WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OUR MEMBERS A FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS 2020 AND ALL THE BEST FOR 2021
HOPING TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN SOON !
ON BEHALF OF THE MINIONS BEHIND THE SCENES AT GBDSC otherwise known as the committee
WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OUR MEMBERS A FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS 2020 AND ALL THE BEST FOR 2021 HOPING TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN SOON !
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Nathan Young has been Nominated for the prestigious Deaf Sports Personality of the Year Award 2020 !!
This comes after a fantastic 2019 campaign in which he broke several British & English Records and capped it of by representing Great Britain at the 2019 Deaf World Championships in Brazil. GB Deaf Swimming would like to wish Nathan good luck for the awards and also Thank him for being an Inspiration to all the younger swimmers within the Club ! Please check out the link below and Vote for Nathan - Thankyou! www.dspy.co.uk/awards2020/votingcateg.html Message from Our Head Coach - Martin LeeI hope you guys are all keeping safe and well. By now most of your local swimming clubs will have activities on line to help keep your fitness levels up and Nutrition information to ensure you are also eating correctly too. Because all the pools are closed most people are doing land conditioning to help keep their fitness. A lot of you probably follow Joe Wicks workout every day. That is good if you are. If you are not, then hopefully you are doing another workout instead. I know that you will also be having to do school or university work from home too. Because of the home schooling pressures now, it could be a nice change to do some land conditioning for a break in your home schooling at some point throughout the day. This will help take you off the computer for a little while and will give you a nice little break from school or university work. Doing this each day will improve your fitness a little bit at a time. The important thing to remember about doing the Land conditioning is that everyone is different. If you are following an Olympic champion then you should be doing less than him or her and eating less than him or her. There is no point in asking why you cannot lift the same weights as other people either. Everyone has a different age, build and fitness level, and therefore no-one can compare you to anyone else. When doing these exercises make sure you do them correctly. It is better to do a few correctly than many wrong. Again gradually build up the quantity of exercises you do and try not to start with an unachievable amount. If you are struggling for exercises to do then try the name game below. This can make doing exercises fun as well as good for fitness. The only problem is if you have a long name then you will need to do more exercises. J. Remember only do what you can manage! I do not want everyone coming to me saying they have all pulled muscles at the next training weekend! Always remember to warmup before your sets and also warm down after doing your sets. This will help prevent getting nasty injuries. If you are unsure of how to do some of the exercises then ask you parents to show you. You could persuade them to join in the session with you too. Google may help if the parents do not know. If you are still unsure then email me and I will help you. It is just unfortunate that we have had to postpone the Championships but remember this will give you more time to improve your fitness. When I see you guys at the next weekend I should see a difference in your fitness levels when we do the gym session. Remember there is always more Deaf competitions coming up and we also have the Deaflympics coming up too. If you guys have anything at all you want to ask or just get advice then please contact me and I will assist. Remember and always wash your hands properly, stay safe and stay at Home. Keep Working hard! Regards, Martin Email :- gbdeafswimming.headcoach@gmail.com Have a Happy Easter but do not eat too many chocolate eggs! UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC WE HAVE HAD TO POSTPONE THIS YEARS ANNUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LOUGHBOROUGH (APRIL 18th - 19th) UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE !!
WE WOULD LIKE TO URGE ALL OUR MEMBERS & FRIENDS TO STAY SAFE AT THIS TIME AND FOLLOW ALL THE GUIDLINES ON HOW TO DO SO !! WE LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING YOU SOME HAPPIER NEWS IN THE NEAR FUTURE - THANK YOU. Saturday 18th April 2020 - Put the date in your diaries and get into training for this years Annual Championship. Again the event will be held at Loughborough University and we will hopefully be graced with the best Deaf Swimmers of all ages from all corners of Great Britain. As always the event will be a full weekend with Training on the Sunday allowing time for everyone to renew friendships. Further information to follow along with the Gala Entry Form but in the mean time make sure you have renewed your membership or if you are looking to join, please don't hesitate in getting in touch and we would be pleased to answer any queries. See you all soon!! ![]() GBDSC Loughborough 2019 - Top Stars Danielle Joyce & Oliver Kenny with one of our younger swimmers Nathan Carrington Nathan Young continues his good form after the World Championships in Brazil with an English 200 short course record at the Manchester International meet just weeks after setting a new GB record for the 200 Backstroke. Meanwhile 15 year old Libby Gotta broke 3 age group records in the 50 Fly, 200 & 400 I.M. with 12 year old Alice Kinsey grabbing records for 50 Breast and 1500 free at the Plymouth annual gala where she also won a silver medal. Well done everyone.
![]() Nathan Young (20) has safely returned from the 5th World Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil with his coach for the event Steve McQuilliam. We would like to thank Steve for the time and effort he put in to ensure Nathan, our sole representative, was mentally and physically prepared for the event. Nathan competed in 6 events 50/100/200 Free & Fly setting no less than 5 personal bests and reaching 4 finals and a reserve in the other 2. His best finish came in the 100 Freestyle where he came 5th and broke the English record which had stood for over 20 years. The club are extremely proud of Nathan and delighted that we were able to continue to represent GB at major Championships. I am sure his achievements will be an inspiration for our younger swimmers for future events. Congratulations to all our recent record breakers. Alice Kinsey (12) continues to excel at Breaststroke beating her own 50 short course record while also 12 Jess Goodwin participated in her fist long course events where she broke 7 age group Cat A records over the summer (50/100/400 Free, 50/100 Back, 100 Fly & 200 I.M.) William Phair (12) impressed with records at 50 Back both long and short as well as 50 Fly short course. Our category B swimmers continue to raise the bar with Nathan Carrington setting his first record as a 12 year old with the grueling 800 freestyle short course. Libby Gotta picked up 50 Freestyle long course and her first as a 15 year old but finished of as a 14 year old in style with a new GB National record in the 1500 freestyle short course. Fantastic and well done to everyone.
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