News Update
(2009)
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December '09
26-Dec-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 26th December was No.30, Pauline McCran
19-Dec-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 19th December was No.35, Gemma Baird
12-Dec-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 12th December was No.4, Kerr Longden
05-Dec-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 5th December was No.12, Georgina McGonagle
November '09
28-Nov-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 28th November was No.8, J. MacDonald
21-Nov-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 21st November was No.35, Gemma Baird
14-Nov-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 14th November was No.38, Rena McCran
07-Nov-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 7th November was No.47, Scott Davie
October '09
31-Oct-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 31st October was No.49, John McGonagle
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| A £400 cheque made payable to the Army Benevolent Fund was presented to Brigadier Lawrence by John McGonagle, Vice President of Dunedin Swim Team. |
24-Oct-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 24th October was No.3, D. McRobbie
17-Oct-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 17th October was No.3, D. McRobbie
10-Oct-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 10th October was No.34, D. McRobbie
03-Oct-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 3rd October was No.17, Mairi Drummond
September '09
26-Sep-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 26th September was No.29, Dunedin Swim Team
19-Sep-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 19th September was No.1, Vicki Robertson
12-Sep-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 12th September was No.47, Scott Davie
07-Sep-09: Club records and swimmer personal best times have been updated as a result of the Dunedin Challenge Meet. Click here for details. For the PB password, see John McGonagle or Audrey Hamilton poolside.
06-Sep-09: Dunedin Challenge Meet - click here for write-up
05-Sep-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 5th September was No.39, Dunedin Swim Team
03-Sep-09: Club records and swimmer personal best times have been updated as a result of the Carnegie Mini Meet. Click here for details. For the PB password, see John McGonagle or Audrey Hamilton poolside.
Note, this coming weekend is the Dunedin Challenge Meet at FIPRE (Glenrothes). Warm-up starts 8:15am both days so please make sure you're there on time. You must be poolside at 8:15am ready to enter the water. Late arrivals will be withdrawn unless you've notified the coach personally.
August '09
30-Aug-09: Carnegie Mini Meet - click here for write-up
29-Aug-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 29th August was No.5, Megan Gallacher
22-Aug-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 22nd August was No.21, Dunedin Swim Team
15-Aug-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 15th August was No.34, D.McRobbie
08-Aug-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 8th August was No.6, A.Smillie
01-Aug-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 1st August was No.14, A.Smillie
July '09
25-Jul-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 25th July was No.4, Kerr Longden
22-Jul-09: 11yr old Caitlin Hamilton, competing in the 100m Freestyle at the British Gas ASA National Age Group Championships 2009 at Ponds Forge (Sheffield) finished 14th in a time of 01:06.14 (50m split of 00:31.10) - an improvement on her entry time and another lifetime personal best.
18-Jul-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 18th July was No.12, Georgina McGonagle
11-Jul-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 11th July was No. 8, J. MacDonald
05-Jul-09: Good luck to 11yr old Caitlin Hamilton who will be competing at the British Gas ASA National Age Group Championships 2009 at Ponds Forge (Sheffield) on Wednesday 22nd July.
05-Jul-09: Farewell to Jan, Clint, Emily & Kaliah Barker. A massive thank you from everyone at Dunedin Swim Team for everything you've done for the club over the last 18 months or so. Your efforts and support will be sorely missed by all. We wish you all the very best with your new club.
04-Jul-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 4th July was No. 23, Julie Chard
June '09
27-Jun-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 27th June was No. 7, Cameron Longden
20-Jun-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 20th June was No. 46, John Kirby
13-Jun-09: Cumbernauld Open Age Group Meet - click here for write-up
13-Jun-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 13th June was No. 2, Dunedin Swim Team
06-Jun-09: East District Long Course Meet - click here for write-up
06-Jun-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 6th June was No. 43, Jan Barker
May '09
31-May-09: City of Sunderland ASC 1st Long Course Meet - click here for write-up
30-May-09: Trojan Time Band Gala - click here for write-up
30-May-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 30th May was No. 32, Dunedin Swim Team
27-May-09: Head Swim Teacher required - click here for more details.
23-May-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 23rd May was No. 15, Mairi Drummond
16-May-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 16th May was No. 21, Dunedin Swim Team
09-May-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 9th May was No. 12, Georgina McGonagle
LDD Graded
Saturday 9th May saw Dunedin’s Kenneth Drummond Compete at the LDD Graded meet at Prestonpans Pool. The morning session saw Kenneth step up for the 200 FC. Kenneth went from the gun and pushed himself all the way to a time of 2.51.14 knocking 3 seconds off his previous best time and claiming a bronze squad time in the process. The superb swim saw Kenneth win gold in the event.
