Our swimmers delivered a strong start to the season at Richmond Dale’s Back to Pool meet at the weekend.
With an impressive medal haul, lots of personal best performances and fantastic team spirit, it was a great starting point for the roll out of the 2015/2016 competition calendar.
A big well done to all our swimmers who took part!
We would like to say a big thank you to all who attended the 40th anniversary celebrations on Saturday for their support, along with an even bigger thank you to Gary Fyfe for organising, Keiran & Callum for their entertainment and fantastic history in pictures of the club, Becky facepainter extraordinaire and everyone else who helped with the preparations and on the day itself.
Great fun was had by all those who attended and it was fantastic to see the club’s founder John Renshaw (and first head coach) at the event with his wife Valerie.
For those of you who missed it, visit our 40th gallery to see snapshots of the day’s events.
If anyone has any photos from the day which they would like included in our gallery, please email them to
enquiries@chesterlestreetasc.co.uk
After producing an outstanding performance in the qualifying heats, improving his 50m back time by almost 2 seconds (wow!) Alex qualified as fastest competitor in the mens 14 years final. After shaving yet more time off, he finished in gold medal position in a time of 29:49, an absolutely fantastic result!
Alex finished his championships with an impressive tally of 6 finals, 7 PBs and a GOLD medal. An absolutely outstanding result and we’re sure its a sign of fantastic things to come.
WELL DONE ALEX!
Following the implementation of a new qualifying window and British Summer Championships in 2015, key dates for 2016 and provisional dates for 2017 have been announced.
In 2016 the qualifying window for British Summer Championships and the associated English, Scottish and Welsh end of season competitions will be 11 March – 30 May (inclusive).
The British Summer Championships 2016 will take place on 26 – 31 July (subject to venue confirmation).
It’s anticipated the British Championships will take place 12 – 17 April 2016, an event which will fall into the qualifying window.
It is anticipated that the 2017 qualifying window will be 24 March – 29 May (inclusive) and the that British Summer Championships will be held 25 – 30 July, however these are subject to confirmation following a review at the close of the current season.
Swimmers are reminded that where invitations are made to the Home Nation summer events the default is that individuals are considered in relation to the country of their ranked club.
Full details can be found on the British Swimming website.
The 12/13 years 400m Free final marked the end of this summer’s national championships for Chester-le-Street ASC, with yet another top 5 place for the club. As the championships draw to a close, we’re sure our swimmers are returning tired but extremely happy and proud of themselves, as they rightly should be!
Its been a long and tiring two weeks of competition for our national qualifiers, but which we’re sure has been a hugely memorable and exciting experience for all involved.
We would like to say a HUGE well done to all our swimmers who have now completed their championships.
With a boat load of personal best performances, 11 finals, and a bronze and gold medal in tow, they have once again showcased what tremendous talent we have at the club, and proved what hard work and dedication can achieve!
The championships have been a fabulous end to a fantastic season, and for the last time, congratulations go to all our 2015 qualifiers!
We would also like to take this opportunity to say a big well done to all our swimmers, at these and all this season’s competitions. We are proud of all your achievements no matter how great or small, and as always continue to be impressed by the level of commitment you all show.
Here’s looking forward to next season and hopefully even more amazing results!
