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Sunday 19th July 2009
Denbigh Leisure Centre
1st session to start @ 3.00pm
£4.00 entry
Age Group and Distance as follows
| School year | Swim | Bike (1500m field) | Run (400m Track) |
| 3 & 4 | 200m | 1 | 1 |
| 5 & 6 | 400m | 1 | 1 |
| 7 & 8 | 600m | 2 | 2 |
| 9 + | 800m | 2 | 2 |
For entry forms or further information please see Del
2009 Welsh Age Group & Youth Championships April 10-13
Welsh National Pool Swansea
For the first time an individual swimmer from Denbigh Dragons Swimming Club had entered this event which brings together the elite young swimmers in Wales and also from clubs from around England.
The gala was held in the Welsh National Pool, Swansea and Tomos Warren competed in 5 events. It was the first time that Tom had competed in a long course race over 200m however he was able to better his short course personal best in the front crawl at this distance and remains just outside the 1 minute mark for the 100m front crawl.
His best result was in the back stroke where he was 13th and 14th in the 100m and 200m respectively. Tom was supported poolside by Coach Andrew along with the other Denbighshire swimmers and coaches from Rhyl and Ruthin swimming clubs.
Hopefully in 2010 the name of Denbigh Dragons Swimming Club will be heard many times more with several swimmers competing at this event.
events
EVENT |
DATE |
LOCATION |
Closing date |
|
Cath Ankers Meet |
13th June |
Wrexham |
30th April |
Welsh National Swimming League – Round 2 |
20th June |
Llandudno |
n/a |
|
Summer Open Meet |
27th & 28th June |
Bangor |
21st May |
|
Summer Sprint Meet |
4th July |
Holywell |
21st May |
Welsh National Swimming League – Final |
26th September |
Newport |
n/a |
DENBIGHSHIRE DEVELOPMENT SQUAD TRAINING CALENDAR |
|
Seniors |
Juniors |
13th June @ DENBIGH |
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DENBIGHSHIRE DEVELOPMENT GALA
DENBIGH POOL - SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2009
On a bright sunny Sunday afternoon in Denbigh the Denbighshire Development Gala came of age.
Denbigh, Rhyl and Ruthin Swim Clubs each year take turns at hosting and competing in these friendly and very competitive swimming galas.
Over the last 3 months the three clubs have been combining their talents and training together each week, to form a Denbighshire team. On Sunday each the team managers took the opportunity to develop their club swimmers further, and we were delighted to see all teams with swimmers taking part in their 1st galas.
Swimmers, coaches, officials and family packed Denbigh pool and raised the roof with very vocal support for every single swimmer.
The competition matched the support and at the halfway stage there were only four points between the teams. The lead changed hands several times as the young swimmers produced a string of P.B's. At the end of the individual races and relays there was only 3 points in it and it came down to who the Cannon.
Teams formed by a boy & girl from each age group swam in the final relay. Denbigh lead from start to finish and at last got there hands on the splendid Denbigh Silver Cup.
Special thanks go to the officials, organisers and leisure centre staff for a great swim meet.
The camaraderie and spirit fostered throughout Denbighshire competitive swimming is fantastic and bodes extremely well for the future of the sport.
Thursday Club Night Training programme
Swim Wales have now produced Technical Guidance and Session Plans for Clubs. Denbigh Dragons propose to adopt these plans for the main Club night. This will give our members the opportunity to achieve specific goals, set in the National Plan for Competitive Swimming, and be awarded certificates and badges for this.
By adopting this formalised scheme our members will also have the opportunity to be measured/assessed and progress through the Clubs own Squad structure.
Other training sessions (Monday, mornings and Sunday) will continue to follow the Annual training plan, as before.
All lane coaches will be provided with the detailed session plans, registers and record sheets. We will also place a link on the web site, in order that all members can see their goals and specific session plans.
The relevant documents can be read by clownloading the word file:
Coach Chris
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