Welcome to Etwall Eagles Swimming Club
Etwall Eagles Swimming Club was formed in 1980 to organise and provide competitive
swimming for people in the Etwall and surrounding area.
The club is based at the Etwall Leisure Centre, Etwall (west side of Derby), Derbyshire.
All members, young and not-so-young, with varying standards of ability are well
catered for. Within the club we have members who regularly compete at Regional,
District and National level. The Club is affiliated to the Amateur Swimming Association,
ASA East Midlands Region and the Derbyshire ASA.
We are a relatively small club with currently about 250 members, and are always
seeking new members. Our Chief Coach is Dean Howard, who is helped by Charlotte
Howard, Chris Roworth, Rachel Slevin, Rachel Joyce
and Brian Wheeler.
The club trains four nights each week in the 6 lane x 25m pool at Etwall, and one
night in the 6 lane x 25m pool at Repton School. Training periods suit different
ages and ability. Particular attention is given to developing our younger swimmers.
If you are considering joining a swimming club and would like to know more about
Etwall Eagles, please visit us at Etwall Leisure Centre during a training period.
Ask to see one of our Coaches or Club Officials.
Current News
26th January
2012
Presentation Night
Well done to all the swimmers who received awards at the presentation night last week. We have some photos of the evening for you to enjoy here...
23rd January
2012
Time Trial Results
Well done to all the swimmers who took part; the results are all available
here...
You can also track you progress on the personal
pages...
20th January
2012
Kit Orders
We will be placing an order for kit, including personalised hats in early February.
If you want some club kit please complete the order form on the web site and pass
the form with payment via Dean/Chris. Cheques payable to Etwall Eagles Swimming
Club please.
Please check size guides if ordering personalised clothing. There is quite a bit
of kit around now so you could always ask a friend if you could try theirs on for
size. Email Nicola Barnes for more information.
19th January
2012
Skills Night
The Skills Night Programme has been amended. On the 27th January, the session will
be for those entering the Counties to record times for their 200m and 400m events.
More information will be sent to those concerned from Craig Airey.
The amended timetable can be found
here...
12th January
2012
Melton Mowbray Open Meet
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to a lack of interest from other
participating clubs. All submitted cheques will be destroyed unless requested otherwise.
12th January
2012
First Time Trial of the Year
The first time trial of the year is Sunday 22nd Jan, 5-7pm.
Time trials are suitable for children from 5 years old and up, so long as they can
swim a length. If in doubt, please ask your childs coach. For those parents whose
children have not attended so far, they are beautifully run by our band of coaches
and helpers and the children will gain their first recorded times which will be
posted on the childs individual webpage where progress will be monitored throughout
their time with the club.
To register, simply sign up on to the sheets, with name and date of birth, which
will be up at the club from tonight.
18th December
2011
Time Trials 2012
The time trials for next year will be on the following Sundays, 5-7pm for 6 year
olds and upwards:
- 22nd January 15th
- 15th April
- 15th July
17th December
2011
Open Meets 2012
The club will be targeting a number of Open Meets next year. Please look at the
Open Meets... page, or speak to Craig Airey if
you are interested or just want more information.
27th November
2011
Etwall Masters Meet
Thanks to all who once again made the Etwall Eagles Masters Open Meet a great success.
We hope all the swimmers had a good day. Results are now available
here...
Certificates for top swimmers will be sent out shortly. We look forward to seeing
you all on 24th November 2012.
4th December
2011
Christmas Swimming
Please note that our last training session this year will be on Wednesday 21st December.
Training will resume on Wednesday 4th January 2012.
21st November
2011
Etwall Gatecrashes the Counties!
As hoped for all year, Etwall swimmers put in some wonderful performances at the
County Sprint Championships at Ponds Forge on Sunday. 22 of Etwall's finest took
to the blocks, 4 of them returning as county champions, with the boys outshining
the girls for a change.
Kathryn Roworth, Alex Bird and Daniel Makepeace all won their 50m backstroke events,
whilst Dan also stormed to victory in the 50m, backing that up with a second in
the freestyle which was sensationally won by another Etwall swimmer the clearly
delighted Toby Arnold (pictured left top). To back these victories up were several
other exceptional efforts (including Abbey Morley pictured right).
Kathryn was also presented with a certificate and County Flash badge by Mr Alan
Fennell MBE for representing Derbyshire in the Backstroke and Relay events at the
British Gas County Championships back in October (pictured left bottom).
A more detailed report is available
here...
