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LATEST NEWS
2nd May 2008
Well done Sam Hynd, nominated for the British Paralympic Team 2008. Team mate, Charlotte Henshall has also been selected. Congratulations to both.
26th April 2008
Calverton & Bingham SC have changed their web address - see clubs
25th April 2008
Three Nottinghamshire swimmers are set for international duty this summer. Dan Mills has been selected for the European Junior Championships team and will travel to Serbia at the end of July. Emma Bird and Sasha Matthews will go to the World Youth Swimming Championships in Mexico in early July.
14th April 2008
Sam Hynd continued his record breaking ways at the British Trials in Sheffield. He set a new World Record in the S8 Category 400m Freestyle 4:32.92, which was a Paralympic qualifying standard. He also achieved a European Record and qualifying time in the S8 Category 200m IM 2.31.41. The Paralympic team will be selected after a second round of trials taking place later this summer.
11th April 2008
Well done to Rebecca Adlington, World Short Course Champion in the 800m freestyle and just 0.25 away from the world record! Rebecca won gold last night in Manchester to add to the silver she won in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
2nd April 2008
Congratulations to Rebecca Adlington and Jessica Sylvester who look to have secured their places in the Beijing Olympic team. Jess got the ball rolling for some great performances by Nottinghamshire swimmers by finishing 4th in the 100m freestyle, and should qualify for the relay team at the Olympics. In around 6th place going into the final 15m, Jess moved up to 4th by putting her head down and not breathing inside the finish.
Rebecca knocked an unprecedented 5 seconds off her best ever 400m freestyle time to record a new British and Commonwealth record of 4:04.50 - and she still has her best event, the 800m to come. There are still plenty of tickets available for anyone wanting to go along and support. Finals start at 10am each day until Sunday 6th April.
11th March 2008
Congratulations to Sam Hynd (Sutton SC), who broke another world record in the SM8 category with his performance of 1:11.37 in the 100m IM. 6th March 2008
County records have been updated again to capture all the new junior records that have been set. Jessica Sylvester broke a 15 year old senior record when she set a new time of 29.60 in the 50m backstroke. The record had stood to Alex Bennett since 1993. 4th March 2008
Congratulations to Rachel Martin (Arnold) and Joanne Bold (Leander) for winning the 1500m and 800m events respectively at the County Championships at the weekend. Both swimmers broke the new county junior record standard times. 25th February 2008
 Thirteen Nova swimmers are currently training at the Pine Crest School near Ft. Lauderdale in Florida. The pre Olympic Trials camp is designed to give swimmers the best opportunity to be successful at the the trials, which start on Monday 31st March 08 in Sheffield. The Pine Crest School has and outdoor 1x50m 8 lane pool, 1x8 lane 25 yard pool, and gym facilities on site. Swimmers are training for what is for some is the most imprtant competition of their career's.
Last week the squad completed over 70K and is hopeful of doing the same this week. Distance specialist Rebecca Adlington did 80k. All training is being geared towards peak performance at the trials, and the team is also benefitting from training with Commonwealth breaststroke champion, Chris Cook. Cook and senior international team mate Andrew Mayor from the City Of Newcastle SC have joined the camp with their coach Ian Oliver. Weather at the camp has been mixed, but temperatures remain in the high 80s.
22nd February 2008
Results of Spring Competition 16th February now posted
20th February 2008
All county records have been updated and new County Junior Standard times have been posted. Notts ASA is changing the junior records so that they fall in line with National and Regional junior records. This means that swimmers must be under 16 on the day of the record, rather than 17. The old County junior records will be retained for reference. The age change applies from 1st January 2008, so records can be broken with immediate effect. | 