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I’m doing it again. That half marathon thing from Newcastle to South Shields called the Great North Run. I’ve done quite a few of these Great North Runs, so you’d think I’d have learned my lesson by now :o) However, I was asked to get involved with Crohn’s and Colitis UK by a few of my friends who’ve benefitted from the charity. They wanted to give the charity something back for all the help they’d received and were doing the Great North Run to raise some money, so I said I’d join them.
So, here I am again with just over two months to go to get fit to run 13.1 miles.
As part of my sponsorship efforts I’ve created a fundraising page at ‘Just Giving’. You can visit it by clicking below ….
https://www.justgiving.com/MartinConnelly212 …. Where you can see me modelling my Crohn’s and Colitis UK vest.
If you want to help support me and cheer me on, you can make a quick donation while visiting my page and leave a witty message.
JustGiving sends your donation straight to Crohn’s and Colitis UK and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you are a UK taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more.
Thank you for your anticipated support.
Oh and please feel free to circulate this email to others and share on your Facebook accounts :o)
Regards
Martin
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The Neptune Centre, Ormesby Rd, Middlesbrough TS3 7RP
16-17th September 2017
NOTE: New venue
Draft Programme http://rdasc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/draft.pdf
Live Results: https://nasc.co.uk/live/RDMeet17/
Accepted entries online here RDacceptedswims
http://rdasc.org.uk/hosted-galas-2017-18/
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£5.50 per event
Coaches to provide suggested swims
Closing date for entries to GAW is 25th July 2017
Age groups/Events will be: 9/Over years: 50m, 100m, 200m all strokes, 200m IM
Ages are as at 17th September 2017
All events will be Heat Declared Winner
Entry times must be slower than the accompanying QTs
Swimmers must be, or have applied for registration with the A.S.A. and may only enter events in their own age group.
The Swim Time Converter – provided by http://www.pullbuoy.co.uk/ is a useful tool and can be used to convert swimmers’ PB times from long course to short course and vice versa.
The attending coaches and supporting poolside helpers are listed below:-
Coaches – Paul Armstrong, Sue Thorpe and Tom Maddison
Helpers
Saturday : Jill Barrett, Jeannette Speight, Liann Brown
Sunday : Jill Barrett, Jeannette Speight, Emrys Pritchard
It is the responsibility of the swimmer/parent to notify the coach/poolside helper of any issues in advance of the sessions. This includes withdrawals and requests to attend after the official warm up per session.
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Normal training schedule resumes Monday 4th September
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On the completion of the British Swimming competition 10 week qualifying window, several of GAW’s most prominent athletes produced some top level performances; ensuring that they made the final qualifying cut for this summer’s 3 major national domestic championships.
Will Hardy
Swim England Champs 50/100/400 Free, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 I/M
Swim Scotland Champs 50/100/400 Free, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 I/M
Adam Morkot
Swim England Champs 200 Butterfly
Swim Scotland 50/100/200 Butterfly
Sarah Wright
British Champs 50 Butterfly
Swim English Champs 100/200 Butterfly
Swim Scotland Champs 50/100 Freestyle, 50/100/200 Butterfly
Zoe Price
Swim English Champs 50 Breaststroke
Swim Scotland Champs 50/100/200 Breaststroke
Ella Watson
Swim England Champs 100 Butterfly
Ryan Zhao
British Champs 50 Backstroke
Swim England Champs 100 Backstroke, 50 /100 Breaststroke, 100 Freestyle
James Strickland
Swim Scotland Open Champs 50/200 Backstroke
Sarah March
Swim Scotland Champs 50/100/200 Breaststroke
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Maia announced two years ago that she wanted to grow her hair and cut it off at the end of primary school to give to charity. She will be donating 7 inches of her hair to The Princess Trust, a charity which makes free wigs for children who loose their hair due to an illness or treatment. Any money Maia makes from sponsors will also be given to the charity to help fund the making of the wigs.
On Friday the 24th June, Maia bravely had a huge 7 inches chopped off her beautiful, long, blonde hair. So far she has raised a staggering £650, which will be given to a fantastic cause.
If you wish to make a donation, here’s the link to her Just Giving page https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/zoe-stovold
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Swimsafe sessions will once again be taking place on the North East coast this summer.
The FREE open water safety sessions for children aged 7-14 will be taking place at Longsands beach, Tynemouth from the 2nd-12th August (Wed-Sat only) and Sandhaven beach South Shields from the 16-26th August (Wed-Sat only).
