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InCAS Press Release Last Updated :23/08/2010 17:09:54
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Press officer : Garrie Roberts |
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23/08/2010 |
FINS Graded Meet Report
A handful of Incas swimmers competed in the first competition of the season and what a start they made.
The Fins Graded Meet held at the Kirkcaldy swimming pool on Saturday/Sunday 21st and 22nd August saw Top InCAS swimmer 13 year old Conor Nally winning 4 Gold’s and a Bronze. Despite being out of the water for nearly a full month this very competitive young man had a superb weekend. Conor’s Gold’s came in the 50m Breastroke in 40.68, 50m Butterfly - 33.27, 100m Breastroke - 1.29.41 and 100m Individual Medley - 1.18.92 with a Bronze in the 50m F/C - 31.10. All of Conor’s swims were excellent PB’s.
Young 9 year old J.J.Moultrie-Waring swimming in the boys 11 and under age group had an outstanding swim to win the Gold in the 100m Individual Medley in an excellent PB time of 1.31.40. Young 11 year old Joe Nally also had an excellent weekend with a Silver in the 50m F/C in 35.10 and a Bronze in the 100m F/C - 1.19.77. Joe also won a 5th placed medal in the 100m B/C in 1.31.73. All of Joe’s swims were PB’s.
15 year old Kayleigh Hutton had a good weekend winning two Bronze medals in the 50m Breastroke in 41.60 and 100m Breastroke - 1.30.64. 13 year old Gabby Gatherer won a 6th placed medal in the 100m Breastroke final. Altogether 5 Golds, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze, 11 Finalists and 11 PB’s. |
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01/06/2010 |
Midlothian Minnows Report
A dozen young Incas swimmers competed in the annual Midlothian Mini Meet held in Prestonpans on Sunday 29th May.
With the age groups of 9 and under; 10 years; 11/12 years InCAS had an excellent day of swimming with 11 year old Tain Bruce taking the top honours once again in the 11/12 years age group. Four swims – four Gold’s – four lifetime bests. Tain’s Gold’s came in the 50m Backcrawl in 37.53; 50m Breastroke 40.91; 50m Fly 34.39 and 50m Front Crawl 31.28, an excellent days swimming.
The boys 9 and under age group saw a tussle between 8 year old Harris Bruce and 9 year old JJ Moultrie –Waring with JJ just coming out on top. The 25m Fly saw Harris win the Gold in 19.96 with JJ second in 19.97 only a hundredth of a second behind. The 25m Backcrawl saw JJ win the Gold in 19.59 with Harris winning the Bronze in 20.14. JJ went on to win a Silver in the 25mF/C in 18.04 with Harris finishing in 4th place and again a Bronze in the 25m Breastroke 26.04 with Harris in 5th place.
The girls 9 and under 4x25m Front Crawl Relay team of Leighona Harper, Millie Knox, Dana Brand and Cara Smyth won a Silver.
The boys 11/12 years age group saw Jack Harrison win a Bronze in the 50m Backstroke in a personal best time of 39.63. Jack also achieved lifetime best times in the remainder of his swims, 50m Fly, 50m Breaststroke, and 50m Free.
Other swimmers who performed superbly were in the 9 and under age group, 6 year old Ali Moultrie-Waring, 6 year old Ellie Turner and Lee Harrison. 10 year old age group Rowan Ormiston, Amy Hurst and Kelsey Knox. In the girls 11/12yrs age group Claire Mitchell. Altogether 6 Gold’s, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze, 12 Finalists and an impressive 30 PB’s. |
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27/05/2010 |
Success in
Sheffield for InCAS Swimmers
In the boy’s 10 Year age group, Joe Nally, swam well to achieve a 4th place in the 50m Fly, just missing out on a Bronze medal. Joe also accredited himself in a busy weekend of swimming in the 50m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, achieving a number of personal bests for long course.
Meanwhile team mate Hayden Moffat, competing in the 11/12 age group also done himself credit in a number of his events given the strong field of older swimmers, placing a very credible 6th in the 50m Fly, 7th place in the 50m Breaststroke, and an 8th in the 50m Backstroke. Hayden also swam well in the 100m Fly, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle and is well placed for contesting medal positions in next years competition.
In the boy’s
13/14 year age group, Conor Nally competed admirably, against an extremely
strong field of talented swimmers. Conor enjoyed a busy weekend with the 50m
Backstroke, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke
and 50m Fly recording a number of personal bests across the board.
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03/05/2010 |
The Annual InCAS Distance Meet was held at the Kirkcaldy Swimming Pool over Saturday and Sunday, 1st and 2nd of May. With twenty teams from all over Scotland competing the programme was oversubscribed with quite a number of rejections. With a chance for younger swimmers to achieve their Bronze or Silver Squad times the Distance Meet incorporates 200m of each stroke with 200m IM, 400m IM, 400m Front Crawl 800m Front Crawl and 1500m Front Crawl making the competition very exciting.
