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Club Trophies
The club has set up two new swimming awards for Thame Swimming Club swimmers. Those of you who attended the AGM in June will know about the trophies and how to win them. These trophies are awarded to the most improved and most competitive swimmers in the club. To recognise the fantastic support we have had from Rob Brooks, Director of Sport at Lord Williams’s school, we have set up the Rob Brooks Development award. This award will be awarded to the swimmer whose times improve the most between and will be awarded at the Club presentation night.
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| Rob Brooks Development Trophy for the Most Improved Swimmer 2011 Awarded. |
The 2011 Rob Brooks Development Trophy for the most improved swimmer was presented at club presentation night on 28th January 2012 at the Spread Eagle Hotel in Thame. Rob Brooks couldn’t be at the event as his father was ill in hospital in Cornwall and Rob had to go and see him. This award looks at improvement in times throughout the season between September, the start of the season and July at the end. To qualify, swimmers must have a time for each of the 50m events and each of the 100m events including 100m Butterfly and IM. This year the three finalists were very close indeed. The trophy was presented to Marcus Birmingham but with the improvers so close this year it could have been very different. Well done to Marcus. |
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- 1st - Marcus Birmingham, 6.4%
- 2nd - Tom Goetz, 6.2%
- 3rd - Nacho Mendi, 5.6%
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| Simon Burnett Competition Trophy 2011 Awarded to Liam Talbott |
The 2011 Simon Burnett Competition Trophy for the most competitive swimmer was presented at club presentation night on 28th January 2012 at the Spread Eagle Hotel in Thame. Simon couldn’t be with us as he is training hard for Team GB London 2012 qualification and will be in the UK in February for training in Sheffield before heading to the London 2012 Aquatics centre at the Olympic park in March for the British Gas Nationals which is the qualifying event for London 2012, hopefully we’ll see him some time in March. Simon’s Mum, Mel was due to present the award but family issues prevented her from attending. She did send a message for the club. Jean Simmonds from UCARE stepped up and read a personal message from Simon Burnett’s Mum, Mel and then presented the Simon Burnett Competition Trophy. To win this trophy points are awarded for race placings between a Speeding Ticket, Gold, Silver, Bronze etc all the way down to 1 point for a DQ as at least the swimmer was there. Just before Club Champs to top five places were separated by only 35 points between Liam Talbott in first and Grace Gilmore in 5th with James Goetz, Nacho Mendi and George Finch, it could have gone to any of them as they all did well at Club Champs. In the end the award went to Liam Talbott, well done Liam.
Click here for top 10 most competitive swimmers |
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Rob Brooks Development Trophy for the Most Improved Swimmer 2010 Awarded. |
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| Rob Brooks, Director of Sport at Lord Williams’s School, who sponsors the Most Improved award came to present the Rob Brooks Development trophy at Thame Swimming Club’s second annual presentation night at the Spread Eagle on Saturday 15th January. To qualify for the most improved swimmer award, the swimmers had to have times for all the 50M and 100M events. The times being compared between September 2009 and September 2010. The evening then moved on to the Rob Brooks Development Trophy for the most improved swimmer in 2010. The swimmers are assessed on their times through a whole season, September to September and their percentage improved on all strokes assessed. The Rob Brooks trophy was lifted by Lauren Collins with an improvement of 20.5%. The runners up with Liam Talbott, Rachel Newton, Grace Gilmore and Florence Savage. Rob Brooks presented the trophy and congratulated Lauren, who started at Lord Williams’s School in year 7 in September 2010. |
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Simon Burnett Competition Trophy Awarded to the Boys Vice Captain, Jamie Goetz |
The Simon Burnett Competition Trophy for the Most Competitive Swimmer was awarded at Thame Swimming Club’s second annual presentation night at the Spread Eagle on Saturday 15th January 2010.
