GENERAL NEWS
Welcome to Nottinghamshire ASA and Nova Centurion Swimming Club - proud home to double Olympic Champion, Rebecca Adlington and Paralympic champion, Sam Hynd. 1st February 2010
 Former International swimmer, Selena Burgess has been appointed as the new head coach at Bramcote Swimming club. Selena replaces Tom Wilkinson who is leaving to take up a position with the Nottingham county squad, Nova Centurion. Selena is delighted to be joining Bramcote: "I took part in the 1996 Olympic Trials, and after competing at the European Junior Championships in 1997, I joined Nova Centurion in 1998 and made the British Senior Team for the first time in 1999. "Tom Wilkinson has made a huge contribution to building such a thriving swimming team at Bramcote and his shoes will be difficult to fill. "My particular emphasis will be to develop the technique of our talented swimmers. Technique is the most important factor in developing young swimmers. If technique is right then speed will naturally come. This is the philosophy I plan to bring to my new coaching role at Bramcote." Bramcote has undertaken a significant number of developments over the last two years: a summer swim camp was organised in Germany in 2009 for 40 swimmers; the Bramcote Open Meet is now in its third year and several new Invitational events have seen increasing levels of support. The annual Bramcote Club Championships is now a licensed meet running on BAGCATS principles.
Throughout last year Bramcote swimmers have secured places in GB national squads, English Schools, and County squads. The Club received the Swim 21 accreditation and the senior team has just been promoted to the Arena National League division 1 as division 2 Champions. Andy Thornton, Chair of Bramcote Swimming Club, said: "We are sad to see Tom leave us as he has helped to create a vibrant squad. However, this is natural progression for Tom and we aim to develop our coaches as well as our swimmers. I am very pleased to announce that Selena has now joined us to help drive the club even further forwards in its development." Selena achieved a first class honours degree in Sport Science at Nottingham Trent University in 2004. She is a teacher of Science and Psychology at Redhill Secondary School in Arnold. She is a Level 2 Swimming Coach and is currently progressing though her Level 3 coaching qualification. She she still swims regularly, completed her first triathlon in September 2009 and will be doing the 3 peaks challenge in April 2010 for a school charity. 27th January 2010 BRITISH GAS SPONSORSHIP FOR THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS
The ASA have negotiated a sponsorship package with British Gas in return for naming rights to the events at both County and Regional Level. In addition to a comprehensive package of promotional material the County will also receive a financial contribution. Thank you to all the clubs for their hard work in coordinating and submitting the entries electronically. All entries received have now been processed, for the latest information click > here Calverton & Bingham SC Presentation Evening On Friday the 15th of January 2010 Calverton & Bingham Swimming Club held their presentation evening at the Trent Bridge Cricket Ground. During the evening awards were presented to swimmers from the very young novices to the masters that competed in the 2009 Club Championships. The overall winners trophies were -
Novice - Kelsey GILES and Jorge STEVENSON
9's - Claire SNOWDEN and Oliver BOND
10's - Olivia WALLACE and Joseph WAKEFIELD
11's - Rosie RUDIN and Jack WILSON
12's - Amber KEEGAN and Calum MURRAY
13's - Poppy RUDIN and Joe STEVENSON
14's Faye HENESY and Robert BARTON
15's Rachel SELBY and Jorge PHENIX-COYNE
16-24 - Rebecca BARSBY and Sam WASS
Masters 25 to 34 - Matt BRENTLEY
Masters 35 to 44 - Elaine RICHARDS and Logan TWEEDIE
Masters 45+ - Karen BLAKEMORE and Mark PATTERSON The Freestyle Skins trophies went to -
Juniors - Amber KEEGAN and Calum MURRAY
Seniors - Rebecca BARSBY and Dan WINTER 2010 Club Captains were introduced and presented with their Captains shirts -
Junior Girls Captain - Megan GEOGHEGAN / Junior Boys Captain - Luke JACKSON-SELBY
Senior Girls Captain - Rebecca BARSBY / Senior Boys Captain - Tom BATES
The Swimmer of the Year Award as voted by the swimmers went to - Olivia Wallace
Volunteer awards went to - Trudi Manterfield, Paul Hough, Betty Snodin and Karl Knox The evening marked the retirement of the well liked and respected Head Coach Mike Adams. Mike was the Head Coach at Calverton Swimming Club between 1997 and 2007 and then Head Coach of Calverton & Bingham Swimming Club between 2007-2009 after the merger with Bingham. When Mike initially joined Calverton the club was in division 3 of the Speedo league and low down in the Nottingham league galas. This subsequently changed with Mike's guidance and the club gained promotion every other year and reached their first final of the West Midlands division 1 by 2002, which was also the club's first year in the top division.
Over the years Mike has been a dedicated coach not only to the club but the sport as well. During his time at Calverton and CABSC he travelled about 90 miles to training and back each session approximately around 25000 miles a year, enough to travel around the world 3 times!