A handful of young Incas swimmers made an exciting and very successful weekend of swimming for the host club. Top InCAS swimmer by a mile was 10 year old Lauren Pirouet winning 5 Gold’s; 1 Silver; 1 Meet Record and Top 10 years and under Female Award. Lauren's Gold’s came in the 200m Back Stroke in 2.51.59, 200m Front Crawl 2.31.35, 200m IM 2.59.02, 400m Front Crawl 5.13.30 and 800m Front Crawl in 10.34.83, also a Meet Record. Lauren also won a Silver in the 200m Breastroke in 3.30.00. All of Lauren's swims were lifetime bests.
Team mate 11 year old Tain Bruce also had an excellent weekend swimming in the girls 11/12yrs age group winning Gold in the 200m Breastroke in 3.05.43 and Bronzes in the 400m Front Crawl in 5.04.72, 200m IM 2.44.84, and 400m IM in 5.41.51. Also winning a 4th placed medal in the 800m Front Crawl.
The girls 13/14yrs age group saw 13 year old Erin Brown have a fantastic swim in the 200m Breastroke to win Gold in 2.58.86, a superb personal best.. The boys 10 and under age group saw 10 year old Joe Nally win a 4th in the 400m Front Crawl and two 6th place medals in the 200m Breastroke and 1500m Front Crawl with team mate 8 year old Harris Bruce storming home to win a 5th placed medal in the 200m Front Crawl.
The girls 11/12yrs age group saw 12 year old Emily Paterson win a 4th place in the 200m Front Crawl and team mate 11 year old Morven Rae-Seaman also win a 4th place in the 200m Backstroke.
The boys 13/14yrs age group saw 13 year old Conor Nally have an outstanding weekend although only winning a 6th place in the 1500m Front Crawl his seven swims knocked huge amounts from his previous best times.
The girls 13/14yrs age group saw 14 year old Kayleigh Hutton win a 5th place in the 200m Front Crawl and a 6th place in the 400m Front Crawl.
Other swimmers who achieved Personal Best's were 13 yearr old Gabby Gatherer,11 year old Hayden Moffat and 10 year old Jack Harrison.
Altogether 7 Golds,1 Silver,3 Bronzes, 21 Finalists and a fantastic 35 lifetime bests.
A huge thank you to all the parents and helpers who made this competition so successful. |
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08/03/2010 |
A small number of InCAS swimmers competed in the final weekend of the East District age groups at the Fife Institute of Sport, Glenrothes.
Outstanding swims were achieved especially from 11 year old Tain Bruce, with 4 swims, 4 major personal bests and 4 gold medals. She also won the Andrew Taylor Trophy for her 100m front crawl swim which was deemed the best swim of the 10/11 age group.
Tain's first gold came in the 100m back stroke c where she knocked 6 seconds from her previous best swim to win gold in 1.116.67. She then won gold in 100 breast stroke in 1.26.67, another 6 second personal best. Tain then swam in the 100 fly to once again win gold in a time of 1.14.06 knocking 7 seconds from the previous best. In the afternoon Tain swam in the front crawl heats and finished 1st place in 1.07.81 but when the final came along Tain nearly pulled out due to ill health. Struggling on she swum the final and won gold in 1.06.72 destroying her personal best by 3 seconds.
The boys 10/11 individual medley and front crawl relay team of Jack Harrison, Joe Nally, Hayden Moffat, and Keiran Wilson won sixth place awards whilst the girls 10/11 relay team of Morven Rae-Seaman, Clair Mitchell, Tain Bruce, and Lauren Pirouet came 6th place in the front crawl relay. |
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25/04/2010 |
Despite only having a limited number of available swimmers through both illness and Icelandic Ash, InCAS achieved fantastic results across the board at the Falkirk Otters Age Groups Meet held at Larkhall on Saturday 24 April.
Notable mention goes to 8 year old Harris Bruce, who achieved 4 Gold’s in the 50m free, 50m backstroke, 50m fly and 50m breast, all of which were not only Personal Best’s but also smashed 4 Meet Records, a remarkable achievement for one so young. These results secured Harris the Top Boy Award in his age group.
Not to be outdone, 9 year old JJ Moultrie Waring also achieved suitably fantastic results in the older age group winning gold in the 50m fly and 50m backstroke events, a silver in the 50m free and a 5th place in the 50m breast. Again all achieving Personal Best times for JJ.
