This week we have said goodbye to Lily O’Brien and Philip Warren who are both off to University. Lily is going to Leeds and Philip is going to Coventry.

The swimmers, coaches and committee wish to thank them both for their contribution to the success of Leamington swimming club and wish them all the best for the future.

Please see accepted entries  for the Coventry and District Primary gala.

To prevent empty lanes it is essential that any swimmer who has entered but is unable to compete on the day withdraws. These withdrawals can be made by either e mailing  withdrawals or on the day of the meet, but this must be done at least one hour before the start of the gala.

Warm up times:

Session 1,4,6=12:45

Session 2=:17:15

Session 3=08:15

Session 5=08:45

All swimmers must be on poolside at least 10 minutes before warm up starts and all swimmers must complete warm up.

We have spaces in the following classes for the Autumn term

Stages 5, 6 and 7 Tuesday 7.00 to 7.30pm at Newbold Comyn

Stage 5 Sunday at Newbold Comym 4.00 to 4.30 pm

Swimmers who complete stage 7 automatically progress to our Junior Swim Club Tuesday  7.30 to 8.30 pm , which is not offered by  other learn to swim providers .

Please e mail treasurer@swimleamington.org to organise a free trial 

CURRENT A2 SWIMMERS

All swimmers currently in A2 will swim with A1 from 1 September on a four month trial period. At the end of the trial period , swimmers will either be offered a place in A1 for  a further period or a place in the learn to swim programme. We are giving all swimmers the opportunity to progress to A1 , but we cannot keep the squad at that size long term .

The monthly fee for A1 is £44, so please ensure your standing orders are amended for September.

All swimmers in A1 require  a float and pull buoy which are  available to order through the website.

Please see the website for the timetable for A1.

It is essential that all swimmers in A1 meet the attendance target for at least three  of the four months during the trial period.

If you have any queries please contact mike.hartwell@swimleaminton.org

The committee would like to remind all parents of the club’s drop off and collection policy which also contains  advice for during sessions. 

The closure of the pool last Tuesday highlighted that a number of children did not have a designated adult present during the session. It is essential for the safety and welfare of  all swimmers that the policy is adhered.  We would also ask that any changes in contact details are notified to secretary@swimleamington.org

The committee have received two further complaints relating to the use of mobile phones in the changing rooms. We would therefore once again ask all parents to ensure that their children are aware that the use of mobile phones is strictly forbidden in the changing rooms and on pool side. It is essential  that all swimmers adhere to the this rule and any swimmer who does not will face disciplinary action. 

Can we remind everyone about the easyfundraising website, sign up by using the link below or click on from the LSASC website. It's the easiest way to help raise funds for the club without putting your hand in your pocket. It's free to join and they won't ask you for any credit card details. Just your name and email address along with a password.

Once you have registered you can shop using the links on the easyfundraising website to take you to the retailer and every time you shop LSASC get a little and at no extra cost to you. Fantastic!

Go on sign up today at http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/lsasc or use the link from LSASC website and ‘click’ on the ‘YES! Sign me up...’ See if you can be the top fundraiser! If your worried that you will forget, sign up to the find and remind service that easyfundraising provides. For further information click here

Please click here to read a document from the club welfare officer in relation to behaviour and supervision in the changing rooms.

The club would ask for the help and cooperation of all parents in discussing the contents with their children in order that we can help avoid potential injury to swimmers and also avoid damage to the club’s reputation

The club are pleased to announce that Louise Curley is to become our resident club Physiotherapist. 

To ensure the welfare and safety of swimmers, the Club has produced some guidelines on the drop-off and collection of swimmers. Please can we ask parents and carers to read the following  policy which can also be found on the Club's website.

Thank you.

LSASC Committee

Part of the criteria for a squad swimmer is to compete in target meets selected for your squad. From February 2015 target meets will be clearly marked and gala sessions will be included in the attendance criteria. For each gala session, 2 hours will be added to the available hours and every swimmer attending a session will be given an attendance mark. Swimmers who entered the session but do not attend will not receive a mark. Swimmers who attend but do not compete in all entered events will only receive half a mark. If a normal squad session occurs on the day of the gala this will be cancelled as all swimmers should be at the gala.

If a swimmer has made the qualifying times and entered the gala but has subsequently been rejected by the meet organisers, they will still receive an attendance mark if they were rejected from all entered events within a session.