This is a great opportunity to introduce young swimmers to open water safety and swimming in the open water.
More info in PDFs below:
Swim safe poster – Tynemouth Longsands
Swim safe poster – South Shields Sandhaven
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The GAW ASC annual panto trip is to see Peter Pan at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, Wednesday 29th November 7.00pm
Tickets cost £12.50 each. Closing date 4th September or when all 200 tickets have been sold.
GAW members and associates click the following link to purchase via our commerce site
http://www.gawbook.org.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=98&product_id=403
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Gateshead & Whickham Squad for Diddy League 2017 – Final
Gala Venues
Tynemouth Pool, Sun 11th June
Warm up at 3:00pm
Name | Squad | Name | Squad | |
Girls 9 Years Team | Boys 9 Years Team | |||
Catherine McCrindle | Academy | George Lavery | Comp Dev | |
Erin Ward | Academy | Matthew Stovold | Comp Dev | |
Georgia Appleton | Academy | Owen Jackson | Comp Dev | |
Alisha Hodgson | Academy | Joe Hutchison | Academy | |
Beth Mcpherson | Academy | |||
Rebecca Allan | Comp Dev | |||
Girls 10 Years Team | Boys 10 Years Team | |||
Anna Finlay | Potential Age | Daniel Barrett | Potential Age | |
Katie Finlay | Potential Age | Max Murray | Potential Age | |
Freya Dobbison | Comp Dev | George Douglas | Potential Age | |
Chloe Pritchard | Comp Dev | Jonty Howlader | Potential Age | |
Neve Orrick | Comp Dev | |||
Girls 11 Years Team | Boys 11 Years Team | |||
Naomi Parker | Performance Age | Joe Edmondson | ||
Katrina Ho | Performance Age | Lewis Ramsey | Performance Age | |
Emma Finlay | Performance Age | Angelo Giani Contini | Performance Age | |
Lily Douglas | Performance Age | |||
Girls 12 Years Team | Boys 12 Years Team | |||
Jessica Cottee | Performance Age | James Mason-Douglas | Performance Age | |
Laura Cottee | Performance Age | Fintan Airey | Performance Age | |
Ellie Houghton | Performance Age | Evan Sordy | Performance Age | |
Elif Celikay | Performance Age |
Notes:
Ages are as 26.11.17 – 9yrs Team
Ages are as 31.12.17 – 10, 11 & 12yrs Teams
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Nominations are now open for the Swim England National Awards 2017.
The Swim England National Awards are a great opportunity to celebrate all the individual achievements and team successes of the past year.
They recognise all those involved in our sports, from members and volunteers to partners, teachers and athletes.
Need help writing your nomination? If you want to do it justice, have a read of Swim England’s Nomination Criteria document.
The 2017 National Awards will be held on 11 November at The Great Hall at the University of Birmingham.
This will be the first National Awards using our Swim England name but the same 16 categories remain. So there are plenty of opportunities to nominate an inspirational club, volunteer, teacher, athlete or friend.
Nominations opened on 31 May and close on 16 July. Use the information at the top of the page to nominate someone for an award. Also, make sure you look out for #SEAwards2017 on Swim England’s Twitter feed.
Read about last year’s event and view all the 2016 finalists.
Huge good luck to our diddy league team today at Tynemouth. Enjoy it! A photo from the archives… #TeamGAW pic.twitter.com/ojkvRowHyy
About a year ago from Gateshead and Whickham Swimming's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone
Conan rounds out his first SNAGS @ScottishSwim with a fantastic 🥉 in the 800 freestyle! #TeamGAW pic.twitter.com/7h3e1w5M83
About a year ago from Gateshead and Whickham Swimming's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone
@wragbags @morpeth_asc @TynemouthASC Is that Becki in the pool? She must’ve been swimming in 1984
About a year ago from Gateshead and Whickham Swimming's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone
Thank you @ScottishSwim for a great meet up in Aberdeen. @morpeth_asc thanks for looking after Conan on days 1 and 2. Conan has had a great first SNAGS (with 3 finals thus far) and is looking forward to the 100 and 800 freestyle this afternoon to finish it off. #TeamGAW pic.twitter.com/HJx2np6jfX
About a year ago from Gateshead and Whickham Swimming's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone
It was great to see a club record 27 swimmers turn out to morning training at Elswick International Aquatic Centre. It must be the Coach K factor! #TeamGAW pic.twitter.com/pYDg3c8DKr
About 2 years ago from Gateshead and Whickham Swimming's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone