Launceston friendly gala Sunday 9th September: CANCELLED

No alternative date has yet been given.

Fund Raising at Asda Bodmin this coming Saturday

Many thanks for the volunteers who have signed up for selling raffle tickets at Asda on Saturday 30th June. We still need 3 or 4 more volunteers in the 2pm-4pm slot, so if you are free to sell raffle tickets and raise funds for the club (it helps keep the subscriptions down), please sign up on the noticeboard at the leisure centre or drop me a line on jerweatherhead@hotmail.com - thanks.

Jeremy Weatherhead (Club Development Officer)

PS If you have raffle prizes please let me know

Club Championships 2012

The Club Championships are open to all swimmers who are members of Bodmin
Dragons, including multi-club swimmers.

This is an excellent opportunity for swimmers to gain experience and entry times for
the Bodmin Open on the 3rd November and / or the Cornwall County ASA
Development Gala at Bodmin on the 17th November, in a relaxed and friendly
atmosphere.

• Age groups are 7 & under, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 & over for Boys and Girls
• Ages are taken as of the 3rd July 2012
• Swimmers can enter a maximum of 6 events in the Club Championships and are
• encouraged to do so
• All those taking part will receive a 2012 Club Championships t-shirt
• Medals – 1st, 2nd & 3rd for each event, in each age group.
• Entry Fee for the Club Championships is £20 for up to 6 events
• Programmes £1 on the night, for each session
• Officials - Timekeepers and a Referee / Starter.
• Results service with Hy-Tek Meet Manager
• Electronic start signal
• Electronic timing
• Closing Date for Entries Wednesday 27th June 2012

The presentation of medals and the distribution of t-shirts will take place at our Presentation Evening later in July, the date of which will be announced soon.

The Club Championships are not a licensed event, but will be subject to ASA Laws
and Regulations.

As always if you can find some time to help out marshalling and so on please let one of us know poolside

Links to Club Championship Documents (open in new window);

• Flyer
• Programme of Events 
• Entry Form

Exeter May Meet

Rebecca, Katie, Esther, Amber, Charlie and George relax at the deep end after the Exeter May Meet.

Bodmin Dragons Swimming Club had a very successful weekend at the Exeter May Meet on the 12th May and 13th May. Rebecca Anderson, Esther Doleman, Lyndon Holmes-Beddow, Amber Houghton, Lani House, Charlie Randall, Katie Randall and George Spencer came away with a total 21 medals.

• Rebecca Anderson secured a Cornwall County Record in the Girls 13 200 Backstroke taking first place in that event and in the 50 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke, 50 Freestyle, 200 Freestyle and the 200 Individual Medley. Rebecca also secured second place in the 50 Breaststroke and the 100 Freestyle.
• Esther Doleman secured first place in the Girls 15 200 Breaststroke, with second place in the 50 Breaststroke and the 200 IM, and third place in the 200 Freestyle.
• Lyndon Holmes-Beddow just missed out of the medals in the Boys 11 200 Backstroke, but secured a well earned qualifying time for the ASA South West Age Group Championships to be held at Millfield in July.
• Amber Houghton secured second place in the Girls 10 400 Freestyle with third place in the 50 Butterfly and the 200 Backstroke.
• Lani House was just out of the medals in the Girls 11 400 IM, the toughest event in swimming, and in the 200 IM.
• Charlie Randall secured third place in the Girls 13 400 Freestyle knocking over three seconds off her PB.
• Katie Randall secured third place in the Girls 14 50 Breaststroke and in the 50 Butterfly.
• George Spencer secured a well deserved first place in the Boys 13 400 IM and a qualifying time for the ASA South West Age Group Championships together with a second place in the equally tough 200 Butterfly, knocking almost 2 seconds off his qualifying time for those Championships, and a third place in the 200 Breaststroke, missing the qualifying time by only 0.79 seconds.

George Spencer and Lyndon Holmes-Beddow will be joined at the ASA South West Age Group Championships by Rebecca Anderson and Katie Randall, above, who had previously qualified and by Millie Sander and Angus Jarvis of Bodmin Dragons.

Cornwall and West Devon League Round Two

Saturday 26th May sees us going into Round 2 placed 7th out of 17, post us some cheers! Better still come along and give us a loud cheer in person

Warm-up starts at 13:30 and racing starts 13:50, there are events and relays for all ages including a mixed all ages relay, and we even field a lifeguard or two.

You can find out more from here Cornwall and West Devon League

Cornwall ASA County Championships 2012

The team from Bodmin Dragons with their medals and awards form the County Championships.

Bodmin Dragons had a total of 22 swimmers taking part in the Cornwall ASA Junior County Championship and Senior County Championship on the 3^rd March, 4^th March, 10^th March and 11^th March.

