Surrey Masters & Seniors Closed Meet

[Spidey]

2005 SURREY MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
EVENT INFORMATION
Saturday 18th June & Saturday 2nd July
Herons Leisure Centre, Kings Road, Haselmere
Warm up 7.15pm for 7.45pm
Closing Date: Monday 16th May
Order of events
Session 1 – 18th June
1 Ladies 200m Freestyle
2 Mens 100m I/M
3 Ladies 50m Breaststroke
4 Mens 50m Breaststroke
5 Ladies 100m Butterfly
6 Mens 100m Butterfly
7 Ladies 50m Freestyle
8 Mens 50m Freestyle
9 Ladies 100m Backstroke
10 Mens 100m Backstroke
11 Ladies 4x25m Medley Relay
12 Mens 4x25m Freestyle Relay
13 Mixed 4x25m Medley Relay
Session 2 - 2nd July
14 Mens 200m Freestyle
15 Ladies 100m I/M
16 Mens 50m Butterfly
17 Ladies 50m Butterfly
18 Mens 100m Breaststroke
19 Ladies 100m Breaststroke
20 Mens 50m Backstroke
21 Ladies 50m Backstroke
22 Mens 100m Freestyle
23 Ladies 100m Freestyle
24 Mens 4x25m Medley Relay
25 Ladies 4x25m Freestyle Relay
26 Mixed 4x25m Freestyle Relay

If you want me to send you an entry form, email me at terryswims@y200fly.com

[Spidey]

[CENTER]2005 SURREY MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
I am not spidey, I am just using his pc whilst he nipped to the loo in the internet cafe. I for one would love to attend this meet and am going get my entry in like a good Master Swimmer, why don't the rest of you do this, then he will stop going on - and on. :king:

[wendy]

Darn Spidey! Is there Surrey Masters Championships approaching?
I just wished you'd mentioned it before, and I might have been able to use that as my debut :speechles
Why all the secrecy??? :p

[londoner62]

2005 SURREY MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
EVENT INFORMATION
Saturday 18th June & Saturday 2nd July
Herons Leisure Centre, Kings Road, Haselmere
Warm up 7.15pm for 7.45pm
Closing Date: Monday 16th May
If you want me to send you an entry form, email me at terryswims@y200fly.com

Have you had any requests yet Mr Spidey?

[Spidey]

Have you had any requests yet Mr Spidey?
7 entries to date. none in age group D.

[londoner62]

none in age group D.

Sounds to me either you are not going to compete or you haven't put your own form in yet and if you haven't, maybe we will wait until you do! :p

[adamlelean]

7 entries to date. none in age group D.
Well you won't let me swim.

I let you swim in my competition, but haven't had your entry yet.

Anyway there's more than 24 hours before the closing date, it's far too early for most people to think about sending in their entry.

[Spidey]

I let you swim in my competition, but haven't had your entry yet. .
Sorry, but the draw of a sunny beach got the better of me, next year as an E, I will be there, doing the rounds trying to do all the events, long and short, may even have to the 200 fly Y

[Leprechaun]

[CENTER]2005 SURREY MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS
EVENT INFORMATION
Saturday 18th June & Saturday 2nd July
If you want me to send you an entry form, email me at terryswims@y200fly.com

I'm pleased to advise you that entry form plus cheque is on its way today. I have a question on entry fees though - is the £3.50:

a) economy class - lanes 1 and 8 only, limited arm and leg room but you are resigned to your fate before you go anyway
b) club class - you believe you are treated randomly and fairly but often, as a club, SEEM to be mostly in lanes 1,2,7 and 8.
c) first class - lucky lanes 3,4,5,6!!

Given that we have discussed probabilities somewhere else on this forum today, I reckoned that at IoW and Bracknell it was 9 of 10 swims in outside lanes - is it just me?

[Spidey]

I'm pleased to advise you that entry form plus cheque is on its way today. I have a question on entry fees though - is the £3.50:

a) economy class - lanes 1 and 8 only, limited arm and leg room but you are resigned to your fate before you go anyway
b) club class - you believe you are treated randomly and fairly but often, as a club, SEEM to be mostly in lanes 1,2,7 and 8.
c) first class - lucky lanes 3,4,5,6!!

