Lots of records broken in the Senior School Swimming Gala

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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.

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

MacArthur overall winner of the Junior Swimming Gala

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

Harry 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

Personal Bests for Sean at Ipswich Open Swimming Meet

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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.

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