News Update


Date	Press Release
24/06/2008	InCAS Distance Meet What a weekend local swim club InCAS had at their own annual Distance Meet held at the Fife Institute, Glenrothes on Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd June. With 25 clubs from all over Scotland - and also a club from England - the competition was excellent. Eleven year old InCAS swimmer Rachael O'Donnell had an outstanding two days with eight swims. She took home 8 Golds, 6 National Records and 7 East District Records and, not surprisingly, won Top 11/12 years age group. Rachael’s Golds came in the 200m Backcrawl 2.33.26; 200m Breastroke 2.59.18; 200m Butterfly 2.39.95; 200m Freestyle 2.16.68; 200m Individual Medley 2.38.07; 400m Freestyle 4.48.06; 400m IM 5.24.14; and 800m Freestyle 9.57.76. The girls 10 and under age group saw 9 year old Tain Bruce have an excellent weekend winning a Silver in the 200m backcrawl, a 4th place medal in the 400m Free and two 5th place medals in the 200m Breastroke and 200m Free. The 13/14 years saw 13 year old Leah Marshall have an outstanding weekend with Silver in the 200m Backcrawl and four superb lifetime bests. Thirteen year old Ailidh Brown won Bronze in the 200m Backcrawl and two 5th place medals in the 200m Breastroke and 200m Individual Medley. All in all 8 Golds, 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze, 18 finalists and a superb 37 lifetime bests from 44 swims plus 6 Scottish National Age Group Records and 7 East District Records.
04/06/2008	East District Open Swimming Championships A small group of InCAS swimmers were in competition in the East District Open swimming championships at the International Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June. Young 11 year old Rachael O'Donnell, despite swimming with an injured leg, won three Golds – one in the 200m backstroke in a new East District Record time of 2.42.26. She also won Gold in the 200m front crawl in 2.20.88 and 200 m Individual Medley in 2.40.19. Rachael also won Silver in the 200m Breastroke. Fourteen year old Roisin Donnelly, only competing in one race, easily won the Gold in the 200m Breastroke. Ailidh Brown won a Bronze in the 200m backstroke in the 13 years age group in an excellent lifetime best, was 4th in the 200m Breastroke, 4th in the 200m IM and 5th in the 200m frontcrawl. Other Incas swimmers who competed were Amber MacWhirter achieving four lifetime bests; Isla McLeod in her only swim finished in 5th place with an excellent lifetime best. Ashleigh Yates, still recovering from a virus, was just outside her PB's. Altogether 4 Golds, 1 Silver ,1 Bronze, 10 finalists and a superb 11 lifetime bests. Ends For further information contact Linda Rae on 07957 538107
20/05/2008	Success in Sheffield for InCAS Swimmers Eight InCAS swimmers ventured down to Sheffield to compete in the Rotherham Open Age Group Meet at Ponds Forge - the International 50m Pool. With teams from all over the UK the standard was exceptionally high but what a haul from the Incas swimmers. They returned home with 3 Golds, 6 Silvers, 6 Bronzes, 27 Finalists and a superb 34 lifetime bests. Young 11 year old Rachel O'Donnell had an excellent weekend with 3 Golds, 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze, 5 lifetime bests and another qualifying time for the British Age Groups in July. Rachel’s Golds came in the 100m Butterfly (1.12.37); 200m Butterfly (2.42.26); and 200m Freestyle (2.21.09). Her Silver came in the 200m Individual Medley in a British time of 2.37.11 and her Bronze was in the 100m Freestyle. Rachel went on to achieve an excellent time in the Open 400m Free in 4.52.41. Fourteen year old Roisin Donnelly had a good weekend swimming in the strongest age group at the competition with two Silvers in the 200m Breastroke in 2.46.39 and 100m Breastroke in 1.17.18 just outside her Personal Best. Roisin also won a Bronze in the 50m Butterfly in a PB of 31.10 and was 4th in the 200m Individual Medley in 2.31.65 - a big PB. In the youngest category, 9 year old Tain Bruce had a very auspicious weekend in her first ever trip "abroad" and first competition at a long course meet. She won Silver in the 100m Backstroke and 3 Bronzes in the 50m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle and 200m freestyle and a 4th in the 100m free style. Team mate 9 year old Morven Rae-Seaman also in her first long course competition achieved three 5th's, a sixth and 4 lifetime bests. The girls 12 years age group saw Chelsea Lawson have a