Given that we have discussed probabilities somewhere else on this forum today, I reckoned that at IoW and Bracknell it was 9 of 10 swims in outside lanes - is it just me?
Lets look at it this way, it may not be only in a warm up that the swimmers who may have difficulty in getting out of the pool are given the outside lanes.

[FlyingBean]

Lets look at it this way, it may not be only in a warm up that the swimmers who may have difficulty in getting out of the pool are given the outside lanes.
What about swimmers who have difficulty getting into the water (without doing a seriously dodgy dive)? At this rate the gala could go on all night, with the middle lanes empty for quite a few heats!

At least in the outside lanes there are less lane ropes to hold your breath and duck under when you're struggling to recover!

[RaoulD]

7 entries to date. none in age group D.

I hope to enter once I get my ASA registration and some current times. I cannot rely upon my PBs from 20+ years ago.

It just so happens that I am in age group D!

[Spidey]

I hope to enter once I get my ASA registration and some current times. I cannot rely upon my PBs from 20+ years ago.

It just so happens that I am in age group D!
Look forward to an entry, I do get a few with times made up, some like my own I say, but even some with no times, ASA number, and what is new.

[londoner62]

My entry form is on it's way by snail mail so you should get it sometime mid-May!

[Heat One, Lane One]

Is this event open to all?

[londoner62]

Is this event open to all?
It's a closed meet, I'm able to swim because I was born in the county.
I'm given to understand that one can swim in the counties if a) born in the county concerned or b) registered with a club in the county.

[malcolmf]

Can anyone point me at a URL for the entry forms, they don't appear to be on the Surrey website, and Terrys e-mail address gets bounced back to me.

[Spidey]

Wouldn't it nice to get all the entries complete with valid ASA numbers, reply envelopes and, before the closing date. I can dream can't I. :rainbow:

[FlyingBean]

I can dream can't I. :rainbow:
Apparently!! :angel:

[Spidey]

Thank you to those who left it to the last minute and sent recorded mail. I have to be up at 5.30 during the week so thought a Lie in this morning would be good - NO - postman rang at 7am. with 30 envelopes. :shocking:

[Spidey]

Thank you to those who left it to the last minute and sent recorded mail. I have to be up at 5.30 during the week so thought a Lie in this morning would be good - NO - postman rang at 7am. with 30 envelopes. :shocking:
Thought that was bad, Monday morning even more, and following Monday (when the event closed) more - so I returned them EVENT CLOSED :devil:

[Leprechaun]

Thought that was bad, Monday morning even more, and following Monday (when the event closed) more - so I returned them EVENT CLOSED :devil:

So does that mean you can publish list of accepted entries? The worst (ok least good then) bit of the Surreys is the minimal rest time between events, particularly when coach insists on quantity not quality, hence my name may well be found in unchartered waters such as 50 back and novelty races such as 50 fly. In E and above we only have a limited number of kilojoules of energy and to blow them all on the first race is a bit daft....and likely outcome is to fall asleep in the post-race curry.

[GettingFaster]

....and likely outcome is to fall asleep in the post-race curry.
I seem to remember actually doing that last year, but my excuse was that I had just spent 6 days in the Far East and only 4 nights in a proper bed because of the flight times and time differences. By the end of that session I didn't know what way was up!

[londoner62]

So, what happened in the first instalment? With all the hype of a few months ago I expected the results to be up and visible, but, oh no..... silence from Spidey, F/B, G/F et al. Results anyone........or are you too busy recovering :p

[GettingFaster]

Curry afterwards was superb, and made all the more delightful with the wonderful Spidey sitting at the table beside us. I managed one measly PB on 100 fly (LC is 2 secs faster) while FB did 5 races and got 7 PBs. Leppie pulled out all the stops on his 50 free with a stonking time that he's only been dreaming of recently, Spidey did a superb 50 breast though the red suit was sorely missed. Others will give their own reports or add to these brief details.

[Leprechaun]

Curry afterwards was superb, and made all the more delightful with the wonderful Spidey sitting at the table beside us. I managed one measly PB on 100 fly (LC is 2 secs faster) while FB did 5 races and got 7 PBs. Leppie pulled out all the stops on his 50 free with a stonking time that he's only been dreaming of recently, Spidey did a superb 50 breast though the red suit was sorely missed. Others will give their own reports or add to these brief details.

