FIREBIRD – July 08

The following Committee members were appointed at the AGM on the 27 June 2008.

Frank Browne – Chair                                                Sue Doe – Time Trial Officer

Paul Stephenson – Vice-Chair/Schools         Jane Disney – Workforce Officer

Jackie Tunstall – Secretary/Swim 21             Jayne Fagg – Welfare Officer                       

Yaz Kirlew – Treasurer/Shop                          Linda Newman – Team Manager

Vincent Buckley – Registration Officer          Charlotte Payne – Social Officer

Marion Browne – Finance Manager               Sue Thomas – Swim/Disability Co-ordinator

All the above are contactable via the Edmonton Phoenix email address – epsc@btinternet.com

There is still space on the Committee for another couple of willing volunteers.  If you feel you would like to take a bigger role in the club, have some great ideas and can spare a couple of hours a month please have a word with any one of us.

GALA NEWS

Full reports/results for the following galas can be found on our website or  the Middlesex ASA or London ASA websites via the link page.

Middlesex Age Groups –

8/9 and 15/16 March 08

Sean Leahy won double Gold in the 400 and 200IM over the final two weekends of the Middlesex Age Groups at Southbury Road,

Sean qualified for the Nationals with this 400IM time and also reached the final in his 100 freestyle and picked up a bronze in the 200 free.

Charlotte Payne got double gold in the 100 and 200 Backstroke whilst Zach Kirlew picked up a gold medal in the 400m Freestyle, silvers in the 200m and 100m and a bronze in the 100 IM.

Matthew Barnes won a gold medal in the 200m and silver in the 100m Breaststroke and Charlotte Newman picked up a silver medal in the 100 Back and got into the final of the 100IM.

Other bronze medallists were Michael Tunstall, Heather Stephenson, Ben Howe and Emma Tunstall and finalists included Ben Zuccolini, Alice Smyth and Sarah Browne.

There were other great performances and some good personal bests from Nina McGarvey, Tom Newman, Hannah Thomas and Mia Hawkes.

Edmonton picked up 8 bagcat/stroke awards – the best result of the Enfield clubs.  Well done to Zach Kirlew who picked up a Bagcat award and to Emma Tunstall, Charlotte Payne, Heather Stephenson, Sean Leahy, Matthew Barnes, Ben Zuccolini and Louis Kirlew who all picked up stroke awards.

LBESA 50/100 Borough Championships – 29/30 Mar 08

Edmonton Phoenix picked up the largest haul of gold medals at the LBESA Borough Championships.

70 golds – Edmonton Phoenix

40 golds – Griffins

28 golds – Enfield

3   golds – Broomfield Park.

This was an improvement on last year – when we got 66 golds!

Medal table as follows:-

Sarah Browne 9 out of 9 golds! Sean Leahy - 7 golds and 2 silvers, Zach Kirlew - 7 golds, Ben Zuccolini - 6 golds and 2 silvers, Charlotte Newman - 6 golds, Nina McGarvey, 5 golds and 4 silvers, Emma Tunstall - 5 golds, Alice Smyth - 4 golds and 5 silvers, Michael Tunstall - 4 golds, Heather Stephenson - 3 golds and 1 bronze, Charlotte Payne - 3 golds and 1 silver, Louis Kirlew - 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze, Kevin Riazanov -2 golds, Mia Hawkes 1 gold, 3 silvers and 1 bronze, Afton Doe 1 gold, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes, Tom Newman - 1 gold, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes, Ben Howe - 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze, Reece Ballett 1 gold and 5 bronzes, Savannah Wilkinson - 1 gold, Hannah Thomas 6 silvers and 1 bronze, Peter Smyth - 4 silvers and 3 bronzes, Jodie Parker - 2 silvers and 1 bronze, Zoe Lewis - 2 silvers, Jessica Medhurst 1 silver, Joe Smith 1 silver, Chris Snow - 1 silver, Connie Hawkes - 4 bronzes, Parris Wilkinson - 2 bronzes,Aaron Doe - 2 bronzes, Matthew Nevin 1 bronze,  Richard Waller - 1 bronze, Daniel Fellows 1 bronze, James Martin 1 bronze.

Other swimmers that took part, some for the first time, were:-

Matthew Morgan, D’Maani Boyce, Matthew Jenner, Noah Duodoo, Michael Buckley, Arran Kay, Glen Middleton, Mark Morgan, Rikki James, William Olaiya, Ohio Dudu-Orumen, Orman Kalkan, Myles Kelleher, Sam Fagg, Tariq Boyce, Maria Morgan, Annabel Andreou, Luke Morgan, Melissa Diaz, Jade Chao, Danielle McLennaghan, Sarah Nevin – some of you got really close to the medals and got some really good personal best times.

Coaches votes for best performances of the weekend went to:-

Connie Hawkes – junior squad and Reece Ballett and Louis Kirlew – senior squad.

London Regions – 3/4 May 08

Charlotte Payne, Louis Kirlew and Sean Leahy all reached the finals at the London Region Age Groups held at Gurnell, Ealing due to the closure of Crystal Palace.

Sean picked up two silver medals in the 200 IM and the 200 Free and picked up a course record in the 400 IM. Charlotte picked up a bronze in the 50m back.

