Scorpion Swim Team

Quite a large number of swimmers in the morning session which all goes well for the future of the club. For ease of reference I will list under each swimmer the event/s they swam together with their times as follows :-

MORNING SESSION

SOPHIE 200 FREESTYLE – 2.54.10 and 100 IM 1.30.09

CORRIE. 200 FREESTYLE 3.17.38 and 50 BREASTROKE – 49.22

HAMISH 200 FREESTYLE- 3.13.48- 50 BACK -48.81

STELLA 50 BACKSTROKE-46.30 50 BREASTROKE-53.48

LOLA 100 IM – 1.52.36 50 BREASTROKE-53.38

FREYA 100 IM -1 49. 50 FLY-56.05

SCOTT 50 BREASTROKE-1.01.59- 50 FREESTYLE-47.58

NIAMH- 50 FREESTYLE-48.69

JESSICA -50-BACKSTROKE 46.56- 50 BREASTROKE 56.86

MICAEL 200 FREESTYLE- 2.40.72-100 BREASTSTROKE-1.33.93

HAMISH 200 FREESTYLE-2.39.40

LEWIS 200 FREESTYLE-2.39.74-100 BACKSTROKE-1.23.72

WILLIS 200 IM -2.59.78-100 BREASTROKE-1.27.83

KARA 100 BACK -1.36.35-100 BREASTROKE-1.49.42

TIM 100 BACK -1.21.82

MORNING SESSION SUMMARY YOUNGER SWIMMERS

The three who swam 200 freestyle showed what training hard results in along with sound technique. SOPHIE smashed her PB out of site and both Corrie and HAMISH produced excellent times particularly as I think this was 200 Free for the first time in competition. STELLA produced two steller (excuse the pun) times in her swims and she is showing massive improvement so well done to her. LOLA swam really well in her swims and this was her first 100 IM in a competition. Along with a couple of others a few adjustments to her fly will help her which will be covered off in the coming weeks. FREYA was also tackling 100 IM for the first time and swam really well again just a couple of adjustments in training will help her. SCOTT produced two outstanding swims and showed when he concentrates what can be achieved so well done to him . NIAMH broke her PB for her freestyle swim and is showing great improvement just a case of working hard on her other strokes which she is well capable of doing.JESSICA I have to say is improving rapidly and she had two excellent swims. She is training hard and is also improving her stamina levels so onwards and upwards and times will come shooting down.

AFTERNOON SESSION SUMMARY OLDER SWIMMERS

MICAEL had an outstanding afternoon particularly on his 200 freestyle where is PB on 100 free is 1.16 he went through the first 100 on his 200 in 1.13!! to produce a brilliant time of 2,40. This is borne out of never missing any sets in training so can’t wait to see his next 100 freestyle. HAMISH and LEWIS had a personal battle on their 200 freestyle with HAMISH just taking it on the finishing touch great swims from both. LEWIS them smashed his pb on 100 back rounding off and excellent afternoon session. WILLIS also had a great afternoon with both his swims producing personal bests. It was great to see him back competing as he has a tremendous talent of that there is no doubt. TIM set a personal best on his backstroke which was awesome and was heading for a fast time on his IM but did not touch with both hands on the fly and was disqualified. It is so important to make sure you don’t fall foul of the rules and I will be covering that again in training. KARA was on both her PB times which was great and I can’t thank her enough for helping out with the younger swimmers in the morning as that in itself can be tiring as well I know. Just like to mention Willis was gutted that posting a split time in the relay of 29 secs was bettered by TIM who clocked 27 secs but it’s all in good fun and friendly rivalry which will push them both to faster times.

OVERALL THOUGHTS

I was generally very pleased with the whole day of swims where many produced outstanding swims. That having been said there is much to be done still on a number of aspects. I will be focusing on breastroke and fly particularly for those who wish to smash their times on their IM swims. As usual a huge thanks to Susan for all her hard work and also to all of the swimmers who give their all every time they compete. I can honestly say it is a privilege training them and also it was noticed by several coaches at the gala how every swimmer at scorpions encourages the other swimmers in the team when they are competing in their events. So well done and see you all shortly for more hard work.

COLIN GALBRAITH HEADCOACH SCORPION SWIM TEAM

Corrie 100 Back – 1.42.46 -100 FREE -1.30.46 -100 Breaststroke -1.48.53

Sophie 100 Back-1.31.05-100 Free Heat -1.23.79 Final 1.21.87-100 Breastroke 1.49.45

Jessica 100 Back- 1.46.67- 100 FREE -1.37.99

Lola 50 Breastroke -53.48- 50 Back 56.32 -50 FREE -56.48

Hamish 50 Free -40.37

Scott 50 Free -54.47

Niamh 50 Free -51.10

This was a gala which came quite quickly after the Xmas break however the swims by all were outstanding. It was a first introduction to some who swam the 100 metres distance and they coped fairly well. For a first outing at this distance stamina is the main issue and this will be covered by in training sessions over the next month or so.

Niamh produced a fast time in her free which shows the improvement in her training so well done. Also Scott had a great free time and that was despite his goggles coming off but he kept going. So delighted he kept his head and battled on, it could not have been easy for him. Jessica produced great times in her swims particularly as this was her first swims over the four length format well done Jess. Lola had a great breaststroke, which is her favourite stroke and posted good times for all her swims, Hamish had an outstanding swim in his freestyle and posted a very fast time indeed. In fact it was fast enough to break the club record so tremendous effort from him and well done

Sophie and Corrie swam very well and posted times that were too fast receiving medals and six points and a fine for their parents. Sophie made the final on her free and clocked a two second personal best from her heat time finishing second overall that is despite having just recovered from a bout of illness. Corrie is rapidly improving her breaststroke and her stamina levels which is all good news so keep flying in training.

As per usual the swimmers were backed by the parents from the front row of the balcony. How they manage to get front row seats again is a mystery to be honest although there is a rumour going around that they camped out all night. A big thanks to Susan running this one without a printer how she does it is also a mystery at times. From my point of view we are slightly ahead of schedule but only by a small margin and there is a lot of hard work ahead particularly as a lot of our swimmers will be dealing with 100 metre or longer swims from now on so the training will be tough for a while. That having been said those who train hard will reap the benefits by lowering their times as there is no easy way of doing this.
So onwards and upwards for the year ahead and I have to say we have a great amount of talent breaking through which all goes well for the future

Colin Galbraith Headcoach Scorpion Swim Team