2023 News Review
The NYE 100 x100m Challenge
Kingfishers Finished 1st!!!!
With A New Time Of 2hrs 32 Minutes! Beating Last Years Time By 13 Minutes. Well Done Paige And Lucas!!
More success from the weekend!
Scarborough Winter Open Meet
Well done to Lucas Johnson
A Squad at Armthorpe Kingfishers
Winner of the 1500m Gold Medal for 13 Year Olds.
SWIM-ALONG-A-SANTA
John Charles Centre Leeds
Sunday 3rd December
Well done to all the Kingfishers: lots of PBs, medals and speeding tickets with a special well done to our top boys and girls.
Emily Kirk
Top 11 year old girl with 29 points
Maisy Ebbage
Top 12 year old girl with 31 points
Lucas Johnson
Top 13 year old boy with 39 points
Paige Moore
Top 15 and over girl with 46 points.
Also a special 'Shout Out' to our club volunteers for giving up their time to support our swimmers and the event organisers.
L-R Claire Nicola Mary and Nikki
Top Girl & Boy Winners
Lucas Johnson Maisy Ebbage Emily Kirk Paige Moore
Trophies, Medals and Speeding Tickets!
Lucas Jack Sofia Maisy Seth Laura Emily Paige and Noah.
Jennifer Miranda Emily K Laura Emily D Sofia and Maisy
Maisy Laura Sofia
Gold Medal
Silver Medal
Bronze Medal
Check out our new webpages featuring the Schofield Club Championship Photos and Presentation Evening
Lifesaving review for 2023 can now be seen on our new Lifesaving Honours Page
A request from Shane - Express Solutions
Can you please help ??
Over the past few years my business has donated funds to cover the Schofields medals, we’ve just donated for this years too. We also helped to pay for the Hatfield water park fun day.
Year on year we also run a toy drive with the aim of getting as many toys as possible to local families in need at Christmas time.
We’re looking for donations for new or nearly new toys, if anyone would be able to help, please get in touch.
Thank you in advance
Shane
ARMTHORPE SWIMMING CLUB CHRISTMAS 2023 CLOSURE
Armthorpe swimming club will be closed for the Christmas break as follows:
Last Friday Night C Squad session (6.45 – 7.45pm) Friday 15 December
Last A/B Squad session Thursday 21December
Last Lifesaving session (7.45 – 8.45pm) Friday 22 December
Swimming Club sessions will resume on Wednesday 10 January 2024
North East Championship 2023
Four of our swimmers swam in the North East Counties Championship at Ponds Forge over the weekend.
Jack Jones swam in 4 events, Sofia Sanders swam in 7 events getting top 10 finishes in 200 Breast 9th and 50
Breast 6th. Millie Dey had 5 swims coming 10th in 50 and 100 Fly whilst James Ellis competed in 10 events getting Gold in 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Fly and 50 Free, Silver in 200 I/M, 100 Back, 100 I/M, 200 Back, 100 Free, and 7th in 50 Breast. This is the largest haul of medals at these championships by any Armthorpe swimmer and currently makes James the fastest 11 year old boy in the country for 50 and 100 Butterfly.
A huge well done to all these swimmers who did themselves, their parents and Armthorpe Kingfishers proud.
James
Sophia
Doncaster Mets Championships
L - R Georgie, Sofia, Lucas, James and Paige on becoming the top swimmer for their age group in Doncaster following the Mets championships.
Congratulations to these swimmers who are now the top swimmer for their age group in Doncaster following the Mets championships .
Also well done to all our swimmers who competed well and came away with many medals.
Many thanks to our officials and poolside helpers.
Yorkshire Winter Championships
A small number of Armthorpe/DARTES swimmers competed in these championships at John Charles Sports Centre, Leeds over the weekend so well done to Georgie, Sofia, Millie and James who had many good swims and personal bests.
Well done to all four swimmers - a great example of what can be achieved by hard work.
Pete
Millie
2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze 2 x 4th place, 6th and 10th place
James
1 Gold, 5 Silvers 1 Bronze and 1 x 7th place. James is now now second in Swim England rankings for 100m Butterfly following the Yorkshires. Well done James!
Sofia
9th & 10th in 50m & 100m breaststroke
There will be NO training on Saturday 21st October due to the DMASA Individual Championships at Adwick.