In the girl’s older age groups, 10 year old Lauren Pirouet swam well to secure a gold in the 50m backstroke, a silver in the 50m free, and also a 4th place in the 50m fly event, and a 5th in 50m breast. All of Lauren’s swims obtaining Personal Best times. These results placed Lauren second in the Top Girl Award for the 10 year age group.
The remaining swimmers of Cara Smyth, Jack Harrison, Hayden Moffat and Rowan Ormiston all swam equally well within a strong field of swimmers within the Competition and all did themselves credit plus achieving a variety Personal Best times. |
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09/02/2010 |
The third weekend of the East District Age Group Swimming Championships took place at the Fife Institute, Glenrothes on Saturday and Sunday 6th and 7th February. A small number of Incas swimmers competed returning with 1 Gold 2 Silvers and a Bronze medal haul. Five finalists and a massive 20 Personal Best's from 16 swims.
11 year old Tain Bruce who has already won 6 Gold’s in her age group won another Gold in the 200m Individual Medley in a superb Personal Best time of 2.43.24 knocking a huge 8 seconds from her previous best. Tain also won 2 Silver’s in the 800m Front Crawl in 10.35.66 and 1500m Front Crawl in 20.54.70, knocking over a minute and a half from her previous best.
Young 10 year old Lauren Pirouet with still another year to go in her age group won an excellent Bronze in the 800m Front Crawl in 10.57.83, knocking a full minute and a half from her previous best also achieving Personal Bests in her 100m Front Crawl, 200m Front Crawl and 400m Front Crawl during the race.
12 year old Conor Nally had a good weekend with a 6th place in the 100m Butterfly final knocking 6 seconds from his previous best. Other swimmers who swam way inside their best times were Morven Rae-Seaman; Ailidh Brown; Erin Brown; Kayleigh Hutton; Hayden Moffat; Jennifer Milligan and Emily Paterson. |
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25/01/2010 |
A number of young Incas swimmers competed in the Livingston Development Swimming Gala on 23rd January at the Whitburn Pool, West Lothian and what a show they put on. Four 1st places, two seconds, ten top 6th places and a superb 30 PB's.
Top Incas swimmer was 8yr old Harris Bruce who blew the opposition away with four 1st places from four swims and four PB's in the boys 9yrs age group. Young ten year old Rowan Ormiston had an excellent 50m F/C swim to finish in 2nd place in a very good PB. The 6x25m relay team of Olivia Ballentyne, Leighona Harper, Amy Hurst, Finlay Pearson, Cameron Pearson and Harris Bruce came home with a Silver medal.
Other swimmers who had an excellent days competition in one of her first competitions were 8yr old Olivia Ballentyne with two 4ths and four massive PB's, 8yr old Dana Brand with a 5th place and three PB's,11yr old Kirsty Pearson 5th place and two PB's, 8yr old Cara Smyth two PB's, 8yr old Zoe Nicholson one PB, Millie Knox two PB's, 9yr old Amy Hurst three PB's and Kelsey Knox two PB's.
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08/12/2009 |
Young 11 year old Incas swimmer Tain Bruce came home with 3 Gold’s from the East District Age Group Championships held at the Fife Institute, Glenrothes last weekend to add to her 3 Gold’s from the previous month. With two weekends still to go Tain is hoping to be crowned Top 10/11yr old.
Tain’s Gold’s came in the 200m Breaststroke in 2.48.47, 200m Butterfly in 2.53.28 and 400m Front Crawl in 5.16.35 - all personal best times.
The same age group saw 10 year old Lauren Pirouet win a 5th place in the 400m Front Crawl and team mate Morven Rae-Seaman a 6th place in the 400m Front Crawl.
