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MINI LEAGUE 2020 – ROUND 1

Saturday 29th February 2020
Warm-up 12:30pm (all swimmers arrive by 12 noon)
Drumchapel Swimming Pool

Teams: City of Glasgow (host) / Kilmarnock / Renfrew Baths / North Ayrshire

All selected swimmers, who were at training last night, were given a letter to confirm their selection to The Mini League Squad for 2020. Congratulations!!

Please can you email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as soon as possible, to confirm your swimmer is available to compete. Please note that all swimmers selected below will swim at our home round. It is therefore important you confirm availability to Jamie.

As we are the host club, we need to provide some refreshments for the swimmers and also coffee / cakes / biscuits to the parents cheering on their children. In the past we have provided a goodie bag for the swimmers and would ask if you could prepare a max of 6 per household, to ensure we have enough to give to the swimmers at the end of the session. Mini League swimmers will be given an envelope next week which will contain a letter outlining items to be placed in the bag, along with the sandwich bags. We would also be grateful if you could provide some cakes / biscuits for our coffee table.

Congratulations to all who made the team, we hope you are ready to swim great throughout the campaign and most of all ready to have loads of fun!

Thank you to all the parents for your support in ensuring our home round is a huge success!!

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Administrator leave

Please note that our club administrator, Cathie Robertson, will be on annual leave on Thursday 13th – Friday 14th February, and Monday 17th – Thursday 20th February.

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

We had 88 swimmers, 244 swims, 27 first time swims and a magnificent 75 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:

Emily Black
Frances Blair
David Cunningham
Frazer Dunn
Janet Ferrie
Lynne Kernweiss
Naomi Pavri
Lee Ann Scotland
Angela Taylor
Patrick Von Moeller

Marshalling:
Derek McAulay

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 Team Unify Database available in the ONDECK App

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

We had 88 swimmers, 262 swims, 45 first time swims and a magnificent 80 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:

Jude Barber
Frances Blair
David Cunningham
Alan Deans
Frazer Dunn
Janet Ferrie
Lynne Kernweiss
Heather McIntyre
Lakmi Perera
Patrick Von Moeller

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 Team Unify Database available in the ONDECK App

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TIME TRIALS Saturday 1st February 2020

Scotstoun Leisure Centre

Warm up 7am, start 7.15am, finish 8.45am (approx).

The club will be running Time Trials from 7am until 8.45am at Scotstoun Leisure Centre.

This will provide a competitive opportunity for swimmers to get timed for the first time or to improve their times in order to gain entry to more competitions.

Due to limitations on lane space it is open to all swimmers in Junior Foundation, Junior Development 1 & 2 and Club Squads only, unless otherwise advised by your coach.

Swimmers in these squads from all COGST pools i.e. Scotstoun, Maryhill, Drumchapel, Springburn, Gorbals, Tollcross may come along.

We will be running a variety of events.

Your Coach will tell you which events you should swim, but to get the most benefit from Time Trials, please swim events which you do not have a current up to date time for. You can swim three events.

We will be running more Time Trials throughout the season when we will cover other strokes and distances.

All swimmers should bring a spare towel and T shirt to dry off and keep warm between swims.

To ensure all swimmers are able to be timed we will need some parents to help on poolside as timekeepers. You don’t need any experience so if you are able to help please send your details to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or just come forward on the day.

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The mini league squad for 2020 has now been selected. This has been made at the coaches discretion, any queries please contact jamiemckinley35@gmail.com. If you have been selected this does not mean you will get to swim at every round.

Congratulations to all who made the team, we look forward to working with you. We hope you are ready to swim great throughout the campaign and most of all ready to have loads of fun!

Mini league squad 2020

Girls 8&under

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COGST Office holiday closure

Please note that our club office will be closed from 21^st December – 5^th January.

For any urgent enquiries please contact the committee via the club website.

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Objectives and Procedures – 2020 onwards

Purpose

COGST has been providing formal ‘Time Trial’ opportunities for Foundation and Development level swimmers for many years.

Review

A brief review of the Time Trial programme and systems was conducted in October 2019 as a result of feedback received from parents, swimmers and coaches regarding inconsistencies in delivery and confusion over the purpose.  The club’s coaches were consulted and asked to provide ideas for how to improve the Time Trial system in line with meeting its core purpose.

2020 Plan

This would be implemented from the first scheduled time trials in 2020 and monitored throughout the year to assess its effectiveness with possible amendments as needed.

Achievement Standards

The following standards will be used from January 2020.  These times should be used by swimmers as ‘Target Achievements’ to aim for.  Once an event has been ‘Achieved’ the swimmer can no longer contest it at any future Time Trial sessions.

Guidelines

• Swimmers should normally participate in a maximum of 3 events within any Time Trial session. Higher level swimmers may do less than 3 races if they have already achieved most of the target times.
• Swimmers aged 9/under can only enter 25s, 50s plus 100 Free and 100 IM.
• Swimmers aged 10/11 can only enter 25s, 50s, 100s plus 200 Free and 200 IM.
• Swimmers aged 12/over can only enter 50s, 100s, 200s plus 400 Free and 400 IM.
• All 25m and 50m events are automatically ‘unlocked’.
• Swimmers must ‘unlock’ at least two 50m Achievement Standards before they can enter any of the 100m events.
• Swimmers must ‘unlock’ at least two 100m Achievement Standards before they can enter any of the 200m events.
• Swimmers must ‘unlock’ at least one 200m Achievement Standard before they can enter any of the 400m events.
• Events can be unlocked or achieved at Time Trials or Local Club or Schools Meets where official results sheets are produced.
• Once a swimmer has obtained the Achievement Standard for an event they can no longer enter that event at any future Time Trial sessions.
• Swimmers should consult with their squad coach about what events to participate in at each Time Trial.
• Ages are as at 31^st December in the year or competition.
• If a swimmer does not easily fit within the above parameters, squad coaches will use their discretion on an individual basis to enable each swimmer to have an effective and meaningful time trial experience.

Future Considerations

Consideration should be given to further developing the Time Trials in the future to enhance the organizational and value of the event.  In particular, the following recommendations should be tested and implemented in the short to medium term.

• Create the Time Trials as a calendar event on Team Unify which swimmers/parents must declare their intention to participate or not. A list can then be printed out and used on the day to mark attendance by each coach.  This would also allow for better planning of on the day arrangements such as timelines, recording, timekeeping and officiating duties.
• Add a Time Trial event structure to TU which coaches would use to add swimmers to events in advance of the date. This would enable a draft psych/start sheet to be produced in advance and therefore the meet could be planned and pre-seeded in advance.

Many thanks

Ian Wright

COGST Head Coach

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Dear Swimmers & Parents,

Please be aware that your Scottish Swimming Annual Registration membership fee is due to be paid on 1^st February 2020. Therefore, the amount of £60 per swimmer shall be automatically debited via your Team Unify Account along with training fees for the month of January. This payment ensures continued membership of the club and Scottish Swimming, as well as providing the insurance necessary to allow members to train and compete.

If you have any questions about your renewal, please contact our club administrator, Cathie Robertson, by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone 0141 287 5447

Many thanks

COGST Committee

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Administrator leave

Please note that our club administrator, Cathie Robertson, will be on annual leave from Wednesday 4^th – Friday 6^th December.

For any urgent enquiries please contact the committee via the club website.