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  Latest updates and information


January  2012


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 28 Jan    No 1    Winner-Sam Spence


Cumbria Age Group and County Championships

The club will stage time trials for swimmers who are close to qualifying or would like to improve their existing qualifying time,see Julie Walley for further details.


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 21 Jan    No 19    Winner-Linda Stamper


The 9 years/over P.B. sheet has been updated to include the Sunderland New Year Long Course Gala.
 

Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 14 Jan    No 33    Winner-Edward Wake


The club need volunteers to help run the Friendly Diddy Gala on Saturday 4th February
between 2.00 and approx 4.15pm,see Nicola Stephenson for further details.  



Land Training for swimmers 10 years and over starts at Cleator Moor Bowls Centre on Monday 23rd January from 6.30 - 7.30pm.The session will focus on core strength
and agility specifically for young swimmers and will include spinning bikes (height restriction),stretch ropes,medicine balls etc.at a cost of £1.50 per session,see Alan Burns or Paul Messenger for further details.


A stroke technique session for swimmers in B/C,C & D Squads is available on Mondays from 6.30 - 7.30pm in St Bees pool at a cost of £2.00 per session,see Nicola Stephenson for further details.


The Diddy League Squad for the Friendly Gala at Copeland Pool on Saturday 4th February
has been selected and can be found on the Copeland Pool notice board.The team managers request that Parents/Guardians tick or cross the sheet at the earliest opportunity to show availability.
 


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 7 Jan    No 38    Winner-Ken Mason


December 2011


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 31 Dec    No 2    Winner-Lois Carhart


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 24 Dec    No 19    Winner-Kim Graham


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 17 Dec    No 12    Winner-Samantha Atkinson


The 9 Years/over P.B. Sheet has been updated to include the Club Championships.  


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 10 Dec    No 20    Winner-Olivia Fearon



The 8 Years/Under P.B. Sheet has been updated to include the Christmas Diddy Gala


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 03 Dec    No 8    Winner-Joanne Birkett


Christmas Holiday: Last session at Wyndham is Friday 16th December and first session
                         back is 
Thursday 5th January 2012.
                         The Club Xmas Gala on the 18th December will be the last regular  
                         session at the Whitehaven pool but sessions for A,B and B/C  
                         squads are available on Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th  
                         between 1515 - 1715 hrs.The first regular sessions in 2012 will be
                         Wednesday 4th January.   

November 2011


See Results page for both weekends of the Cumbria ASA Autumn Series


The P.B. Sheet has been updated to include the Cumbria ASA Autumn Series


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 26 Nov    No 15    Winner-Alex Messenger


The conditions and qualifying times for the 2012 Cumbria Age Group and County Championships can be found on the 'Upcoming Galas' page.


See Results page for Cumbria Autumn Series held at Copeland Saturday 19 November.

 
A reminder to everyone that the club A.G.M. take's place on Monday 28th November at Cleator Moor Bowls Centre (1900hrs)


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 19 Nov    No 45    Winner-Denise Whelan


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 12 Nov    No 10    Winner-Chris Stamper


Congratulations to Adam Metcalf on breaking the Cumbria (9 years) Age Group record
in the 400m Freestyle at Sunderland,click here for press report 


The P.B.Sheet has been updated to include the Sunderland LC Meet on the 5th/6th November, click here for full results service.


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 5 Nov    No 43    Winner-Cazzie P



October 2011 


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 29 Oct    No 45    Winner-Declan Burney


The draft programme for the Autumn Graded Series is available to view on the Cumbria ASA website (see Links page)


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 22 Oct    No 1    Winner-Alex Messenger


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 15 Oct    No 14    Winner-Phoebe Coward


Please note change of venue for the Cumbria Age Groups and County Championships in March. The 17/18 weekend will now be at Copeland and the 24/25 weekend at Kendal.  
The 2012 Diddy league dates have been removed from the event calender and new dates   will be provided when available. 