Other Incas swimmers who swam well were Hayden Moffat, Conor Nally, Erin Brown, Jennifer Milligan, Gabriella Gatherer, Kayleigh Hutton and Ailidh Brown. |
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10/11/2009 |
Incas
Have An Outstanding Day At The Races A small group of Incas swimmers competed at
the Annual Fauldhouse Junior Age Group competition held in Whitburn on Sunday
8th November. What a show – easily the best supported
team there, they managed to finish in 2nd place in the Top Club
Competition with only 21 swimmers compared to huge numbers from a number of
other clubs. The competition commenced with the 8/u and
9yrs age groups swimming in the morning with the 10/11yrs age groups in the
afternoon. The morning session saw 8yr old Harris Bruce destroy the field
with 4 Gold’s in the 25m B/C in 22.51, 25m Breastroke 27.16, 25m Fly 20.13
and 25m F/C 18.94, also picking up a Bronze in the Open 9/u 200m F/C in
3.21.36. In the girls 8/u age group Dana Brand
swimming in her 1st Open meet won a Silver in the 25m B/C in
26.73, Bronze in the 25m Breastroke 37.87 and a 4th in the 25m F/C
all in very good PB’s. The same age group saw Cara Smyth win a 4th
placed medal in the 25m Fly and two 6th placed medals in the 25m
B/C and 25m F/C all excellent PB’s. The
boys 8/u saw 1st timer
Scott Hendrie win a 5th place medal in the 25m Breastroke also a
massive PB. The 9yrs age group saw J.J. Moultrie have
an outstanding meet with Silver in the 25m Fly in 19.31, Silver in the 50m
F/C 38.54 and a Bronze in the 50m B/C in 46.62 all in very good PB’s. The
girls 9yrs age group saw Rowan Ormiston have an excellent days swimming with
three 4th placed medals in the 25m Fly, 50m F/C and 200m F/C. The
4x25m F/C Relay team of Harris Bruce, J.J. Moultrie, Rowan Ormiston and
Leighona Harper won the Silver. The Afternoon saw some more outstanding
swimming from the InCAS swimmers. The 11yrs age Group saw Tain Bruce win two Gold’s
in the 50m Fly in 35.22 and 200m F/C in 2.36.62, with Silvers in the 50m B/C
in 38.83 and 50m Breastroke 43.74 and 50m F/C 33.57 all PB’s. The 10yr old age group saw Lauren Pirouet
win a Silver in the 50m B/C in 40.98, Bronze 50m F/C in 35.50, 4th
in the 50m Breastroke and 4th in the Open 11/u 200m F/C and also a
5th place in the 50m Fly. The same age group saw Amy Marshall win
a 6th place medal in the 50m Breastroke. The 11yrs age group saw Morven Rae-Seaman
win a Bronze in the 50m B/C in 39.28 and a 6th in the 200m F/C
both excellent PB’s. The boys 10yrs group saw Hayden Moffat have
an outstanding day with 3 Gold’s, 1 Bronze and a 6th place medal. Hayden’s
Gold’s came in the 50m B/C 40.41, 50m Breastroke 46.63 and 50m Fly-38.68,
with his Bronze in the 50m F/C 36.11 and a 6th place in the 200m
F/C , all his swims were PB’s. His team mates Jack Harrison and Joe Nally
both won medals with Jack picking up a Bronze in the 50m B/C in 41.48 plus a
4th in the 50m F/C . Joe won a 4th place in the 50m
Breastroke, 5th in the 50m B/C and 6th in the 50m Fly.
Both swimmers achieved PB’s in all their swims. The 10/11yrs mixed relay team of Tain
Bruce, Lauren Pirouet, Hayden Moffat and Joe Nally won the Bronze in the 4 x 50m
F/C relay. Other swimmers to achieve PB’s were Leighona Harper, Zoe
Nicholson, Keirin Wilson, Claire Mitchell, Kerry Hendrie, Holly Hendrie and
Emily Nicholson. Altogether 9 Golds,8 Silvers, 8 Bronze, 41 Finalists, and 63
PB’s. |
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04/11/2009 |
Ten Incas swimmers competed in the first East
District Age Group Championships at Glenrothes on Saturday 31st
October and Sunday 1st November. What a show they put on with 4
Golds, 3 Silvers, 1 Bronze, 11 Finalists and a superb 13 personal bests from
17 swims. Top Incas swimmer despite having just
returned from a two week jolly in the Caribbean was 11yr old Tain Bruce with
3 swims and 3 Gold’s. Tain’s Gold’s came in the 200m Breastroke in 3.09.34,
200m F/C 2.31.70 and 400m IM 6.07.13. Thirteen year old Scottish Schools
Internationalist Rachel O’Donnell had a mixed weekend with Gold in her 200m
Butterfly in a personal best of 2.26.55, Silver in the 400m IM in 5.15.90 and
a Bronze in the 200m B/C in 2.25.23. The girls 16+ age group saw Scottish
Internationalist 16yr old Roisin Donnelly have an outstanding weekend with
two swims and two Silvers in the 200m Butterfly in a superb time of 2.21.17
and 400m IM in 5.01.87 both excellent PB’s. Young 11yr old Morven Rae-Seaman
had an outstanding 100m F/C to reach the final knocking 8 seconds from her
previous best and then knocking another full second off in the final in
1.15.20 to finish 4th. Meanwhile the boys 10/11yrs age group saw
Hayden Moffat also knock six seconds from his best also to finish in 4th
place in 1.18.70. 14 yr old Kayleigh Hutton returned to some of her old form with a cracking
time of 1.04.68 in the heats but could not sustain it finishing in 6th
place in the final. Other swimmers who swam well were Erin and Ailidh Brown,
Lauren Pirouet and Jennifer Milligan. |
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16/09/2009 |
Two young INCAS swimmers competed in the annual
MAGS meet at the Grangemouth Leisure centre on Sunday 13th September 2009.
