Swim Wales Regional Road Show

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Swim Wales Regional Road Show

• Martyn Woodroffe
• National Coaching Co-ordinator
• November 2007

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Successes 2007

• David Davies 3rd World Championships and Pre
  Selection to the Olympic Team.
• Marco Loughran Gold Medallist European Junior
  Championships
• Jemma Lowe British Records 100 and 200 Butterfly
• Alex Warren European Junior Championships (member
  of Gold Medal Relay)
• Rob Holderness European Junior Championship Team

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Successes 2007

• Sara Loughar European Youth Olympic Festival
  Silver Medallist
• Tom Haffield Selected World Short Team
• Georgia Davies Selected European Short Course
  Team
• Owen Morgan Selected European Short Course

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Successes 2007

• Additional Highlights 50 of the Senior Long
  Course Records were broken in 2007. 
• Georgia Davies
• Lowri Tynan
• Marco Loughran
• Jaz Carlin
• Jemma Lowe
• David Davies
• Tom Haffield

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Squad Selections

• Senior Elite 10
• National Youth 21
• Relay Development 8
• South East Regional 28
• South West Regional 22
• North Wales Regional 17

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Squad Selections

• South East Skills 1 13
• South West Skills 1 18
• North Skills 1 15
• South East Skills 2 8
• South West Skills 2 20
• North Skills 2 5

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Selection Criteria 2008

• Selection Policy 2008/09
• National Youth Programme Boys 1993 1994 No 100
  Event Selections
• National Youth Programme Girls 1994 1995 No 100
  Event Selections
• Regional Programme Boys 1993 1994 1995 No 100
  Event Selections
• Regional Programme Girls 1994 1995 1996 No
  100 Event Selections

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National Team Plan 2007 / 08

• Camps as in 2006 /07
• Visiting Coach Programme
• Competition Plan
• Celtic Tri Nations
• Senior Elite North America / Canada
• National Youth Norway Grand Prix Oslo
• Older Regional Swimmers Switzerland

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National Team Plan 2007 / 08

• Younger Regional Swimmers
• Boys Meets TBC
• Girls Meet TBC
• Commonwealth Youth Games India
• Swimmers Born 1990 younger

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Training OpportunitiesandSupport Services

• Wales National Pool Swansea
• Long Course Training Manchester
• Llandudno
• Step Tests
• Physiotherapy
• National Talent ID Coach Stuart McNarry

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Strategic Planand Professional Coaching Posts

• Torfaen County
• Swim Flintshire
• Swim Swansea
• Wrexham
• Gwynedd
• Carmarthenshire
• Pembrokeshire

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The Future

• Structures are now in place
• Improve the Quality of the Programmes
• Change the attitudes of Swimmers and Parents
• 20 plus hours per week
• 60k per week
• Less Time Off
• Standing Still is Not an Option