Phoenix Swimming Club (Basildon)

News/Forthcoming Events Last Update: 27/1/10

Revised Block C and D schedule - 28th Jan
The revised schedule for Block C & D is now available on the planned galas page. Also added Block A press report.
Essex County Block A Results - 27th Jan
Lots of excellent results from the first weekend of the 2010 Essex Age Group Championships. More than twenty Phoenix swimmers competed, reaching a total of fourteen finals between them. See Gala Results page for more details.
County Relay Selection - 18th Jan
Phoenix Relay teams for Block A published.
Gala updates - 16th Jan
Various updates to planned galas page including details for Redbridge Meet.
Essex league Round 2 Gala Cancelled
The league gala on Saturday 9th Jan has been cancelled due to adverse weather conditions.
Misc Updates - 29th Dec
The team selected for Essex league round two is now available on the Planned Galas page. December Newsletter added. Gala Results files posted for Jingle Bells and Runnymede galas. Latest Club records (including Age Group) also updated.
Swim School Update - 12th Dec
End of term assessments for our swim School members are now available from Marcel (Wednesday) or the club desk (Friday). Congratualtions to the many swimmers who have progressed onto the next stage. Swim School Report - Dec 2009.
Swimskills Photos - 4th Dec
Photos from the very successful Technique Day with top GB coach Bill Furniss are now available in our club photo slideshow. If you have some photos of your own from the day please drop the webmaster copies on CD or via email!
Gala Results Added - 4th Dec
Results from the fantastic Essex League Round One gala have been added (didn’t they do well!) as well as Phoenix results from the Ipswich and Canvey Island open galas. See Gala Results page
The team availability list has been posted for our next Essex league fixture which is on 9th Jan. Please indicate your availability on the noticeboard or to Deb Mann by 18th Dec.
Speed night and Club records- 16th Nov
Results from Swim School Speed Night held in the half-term are now included on the Swimmers Page. Club records updated to include changes from recent galas. See Club Records pages.
Gala updates- 16th Nov
Information for the Watford gala added. Also, location for the Jingle Bells gala has changed to Waterside Farm, Canvey Island together with a spectator restriction. See Planned Galas page.
Miscellaneous - 7th Nov
Added 2010 Regional Qualifying times and Essex League availability list onto Planned galas page. Latest Phoenix Newsletter published.
Plymouth Gala details - 31st Oct
Added details of the Plymouth gala on the Planned galas page. Selected swimmers only.
Jack Petchey Photo - 21st Oct
Three of our 2009 Jack Petchey Achievement Award winners attended a Presentation evening at the Towngate Theatre, Basildon to receive medallions to celebrate their achievements. Visit the Jack Petchey page to access the photo.
Stubbers Photos - 17th Oct
It seems that much fun was had by our swimmers at the recent Stubbers activity day. Our intrepid photographer was there and caught a few snaps. Visit the Stubbers Photo Gallery to have a look!
Essex Age Group Championships - 8th Oct
The dates and locations for the Essex Age Group Championships have now been confirmed. See the Planned Galas page.
Gala Results - 6th Oct
Results for the Braintree, Ipswich Novices (Sept) and Redbridge Early Qualifier galas have now been added to the Gala Results page.
National Results & Talent Selection
Congratulations to Kate Pearse who has been selected for the ASA England regional Talent development squad. This fantastic achievement followed Kate’s great performances at this years National Age Group Championships (BAGCATs) where she made the finals in 3 events and finished 8th overall in her age group.
Essex County - 8th Sept
The following Phoenix swimmers have bee selected to attend Essex county training camps in 2009/10. Lewis Cooper, Patrick Rourke, Oliver Knight, Finlay Munro, Harvey Brown, Michael Grace, Alex Drysdale, Molly Jerome. Well done to all!
Sporting Village News
See the Basildon Sporting Village plans video which includes views of the fantastic 50m pool planned to open in April 2011. On-site work due to start in October.
Gala updates - 28th Aug
Added details for galas in October. See Planned Galas page. Also included announcement of 2009 Club Champions on Club Champs page and updated Maisie West selection of items for her Jack Petchey Award.
Logbook sheets - 12th Aug
Added some additional logbook templates on the Swimmers Page.
Success in Open Water - 31st July
Congratulations to Lily Mann who competed in her first ever Open Water competition in July and came away as Essex 12yr 800m Girls Champion and 2nd place in Eastern Region - well done!
Various Updates- July
Posted latest Club Records data. Added links to GatewayFM and VideoJug on useful links page. Added details of our latest Jack Petchey Award winners.
Club Champs results - 11th July
Results for both Session One and Two have been posted to the Club Championships page. Lots of great swims and 19 club championship records were broken!
Gala Results - 26th June
Added results files for Killerwhales (Top visiting club trophy!) and Black Lion galas. All available on the Gala Results page.
Eastern Regional Results - 7th June
Link to 2009 East Region Age Group Championships results added to Gala Results page. Congratulations to all our swimmers who are competing at these championships.
Club Championships
Details of the club championships (3rd and 10th July) are posted on the special club championships page. Get your entries to Sue on the club desk by Friday 12th!
Family Funday
Details for this club event are available on the Social Events page. Purchase your tickets in advance from Dawn Harris on the club desk on Friday evenings.
Officials - 20th May
Congratulations to Dawn Harris, Jim Rourke, Lindsey Cooper, Linda Mellor, Jon Byfield plus Sue and Andy Mullender who have all now officially qualified as ASA Judge level 1’s. All you swimmers out there: be afraid, be very afraid....! ;-)
Gala Updates - 25th & 27th April
Redbridge & Crawley Results on Gala Results page plus replacement of Ipswich Summer sprints with Braintree gala and latest Gala calendar on Planned Gala page.
Results and Jack Petchey - 11th April
Added Results file from SOS Good Friday meet on the Gala Results page. Also, added link to Jack Petchey Award presentation photo on Jack Petchey page.
Future Galas - 5th April
Added details of summer galas on Planned galas page. Overall and Age group Club Records pages updated with County results. BAGCAT points explained - see BAGCATs page.
County results - 2nd April
See details of the great overall results achieved by Phoenix swimmers in the 2009 Essex County Age Group championships on the Gala Results page. Also added a link to the Basildon Sporting Village video on Useful Links page.
Swim School updates - 29th March
Distance swim results from February and March are available on the swimmers page. Also published is Teaching plan notice with background on the NPTS as implemented at Phoenix.
Basildon Sports Village News - 29th March
The project to build a new 50m pool in Glioucester Park got planning approval last week. See Echo news article...and give the project your support by posting a comment.

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