News Update
(2008)
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December '08
27-Dec-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 27th December was No. 5, Megan Gallacher
20-Dec-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 20th December was No. 25, Trudi Gallacher
13-Dec-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 13th December was No. 5, Megan Gallacher
07-Dec-08: Results for the East District Meet held at FIPRE (Glenrothes) over the weekend of 6th & 7th December have now been entered into the short course club records and swimmer pb tables. Click here for the club records. If you don't know the password for the swimmer pb's, speak to Gemma or Jan poolside or drop Audrey Hamilton an e-mail for the password.
06-Dec-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 6th December was No. 31, Dunedin Swim Team
November '08
22-Nov-08: Results for the Lothian Region Graded Meet held at Prestonpans on the 22nd November have now been entered into the short course club records and swimmer pb tables. Click here for the club records. If you don't know the password for the swimmer pb's, speak to Gemma or Jan poolside or drop Audrey Hamilton an e-mail for the password.
17-Nov-08: Results for the Portobello Meet held at Royal Commonwealth Pool (Edinburgh) over the weekend of 15th & 16th November have now been entered into the long course club records and swimmer pb tables. Click here for the club records. If you don't know the password for the swimmer pb's, speak to Gemma or Jan poolside or drop Audrey Hamilton an e-mail for the password.
October '08
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August '08
26-Aug-08: Congratulations to Dunedin swimmers Iain Scanlon, Lucy Ellis and Robyn Matthews who have been selected to represent Scotland at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India from the 12th to the 18th October. Click here for the Pune (India) CYG web-site.
09-Aug-08: Competing in the British Swimming 10km Open Water Championships at Holme Pierrepont, 19yr old Alistair Brown finished 1st with a time of 2:00:35.9, some 7 seconds ahead of 21yr old Jamie Forrest (Bath University) and ~1 minute ahead of 33yr old James Leitch (City of Glasgow).
July '08
12-Jul-08: £5,000 SPORTSMATCH award for the 'Learn to Swim' programme
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Circuit (Livingston), Scottish Equity Partners, Burness LLP, Midland
Marketing UK Ltd. and Allied International UK Ltd., Dunedin Swim
Team received a much needed boost for their 'Learn to Swim'
programme with a £5,000 SPORTSMATCH award from
sportscotland. Head Teacher, Jan Barker (back right) is
absolutely delighted with the award which will allow Jan and her
team of qualified swim teachers to offer life-saving skills to
pre-school, beginners, improvers and adults. Operating out of
Dreghorn Barracks (Edinburgh), Jan and her team will now be able to
offer swimming lessons on Mon, Tue & Thurs evenings from 5-7pm and
Fri 4:45-6:45pm. The £5,000 SPORTSMATCH award will help to
cover pool hire costs and the purchase of much needed swim training
equipment / training aids.
If you have a desire to learn to swim or if you just want to improve your stroke technique or be able to do all four recognised strokes then call Jan Barker on 07918-172205 or Gemma Baird on 07852-276839 for a trial. |
June '08
21-Jun-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 21st June was No. 36, Steven Hume
14-Jun-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 14th June was No. 4, Dunedin Swim Team
07-Jun-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 7th June was No. 42, Dunedin Swim Team
May '08
31-May-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 31st May was No. 17, Gemma Baird
24-May-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 24th May was No. 15, Rose Scott
17-May-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 17th May was No. 20, Dunedin Swim Team
17-May-08: Results for the Dunfermline Junior Sprint Gala held at Carnegie Leisure Centre (Dunfermline) today have now been entered into the short course club records and swimmer pb tables. Click here for the club records. If you don't know the password for the swimmer pb's, speak to John poolside or ask one of the performance swimmers.
Gold medal for Caitlin Hamilton in the 50m 10yrs Breaststroke, Bronze in the 50m Freestyle, 4th in the 100m IM, 5th in the 50m Backstroke and 7th in the 50m Butterfly; Silver medal for Kenneth Drummond in the 50m 10yrs Backstroke and 5th in the 50m Breaststroke, 7th in the 100m IM, 10th in the 50m Butterfly and 11th in the 50m Freestyle; pb's for Lewis Longden in the 50m Freestyle, 100m IM, 25m Butterfly and 50m Breaststroke and a 2sec pb for Georgina McGonagle in the 50m Freestyle - not bad for a squad that only have access to 4hrs of pool time weekly due to the closure of Dreghorn Barracks for renovation work - just think what they could achieve with 8 - 10hrs of pool time weekly.
11-May-08: Results for the East Lothian Novice meet held at Mercat Gait Centre (Prestonpans) today have now been entered into the short course club records and swimmer pb tables. Click here for the club records. If you don't know the password for the swimmer pb's, speak to John poolside or ask one of the performance swimmers.
Gold medal for Kenneth Drummond in the 50m 10yrs Butterfly; Gold for Hannah Gallacher in the 50m 10yrs Breaststroke; Gold for Lewis Longden in the 50m 9yrs Backstroke.
10-May-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 10th May was No. 37, Rory Hamilton
03-May-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 3rd May was No. 4, Dunedin Swim Team
April '08
26-Apr-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 26th April was No. 35, Dunedin Swim Team
Results for the Falkirk Otter meet held at Larkhall Leisure Centre today have now been entered into the short course club records and swimmer pb tables. Click here for the club records. If you don't know the password for the swimmer pb's, speak to John poolside or ask one of the performance swimmers.