superb swim in the 50m Free. She went into the competition in 17th place and she won Bronze in a superb 29.93 only one tenth off the Gold. Chelsea also finished in 5th place in the 100m Free, 6th place in 50m Fly, 7th place in the 100m back and 8th place in the 200m B/C achieving five lifetime bests. The same age group saw Kayleigh Hutton finish in 6th place in the 50m Free with 3 lifetime bests. The boys 11 year old age group saw Conor Nally have a very good weekend with a Silver in the 100m Fly and a 7th in the 50m Fly achieving 6 lifetime bests. Isla MacLeod in her first time ‘abroad’ achieved a very creditable 4 lifetime bests. Altogether a fantastic weekend of swimming against some of the best in Britain. Ends For further information contact Linda Rae, 07957 538107
12/05/2008	Young InCAS Swimmers Dominate Sunday 11 May saw the East Lothian Novice Graded Swim Meet held at the new Leisure Centre in Prestonpans. What a day for the youngsters from InCAS! The girls 8 and under age group was dominated by InCAS swimmers. Lauren Pirouet won a gold in the 50m free; silver in the 25m fly; and bronze in the 50m breaststroke. Each swim was a superb lifetime best for Lauren. Not far behind was Amy Marshall with gold in the 50 m backcrawl; silver in the 50 m breast and a 4th place in the 50m free. Suzanne O’Brien – who is only 7 years old – won silver in the 50 m free; bronze in the 25m fly and a 4th place in the 50 m breast. Team-mate Jennifer Anne Saunders took a 4th, a 5th and 6th in fly, back and breast strokes. Seven year old Leighona Harper was 6th in the 50 m back stroke. In the boys 8 years and under, Connor Crabb excelled with a gold in the 50 m free; silver in the 25 fly and was 4th in the 50 m back stroke. The boys 9 years age group saw Struan Moodie winning 2, too fast tickets in 25 fly and 50 free. In the afternoon session, Emily Paterson was also too fast in both the 50m back and 50m free – with 2 outstanding personal bests. Altogether 3 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze, 4 too fasts, 17 top 6 places and a superb 20 lifetime bests. Well done to all these young swimmers. Ends For further information contact Linda Rae, 07985 538107
29/04/2008	Another successful weekend for InCAS – young and old! New Scottish Records for Master swimmers InCAS swimmers were hugely successful this weekend at 3 different events. Three INCAS Masters swimmers competed in the Scottish Open Masters Championships at the Tollcross International Pool in Glasgow on Friday/Saturday 25th/26th April. What a haul of medals - 6 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze and two Scottish Records. Craig Holmes was outstanding winning 4 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze with two new Scottish Records. Craig’s Golds came in the 50m Butterfly in a new Scottish Record of 26.56 and 100m Butterfly in 1.00.33 - again a new Scottish Record. The 50m Backstroke gave Craig his 3rd Gold in 28.97 just outside the record and finally his 4th Gold in the 100m Backstroke in 1.02.10. His Silver came in the 200m Backstroke and his Bronze in the 50m Freestyle. In the older category Royal Navy sailor Paul Woodland, competing in his first competition for four years, swam a brilliant 100m Breastroke to knock 14 seconds from his previous lifetime best to win Silver. Ever-young 50 year old Andrea Gellan also swam superbly winning two Golds in the 200m Freestyle in 2.51.37 and 800m Freestyle in 12.24.92. She also won Silver in the 100m Freestyle. Altogether an outstanding weekend for these INCAS Masters. At the other end of the club, 4 young swimmers aged 8 and 9 travelled to Larkhall to compete in the Falkirk Otters meet. They had 14 swims between them and landed 1 Gold, 4 Silvers, and 3 sixth place finished. Eight year old Lauren Pirouet won Gold in the 50m Backstroke; Silver in the 50 m Freestyle; and was sixth in the 50m Butterfly. Nine year old Tain Bruce picked up 3 silver medals – one in each 50 m Freestyle, Butterfly and Backstroke. Amy Marshall and Morven Rae-Seaman each picked up sixth place medals for their 50 m Breaststroke and Backstroke respectively. A successful day for the young swimmers. On Sunday InCAS held their annual Club Championships at HMS Caledonia. Around 60 swimmers from age 5 to 50 competed throughout the day. When the final points are added up we’ll find out who are the champions. But of course, they are all champions for competing! Ends
