Training this week

Hello all,

Coach Jamie asked me to pass this on to the Juniors and Seniors...

Practice at regular times tomorrow and Thursday.

No practice for the Learn to Swim this week. We will start up next week on January 3rd, Tuesday.

Hope everyone had a merry Christmas!

Coach Tom

Happy Holidays

Two more Gold for Siona

Siona again gets gold in the 100m Back and the 50m Free.

Even though she only swam 6 events this gave her a total number of point of 47, enough to take second place in the 15 & Over age group.

This brings her haul to 4 Gold and one Bronze medals with one national Record.

Dani completed her las event the 200m Breast with another National Record. This mean she had a National Record in all her events.

Congrats to all our swimmers

Update for Dubai & Trinidad

DUBAI:
Men's 100m Free:
Julien - 53.52s - 79th out of 119 swimmers - Age Group Record
Runako - 54.77s - 92nd out of 119 swimmers - Age Group Record

Men's 100m IM
This event sees three Caribbean swimmers going through to semi-finals - George Bovell of Trinidad finished 3rd in heats, Shaune Fraser (Cayman) 8th and Bradley Alley (Barbados) 12th.
Julien - 1:04.61 - 64th out of 76 - Age Group Record
Runako - 1:05.32 - 66th out of 76 - Age Group Record

Women's 50m Free
Dani - 26.97s - 48th out of 101 swimmers - New National Record, breaking Siona's 2008 record

The boys have now completed all of thier events, but Dani is swimming 200m Breast tomorrow.

Meanwhile in Trinidad, two more medals last night:

Siona Huxley - Girls 15 & Over 100m Free - 1st place in 1:02.71 - New National Record, breaking Natasha George's record established in 2004
Siona - Girls 15 & Over 50m Fly - 3rd place - 30.81s

Jon-L Innocent-Dolor breaks the 1 min barrier in the 100m Free for the first time in a time of 59.11

Gold & National Record

Siona Huxley has just taken the Gold in the 100m Free in a National Record time of 1:02.71, this bested the time set by Natasha Georges in December of 2004

Dubai & Trinidad

First Dubai
Our swimmers are all performing extremely well.
Danni has made two HUGE National & Age Group Records in the 50m (2 sec off) & 100m Breast (5sec off)
Runako now has 3 Age Group Records and Julien has 2 personal best times from his 3 swims.

In Trinidad on the first day Siona captured Gold in the 50m Back and there have been many personal best times.

All results up on the SLASA site.

SWIMATHON 2010 IN AID OF VICTIMS OF HURRICANE TOMAS

The SHARKS Swim Club invites the general public to support the 2010 SWIMATHON in aid of VICTIMS OF HURRICANE TOMAS, to be held on Saturday 4th December at the Rodney Heights Aquatics Center.

Last year the Swimmers raised over $8,000 in aid of Dainelle Gaston, a 15 year old boy needing heart surgery. The swimmers so enjoyed the opportunity to swim for charity that this year initially decided to swim for children with cancer.

Unfortunately, the passage of Hurricane Tomas brought a lot of devastation to Saint Lucia and now the Swimmers are committed to raising funds for the victims of Tomas, by participating in the Swimathon to be held in two weeks time.

Members of the public are asked to pledge $1 for every 25m lap of the pool that is swam by the participant in the Swimathon. Schools are encouraged get their students to get involved. Cheques may be made payable to the “SHARKS Swim Club – for victims of Tomas”

Business Houses are also encouraged to participate by pledging $10 for every lap swam by their employee in the Swimathon.

For further information, please contact any Club swimmer or visit the SHARKS Swim Club website at www.sharkswimclub.info or telephone Secretary Tom Speigelberg on 287 7260.

Sincerely

John Bruce

President

Just for fun

Sharks Swimathon

The Swimathon will now be held on the 4th December 2010
in the aid of victims of Hurricane Tomas

OECS Swimming Championships

The OECS Championships New Dates agreed


14th - 16th january 2011

For this event there will be no Aging up for swimmers.

