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Lots of records broken in the Senior School Swimming Gala

01 Tuesday Apr 2014

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The Senior School Swimming Gala was held last Sunday and some outstanding swimmers had the chance to show their talents to the rest of the School.

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Notable performances from:

 Alexa Cox  Raleigh  Senior Girls 1 length Butterfly  New School Record
 Alexa Cox Raleigh  Senior Girls Individual Medley  New School Record
 Joshua Allday Collingwood  Senior Boys 1 length Butterfly  New School Record
 Sean Burgess  Raleigh  Senior Boys Individual Medley  New School Record
 Sean Burgess  Raleigh  Senior Boys 1 length Freestyle  New School Record

Collingwood House broke a number of team records after some dedicated training and performed particularly well in the following:

 Inter Boys 4 x 1 Freestyle Relay  New School Record
 Senior Boys 4 x 1 Freestyle Relay  New School Record
Pearmain Cup 10 x 1 Freestyle Relay  New School Record

Overall Results

Inter Boys

 1st Place Collingwood
 2nd Place Raleigh
 3rd Place Hawke
 4th Place St Vincent

Senior Boys

 1st Place  Collingwood
 2nd Place  St Vincent
 3rd Place  Raleigh
 4th Place  Hawke

Overall Boys

 1st Place  Collingwood
 2nd Place  Raleigh
 3rd Place  St Vincent
 4th Place  Hawke

Inter Girls

 1st Place  Hood
 2nd Place  Howe
 3rd Place  Raleigh
 4th Place  Anson

Senior Girls

 1st Place  Hood
 2nd Place  Howe
Joint 3rd Place  Anson & Raleigh

Overall Girls

 1st Place  Hood
 2nd Place  Howe
 3rd Place  Raleigh
 4th Place  Anson

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MacArthur overall winner of the Junior Swimming Gala

27 Thursday Mar 2014

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The Junior Swimming Gala was held on Saturday 22 March and the team spirit and support from spectators was overwhelming.

DSCN1942Harry Fosker broke the school record for the Individual Medley (2.15.81) and was 0.45 seconds away breaking the Freestyle record as well. Beth Carnell was awarded overall winner of the girls Individual Medley. Libby Parker, Alice Clayton and Milly Salter all stood out in their races and came very close to breaking records. Cavan Fawcett and Dominic Curtis swam the last leg of the freestyle relay and gave everyone a really good opportunity to shout loudly in a very close finish; Cavan finishing first for MacArthur. Thomas Squires’ swim was excellent in the breaststroke and Giles Lennox was impressive in the backstroke.

Results

4th Francis            47 points
3rd Shackleton      54 points
2nd Chichester      63 points
1st MacArthur       77 points

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Personal Bests for Sean at Ipswich Open Swimming Meet

27 Monday Jan 2014

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Last weekend Sean Burgess, Year 13, competed in the Ipswich Open Swimming Meet at Crown Pools. He gained a Personal Best is both races:

  • 50m freestyle – 2nd place in 25:55
  • 100m freestyle – 3rd place in 55:84

Congratulations to Sean on these fantastic results and also on being appointed the School Swimming Captain.

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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.

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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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