Young 11yr old Tain Bruce had an outstanding meet with two golds, 1 silver
and a 4th place medal, top 11yr old female award and four excellent lifetime
bests out of four swims. Tains golds came in the 100 fly 1.21.26 & 100m
front crawl in 1.09.67. Tain then went on to win silver in the 100m back
crawl in 1.22.27 and finally fourth place in the 100 breaststroke in 1.32.91. |
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23/06/2009 |
The annual Open Age
Group Incas Distance Meet was held in the Fife Institute Glenrothes on
Sat/Sun 20th and 21st June. This is one of the most popular meets of the year
and attracts a massive number of swimmers. With 31 clubs competing the
standard was indeed very high. Incas Committee would like to thank the
massive support given by all the clubs for a very successful weekend of
swimming. The hosts had an excellent weekend with 6 Golds, 7 Silvers, 2 Bronze, 24 Finalists, and 5 Meet Records a huge 37 personal best times and the Top 12yr old Female award. Top Incas swimmer was British Age Group finalist and Scottish Schools Internationalist 12yr old Rachel O'Donnell with 5 swims, 5 Gold’s, and 5 Meet Records. Rachel’s swims were in the 200m Breaststroke in 2.48.75,200m Fly in 2.29.22, 200m Free in 2.10.40,200m IM in 2.27.38 and 400m Free in 4.39.56 and Rachel also won the Top 12yr old female award. The girl’s 10/u age group saw 10yr old Tain Bruce have an outstanding weekend with 1 Gold, 6 Silvers and 6 personal bests. Tain’s Gold came in the 200m IM in 2.51.82 a massive PB whilst her Silvers came in the 200m B/C in 2.2.51.23,200m Fly in 2.58.08,200m Free 2.33.26,400m IM 6.02.78,400m Free 5.26.18 and the 800m Free in 11.11.53. The same age group saw 9yr old Lauren Pirouet win a superb Bronze in the 800m Free in 12.31.09 also winning a 4th placed medal in the 400m Free and a 5th placed medal in the 200m Free all in massive PBs. Young 10yr old Morven Rae-Seaman also won two 6th placed medals in the 200m IM and 400m Free. The boy’s 10/u age group saw Scott Wilson win a Bronze in the 200m Breaststroke in 3.43.82. The girl’s 11/12yrs age group also had Isla McLeod swim her socks off with a 4th placed medal in the 800m Free also achieving 4 personal best times. The girls 13/14yrs age Group saw 13yr old Chelsea Lawson have an excellent weekend with a Superb Silver in the 400m IM knocking 16 seconds from her previous best in 5.18.99 and only two tenths of a second from the Gold. Chelsea also won 5th placed medals in the 200m Fly and 200m IM. The same age group saw 13yr old British Age Group Finalist Samantha MacMillan win a 4th placed medal in the 200m Fly and a 5th placed medal in the 200m B/C also achieving three personal bests. Other notable performances and personal bests were achieved by Hayden Moffat, Jennifer Milligan, Ailidh Brown, Erin Brown, Amber McWhirter, Conor Nally, Laura Kate O’Brien, Kayleigh Hutton and Leah Marshall. The Incas club finished in a very creditable 3rd place overall. |
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08/06/2009 |
3 Incas swimmers competed in the East
District Open at the 50m Royal Commonwealth Pool Edinburgh Sat/Sun 6th and
7th June.13 yr old Chelsea Lawson won the Gold for the girls 13yr age group
200m Backstroke in 2.35.40. British Age Group finalist and Scottish
Internationalist 12yr old Rachel O'Donnell won a Bronze in the Open 400m IM
in 5.30.35 although not near her best enough to win 3rd spot. Rachel also in
her weakest event made the Open final of the 100m B/C finishing in 7th place
in 1.13.06a personal best time |
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25/05/2009 |
Saturday/Sunday the
23rd and 24th May saw a number of Incas swimmers 12yr old Rachel
O'Donnell came home with 3 Golds and two Silvers. Rachel’s Golds came in the
100m Butterfly in 1.09.10,400m IM in 5.22.55 lifetime best, and 200m Freestyle
in 2.17.78, whilst her Silvers came in the 100m Breaststroke in 1.21.55 and
200mIM in 2.33.86. Rachel was also the fastest 12yr old in the Open 400m
Freestyle, again in a PB time of 4.45.88. With clubs from all over the United Kingdom the competition was indeed fierce. |
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11/05/2009 |
Two of Incas
swimming club members competed in the East Lothian Graded Meet held at the
new Preston Pans Pool on Sat/Sun 9th and 10th of May. Meanwhile 13yr old Samantha MacMillan competed in the North Ayrshire Open Meet coming home with a superb 2 Golds, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze, 1 4th place medal and 4 lifetime bests. Samantha's Golds came in the 100m Butterfly in 1.09.57 just 3 tenths of a second outside her PB. Her second Gold came in the 200m IM in 2.38.27 a good PB. Her Silver came in the 200m Butterfly in 2.38.54 a massive 14 second PB and her Bronze came in the 200m Free in 2.22.51 a small PB. Samantha swam a 400m IM finishing in 4th place but knocking a huge 15 seconds from her previous best in a time of 5.40.63. |
