| The weekend of the 11th and 12th of February saw an action packed weekend of success for Leamington Spa Amateur Swimming Club, starting with a fantastic victory on Saturday night in the Harvey Novice Team Gala held in Nuneaton. Young teams from Leamington, Haden Hill, Kingsbury, Stratford, Nuneaton & Bedworth and Oldbury competed for the coveted Silver Plate. This unique gala differs from conventional ones as swimmers can be given speeding tickets for swimming too fast, resulting in the loss of points earned in that event. This is a fab, fun gala and for some of the swimmers their first introduction to competitive swimming. For a full report click here |
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| There was a nail biting conclusion
to the Junior League practice gala held at the Pingles on Saturday 28 January. Leamington had strong opposition from Braunstone,
Nuneaton, Kingsbury, Stratford, Coventry and the heavy weights of Boldmere ‘A’.
This was an ideal opportunity to scrutinise the competition for Junior League
and for some of the youngest swimmers to have their first taste of a team gala. For a full report click here |
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|  As the chill of snow fell over Coventry Baths the temperature inside was heating up with the start of the annual Cov & District Relay Gala, held on Saturday 4th February. Events were swum in four age groups, nine years, 10-12 years, 14 years, and the Open age, each having ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams swimming both freestyle and medley relays. For a full report click here |
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|  27 Leamington swimmers travelled to Aylesbury to compete in the two day Maxwell Open gala, clocking up a terrific 69 PBs, with success across the age ranges from our oldest to our very youngest competitors. For a full report click here |
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| Following the Ginger North team gala held at Newbold Leisure Centre on Saturday night, some of
Leamington’s swimmers braved the cold chilly Sunday morning to compete at the Coventry Open
meet. The Chapman sisters had a very successful meet and went home with a hoard of medals. Fifteen
year old Jenny Chapman won bronze in the 100m Breaststroke and then later took gold in the 200m
event with a time of 3.20.52. An excellent result considering she has never competed in these events
before. Jenny continued her good form and went on to add another bronze for the 200m Fly and
further silver in the 200IM. Younger sister Sarah, 11, gained first place in the 200m Backstroke and
the 100m Fly and displayed a dominating win in the 200m Fly. For a full report click here |
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| Coaches Mike Hartwell and Stuart Parker were delighted with the effort shown by all those
swimmers who took part in the exciting Ginger North Gala held at Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre
on January 14th. For a full report click here |
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|  A small team of Leamington swimmers attended the Crystal Open meet at Stourbridge and achieved a well-earned fourth place in the club standings, despite some big city clubs attending. For a full report click here for results click here |
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LSACS’s annual winter widths gala saw over forty young swimmers taking part. The event was run primarily for those 6-9 year olds who are in the teaching section of the club.
There was an excited buzz pool side as the whistle blew signalling the first of eighteen events. Not phased by the pressure of competitive swimming a series of fine races rewarded the competitors with medals, chocolates and trophies for the top three finishers in each event.
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|  It was a tough draw for the second round of the Arena League
so we knew that things were not going to be easy. Without a full team compliment Leamington had to bite the bullet and pull rank to make sure that every race mattered.
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| What a great night! Well done to everyone who swam in the first round of the National Speedo League held at Newbold Comyn on Saturday 8th October. Leamington had a tough night ahead with strong opposition from Derby, Redditch, Coventry, Worcester and Calverton & Bing. However, this didn’t seem to deter them and Leamington finished in a fantastic second place, just in front of Redditch by only 2 points.
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| Leamington Spa Swimmers brought home a total of thirty seven medals following the Annual Coventry Sprints Gala held at the City of Coventry Baths on September 24th. A squad of over thirty competitors ranging from nine to sixteen years in age took to the long course pool to compete across the four strokes in 50 metres sprint races. For some of the younger swimmers this was their first opportunity to compete over a long course distance.
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LSASC’s second annual club gala was held at Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre on September 17th. Swimmers as young as seven stepped up to the blocks, with some competing for the very first time, to put their skills to the test.
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|  Leamington Spa Amateur Swimming Club held their annual summer swimming gala in tribute to former club swimmer and British soldier Conrad Lewis who lost his life in Afghanistan in February this year. Conrad was a dedicated team player and former life guard at Newbold Comyn. He is remembered with great fondness by all at LSASC. Funds were raised through raffle ticket sales and also through the generosity of Warwick District Council in allowing LSASC to hire Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre for free. The cost of the pool hire was also donated to charity. In all a total of £288 was raised for the Afghanistan Trust.
The popular club gala saw over 90 swimmers from ages 7 to 40+ taking part. Notable success went to the younger age groups, many of whom were experiencing their first taste of a competitive swimming event. For a full report click here
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