8th January Funding News All funding streams are now back on line for Nottinghamshire. This includes grant aid to Clubs and Organisation (Community Sports Fund), Talented Individuals (Rising Stars and Shining Stars) and Coaches (Coach Scholarship). On-line application forms will be available from the following link on Monday or Tuesday next week. Full criteria is available now. http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/home/leisure/l-sport/sport-support.htmPlease can you promote to your clubs and coaches within the County. Deadlines are a little tight for this financial year so please be aware. Any clubs or individuals based within the City should apply to Nottingham City Council who have similar schemes - details available from the link below: Nottingham City link: http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2668
4th January Updated link to UK Sport anti-doping video. 1st December County Championship Information and Club entry packs are now available. >> click here 29th November Arnold Swimming Club Championships 2009 Arnold Swimming Club have recently completed their Club Championships for 2009 which were spread over 3 Galas. There was considerable success from the swimmers resulting in 448 Personal Best Times and 24 Club Records. Swimmers ages in the Club Championships ranged from 4 to 40+, although the 40+ swimmers only made an appearance in the "Coaches Challenge" which provided an opportunity for 72 competitive swimmers, in 12 teams to compete in 2 heats to face the honour of competing against the Coaches Team! Alas, with the hindrance of rather large, baggy T shirts which had to be exchanged after each stage of the relay the Coaches won! Arnold SC would like to thank all the volunteers who helped to make the Club Championships the best ever. Good luck to all the swimmers who will be hoping for similar success in the 2010 County Championships which start early next year. 23rd November Swimwear rules for 2010
BL 8.2 In swimming competitions the competitor 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 1, 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.
11th November  Nova Centurion Disability squad swimmers proudly display their medals and trophies that they have won individually and collectively since becoming part of Nova. Head coach Dave Palmer says "This squad of swimmers are joy to work with, the harder the training the more they want it and as you can see the hard work in training has paid dividends in competition. The amount of PB's that have been achieved over the last six months is astounding. Congratulations to the swimmers and many thanks for the support staff." 22nd October Sam Hynd kicked started his season, by winning the S8 400m Freestyle Gold Medal at the IPC European Championships in Iceland on Weds 21st October. Sam swam just outside his personal best and own World Record to record 4.27.69, but nearly 8 seconds in front of his nearest challenger.
Sam has a chance to add to his medal collection in the SM8 200m Ind Medley later this weekend. October 20th
Charlotte Henshaw has become European Champion in the SB6 100m Breaststroke, beating the current Paralympic Liz Johnson who took the silver medal, at the IPC European Championships, taking place in Iceland. Her time was just a little slower than her heat swim, but was two seconds inside her best going into the championships.
This is Charlotte's first senior International Medal, and is a fantastic achievement after finishing 4th in last years Paralympic Games. Charlotte swims in the S8 400m Freestyle today and although not her best event is still looking for a good performance.
Sam Hynd swam a great race in the SB8 100m Breaststroke to finish just outside the medals in 6th place in an excellent time just outside his own British Record - this is his fastest 100m Breast since Beijing. Sam competes today in the 400m Freestyle. October 12th County Championships 2010, Shedule and Qualifying times now available > here September Arnold Swimming Club wish to congratulate Jacob Parker on his selection to the UK Schools games. They wish him the best of luck. 24th August On Saturday 22nd August, Andrew Zawadzki along with other members of the Nova Disability squad swam at the 4th British Learning Disability Swimming Championships and Festival of Swimming (short course) at Ponds Forge.
Swimming in the 50m Backstroke, Andrew who is a S14 swimmer, in the heats swam a time of 30.45 which was faster than the British and European record for S14 swimmers by 0.01 seconds, he then went onto swim in the final and broke the record again in the final again in a time of 30.38 seconds.
Congratulations to Andrew and all of the Nova swimmers who came back with a clutch of medals, mainly gold. 31st July
Double bronze for Becky! Well done Becky Adlington for winning to bronze medals (so far) at the World Championships in Rome - 400m free and 4x200m free relays. 800m freestyle still to come! Also well done to Kath Wyld - part of the British record breaking 4x100m free team that made the final. 23rd July The National Age Groups are under way in Sheffiled and Notts swimmers have already picked up two gold medals. Check the Nova pages for medal winners from yesterday... 22nd July Rachel Martin won another medal at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland. She helped GB take silver in the mixed 4x200m relay team with Myles Couch-Anderson, Matthew Parks and Kathryn Woolston-Thomas. 21st July Nova swimmers Natasha Hofton and Rachel Martin made up half of Great Britain's bronze medal winning relay team at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Finland. Competing on day 1 of the event, they helped Britain to bronze in the 4x100m freestyle relay team. 12th July Notts ASA Summer Gala for non National qualifiers - Sunday 12th July at Beechdale Nottingham. Full Day Results to view or print now available >> here Nottinghamshire's Olympic and Paralympic Champions  Sam claims Paralympic Gold
Gold medallist in the S8 400m Freestyle with a fantastic new world record, 4:26.25!
 Becky Adlington, double Olympic Champion and World Record holder in the 800m Freestyle. Becky won the 800m freestyle in a time of 8.14.10, a new World record, beating the 19 year old previous record by 2.12 seconds. Watch it again! BBC online coverage... | 
