Helensburgh Amateur Swimming Club

Results

2ND MINI LEAGUE (HOME) MAR 09

Helensburgh Amateur Swimming Club’s Mini League Team took part their second Mini League Competition of the season.  There was no travelling this time as Helensburgh were playing hosts to City of Glasgow, Rutherglen and Dunoon ASC’s.

The swimmers: Ben Adlington, Duncan Anderson, Freya Beattie, Louisa Beattie, Joe Bull, Charlotte Caskie, Daniel Clancy, Gail Craig, Olivia Dougan, Adam Findlay, Mark Findlay, Nick Fish, Corrie Fletcher, Findlay Fletcher, Adam Forsyth, Katie Gardner, Callum Gilmour, Abbie Johnston, Georgina Jennings-Maun, Jon Law, Connor McCrea, Alexandra MacFarlane, Amy McNeill, Christy Morrison, Emma Scott, Mathilde Sreeves, Isobel Thwaites, Cara Wilson, Rona Wilson, Ewan Wood, Luke Walsh, Michael Walsh.

City of Glasgow were in control from the beginning and stole the show to finish 1st with 193 points.  Rutherglen gave them a good run for their money in a number of the events to finish 2nd with 111 points.  Which meant that Dunoon and Helensburgh were fighting for 3rd place and 2 league points.  Third placed changed hands a number of times throughout the competition but Helensburgh was just ahead going into the final relays and the last race of the day was to prove the decider.  Dunoon and Helensburgh finished the day 3rd equal on 88 points each.  There were some great performances throughout the day and the swimmers should be proud of their achievements.  The Club would like to thank all the parents who came along to support the team and to those who officiated on the day.

1st place finishes
Charlotte Caskie – 8 & Under 25m Breaststroke

2nd place finishes
Boys 10yrs 4 x 25m Medley Relay (Daniel, Callum, Adam, Ben)
Girls 11yrs 4 x 50m Medley Relay (Christy, Cara, Amy, Isobel)
Isobel Thwaites – 10yrs 50m Freestyle & 50m Butterfly & 50m Breaststroke
Amy McNeill – 11yrs 100m Butterfly & 100m Freestyle
Gail Craig – 9yrs 25m Freestyle
Girls 10yrs Freestyle relay team (Gail, Alexandra, Katie, Isobel)
Girls Squad 6 x 25m Freestyle Relay (Alex, Gail, Katie, Isobel, Christy, Amy)

3rd place finishes
Girls 9yrs & Under Medley Relay (Emma, Charlotte, Rona, Olivia)
Girls 10yrs 25m Medley Relay (Kate, Isobel, Gail, Alexandra)
Olivia Dougan – 8yrs & under 25m Freestyle
Alexandra MacFarlane – 9yrs 25m Butterfly & 25m Backstroke
Katie Gardner – 10yrs 50m Backstroke
Daniel Clancy – 10yrs 50m Backstroke
Christy Morrison – 11 yrs 100m Breaststroke & 100m Backstroke
Ewan Wood – 9yrs 25m Backstroke
Emma Scott – 8yrs & Under 25m Backstroke
Gail Craig – 9yrs 25m Breaststroke
Duncan Anderson – 11yrs 100m Freestyle
Corrie Fletcher – 9 yrs 25m Freestyle
Michael Walsh – 11yres 100m Backstroke
Girls 9yrs Freestyle relay team (Gail, Louisa, Emma, Alexandra)
Boys 9yrs Freestyle relay team (Corrie, Luke, Joe, Nick)
Boys 10yrs Freestyle relay team (Ben, Daniel, Adam, Callum)
Girls 11yrs Freestyle relay team (Amy, Cara, Isobel, Christy)
Boys 11yrs Freestyle relay team (Duncan, Jon, Connor, Michael)

1ST MINI LEAGUE (BISHOPBRIGGS) MAR 09

Helensburgh Amateur Swimming Club’s Mini League Team took part their first Mini League Competition of the season with a trip to Bishopbriggs Leisuredrome, where Scotia ASC were hosting this fixture, in addition to Scotia they were up against West Dunbartonshire ASC.

The team: Ben Adlington, Duncan Anderson, Freya Beattie, Louisa Beattie, Joe Bull, Emma Burris, Charlotte Caskie, Daniel Clancy, Gail Craig, Olivia Dougan, Adam Findlay, Mark Findlay, Nick Fish, Corrie Fletcher, Findlay Fletcher, Katie Gardner, Callum Gilmour, Georgina Jennings-Maun, Jon Law, Alexandra MacFarlane, Connor McCrea, Amy McNeill, Christy Morrison, Emma Scott, Mathilde Sreeves, Isobel Thwaites, Cara Wilson, Rona Wilson, Ewan Wood, Luke Walsh, Michael Walsh.