The afternoon session saw Kenneth return to the pool to compete in the 200m IM. Again Kenneth went from the start and a strong BS leg saw Kenneth swim to an impressive 23 second PB to bring him home in 6th place.
02-May-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 2nd May was No. 20, Dunedin Swim Team
April '09
25-Apr-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 25th April was No. 29, C.MacDonald
Ren 96
The weekend of 25th and 26th April saw the young Dunedin swimmers head through to Renfrew to compete at the Ren 96 Graded meet at Johnstone pool. The weekend started on a high with Kaliah Barker setting the ball rolling in the first event posting a three second PB and gaining 6th position in the 10/u age group. Kaliah then pick herself up from the morning swim to post yet another PB in the 100 IM in the afternoon session. Sister Emily Barker continued the success with a 5 second PB the 100BF in the morning and folloed on with a 1second PB in the 200 IM in the afternoon. Personal best for Emily continued on the Sunday with 2 more PB’s in the 200 BC (4sec) and 400 IM (6 Sec) which saw Emily claim gold in the IM in the 11/12 age group.
With confidence high within the team the personal bests just kept coming. With Cara Pullar claiming 4 new PB’s in the 100 IM (1sec), 100 BS, 50 FC (3 Sec) and 50 BS (1sec) with the latter claiming her a bronze medal in the 11/12 age group. Hannah Gallacher also saw her PB crash in the 50m BC (1sec) while sister Megan lowered her times in both the 50 FC(1sec) and 50 BC (1sec). Katie Gullane-Smillie also lowered her time in the 50 FC by 1 second. Caitlin Hamilton continued the success of the girls by swimming a huge PB in the 200 BF taking 30 seconds off her previous best time, claiming a too fast certificate along the way. The weekend was rounded off with the only male competitor of the weekend Kenneth Drummond smashing his PB in the 200 FC by 5 seconds in a hard fought swim.
Overall it was a great weekend of swimming and I am sure the parents enjoyed the weekend as much as the swimmers did.
Falkirk Otters
Saturday 25th April saw Dunedin swimmer Caitlin Hamilton compete at the Falkirk Otters meet at Larkhall pool. The day started with Caitlin competing in her less favoured events of 50 BF and 50 BC. The BF saw Caitlin swim from the second last heat to claim 4th place in a close contest. The BC followed a familiar patter with Caitlin again finishing in 4th place taking ½ second off her PB in the process. With theses events out the way Caitlin focused on her stronger events of BS and FC. In the BS Caitlin led from the front and eventually winning by over 1 second while chipping another ½ second off her PB. The FC followed on from the BS with Caitlin again leading from the front and claiming the win by a similar margin and saw Caitlin shave 0.3 off of her PB claiming a meet record of 30.06 on the way. The day was rounded off for Caitlin when she picked up the top girl award for the 11 year old girls.
18-Apr-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 18th April was No. 37, Rory Hamilton
11-Apr-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 11th April was No. 3, D. McRobbie
04-Apr-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 4th April was No. 21, Dunedin Swim Team
March '09
29-Mar-09: Warrender Junior Age Group Meet 28/29 March 2009
The Warrender meet at Glenrothes pool on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th march saw yet more success for the young Dunedin Swimmers.
Saturday saw 9 Pb’s from only 11 swims. Kaliah Barker especially excelled with Pb’s in the 50 BC (2 secs of a time only set a week earlier), 50 BF (5 secs), 50 FC 6th place and the 200 FC saw a massive Pb of 19 secs to take 5th place. Excellent swims were also produced by Joesef Tait 50 BS (12 Sec PB) and 50 FC (2sec Pb from previous week.) Harry Tait 50 BS (2 sec PB from previous week), Caitlin McRobbie 50 BC ( 3 Sec PB) and Katie Smillie 100 IM (4 Sec PB).
The success continued on Sunday with 16 Personal Best being set in 20 swims. Caitlin Hamilton again excelled with 6 PB’s and 6 medals in 6 swims in the 11 year old age group, 50 BF (2nd), 50 BC (2nd), 50 BS (2nd), 50 FC (1st), 200 FC (1st) and 100 IM (1st), Caitlin also went on to lift the trophy for Best 11 year old girl. The 1 1year old age group also saw Hannah Gallacher produce brilliant PB’s in the 50 FC, 50 BS and a huge PB of 11 seconds in the 100IM. The afternoon brought another massive PB from Emily Barker in the 200 FC taking off 10 seconds and breaking the 3 minute barrier for the first time.
The 12 year old age groups saw Cara Pullar produce a superb PB in the 100 IM of 9 seconds and also taking 2 seconds off her 50 BS time. Alex Forsyth rounded up the weekend in the 12 year old boys with yet another brilliant round of swims taking 14 seconds off of his 200 FC time and also 4 seconds off his 50 FC and 3 seconds off his 50 BC
Well Done to all swimmers for a great weekend of swimming that saw the club finish in 6th place overall a great achievement considering the small numbers competing. Gemma was yet again sent home a happy coach for the second week running.
