Browsing Archive: November, 2011
Posted by Portobello ASC on Sunday, November 27, 2011,
We hosted this round of the Coverdale Novice trophy and the pool
was filled with shouting and cheering as an exciting night of races took
place. We had an undersized team as some swimmers weren't available
which meant that we dropped a lot of points due to empty lanes. However,
the swimmers who were there did really well and some picked up a lot of
points for the team, especially Olivia (32 points), Ella (23 points),
Rory C (21 points) and Ollie and Abbie M who both picked up 12 points... Continue reading ...
Posted by Portobello ASC on Sunday, November 27, 2011,
26 Porty swimmers were competing
in this year's Schools champs, representing their schools in individual
and relay events. Our older boys led the way, with Ciaran, Rory and John
all picking up 2 Golds each from two events. Iona and Emma both won
a Gold and a Silver each and Scott and Nieve both won a Silver and a Bronze. JJ, Fi
and Ellie all won Silver and Kathryn collected a bronze.
Benji helped his school team to relay Gold, John + Ciaran were
half of the Portobello High team that... Continue reading ...
Posted by Portobello ASC on Sunday, November 27, 2011,
A minibus with 7 swimmers, 2 officials and a coach set off on the
Friday afternoon on our first ever trip to Inverness. An excellent
weekend followed, with 5 sessions in two days and plenty of great swims.
The big story of the weekend was Golden Girl Gallacher - Ellie
had a superb meet and picked up three Golds medals, an exceptional
performance at a high calibre event. Iona picked up two fifth places
(100m + 200m breast), securing a bronze squad time in the process. Nieve
also made a b... Continue reading ...
Posted by Portobello ASC on Sunday, November 27, 2011,
A really big squad attended the Lothian Graded meet this year and
kept David and Sue very busy on poolside. Seventeen different swimmers
made it to finals in at least one event, a truely excellent result -
well done to them all;
Ben, four finals including a Silver and a Bronze; Fi, 4 finals producing 3 Golds and a Silver, Kitty, 3 finals including a Gold and a Bronze, Gigi and
Thomas who both had 3 finals incling a Gold each, Anna C won 2 Golds, Laura
won a Gold and a Bronze, Fi won a G... Continue reading ...
Posted by Portobello ASC on Sunday, November 27, 2011,
This was the distance weekend and we had five swimmers competing at
Glenrothes. We had some excellent PBs, especially in the 400m free
(Emma, Nieve and Rory). Ciaran produced our first top six (and therefore
our first point) in this season's EDAG champsby recording an excellent
PB in the 1500m.
Well done.
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Posted by Portobello ASC on Sunday, November 27, 2011,
The second round of the Club Champs were held at Porty pool and we
had a good turnout of parents and friends cheering on the swimmers.
After 11 or 12 events (depending on age), the trophy winners were
decided;
9 + under - Ella Wood + Alfie Leishman
10/11 - Emma Hogarth + Ben Scott
12/13 - Anna Connelly/Rosanna Pollock (joint winners) + Stuart McBain
14/15 - Fi Corbett + Ciaran McGeever
16+ - Louise McMahon + Rory Mackay
Well done to everyone and thanks to all the officials and helpers... Continue reading ...
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