7th November
2011
Club Championships Finals
Congratulations to all the swimmers who took part in the finals last weekend. You
can download the results
here... and the times have been uploaded so as to update each swimmers page
and the club records pages. The presentation night will be on January 20th in the
Albion Suite at Burton Albion's Pirelli Stadium.
18th October
2011
Etwall win the Matlock Gala!
Etwall Eagles took part in this gala on 24th September. Well done to all the swimmers
for their individual results and to the whole team who were the overall winners:
- Etwall 143
- Dronfield 123
- Matlock A 120
- Kimberly 109
- Matlock B 80
18th October
2011
Etwall Eagles - Club of The Year!!!
Etwall Eagles have been awarded the 2011 South Derbyshire Club of the Year (jointly
with Hilton Harriers FC). Also Dean Howard was runner up in the Coach of the Year
category.
Congratulations to everyone at the club for making this award possible.
17th October
2011
Club Championship Heats Results
Well done to everyone who swam in the club championship heats yesterday. The results
have been analysed and the qualifiers for the finals on 5th November (at Repton)
are now available in
this spreadsheet...
The times have been uploaded and you can track your personal times and your progress
on the results page... You'll need to
log in and the code can be obtained from any of the club officials.
7th October
2011
Paintball and Laser Tag
On the 10th September, we visited the Midlands Premier Paintball & Laser Tag centre
at Brailsford, Derby. A group of 13 younger swimmers (and not so brave Mums) competed
at Laser Tag, and 22 older swimmers (and foolish Dads) did combat at Paintball.
A fantastic time was had by all, with many proud trophies (bruises) being displayed
on the poolside for weeks after. A big thanks to Jody and the guys at Wild Park
Leisure, and teams are already being formed for revenge (re-match) next year.
Look out for more social events on the website, or advertised on the poolside noticeboards!
27th September
2011
Derventio eXcel Swim Clinics
Derventio eXcel, the local elite swimming squad will be running 3 swim clinics in
November, December and January.
Designed for swimmers of a County level and above, the clinics will offer a workshop
based on the latest Sports Science advances as used by the Derventio coaching staff
and a land-training session with an emphasis on improving strength, swimming speed
and athleticism. The pool sessions during this season of camps will be predominantly
skill based and should be a positive experience for the swimmers. There will be
an emphasis on technique and they will also include racing strategies.
The clinics will be run by Derventio eXcel head coach (and member of the GB coaching
staff for the European Junior Championships 2011) Andi Manley with his coaching
staff at Derventio, Kim Hill and Keith Kelly. They will be joined by at least one
of the DX swimmers who will share their advice and experiences of what it takes
to train and compete at a National/International level. Camps are open to swimmers
from any ASA affiliated club aged 9 to 18. More details about these events are available
here...
26th September
2011
Matlock Gala
Well done to everyone who competed in the gala last weekend. The full report is
available here...
19th September
2011
DASA County Sprints
The County Sprints Competition will be held at Ponds Forge on 20th November 2011.
Further details and an entry form are available at the links below:
Event details...
Entry form...
17th September
2011
Photos at the Club Championships
Once again this year we are pleased to announce that DE Photo have been appointed
as the Professional Sports and Event Photographers for the Club Championships (both
heats and finals).
Action photos from the events will be available throughout the session and take
less than a minute to print. These photos are fantastic quality and are always popular.
Although you can purchase photos from the DE POhoto website after the event, the
club is able to take a small commission from any photos purchased at the event -
so we encourage all parents to bring their cheque books and credit/debit cards!
7th September
2011
Club Championships
The Club Championship heats will be held on Sunday 16th October (at Etwall) and
the finals will be held on Saturday 5th November at Repton. Further details are
given in the document links below:
Dates and Rules
Dates
and Rules (Masters)
Entry Form
Race Numbers and Event Age Groups
29th August
2011
Club Newsletter
Click on this link...
to get a copy of the latest Club Newsletter.
It's full of useful and interesting information for both swimmers and parents, particularly
for the newer members of the club.
10th July
2011
Ripley Rascals Open Meet
A team of 3 girls, Olivia Faulkner, Charlotte Hall and Abbey Morley swam at the
RASCALS Open Meet at Alfreton on Sunday, 10 July. Congratulations to all 3 girls
for swimming so well and personally achieving so much. More details
here...
14th June
2011
National Championships
Keeping an eye on the results of the National Championships in Sheffield this week?
Forget Rebecca Adlington and the rest - our very own member Chris Steeples has just
come 6th in the country in the 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1:02.70.
Fantastic effort Chris and well done from all your friends at Etwall Eagles
14th June
2011
Ickle People Gala
This Open Meet took place on Sunday 12th June.