• Jodie Greenwood [9] qualified for 5 events, taking seventh place overall in the girls 9 years.
• Evie Sander [9] qualified for 5 events and was third in the 50 Breaststroke and third in the 200 Breaststroke.
• Alex Weatherhead [9] qualified for 6 events and was third in the 50 Freestyle and third in the 50 Backstroke, taking eighth place overall in the boys 9 years.
• Amber Houghton [10] qualified for 10 events and was first in the 50 Freestyle, second in the 50 Breaststroke and second in the 100 IM, taking third place overall in the girls 10 years.
• James Greenwood [11] qualified for 9 events and was third in the 400 Freestyle and third in the 200 Freestyle, taking sixth place overall in the boys 11 years.
• Angus Jarvis [12] qualified for 9 events and was first in the 400 Freestyle, first in the 200 Freestyle, second in the 100 Butterfly, second in the 200 Butterfly, second in the 200 IM, second in the 100 Freestyle and second in the 400 IM, taking second place overall in the boys 12 years.
• Charlie Randall [12] qualified for 9 events and was second in the 400 Freestyle and third in the 200 Freestyle, taking fourth place overall in the girls 12 years.
• Rebecca Anderson [13] competed in 4 events and was first in the 100 IM, first in the 50 Freestyle, first in the 400 Freestyle and first in the 50 Backstroke, taking eighth place overall in the girls 13 years. Rebecca was first in the Junior County Championship for the 50 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle and the 50 Backstroke.
• Owen Guy [13] qualified for 9 events and was third in the 400 Freestyle and third in the 100 Backstroke, taking fifth place overall in the boys 13 years.
• George Spencer [13] qualified for 16 events and was first in the 200 Breaststroke, first in the 100 Breaststroke, first in the 50 Breaststroke, first in the 400 IM, second in the 100 Butterfly, second in the 400 Freestyle, second in the 200 Butterfly, and second in the 100 Backstroke, taking fourth place overall in the boys 13 years.
• Oliver Jarvis [14] qualified for 10 events and was first in the 400 Freestyle, first in the 50 Backstroke, first in the 100 Backstroke, first in the 200 IM, first in the 200 Backstroke and first in the 200 IM, taking first place overall in the boys 14 years.
• Esther Doleman [14] qualified for 12 events and was second in the Junior County Championship for the 50 Breaststroke and third in the Junior County Championship for the 200 Breaststroke.
• Katie Randall [14] qualified for 8 events and was first in the in the Junior County Championship in the 50 Butterfly, 50 Breaststroke and the100 Butterfly.
• Millie Sander [14] qualified for 13 events and was first in the Junior County Championship for the 200 Freestyle, 200 IM and the 200 Butterfly.
• Emily Harbisher [15] qualified for 11 events and was first in the Junior County Championship for the 100 Breaststroke and second in the Junior County Championship for the 200 Breaststroke.
• Natalie Harbisher [17] qualified for 6 events and was second in the Senior County Championship for the 50 Butterfly and the 200 Butterfly.
• Jonathan Webb competed in 1 event and was second in the Senior County Championship for the 200 Breaststroke.

In the disability category Aimee Cheeseman [10] and Matthew Clowes [12], both swimming in the first Junior County Championships, won numerous medals after determined performances.

Whilst not in the medals on this occasion, there were strong personal performances from Henry Jarvis [17], Scott Temple [16], Daniel Watkins [11] and Lili-Kea Juntakereket [10].

Head Coach, Simon Darbourne, was particularly impressed by the strong competition between Esther Doleman, Emily Harbisher, Millie Sander and Katie Randall in the Junior County Championships.

Chris Spencer – Bodmin Dragons SC 01.04.

Cornwall ASA County Championships 2012

No doubt inspired by the outstanding performance of Calum Jarvis [19] in the 200 Backstroke at the British Gas Swimming Championships held at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in London earlier this week, Oliver Jarvis [14] of Bodmin Dragons put in his own outstanding performances in the Cornwall ASA County Championships winning the Junior County Championships in the 50 Backstroke and the Junior County Championship in the 100 backstroke, before completing the set by winning the Junior County Championship in the 200 Backstroke on the Sunday 11^th March. 

In the points competition taken over a maximum of 18 events spread across 6 days, Oliver Jarvis was a worthy first for the 14 year old boys, after impressive performances in the Individual Medley and Freestyle events as well as the Backstroke. Whilst Calum Jarvis may yet secure a spot on the British Team for the 2012 London Olympics, Oliver Jarvis’ turn may come in 2016 or 2020. Head Coach, Simon Darbourne, was particularly impressed with Oliver’s winning time of 1:03.52 for the 100 Backstroke in the Junior County Championship.