HASC had taken a number of swimmers for whom this Gala was their first taste of Mini League Competition and also a number for whom it was their first time ever at an external competition.  However, they all did extremely well, holding their nerve and producing some brilliant performances throughout the day for the Team.

1st place finishes
Girls 11yrs 4 x 50m Medley Relay (Christy, Cara, Amy, Emma)
Katie Gardner – 10yrs 50m Backstroke
Isobel Thwaites – 10yrs 50m Freestyle & 50m Butterfly
Amy McNeill – 11yrs 100m Butterfly
Emma Scott – 8 & Under 25m Backstroke
Gail Craig – 9yrs 25m Freestyle
Girls 10yrs 4 x 25m Freestyle Relay (Gail, Alex, Katie, Isobel)

2nd place finishes
Girls 9yrs & Under 4 x 25m Medley Relay (Emma, Charlotte, Rona, Olivia)
Girls 10yrs 4 x 25m Medley Relay (Katie, Alex, Gail, Isobel)
Olivia Dougan – 8 & Under 25m Freestyle
Daniel Clancy – 10yrs 50m Backstroke
Christy Morrison – 11yrs 100m Breaststroke & 100m Backstroke
Duncan Anderson – 11yrs 100m Breaststroke
Gail Craig – 9yrs 25m Backstroke
Amy McNeill – 11yrs 100m Freestyle
Isobel Thwaites – 10yrs 50m Breaststroke
Callum Gilmour – 10yrs 50m Breaststroke
Michael Walsh – 11yrs 100m Backstroke
Girls 9yrs & Under 4 x 25m Freestyle Relay (Gail, Louisa, Emma, Alex)
Girls 11yrs 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay (Amy, Emma, Cara, Christy)
Girls 11yrs 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay (Duncan, Jon, Connor, Michael)
Girls Squad 6 x 25m Freestyle Relay (Alex, Gail, Katie, Isobel, Christy, Amy)

3rd place finishes
Boys 9yrs & Under Medley Relay (Mark, Nick, Corrie, Luke)
Boys 10yrs Medley Relay (Daniel, Callum, Adam, Ben)
Boys 11yrs Medley Relay (Michael, Duncan, Jon, Connor)
Luke Walsh – 8 & Under 25m Freestyle
Alexandra MacFarlane – 9yrs 25m Butterfly & 25m Breaststroke
Corrie Fletcher – 9yrs 25m Butterfly & 25m Breaststroke
Ewan Wood – 9yrs 25m Backstroke & 25m Freestyle
Ben Adlington – 10yrs 50m Freestyle
Michael Walsh – 11yrs 100m Butterfly
Mark Findlay – 8 & Under 25m Backstroke
Adam Findlay – 10yrs 50m Butterfly
Duncan Anderson – 11yrs 100m Freestyle
Charlotte Caskie – 25m Breaststroke
Nick Fish – 25m Breaststroke
Boys 9yrs Freestyle relay team (Corrie, Luke, Findlay, Nick)
Boys 10yrs Freestyle relay team (Ben, Daniel, Adam, Callum)
Boys Squad 6 x 25m Freestyle Relay (Luke, Adam, Callum, Ben, Michael, Duncan)
 
Helensburgh swam brilliantly throughout the afternoon and had a number of very close finishes which added to the excitement.  For most of the day there wasn’t much between the teams with Scotia leading for most of day, West Dunbartonshire however pulled back a number of points in the final relays of the day to clinch the win finishing 1st with 160 points, Scotia 2nd 151 and Helensburgh 3rd 129 points. The Club would like to thank all the friends and family who travelled to support the team and to all those who helped out on the day. 

NORTH AYRSHIRE 200M FEB 09

Swimmers from Helensburgh Amateur Swimming Club were in action again at the North Ayrshire 200 Meet held at Auchenharvie Leisure Centre.  They were against teams from North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Ren 96, Dumfries, West Dunbartonshire, Milngavie & Bearsden and City of Glasgow to name but a few and it was their first time at a competition where 8 lengths (200m) was the minimum distance for swimmers.  Amy had done very well achieving qualification for every 10yrs 200m event.

