Bridge of Don ASC Summer 2010 Newsletter

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Welcome to our summer

2010 Newsletter,

BODASC has had a very

busy few months since

the AGM, with a new

committee in place we

are working together to

continue to provide you

with a happy, safe envi-

ronment to swim to your

full potential. Thank you

to all committee mem-

bers and volunteers who

give up their time for theclub. There is a vacancy

on the committee for an

Adult Member; this is a

supporting role and a

gentle introduction into

the running of the club.

Please contact me by

email: [email protected] if you couldfill that role or on 01358

742385.

We are delighted that

Kevin Paterson is Head

Coach at BODASC. To-

gether with the commit-

tee Kevin is working on

appointing Lead Coaches

for each squad from JT4

upwards to Elite. This

will give coaches owner-

ship of their squad and

coaches will look to

Kevin for guidance and

support.

At the end of May, after a

talk about Open Water

Swimming from Brian

Bain, some swimmers

attended Open Water

Training at Knockburn

Loch and the next day we

had swimmers compete

in their first Triathlon at

Stonehaven.

The club is encouragingeveryone to visit our web-

site, here you will find up

to date information,

news and dates for your

diary. The website is up-

dated immediately, if for

any reason the pool has

to close, so please check

it out at

www.bodasc.co.ukBODASC was founded in

1980 and we celebrate

our 30th Anniversary this

year. The committee is

working on providing per-

sonalised caps to cele-

brate this and also to

provide different medals

at Club Championships

to mark this anniversary.

If you have any contacts

within companies that

you feel the club could

approach for sponsor-

ship please let us know.

There will be reports in

this newsletter from

many key members of

our club, coaches, com-

mittee and swimmers.

Without them our club

would not run as

smoothly or our swim-

mers be as successful.

We have a great club andare lucky to be based at

our home pool in Bridge

of Don.

Have a lovely summer

everyone and we look

forward to seeing you all

after the break, ready to

tackle the new season

with some new meets

being attended. Our

meet calendar will be

available on the website

once confirmed.

Have a safe, happy

(sunny?) fun filled sum-

mer.

AudreyAudrey Deans, PresidentOn behalf of the committee

Presidents piece

[email protected]

Summer 2010

Bridge of Don

Newsletter

Inside this issue:

Coaches Reports 2-5

Well done Emma 6

Postal Swim, One hour

challenge

6

Triathlon success 7

Open water swimming at

Knockburn Loch

8

East District Open water

Championships

9

Please Note :Club membership fees willbe due in September, themembership secretary willsend out a note to remindeveryone.


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I was asked to take onthe roll as Head Coach

after the AGM in March,

and after a long, long

think I decided to take on

the roll.

This is my first piece as

Head Coach for the

newsletter.

I have been a teacher &

coach since 2004, but

got involved with the clubback in late 2002.

Over the last 3/3.5 years

the club has not had a

head coach. However I

do feel that I have been

doing the same job, but

just in background.

I think the club has really

progressed in this time,as can be seen with the

number of swimmers

gaining great PBs, DRP

times and the amount of

top end swimmers.

I hope to continue this

great work with the help

of the coaches, commit-

tee and of course all the

swimmers.Hopefully more progress

will be seen in the year

ahead.

There will be a number ofchanges ahead as all

squads are going to have

a lead coach, who will be

responsible for their own

squad and its planning.

These names will appear

on the web page before

the restart after the sum-

mer holidays.

We are also looking at

changing to a new time-table after the holidays

due to squad move-

ments, and space in the

pool.

If you have any concerns

regarding anything

please speak to your

squad coach first.

Finally, to all swimmers,

coaches, committee

members and parents,

happy holidays, enjoy the

summertime? See you all

back fighting fit and rar-

ing to go.

KevinHead Coach.

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Head Coachs Report

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BODASC supporters club

Coaches report: JT5

JT5 will be very sadly

missed (very tempted to

hang on to you but you

were just too good). As

for those of you who

have worked hard and

just need a bit more of

our time, we are really

looking forward to seeing

you after the summerbreak.

Keep up the swimming

everyone whether it is in

a pool, the sea or your

bath!

