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Can all swimmers please make sure that you look after the pool access card which has been issued to you. If you lose your card (or have not been issued with one) please contact our club administrator, Cathie Robertson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please note that if you lose your card and are issued with a replacement that this is the only card which you should use as Glasgow Life will have cancelled the original card.

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Congratulations to all the award winners (full list below). If any winners were not able to attend the Awards Night, you can collect your award from Marjorie Phillips at Tollcross on Tuesday evening at Club Night.

Photos of all the winners, as well as all of the photos from the very popular Photo Booth are available on our Facebook page.

Encouragement

Junior Foundation

Vincent Regan
Laura Gray
Emma Bain
Jack Robinson
Bobby Sewell
Cianna Smith

Junior Development 1

Anna Campbell
Hannah Whymark
Campbell McLean
Thea Glen

Junior Development 2

Rhuaridh Bradley
Ayla Cochrane
Emer McKenzie
Rosie Liston

Excellence

10 & Under
Heidi Ren
Eklavya Singh

11/12
Amber Wade
Thomas Inglis

13/14
Katie Shanahan
Tony Anderson

15/16
Serena Iheagwaram
Mark Ford

17 & Over
Emily Horne
Craig McNally

Improvement

10 & Under
Lily Gourlay
Tristan Robin

11/12
Chrissie Francis
Alex Robin

13/14
Remi Muirhead
Robert Stewart

15/16
Leah MacDonald
Matthew Blair

17 & Over
Molly Young
Nathan McGraw

Club Squad

Nicole Keenan

Master Improver Of The Year

Dave Marrable

Master Swimmer Of The Year

Irene Allan

Events

200 Free
Zara Blair
Thomas Inglis

400 Free
Remi Muirhead
Tony Anderson

800 Free
Elise McQueenie
Jack Wales

1500 Free
Katie Shanahan
Jack Wales

Open Water

Marshall Illingworth

200 Breast
Remi Muirhead
Thomas Inglis

200 Back
Heidi Ren
Kyle Gemmell

200 Fly
Emma Connell
Jack Wales

400 I.M.
Remi Muirhead
Conor Massey

Coaches Awards

Worst Jokes 

Aaron Sievewright

Happiest coach 

Ian Phillips

Favourite coach

Ian Phillips

Sportsmanship

Remi Muirhead 
Adam Farquharson

Swimmer Of The Year

Katie Shanahan 
Craig McNally

Rebecca Cooke Trophy

Ryan Robertson

Kay Maclean Trophy For Volunteer Of The Year

Brian McQueenie

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We still need donations of baking for the Awards Night on Friday. If you can provide anything (home baking or bought) please speak to Gillian Bryce tonight at Tollcross.

Marjorie Phillips

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We are looking for donations of raffle prizes for our Awards Night. These can be handed to any committee member this Tuesday evening at Tollcross.

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Voting closes Midnight 2nd September

Last chance to vote for the Male and Female Sportmanship Award. Cast your vote now, here on our website, then come along on the night to see who has won - you never know it may even be you! 

Only members of the website can vote, if you haven't signed up then now is a good time to do so - register here

Friday 7th September 2018 @ 7.00pm Tollcross International Swimming Centre

All members are invited to attend, not just award winners, come along and support your team.

All swimmers under 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Any raffle prizes would be greatly appreciated and may be given to any of the committee members or brought along on the night.

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Tickets are running out fast - remember ticket numbers are limited and you will not be able to pay at the door, so please apply for yours as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Tickets must be bought in advance as numbers are limited. 

Friday 7th September 2018 @ 7.00pm Tollcross International Swimming Centre

All members are invited to attend, not just award winners, come along and support your team.

All swimmers under 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Any raffle prizes would be greatly appreciated and may be given to any of the committee members or brought along on the night.

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British Summer National Championships - 24-29 July 2018 – Ponds Forge Pool, Sheffield (50m)

Thirty-one swimmers from City of Glasgow Swim Team descended on Ponds Forge International Sports Centre to battle it out with over 1600 competitors from more than 300 other swimming clubs from across the UK, winning a total of 13 medals, after reaching 41 finals and setting 41 new personal best times from a total of 129 swims.

