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Paula Ashworth
1933 –
2008
It is
with great sadness that we report the death of our Treasurer,
Paula Ashworth, who passed away on 4th March after
a short illness.
Paula
had been involved in schools swimming in the Greater
Manchester area for practically all of her teaching career and
had worked with the Manchester Schools Swimming Association
and the English Schools Swimming Association for many years.
She had served this Association, firstly in the ‘old’ Division
2 and then transferring to the current Division 7 following
reorganisation.
In
recent years Paula had fought bravely to overcome serious
health problems and has remained our Divisional Treasurer,
playing a full and active role in all of our divisional
competitions. She had also just completed a 3 year role as
Treasurer of our national Inter Divisional Competition whilst
it has been held in Manchester.
ESSA has
acknowledged Paula’s 30 plus years of work for the Association
by awarding her its Certificate of Thanks - an award which I
know she treasured.
Our
sympathy and best wishes go to Janet, Ian and all of her
family.
She will
be greatly missed.
Chris
Fox
President - ESSA |
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W I S E
International
Crawley
March 2008.
Our delight, following our fantastic
performance in the Inter Divisional Championships last
October, has been increased by the selection of no fewer than
9 of our swimmers for the England Team in this years
International a Crawley. A record for the Division.
These were :
Emma Saunders, Rachael Kelly, Katrina
Alder, Amanda Nugent, Emma Wilkins, Sam Horrocks, Blake Wilson
and Dan Sliwinski. (Russell Smith was also selected but sadly
had to decline)
During the event all of our swimmers
achieved podium places at least twice and in no less than 12
individual events! They were also there in a further 10 relay
events. Overall they gained fifteen 1st places,
three 2nd places, and four 3rd places.
In the relays also they helped to create 9 new Records.
All of our swimmers deserve congratulations
for their achievements, but particularly I would mention our
individual record breakers, Emma Wilkins in the Senior
individual 100m Freestyle and Dan Sliwinski who created
new records in the Senior 100m and 200m Breaststroke and the
200m IM. A truly remarkable achievement.
It was a delight to be there and also to
present them with so many awards.
Chris Fox Division 7 Representative to
ESSA Council.
ESSA President
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Chair/Secretary:
Mrs. Mavis Fox
Rylstone, Wolverhampton Road, Middle Hill, South Staffs
WV10 7LT
Tel: 01922 416959 e-mail:
m.fox@essa-schoolswimming.com
Treasurer:
Competition Secretary:
Mr. Roger Boyer 14
Elder Close, Offerton, Stockport SK2 5AW.
Tel/Fax: 0161 456 9144 e-mail:
roger.boyer@ntlworld.com
Boys Water Polo:
Mr. Trevor Pledger 27
Hamnet Close,Sharples, Bolton BL1 7RZ.
Tel: 01204 309314 e-mail:
t.pledger@essa-schoolswimming.com
Girls Water Polo:
Ms. Julie Allsopp 21
Auburn Drive, Urmston, Manchester M41 9LS.
Tel: 0781 7429196 e-mail:
juliemikepolo@supanet.com
Diving:
Mrs.Jan Isherwood
26 Seddon Rd, Garston, Liverpool, L19 2LJ
Tel: 0151 475 7217 e-mail:
jinw@blueyonder.co.uk
Affiliation:
All educational
establishments, of all types, in Staffordshire and
Stoke-on-Trent LEAs, and the LEAs in the Greater Manchester
area are automatically affiliated to the Division free of
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DATES
FOR 2008 COMPETITIONS |
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Championships: |
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Secondary Schools Team Championships |
Friday 7th November 2008
Broughton Pool, Salford |
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Primary Schools Team Championships |
Friday 25th April 2008
Broughton Pool, Salford
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
RESULTS |
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Division 7 Individual Championships & Trials |
Saturday 20th September 2008
Stockport
CLICK HERE TO
DOWNLOAD ENTRY FORM AND DETAILS |
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Diving Championships & Trials |
To be arranged |
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All of the above details were
correct at the time of publishing, but may be subject to
alteration
For
further information please contact the Divisional
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Entry forms for the above events are
available from the website
or the Competition Secretary. |
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CHRIS FOX ELECTED PRESIDENT
FOR ESSA 2007-2008
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DIVISION 7 COMMITTEE AT
ESSA AGAM - October 2007
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50th SECONDARY SCHOOL TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIPS
DIVISION 7 TRIALS
FOR FULL
RESULTS -
CLICK HERE |
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13th PRIMARY SCHOOL TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIPS
DIVISION 7 TRIALS
FOR FULL
RESULTS -
CLICK HERE |
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58th English Schools'
National Swimming Championships
2007
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DIVISION SEVEN TRIALS |
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FULL LIST OF RESULTS FROM TRIALS
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CLICK HERE |
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DIVISION 7 SELECTED TEAM FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS -
CLICK HERE
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Most Improved Division
AGAIN
To win the title of
‘MOST IMPROVED DIVISION’
last year was brilliant but to win it again this year
emphasises just how well the Team did in at the Inter
Divisional Championships in Manchester on 26/27 October.
It was an excellent performance both in and
out of the water and the Team deserves every congratulation.
Individual greatness was shown by 6 first
places (including 4 new records), 7 second places and 2 third
places but our all round strength was demonstrated by every
one of our Relay Teams making their final and claiming 2 gold,
1 silver and 3 bronze medals.
A further reflection of this strength was
in the Aggregate points awards with Junior Girls taking top
place and the remainder of our teams coming no lower than 5th
place.
But, considering the standard of the
swimming, to come 2nd overall was, I think,
something we couldn’t really have envisaged.
My thanks to you all and in particular to
the Captains and Managers for a wonderful job WELL DONE.
To have done it on our own territory was a
bonus but for me, as President, it really meant so much more.
Thank you
Chris Fox
Divisional Representative – and ESSA
President
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The winning 2007 Junior Girls
Ambah Simpson,
Emma Saunders
Rachael Kelly, Brogan Dean
and Charlotte Dickinson
Sadly Jessica Chadwick was unavailable for this photograph |
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49TH SECONDARY SCHOOL TEAM
CHAMPIONSHIPS
DIVISION 7 TRIALS
FRIDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2006 AT BROUGHTON POOL, SALFORD
FULL RESULTS -
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Bazuka 57th
English Schools’ National Swimming Championships
DIVISION SEVEN TRIALS 2006 - Saturday 16th September 2006
CLICK HERE
TO DOWNLOAD A FULL SET OF RESULTS |
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Bazuka 48th Secondary School Team Championships of England 2005/6
DIVISION SEVEN - RESULTS -
CLICK HERE |
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SUCCESS IN SYNCHRO CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007
After an absence of several years it is good to
report not only participation but success and medals in the 2007
Championships.
In the Duet
competition we had 2 entries:
Altringham Grammar School for Girls
were represented by Melissa Halliwell and Helen Seeby and gained an
excellent 2nd place.
Flixton Girls High School represented
by Emma Norbury and Hilary Gore were less than 3 points behind to
finish in 3rd place
In the Team event
we also had 2 schools taking part:
Sale Grammar School were placed an
excellent 3rd and were represented by, Jenny English,
Louise Palmer, Tejal Patel, and Amelia Parry.
Flixton Girls High School were placed
5th and their swimmers were Emma Norbury, Hilary Gore and
Amy Ribbons.
A big THANK YOU to the Schools for taking part
and also to Trafford Synchro Club for their support.
Hopefully we shall see you all in the competition
next year across our border in Division 2
Chris Fox |
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