Pete
Entry Form for DARTES Swim-Along-Santa Meet
September Sprints - John Charles Centre, Sunday September 10th 2023
Second place overall achieved - out of the 22 clubs!
If you thought that things couldn’t get any better for Armthorpe Kingfishers… well, they just did! Twenty-two swim clubs from all over the region, with upwards of four hundred swimmers, travelled to Leeds for the annual DARTES September Sprints, with all races over 50m plus the 100 IM. Armthorpe had 38 swimmers competing across A and B squads, age groups, boys and girls. For four swimmers, this was their very first competition - so they now have official times and their first PBS! Have no doubt - these will be the first of many!
There were 60 PBS altogether, including xxx brand new ones from the four “newbies”. 55 medals were achieved overall for swimmers finishing in the first three places of each event. Notable performances were abundant - but special mention has to go to the following swimmers who achieved places in the top three in the Top Girl / Top Boy categories:
Top Girl categories:
Aged 10 years (26 swimmers)
Georgie Arnold 2nd place (23 points)
Aged 11 years (34 swimmers)
Sofia Sanders 1st Place (24 points)
Maisy Ebbage 2nd place (23 points)
Top Boy categories:
Aged 9 years (10 swimmers)
Joshua Whiteley 3rd place (13 points)
Aged 10 years (22 swimmers)
Stephen Tuffrey 2nd place (22 points)
Seven swimmers got medals or a speeding ticket in at least 4 of their 5 races:
Georgie Arnold 10 year old girls (5)
Maisy Ebbage 11 year old girls (5)
James Ellis 11 year old boys(5)
Emily Kirk 10 year old girls (5)
Lucas Johnson 13 year old boys (4)
Rodger Murray 10 year old boys (4)
Stephen Tuffrey 10 year old boys (4)
There were eleven Speeding Tickets altogether… meaning that those swimmers swam faster than the permitted cut-off time for their grade. They are, therefore, like “hen’s teeth” ie very rare and much sought after!
The atmosphere and team spirit from the Armthorpe contingent, throughout the whole day (despite a 8.00am warm up… in Leeds for the morning swimmers) were each OUTSTANDING and all team managers, coaches and officials from the club could not have been more proud! A HUGE thank you once again, to all parents, relatives, carers and friends who supported us and cheered on our swimmers!
Our next meet will be the Doncaster METs - to be held at Adwick across the weekend afternoons of 21st / 22nd October 2023. Swimmers aged 11 years and upwards will swim each event over 100m, with younger age groups swimming over 50m, plus the 100m IM.
You won’t want to miss it!
Pete and Mary
Kingfishers start the Autumn season with a fantastic team performance
LANE 3
C SQUAD
Well done on the 20 Minute challenge last night !
For most was the first time .
Nadia 27
Abigail 26
William 24
Zeke 24
Evan 25
Natalie 25
Great effort from everyone
Coach Lee
New Training Times for 2023-24
Starting Wednesday 13th September
Are you instagram?
If so here is a site for club swimmers and parents alike.
Thanks to Maisy Rose for the heads up!
Club Social Event Hatfield Water Park Sat 12th August 2023
There were 53 willing and not so willing participants from across the club - parents and swimmers. The photos incude team photos getting kitted out and safety talk, setting off, and activities.
All came back safely after a really good time.
Thanks so much for Lee and Paul for organising this event and all families and club members for their support!
Life saving Report July 28th
All swimmers in Lane 4 of Armthorpe Kingfishers Swimming Club Life Saving section, passed their National Life Saving Academy Bronze Certificate in July 2023. This award was introduced in January 2023 as the entry level award required as a prerequisite before starting the first tier of a trio of awards, starting with the Bronze Star, then the Bronze Medallion and ultimately the Distinction Award. These awards can be accessed in three settings - a swimming pool, open water or beach.
The Bronze Certificate award has a Theory Section containing 36 questions across a range of topics, a practical Rescue Skills Section and a practical CPR/First Aid Section - all sections of the award must be completed at a competent level of performance to achieve a pass. Our swimmers will now move onto the Pool Bronze Star when the Club reopens after the summer break on 18th August.
Well done to:
Ava, Lucy, Lucas, Evan, Alex, Esme, Maisy, Sofia and Rodger.
Mary
Good morning , it’s just over a week now until the big Coniston swim challenge for Ava & Lucas supporting the British heart foundation please donate what you can . Regards coach Lee
Hello everyone!
