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A very well done to these 3. Today they competed in the Stowmarket Spring into Spring Open Meet. They did Diss Otters proud.
Fin came away with 4 PB's including 2 silver medals and a bronze. Alex 3 new PBs and Emma 2 PBs. Well done guys proud of you!
23-24 June at Breckland Leisure Centre and Waterworld in Thetford
This gala is organised by ASA Norfolk for those swimmers who had qualifying times for counties in January but didn't achieve regional times (approximately didn't come in the top 3). Its worth checking your PBs to see if your times have improved since December.
All entry forms need to be submitted to Julie Munnings by Sunday 20th May.
Entry Form: Norfolk County Challenge Entry Form
Date: Saturday 26th May 2018 Warmup 5pm
Venue: UEA Sportspark
Closing Date: 2nd May 2018
Age: As of 26th May 2018
Cut Off Times: Swimmers must be SLOWER than the cut off times to be eligible
Entry Form and full details: Entry Form GYSC Development Gala
Date: 8th July 2018
Venue: Crown Pools Ipswich
Closing Date: Wednesday 3rd May 2018
Programme of Events: July Surprize Meet 2018 Programme
Rules: July Surprize Meet 2018 Rules
Entry Times: July Surprize Meet 2018 Entry Time Limits
Entry Form: July Surprize Meet 2018 Entry Form
Full Details: July Surprize Meet 2018 DOSC entry pack
Well done to our intrepid trio of Matthew T, Matthew M and Rosie who have been competing at the CoN Easter Meet this weekend.
Rosie hit new PBs in all of her four races and topped it off with a silver in the 100 breaststroke, Matthew T swimming in the 17 and overs finished 3rd in the final of the 100 back with a new PB, whilst Matthew M hit a new PB in the 50 free of 27.54 (converts to 26.80 shortcourse) to qualify for Regionals.
This gala is an entry level 4 meet for our development swimmers who are 9 years and over by 28th April. Whilst there are no slower than times these are a guide. This gala is designed to give swimmers valuable experience and develop their racing skills before stepping up to bigger meets in the future. Closing date is Sunday 8th April after training to Julie Munnings although earlier would be appreciated.
This gala does clash with the Norfolk ASA Junior League Final. Jamie will be making team selection in the next few days and this will be posted on the noticeboard. Team selection does take priority please.
Date: 28th April 2018 12:30pm to 8:00pm
Location: Bungay Pool
Programme of Events: Development Open Order of Events 2018
No Slower/Faster Times: Times
Rules: Beccles Development Open Meet Rules and Conditions
Entry Form (Excel): Beccles Development Open Meet 2018 Entry form v1
Any last minute entires for the aMAYzing Open Gala at Bury St Edmunds must be handed in or emailed to Julie Munnings by END OF PLAY TODAY (23rd March 2018).
Julie will be at the pool at 8 o'clock to collect any forms/payment and all entries will be processed over the weekend.
ABSOLUTELY NO ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER TODAY
Due to Leisure Centre reduced opening times, there is no training on Good Friday 30th March or Bank Holiday Monday 2nd April. Training will go ahead as usual on Easter Sunday for both Masters and Junior Squads so there's no need to hold back on the number of Easter eggs consumed at least on Sunday!!
A squad of fifteen swimmers from Diss Otters travelled down the A140 to a snowy Ipswich to take part in the March Open held at Crown Pools last weekend.
In a high quality gala with clubs competing from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex - Diss came away with an incredible 65 new personal best times from only 87 individual swims, a conversion rate of 75%. 51 of those swims resulted in a top six finish, and of those 51, 22 were podium positions (6 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze.)
The Diss Otters squad with their results summary were as follows:
Daniel Bachu - 1G 1B 5pbs
Millie Bachu - 2 pbs
Callum Blair - 1G 1S 1B 5pbs
Harry Button - 1pb
Olivia Chapman - 2 pbs
Oslo Chapman - 1S 4pbs
Lily Ellis - 2 pbs
Shannon Evans - 1S
Lotti Gates - 1G 2S
Forbes Irvine - 1B 6pbs
Thea Irvine - 1G 11pbs
Matthew Munnings - 1G 1S 3pbs
Rosie Munnings - 1G 1S 3B 11pbs
Ciaran Strike - 1B 7pbs
Matthew Tatum - 1S 6pbs
The Otters are in action next at the Norfolk Junior League gala held at Wymondham Leisure Centre on Saturday evening.
Date: Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th March 2018
Type: Level 3 Licence Meet, 8 Lane Short Course
Age Groups: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 & over
Age as at 18th March 2018
Cost: Race Entry Fee: £4.50
Events: 50m, 100m and 200m all strokes
200m and 400m IM
400m Free
Rules and Schedule: Ipswich-March-Open-2018
Qualifying Times: Ipswich-March-Open-2018-QTs
Entry Form: Ipswich-March-Open-2018-Entry-Form1
Note: The closing date brought forward due to popularity of this event
CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES TO JULIE MUNNINGS BY FRIDAY 26th JAN (CLOSE OF TRAINING)