Swimathon Delayed

The Swimathon has had to be delayed, there will be a new date soon

Warning from NEMO

People are scamming, pretending to be NEMO and CID asking people to evacuate their houses and they take that opportunity to rob the people's homes and vehicles! 

The only place that people were asked to evacuate was Fond St. Jacques.

Please spread the word!!! 

This is happening in Bexon and other areas!! Keep an eye out!

PASS IT ON

Pool Reopening

Hello all,

Dr Worrell has informed us that the pool will be open.  She has plenty of rainwater and chlorine for swimming!

We will plan a regular schedule next week.

Also, here is a note from Dr. Day about treating your rainwater.

"Its important to all strain rain water.  Use a double layer of tight woven cotton to strain the water.  Bacteria clings and hides in particulates
so u need to remove the particulates for  the chlorination to be effective."

God bless,

Coach Tom

OECS Swimming Championships Postponed

It is with great regret that SLASA has had to make the decision to postpone the OECS Swimming Championships due to the passage of Hurricane Tomas and the ensuing water shortage. No new date has been given so far.

Safe Drinking Water

Follow these guidelines to make water safe to drink

Pool Training

Hello all,

as the water situation is still critical, Diane Worrel has told us that the pool will not be open the remainder of this week.  WE will let you know on a week to week basis.  The next update should be on Sunday.

Senior swimmers will continue training with Jamie as announced.  I will send out the plan for today once Jamie has checked out the beach swimming. 

God bless,

Coach Tom

Donations for Soufriere 2

Hi everyone,

 

Hoping that you and your families are safe and well. 

 

As we know there are many less fortunate people struggling due to the damage caused by the hurricane that are in desperate need of assistance.

 

They need:

 

WATER

CLOTHING  *CLEAN AND IN GOOD CONDITION

NON-PERISHABLE FOODS

PAMPERS

OTHER NECESSITIES LIKE TOILET PAPER, TAMPONS ETC

 

Kevala studio at the Harmony Suites will be recieving donations in the mornings and late afternoons and all donations will be sent on to NEMO for distribution

 

So please when you are coming to class, don't come empty handed.

 

For further infomation and details on how you can further assist in this crisis please call Jill on 461 1294

 

Thank you and Namaste

Donations for Soufriere

Hello all,

Two opportunities to help out down south. 

Earlier today I sent out a note that Tropical Villas was accepting donations.  They are located right at the entrance of Cap Estate on the right hand side.  Karen Douboulay-Hunt or Faye Joseph are collecting.  You can talk to the receptionist inside.  I believe they close at 4:30 PM.  Thanks Jasmin Charles for the note.

Also Coach Jamie sent me this one.

Please bring donations of food, water, clothing and other basic essentials to the Rodney Bay Marina tomorrow morning (Tuesday) from 8 am. The vigie dock in front of auberge seraphine is also accepting all donations from now. These donations will be transported to the southern parts of the island by boat. Contact 287 6244 for further information

God bless,

Coach Tom

Hope all well

After a very blustery night with some small damage to our roof and trees down we are fine. I hope this is true of all our families.
Wishing you all well.
Joyce, Chris and Siona
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Training Cancelled

Please note all Training is cancelled for Saturday 30th October due to weather conditions..

Sharks Swimathon 2010

Sharks Swimathon 2010

In aid of

Saint Lucia Cancer Society Children's Fund

• 20th November, Rodney Heights Aquatic Centre.
• Registration 9:00am
• Swim during 9:30am - Noon
• All welcome, Swim Clubs, businesses, individuals & other organizations.

Lavern Gets Bronze Medal at Commonwealth

Sharks Swim Club extends congratulations to Lavern Spencer who by clearing 1.88m gained the Bronze Medal in High Jump at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi...

T - Shirts

Hello all,

t-shirts should be done tomorrow.  You can swing by the pool and pick it up after 4 PM if they are done.  Don't forget to pay if you have not paid yet.