Enjoy the long lies on a

Saturday and come back

ready to work hard. Well

done to everyone in JT4!

Happy summer holidays,

Lorraine &Danixxx

Well, what can we say

those JT4 swimmers who

have shown up to most

or all of their sessions

have done incredibly

well. We are so proud of

you for coming along,

having fun, listening, im-

proving and trying so so

hard! You have all been

fun to work with and

those who are moving to

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In this picture, Ash

(McIntosh) can be seengiving his full support to

BODASC, Is he the clubs

most loyal supporter?

We thought that you may

have other fun photos of

friends, family & pets

who are involved with the

club. If you do, please

send them in to the editor

who will be delighted to

publish them.

Coaches report: JT4

Well done to both our

JT5 classes this term for

their continued hard

work.

We've seen some swim-

mers putting in excellent

attendance and making

great improvements.

Let's aim to keep this up!

This term I've been par-

ticularly impressed with

our starts and our

streamlining off the wall,

both of which are looking

great.

Remember to keep doing

this at all times though!

JT5 is hard work, and I'd

encourage everyone to

keep working at it.

You've been a pleasure

to teach this term, and I

hope everyone has a

great summer!

Thanks

Michael


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This is my last report asa teacher and a coach. I

would just like to say

thanks for all your sup-

port over the past year, I

have really enjoyed

working with you all and

you have all improved

and come on so much.

I have been with BOD for

14 years from learning

to swim myself through

squads and training be-

fore leaving to further myown swimming career. I

then came back to teach

and coach with the club

and I have learned so

much during this time.

BOD have been such an

amazing team to train

and work with and I wish

you guys every success

in the future.

JC1 have been a great

group of swimmers to

teach and I know that attimes I have pushed you

hard, but you have re-

sponded so well. Hope

you all keep up your

swimming.

With love

Debbie

Coaches Report : JC1

We would like also to

congratulate all those

who have been moved

up to JC3. well done!

Thanks to all our pool-

side helpers too, you are

a great help. Also to the

coaches that have cov-

ered for Kevin on his

away days. Its been a

great first six months, so

keep up the good work

and continue to work

hard.

Hope you have a Great

summer, enjoy your 5

weeks off and we will see

you all in August.

Kevin & Diane

Its been another great

term working with JC2 for

me. Everyone has come

on so much, and Ive no-ticed a lot more effort

being put in to training

sessions, which is show-

ing in the results of com-

petitions.

Keep up the great work

guys, and try not to eat

too many ice-creams

over summer, I want to

see you all fit and well for

when you get back in thepool!

Thanks everyone,

Emma

Coaches Report : JC2

Summer is here already.

JC2 has been a really bigsquad this year. Everyone

has really worked hard,

with lots of work on tech-

nique and distance, and

the results have been

some great improvements

in both.

During competitions JC2

swimmers have done

really well with medals

and PB's.You have been a great

credit to your squad and

club. This shows that all

the hard work pays off.

Keep up the good work.


Newsletter

Debbie, thankyou for all thatyou have put intoswimming withthe club . We allwish you lots ofsuccess and fulfil-ment in your fu-ture career


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Thanks once again to theJC3s for another term of

hard work, both from re-

turning and new squad

members. I feel like

we've had a lot going on

this term, with some

highlights being the De-

velopment meet, Ythan,

Peterhead, April Showers

and our own recent time

trials.

Well done to our new

squad members who

have quickly adapted to

training with the JC3s,

including the increased

distances. I'd also like to

say well done for various

technique improvements

made recently, with our

breaststroke and butter-

fly kick improving consid-

erably!

We have a good attitude

in this squad, and a lot of

enthusiasm. However,

let's make sure we're

paying attention to coach

instructions and to our

training sets for the

whole session! So let's

cut down a bit on the

splashing, and on the

writing of people's names

on each other's backs

(we know who you are,

it's fine)... I can also con-

firm that after a lengthyconsultation period, kick

boards will be banned as

weapons with immediate

effect!

This aside, I'd like to say

congratulations to all our

squad swimmers, and I

hope all are looking for-

ward to a well deservedsummer break.

Come back ready to work

again!

Peace.

