The Club are attending this year’s Newcastle Theatre Royal’s pantomime production of Cinderella on Saturday 26th November 2016 starting at 7pm.
Tickets for this event are now completely sold out, sorry 🙁
Hi All,
Just a quick note to say thank you and well done to all those swimmers, parents and helpers that worked at the bagpack at the small Rowland’s Gill Tesco on Saturday.
You all managed to raise a fantastic £417.91. The commitment, attitude and behaviour of all swimmers was brilliant once again and you are a credit to the Club.
Although this is a small supermarket, we get a tremendous amount of support from them, with two or three bagpacks and donated raffle prizes every year. We shouldn’t underestimate the impact that you have on the staff and customers at the shop or the money that we raise from these bagpacks.
Thank you so much once again.
Kind regards,
Andy S
Joanne Griffiths has stepped down as squad rep for Canterhall squad with immediate effect – she will continue as Club Secretary. The Committee wish to thank Joanne for her efforts over the past few years.
Adam Parker has agreed to take over as Squad Rep for Canterhall squad. Adam can be contacted on Adam.Parker@gawswim.org.uk.
Dunston Leisure Centre, Dunston
16th & 17th July 2016
License No. NE161582
Sunderland Aquatic Centre, Stadium Park, Sunderland SR5 1SU
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th July 2016
Tollcross International Swimming Centre, 367 Wellshot Rd, Glasgow G32 7QP
Thursday 30th June – Sunday 3rd July
Nichola Hall has given notice that she will be stepping down from the role of Club Treasurer in July.
Under her leadership, Nichola has introduced significant changes to the way the Club manage’s its finances and she has been at the forefront of the introduction of processes and systems which have strengthen the financial controls and improved the operational procedures.
The Committee wish to thank Nichola for her hard work, support and dedication in this role over the past few years and wish her well for the future.
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Friday 1st July
7pm-9pm
Dunston Leisure Centre
Gateshead ASC v Tynemouth ASC v Borough of Stockton Swim Scheme
Lead coach for the event is Paul Armstrong
This event has been organised to offer some high-class competition against the clubs that finished a close second and third behind us in the Junior League Final except this time there are the 13 and 14 age groups competing, instead of our 9 year olds.
Although initially a trial, it is anticipate that further events will take place at both Tynemouth ASC and the Borough of Stockton Swim Scheme venues in the near future.
Supporter entry – £3 for adults, £2 for over 60s and Children under 16 free.
Squad announced for the event
A Squad
Adam Morkot, Thejes Sundar, James Strickland, Hannah Daglish, Holly Ramshaw, Georgie Spurr, Holly Stewart, Megan Cottee, Rhiannon Zhao
Canterhall Squad
Adam Barrett, Adam Strickland, Alex Griffiths, Jamie Young, Owen Younger, Ryan Zhao, Alex McGill, Naomi Parker, Jessica Cottee, Laura Cottee, Niamh Swailes, Hannah Brown, Kirsten Dobbison, Freya Kirtley, Molly Finley
C2B Squad
Evan Sordy, Fintan Airey, Harrison Brodie, James Mason-Douglas, Elif Celikay
C+ Squad
Lewis Ramsay, Angelo Giani Contini
Could all swimmers on the list please confirm their availability with their squad coach by Friday 24th June.
As the November NER Short Course Championships are nearly upon us it occurred to me that a review of the Long Course Championships (Held in May) was well overdue. May’s Age Group Championships witnessed a great many of our A and B Squad swimmers travel to Sheffield on consecutive weekends to race against the top swimmers in the region.
Every Team GAW swimmer swam out of their skins, recording numerous personal best performances. In a very successful meet, the team recorded 29 final (top 10) positions. Athletes achieving finals included Hannah Brown (12yrs 100m fly), Molly Finley (13yrs 100m fly), Zoe Price (14yrs 50m brs), Sarah Wright (14yrs 50m fly), Sarah March (14yrs 100m/200m brs), and Sam Pashley (14yrs 50m/400m fr).
Team GAW also made a significant impression on the overall medal table, placing a club record 6th place. The team collected a stunning haul of 15 medals, of which there were 5 gold, 5 silver, and 5 bronze medals.
Special congratulations to Team GAW’s medal winners:
Adam Barrett: Silver medals in 200m fr/400m fr and bronze medals in 200m fly/200m IM
Ella Watson: Gold medal in 100m fly and bronze medals in 50m fly/50m bk
Ryan Zhao: Gold medals in 50m fr/100m fr/50m bk/100m bk, Silver medals in 50m/100m/200m brs, and a bronze medal in 200m bk
And it all starts again in around 3 weeks time with the age group NER Short Course Championship with team GAW again sending a massive squad with over 120 qualifying times.
Good luck to all our swimmers!!
