Sat, 10 May 2008 20:15:51 GMT Middlesex County Amateur Swimming Association<br /> Read the latest news headlines or why not visit our website at http://www.middlesexswimming.com/ http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/ Sat, 10 May 2008 20:15:51 GMT en-gb 15 The winner of the Senior Wilkinson Sword at the 2008 Middlesex Bagcats &amp; Youth Championships is Madeleine Tichborne from Barnet Copthall.Madeleine received her award at the Presentation Evening at Southbury Rd last Saturday http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/69 Sat, 03 May 2008 18:12:58 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/69 County President Ralph Shortland was joined by Past Presidents at the Presentation Evening at Southbury Rd last SaturdayFrom left in the photograph - Ron Luckett (1978), Ron Harding (1980), Daphne Short (1993), Ralph Shortland, Wally Tassell (1979), Len Badcock (1983), Bill Brown (2000), Maurice Short (1999) and Norman Edwards (1997) http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/68 Sat, 03 May 2008 17:57:39 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/68 Harumi Yagi from Barnet Copthall won the Girls Junior Wilkinson Sword at the County&nbsp; Bagcats &amp; Youth Championships and was presented with her award at the Presentation evening last weekend.by County President Ralph Shortland http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/67 Sat, 03 May 2008 17:39:30 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/67 Alex Demetrescu from Teddington won the Junior Wilkinson&nbsp;Sword at the County Bagcats&nbsp;&amp; Youth Championships.Alex received his award at the Presentation Evening at Southbury Rd last Saturday from County President Ralph Shortland.&nbsp; http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/66 Sat, 03 May 2008 17:21:31 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/66 Barnet Copthall Masters had a very successful meet at the XII FINA World Masters Championships in Perth, Australia. Georgie Hamilton won two gold medals in the 65-69 age group and Club Chairman&nbsp; Mark Reynolds set two British Records while winning Silver Medals in the 45-49 age group.Coach Ian Woollard, who was competing himself, was thrilled with his &quot;small but perfectly formed&quot; team&#39;s performance&nbsp; http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/65 Sat, 03 May 2008 17:08:27 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/65 Felix Samuels of Camden Swiss Cottage has set a new British Age Group Record of 24.82 in the 50m Freestyle at the British Championships.&nbsp;Well done Felix&nbsp; http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/64 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:38:29 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/64 We are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of Emily Sadler, a long time member of Hillingdon Swimming Club, in the recent bus crash in EcuadorThe Sadler family has been active in Hillingdon swimming for many years and our thoughts are with them in the loss of their bright, beautiful daughter and sister. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/63 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:41:45 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/63 Eleven County Records were broken at the Olympic Trials at Sheffield last weekSwimmers achieving these successes were Natalie Durant (2), Lauren Turner &amp; Charles Turner (2) all of Ealing, Francesca Marr (2) of Hillingdon, Charlie Boldison of Barnet Copthall and Felix Samuels (3)&nbsp;of Camden Swiss Cottage.&nbsp;Full details are in the Records Section&nbsp; of this website. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/62 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:27:13 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/62 Seymour Synchro&#39;s Maureen Neivens&nbsp;is sheduled to be featured on The One Show (BBC 1 on Tuesday at 7 pm). The programme will have the theme older people still doing interesting things.Maureen is the oldest competitive Synchro swimmer in the UK and co0mpetes in tyhe 70-79 Age Group. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/61 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:57:57 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/61 As we reported in December Joao Matias of Ealing S.C.is swimming at the World Short Course Championships in Manchester this weekHe has competed in the 50m Butterfly setting a new Angolan Record and has achieved PB&#39;s in the 100m Butterfly, 50m &amp; 100m Freestyle and 100m I.M.Well done Joao, http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/60 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:41:03 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/60 Faisal Bhatti aged 14 of Hillingdon S.C. is swimming for Pakistan at the World Short Course Championships in Manchester this week.Faisal will be competing in the 400 IM and 200m and 100m Breaststroke Events. We wish him every success. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/59 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:44:34 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/59 Barnet Copthall Masters had a great weekend at the Welsh Open Long Course Masters at the Wales National Pool in Swansea.The team collected 23 Gold, 7Silver and 2 bronze medals between them.&nbsp;Mark Reynolds set new British Records in the 45-49 Age Group in the 100m and 200m Freestyle and John Rittenhouse came within 0.1 sec of his own 200m Backstroke British Record.. Georgie Hamilton won Gold in all her six events.Many of the swimmers made excellent progress towards their main goal for 2008 - the XII Fina World Masters Championships in Perth in April http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/58 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:41:42 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/58 Swimming cousins Amar &amp; Akshay Shah from Barnet Copthall have been selected to swim for Kenya in the FINA World Short Course Championships at the MEN Arena in Manchester in April.