We have a club mascot - see photos!
The bear needs a name!
Please could you have a think and send me some ideas - we would love nominations from parents, coaches, committee members and - especially swimmers and life savers!
Either send a message, or bring your suggestion on a bit of paper and hand it to me at one of the sessions, between now and Friday 21st July.
We can then either have a vote on the names - or draw it out of a bag - or let Pete and Maureen choose it!
Thank you
Mary firth
Photo shots from the Jorvik Sprints Leeds
Laurence Chapman
Top Boy 14 Years Boys Category
26 swimmers.
Alexander Drury 2nd
10 Years Boys Category.
16 swimmers
Georgie Arnold Top Girl & Sophie Barley 3rd
10 Year Girls Category
25 swimmers
Stephen Tuffrey
Jorvik Meet
Top Boy Age 9 category
Grace Whiteley Ava Burkhill Paige Moore
Top Class Team Spirit
Kingfisher Squad Members
Photos from the Jorvik gala are now available on the website:
dephoto.biz
The event code is tjtaylor
Congratulations
Huge well done today we are Doncaster team champions.
All swimmers gave 100% there will be many pbs.
A mention for the coaches - you have been doing a great job and this the proof.
A Proud Pete
Just wanted to raise your awareness of Maisy’s current fund raiser - if you can help at all - it would be much appreciated! Maisy plans to swim a minimum of 22 miles - the approximate distance of the English Channel, in order to raise funds for DiabetesUk.
Update: May 18th
Maisy has successfully completed her "Channel Swim to raise money for 'Diabetes UK Swim 22' by swimming 22 miles over the last six weeks/ She's not done yet, though, as the event still has six weeks to run! There's still time to sponsor Maisy if you wish to do so. Over £300 has been raised so far. Well done Maisy!
Posted by Mary Firth
Members of the Kingfishers Swimming Team at the John Harriman Competition last weekend. Fantastic team spirit well done to all involved.
Many thanks to Rebecca Tuffrey for the raising the profile of the Club via 'Your Life Doncaster' Newsletters!
Just to add to Mary's report on March Sprints I would like to congratulate:
Vlad Akula - 5 pb's and goimg under 30 seconds for 50 Free
Lucas Johnson, Georgie Arnold and Jennifer Powell all getting 5 PB's
Jennifer and Emily Kirk getting Top Girl for their age group.
Well Done to all
Posted By Pete Hardy
Posted Wednesday 8th March
Hi All
Two of our ten year old swimmers Emily Kirk and Sofia Sanders competed at their first Yorkshire Championships at Ponds Forge over the weekend.
Posted by: Mary Firth
Date Monday 20th Feb 2023
Hi All,
Just to let you know that the Mets Teams event will go ahead at Adwick on Saturday 15 April warm up 2pm.
Team will be selected from A and B Squads.
We will be in contact after the team has been selected.
Posted By: Pete Hardy
Date: Friday 15th Feb 2023
March Sprints Sunday 5th March 2023 at Adwick
22 swimmers from our club competed across all age groups. There was a huge entry - ten clubs across Yorkshire competing - with Armthorpe gaining second place overall - a superb effort from all our swimmers. Many PBs were smashed amidst a brilliant atmosphere and team spirit.
Special mention must go to Emily Kirk and Jennifer Powell who achieved the Top Girl performance for their respective age groups, with six other swimmers from Armthorpe achieving a top three placing - outstanding achievements!
Many thanks to all swimmers, team managers, parents and officials for contributing to, and supporting, this event - it is very much appreciated! See you next time!
Posted by Mary Firth
Date Tuesday 7th March
Hi Everyone,
Just to let you know we have a new club welfare officer.
Mary Firth has kindly taken on this role.
If you have any welfare issues please contact her by email:
welfare.armthorpeasc@outlook.com
Check out details on our welfare page.
We would also like to thank Julie Colbear
for all the time and support she has given Armthorpe ASC over the years .
Posted by: Kirsty Scanlan
Date Saturday 16th Feb 2023
Congratulations to James Ellis on his successes at the Yorkshire Championships at Ponds Forge
Posted by Mary Firth
Date Thursday 2nd March
Hi All,
The Jorvik Entry Form is now open.
This is a very popular and well run Meet and is suitable for our A & B Squads.
Posted By: Pete Hardy
Date: Friday 10th Feb 2023
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