02/03/2008	Outstanding Success for InCAS Swimmers The final weekend of the East District Age Group Swimming Championships took place at the Fife Institute Glenrothes with InCAS Swimming Club having an outstanding competition. The girls 10/11 years age group saw some quite superb swimming with Rachel O’Donnell star of the show. Rachel won the 100m butterfly final in 1.11.59 which was a Scottish age group and East District Record. The girls 10/11 years 100m freestyle was always going to be one of the highlights – and it didn’t disappoint. Firstly, Rachel won her heat in a new Scottish age group time of 1.04.64. In the next heat, InCAS swimmer Chelsea Lawson (who has only recently returned from long term injury) beat Rachel’s time to set another Scottish age group record in 1.04.50. A third InCAS swimmer, Laura-Kate O’Brien qualified in 4th place for the final in an excellent personal best time of 1.07.03. So the final was set and didn’t disappoint. It was touch and go up to the final 5 metres. The final result was both InCAS girls once again beating the Scottish age group record. Rachel took the gold in 1.04.07 and Chelsea the silver in 1.04.39 and to top it all the bronze went to Laura-Kate O’Brien. Chelsea won the 100m backstroke final in an East District Record time of 1.12.40 with Rachel second, also beating the ED record in 1.13.05 and Laura-Kate in 6th place. The girls 12/13 years age group saw Ailidh Brown start to blossom and believe in herself winning 2 bronze medals both in excellent personal bests in the 100 backstroke and 100 breaststroke. Team mate 12 year old Samantha MacMillan made 2 finals. She placed 6th in the 100 back and 5th in the 100 fly - both personal bests. She’s now looking forward to competing in the same age group next year! The boys 12/13 group saw Great Britain squad water polo player, Chris Campbell, finish in 6th place in 100 m front crawl in an excellent personal best beating the one minute barrier in 59.94. The girls 14/15 years group saw 14 year old Roisin Donnelly win a silver in the 100 m breaststroke and she was 5th in the 100 m fly despite a tummy bug. The 16+ boys age group saw British Masters 50m fly record holder, Craig Holmes, have a good 100m fly swim breaking the Scottish Masters record in a time of 1.00.55. The girls 10/11 relay team of Laura-Kate O’Brien, Erin Brown, Rachel O’Donnell and Chelsea Lawson won silver in both the 4x50m medley and front crawl relays. The girls 12/13 age group saw Leah Marshall, Ailidh Brown, Samantha MacMillan and Kayleigh Hutton win silver in the 4x50m medley. Overall Rachel O’Donnell won the 10/11 years age group top award and also the Andrew Taylor Award for outstanding swim of the championships in her 200m individual medley smashing the Scottish age group record by 4.5 seconds. InCAS - with only a handful of swimmers - finished overall in 4th place in the East District and march onwards towards greater achievements. Ends
20/02/2008	Five Incas swimmers competed in the Edinburgh International Age Group Meet held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool which incorporated the Tri-Nations Championships. With teams from Wales,Ireland, England, Scotland and Norway competing in all age groups the standard was very high indeed. 14 yr old Roisin Donnelly had a satisfactory weekend with a Silver in the 100m Breastroke in 1.17.70, in the girls 13/14yrs age group less than half a second outside her lifetime best also finishing in 4th place in the 200m Breastroke. Young 11yr old Rachel O'Donnell swimming in the 11/12yrs age group had a superb 200m Freestyle finishing in 4th place in a new Scottish Age Group Record of 2.22.13 also finishing in 5th place in the 100m Freestyle in 1.06.12. Rachel also achieved an East District record in the 200m Butterfly and 200m I.M.? 12yr old Samantha MacMillan had a very good weekend with a magic 7th place in the 100m Butterfly final in a lifetime best of 1.15.84 and an excellent 7 second best in the 200m Backstroke. Other swimmers who excelled were Kayleigh Hutton and Ailidh Brown. On the Sunday Rachel competed in the North Ayrshire Distance meet achieving an excellent 10.06.64 in the Open 800m Freestyle finishing in 6th place another East District Record. At the same meet 10yr old Connor Nally had an exciting weekend with a Bronze in the 200m Backstroke knocking 12 seconds off his personal best also finishing in 4th places in the 200m IM (13 seconds PB) and 200m Freestyle (1 second PB). All the Incas swimmers are gearing up for the East District final /end in two weeks time.