Simon Burnett could not be with us as he is already on his training programme for the nationals in March 2011 and training in the USA. This is a hotly contested award where points are awarded for places earned at galas. Points are awards throughout 2010 to the swimmers for their performance in galas. Points are awarded for places from a speeding ticket, GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE etc, all the way down to a DQ – as if you were DQ’d you were there. This year the trophy went to Boys Squad Vice Captain, Jamie Goetz who missed out last year coming second to the Finchinator. This year Jamie lifted the trophy with 473 points, 117 points clear of Grace Gilmore who came second. George “The Finchinator” Finch came third followed by Liam Talbott and Ella Simms. Results. |
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Rob Brooks Development Trophy for the Most Improved Swimmer 2009 Awarded.
Rob Brooks, Director of Sport at Lord Williams’s School, who sponsors the Most Improved award came to present the Rob Brooks Development trophy at Thame Swimming Club’s first annual presentation night at the Spread Eagle on Saturday 10th January 2010 and to entertain us with one of his speeches. To qualify for the most improved swimmer award, the swimmers had to have times for all the 50M and 100M events. The times being compared between September 2008 and September 2009. Lauren Collins put in a fantastic performance with 24.2% improvement but couldn’t qualify as she was missing one of the required times. |
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In third place for the award was Gemma Sutton with 18.7% improvement. In second was Jamie Goetz with an improvement of 20.5%, an impressive performance for a Group 4 County & District swimmer where such large improvements are harder. The award was won by Thomas Goetz with a 26.7% improvement. Mr Brooks presented the award to Thomas and then thanked the club for honouring him with an award, even though in his opinion, you normally have to be dead to get that honour. Mrs Brooks has had him checked out several times this year and he’s definitely ok and will be back next year to present again! |
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Simon Burnett Competition Trophy Awarded to the Finchinator!
The Simon Burnett Competition Trophy for the Most Competitive Swimmer was awarded at Thame Swimming Club’s first annual presentation night at the Spread Eagle on Saturday 10th January 2010. |
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Simon Burnett could not be with us as he is already on his training programme for the Commonwealth Games later this year and is training in the USA. A hotly contested award where points are awarded for places earned at galas. The squad have been chasing this award since it was announced in 2009 and it has been touch and go all year between the top few swimmers with first and second places constantly changing hands. In third place was Imogen McCalman with a total of 248 points. In second was Jamie Goetz, Boys Vice Captain, with 317 points but with 339 points the Finchinator himself– George Finch, boys squad captain, raised the trophy. |
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| The Rob Brooks Development Trophy is awarded to the most improved swimmer.
Improvement is measured by dividing total improvement time for all 50m and 100m strokes (including 100 IM) by the aggregate of base times for the same 9 strokes. |
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| Base times are set from the start of the season in September and the winner is the swimmer with the highest % improvement by the end of the season in August of the following year. |
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| Swimmers will be able to monitor progress on their individual report card and, by including strokes for which every swimmer must have a time, the measure should ensure parity across all ages and abilities. |
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The Rob Brooks Development Trophy |
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The Simon Burnett Competition Trophy is awarded to the most competitive swimmer. Points are awarded to swimmers for attendance at galas, the number of events they enter and the results they achieve, in accordance with the following: |
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Achieved
Speeding Ticket
Gold Medal
Silver Medal
Bronze Medal
Fourth Place
Fifth Place
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The Simon Burnett Competition Trophy |
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Points will be recorded from January until December and a league ladder will be updated periodically on the noticeboard and website, in order that swimmers can monitor progress. We hope that Simon will be able to attend the presentation evening to present this award to the winning swimmer.
You’ll get to keep the big trophy for 9 months until the December of the year you win it, then we’ll need it back to allow us to prepare for the next presentation night but don’t despair you will also receive a smaller award to keep to mark the fact that you won one of the clubs trophies.
So, with time trials, galas and club championships all coming up before December 2009 there is plenty of opportunity move up the rankings and win one or both of these fantastic trophies – the best of luck to all swimmers. |
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