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Aquaknights Newsletter August 2007 1/3
Coaching Comments.
I have managed to make contact with most of the coaches and swimmers in the three regions over the last two months and it was pleasing to see so many of our Aquaknights at the Bay of Plenty Winter Short Course Championships.
There were 14 swimmers who stepped up to the 650 points at the meet and another group just a matter of a few points off 650. The focus now shifts to the Spring Meet in Wellington where I am expecting to see an improvement from those on 650, working their way towards the 700 points and the National Youth Programme and most importantly I want more Aquaknights achieving 650.
The qualifying criteria is 650 points for the Aquaknights Camp in Taupo (Olympic events only) the last opportunity to qualify is the Spring Meet and swimmers wanting to attend the camp must notify Bronwyn Radford by the last session at the Spring Meet. In my last National Youth and Distance newsletter I wrote about what it takes to reach a particular qualifying standard or time. Many of our swimmers reach a point in their careers when taking that next step seems to be out of reach or within reach, but do not know how to get there.
There is one certainty in life, there is no soft option to being successful, so don’t go down that path – it will become a distraction and you won’t achieve what you want. Putting that bit of philosophy into a swimming context – to take that next step, you need to make changes, if you are stuck, then don’t keep doing the same old things, change, maybe you and your coach have to change your approach to training, more sessions, harder sets, improve technique all these and other areas of change require an element of risk taking.
“Conservative efforts will get you conservative results. Courage and daring will bring the big reward – Take a risk!”
– That’s what it is going to take at this years Spring Meet. I want to see Aquaknights stepping up on the blocks ready to take a risk! And go for the 650 + points. I must mention one area that stood out at the Bay winter meet that could be changed – it was finishes, these were very poor. It was not only at the meet I have observed this, I have seen swimmers gliding in to the wall at all training sessions I have visited over the last few months, those elusive points you need could easily be tied up in your finish. Over the next three weeks, work on finishes. In freestyle and backstroke, finish on the long axis (on the side, not having your shoulders square to the wall. Fly and breaststroke work out your finish from the 5m – you should know exactly what number of strokes and stroke adjustment you have to make to hit the wall cleanly.
I am back on the pool deck again covering the Bay Swim programme. I will take these swimmers through to the Spring Meet. This does not mean however that I am not accessible to the Aquaknight programme. I want you to come up and let me know how you have swum, coaches and swimmers – We should all be seated together and ready to support one another.
I would like coaches to send me their entries for the Spring Meet, with the swimmers best time for short course (not converted long course if this happens to be their entry time) Entry times should not be converted times!
Make the most of the next three weeks in the training pool and I look forward to seeing you in Wellington.
Clive Power
Administrator’s Bits
I did not receive a single result from the June test set, so can’t boast about the great workers out there in the pool. Some Great Results to Share.
Taranaki
Awards have come in thick and fast to a couple of our deserving stars Ashley Rupapera – SNZ Brockett Cup 2006-7, Paddy Manu Junior Sportsperson for South Taranaki 2007, Taranaki Junior Maori Sportswoman of the Year 2007, Stratford Lions Club Youth Achievement Award 2007.
Clive Wheeler (Ashley’s coach) Life Membership Stratford Swimming Club, Life Membership Swimming Taranaki, Coach of the Year at Paddy Manu Sports Awards 2007.
New Zealand teams – Georgia Johnston Stratford was a member of the team to the 2007 Trans Tasman Tri Series (1-8 July) that came so close to beating Australia for the first time, breaking a number of Taranaki records in the process.
Short Course Championships – Special results BOP Champs 17,18,19 August
New Zealand Record Ashley Rupapera 200m breaststroke 14 year girls 2:35.94, Ashley was named swimmer of the meet for the second consecutive year.
17 Taranaki Records were broken at this championship.
Dylan Dunlop-Barrett 5, Jackson Arlidge 3 including first Taranaki swimmer to go sub 1minute for 100m back, Ashley 2, Charlotte Webby 2, Brydie Whitehead 2, Julian Weir 2 & Kaitlyn Haami 1. Great work everyone keeping Taranaki on track for Momentum 2012.
Taranaki Champs 25, 26 & 29 August – Taranaki Records broken:
Dylan Dunlop-Barrett Bell Block 16 years & Over: 200 Free 1.56.55, 400IM 4.38.58
Kaitlyn Haami BLB 10-11yrs 800 Free 10.56.14. Kendell Davison BLB 14-15yrs 1500m
free 18:15.78 and Caitlyn Moratti ING 12-13yrs 1500m free 19:30.40.