For what its worth 2 swims were sub(ie better than) NI record standard but because I swam for non NI club they dont count. 50 free (28.19)was 0.02 outside..grrr..but best I have swum for 6 years.
Best bit of any of these is the curry afterwards - even Spidey turned up in OUR curry house.
Have already got the markers for next time around but faced with choice of going for 200/100 free or 100 br - cant do all three at max pace thats for sure.
Polo training still seems to be biggest contributor but others would point at the recycling box full of (empty) Guinness cans.

[RaoulD]

Apart from a few club galas this was my first competitive meet for over 20 years. I was pretty pleased with the times that I did considering that I only spend about 2 hours a week in the pool compared with the 25-30 hours I used to spend when I took things seriously. I managed to knock 6 seconds off the 100 IM time that I had done at my clubs sprint championships 6 weeks previously and a 1 1/2 secs off the times that I had done for 50 free and 50 breast.

Looking forward to the 2nd - albeit that I seem to have entered every event!

[GettingFaster]

Looking forward to the 2nd - albeit that I seem to have entered every event!

Well done, you! And entering every event is the ONLY thing to do at Surreys, gives you an appetite for the curry! Do come over to the Guildford lot and look for the slowest ladies who might even surreptitious display a Swimclub t-shirt when Coach A isn't watching...

[londoner62]

50 free (28.19)was 0.02 outside..grrr..but best I have swum for 6 years.
Big swim Leppy, Pleased for you mate, sorry I won't see you :cry: at the second meet but it appears I was fed duff information by the man in red! :devil: It appears the rule book was not read in close detail before extending my invite. :read: Nonetheless I shall be there in spirit :wave:

[FlyingBean]

For me it all seems to depend on how the first race goes. For the ladies it was the 200 free - which was my favourite of all the Surrey events, and it went very well. It was a 4 sec pb, with my 100 free time beaten along the way as well. There were a few individuals who I was targetting in this race and managed to beat them all (by a very small margin in one case). So after a good first race, I was in the zone for a good rest of the gala. :)

Not looking forward to weekend 2 quite as much as the events are all a bit short, and I may have mentioned before that I don't do sprints. :rolleyes:

One of the nice things about the Surreys is that there are so many of my favourite swimmers and officials there - which really makes for a great atmosphere and fun evening. So many people did good times, and the looks on their faces was just fantastic. :king:

[Spidey]

Curry afterwards was superb, Spidey did a superb 50 breast though the red suit was sorely missed. .
From other comments here, red faced instead of red suited. Had not trained since End of April, silly to do the events, but hey. 100 I/M hurt, so went to the 50m Brst as a technique swim, and it was with a suprising time, 100m Fly next, never have my arms given up more tha here. 50m Free, 2 seconds down on Guernsey, 100m Back, did not have the energy to tumble and flipped instead. Enjoyed the Curry afterwards though.

[Spidey]

but it appears I was fed duff information by the man in red! :devil: It appears the rule book was not read in close detail
Not fair here, I did try, how was I to know there was page eighteen in the book. :rainbow: Too busy asking swimmers for their ASA numbers and no time to study all.

[Leprechaun]

From other comments here, red faced instead of red suited. Had not trained since End of April, silly to do the events, but hey. 100 I/M hurt, so went to the 50m Brst as a technique swim, and it was with a suprising time, 100m Fly next, never have my arms given up more tha here. 50m Free, 2 seconds down on Guernsey, 100m Back, did not have the energy to tumble and flipped instead. Enkoyed the Curry afterwards though.

You could have joined our table and helped us count our medals......will reserve a space or two for this week though!

[Spidey]

You could have joined our table and helped us count our medals......will reserve a space or two for this week though!
Would have loved to have joined you, but bronze :cool: clashes with my tan at the moment, prefer gold. :rainbow:

[Spidey]

Just to let you all know that entry forms are avilable for the 2006 Masters and Seniors meet, 1st & 15th July at Haslemere, 8 lane 25m pool. (Surrey Swimmers only I am afraid). PM me or visit the http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5026-147892-165108-nav-list,00.html site to get my email address.