&nbsp;Congratulations and Good Luck to both of you http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/57 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:06 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/57 A Middlesex County Team competed with great distinction in the 41st Geneva International Meet from 18th to 20th January.Consisting of 32 swimmers aged between 12 and 23 and 6 staff from five different clubs the well balanced Team had the opportunity to compete in a high class International meet against swimmers from all over Europe and the USA and Canada. County swimmers achieved excellent results and benefited greatly from the experience.Results achieved were: -In the Team Competition Middlesex were the Third placed Federation behind National teams from Canada and BelguimIndividual swimmers won five Silver and seven Bronze medals.County competitors reached 46 Finals.A total of 86 National Qualifying Times were recorded by Middlesex swimmers for National Bagcat and Youth Championships, National Championships and Olympic trials.The team was led by County Coach Dave Hobbs (Camden Swiss Cottage) supported by coaches Lesley Westendorp (Hillingdon), Gill Muir (Harrow &amp; Wealdstone), Christine Green (Barnet Copthall), Allan Thornton (Ealing) and Team Manager Vicky Spencer (Camden Swiss Cottage)Congratulations to all the swimmers and staff for a very successful competition which was a great benefit to everyoneYOU WERE A CREDIT TO YOUR COUNTY http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/56 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:16:06 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/56 Paula Wood of Ealing SC won two Gold, one Silver and one Bronze medals in two open water meets in South Africa in December and has now returned to that Country for the British Olympic Trials&nbsp; and the SA Open Water Championships in February. These Championships are a qualifying meet for The FINA World Championships in May.&nbsp;Well done and good luck Paula.&nbsp;&nbsp; http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/55 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:56:15 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/55 The MCASA wish all Swimmers and Team Staff a safe and successful trip to Geneva&nbsp;this coming&nbsp;weekend and GOOD LUCK in the Competition. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/51 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:31:53 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/51 Congratulations to Andy Woska on passing the Referee&#39;s Examination recently http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/50 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:25:54 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/50 Joao Mathais of Ealing SC has been selected for his native&nbsp;Angola to swim in the Beijing Olympics and the World Short Course Championships in Manchester in 2008. We wish him every success http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/48 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:29:43 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/48 Georgina Heyn and Charlie Turner have been selected for The British Team in the European Short Course Championships in Hungary from December 17th.Dave Heathcock Ealing Chief Coach has also been selected as a Coach to the British Team.Congratulations and good luck to both swimmers. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/47 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:07:42 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/47 Jenna Turner of Ealing SC has won the Rising Female Star (18 &amp; under) award from BBC Radio London The high point for Jenna this year was a Silver medal in The European Junior Championships relay event. She was presented with the award by Sean Holt Regional Director of Sport England.Congratulations to Janna who has now been selected for the European Long Course Championships in Eindhoven next March. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/46 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:30:36 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/46 Paula Wood of Ealing S.C. set a new European and British Masters Record&nbsp;(25-29 Age Group) for 1500m in a time of 17;24.96 in the Barnet Copthall 1500Meet last weekend. Well done Paula. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/45 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:46:29 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/45 Seymour Synchro Swim Squad achieved excellent results at the National Masters in Leicester including: -Solos - Maureen Heivens (70+) Gold, Susan Innes (50-59) Gold, Anne Gordon (50-59) Silver,Lucia Knappkova (30-39) Silver, Sanela Nikolic (30-39) Bronze.Duets - 60&#39;s Mauree Neivens/Susan Innes Gold, 20&#39;s Mariam Boutros/Sarah Boutros Gold, Laura Tadrowski/Theo Theodoratou Bronze.Team - 20-34 years Gold.&nbsp;Congratulations to all the swimmers. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/44 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 17:10:41 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/44 Madeline Tichborne from Barnet Copthall has been awarded the A,Van Beets trophy for 2007. The Presentation took place at the Annual Dinner last Friday where Madeline was the guest of County President Nuala Muir-Cochrane.&nbsp;The award was for winning five Gold Medals in the National Bagcats Championships http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/42 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:30:33 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/42 The London Borough of Barnet won the London Inter Boroughs Final at Southbury Rd on Saturday 17th November 2007 with a total of 306 points.They were followed in second place by Ealing with 285 points and Havering were third with 271 points.The 35th Annual Competition was the first in the new format of a straight Final swum as two heats for each event on the same day.It was Hosted by The London Borough of Enfield on behalf of The Guild of London Sport and Recreation Managers and organised by the Sport and Play Development Team and the London Borough of Enfield Swimming Association. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/41 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:54:50 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/41 It is with great sadness that we have to announce the Death of Ron Turner a Past President of Middlesex and our Water Polo Secretary.Ron was tragically killed in a motor accident on 12th October.He is survived by his Wife Gillian, daughter Mandy and son Russell to whom we offer our deepest condolences.A full Obituary can be found in the documents section or by selecting the link below. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/40 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:10:54 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/40 Teddington&#39;s Lyn &#39;The Fin&#39; Hawkins realised a child hood dream recently by swimming the Channel in a time of 16h 45m having swum a distance of nearly 40 miles while dodging Supertankers and Ferries and coping with adverse tides especially during the latter stages to reach the French coast.Despite this exhausting swim Lyn still had the energy to run up the beach in Calais.Ecstatic but tired Lyn said &quot;all the hard work in training had paid off and it was her mental strength and training that kept her going and not wanting to let down the people who had sponsored her&quot;. Lyn is hoping that the swim will raise &pound;15000&nbsp;for Macmillan Cancer Research.&nbsp; http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/35 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:03:24 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/35 Paula Wood won two titles at the Combined Open Water events at Holm Pierrepoint in Nottingham.Paula from Ealing SC won the 3K (25-29 AG) in a time of 39:12.77 and followed this by winning the 5K Grand Prix final in a time of 1:04:36.08 after looking very impressive throughout the event. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/34 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:26:41 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/34 Nuala Muir-Cochrane, the County President, finished second in the Bi-Annual Lake Windermere swim which is a British Long Distance Swimming Association event.&nbsp;Competitors have to swim the Lake in each direction, a distance of 21 miles, in temperatures which this year were 16 degrees centigrade or less. Her time was 10 hours 38 minutes swimming through the Saturday/Sunday night in cold, wet and windy conditions.She was supported by fellow Camden Swiss Cottage swimmers with Calum McKinlay and Susan MacLean rowing the support boat while Lucy Roper, an experienced open water swimmer was the navigator and Safety Officer.Nuala said &quot;It was one of the hardest things I have ever done, my boat crew were brilliant they really kept me going by positive chats throughout&quot; http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/32 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:17:21 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/32 Two swimmers set new Middlesex Records at the National Youth Championships last weekend.Francesca Marr (Hillingdon Borough) had a time of 1:15.05 in the 100m Breaststroke which is a new Junior Record and 2:41.39 in the 200m Breaststroke which is both a Senior and Junior Record.Harry Needs (Camden Swiss Cottage) had a time of 58.91 in the 100m Butterfly which is a Junior Record.Congratulations to both swimmers. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/31 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:46:40 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/31 Seymour Synchro Masters achieved many successes at Regensburg in a German Open competition.Including Gold Medals for:-Maureen Neivens (Solos 70+ AG),Maureen Neivens and Susan Innes (Duets 60-69 AG) Sarah BoutrosLaura Tadrowski and Theodora Theodoratou (Trio 20-29 AG).&nbsp;&nbsp;Susan Innes also won the Silver medal in the Solos 50-59 AG.&nbsp;Congratulations to all the Ladies taking part. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/30 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:04:43 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/30 London Borough of Ealing were the Top Borough in the Mini Games section of the London Youth Games at Crystal Palace last week&nbsp;In the Youth Games London Borough of Hillingdon were placed third in both the Girls and Boys competitions http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/29 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:05:55 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/29 Genevieve Brown of Teddington S.C. and Fravash Bilimoria of Hillingdon Borough won the Len Badcock Trophies awarded for achieving the highest number of BAGCAT points in the 200m Breaststroke events at the London Region BAGCATS event. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/28 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:31:43 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/28 Kevin Murphy from Barnet Copthall SC has swum the English Channel 34 times!For this incredible achievement he has earned the title of &#39;KING OF THE CHANNEL&#39; and the County Honoured him with an Award of Merit at our recent Presentation Evening. Kevin was presented with the Certificate by County President Nuala Muir-Cochrane.While thanking Middlesex for this Honour Kevin said that anyone who wanted to know more about long distance swimming was welcome to get in touch with him so that he can give them the benefit of his experience. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/20 Sat, 26 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/20 In 2006 Natalie Durant of Ealing SC was awarded the A. Van Beets Memorial Trophy for the third time and to mark this achievement the County have awarded her a Certificate of Merit. The Certificate was presented by Nuala Muir-Cochrane, County President, at the recent Presentation Evening.Natalie represented GB in the European Junior Championships in 2005 winning a Bronze Medal in&nbsp; the 800m Freestyle Relay. In 2006 she won Silver in the same event and the team then capped this achievement with GOLD in the 400m Freestyle Relay. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/22 Sat, 26 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/22 In 1961 Dawn Zajac founded Seymour Synchro Swim School which was the first affiliated Synchronised Swimming Club&nbsp;in Great Britain. In the early years Dawn and her Seymour swimmers toured the Country in efforts to&nbsp;generate interest in&nbsp;the sport and was part of a team formed to promote Synchronised Swimming within the ASA.Middlesex were very pleased to Honour Dawn&#39;s 90th Birthday at our recent Presentation Evening.She was presented with an Illuminated Address to mark the Occasion and a Cut Class Vase engraved with The County Crest. Dawn was appointed Hon Life President at the same time The Photograph shows Dawn with The President Nuala Muir-Cochrane and Past Presidents Wally Tassell, Ron Luckett. Daphne Short, Maurice Short and Norman Edwards http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/23 Sat, 26 May 2007 23:00:00 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/23 Visitors to the Middlesex Website are very welcome and we hope you find the information useful and informative. http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/3 Sat, 13 May 2006 23:00:00 GMT News http://www.middlesexswimming.com/news/3