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Arena  League   Round 3

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AVSC Team A, Coventry:

The AVSC A team was in the West Midlands Premier Division Final, at Coventry against:  Coventry, Boldmere, Leicester Penguins, City of Derby and Redditch.  This was always going to be a tough gala with some very big clubs and the best result would be to upset the status quo with a few surprises.  Memorable wins came from Emily Ford(2) and David Murphy(1) winning by some margin and overall the gala turned into chasing points to catch Leicester for 4th place.  Being a Long Course 50m pool, it was quite a change from racing short course, especially for the younger squad members who managed really well, and those who had to swim-up.

The 6x50m relays at the end were crucial, pipping Leicester in each, and we were oh so close within 1 point to be 5th on the night.  BUT - overall, adding the League Points from Rounds 1 & 2, AVSC ended 4th overall in the Premier League of 24 teams - a great result.   Coventry won the meet on the night, but Boldmere's previous scoring meant they will go to the A Final and Coventry to the B, representing the Region.

B Team Droitwich:

A hard fought battle and a few people missing which meant AVSC could not enter all relays meant we came 6th on the night.  There were a lot of great racing from AVSC and even with not entering all events we were just pipped to the 5th place position.

Well done and thank you to all those who took part in Arena League this season.

Winter Regionals

A fantastic 16 medals at this year South East Region Winter Championships.  Big congratulations go to: 

Michael Esnouf:
100 IM  Gold
50 Breast Bronze

Harry James:
 200 Breast  Silver
100 Breast Silver

David Murphy:
50 Breast Gold
100 Breast Bronze (Junior)

Niall O'Leary:
 100 Free Bronze
400 Free Silver
100 Back Silver
200 Free  Silver
50 Back Silver
200 Back Gold

Caitlin Wheatley:  
100 Fly Bronze
200 Fly Silver (Open and Junior)

Niall, Harry, David and Michael Medley Relay Silver


Totals - Gold x 3, Silver x 9 and Bronze x 4 = 16

Full AVSC result here:
http://www.swimmeets.org/res/index.php?id=6&club=ABIS
Arena League Round 2
10 November 2013
AVSC A - Hosted at Worcester
Result:
1st  Boldmere
2nd AVSC
3rd Worcester 
4th Nuneaton
5th Halesowen
6th Leicester 

A real team result from this competition - every point counting to pip Worcester (after losing out last year by just a few points) and get 2nd place in the closing part of the programme. Lots of 3rd and 4th places throughout, against seriously tough competition.

The U15 Girls won both the Medley and Freestyle 4x50m Relays with the following other 1st place individual wins:
Ellie Nutt and David Murphy in the 100m Breaststroke
Emily Ford and Max Bolcato in the 50m Fly
Emily Ford and Niall O'Leary in the 50m and 100m Back

Other swims came up against really fast (and sometime much larger) competitors (mainly from Boldmere and Worcs), but pulled in great times - you'll have to wait for the results to see any PBs.
Notable 2nd places for both the U9 Girls and Boys in the Medley relays too (Lottie, Jana, Emily, Tappy - Robin, Daniel, Max, Cameron)

AVSC B - Hosted at Tiddenfoot


The AVSC B Team travelled to Leighton Buzzard for the second round match full of high spirits and determination. We were competing against 5 other teams : Aylesbury & District,  Camphill Edwardians A, Linsdale Crusaders, Leighton Buzzard and Pershore, all quite local clubs and Leighton Buzzard and Linsdale Crusaders were the favourites. True to form the Arena league had chosen a swimming pool that was undergoing refurbishment which meant that there were no showers and, even more importantly, no place to get coffee for the spectators and as usual the normal chaos ensued as 6 teams all got changed at the same time. We staked out a prime spot poolside and AVSC tattoos and green war paint was applied.

Once swimming got underway, it was clear that Leighton Buzzard and Linsdale were the two teams to beat but we had racked up 3 2nd places in the opening 10 events and were a team in contention.  At the half way stage we were in second place helped by some strong individual swims across all ages, with a number of PBs being beaten.  The second half of the programme was tougher for top results but every swimmer battled to get as many points as possible and with a late flurry in the relays, AVSC finished up a very creditable 3rd with Linsdale and Leighton Buzzard tied on points for 1st place (Leighton Buzzard were declared winners because of more first places). Whilst we did not get any 1st places, we finished in 2nd or 3rd place in over 50% of the races.  Thanks to all the swimmers, the parents and coaches for turning out and giving their all  on a miserable Saturday evening-roll on Round 3!

AVSC swimmers help ONB rise a further 5 places in Division 1
20 October 2013

Six AVSC swimmers were selected to part of a 26 strong team representing the best of swimmers in the County of Oxfordshire and North Bucks. The team, coming from 6 clubs in the County, travelled to Sheffield to take part in the British Gas National County Team Championships held in the prestigious Ponds Forge. 

39 Counties were competing at this exciting annual event. 20 teams in Div 1 and 19 teams in Div 2 created a great day of competition and healthy rivalry. Deck hosts for the day were Jo Jackson (triple Olympian) and Ross Davenport (double Commonwealth gold medallist).

Michael Esnouf (17), Shannon Motha (14) David Murphy (14) Ellie Nutt (14), Niall O’leary (17) Caitlin Wheatley (16) competed in individual events and relays to help notch up the magnificent total of 
338 points that launched Oxon and North Bucks into 8th place after promotion from Division 2 just back in 2011.

