Leicestershire Amateur Swimming Association
News From Leicestershire ASA
Below are the latest news bulletins from the Leicestershire ASA
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| 2010-07-29 | Grand Prix Mini Meet 2010 - 2011 |
| The entry information for the above has been circulated to all club secretaries Will all clubs ensure that coaches and teachers are given this information and as many young swimmers as possible are given the opportunity to participate The age range is 8-10 years (age at 12th June 2011) The 3 rounds are as follows: 25th September 2010: Loughborough University Pool (short course)2pm warm up 20th November 2010: Braunstone Pool 6pm warm up 22nd January 2011: Braunstone Pool 6pm warm up All swimmers compete in a 200m Freestyle race and a 100m Individual Medley race The closing date for entries is the 4th September 2010 | |
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| 2010-07-18 | Sophie is European Champion x 2! |
| Sophie Smith has secured a second individual gold medal winning the 200m Individual Medley event at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki This was a close race and her winning time of 2.14.48 is a British 15 year old Age Group Record Sophie is returning with 4 medals in total with her first gold in the 400m Individual Medley & 2 silver medals from the 4 x 100m and 4 x 200m Freestyle Relays. Her times in the relays were 56.14 and 1.59.96 Congratulations to Sophie & hopefully she will be able to bring her medals to the next county organised event for a photo & autograph session! | |
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| 2010-07-14 | Sophie Smith is European Junior Champion |
| Sophie has had a great start to her championships in Helsinki. Below is the report from the British Swimming website 14 Jul 2010 The first day of the LEN European Junior Swimming Championships saw the British Junior Swimming Team, powered by British Gas, stand on the podium in Helsinki four times as they raced to one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Sophie Smith got the team off to an excellent start as she took Britain’s first gold of the Championships swimming to the Girl’s 400m Individual Medley title. The City of Leicester swimmer turned in third after the first 100m but was leading from the front by the second half of the race. Smith maintained her dominance and paced the race well to touch the wall in a British Age Group Record of 4:44.46 taking gold ahead of Spain’s Beatriz Gomez Cortes (4:44.87) and Italy’s Alessia Polieri (4:46.71). "I felt confident going into the last 100 metres and knew I could pull out a sprint finish,” said Smith. “I am really happy and mum has just sent me a text to say it is a British Age Group Record! "I still have the shorter medley in which I am seeded for a medal plus the relays. I am just happy and looking forward to the next few days" Keep an eye on the British Swimming website for further updates in the next few days | |