The club came away with a bagfull of medals, awards and PBs, eventually finishing
3rd overall. Read the full report
here...
2nd June
2011
Summer Swimming Timetable
The Summer timetable can be viewed
here...
17th May
2011
Diddy League
Congratulations to all the swimmers who took part in the Diddy League gala on 14th
May. This was a fantastic performance with Etwall finishing in second place overall.
The full report can be read
here... and the individual results can be read
here...
The next round of this event is on 26th June. Please keep your diaries clear to
enable the club to field the strongest team possible and bring as many supporters
as you can to cheer us on!
16th May
2011
Club Kit
The new kit ordering system is now live!
Head over to the Kit Page, take a look at what's
available and put in an order today.
10th April
2011
Swimathon
Many swimmers from the club took part in the recent Swimathon at Etwall in aid of
Marie Curie Cancer care.
One of the teams (pictured) comprising Martha Airey, Jasmine Cooper, Beth Willets,
Maise Airey and Macey Jarvis, achieved their aim of swimming 200 lengths in under
100 minutes, finishing with 87 seconds to spare, and raised £165 into the bargain.
Well done Girls, and thank you to everyone who was kind enough to sponsor the girls
efforts.
10th April
2011
Etwall Eagles Masters Meet
The entry form for the Masters Open Meet on 26th November 2011, is now available
from here....
28th March
2011
Derbyshire County Championships
Congratulations to Harry Rowe, Chris Steeples and Jess Laight on their victories.
The winless Kathryn Roworth was not happy but should be proud of her efforts and
numerous medals, whilst Georgia Byng returned from retirement to take a strong silver
medal.
The 2 Adams performed strongly in the breastroke events as did James Whitfield,
Samuel Sadler and Phoebe Hinds who all represented the club with honour in a number
of events. The ailing Lizzie Daniels rose from her sick bed to perform well in the
50 back, and supported by Lauren Ives, joined Phoebe and Georgia to scare the "living
be-jezus" out of City of Derby, Long Eaton and Ripley in the relays on the last
day, failing by just 3 lengths to bring home the gold. Girls, we salute your effort!
Cara Adams and Billie Airey had 2 terrific swims each whilst Rosie Jarvis achieved
some long awaited PB's. Callum Freeman saved his father an undoubted large sum by
failing to PB in his 50 Free (no doubt waiting for all his rivals to reach the other
end before ending his transition) but gained PB's in every other event that he swam.
Sam Joyce on the other hand was underwhelmed by his performances until he produced
one of the swims of the championships in smashing his Medley PB on the last weekend.
Well done boys.
Despite these successes, the most pleasing thing for the club was the wonderful
performances by our very promising group of 9 and 10 year olds. Of particular note
were the efforts of Jasmine Cooper, Bethany Willetts, Maisie Airey, Macey Jarvis,
Toby Arnold, Jessica Hollidge, Martha Airey and Daniel Makepeace who all produced
personal best performances under extremely competitive conditions. Daniel only made
2 events but took 2 fine medals, Toby, Martha and Jessica made huge improvements
(all gaining PB's between and 4 and 7 seconds) whilst Beth and Jasmine were absolutely
superb in winning hats and medals in the 10 year old section.
We hope that their experiences will show the other young swimmers and their parents
that they can compete at County Level and that we will take even more of our growing
young team to the county long course champs at Ponds Forge on November 20th. Congratulations
everyone on your efforts and thank you for representing your club.
25th March
2011
Open Meets
Why not have a go at swimming in an Open Meet this year?
There are lots to choose from (see the Open Meets Page
for more details). However, the Rykneld Meet (21st May), the Ickle People Meet
(12th June), and the Borough of Barnsley Meet in Ponds Forge (3rd July) are particularly
popular with swimmers in the club.
Please contact Craig Airey if you would
like any more information, or are thinking of entering. More details can be found
on the club competition board at Etwall Leisure Centre.
21st January
2011
Speed Awards
The ASA Speed Awards cover all four strokes and are graded by Bronze, Silver and
Gold (plus Platinum for some distances). They give swimmers an opportunity to compete
against the clock with achievable target times.
The individual swimmers page informs swimmers if they have achieved an award and
how much faster they need to swim to reach the next level. The club has generously
offered to give swimmers their speed awards for free.
Rather than giving these out at the annual Presentation Evening, they can be claimed
by speaking to or emailing Craig Airey
... Note that you can only claim one award at each level, even if you have reached
the standard in multiple categories.