Bristol Henleaze Swimming Club

Entry times for this open meet have been changed since last week - latest version is available on the link below. 

BHSC  is inviting swimmers with qualifying times to enter this open meet in January. Details can be found by clicking on this <link>

Please note the following condtions of entry:

Entry Times must have been obtained at a licensed meet, and random checks will be made against the ASA Online Rankings Data Base. Exeter City Swimming Club may request validation of any stated entry time.

If swimmers are found to have entered the meet with false or made up times, they will be disqualified from all events that they have entered and their entry fees will be forfeit

Entry times may be submitted as short course or long course times, using the Hy-Tek entry file, but will be converted to long course times using Hy-Tek’s Meet Manager software. Please do not convert short course times manually. Estimated times are not permitted.

If you would like to enter, then please give your entries to Jez along with a cheque payable to Bristol Henleaze Swimming Club by Friday 8th December at the latest.

Once again many of BH swimmers spent the weekend at an open meet, this time it was local at Hengrove 50m Pool, so not too far to travel which for an early start is of course an added bonus... especially for the parents!

BH had a total of 14 swimmers over the course of the weekend and for some this was a new challenge competing in a long course pool. As a Level 1 meet the competition is tough as are the qualifying times for one to even get there, so those that did achieve this should pat themselves on the back! There was also the little known fact that there was an Olympic medallist competing which added a certain element of excitement to the atmosphere. More about him later!

Everyone did extremely well and should be applauded for their sportsmanship and behaviour poolside. There were many PB’s and swimmers you must remember that the long course (LC) time will always be slightly slower than your short course (SC) equivalent. Archie Watts has to have a special mention as he has never even trained in a LC pool, so well done Archie!

There were place medals/trophies for the top 3 in age groups 10/under, 11/12yrs, 13/14yrs & 15/over, the 15/over category being particularly difficult to place in. A special well done to the following;

Abi Bowring (15/Over) SILVER in the 200 BREASTSTROKE with a time of 2.46.80

Laura Waters (10/U) BRONZE in the 50 BACKSTROKE with a time of 41.85

Alysia Maestri (10/U) SILVER in the 200 BREASTSTROKE with a time of 3.27.22

SILVER in the 200 BACKSTROKE with a time of 3.05.25

BRONZE in the 100 BREASTSTROKE with a time of 1.38.92

BRONZE in the 100 BACKSTROKE with a time of 1.26.40

BRONZE in the 100 FREESTYLE with a time of 1.17.51

To add to all the excitement swimmers attending on the Saturday were treated to two great swims by Michael Jamieson. Some of the BH swimmers attended a great Breaststroke clinic back last year which was delivered by Michael and most of you will also remember no doubt that on Wednesday 1^st August everyone was treated to a spectacular 200 Breaststroke race which was so close that Olympic Gold and Silver were separated by literally nothing. Michael Jamieson won Silver in 2.07.43 where as the Gold was won by Hungarian Daniel Gyurta in 2.07.28!

Saturday saw Michael competing in the 100 & 200 Breaststroke. A little off his Olympic pace did not matter as everyone lined up on poolside and cheered with gusto. A very respectable time of 1.06.60 got him Silver in the 100 Breaststroke and Gold in the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2.15.83.

It was also great to be working so well along side Penguins Swimming club and here’s hoping that Jon Falco is now feeling much better than he was on Sunday! J

Thanks as usual to all poolside helpers, in particular Hilary and Tina who give up their valuable time to ensure the swimmers are safe, eat, drink and are happy and entertained as well as being in the right place at the right time... positive feedback only please! Thanks also to Richard Edwards our Official who with no children swimming deserves a big thank you.

WELL DONE to all which included; Abi, Jono, Holly, Maddie, Molly, Charlie, Sam Marshall, Oscar, Rory, Oriana, Laura Waters, Archie, Grace Caple & Alysia.

The results from the Aquae Sulis open meet are now on the results database.

Swimmers' entry times for Gloucester Blocks have been updated to include conversions to short course from this meet . Look at "Entries" on the Results database to find new  times for your Blocks forms.

We are often asked how swimmers can find their results or entry times for swimming meets. All of the results for galas etc. are recorded using  Hytek’s Team Manager software, and the club can then upload up to the last 4 years’ results onto the website. More information is available <here>, but a quick start guide is outlined below.

To find entry times for a meet

1. Log into the website - set up a new username and password if necessary.
2. Click on "BHSC Results Database". This appears on the main menu only when you are logged in.
3. A blue box appears in a separate window - click on "Entries".
4. Find the meet that you have been invited to enter and click on "Entries" to the left of the meet name. Scroll down and you'll find all of your swimmer’s qualifying times.

To see your results
1. Log into the website - set up a new username and password if necessary.
2. Click on "BHSC Results Database". This appears on the main menu only when you are logged in.
3. Click on "Athletes" in the blue box that appears.
4. Athletes are arranged by surname in alphabetical order. Click on the letter that corresponds to you surname.  If there too many swimmers whose surname begins with a particular letter, then you can alter the number of “Records per page” – it only shows the first 20 unless you change it.
5. Click on “Times” next to the swimmer’s name.

6. It will look like there are no times at all, but the system defaults to courses in yards, so you need to reset the "Course" to SCM (short course metres) or LCM (long course metres) depending on whether you are looking for long or short course times.
The fastest "1" will appear, but you can change the number of fastest results to anything you choose.