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04/05/2009 |
A handful of Incas swimmers competed at the East Lothian Graded Meet at Preston Pans on Saturday the 1st May returning with 2 Silvers, 1 Bronze, 3 Too Fasts flashes and a superb 25 PB's. Flashes were won by 9 yr old Amy Marshall in the girls 50m Breaststroke in 54.39 and 50m F/C both excellent PB's. Amy also won a 5th place in the 50m B/c. Scott Wilson in the boys 10yrs only swimming in one race won a Too Fast flash in the 45.72 also a good PB. 10yr old Jack Harrison was the star of the show swimming in only his 4th swimming gala had a tremendous day with a Silver in the 50m B/C ,Silver in the 50m F/C and Bronze in the 50m Butterfly all in very good PB's. |
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28/04/2009 |
Young 15yr old Cupar girl Roisin Donnelly has been
selected for her 2nd International cap. Roisin along with 7 other Top
Scottish swimmers have been selected to go to a training camp the 1st week of
June in Prague and also to compete in an International Competition on the
last three days. Roisin is also very proud to be awarded her school colours
this Friday from Bell Baxter for her selection at the Schools International
here she won the Gold in the Open 200m Breaststroke and Silver in the 100m
Breaststroke. Roisin hopes to make her school proud of her. |
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24042009 |
INCAS MAKE A BIG SPLASH What a fantastic five days InCAS swimmers had at the Scottish National Age Group Meet (SNAGS) held at the 8 lane 50m International Royal Commonwealth Pool from Wednesday 7th – Sunday 12th April 2009. The competition standard was very high and included 32 clubs competing from south of the border. The Girls 10/12 age
group saw Rachael ODonnell, 12, become Scottish National Age Group Champion
in 7 events. In the first day and swimming the two hardest events, 200fly
qualified for final, 100 free qualified for final and 400IM a heat declared
swim. Unfortunately Rachael was not allowed to swim against the Portsmouth
and Northsea girl who was in the heat after Rachael’s so had to be content
with a silver medal in the 400 IM in a time of 5.22.63. Rachel won the 200fly
final destroying the East district record by an amazing 9 seconds, following
only 30minutes rest Rachael went on to win the 100 front crawl in a time of 1.02.58 beating the east district record by
over 1 second. This record was held by European Junior medallist ex InCAS
swimmer Lucy Ellis. Rachael went on to
win gold’s in 100 fly new east district held by an ex InCAS swimmer in
1.07.57, 200 free 2.14.14, 200IM 2.30.04 all east district records. She won
silver in the 100 breast, 1.21.85, 400
IM and bronze in the 200 breast 2.55.44 5th place in the 400 free,
6th in the 200 back, 8th in the 100 back. This young swimmers
success led to her being featured in BBC news and National newspaper articles
alongside the amazing Scottish Olympian Hannah Miley. InCAS Relay team consisting of Rachael O’Donnell, Chelsea Lawson, Samantha McMillan, and Laura Kate O’Brian won gold in the 4x100 medley relay when competing against the mighty City of Leeds team. These young girls now qualify to represent Scotland in the British Age Group Championships. This team also won bronze in the 4x100 free relay and 4th place in the 4x200m free relay. The 13yr old girls
saw Chelsea Lawson win silver in the 100 back with a time of 1.09.18 only
1hundredth of a second behind the gold medal winner. Samantha McMillan qualified for the 100 fly
final finishing in 7th place. 14 year old Ailidh brown achieved a fantastic life time best in the 100 back when swimming in the 4x100 medley relay. The 15yr old age
group saw Scottish International swimmer Roisin Donnelly win gold in the 200
breaststroke with the fastest time by all age groups in 2.37.67 just a tenth
outside the time in which she won the Schools International three weeks ago. Roisin won silver in the
100 breast in 1.14.43 and reached finals in all her other swims. Based on her
performance at this meet and at the British trials Roisin has been selected
to swim for the Scottish team and will be heading to Prague on the first of
June. Altogether this very small club won 7 golds, 3 silvers, 2 bronze, 22 finalists and 22 fantastic lifetime bests.