 

15.00 for swimmers

25.00 for all others

8.00 for just the logo printed on a t-shirt

 

IMPORTANT! All the t-shirts were rinsed in hot and cold water to set the dye.  BUT PLEASE WASH SEPERATELY THE FIRST TIME!  The color may bleed.

 

If anyone brought a bucket, it will be in the back of my van over the swim meet.

 

Thanks,

 

Coach Tom

Capri-Sun National Time Trials

CAPRISUN NATIONAL TIME TRIALS

DAY 1 (FRIDAY OCTOBER 9)

EVENT DESCRIPTION AGE GROUP

• 1&2 100M FREE 8&UNDER
• 3&4 400M FREE OPEN 9 & OVER
• 5&6 25M FREE MASTERS

DAY 2 (SATURDAY OCTOBER 10)

• 7&8 200M FREE OPEN
• 9&10 50M FLY OPEN 9&OVER
• 11&12 25M BACK 8&UNDER
• 13&14 50M BACK MASTERS
• 15&16 100M BACK OPEN 9&OVER
• 17&18 50M BREAST OPEN
• 19&20 50M BREAST MASTERS
• LUNCH BREAK
• 21&22 50M FREE 8&UNDER
• 23&24 50M FREE MASTERS
• 25&26 100M FREE OPEN 9&OVER
• 27&28 4X50M MEDLEY RELAY 10&UNDER
• 29&30 4X50M MEDLEY RELAY 11-14
• 31&32 4X50M MEDLEY RELAY 15&OVER

DAY 3 (SUNDAY OCTOBER11)

• 33&34 100M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 10&UNDER
• 35&36 200M INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 11&OVER
• 10 MINUTE BREAK
• 37&38 25M BACK MASTERS
• 39&40 50M BACK OPEN
• 41&42 25M FLY MASTERS
• 43&44 25M FLY 8&UNDER
• 45&46 100M FLY OPEN 9&OVER
• LUNCH BREAK
• DAY 3 CONT'D
• 47&48 25M BREAST 8&UNDER
• 49&50 25M BREAST MASTERS
• 51&52 100M BREAST OPEN 11&OVER
• 53&54 25M FREE 8&UNDER
• 55&56 50M FREE OPEN 9&OVER
• 57&58 4X50M FREESTYLE RELAY 10&UNDER
• 59&60 4X50M FREESTYLE RELAY 11-14
• 61&62 4X50M FREESTYLE RELAY 15&OVER

Warm up is 4:00 PM sharp tomorrow.

Warm up is 8:00 AM sharp on Saturday.

Warm up is 8:30 sharp on Sunday.

Siona 1st alternate for 50m Back Semi Finals

The Heat results now in.
Danni
50m Breast 18 - 33.47
200m Breast 14 - 2:45.70
100m Breast 19 - 1:13.97
It shows how swimming has progressed, in the 100m Breast Danni was into the Semis with a time 5 seconds slower than this one.

Siona
50m Fly 18 - 31.01
100m Back 22 - 1:12.85
50m Back 18 - 31.95 - 1st Alternate
50m Free 27 - 28.97

Full Results are of course available on the SLASA site.

First Results from CWG

50m Fly Siona 31.01 18th place overal.
50m Breast Danni 33.47 and also 18th place overall.
Both missed Semi Finals by very small margins.

Saint Lucia Team at the CWG, Dehli

Saint Lucia's team for the Commonwealth Games arrived in Delhi on the morning of Thursday 30th September, and was honoured with a formal welcome to the Commonwealth Games Athlete Village that same evening. Five teams were officially welcomed at this ceremony, Bermuda, Guernsey, Jamaica, Uganda and St. Lucia.

The ceremony opened with cultural dancers performing a number of routines, before St. Lucia's Chef de Mission, Teddy Matthews, was called up onto the stage at the Village auditorium to be formally welcomed by the Village Mayor. Mr. Matthews was presented with a miniature of the Commonwealth Games Baton, that was carried through all countries of the Commonwealth, including St. Lucia in March. Mr. Matthews in turn presented the Mayor with a carved wooden plaque of the Pitons, and gave a short and gracious address. The St. Lucian flag was then raised, and the National Anthem played.