Fourteen-year-old Katie Shanahan was one of the stars of the meet after returning with seven medals. Taking on a heavy schedule that saw her race 26 times across the six-day event, Shanahan was in great form, capturing gold medals in the 100 and 200m Backstroke as well as the 200 and 400m Individual Medley events. The busy youngster then added silver medals in the 400 and 800m Freestyle events and a bronze in the 200m Freestyle. Shanahan’s times in the 200m Freestyle (2:04.10) and 400m Individual Medley (4:50.69) were both new Scottish 14 years Age Group records.
Fourteen-year-old Mark Ford was one of the club’s leading competitors when winning three medals – one of each colour. Ford, a pupil at the Glasgow School of Sport, captured the 15 years 50m Backstroke title with a very fast time of 27.20. He followed this up with silver in the 100m Backstroke and a hard fought bronze in the 100m Butterfly.

In the Multi-Class Para events, Andrew Mullen was using the meet as part of his preparation for the European Championships in two weeks time and was pleased to defend his titles in both the 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly. Fast improving S14 swimmer Gavin Roberts was also successful, racin powerfully to claim silver in the 100m Breaststroke event.

Lauren Wetherell has made huge progress this season and her new found experience and confidence showed as she demonstrated her versatility in the freestyle events. Competing in the girl’s 16 years section Wetherell placed fourth in both 800 and 1500m events, narrowly missing out on the podium in both. To this she added seventh place in the 200 and 400m distances. In the same age group, Serena Iheagwarem raced well to pick up fourth place in her signature event, the 200m Butterfly.
The club was well represented in many of the male backstroke events. Ryan Robertson reached the finals of all three 16 years backstroke races, placing eighth, fifth and tenth in the 50, 100 and 200m respectively, all in personal best times. In the 17/18 years section Joe Watt continued his good form making finals in the 50 and 100m distances where he finished seventh and eighth respectively. Watt, a recent Glasgow School of Sport graduate, also had a great swim in the 100m Freestyle, sprinting to a new best time of 51.72 and sixth place overall in a close race.

In the Boy’s 19/over events, Grant Henderson was in excellent form setting personal best times in all his events. His best result came in the 50m Freestyle where he reached the final and sprinted to eighth place in 23.26. Ryan Brown delivered determined performances in the 200m Butterfly and 200m Backstroke to finish fifth and eighth respectively.

The 19/over female section saw Glasgow Caledonian University podiatry student Emily Horne in good form reaching the final in three events. Horne raced to fifth in the 50m Butterfly, eighth in the 50m Freestyle and ninth in the 100m Freestyle. Glasgow School of Sport athlete Katie MacKenzie enjoyed one of the best swims of her career to make the final of the Girl’s 17/18 years 200m Breaststroke where she eventually finished tenth in 2:39.09. At the younger end of the meet, Elise McQueenie made it a successful debut at this level by making the final of the Girl’s 13/14 years 200m Backstroke, ending up with an excellent ninth place. Meanwhile, 13 year-old Saskia Wade introduced herself at this level with a solid swim in the 50m Freestyle that placed her fourteenth despite being at the bottom end of a double band age group.

The Club also performed well in some of the relay events, progressing to five finals, including an excellent fifth place in the Girl’s 14-16 years 4x200 Freestyle where Shanahan, Iheagwaram, Wetherell and McQueenie combined to break the Scottish National Junior and Club Junior records in a time of 8:31.93. The same four girls raced together to take tenth in the 4x100 Freestyle relay while the 17/over girls (Horne, Gulsum Onal, Anna Fleming, Robyn Crawford) put in a very competitive effort to finish seventh. In the boy’s 17/over category, the ‘A’ team were eighth in the 4x100 Freestyle (Henderson, Watt, Jack McComish, Martin McInnes).) and ninth in the 4x200 distance (Watt, McComish, McInnes, James Black).