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28-Mar-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 28th March was No. 14, Alistair Smillie
21-Mar-09: Portobello Mad March Meet 21/22 March 2009
Dunedin Swim Team competed at the Portobello Mad March Meet held at Prestonpans pool on Saturday 21st March and Sunday 22nd March. Overall it was a very successful meet with the swimmers setting a staggering 32 new personal bests. With these time came a number of medals with the total reaching 5 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze and 19 top 6 finishes.
The standings for top club as of lunch of Sunday saw the Dunedin sitting in 6th place a great achievement considering the number of swimmers compared to other clubs.
Special mentions must go to Caitlin Hamilton on winning the Top Girl award in the 11 year girls age group and Lewis Longden who finished 3rd in the Top Boy stakes for the 9 year old age group.
A final word for all the swimmers who competed in their first competition at this meet and after some nervous moments pulled out superb swims with massive PB’s. These swimmers were Cameron Longden, Joesef Tait, Ella Melhorn and Victoria Robertson.
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Top 6 finishers:
GOLD Medals
Caitlin Hamilton : 50 BF, 50 BS, 50 FC, 200 FC, 200 IM
SILVER Medals
Caitlin Hamilton: 50 BC
Lewis Longden: 50 BC
Boys 8-9 Medley and Freestyle Relay (Joesef Tait, Harry Tait, Cameron Longden, Lewis Longden)
BRONZE Medals
Joesef Tait: 25 BS
Lewis Longden: 50 FC
Girls 10-11 Freestyle Relay A Team (Caitlin Hamilton, Katie Gullane-Smillie, Hannah Gallacher, Emily Barker.)
FOURTH PLACE
Kaliah Barker: 50 FC
Girls 10-11 Medley Relay A Team (Emily Barker, Hannah Gallacher, Caitlin Hamilton, Katie Gullane-Smillie)
Lewis Longden: 100 IM
FIFTH PLACE
Girls 12-13 Freestyle Relay (Victoria Robertson, Charlotte McRobbie, Megan Gallacher, Georgina McGonagle)
Lewis Longden: 50 BF
SIXTH PLACE
Emily Barker: 50 BF
Joesef Tait: 50 FC
All Swimmers: Joesef Tait, Cameron Longden, Lewis Longden, Harry Tait, Katie Gullane-Smillie, Caitlin McRobbie, Emily Hill, Ella Melhorn, Kaliah Barker, Emily Barker, Caitlin Hamilton, Hannah Gallacher, Kenneth Drummond, Megan Gallacher, Georgina McGonagle, Charlotte McRobbie, Victoria Robrtson, .
Well Done to everyone for great swimming that sent Gemma home from the weekend a VERY HAPPY & PROUD COACH.
21-Mar-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 21st March was No. 8, J. MacDonald
14-Mar-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 14th March was No. 24, Hunter Scullion
08-Mar-09: Congratulations to Caitlin Hamilton
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What a 1st East District
for Dunedin's Caitlin Hamilton and what a performance from the
talented 11yr old and certainly a 'star in the making' thanks to the
£5,000 SPORTSMATCH awarded to Dunedin Swim Team by sportscotland. Four Gold medals - 100m & 200m Freestyle; 100m & 200m Breaststroke Three Silver medals - 400m IM; 800m & 1500m Freestyle One Bronze medal - 400m Freestyle Three 5th place awards - 100m & 200m Backcrawl; 100m Butterfly Caitlin also picked up a plaque for 'Swim of the Meet' (most FINA pts for any one swim). For Caitlin, this was her 100m Freestyle in 01:06.43 Prior to the East District Finals held at FIPRE (Glenrothes), Caitlin competed in the Scottish Schools Final held at Tollcross (Glasgow) where she picked up Gold in the 50m Freestyle in a time of 00:31.12 which was a new East District record. Well done - we're all very proud of you |
07-Mar-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 7th March was No. 35, Gemma Baird
February '09
28-Feb-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 28th February was No. 23, Julie Chard
21-Feb-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 21st February was No. 44, D. Clarke
14-Feb-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 14th February was No. 15, Mairi Drummond
07-Feb-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 7th February was No. 28, Mark Gallacher
January '09
31-Jan-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 31st January was No. 39, Dunedin Swim Team
24-Jan-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 24th January was No. 3, D. McRobbie
17-Jan-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 17th January was No. 39, Dunedin Swim Team
10-Jan-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 10th January was No. 21, Dunedin Swim Team
03-Jan-09: Bonus Ball winner for Saturday 3rd January was No. 10, Kenneth Drummond
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