City of Glasgow Swim Team

Would all swimmers and parents of Gold, National Age Squad and National Development Squad please note that there will be a change to training times due to the Wise Schools International being held at Tollcross on Fri 19th March and Sat 20th March.

There will be no evening session on Fri 19th March for Nat Age and Nat Development squads from 5-7pm. The squads who train at 7-8.30pm will train as normal.

The revised sessions will be:

Mon 15th March normal session times for all squads
Tues 16th March normal session times for all squads
Wed 17th March Nat Development 5-7pm ( instead of Fri pm)
Thurs 18th March Nat Age 4-6 pm (instead of Fri pm)
Sat 20th March Nat Age , Nat Development and Gold squads will train at Scotstoun Leisure centre from 7-9am.

Performance and National Squad training will be as normal.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Moureen McDonald

The Scottish Swimming Awards Dinner was held on Saturday 27th February at the Carnoustie Golf Hotel with over 200 people representing all aquatic disciplines attending.

Out of the 12 awards presented on Saturday night .. 2 of the awards where won by COGST swimmer MARK DEANS... What an achievement...

In the Scottish domestic season, Mark won almost all that was available to him in at junior level is contending the senior medals. He is the Scottish Junior Champion at both 5 Km and 2 Km and was a close second place in the Senior 5 Km event. He was the winner of the junior events at the East, West and North District Championships. These combined efforts meant that he was a clear winner of the Junior Grand Prix.

Mark also achieved at events in England, firstly winning the Senior ASA Midland region 5 Km championships before taking the Silver Medal at the 13-14 year category of the ASA Championships where he was within half a second of winning.

Mark competed in seven rounds of the French Open Water Cup in 2009 during three separate tours. The first two of these was as part of the British Open Water Swimming Squad which competed in two events including the French 5 Km Championships. In both these events was the fastest swimmer in his category.

He was a member of the Scottish development squad which completed at three venues. Mark returned with trophies form all three of his events ranging from 1.5 Km to 10 Km including a win in his age category over 5 Km.

At the end of the season, and as a result of his achievements to that point, Mark gained selection as a member of the Scottish senior team to compete in the final two French Cup events. Following a strong performance at 5 Km where was the winner in his age category, he went on to win the silver medal in the senior 10 Km event against good French opposition and ahead of the more senior members of the Scottish team.

The Awards Mark received are as follows :-

The Eian Prentice Memorial Award: (Outstanding performance in open water events for a junior athlete)

The Dennis Sullivan Memorial Trophy: (Outstanding performances in open water events).

These awards were in recognition of Marks achievements, hard work and dedication to his sport

Well done Mark we are all so proud of you.

Maggie Donnelly

The photos show Mark with Lesley Prentice (FINA Open water Referee) who presented Mark with his 1st award and Brian Bain (Open Water Swimming Committee) receiving his second award 

The club has been asked by Scottish Schools Swimming Association to provide helpers (minimum age 10) for the forthcoming Scottish Schools International W.I.S.E (Wales, Ireland, Scotland and England) Championships that is being held at Tollcross Leisure Centre on Saturday 20th March 2010. The helpers are needed to work with the boxes, in which the swimmers place their clothes at the start of each race, for morning and late afternoon sessions on the day. Runners are also required to post results throughout each session.

There is also a need for Chaperones to supervise the children on the poolside at each session. Anyone who volunteers for this must either be in possession of or, undertake a disclosure check.

If you are willing to represent the club by helping at this very prestigious event, then please contact Pearl Punshon either on 0141 573 3234 or at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it as soon as possible.

I will contact all volunteers nearer the date to give more details.

PLEASE NOTE THAT NO ONE SHOULD “JUST TURN UP” ON THE DAY. PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS HAVE TO BE MADE WITH MYSELF AS POOLSIDE PASSES FOR ALL HELPERS HAVE TO BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE.

Pearl Punshon
Scottish Nationals Doping Control Manager/ Meet Treasurer

Mini League

Congratulations to our Mini League Team who won round 1 of this years competition

Scores were

• COGST 194
• W Dunbartonshire 126
• Helensburgh 81
• Clydebank 74 
  

WISE International

Congratulations to Jamie Graham and Kirstin McKinley who have been selected to represent Scottish Scools at the WISE International meet ot be held at Tollcross on the 20th of March.

Good luck from all at COGST.  

Due to the West District Long Course Meet being held on Sat 6th March and Sunday 7th March our training has been changed.

Training on the Sat will be at the normal time from 6-8am water then gym.

There will be no training for any of the Tollcross Training squads on the Sunday.

Moureen McDonald