A member of the Club's squads has a serious nut and seed allergy.  If she comes into contact with traces of nuts and some seeds she risks an allergic reaction which could result in anaphylactic shock.  We would be grateful therefore if parents and swimmers could be aware of this and ask that you avoid bringing snacks containing nuts and seeds to galas. Thank you for your cooperation.

Well done to all of the swimmers who competed over the last 2 weeks at British Summer Championships, English & Welsh Nationals:

British Championships:

Molly Quelch swam 27.26 to reach the final in the 50 free finishing 10th in a time of 27.50

4x100 free relay Abby, Laura, Molly, Alex finished in a new PB of 4:05:71

4x100 Medley relay Abby, Maddison, Molly, Laura, finished just outside their entry time.

English Nationals:

Fantastic swimming from Abby Jolley who swam 50 bk PB of 30.96 qualifying joint 5th for the final and then swimming another PB of 30.80 to finish 6th in the final.

Now having a taste for it Abby swam a new PB of 1.06.23 in the 100 BK qualifying 3rd fastest for the final and swam a new PB of 1:06:02  to finish in 3rd place and take a well deserved bronze medal.

Well done to all of the swimmers that have competed over the last 2 weeks,

You are all a credit to the club.

Well done to all of our Mercian League swimmers who fought hard to hold onto a very creditable 2nd place behind City of Coventry. Final Placings:

1st City of Coventry 249

2nd Leamington Spa 216

3rd Worcester 186

4th Wombourne 171

5th Blythe Barracudas 166

Well done to all of our Mercian League swimmers who finished well placed in 2nd, which is a great result with so many swimmers having to swim up an age.

Final Placings:

1st City of Coventry 261

2nd Leamington Spa 232

3rd Cannock Phoenix 176

4th Northgate 152

5th Tamworth 118

Congratulations to our Girls 14-16yrs who have qualified both

4x100 free and 4x100 Medley teams at British Championships 2018.

Swimmers for these 2 relays will be selected after 31st May based on ranking times, fitness levels and training commitment.

Well done to all of the swimmers for a solid start against tough competition,  great swimming by all the team!

Final results

Well done to our 2017 Arena League Team finishing 4th in the West Midlands Final.

All of that hard work paid off.

Congratulations to our Arena League team and everyone connected with L.S.A.S.C.

on reaching the Regional Final for the first time.

Final placings

1st Worcester 219

2nd Leamington Spa 213

3rd Blythe 185

4th Long Eaton 159

5th Redditch 158

6th Radford 112

Regional Final Saturday 9th December

Well done to our Arena League team who finished 2nd in a very competitive gala on Saturday, Final points were:

1st Boldmere A 237

2nd Leamington Spa 229

3rd Blythe Barracudas 190

4th Redditch 169

5th Pershore 115

6th Northgate 108

Round 2 Saturday 11th November.

A huge well done to the Inter-League team who competed at Newcastle in the Northern Inter-League final.  The team gave an outstanding performance against some very tough competition with excellent racing all round.  It was a very close finish and we narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Grand Final.

Final Results:

A nerve racking gala saw an outstanding performance by the whole team with everyone stepping up to the mark and swimming at their best, the coaches are very proud of you all. 

After finishing 3rd for the last two years in a row, it is a fantastic result to finish 2nd in the league which takes us to the Inter League for the first time as a club.  A huge congratulations to the whole team.

A big thank you to all the sponsors which enabled us to look very smart in all new kit and also to all the helpers.

A huge well done to all the swimmers in the Junior League Team.  Another exciting gala sees Leamington make a clean sweep of the rounds taking us (unofficially) top of the table and to the final for the fifth year in a row.  An outstanding achievement from all the swimmers involved.  Stay tuned for the official results.

 Final Placings

A very close run gala with tough competition from both Halesowen and Bilston saw first place change several times throughout. Scores were almost level with Bilston going into the final relays but with excellent swimming by all the team, we pulled ahead for another excellent first place result. Well done to all the team.

Another great performance by the Junior League team with a strong first place finish.  Well done to all the swimmers!

A tremendous well done to the Mercian league team who finished in first place in round one. Leamington fielded a very young side with many of the boys swimming one or two age groups above their own age. A special mention to Tom Lee Brown for his efforts in three age groups, including anchoring the open mens relay team. And a huge thank you to life member Trevor Clark for swimming as a replacement for Stuart.