Michael

your success so that next

year youll all be swim-

ming further and faster.

Some of you are getting

close to North District

Age Group Championship

times, and even Open

Championship times so

there are plenty of chal-

lenges for you still to

meet.

Weve tried a couple of

new ventures this year.

For the first time I can

remember we had a dis-

tance time trial, we had

our one hour swim, and

we have also had a go at

open water swimming .Its been great to see the

enthusiasm and good

humour with which you

Its been a really busy 6

months. There have

been many meets and

the Elite squad represen-

tation is increasing at all

levels, from mini meets

through to the Westhill

Invitational. There have

been masses of PBs and

medals and every meet

has had memorable per-

formances from Elite

squad swimmers. The

season finished on a

high with seven Elite

swimmers at the devel-

opment meet, all achiev-

ing good PBs, and with

some bronze times andmedals as well. Well

done to you all.

Were hoping to build on

have tackled the open

water swimming and a

special well done to the

six swimmers who took

part in the East District

Open Water swim at Lo-

chore Meadows. I know

some of you intend to

enter more open water

meets over the summer

so good luck in that.

Its been a long and tiring

season so make sure you

get plenty of rest over

the holidays, try out

some new activities and

come back refreshed

and raring to go.

Alison

Coaches Report :JC3

Coaches Report : Elite/Associates

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Thanks toyou all foryour hardwork this yearand forrepresentingyour club sowell


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Inside Story Headline

Congratulations to all

swimmers who took part

in our first "One Hour

Challenge Swim", each

swimmer was entered

into the Postal Swim op-

erated by the British

Long Distance Swimming

Associationand all have

just received their

badges.


Well done Emma

Stevie Brands swam fur-

ther than everyone with a

massive 3775 metres

and was presented with a

new BODASC trophy by

Bruce Deans.

Hannah Coldwells and

Gemma Morgan were the

next best female swim-

mers with 3705 metres.

Michael Miller led for the

boys with 3745 metres,

with Iain Macdonald

on 3495 metres and

Campbell Tough on

3200 metres.

It was a great event

and we look forward

to making it an an-nual feature of the

BOD calendar.

Emma Mitchell has en-

joyed a wonderful yearof swimming success

including taking part in

the Disabled Swimmers

Events National Junior

Swimming Champion-

ships held in Sheffield

in March. In this picture

Emma is proudly show-

ing her Bronze medal

which she won for the

50m breaststroke.Emma has also been

selected to take part in

the UK School games in

Sept. for the 100m

Breaststroke. This is a

fantastic achievement

and really shows what

potential Emma has for

the future. Since the

first UK School Games,

British Swimming has po-

sitioned the event veryhighly and for disability

swimming it sits just below

the World Class pro-

gramme. Athletes take

part in a multi sport com-

petition that provides

them with an invaluable

educational and inspira-

tional experience.

Emma will be representingScotland North & West at thegames and we all wish hermuch success. Go Emma!On Friday 5th of March I hadto leave home at 6am to getto Stirling to catch the busfirst to Edinburgh then Glas-gow to pick up the rest of theScottish squad. After Glas-gow, we had a 257 mile jour-ney down to Sheffield. Whenwe arrived at the hotel mynerves were getting the bet-ter of me. I was terrified be-cause I didnt know hardlyanyone who was in the teamexcept my roommate, Hopefrom Highland. On Saturday,I was very nervous aboutwhat to do and how every-

thing worked. But it all gotbetter as the day went onas everyone was kind andfriendly. At lunch time, Igot lost in the giant mazewhich was Pond Forge(the pool). The best part ofthat day was when I camefirst in my race for 50mbreaststroke. I felt on topof the world! On Sunday itwas much clearer, but Iwas shattered by the timewe finally went back to thehotel. We packed to gohome just after tea. Onthe bus Paul (the swim co-ordinator) gave out all themedals. I got a bronze formy breaststroke. I firstthought I was going to getgold but medals were forfirst, second and thirdoverall in your disabilityclass. We once again hadto stop at Edinburgh andGlasgow then Stirling onthe way home, where mylift was waiting. We finallygot home about 10ish toBridge of Don, I wassooooo tired!!

