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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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...

Matlock Gala

Well done to everyone who competed in the gala last weekend. The full report is available here...

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:

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!

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:

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.

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...

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

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...

Summer Swimming Timetable

The Summer timetable can be viewed here...

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!

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.

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.

Etwall Eagles Masters Meet

The entry form for the Masters Open Meet on 26th November 2011, is now available from here....

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.

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.

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.