More dancing followed, and a guest appearance was made by the Games mascot, Shera, who joined the St. Lucia team for a group photograph. Commonwealth Games Federation Caribbean Vice-President, Fortuna Belrose, was amongst the many VIP's who joined the welcome ceremony.

Team members now have two days of preparation before the official opening ceremony on Sunday, with the first sporting events beginning on Monday.

This is the press release from the CWG.

Danni had not arrived at this point. (Top Photo)

All the best

Chris

India brief news

Joyce and Siona have arrived safe and sound, Danni arrives later.
Blocked toilet, no internet or TV, but otherwise OK.
Siona has had a swim, both very tiered.

More when available.

Chris

Newsletter Name

Hi All,

We are going to put a newsletter together to be published every few months, outlining what the club has been up to and will be up to.

We need a creative name for this, so far Jamie has suggested "Reef Talk" and "Shark Bait", we would welcome your thoughts and ideas, not just for the name but also content. Just talk, or e-mail, to Jamie and Tom, or any other member of the Executive, to let us know. You can also use the little "Skribit" box on the blog for this, or any other ideas you have.

All the best

Chris

Short Axis Swim Meet

Jordan Augier takes the 15 - 17 Male Age Group Record in the 50m Breast in 31.99, beating his old mark of 32.13

Bailey Spiegelberg creates a Record in the 200m Fly in 3:19.47 for the 11 - 12 Female Age Group.

Joshua Runako Daniel continues his 13 - 14 Male Record Breaking Year with the Age Group Record for the 200m Fly in a time of 2:31.33 beating Felix Meixners time of 2:38.66 set in 2005.

All Results and records up now on the SLASA site.

Sharks T-Shirt Tie Die Saturday September 24th - I need sizes!

Hello all,

hopefully most of you ahve recieved our booklet of information for the year and a piece of paper to sign and give back to the coaches.  If you didn't get one, talk to your child (who should have given it to you) or one of the coaches.

One of the things we are doing this year is getting ready for our swim meets by getting our t-shirs in order.  This year, since we didn't do much fundraising last year, we are asking everyone to purchase a new Sharks t-shirt.  We are going to order white t-shirts and tye die them red, orange and yellow in time for our first big swim meet in October. 

The cost is 15.00 for club swimmers and 25.00 for everyone else.

On Satuday September 24th at 1:00 PM (time subject to change, but for now...) we are asking everyone to meet at my house Coach Tom, in Rodney Heights to tye die the shirts.

Here is what we need:

• Old clothes that can get stained!
• 5 gallon buckets
• Parents to accompany your children.  No drop offs please.
• Responsible older swimmers to help coordinate.
• Bring a drink to pass
• Bring a snack to pass.
• Bring your 15 or 25 for the t-shirts
• Bring whatever other white clothing you want to tye die.

We will be providing the dye, rubber bands and the venue. 

We will be ordering the shirts on Monday, so if you haven't gotten me your size, please do so. 

If you are not able to attend, don't worry.  you can either tye die the shirt on your own or we will tye die it for you.

Here is a list of swimmers of whose sizes I do not yet have. 

• Valentina Burrow
• Eden Crick
• Jonas Landwehr
• Jonathan Bruce
• Aidan Kong
• Jammal Joseph
• Daniel Hippolyte
• Zoe Huggins
• Gabriella Chreiki
• Brandon Charles
• Nicholas Elzidi
• Zanaii Taylor
• Michel Georgeos
• Kanisha Fowell
• Tariq Monplaisir
• Jaeden Wilson
• Sebastian Day
• Evelyn Day

Assistant Coaching Training

Hello all,

 

At our last AGM meeting, we voted to increase fees this year with one purpose in mind.  We need to train more assistant coaches.  Since there are no regular training programs on the island, and to ensure a competent coaching staff year after year, we have decided to run our own coaching training sessions. 