Other swimmers racing in Sheffield were: Louis Lawlor (100m Butterfly, 200m I.M.), Marc Elrick (200m Butterfly), Tony Anderson (50m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke), Connor Massey (50m, 100m, 200m Backstroke), Max Hagan (50m, 100m Breaststroke), Ross Neally (50m, 100m Breaststroke), Anna Fleming (50m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle), Gülsüm Önal (50m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle), Robyn Crawford (50m, 100m Backstroke), Cameron Muir (200m Breaststroke), Marshall Illingworth (1500m Freestyle), Lawrence Campbell, Gregor Swinney, Sandy Forysiak (all relays) were the other City swimmers in action in Sheffield.
Head Performance Coach, Ian Wright commented on the club’s results: “Once again we have improved our performances at this competition. It was a great team effort and to finish ninth on the medal table is very rewarding. Nevertheless, we are determined to return next year and achieve even better results.”
The majority of Glasgow swimmers will now enjoy a summer break from the sport before returning to training at the end of August.

Swim England Summer National Championships - 30 July – 5 August 2018 – Ponds Forge Pool, Sheffield (50m)
University undergraduates Marshall Illingworth and Sandy Forysiak competed for City of Glasgow at this meet. Illingworth swam a tough but well fought race to place fifth in the Boy’s 17/18 years 5km Open Water event, while Forysiak competed in the Boys 19/over 200m Breaststroke performing an excellent heat swim of 2:25.44 to qualify for the final where he went on to secure seventh place overall in 2:26.22.

European Championships - 3-9 August 2018 – Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow (50m)
Backstroke specialist Craig McNally raced for Great Britain at the European Championships held in Glasgow’s home pool at Tollcross. McNally, an undergraduate student at the University of the West of Scotland was in action in the Men’s 200m Backstroke. He swam an excellently paced heat swim to place 13th overall in a time of 1:59.58 – his third fastest ever performance for a morning heat. Unfortunately, McNally was the third ranked British swimmer in the heats and was therefore not allowed to progress to the semi-finals due to the two per country only rule.

European Para-Swimming Championships - 13-19 August 2018 – Dublin, Ireland (50m)
Paralympic medallist Andrew Mullen raced for Great Britain at the European Para-Swimming Championships held in Dublin, Ireland. Mullen, an undergraduate student at Glasgow Caledonian University was in action in three men’s events. Excellent swims in the heats and final of the S5 50m Backstroke earned Mullen the bronze medal, his time of 36.39 being the second fastest ever of his career. In the 50m Butterfly Mullen went one better, swimming powerfully to claim the silver medal in 37.28, not far behind the Ukrainian winner Yaroslav Semenenko. However, the 50m Freestyle posed a tougher challenge had Mullen had to settle for ninth place in the heats after a time of 36.83.

European Deaf Swimming Championships - July 2018 – Poland (50m)
Deaflympic champion Jack McComish was in action for Great Britain at the European Deaf Swimming Championships held in Poland in mid-July. McComish rediscovered his best form at just the right time performing extremely well throughout the week long competition and returning with a hat-trick of bronze medals. His medal winning swims came in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle. He also reached the final of the 200m Breaststroke and was the key swimmer for Britain in all of the relay events.

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After the success of last year's Awards Night in Tollcross, it's time to do it all over again. Put the following date in your diary now for what promises to be a very special event this year as it is our 25th Anniversary.

Friday 7th September 2018 @ 7.00pm

Tollcross International Swimming Centre

Buffet, Disco/Ceilidh, Photo Booth, Raffle and much more.

All members are invited to attend, not just award winners, come along and support your team.

Tickets this year are FREE for swimmers, £7.50 for parents and siblings. 

All swimmers under 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Ticket numbers are limited, so please apply for yours as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Tickets must be bought in advance as numbers are limited. You will not be able to pay at the door.

Buffet, Disco/Ceilidh, Photo Booth, Raffle and much more. There will also be a bar available this year for buying soft and alcoholic drinks.

We invite you to vote for the Male and Female Sportmanship Award. Cast your vote now, here on our website, then come along on the night to see who has won - you never know it may even be you! 

Only members of the website can vote, if you haven't signed up then now is a good time to do so - register here

Also back due to popular demand, our Annual Coach Awards. Come along on the night and you will be able to vote for the coaches in various categories. Here is your opportunity to let your coach know what you think of their performance! But remember, voting is only open to members who come along to the Awards Night.