Paul A
Hi Everyone,
I’m sure that you all know by now that we had yet another tremendous success in retaining our title as Durham and District Junior, or Diddy League Champions. To win this once was a huge achievement but to manage it two years in a row is truly amazing. Everyone involved, swimmers, coaches and supporters were terrific, but even to those not directly involved, the competition for team places was incredibly hot and that is what drives some of the super fast swimming.
What this does men is that we now need to prepare tor the Northern regional final in October – you’ll have the information as soon as we do. So, we need to carry on with great coaching, great swimming and fantastic support across the board.
I have had some congratulations messages too – Dave Anderson MP and Councillor Paul Foy were in touch to say well done and how proud they were of all of you and the Rotary Club of Whickham, our long-standing junior league supporters also sent their congratulations. I just wish they all could have been there to see your fantastic performances in the pool and Faye Brown’s wonderful wiggly celebration!!!
Kind regards,
Andy Strickland
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Hot of the press.. WE WON!!!!! official results/scores now available. What a great performance from our team. Well done.
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Junior League Final Time Trials 2016
On Friday evening (13th) we had our trials for the junior league final. As expected, the competition was hot and the atmosphere electric. There were fantastic performances throughout and the racing and times were tight. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for coming out, swimmers and parents, and showing your support for the club. In the end there were a number of swims that were just too close to call and so we will be taking one or two reserves along as well. A final decision on relay team selection will be made just before the event with performance in our ‘Diddy’ practice sessions the deciding factor. Swimmers (and parents) will be told in advance of the event if they are coming along as a reserve but we’d really like them all to be there at the final. Last year two people were sick on the day and the reserves stepped in and did a fantastic job.
Everybody on the squad list will be required at the final and I’d appreciate it if you got back to our team manager, Jill Barrett, as soon as possible with confirmation.
For everyone that hasn’t quite made the squad this time I’d like to say a big thank you for all your efforts. In some categories there were just 1.5s between the top 6 or 7 swimmers which is why the trials were so crucial to selection
Thanks Again
Paul
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Hi Diddy Leaguers
Another great effort by all involved in this year’s Diddy competition. Once again the swimmers did the Club proud and finished second overall – even though we received zero points in a number of events where we were judged to have been DQ’d.
Anyway, well done and here’s the final points from Gala 4 held on Sunday 8th May 2016.
Stockton 236
GaW 203
Chester le Street 179
Newcastle 172
Derwentside 127
Darlington 107
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Well another fun-packed, nail-biting day in the world of diddy league with Team G&W putting in another terrific performance. Huge well done to everyone who took part. Gala 3’s scores on the doors……I think 🙂
STOCKTON – 239
GATESHEAD & WHICKHAM – 182
MIDDLESBROUGH – 178
TYNEMOUTH – 170
NEWCASTLE – 155
DERWENTSIDE – 123
I’ll get the full results rolled out as soon as I get them.
Thanks
Jill
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Hi Diddy Leaguers,
Well the first round of Diddy League 2016 certainly didn’t disappoint, we’re off to a fantastic start! All the kids were absolutely amazing!
Special mention must go to Millie Watson and Neve Orrick both stepping in to help the team with 1 hour notice, thank you girls
I believe the scores below to be correct……either way WE WON!!
1 GATESHEAD & WHICKHAM – 229
2 MIDDLESBROUGH – 203
3 CHESTER-LE-STREET – 198
4 TYNEMOUTH – 170
5 DERWENTSIDE – 129
6 DARLINGTON – 100
Full results will follow as soon as I get them.
Thanks
Jill
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Dear Team GAW Swimmers and Parents,
This is a brief note to explain and outline selection policy for the upcoming junior league season. The Junior League is a fantastic competition designed to give our younger swimmers the opportunity to compete in an exciting team environment and is often the first, and most enjoyable, step on their competition pathway.
2015 was a groundbreaking season for TEAM GAW as we reached first the regional, and then national finals for the first time in the club’s history. This success was largely based on a strong selection policy, as well as an incredibly talented squad! We will look, this year, to follow a very similar formula.
In 2015 we selected a record number of athletes as we endeavoured to give the ‘diddy’ experience to as many of our swimmers as possible. Where we can, during this season, we will follow the same plan. It is important to note that if an athlete is selected for a team they will not automatically be selected for the next; it is our policy (in the qualifying rounds) to give as many athletes a chance as possible whilst remaining competitive. Likewise, if an athlete is not selected for the first team that does not necessarily mean they will not be in contention for future teams. Our junior final team last year looked completely different from the one with which we started the competition. All team selections are carefully considered and there will be a great deal of input from junior coaches.
Naturally, selection for the Junior League final (should we qualify!) will be the strongest possible. We are, after all, in it to win it!
I’m greatly looking forward to seeing as many athletes as possible swimming their hearts out for TEAM GAW and having a fantastic time in the process 🙂
Kind Regards
Paul
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Huge good luck to our diddy league team today at Tynemouth. Enjoy it! A photo from the archives… #TeamGAW pic.twitter.com/ojkvRowHyy