 

We are asking for anyone interested to let us know.  The training sessions will be free.  The club will be picking up the fees. 

 

The sessions will run once a month on a Saturday from 9:30 - 11:00 AM for in the water training.  It will also run one Thursday night a month  from 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM for film and book training.

 

The training sessions are open to anyone 16 or older, swimmers or parents. 

 

The intent of the training sessions will be to train our older swimmers or parents to help on the deck during training sessions and prepare our coaches to assist during swim meets.  The Club offers assistant coaches $20.00 per training session. 

 

The first training session is Saturday September 25th, at 9:30 AM.

 

Thanks,

 

Coach Tom

Short Axis Swim Meet

Hello all,

For all of you who didn't know about the swim meet tomorrow, don't worry.  That means you are not swimming.

Tomorrow afternoon there is a short axis developmental swim meet.  For those of you who are swimming, Coach Jamie has already contacted you.  If anyone else wants to show up and cheer our team on, please do so. You can find more information at the St Lucia Amateur Swimming Association website, aptly named www.slasa.info.

BUT... Coach Jamie is setting up a booth to sell off swimming paraphernalia to raise funds for our coaching staff uniforms.  We are asking that anyone who can, please drop off a baked item that can be sold to add to our booth on Sunday. 

Thanks!

Coach Tom

Sharks Compete at Summer Splash 2010

Last weekend the Sharks competed at the annual Summer Splash at the Rodney Heights Aquatic Centre on August 26th-28th. For those who haven't been training over the summer, it was a good chance to get back into the season. For those who have been training, it was a great opportunity to set their time to beat for the upcoming year. We had many personal bests. In spite of four swimmers out due to illness or injury, four no show swimmers, and two of our top swimmers away at the Youth Olympic Games, we still pulled of a decisive second place finish. Nice job swimmers!

YOG Video is now up on the SLASA site

Video of our swimmers at the YOG have now been posted.

All the best

Chris

YOG Slide Shows

Slide shows of YOG are now up, 10 in all>
I'm hopeful that video should be ready soon.

All the best

Chris

The Long & The Short of It!

Siona with Sonia Akter from Bangladesh - The tallest and shortest swimmers. Siona 1.87m/6'2" Sonia 1.28m/4'2", Sonia competed in the 50m & 100m Fly events.
It caused quite a stir when the two were seen together.

The Last swimming events

Siona & Julien had their last races this morning.
Julien in the 100m Free came very close to his personal best with a time of 50.01, this gave him 41st place in a very strong field.

Siona, in the 50m Free had a time of 28.81, this placed her 40th out of 63 competitors.

Both are now ready to explore all the activities that are part of the YOG experience.

They are both having the time of their lives and taking full advantage of all that is on offer.

Siona in semi finals

Siona came 13th overall in the semi finals with a time of 30.98
Christian homer of T and T took Gold in 50m back

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Siona into Semi Finals

Siona just swam the 50m Back and came 12th in a time of 30.86, so she will swim again tonight in the Semi-Finals at about 6:30pm
More later

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Julien Brice wins his heat

Julien had a great swim winning his heat and placing in the top half of the event. He swam very close to his best time coming  home in 24.85 in 25th place out of 53 swimmers.
Rosen in the 400m unfortunately pulled up after about 100m with an injury, we are still waiting to get more info on this.

Stephanie Lovell placed 9th out of 32 boats in her first race a very good result for her. In her second race she was 23rd. She has a total of 16 races to complete this series.
This morning Siona will race the 50m back at 9:30am local time. catch it live on channel 3 at www.youtholympicgames.org
Should be on at 9:30 pm Saint Lucia time.

Opening Ceremony

Youth Olympic Games Opening

The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games got off to a dazzling start on Saturday night, with the city's skyline providing a magnificent backdrop to a rousing opening ceremony, dedicated to the more than 3,500 athletes in attendance from all corners of the world. 



The 27,000 people at Marina Bay were treated to a two-hour show that showcased Singapore's rich history and celebrated the cultural diversity of the country's indigenous people and the young Olympians, aged 14 to 18, who will compete in the Games' 26 events. 



The inaugural competition is designed to be a stepping-stone for young athletes striving to compete at the Summer Olympics. And while sport will be the main focus over the next two weeks, there is a simultaneous cultural and educational programme to teach the athletes from the 204 participating countries about Olympic values and global issues.

" We open a new chapter in the history of the Olympic Movement. From this moment on, young people from around the world have a chance to participate in a global event that combines sport, education and culture," IOC president Jacques Rogge said. “To win, you merely have to cross the finish line," he said.
"To be a champion, you have to inspire admiration for your character, as well as for your physical talent."


The Games were officially opened by Singapore president S R Nathan who said: "Throughout this programme, our young Olympians will take part in activities and discussions on global and social issues as well as learn how they can make a positive impact in their community."

The show was tailored for the age group it was addressing and its messages ranged from fairness in competition to combating hunger and disease and promoting world peace. It also included 54 teen-oriented multimedia videos specifically produced for the opening ceremony.

"This is an excellent opportunity for our young athletes to participate in these Games” said IOC member and President of the St. Lucia Olympic Committee, Richard Peterkin. "Tonight’s ceremony really focused on the athletes, it was very dynamic and highlighted the challenges that all young athletes face in trying to achieve their goals.”

The opening ceremony marked the first time Olympic athletes were brought into the event early and did not march behind the flags of their country. Instead, they entered from both sides of the stage of the Marina Bay venue while spectators rose to their feet, clapping and cheering them. Included in the procession of competitors were the five young athletes from St. Lucia, Boxer Lyndell Marcellin, Runner Rosen Daniel, Sailor Stephanie Lovell and Swimmers Julien Brice and Siona Huxley, accompanied by their coaches and head of delegation, Olympian Jamie Peterkin.

The athletes’ entrance was followed by a thunderous display of drumming, accompanied by myriad dancers of all ages. At one point, a menacing monster that represented the inner fears and struggles of everyone in attendance cast an imposing shadow over the event.

More than 5,000 performers, including children from 47 Singapore schools, were involved in the ceremony.



Throughout the show, fireworks lit the sky. More than 2,000 were used and they were synchronised to the music and shot from the crowns of various buildings around Marina Bay. The result was a spectacular occasion from beginning to end.

In the latter part of the ceremony, the flags of all 204 participating nations were brought onto the stage by representative athletes, and swimmer Siona Huxley, the sole local qualifier for the Youth Olympics, proudly carried the St. Lucia flag on stage.

Sailor Darren Choy, Singapore's 2010 Sports Boy of the Year, was given the honour of lighting the Youth Olympic flame. Choy competes in the boys' one-person dinghy event and the 32-metre high cauldron he ignited resembled a lighthouse to symbolise a guiding light that welcomes people to a safe harbour.



Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at the Beijing 2008 Games, reminded the young athletes that winning was not everything. In a video address, he said: “Do your best but above all, have fun."

All arrived safe and sound

After a very long journey our team is settled in the games village. We have had little chance to talk to them yet but everything seems very good. More later after the opening ceremony.

Chris

Before we go

Hi All,

This will probably be the last post until I get to Singapore.

I have updated the Schedule page on this blog with the August Schedule, this is also repeated on the Sharks web site under Jamie's page.

We will of course keep you updated as to what is going on at the YOG.

Bye

Chris

CAC Slideshow

A short slideshow of photos from CAC is now up on the SLASA site

CAC Video

Video of the Teams swims at CAC is now up.

CAC Team Reurn

Our Team returns to Vigie this evening at out 9:25 pm

Dani's final Final

50m Breast
Last evening Dani swam her last final at CAC, she was 6th overall in 33.15, this time, less than 1/10 sec slower than her record breaking morning swim. This completes her time at CAC with included two finals and no less than 5 National & 5 Age Group Records.

Julien & Runako do time trial

Julien had a time trial in the 50m Free had a great reaction time of just 0.66 and finished in 24.63 an Age Group Record.

At the same time Runako did a 100m Free Time Trial he too had a great reaction time of 0.64 and finished in 56.25 - Also an Age Group Record

Nice finish by the guys.....

Another Final For Dani

In the 50m Breast Dani once again made a new national Record taking it from 33.22 to 33.09 giving her 5th place and another final tonight.

Siona in the 50m Free was 24th in 28.57

This is our last day of competition

Runako & Julien Have their final swim at CAC

50m Fly, both came close to their personal bests with times of:-
Julien 26th in 27.62
Runako 27th in 28.05

Tomorrow morning Siona swims the 50m Free and Dani swims the 50 Breast.

Good morning for our swimmers

Siona in the 100m Back got 1:08.39 and 14th place by far her best swim in this event since Rome last year.
50m Free
Julien Brice had a very good time of 24.83 and placed 26th.
Runako got an Age Group Record with his 25.15 in 27th place.

All in all a very good morning

Dani 4th Overall in the 100m Breast

100m Breast 4th Overall in 1:12.30 a New National Record.
She also broke the 50m Breast National Record again the the first 50m of the race with a time of 33.22.

Congratulations on a great swim

Morning Results Now In

Runako in the 100m Fly was 24th in 1:03.63

Dani did brilliantly in the 100m Breast coming in 4th in 1:12.98 so she will be off to finals this evening.

More later

Just one event today 50m Back

Siona was very disappointed with her16th place in 31.45 in the 50m Back. In general the events have been of a very high standard with many records being taken.

National Record for Danni

200m Breast
Danni get 9th place in 2:43.38 a new National Record

First Results

100m Free
Runako Daniel 32 in 56.57
Julien Brice 33 in 57.05

Danni swimming in a while

A Little News from Puerto Rico

First, congratulations to Errol Clark, Barbados on becoming CCCAN President, John Eyre of jamaica was reelected as Secretary and  Algernon Cargill ( Bahamas) is now Vice President. This should make for a very fine team at CCCAN.

I have been told that the events at CAC will be streamed live on the internet. I have not yet seen any links other than a generic YouTube link. More on this later I hope

Chris

CAC Team Settled in Games Village

Our CAC Team, Danni, Siona Runako & Julien arrived safely in Mayagues after a trouble free but long journey They had a practice in the afternoon and a quiet evening.

Races start on Sunday.

More new as available

Chris

CISC Video & Slideshow

Video and slide show of the Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships is now up on the SLASA Site
Click title to go directly to the page.

CISC Team Arrival

I just checked with LIAT and the flight is very much on time so we should see them at about 8:30 pm

Chris

Early Finals for Day 5 now over

100m Free.
Brad was 8th in 55.39.
Runako 4th in 56.72
Siona as 1st Alt swam after one swimmer pulled out, she was 8th in 1:04.51.

Lets hope they have a great party tonight and easy flights tomorrow,
They should arrive back at about 8:30pm Saturday.

Chris

100m Free Prelim

Brad makes the final with 8th in 55.03m
Siona 9th in 1:03.59 a personal best.
Julien unfortunately DQ.
Runako in finals with 5th in 57.81m
More later
Chris
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Runako Final

50m Back 5th in 30.07. This is of course another A.G.R.
That's all for this evening
Chris
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Thursday Prelims

50m Back

Only Runako swimming today he has 3rd in prlim in 30.66, so off to finals this evening.
This was an Age Group Record.

more later
Chris

Silver for Siona

50m back
Siona gets a Silver in 31.26
Julien 7th in 29.87
Great to see another medal
more tomorrow
Chris

Bronze Medallion/Life Saving

Anyone interested?

I will be running a quick combined Bronze Medallion// Bronze Cross// Standard First Aid course next week in preparation for those needing these awards to attend the Lifesaving Instructor Course.

