Sutton-in-Ashfield Swimming Club (Est. 1927)

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Sutton Swimming Club are so proud of their 13yr old swimmer Ruslans Golubs who continues to impress and improve this season. Having been crowned overall 13yr old boy Nottinghamshire County Champion in March 2013 Ruslans has secured even more success during April 2013.
 
At the City of Leicester Swimming Club Open Meet, Ruslans won 4 Gold medals, 1 Silver medal and 1 Bronze medal which is astonishing given that he was competing against both 13 and 14 yr olds in his age group.
 
In the 400m Individual Medley, Ruslans took Bronze in a personal best time of 4.50.02 narrowly missing out on the National qualifying time of 4.49.45.
 
In the 200m Breaststroke, Ruslans secured his first ever National qualifying time by taking the Gold medal in a time of 2.30.97. This means that Ruslans will now compete in the British Gas ASA National Championships to be held at Ponds Forge in July/August 2013.
 
Ruslans followed this success with another National qualifying time in the 100m Breaststroke event winning his heat in a time of 1.10.26. In the final of this event Ruslans could not quite match this time but still won the Gold medal in a time of 1.11.00.
 
In the 200m Freestyle, Ruslans finished 5th in a time of 2.04.21. In the 200m Individual Medley Ruslans won the Gold medal in a time of 2.18.12. In the 200m Butterfly Ruslans again won the Gold medal in a time of 2.18.79. In the final of the 100m Butterfly, Ruslans won the Silver medal in a time of 1.02.01 just 0.77 seconds outside the National qualifying time.
 
These achievements have now been recognised by the East Midlands Schools Swimming Association who have selected Ruslans to compete in their team for the 63rd English Schools' National Swimming Championships at the Liverpool Aquatics centre on Saturday and Sunday 29th & 30th June 2013. Ruslans will represent the East Midlands team as the junior swimmer in both the 100m and 200m Breaststroke events.   
 
Ruslans attends the Lammas School in Sutton-in-Ashfield and competes for both Sutton Swimming Club and the Nottinghamshire Nova Swim Squad.
 
Sutton Swimming Club are really proud of Ruslans achievements and wish him every success at the English Schools Championships and the British Gas ASA National Championships.
 
Other Sutton SC swimmers doing well at the City of Leicester Open Meet included Chloe Quinn 10yrs who made the final of the 100m Butterfly event, finishing just outside of the medals in 4th place in a new Personal Best time of 1.24.05. Nicola Peach, Sophie Bunker and Lauren Quinn also swam well with a number of Personal Best times being achieved. 
 
MONTHLY Timings Sessions
 
Timing Sessions for May will be as follows:
 
Beginners - Tuesday 14th May 7pm
Advanced - Thursday 16th May 8pm
 
O.A.S.I.S. Sponsored Swim Sunday 14th April
 
Congratulations to all SSC swimmers and participating parents who did so much to make the 2013 Tri 1-2-3 a great success. There were some very note-worthy achievements throughout the days events. See the Charities and Fundraising page (within the members section) for more details.
 
Upcoming Open Meet
 
Sutton Swimming club is once again planning to organise a squad entry for the Dukeries Open - Ponds Forge (31-August).
 
Places are limited so please contact Andy Quinn as soon as possible with your selected events and ensure that he also has full payment by 3rd May
 
Thank you
 
 
Sports Centre League - After 2 galas Sutton are top of Division 3. [Table]