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The annual Warrender Sprint Swim Meet was held at the Fife Institute Glenrothes on Saturday/Sunday 28th/29th March. A very small band of Incas swimmers had an outstanding meet with the younger age group 9yrs/10yrs competing on the Saturday and the 11yrs/12yrs competing on the Sunday. Saturday saw an excellent performance by
10yr old Tain Bruce winning 4 Golds in the 50m B/C in 38.94 50m Fly
36.64 50m F/C 33.50 and 100m Freestyle in 2.34.08 also winning Silver in
the 100m IM in 1.23.56 and a Bronze in 50m Breaststroke in 45.98 all in
superb lifetime bests. Tain also won the Top Female 10yr old award
trophy. The girls 9yrs age group saw Lauren Pirouet win a superb Gold in
the 200m Freestyle in 2.59.06 an excellent PB also winning a Silver in
the 50m B/C in 44.20 Sunday saw the 11/12yrs age groups competing once again although only 5 swimmers competing Incas picked up another 4 Golds,4 Meet Records and 2 East District Records. Top of the shop was Scottish Internationalist 12yrs old Rachel O'Donnell with an incredible 4 swims, 4 Golds, 4 Meet Records and 2 East District Records. Rachel only entered the competition to bring her sprints down to enable her to bring her longer distances down and she certainly did that. Her Golds came in the 50m B/C in 32.63 a Meet Record,50m Breaststroke in 36.66 another Meet Record,50m Fly in 31.37 again Meet Record and East District age group Record and 50m Freestyle in 28.76 a Meet and East District Record. Other swimmers who swam some excellent PB's were Emily Patterson 5 PB's,Michal Dacko 4 PB's,Jennifer Milligan 5 PB's and Isla McLeod 3 PB's. A total of 10 Golds,3 Silver,2 Bronze,18 Finalists,4 Meet Records , 2 East District Records and a superb 44 lifetime bests. |
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15/03/2009 |
Two
Incas swimmers gained their first International caps at the weekend competing
in the Schools International in Swansea. With all four home nations competing
the standard was high. 15yr old Roisin Donnelly had an outstanding meet
helping Scotland to come 2nd behind the "Auld enemy". In the open
200m Breaststroke Roisin in the slowest lane from her entry time won the Gold
knocking a huge 5 seconds from her previous best in 2.37.39 which is also a
qualifying time for the Scottish elite squad. Roisin then swam in the girls
15/16yrs 100m Breaststroke and once again knocked two full seconds from her
previous best finishing in 2nd place in a time of 1.13.64.Roisin was awarded the
trophy for the most improved and Best Scottish swim of the event.
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11/03/2009 |
17yr old Incas swimmer Jennifer Somerville competed in the
British Junior Swimming Championships for the Disabled held in the Ponds
Forge International pool in Sheffield Friday 6th-Sunday 8th March. Jennifer despite
recovering from a recent illness came home with 5 Golds and 2 Silvers in the
S7 Category. Her Golds came in the 100m, 50m Backstroke, 50m, 100m, 400m
Freestyle, and her Silvers were in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke both in
lifetime bests. Jennifer is a very plucky young lady and travels from
Penicuik six days a week to train at the Royal Naval Base at Rosyth and
Inverkeithing High School, and that certainly shows commitment. |
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09/03/2009 |
InCAS swim club had an outstanding weekend at the
final weekend of the East Districts Age group swim held at the Fife Institute
in Glenrothes on Saturday /Sunday 7th/8th March. |
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08/02/2009 |
The 3rd East District age group swimming
Championships proved to be a huge success for a number of Incas swimmers held
at Glenrothes Institute on Sat/Sun 7th/8th of February. Outstanding swims
were 12yr old Rachel O'Donnell who not only won the Gold in the girls
12/13yrs age group 200m Individual Medley but smashed the East District
Record by a huge margin knocking a full 4 seconds off in 2.26.44 which puts
Rachel No 1 in the British Rankings. Rachel also won a Silver in the 1500m
Freestyle in 18.46.73 and a 4th in the 800m Free. Also having an excellent
weekend was 11yr old Conor Nally swimming in the 10/11yr old age group
winning a Silver in the 1500m Free in a PN time of 21.11.91 and a Bronze in
the 800m Free in 11.08.61. The girls 10/11yrs age group saw 10yr old Tain
Bruce have another outstanding swim meet with a Bronze in the 800m Free in
11.27.77 and a superb 2.58.71 in the 200m Individual Medley to finish in 4th
place. The girls 14/15yrs age group saw Scottish Breaststroke Age Group
Champion Roisin Donnelly win an outstanding Bronze Medal in the 200m
Individual Medley knocking a full 4 seconds from her previous best in
2.24.93. Other swimmers who improved tremendously were Chelsea Lawson
finishing in 6th place in the girls 12/13yrs age group in the 200m Individual
Medley knocking off a full 7 seconds from her best time and Samantha
MacMillan also chop 7 seconds from her PB and Kayleigh Hutton 3 seconds.