I only wish those who are coaches, qualified instructors and have done lifesaving before to attend to ensure it is a quick course.  In the second half of August I will run a BM//BC course for others.

If you are interested please let me know asap as I will need to send you information to learn to speed up the process and organize times to suit everyone.
If you know of others tell them to contact me directly on my cell 716-0737.
Lily if you could let Vanessa know for me and tell her to contact me.
David you had mentioned a couple of individuals - if they could also make contact.

carol

CISC Record for Siona

Prelims
50m Back
Siona 1st in 30.61 a CISC Record
Julien 6th in 29.71 and gets our Age Group Record.
50m Breast
Brad 9th in 32.72
Jamie 10th in 33.32

more later
Chris

100m Fly

Runako 8th in 1:04.55
more tomorrow
Chris

Bronze for Runako

First set of results:
50m Free
Siona 6th 28.55
Runako first CISC Medal Bronze in 25.69
Julien 7th in 25.49
Still waiting for 100m Fly result
Chris

Small update

Brad in fact was 10th in the50m Free so 2nd alternate for finals.
Chris

Prelim Result Day 2

Ok, another exciting morning....
50m Free
Brad 25.50 9th, alternate for finals.
Siona, equal 8th at 28.92. In the run off later in the morning she got 27.94 a National Record and into finals.
Julien 25.57, 8th place and into finals.
Runako 26.27, 5th and into finals.
100m Fly
Runako 1:06.33, 8th and into his second final for the evening.
100m Breast
Brad 1:14.84, 10th place.

more later

CISC last result of the night

100m Back Siona 6th 1:11.12

Sharks have GOLD!!!!

First Results
50m Fly
Runako 7th in prelim 28.04 6th in final 27.67.....
Siona 2nd in prelim 30.33 Gold in final, 29.46 - National Record
Julien 10th in prelim 27.75
Brad 9th in prelim 28.24
100m back
Siona 5th in prelim 1:11.08 waiting for finals.
More when they come in

Chris

Last day of training in Cuba

News is hard to come by, but training is going well and the pool is good. Internet not so good, I'm getting occasional texts from Joyce. They did tour havana in horse drawn carriage. I will update as I get any news.

Chris

CISC in Cuba

I have just got a short text msg from Joyce to say that they arrived very late, were taken 1 hr by bus to the wrong hotel but have now met up with Brad and were going to have a training session this afternoon.

Chris

SHARKS 2010 SUMMER UPDATE

Hi All:

Due to exams and Coach Jamie’s absence, there will be NO PRACTCIE FOR the Jr. or Sr. SHARKS group in the final week of June, (June 28 – July 2^nd). Coach Jamie will be leaving for Cuba next week Thursday for the Caribbean Island Swimming Championships along with THREE of your teammates. Runako Daniel, Julien Brice and Team Captain Siona Huxley, will once again represent St. Lucia at this Regional Championship Meet.  

CISC Team Departed

Our team left this morning very early.
They will train from Fri to Sun, with competition staring on Monday 28th Jun going through to Friday 2 July.

I will post news as I get it.

Chris

Viewing Blog on Blackberry

I have found that this blog works quite well when viewed from a smartphone.
Also you can set up your mail program to automatically get RSS feeds directly.

I have also found that Opera Mini is a far better browser than the one provided by BB

You can download it HERE

Please leave comments about this blog

Welcome to all Sharks.

I would very much like to have feedback on this new venture.
In particular, how you would like to see it grow as a way to communicate within the club.

At the moment I have set it up so that Jamie, Tom & John can make posts, along with myself. Would you, for instance, like to get an e-mail each time a post is made? At the moment the blog is open to the world. It could however be only viewed by club members, would this be better or worse? Do you think others, say team captains should be able to post?

More soon. All the best

Chris

CISC Team

Four Sharks head to CISC, leaving Thursday morning early. Jamie, Julien, Runako & Siona. They will be joined by Brad Worrell who completes the Team this Year.We wish you well

The Beginning

Welcome to the first post on this blog. I hope the club will find this a useful tool for communication between members.