Arena League - Round 1
12 October 2013

Abingdon Vale proved it punches above its weight n the first round of the National Arena League, 1st Division.   The AVSC 'A' Team had a solid victory, scoring 43 points ahead of its nearest rival.  From youngest to oldest, and in both individual and relay events there were 30 first and second place finishes out of 50 races. The final results were:
AVSC                           228
Chase                          185
Bilston                         174
Halesowen                   170
Redditch                      168
Leicester Penguins B  121

Showing its strength in depth, AVSC was able to field a 'B' team for the first time ever. This team came out strong, achieving 3rd place in its first ever outing, only 5 points off of second.  Well done teams!


England Talent Development

6 September 2013

Congratulations to Niall O'Leary and David Murphy who have been identified to attend an England Performance Profiling and Development Day. This day will take place at Surrey Sports Park   on Sunday 6th October 2013  . The day will comprise of pool and land based testing/profiling and swimmer education opportunities.  What a fantastic opportunity for the boys and the recognition they deserve.
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One Weekend, Two Meets: Results
5-6 September 2013

Well done to all the swimmers who took part in the Maxwell and Southampton meets this weekend.  Special Congratulations to the medal winners:

MAXWELL: 

Gold:
Max Bolcato - 100 fly, 100 IM, 50 fly 
Natilia Druett - 200 breast
Lottie James - 100 IM, 50 fly
Alice Martin  - 50 breast, 200 free, 200 breast
Eloise Ross - 100 Free, 50 free

Silver:
Blaine Carpenter - 50 breast
Natalia Druett - 50 breast
Alice Martin - 100 IM
Tappy Ross - 200 free

Bronze:
Jessica Kan - 200 back
Blaine Carpenter - 200 back, 100 free
Alice Martin - 50 fly
Eloise Ross - 200 IM
Charlotte Rowley- 50 breast
SOUTHAMPTON:


Gold 
Yasmin Tajalli - 50 free
Emily Ford - 100 Fly

Silver 
Cameron Bullock 50 free
Rhian Casey 100 freeNienke Lijzenga 200IM. 

Bronze 
Cameron Bullock 200 free and 100 free 
Rhian Casey - 200 free
Merel Hijink 50 fly
Oliver Hodgson 200 free, 100 back
Nienke Lijzenga 50 Back.
Jude Merchant 100 breast
Renee Truggelmann 100 Breaste to edit.

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British Gas ASA National County Team Championships 
7 September 2013


Congratulations to the six AVSC swimmers who were selected to be a part of the Oxfordshire and North Bucks County in the National County Team Championships to take place at Ponds Forge, Sheffield on Sunday 21 October.  Caitlin Wheatley, David Murphy, Ellie Nutt, Michael Esnouf, Niall O'Leary and Shannon Motha Will join the ONB team to compete against 38 Counties from the UK. There is always a great atmosphere and plenty of team spirit!


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National Youth Championships
4 August 2013


2 Silver Medals, 1 Bronze Medal and 2 County Records and 2 Regional records for AVSC

5 Youth swimmers from AVSC competed at the British Gas ASA Youth (15-18yrs) National Championships in Ponds Forge, Sheffield, 30th July - 4th August, 2013.Michael Esnouf (17) Harry James (17), Alex Murphy (18), Niall O'Leary (16) and Caitlin Wheatley (16) represented AVSC at this major end of season Championship.

Alex Murphy(18) gained personal best and a Silver Medal for the 100 brst (1.02.65) breaking the County and South East Region's record. He also gained a further personal best and a Bronze medal for the 200brst (2.18.79) breaking the County record. In his 50 brst he also broke the SER record for his age group (28.96)

Niall O'Leary (16) gained a Silver for his 200 back with a personal best time (2.06.16) as well as achieving a personal best for the 100 back (59.75)

Caitlin Wheatley (16) posted a Personal best time for the 200 fly (2.20.36) bettering her own Junior County record. She also competed in the 100 fly.
Harry James (17) gained a Pb in the 200 breast (2.25.68) as well as competing in the 100 breast.
Club mate Michael Esnouf (17) competed in both the 100 and 200 breast.
Once again, Coach Scott Farnell commended the hard work all his youth swimmers put into turning in such good results at this high level competition. 'Hard training as well as commitment and dedication has paid dividends' 


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National Age Group Championships
27 July 2013




History was made today (27 July 2013) when 14 year old David Murphy got AVSC's first medal at the National Championships. David secured a silver medal in the 100 breast stroke with a time of 1.08.04. 

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Record number of National Swimmers
8 July 2013




This year AVSC has seven National Qualifiers - the most ever!  Good luck to Michael Esnouf (100 breast, 200 breast) Harry James (100 breast, 200 breast), Shannon Motha (100 back, 100 fly, 100 free), Alex Murphy (100 breast, 200 breast), David Murphy (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM, 400 IM), Niall O'Leary (100 back, 200 back) and Caitlin Wheatley (100 fly, 200 fly)


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ESSA Primary School National Finals 
16 June 2013



Four Appleton School girls who swim with AVSC, Isabella Boyce Parr, Emily Ford, Zoe Lovibond and Leonie Watson (Pictured with coach Amanda Ford) took double gold at the ESSA Primary School Championships and were crowned National Small Schools Champions 2013 at Ponds Forge, Sheffield on Saturday.

Having won both their heats, they completed the 4x25 medley relay in 1.04.66 and the 4x25 freestyle relay in 58.16. The girls were competing in the small schools group but their freestyle time was the fastest of the their event, beating both the large schools boys and girls teams.



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