Whilst the girls 14/15 age group saw Ailidh Brown knock 3 seconds off with
younger sister Erin Brown improve by 8 seconds. Last but not least young Isla
McLeod had a super swim in the 800m Free to knock over twenty seconds from
her best. |
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26/01/2009 |
Seven young Incas swimmers competed in the
very popular Stirling Junior Open Age Group meet held at the Grangemouth
Leisure Centre on Sat/Sun 24th and 25th January and what a performance they
gave. Golds,3 Silvers, 2 Bronzes, 6 Meet Records, 20 lifetime bests and Top
12yr old Female award. |
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09/12/2008 |
Despite 50% of the Incas swimming club
suffering from various bugs and viruses a number of them competed at the East
District Age Group swimming Championships held at the Fife Institute on
Sat/Sun 6th and 7th December. The boys 10/11yrs age group saw Conor Nally
have an excellent weekend winning a Gold in the 200m Butterfly in 3.10.39
also winning a 4th placed medal in the 200m Backstroke both in lifetime
bests. The girls 10/11yrs age group saw 10yr old Tain Bruce win a Bronze in
the 200m Butterfly in a superb lifetime best of 3.10.82. The girls 14/15yrs
age group saw British Age Group Finalist Roisin Donnelly win a Gold in the
200m Breaststroke in 2.39.48. The girls 12/13yrs Age group saw another
British age group finalist 12yr old Rachel O'Donnell win a Bronze in the 200m
Freestyle in 2.14.70 also two 4th places in the 400m Freestyle and 200m
Breaststroke and with another year in this age group things are looking quite
good. The 12/13 age group also saw Chelsea Lawson win a 5th place medal in
the 200m Freestyle final. Other swimmers to achieve a number of lifetime
bests were Isla McLeod, Erin Brown, Laura Kate O'Brien, Samantha MacMillan,
Kayleigh Hutton, Ailidh Brown and Donald Griffiths. |
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16/11/2008 |
Saturday/Sunday 15th and 16th November saw the
first ever Portobello Long Course Meet held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool
Edinburgh with a huge entry including Olympians Hannah Miley and Robbie
Renwick competing. This competition attracted a very large entry from all
over Scotland including some from South of the border. Four young swimmers
from the InCas swim club based in Inverkeithing competed with excellent
results. Twelve year old Rachel O'Donnell had a reasonable weekend with a
Gold in the 200m Freestyle in 2.17.11 also three Silvers in the 100m Free
1.05.19 200m Individual Medley 2.36.15 and 400m Free 4.52.78 with a Bronze in
the 200m Breastroke. The same age group saw Chelsea Lawson return to some of
her old form with two Bronzes in the 100m Free 1.05.39 and 200m Backstroke
2.38.24. 17 year old Jennifer Somerville who is an S7 Disabilty swimmer and
was allowed to compete in this prestigious meet won three Silvers in the 50m
Free, 50m Backstroke and 50m Breastroke in a new Scottish Record time of
1.01.49 knocking over four seconds from the previous record whilst 12year old
Isla McLeod achieved 3 lifetime bests. |
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09/11/2008 |
A number of young Incas swimmers competed at
the annual Fauldhouse Penguins Meet held at Whitburn on Sunday 9th November
and came home with a hatful of medals. |
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15/09/2008 |
The annual MAGS Age Group swim meet held at
the Grangemouth Sports Centre on Saturday the 13th September saw a small band
of Incas swimmers compete in this highly rated competition. |
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08/09/2008 |
The annual Dunedin Challenge Swim meet, held
at the Fife Institute Glenrothes on Saturday/Sunday 6th & 7th September,
saw InCAS swimming club from Inverkeithing win 7 Golds, 4 Silvers, 4 Bronze,
4 Meet Records and a superb 60 lifetime bests with one overall Top 11/12yr
old female award. |
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20/08/2008 |
British Age Group Swimming Championships 2008
- SHEFFIELD |
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20/08/2008 |
Fins Graded Meet 2008 - KIRKCALDY |
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24/06/2008 |
InCAS Distance Meet |
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04/06/2008 |
East District Open Swimming Championships |
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20/05/2008 |
Success in Sheffield for InCAS Swimmers |
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12/05/2008 |
Young InCAS Swimmers Dominate |
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29/04/2008 |
Another successful weekend for InCAS – young
and old! |
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02/03/2008 |
Outstanding Success for InCAS Swimmers |
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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. |