RHS Swimmers give some outstanding performances at the Great East Swim

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More that 35 pupils and staff took part in this year’s Great East Swim at Alton Water and the RHS swimmers gave some outstanding performances. Sean Burgess, Year 13, came 10^th overall in the 1 mile swim with a time of 22.17 and Alexa Cox, Year 13, came 19^th overall in the same category and her time put her 5^th out of all female entries at 23.49. Charlie Tedora, Year 11 came 7^th overall in the ½ mile swim with an excellent time of 11.14 and Harry Fosker, just 13 years old, came 19^th overall with a time of 12.21.

NAME	Distance	Year	House	Time	Comment
Harry Fosker	½ mile	8	Blake	12.21	19th overall
Emily Fretwell	½ mile	8	Blake	17.08
Harry Jones	½ mile	9	Hawke	13.19
Matilda Ager	½ mile	9	Hood	15.33
Henrietta Murrison	½ mile	9	Hood	17.30
Adam Clough	½ mile	10	Raleigh	12.56	21st overall
Tom Heley	½ mile	10	St Vincent	13.00
Jamie Fosker	½ mile	10	Raleigh	13.15
Ashley Fretwell	½ mile	10	Raleigh	14.12
Charlie Ewen	½ mile	10	Collingwood	14.41
Tom Joice	½ mile	10	Collingwood	14.48
Charlie Tedora	½ mile	11	Collingwood	11.14	7th overall
Will Falk	½ mile	11	Collingwood	14.33
Jack Smith	½ mile	11	Collingwood	16.22
Robert Ash	½ mile	11	St Vincent	16.24
Nathan Southerton	½ mile	12	Collingwood	15.01
Joe Curtis	1 mile	11	Hawke	27.35
Sarah Murrison	1 mile	11	Hood	27.40
Philippa Murrison	1 mile	11	Hood	31.27
Arabella Murrison	1 mile	12	Hood	26.53
Adonia Hirst	1 mile	12	Howe	30.44
Victoria Foreman	1 mile	12	Howe	31.18
Francesca Morelli	1 mile	12	Howe	35.59
Sean Burgess	1 mile	13	Nelson	22.17	10th overall
Alexa Cox	1 mile	13	Nelson	23.49	19th overall and 5th female swimmer
Emily Davidson Brett	1 mile	13	Nelson	29.30
Flo Hales	1 mile	13	Nelson	32.01

 

Great East Swim Team receive T-Shirts from Sponsor

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RHS pupils and staff from proudly receive their Team T-shirts from Adam Lamb of Frankie & Benny’s (part of The Restaurant Group)

Today, two days before they take part in the Great East Swim, RHS pupils and staff from proudly receive their Team T-shirts from this year’s sponsor, popular American-Italian restaurant chain, Frankie & Benny’s (part of The Restaurant Group).

Adam Lamb, Marketing Coordinator for The Restaurant Group, said, “F&B’s is delighted to be supporting the Royal Hospital School Swim Team. This group of young people have shown tremendous commitment and I wish them the best of luck in this commendable personal challenge.”

On Saturday 21 June, more than 30 members of the Royal Hospital School community will take to the water in the Great East Swim at neighbouring Alton Water reservoir.  This annual event attracts around 3,000 swimmers and involves either a 1/2 mile, 1 mile, 2 mile or 5k open water swim. It is part of the Great Swim Series which has five events across England and Scotland attracting in the region of 22,000 participants.

The Royal Hospital School pupils, aged between 13 and 18 years, have been training hard in the build up to the Great East Swim and are now ready to take the challenge. Swimming Coach, Emma Cook, who is also taking part in the event said: “Pupils at RHS tend to be a pretty determined ‘bunch’ and in the past RHS have competed and won best team and top times in their age groups. We have a strong squad of swimmers this year so I am expecting some excellent times and personal achievements”.

 

Great East Swim Team getting well prepared for the Big Swim next week

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Thirty swimmers from the Royal Hospital School are taking part in this year’s Great East Swim held at Alton water on Saturday 21 June. The annual event attracts around 3,000 swimmers and involves 1/2 mile, 1 mile, 2 mile and 5k open water competitions. It is part of the Great Swim Series which has five events across England and Scotland attracting in the region of 22,000 participants.

The Royal Hospital School pupils have been taking part in an intensive schedule of training in the School pool with their coach, Emma Cook, to prepare them for this tough challenge and over the weekend some of team were able to experience open water swimming and try out swimming in wetsuits at Tri-farm, a Tri-athlon venue near Chelmsford. They gained some great tips on body position, breathing technique and how to negotiate the various marker buoys around the course. All the swimmers found the experience useful and they look forward to the swim next week more confident and well prepared.

 

Open water training session with Double Olympic Medallist David Davies

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Double Olympic medallist, David Davies, came to the Royal Hospital School on Friday 21 June to give pupils preparing for the Great East Swim a master class in open water swimming.

David Davies and RHS Open Water Swimmers.

