December 2000
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COGST Win Clyde Coast
Winter League 2000!
In the final round of the Clyde
Coast Winter League at Dumfries, 9th December, City of Glasgow overcame
Kilmarnock and Dumfries for a fourth win in a row to secure top
spot in the League. The match result was:
| COGST |
181 |
| Kilmarnock |
125 |
| Dumfries |
112 |
Glasgow also won four Medley Relay Trophies (10
& under Girls, 12 & under Boys (shared), 14 & under
Girls and 14 & under Boys).
Well done to all COGST swimmers who took part.
Full details of all of the final League placings can be found
here.
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November 2000
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Third Victory in a Row for COGST
in Clyde Coast
Winter League |
The third round of the Clyde Coast Winter League was held in
Blantyre on the 11th November. COGST came through this match comfortably winning
by 61 points.
Match Result.
| COGST |
192 pts |
| Blantyre |
131 pts |
The final match will take place on Saturday 9th of December in
Dumfries. Our opponents will be Dumfries and Kilmarnock.
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September 2000
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The second round of the Clyde Coast
Winter League took place on Saturday 23rd September 2000 at the
Citadel Leisure Centre, Ayr. The result of the match was:
| COGST |
183 pts |
| West Dunbartonshire |
122 pts |
| South Ayrshire |
113 pts |
The times of all of the COGST swimmers
can be found here.
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The first round of the Clyde Coast
Winter League on Saturday 2nd September 2000 at Tollcross saw
Glasgow victorious over some tough opposition. Over 50 COGST
swimmers took part in the "A" or "B" teams
with many fine performances to keep the crowd cheering. The final
score was:
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| COGST |
157 pts |
| North Ayrshire |
131 pts |
| Ren 96 |
130 pts |
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The times of all of the COGST swimmers
can be found here.
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1000 Hits for Web Site!
In just over one month the web site has been
visited 1000 times! I assume this means that you find the site useful. In the
near future I will include extra features such as an index page, an updates
page informing visitors of changes to the site since their last visit, the
full 2000/1 handbook, COGST records etc. If you have any suggestions for other
features or information you want to see on this site please e-mail me at
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August 2000
Annual Awards Night
The annual awards night took place on
Saturday the 26th August at the Cooper Institute on Clarkston Road, Cathcart
More details about
the winners here!
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At the Millenium
Commonwealth Youth Games at the Royal Commonwealth Pool in
Edinburgh (11-13th August 2000), Scottish Junior record
holder Louise Coull took silver in the 200 metre
backstroke and bronze in the 4x100 metre medley
relay events. Louise, after a fourth
place in the 100 metre backstroke, overhauled England’s
Julie Fort in the second half of the 200 metre race to
claim silver behind Australian Alissa Searston in a time
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In the 4x100 metre medley relay the Scottish quartet of
Louise Coull, Kirsty Balfour, Laura McGarvey, and Carey
Abel slashed twelve seconds off the national junior record
to grab the bronze medal. |
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Kellogg's Frosties
National Age Group Championships. |
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At the recent National Age
Groups in Coventry (7-12 August 2000) Charles Mills (right) won a silver medal in
the boys 13 years 200m butterfly (2:21.68s) and a bronze in the 100
butterfly (1:05.51s) event.
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Taylor Wamberg came 6th in the
final of the boys 13 years 200m backstroke. Well done to all Glasgow
swimmers who took part in these Championships.
You can find all of the City of
Glasgow swimmers' results here.
Admin
support in place
We can finally
report, as highlighted at the club’s AGM in May, that a part-time,
permanent admin support appointment has been made by the City of Glasgow
Swim Team. Following a large number of applications (35 in total),
leeting and interviews, Pauline Thompson has been appointed to
this key role. Pauline, who has a background in both local council
employment and sport, started work in the office on Monday 21st August.
More details, including her exact remit and direct telephone number (as
yet not available), will be published in October’s News Splash.
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July 2000
Success
for Glasgow at the Nationals!
City of Glasgow had a number of successful swimmers at the
Scottish National and Youth Championships on 7th-9th July at Tollcross. Louise Coull and
Claire-Jane McPherson became Scottish Champions for 100m and 200m backstroke and 100m
breaststroke respectively.
The women's relay teams won gold in the 4 x 100m medley
relay, 4 x 100m and 4 x 200m freestyle relays.
In the Scottish National Junior Championships Chris Brannan
won gold in 4 events and Louise Coull won three gold medals. The junior relay teams also
won three golds.
In the Scottish National 17-18years Championships, Sarah
Whiteford won Gold in the 100m freestyle event. Details of all winners can be found here.
Times of all participating City of Glasgow swimmers can be
found on the Results page.
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June 2000
Success for Louise at European Junior
Championships!
| Louise (far right) is photographed on the
podium after receiving her bronze medal in the 200m backstroke event.
Irina Raevskaia from the Russian Federation won gold and Louise Ornstedt
of Denmark took the silver medal. |
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The
European Junior Championships were held in Dunkirk, France at the end of
June and City of Glasgow's Louise Coull, representing Great Britain had a
successful competition, winning a silver medal in the 4x100m medley relay
(Louise Coull, Kirsty Balfour, Gemma Howells, Lisa Chapman) in a time of
4:16.44, less than a second behind the winning Russian team.
Louise also won bronze in the 200m backstroke event with a time
of 2:17.14s and finished 8th in the 100m backstroke event.
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