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Finlay Deans and Meg

Patterson were runners

up in their age groups

too. A brilliant introduc-tion to the sport of triath-

lon. Well done to all.

Despite heavy rain and

strong winds almost 90

excited kids dragged

their mums and dads out

of bed early and headedto Mackie Academy on

Sunday 30th May 2010

to take part in Fleet-Feet

Kids Triathlon.

Shortly after all the kids

had received the briefing

the first swim heat got

under way.

BOSACS swimmers had a

great day. In the 13yr

olds Ailish Crombie wonthe girls race in a time of

23:22.

Fleet-Feet Triathlon success

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Well doneto each andeveryone ofyou whocompletedthe onehourchallenge


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Ten brave BODASC swim-

mers (and one dad), tried

out the open water ex-

perience with Brian Bain,

North District Open Wa-

ter Convenor, in the pur-

pose built training loch

just outside Banchory,

The scenery was beauti-

ful but the water was a

cool 10 C which left our

swimmers gasping for

breath. Spectators wore

fleeces and jackets - itwas breezy.

After a few minutes the

screams had subsided

and the group swam up

the loch and around the

island, negotiatied the

long weed and the

numerous tadpoles and

some even managed a

smile for the final sprints

round the bouy.

For some

this may

have been

their firstand last

experieince of open

water swimming in

Scotland but others were

enthused, if a little

frozen, but plan to

compete in their first

East District

Championships later in

June.

Open Water Swimming: Knockburn Loch, 29th May 2010

This will bethe coldestwater you

experienceall season


Newsletter


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.Six BODASC swimmerscompeted in their first

open water champion-

ship on 13 June at Lo-

chore Meadows in Fife.

Huge respect goes to the

girls who took part,

namely Jasmine, Gemma

M, Ellis, Hannah, Gemma

E and Stevie who braved

the cold water (no wet

suits allowed) and reallydid our club proud.

Stevie, who competed in

the 2km race put in a

really excellent time as

did all the other girls who

took part in the 1km nov-

ice race.

.

East District Open Water Championship, 13 June 2010

Hope yournumbershavewashed offby nowgirls !

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Congratulations to Hannah

Coldwells who took the

bronze medal in the 1km

race in 16 minutes 30 sec-

onds. Hannah said It was

very scary at the start as

the water was so cold, I

couldnt move until Jas-

mine shouted at me and

got me going! I was also

worried in case I went the

wrong way round the

course. There were 5 peo-

ple in kayaks who made

sure you didnt get into

trouble in the water.

Everyone really enjoyed the

swim and some of us are

going to enter the Scottish

Championships at Strath-

clyde Park later in July.


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Based at Bridge of Don Swimming Pool, a 25 metre pool

located at Bridge of Don Academy and Community Educa-

tion Centre, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland.

The Club has approximately 100 children, aged from 5 to 20

and takes swimmers from learning to swim stages to com-

peting at North District Level. We also feed swimmers in to

the City of Aberdeen Swim Team (COAST) which takes swim-

mers through to competing at National level.

Swimmers with the club have the opportunity to :

Develop their swimming skills

Improve their fitness

Make new friends

Meet friends at regular training sessions

Swim in friendly local competitions

Enjoy organised swimming trips in Scotland,

mainly in the North East

Please help raise money for the club online

VISIT OURWEBSITE :

www.bodasc.co.uk

Dates for your diary:September Splash4th September 2010

Dear parents and guardiansI would like to highlight a simple way to help raise funds for the club when you shop online.If you sign up for a free account at http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/bodascand follow the provided links to your favour-ite retailers then when you make a purchase from that store the club will receive a percentage of the value of your pur-chase. After youve arrived at your chosen online shop using the easy fundraising link simply browse and buy from the re-tailers site as you would normally. No further action required.In tough economic times we are all watching our spending. When you have a purchased planned; whether its bagging abargain in the sales, doing the weekly food shop or renewing the car insurance please consider going to the shop via easy-fundraising.Fundraising allows the club to purchase new equipment and keep the cost of our swimming lessons down which benefitsus all.Take care,Graham BrunoClub Teacher & bodasc.co.uk administrator
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