650+ points swims at Taranaki SC champs is difficult to accomplish when we do not have large numbers of top swimmers in all events here, so it is great to share the successes of Dylan Dunlop-Barrett, Charlotte Webby and Kendell Davison. Charlotte 400 free 663 points, 200 fly 656 points, 800 free 687 points Dylan 200 free 696 points, 400 free 693 points, 800 free 695 points, 400 IM 678 points. Kendell 1500m free 665 points.
Next year we will be able to look at counting just those swims scoring over 700 points.
Bay of Plenty
New Zealand Team – Kane Radford was a member of the SNZ Youth Development Squad 3 Meet American Tour June-July 2007 with Clive Power the Team Coach. At the 2007 South California June Age Group Invitational Kane took out two first places in 800 and 1500 free plus a member of the 400medley relay, and second places for 200fr, 400fr, 400IM, in both the 200m relays and 400fr relay. Kane swam an outstanding 1500m breaking the New Zealand Record by over 8 seconds in a time of 15:38.39. He then joined Coach Rose’s Mission Veijo Swim Team for a month’s training which concluded with another swim meet where he swam under the 4minute mark for the 400m freestyle. Awesome results Kane and Clive – well done from all of the Aquaknights.
NEWS FROM THE BAY
Swimmers have been busy honing skills, starts, turns etc over the past months in training and have had opportunities to convert these newly learnt skills in races which have resulted in 13 swimmers breaking a total of 48 records and one New Zealand Record to date this season. It was at the Swimming Bay Of Plenty Short Course Meet that 21 of these records fell. Record Breakers to date are Taylor Armstrong 13 years, Hamish Miller 9 and under, Carl O’Donnell Open, Kane Radford 16 years and Open, Tori Robinson 9 and under, Tania Thomson 9 and under, Sarah Fraser 14 years, Aaryn Gandy 12 years, Paige Harris 9 and under, Anneke Jenkins 18 years and Open, Sian MacRury 10 years, Jessica Miller 11 years, and Briar Miller 17 years.
The Bay’s Momentum212 stands at 46 Regional records Broken and 1 New Zealand Record broken since 12th December 2006. We still have 716 Regional records to break before 2012. The Momentum programme only allows a record to be broken once since December 12 2006.
Congratulations to all those parents that have recently obtained their Timekeepers, IOT and or Starter qualifications.
The Bay acknowledges the support of Waikato and Taranaki at their recent Winter Championships.
Camp
Congratulations to the following Aquaknights scoring over FINA 650 points in a swim to date and going to Camp in Taupo in October.
Bay of Plenty - Ten Swimming swimmers have achieved the magic 650 FINA points and higher in their various events: Carl O’Donnell, Kane Radford, Nathan Capp, Anneke Jenkins, Carla Van Bommel, Gabrielle Capp, Briar Miller, Candra Hansen, Taylor Armstrong, and Sarah Fraser.
Taranaki – Dylan Dunlop-Barrett, Ashley Rupapera, Charlotte Webby.
Waikato – Sara Hablous, Pippa Johnston, and one other young lady.
Swimmers still have until the end of the SNZ Spring meet to make the camp qualifying criteria so best of luck to those who are still working to be included in the Taupo camp. Spring Meet Congratulations to the following swimmers for obtaining qualifying times for the upcoming Spring Competition in Wellington:
Bay of Plenty: Taylor Armstrong, Ashleigh Browne, Gabrielle Capp, Holly Doorman, Sarah Forgesson, Sarah Fraser, Sarah Gane, Sophie Gimblett, Candra Hansen, Anneke Jenkins, Michelle Keighley, Sarah McLeod, Briar Miller, Nicole O’Donnell, Natalie Peat, Carl O’Donnell, Carla Van Bommel, Yee Ling Tay, Nathan Capp, Rene Kapa, Kirsten Wesche, Michael Lovegrove, Mitchell Nairn, Kane Radford, Hin Siang Tay, Blake Williamson, Sam Rosenburg.
Taranaki: Sarah Cooper, Courtney Davison, Kendell Davison, Rebecca Heemi, Georgia Johnston, Rebecca Johnston, India Karalus, Anneka Kilmore, Caitlyn Moratti, Ashley Rupapera, Danielle Tribe, Charlotte Webby, Brydie Whitehead, Jackson Arlidge, Brendan Dimock, Dylan Dunlop-Barrett, Blair Dunn, Edward Rawles, Brock Wilson.
Waikato:
Everyone in our three regions wishes these Aquaknights the very best Spring meet in September, we look forward to following your successes by computer. If I have missed your successes I apologise, but chances are I do not know. PLEASE do email me great results at any time and I will accumulate them for the next newsletter.
Judith Armstrong
Administrator ij.Armstrong@xtra.co.nz