Amy got the day off to a great start with a terrific swim in the 200m Butterfly, finishing 3rd taking a whopping 32.57 seconds off her PB, followed by 6th in the 200m Individual Medley taking 14.80 seconds off her PB.  The afternoon saw Isobel in action her favourite stroke 10yrs 200m Breaststroke, she pulled out all the stops to finish 5th with Amy 6th and Christy 8th with a hat trick of PB’s from the girls.

The second day started with Amy in the 200m Backstroke, it wasn’t her best performance of the competition yet amazingly she still managed to finish 5th and set a new PB and she was back on form in the 200m Frontcrawl with an excellent well paced swim, kicking strongly in the last 25m to finish 5th   taking 7.11 seconds off her PB, 11th Christy. 
   
Adam the youngest of the HASC swimmers at just 9 years produced an excellent swim in the 10yrs 200m Backstroke, finishing 4th and setting a new time.  Duncan made travelling the distance for only one race worthwhile, swimming an excellent race in 11yrs 200m Backstroke finishing 3rd   and taking 18.15 seconds off his PB.

Jon was given late notification of a swim in the 11yr 400m Individual Medley and he certainly went for it taking a massive 47.99 seconds off his PB finishing 4th   in his age group and was13th in the 200m freestyle.

Amy, Isobel and Duncan have all achieved West District consideration times and should be very proud of their achievement as it has been a number of years since anyone from HASC has achieved this.

Swimmers – Duncan Anderson, Adam Findlay, Jon Law, Christy Morrison, Amy McNeill, Isobel Thwaites.

TOLLCROSS LONG COURSE FEB 09

What a great experience!  A team of swimmers from Helensburgh Amateur Swimming Club qualified for the City of Glasgow, 2 day, long course competition which was held at Tollcross Park Leisure Centre and what a facility, 10 lanes, 50m pool, with warm up cool down pool separately, if only Helensburgh had such a facility!  

Swimming Club’s had entered this competition from all over Scotland and this was HASC’s first time at a long course competition in quite a few years.  The swimmers however had been attending regular training sessions at Stirling University’s 50m pool and were therefore used to the distance.

There was plenty of excitement from the swimmers on Saturday as they settled down into their new surroundings.  Amy put in great performances in the 10yrs & under 50m Back and 50m Free to finish 4th and 5th respectively a superb achievement out of a field of 60 swimmers.  Duncan, Jon, Michael, Ben, Christy and Isobel all swam brilliantly in their heats and achieved PB’s in all of their events during Saturday.

Sunday saw them get off to an even better start with Duncan swimming a brilliant race to finish 1st in the 11yrs 100m Backstroke.  This was followed by Amy putting in two exceptional performances to finish 2nd in the10 & under 100m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly.  Isobel in her favourite stroke, the 50m Breaststroke put in a terrific performance to finish 4th out of 60.  There were some outstanding performances from Ben, Michael, Jon and Christy throughout the day and many PB’s shattered along the way.

It was 2 long days of competition for the swimmers however considering this was their first taste of long course competition they all did extremely well.  They all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and the competition and hopefully this will now inspire them to work even harder in their training at Stirling.

SOUTH AYRSHIRE MINI MEET - 1ST FEBRUARY 2009

It was a very early and very cold start for a group of swimmers from Helensburgh Amateur Swimming Club as they were off to compete in the South Ayrshire Mini Meet held at the Citadel in Ayr.  All the big teams were there City of Glasgow, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Kilmarnock, Ren96 to name a few.  

HASC Team: Ben Adlington, Duncan Anderson, Emma Burris, Daniel Clancy, Adam Findlay, Callum Gilmour, Jon Law, Christy Morrison, Amy McNeill, Alexandra MacFarlane, Isobel Thwaites, Michael Walsh.

The day got off to a great start with Amy bringing home a gold medal, finishing 1st in the 10yrs 50m Butterfly, 6th Christy, both setting new PB’s.  This was followed by some terrific performances from the boys which they maintained throughout the day, with many taking substantial amounts off their PB’s.  Isobel swam well in the 10yrs 50m Breaststroke finishing 4th, Amy just behind in 5th.  Amy then produced superb swims in the 10yrs 100m Individual Medley and 200m Freestyle finishing 3rd and 2nd respectively to give her a medal haul of gold, silver and bronze and 2 new PB’s as well.  Callum Gilmour put in tremendous effort in the 200m Freestyle to finish in 6th place with a new PB.  The person with the most improved swim time was from Ben taking a whopping 33.02 seconds off his PB in the 8-9 yrs 100m Individual Medley.  The most consistent improvers were Duncan, Michael and Emma who recorded PB’s for every event they were entered for.  The swimmers recorded 33 PB’s in total, well done swimmers.