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RHS Swimmers give some outstanding performances at the Great East Swim

30 Monday Jun 2014

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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 10th overall in the 1 mile swim with a time of 22.17 and Alexa Cox, Year 13, came 19th overall in the same category and her time put her 5th out of all female entries at 23.49. Charlie Tedora, Year 11 came 7th overall in the ½ mile swim with an excellent time of 11.14 and Harry Fosker, just 13 years old, came 19th 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

 

















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Great East Swim Team receive T-Shirts from Sponsor

19 Thursday Jun 2014

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RHS pupils and staff from proudly receive their Team T-shirts from this year’s sponsors, popular American-Italian restaurant chain, Frankie & Benny’s (part of The Restaurant Group). [picture attached - Adam Lamb of Frankie & Benny’s in red, Emma Cook, swimming coach, with red lanyard]

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”.

 

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

13 Friday Jun 2014

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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.

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Open water training session with Double Olympic Medallist David Davies

21 Friday Jun 2013

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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.

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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.”

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Warm up drills

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Practicing spotting a buoy in murky water

Practicing spotting a buoy in murky water

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Close proximity swimming

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Putting everything in to practice

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Taking a dip at the Great East Swim 2013

23 Thursday May 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

David Davies

 

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

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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

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50 pupils training for 2013 Great East Swim

26 Tuesday Mar 2013

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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.

2012 Swimmer, Great East Swim

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”.

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