The club have organised a Zumba fitness class to take place at St Bees school on the 31st October between 1830 - 1930 hrs. Swimmers from all squads are invited to attend 
and any remaining space can be taken by parents.The cost is dependant on numbers but will not exceed £2.    


The second round of the Arena league will take place at Kendal Leisure Centre on Saturday November 13th. Copeland will be hoping for another strong performance to follow up the excellent second place achieved at Leigh in the first round.


The club A.G.M. will be held on Monday 28 November at the Cleator Moor Bowls Centre.


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 8 Oct    No 45    Winner-Denise Whelan



The P.B. Sheet has been updated to include the Diddy League Final


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 1 Oct    No 29    Winner-Paul Messenger


September 2011


Both sessions of the Ulverston Sprint Gala are available on the results page,see publicity page for report sent to local press.


The P.B. sheet has been updated to include the recent Workington and Ulverston results
 

Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 24 Sept    No 31    Winner-Katherine Atkinson


Copeland enjoyed a successful start to the season in the President's Gala staged by Workington ASC on Saturday 10th September.This gala,which offered mostly medium distance events for swimmers of all levels,saw Copeland collect 36 top 3 finishes including 14 winners.In the 10-year-old boys events Isaac Hinde led the way with 5 wins and 9-year-old Adam Metcalf picked up the 50m Freestyle and 200m Breaststroke in his age group. The girls continued the good work with 13-year-old Taylor Kelsey and 14-year-old Becky Walley winning 3 events each,12-year-old Chloe Carr collecting the 200m Backstroke and 9-year-old Mary Wake picking up the gruelling 400m Freestyle age group trophy. The team coaches were pleased with the trophy haul and the 46 ‘Personal Best’ times achieved on the day but the highlight was watching several 9-year-old swimmers taking part in their first individual competitive gala.      


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 17 Sept    No 10    Winner-Scott Bailey


Workington President's Gala Results are available to view here


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 10 Sept    No 37    Winner-Jacob Swinburn



Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 3 Sept    No 31    Winner-Katherine Atkinson


Entry forms for the Cumbria Graded Series in November are now available on the   
' Upcoming galas ' page or from Paul Messenger


Check out the photo album page and see if you recognise anyone from the Whitehaven
Swimming Club in 1926.  



August 2011



Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 27 August   No 49    Winner-Cerys Knight  



Lottery
Bonus Ball-Sat 20 August   No 24    Winner-Donna Connor  



Lottery
Bonus Ball-Sat 13 August   No 3    Winner-Dylan Robinson  
 


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 6 August    No 19    Winner-Rebecca Wilson



August 100 Club Draw

1st Prize      -    £45    No 30 – Lisa Chambers

2nd Prize     -    £15    No 59 – Ann Stewart



A City of Sunderland Long Course Event has been added to the 'Upcoming Galas' page.
This level 1 meet takes place in November and is aimed at swimmers looking for regional and national qualifying times and also those with limited opportunities at the County Graded Series.



The closing date for entries to the Workington President's Gala is Sunday 7 August, no 
late entries will be accepted.




July 2011



Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 30 July    No 48    Winner-Angela Burney



The opening round of the Arena League takes place on Saturday 8 October at Leigh Sports Village in Lancashire.Copeland will be competing in Division 2 against teams from City of Bangor,Wigan,Stretford and Clitheroe Dolphins,further information to follow. 



The 'Publicity' page is available to view



Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 23 July    No 39    Winner-Martha Wake



A Swimmers and Parents/Guardians Information Pack has been added to the Swim 21 page.This membership pack has been produced primarily for the parents/guardians of young swimmers who may have,or may be thinking,of joining the club and its purpose is to provide a general introduction and welcome to new members to what and who we are,what we do,and how we do it.    



A 'Publicity' page has been added and is currently under construction. This page will contain all the articles submitted to the local press for publication. 



Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 16 July    No 30    Winner-Keira Telford



July 100 Club Draw

1st Prize      -    £45    No 70  – Ellen Newlands

2nd Prize     -    £15    No 43 – Donna Connor



The closing date for entries to the Ulverston Graded Gala on 24th September is now 31st August not 3rd September. 



The page containing swimmers pb's will be protected, see Paul Messenger for a password.
 


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 9 July    No 39    Winner-Martha Wake



A 'Photo Album' page has been added and is available to view. Please contact Paul Messenger if you can provide any images of Copeland swimmers.



A page containing swimmers personal best times and the club records is currently under construction,further information to follow. 


 
The club will be hosting a Summer BBQ at Cleator Moor Bowls Centre on Friday 22 July
at 5pm. Please add your names to the list on the club notice board at Copeland pool if 
you will be attending.

    

A small group of Copeland swimmers had a successful time at the City of Sunderland 
Summer Splash LC Gala. Ellinor Southward led the way with eight wins from eight events and her four P.B.'s included a new 9 year old Girls 50m Freestyle County Record. Adam Metcalf had three wins,a second and three thirds from his seven events achieving four P.B.times.Jack Kellet had a fine victory in the 50m Butterfly,three second places and a third in other events and also managed two P.B.times.Sam Kellet swam well to lower her time in four out of seven events and Chloe Carr also managed two P.B.'s from her swims.
Adam Metcalf and Ellinor Southward also won the Best 9 year old Boy and Girl awards.


Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 2 July    No 6    Winner-Ethan Hodgson



A new page 'Upcoming galas' has been added,this will contain all the information on galas
available to our swimmers including entry forms.



June 2011



Copeland competed in the Sprint League competition at the Carlisle Pool and finished in 
6th position from 10 teams.
Click here for Results and click here for Total scores



Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 25 June    No 31    Winner-Katherine Atkinson



Copeland's very young Diddy League squad finished 4th in the 'A' Final at Kendal.This was a good performance against more experienced squads and means Copeland have qualified for the Grand Final to be swam at Carlisle in October.Click here for results
 


Copeland swimmers enjoyed a successful day at our graded gala with 17 Age group event wins,2 Age group county records and a total of 62 P.B.'s swam.The event wins came from Alex Sarah Messenger in the Girls 10 year old 50m Breaststroke,Becky Walley in the Girls 
14 year old 200m IM,50m and 200m Free,Ellinor Southward in the Girls 9 year old 100m and 200m IM,50m and 200m Free,Isaac Hinde in the Boys 10 year old 50m Free,Back and Fly,100m and 200m IM,200m Free and Scott Bailey in the Boys 14 year old 50m,100m and 200m Free.Ellinor Southward lowered her own county age group records in the 50m Free and 100m IM events. Well done to everyone involved in a very successful Gala including the parents helping poolside and fundraising by selling cakes and hot dogs. The full results are available on the Graded Gala web page,
click here for Copeland swimmers results only. 



Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 18 June    No 31    Winner-Katherine Atkinson



No training on Saturday 18 June due to the Graded Gala.



Isaac Hinde reached four finals in the North West Regional Age Group Championships held in the Manchester Aquatic Center over two weekends.He collected bronze medals finishing 3rd in both the 200m Butterfly and Freestyle events. 



Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 11 June    No 26    Winner-Julie Southward



June 100 Club Draw

1st Prize      -    £45    No 8  – Anne Fulton

2nd Prize     -    £15    No 29 – William Maxwell




Lottery Bonus Ball-Sat 04 June    No 27    Winner-Paul Messenger



Good luck to Scott Bailey,Isaac Hinde and Alex Sarah Messenger who have qualified to swim in the North West Regional Age Group Championships in the Manchester Aquatic Center. The event takes place on the weekends of 4/5 and 11/12 June and for Isaac and Alex will be the first time competing in a 50m pool.











 
 
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