19-Apr-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 19th April was No. 27, Dunedin Swim Team
12-Apr-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 12th April was No. 26, Arthur Baird
05-Apr-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 5th April was No. 2, Dunedin Swim Team
March '08
31-Mar-08: Good luck to Lucy Ellis, Lisa Main, Iain Scanlon, Jak Scott, Daniel Lee, Alistair Brown and Jennifer Somerville who are all down at Ponds Forge (Sheffield) competing at the British Championships.
29-Mar-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 29th March was No. 39, Dunedin Swim Team
29-Mar-08: Performance Swimmers - please click here for Easter Timetable (W/C 31-Mar-08). Swimmers must advise Janette Lee on 0131 455 8449 or Gemma Baird on 07852276839 for all sessions they cannot attend. Swimmers competing at SNAGS should attend all sessions as they are off school and should take full advantage of the long course training and extra hours if they want to do well.
22-Mar-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 22nd March was No. 37, Rory Hamilton
17-Mar-08: On Saturday 15th March, 5 development swimmers, namely 8yr old Kaliah Barker and Lewis Longden, 10yr old Kenneth Drummond, Emily Barker and Caitlin Hamilton represented Dunedin Swim Team in the inaugural Portobello Mad March Meet at Prestonpans and what a performance from all five.
In Session One, Caitlin Hamilton picked up Gold in the 50m Breaststroke, Bronze in 50m Freestyle, 4th place medals in the 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly, a 5th place medal in the 200m Freestyle and 6th place medal in the 200m Individual Medley and finished in 2nd place overall for Top 10yr Old Girl, beaten on points by Shona Mackie of Livingston Aquanauts. Team mate Emily Barker picked up 6th place medals in the 50m Butterfly and 200m Freestyle events. Kenneth Drummond who has just celebrated his 10th birthday and was competing in the 10yrs age group for the first time did very well to pick up a 5th place medal in the 200m Individual Medley (see the delight on his face below).
In Session Two, Kaliah Barker picked up Bronze medals in the 25m Breaststroke, 25m Backstroke and 25m Freestyle events. Team mate and school buddy Lewis Longden competing in his first ever gala picked up 4th place medals in the 25m Backstroke and 25m Freestyle events.
In Session Three on Sunday 16th March, Lewis Kirby of the Performance 'B' squad competed in the 12yrs age group and picked up Gold medals in the 200m Backstroke, 200m Breaststroke and 200m Individual Medley. In Session Four, Lewis went on to pick up a further two Gold medals in the 200m Butterfly and 200m Freestyle and Top 12yr Boys Trophy.
Click here for latest club records. For club PBs password, see John Kirby.
Next competition for the development swimmers is the Falkirk Otter Meet in April.
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15-Mar-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 15th March was No. 29, Dunedin Swim Team
09-Mar-08: Date for your diary - Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September, EU Club Challenge @ FIPRE (Glenrothes) hosted by Dunedin Swim Team. Click here for programme in pdf format.
08-Mar-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 8th March was No. 9, Heather Morrison
01-Mar-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 1st March was No. 4, Dunedin Swim Team
February '08
25-Feb-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 25th February was No. 37, Rory Hamilton
16-Feb-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 16th February was No. 22, Lucy Ellis
09-Feb-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 9th February was No. 7, Lynda Laird
02-Feb-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 2nd February was No. 12, Amanda Courtney
January '08
26-Jan-08: Long Course and swimmer PBs have been updated based on today's Scottish Schools Swimming Championships held at Tollcross, Glasgow. Click here for latest updates.
26-Jan-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 26th January was No. 24, Dunedin Swim Team
20-Jan-08: Short Course, Long Course and swimmer PBs have been updated based on the LDD Development Gala held at Whitburn Swimming Pool and the East District Time Trials held at Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh. Click here for latest updates.
20-Jan-08: Iain Scanlon, Lucy Ellis and Robyn Matthews have been selected to represent Scotland in the Celtic Tri-Nations Championships at Edinburgh International Meet, Royal Commonwealth Pool on 15-17th February.
19-Jan-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 19th January was No. 23, Janette Lee
19-Jan-08: LDD Development Gala - 8yr old Kaliah Barker, 9yr old Kenneth Drummond and 10yr old Emily Barker competed in the LDD Development Gala held at Whitburn Swimming Pool on Saturday 19th January and what a performance from the three talented youngsters. From 10 swims, 10 PBs, 3 short course club records, two Silver, three Bronze, one 4th place, one 6th place, one 7th, one 8th and one 11th place finish. This was Kaliah's first ever gala and having worked so hard in training over the last few months, she showed that hard work in training does produce results. Kaliah, swimming in the 9yrs age group improved massively on her entry times knocking some 5sec off her 25m Butterfly, 3sec off her Breaststroke, 8sec off her Backstroke and 5sec off her Freestyle. Next meet for this talented trio is the JAGS Meet at Grangemouth on 9th February - watch this space !!
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17-Jan-08: Note about this weekends swim training / Time Trials.
Sat 19th 06:30hrs - 08:00hrs Next Generation
11:45hrs - 12:45hrs RCP (GP Room)
13:00hrs - 16:00hrs RCP (Pool)
Sun 20th No swim training at Next Gen or RCP
Time Trials @ RCP 17:30hrs onwards
12-Jan-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 12th January was No. 43, Maureen Hume
05-Jan-08: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 5th January was No. 11, Lewis Kirby