Enfield Open Meet – 17/18 May 08

Some very strong clubs participated in this Open meet and there were some great performances from out club – too numerous to mention.  The club had five swimmers in the Skins finals – Nina NcGarvey, Emma Tunstall, Charlotte Payne, Zach Kirlew and Michael Tunstall.  Best performances went to Zach and Michael in the under 14 skins who came second and third respectively.

Well done to all our swimmers and a mention must go to Sam Fagg and Rikki James who both did really well in the 50 Freestyle knocking loads off their previous best times.

Meanwhile, our national swimmer Sean Leahy was swimming at Hatfield over this weekend picking up yet another national time in the 200 freestyle and breaking another club record!

Club Championships

Age Group Winners – Girls   Under 7s Winner – Caitlin McCabe Runner Up – Chloe Howe   8/9s Joint Winner – Mia Hawkes/                         Alicia Monteforte Runner Up –  Emily Whale   10/11 Winner – Charlotte Newman Runner Up – Hannah Thomas   12/13 Winner – Nina McGarvey Runner Up – Connie Hawkes   14/15 Winner – Emma Tunstall Runner Up – Alice Smyth     16/24 Winner – Charlotte Payne Runner Up – Kelly Ballett   Over 24s Winner – Sue Thomas Runner Up – Julie Zuccolini

Age Group Winners – Boys   Under 7s Winner – Callum Dodds Runner Up – Matthew Whale   8/9s Winner – Tom Newman Runner Up – Josh Kirlew   10/11s Winner –  Joe Glazebrook Runner Up – Thomas Disney   12/13 Winner – Michael Tunstall Runner Up – Reece Ballett   14/15 Winner – Ben Zuccolini Runner Up – Zach Kirlew       16/24 Winner – Sean Leahy Runner Up – Peter Smyth

Broomfield Park – Altenberge Trophy - 10 May 2008

Victory for Edmonton Phoenix when they won this cup beating the previous winners Westminster and other teams Bethnal Green, Ruislip, Anaconda and Broomfield.

The best performance award has to go to the two parents relay teams who both got maximum points – they were Fabio Monteforte, Rob Howe, Colin Hawkes, Gary Fagg  and Linda Newman, Jan Ballett, Sue Thomas and Julie Zuccolini.

London Region Bagcats – 7/8 June and 14/15 June

Well done to Nina McGarvey, Michael Tunstall and Charlotte Newman who attended the London Region Bagcats at Ealing over two weekends.

Best performance has to go to Charlotte Newman who got a gold medal in the 100m Backstroke and nearly achieved a national time in the process.  This is a great achievement as she beat all swimmers from all over the London area.

Edmonton Phoenix Junior Open – Licensed Meet – 21 June 08

Edmonton Phoenix ran their first Level 3 - Licensed meet in June 08.  The equipment all worked perfectly – no faulty printers and no hold ups!  Medals were awarded up to 6^th place. 

The following is the medal table.

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5th	6th
Rachel Harris	6	1	1
James Whiting	2		1			1
Aaron Doe	1		1	3
Tom Newman	1
Ohio Dudu-Orumen		2
Sydney Taylor		1	3			1
Callum McCabe			1	1
Ben Howe			1
Annabel Andreou			1
Connie Hawkes				2	2	3
Aiya Aljabiri				1	1
Afton Doe				1		1
Lucy Sullivan					1
Rebecca Andreou						1
Noah Duodoo						1
Rhiannon Ellis						1

Well done particularly to Ben Howe and Mia Hawkes who swam so fast they got speeding tickets in a couple of events – i.e they were faster than they should have gone.

It was great to see some new competitors picking up medals.

Middlesex Long Course – 28/29 June 08

Some good results from this Middlesex competition at Ealing in a 50m pool.

Charlotte Payne – Gold – 50 Fly, 200 Back, 50 Back. Silver - 100 Back.

Sean Leahy – Gold – 1500 Free, 400 Free, Silver – 400 IM, 200 IM,

Emma Tunstall – Gold – 200 IM, Bronze – 100 Fly.

Nina McGarvey – Gold -1500 Freestyle.

Alice Smyth – Gold – 50 Breaststroke

Alice Monteforte – Bronze – 50 Breaststroke.

Emma Tunstall and Sean Leahy reached the skins final based on their 200IM results and came 3^rd and 5^th respectively.

Forthcoming Events/Dates for your diary

• Junior Squad Parents Evening – Friday - 5 September 2008 – Time to be confirmed.

• Time Trials – Junior and Primary Squad – Friday - 19 September 2008

            7–8 pm  Primary Squad

            8- 9 pm Junior Squad.

• Borough Juvenile Competition

            20 September 2008 – 4pm – Southbury Pool. – Parents of squad swimmers         aged 8 – 11. Put this date in your diary.

Other things

Senior Squad

Early morning sessions will close for a month from the beginning of August.

Tuesday early session will close for last 2 weeks in August.  (Barry is away)

Junior Squad

Sunday morning sessions to move to Southbury from 20 July 08 – 31 August 08 inclusive.

Thursday session (invitation only) will move from 6-7 pm to 8-9 pm from 24 July.

Lateness to squad sessions

All swimmers are required to be on poolside in good time.  This means being ready to enter the pool at the start of each session.  Swimmers late for sessions will be expected to explain the reason why to the Coach. 

Where swimmers are over 15 minutes late the Coach running the session may, at his/her discretion refuse entry to the pool.