1st Leamington 228 pts

2nd Coventry 219 pts

3rd Solihull 191 pts

4th Redditch 144pts

5th Halesowen 138pts

6th Cannock Pheonix 120pts 

A fantastic start to the Junior League season with excellent racing by all the team against  fierce competition.  Well done to all the swimmers!

Great racing by all swimmers at the Junior League Practice gala, an impressive 29 1st place finishes against some tough competition from Nuneaton A and Boldmere, a fantastic start to the 2017 season.

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Congratulations to our Arena League team on finishing 1st in the final rd of the National Arena League. Final Placings:

1st Leamington Spa 230

2nd Chase SC 214

3rd Sutton In Ashfield SC 167

4th Abingdon 158

5th Wolverhampton 152

6th Hinckley 122

Thank you to all the parents who helped in the running of this gala.

Final League Table​

A huge well done to all the swimmers who competed at the Boldmere Open meet, a fantastic weekend of racing by all who took part.  Leamington won the Top Visiting Club trophy for the second year running recording a massive 263 PBs with a 158 podium finishes and a whopping 63 gold medals.

A special well done to Harrison Cook, Teigan Parker, Alex Jamieson and Laura Griffiths for making the exciting skins finals.  Breaststroke favoured the girls seeing Alex and Teigan fighting it out in the all Leamington final with Teigan just piping Alex to take the title.  Harrison swam his races tactically saving it to the last showdown to beat Boldmere's infamous skins veteran Joey Stanger to make it a Leamington clean sweep.

Well done to our Arena League Team who finished a hard fought 3rd place at Derby.

Final Placings:

1st City of Derby A 255

2nd Worcester 224

3rd Leamington Spa 183

4th Redditch 134

5th Halesowen 132

6th Northgate 120

Well done to our Arena League Team finishing 4th place in a very competitive gala.

Final Placings:

1st City of Derby A-218

2nd Boldmere-210

3rd Leicester Sharks-205

4th Leamington Spa-185

5th Redditch-181

Well done to this years Junior League team.  A fantastic team performance throughout all the rounds including the final which was hard fought and close throughout.  We managed to maintain second position until event 44 when we were just squeezed into third place by 3 points.  Our final placings were third on the night and for the second year running, third in the league overall.

The club would also like to thank BaByliss, James Miners Cars and an additional benefactor who made the kit possible, all the swimmers looked fantastic.

A huge well done to all the swimmers in the third round of Junior League tonight.  Our third successive win places us ​at the top of the table going into the final. This is an outstanding achievement for the club and all the swimmers should be very proud.

The date of the final is 10th September

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The final table:

If anyone is able to provide sponsorship for kit for the final please email webmaster@swimleamington.org

​Well done to all the swimmers at the second round of Mercian League with 27 first place finishes, a fantastic team performance.  The third and final round is on 9th July.

​Another strong performance by all the swimmers at the ​​second round of Junior League, a great result with 26 first place finishes.  ​Well done to all the swimmers, the third round is on 25th June.

Well done to our Mercian League Team who started the 2016 competition where we left the 2015 competition flying high.

Final positions

1st Leamington Spa 256

2nd Blythe 209

3rd Solihull 174

4th Warley Wasps 160

5th Orion 141

6th Ludlow 104

Finn finished 5th in a new PB of 2.06.71 in the Junior final at British Championships.

Well done Finn from everyone at L.S.A.S.C.

Well done to all swimmers at the ​first round of Junior League, a great result with 28 first place finishes.  A fantastic start to this years league, ​next round is 14th May.

Well done to all swimmers at the Junior League Practice gala, an impressive 23 1st place finishes against some tough competition form Nuneaton A and Boldmere, a great start to the 2016 season.

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A packed coach left Warwick Boys after a hard morning’s training and headed to Thorpe Park.  The coach arrived as the park opened and the fun seekers made their way to the scariest rides experiencing the twists, and turns of the likes of Swarm, Stealth, Nemesis and the awesome Saw ride. Those preferring not to see their life flash before their eyes (which, for most would be a life spent at the swimming pool!) opted for the more sedate log flume rides and endless cups of coffee.  The queues were a little long but it gave everyone’s cheeks the chance to be kissed by the sun. 

The return journey developed in to a noisy game of slaps which at least kept the parents snoring at bay.  Another successful trip for the club with everyone having a jolly good time and lashings of fun. 

Remember the BBQ on 8^th September and watch out the waterpark trip coming soon.