Davies first swam competitively at the age of eight in his hometown of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. From this he went on to swim in the Commonwealth Games for Great Britain in 2002 and to win the Bronze 1500m at the 2004 Athens Olympics. His highlight was winning the Silver 10km Marathon at the 2008 Beijing Olympics; a battle of endurance for even the strongest of swimmers as he battled with exhaustion and consciousness in his fight for the finish line.

After a few warm up drills with the RHS pupils, Davies went through techniques and tips for open water swimming including getting the students to practice spotting the buoy, swimming in close proximity to others and energy-saving methods for turning around the course.

Unfortunately the Great East Swim, originally planned for Saturday, was postponed due to expected poor weather conditions. The Royal Hospital School Swimming Coach, Emma Cook, who was also due to take part in the event said, “The 45 pupils who have been training incredibly hard for the Great East Swim found it hard to hide their disappointment today but I hope that the swimmers can now incorporate the techniques they learned into their training regimes which will give them that extra edge for competing once the race has been rescheduled. Thank you to David for his time in the pool and the expertise he shared.”

Warm up drills

Practicing spotting a buoy in murky water

Close proximity swimming

Putting everything in to practice

Taking a dip at the Great East Swim 2013

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On Saturday 22 June, 45 pupils from the Royal Hospital School will take to the water in the Great East Swim at neighbouring Alton Water reservoir. This annual event attracts around 3,000 swimmers and involves either a 1/2 mile, 1 mile, 2 mile and 5k open water swim. The participants start in waves of 300 every half an hour to ensure a smoothly run event with the highest safety possible.

The pupils taking part have been training hard in the build up to the Great East Swim and are nearly ready to take on this personal challenge. On the day before the race two-time Olympic medallist, David Davies, will be giving them a master-class in the School pool providing some useful tips on distance and open water swimming.

David Davies is a Welsh Commonwealth Games and Olympic distance swimmer. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in the 1500m freestyle (Bronze Medallist) and at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in the 1500m freestyle and the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim (Silver Medallist). He held the British Records in the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle (Silver Medallist in 2008 European Championships). He also represented Great Britain again in the 1500m freestyle at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

David Davies

 

RHS pupil, Emily Davidson-Brett, Great East Swim 2012

Good luck to all the RHS pupils who will be participating in this challenging swim. For more information about the Great East Swim please visit their website.

Henry Ager	Year 10	Collingwood
William Anstey	Year 11	St. Vincent
Rebecca Anstey	Year 13	Nelson
Peter Ash	Year 11	St. Vincent
Richard Branch	Year 13	Nelson
Laura Brown	Year 13	Nelson
Matthew Brown	Year 11	St. Vincent
Sean Burgess	Year 12	Raleigh
Georgina Cheng	Year 13	Nelson
Adam Clough	Year 9	Raleigh
Alexa Cox	Year 12	Raleigh
Joe Curtis	Year 10	Anson
Emily Davidson-Brett	Year 12	Hood
Beth Davies	Year 12	Cornwallis
Verity Evans	Year 13	Nelson
Charlie Ewen	Year 9	Collingwood
Will Falk	Year 10	Collingwood
Cameron Farrie	Year 11	Collingwood
Daniel Finding	Year 11	Anson
Victoria Foreman	Year 11	Howe
Harry Fosker	Year 7	Drake
Jamie Fosker	Year 9	Raleigh
Florence Gould	Year 13	Nelson
Flo Hales	Year 12	Hood
Emily Hassall	Year 13	Nelson
Charlotte Heley	Year 10	Hood
Tom Heley	Year 9	St. Vincent
Adonia Hirst	Year 11	Howe
Tom Joice	Year 9	Collingwood
Harry Jones	Year 8	Drake
Tori Jones	Year 12	Cornwallis
Sarah Laurie	Year 13	Nelson
Georgina Moore	Year 13	Nelson
Arabella Murrison	Year 11	Hood
Phillipa Murrison	Year 10	Hood
Sarah Murrison	Year 10	Hood
Andrew Ponsonby	Year 11	Collingwood
Elizabeth Ponsonby	Year 13	Nelson
Oscar Rowe	Year 10	Collingwood
Jack Smith	Year 10	Anson
Nathan Southerton	Year 11	Collingwood
Rebecca Taylor	Year 12	Cornwallis
Charlie Tedora	Year 10	Collingwood
George Venables	Year 11	Collingwood
Alice Vickers	Year 10	Hood

50 pupils training for 2013 Great East Swim

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Involvement in one of the UK’s largest open water swimming events has grown year on year at RHS and there are currently fifty pupils training hard for the 1/2 mile, 1 mile and 2 mile races at neighbouring Alton Water Reservoir on 22 June.

Emily Davidson-Brett, Great East Swim 2012

The pupils, aged between 11 and 18 years, are being trained by expert swimming coach, Emma Cook, in two special sessions per week. Emma, who has herself taken part in the event said: “Pupils at the Royal Hospital School tend to be a pretty determined ‘bunch’ and in the past RHS have competed and won best team and top times in their age groups. After the Easter Holidays I am hoping that the weather improves and water temperatures rise so that we can practise in open water at Maldon Tri-Club. We have a strong squad of swimmers this year so I am expecting some excellent times and personal achievements”.