£7.50 per ticket (parents & siblings) and are only available to buy from our website. Remember, numbers are limited so get your ticket now.

All swimmers under 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian

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Thanks to all of the Swimmers, coaches and volunteers who came along to Time Trials!

We had 42 swimmers, 188 swims, 33 first time swims and a magnificent 56 PB's !!!

Well done to all of those who helped and took part.

In particular the volunteers who did a great job of timekeeping and marshalling:

Frances Blair
Amanda Rigley
James Smith
Michelle McAnea
Tracy Burnett
Eric Ren

Full results are available here

As all times are recorded manually, there may be some errors - please let us know if you spot any mistakes and we will try to correct them.

Times have been updated in the swimmers times database

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28 June to 1 July 2018, Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow
City of Glasgow swimmers are celebrating after earning the prestigious title of Scotland’s top club when winning the overall team trophy at the Scottish National Open Championships last week in the famous Tollcross pool! The squad (a record 55 strong) produced some fantastic performances to finish with a total of 18 medals (5 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze) and 50 finals from 334 swims (including 70 personal best times) helping the club finish top of the final club points rankings for the first time in their history!

Promising junior swimmer Katie Shanahan was one of the leading swimmers capturing an impressive Scottish Open title in the 400 IM, three Scottish Senior titles (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Backstroke) and four Scottish Junior titles (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle). For good measure, her times in the 200 and 400 IM were both new 14 years Scottish Age Group records.

Further Scottish Senior titles were won by Emily Horne (50 Butterfly), Marshall Illingworth (1500 Freestyle) and Ryan Brown (200 Backstroke), with Brown also collecting the silver medal in the 200 Butterfly. In addition, Martin McInnes was awarded the ‘Eileen Adams Trophy’ (a trophy very special to City of Glasgow Swim Team named in honour of the club’s former head coach) for the best combined performance in the Men’s 200 and 400m Freestyle events after winning silver in the 400 and placing sixth in the 200.

As well as Shanahan’s four wins, there were more Scottish Junior titles for Mark Ford (50, 100, 200 Butterfly, 100 Backstroke), Lauren Wetherell (200 and 1500 Freestyle).

Relay teams played a big part in the overall success with the club reaching the relay podium on five occasions, as well as claiming three Scottish Junior relay titles. Silver medals came from the Senior ‘A’ team (Horne, Gülsüm Önal, Anna Fleming and Robyn Crawford) in the Women’s 4x100 Freestyle and the Junior team (Shanahan, Wetherell, Serena Iheagwaram and Elise McQueenie) in the Women’s 4x200 Freestyle, which also claimed the Junior title and set a new Scottish Junior record time of 8:37.44.

The Senior Women’s 4x200 team (Horne, Önal, Fleming and Kirsty Griffiths) took bronze behind the Juniors and these were backed up by further bronze medal winning relays from the Senior ‘A’ team in the Men’s 4x100 Freestyle where McInnes, Grant Henderson, Joe Watt, and Gregor Swinney combined to good effect and the 4x100 Medley where Watt, Brown, Henderson and Cameron Muir were the successful quartet. In addition, both Junior Medley teams won the Scottish Junior titles.
The club was well represented in the multi-classification para-swimming events with Louis Lawlor and Gavin Roberts both having outstanding meets. Lawlor secured gold medal swims in the 50, 100, 200 Freestyle events as well as the 50 Backstroke, while Roberts picked up silver after a determined swim in the 100 Breaststroke. Lawlor’s performances in the 50 & 100 Freestyle and 50 Backstroke were all new Scottish Para-Swimming records for the S14 category.

Head Performance Coach, Ian Wright commented on the club’s results: “The team is absolutely delighted to win the overall top club award at this meet. It had been one of our longer-term goals but it was not something we expected to happen so soon. It was a week where both our senior and junior swimmers were strong, with several athletes breaking through at this level for the first time. We will now look to continue the good form at the Scottish and British Summer Meets later this month.”

Final Team Points Scores:
1st City of Glasgow Swim Team 806
2nd University of Edinburgh 789.5
3rd University of Aberdeen 597.5
4th University of Stirling 567
5th South Lanarkshire Swim Team 283