to announce that we have secured an additional early morning session on Fridays at Loughton Pool commencing at 5.45 until 7.15am. This session is aimed at the performance and pre-performance squads however swimmers from the advanced development squad will also be welcome if agreed by their coach. Masters wishing to attend this, or any other morning session should speak with the head coach inthe first instance.
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Thank you for helping...... - 30 June 2010
Thanks to all those of you who helped out at the Summer Gala last week. Many of the usual faces turned up to assist plus some very welcome new faces. The food spread for the officals and coaches was amazing and conduct of our swimmers first class. The total amount raised was a little under £3000 which was superb considering entries were down on last year but the raffle and food assisted in boosting funds.Your help is really appreciated and although it is often said - the success of all our events really does rely on support from our parents.
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3rd place trophy for Junior arena league final - Sunday 27 June
A severely depleted Epping team achieved 3rd place in the consolation final of the Junior arena National league at Braintree. Thanks to all swimmer and parents who attended. The team : Hannah O-H, Elise W, Amelia P, Jessica F, Madison D, Connie K, Sasha L, Molly W, Lisa W, Deana L, Hannah G, Zachary F, Rokas S, James W, Michael S, Max A and Connor S! All swimmers excelled and completed many events for the club, with James Wakefield excelling competing in 9 events. Well done to all !
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Return of Club Champs......
Just a reminder that club champs continue on Sunday 4th and 11th July. Warm up starts at 5pm prompt. For new swimmers, club championships are an excellcnt introduction to competition swimming where younger and inexperienced swimmers can compete for the first time in a safe and supportive environment. Medals are awarded in all age groups through to 6th position. Trophies are presented for fastest girl and boy at the presentation evening in January. Dates and events of future club champs can be obtained by clicking on the club calender on the 'events' heading above. Come along and enjoy! All squad swimmers are expected to compete.
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NEW SWIM SUIT RULES - 08 November 2009
BL 8.2 competitors must wear only one swimsuit in one or two pieces. No additional items, like arm bands or leg bands shall be regarded as parts of a swimsuit.
BL 8.3 From January 1st 2010 swimwear for men shall not extend above the navel nor below the knee, and for women, shall not cover the neck, extend past the shoulder, nor shall extend below knee. All swimsuits shall be made from textile materials.
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Club News |
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22 EFDSC swimmers swam at Block B - they swam their socks off with a plethora of PBs. I won’t mention that one poor swimmer was driven to the wrong pool by their parent! Oops! Swimmers were Chris Mitchell, Jessica Lambert, Emma Waite, Bonnie Sawyer, Megan Holder, Bethan Holder, Lisa Waite, Arjun Robertson, Marissa Posnett, Melissa Seeley, Stacey Van Bergen, Marius Vermaak, Alex Hayman, David Price, Charlotte Kenyon, Chloe-Annabelle Ward, Amy Goillau, Aimee Fahey, Ryan Ward, Reece Ward, Michael Coles, Marc Richards. A special mention for Arjun who picked up first place in the 10 year old 200 metre Breaststroke with a new county record. Well done all, back to training till the next time – Block C at Blackshots, Grays!
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11 swimmers competed in 37 events over the weekend, enjoyed competing against different opposition and picked up a total of 15 medals. The medalist were Chris Mitchell, Alex Hayman, Melissa Seeley, Michael Coles, Bonnie Sawyer, Megan Holder and Amy Goillau.
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Epping entered 30 swimmers in 75 events and nearly everyone achieved really good pbs! Our finalist were Arjun Robertson, Bonnie Sawyer, Jessica Lambert, Eleanor Bedwell,
Megan Holder, Chris Mitchell, Emma Waite, Amy Goillau, Charlotte Kenyon, Melissa Seeley and Marius Vermaak.
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The team put in another good display at "The Venue" in Borehamwood to finish 4th on the night. This maintains our position in the top division of the Speedo League London region for next years competition. Well done to the team.
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Youth swimmers Michael Coles, Amy Goillau, David Price and Marc Richards together with eight age-group relay teams took part in the championship weekend on the 25/26th Nov. The swimmers performed well with David coming 2nd in both the 50m back and 50m fly and Amy 4th in the 50m back. The girls 11/12 years team of Marissa Posnett, Emma Waite, Bonnie Sawyer and Megan Holder came fourth in the freestyle relay and the girls 9/10 years team of Charotte Kenyon, Chloe Ward, Katie Whiffin and Lisa Waite also made the final of their freestyle event.
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Great performances where achieved with some good pbs at the 2nd round of Speedo. Well done to Jessica Lambert and David Price for coming 1st in 50 Fly and 100 Freestyle respectively. We finished in 7th place with a total of 166 points.
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Four youth swimmers, Amy Goillau, Ryan Purcell, David Price and Michael Van Bergen, attended the East Region Long Course Championships over the weekend of the 4th/5th November. All swam well (once warmed up!) with lots of pbs and Amy and David making the final of the 50m back and 200m free respectively.
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We are pleased to announce that we have appointed Jo Whiffin as Welfare Officer for the club.
Jo’s own children swim at the club and she has eight years of professional experience working for the Metropolitan Police on child protection issues. We feel her background makes her the ideal candidate to help move the club forward and keep pace with ASA recommendations and policies concerning this topic and welcome her assistance.
Should any club member (swimmer, parent or coach) have concerns now or in the future over child protection issues then please do not hesitate to contact Jo directly or by e-mailing welfare@efdsc.org, only the welfare officer can access this mailbox.
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Having moved up to the top Speedo division in London, Epping swimmers performed marvellously especially the Posnett girls who swam in the open relays with girls much older than them. Well done to all swimmers for coming 5th. Times have been entered on the database.
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Qualifying times for Essex 2007 has now been published and can be found under the "Swimmers Resources" menu.
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Spaces available in learn to swim section.
See Squads Info/learn to swim for details
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Jack Petchey Survey |
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All 11-25 year old swimmers are invited to complete the "Listen Up" survey of youth attitudes for Jack Petchey. The survey has a range of subjects including education, work, politics, health, ambitions and hobbies.On completion of the 10 minute survey you can enter a prize draw to win an IPOD TOUCH.
Click >>> here <<< to begin survey
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