City of Leeds Open Day - 28th November 2010

The City of Leeds are holding an open/exhibition day in the diving pit at the John Charles Aquatics Centre on 28th November 2010, from 2pm until 4.30pm.

On the final session prior to the NAGs, the club are offering an open invite to all parents, family and friends and all coaches in the region to see all 19 routines that the girls are entering to swim at the NAGs in Gloucester. This is to give the girls a dress rehearsal in front of an enthusiastic and supportive audience and give everyone the chance to see the routines who can not travel to Gloucester, and to wish them luck.

We want you to make as much noise as you can - and yes vuvuzelas are allowed !!!

There will be a small raffle on the day, so any donations will be welcome and the event will see the launch of the City of Leeds 2011 Calender, which is hot off the press.

The girls will be swimming the routines in full competition kit, with hair gelled, and we have managed to secure the services of a professional photographer to take photo's of the event that you can purchase on the day. Please be aware that if you purchase on the day, some of the proceeds go to the club, but you must buy these on the day. He does upload pictures to his website for purchase after the event as well.

The same poolside crew that will be present at Gloucester will be helping the girls prepare in the lunchtime prior to the session following the usual morning training session.

Please invite as many as you can and there is no admission fee, although you may get your collar felt for a raffle ticket or a synchro definition t-shirt. (My ambition is to get rid of these by 2012 !)

All members are invited to attend as are all our regional club coaches - so please spread the word.

Time is now confirmed and we recommend you get there for 2pm, to get a seat get your raffle ticket and calender before we sell out. We have 19 routines to get through and so the first routine will begin at 2.30pm.

City of Leeds 2011 Calender !

Behind the scenes a few of us have been working on the City of Leeds 2011 Calender !!

This includes pictures and special moments from training, and competitions from throughout the year. There are about 40 or so pictures and just include almost everyone in some pose or posture ! Not only is this of functional use, but also it serves as a momento of a great year for the club. You might want to order two, so you can put one away to look back on !

They go on sale on our open day on November 28th.

If you can't make it - please reserve yours today by emailing

secretary@synchroleeds.org

We have not got a price yet - will update you at the weekend.

Spare Kit

We have a couple of spare items available for purchase if you want to immerse yourself in the team colours;

1 Medium Sized Hoodie (Silver Emblem Limited Edition style) - £10
1 Small Blue Polo T-Shirt (Yellow Emblem) - £5

Now - the "Small" is deceptive in the Polo fit. As some of you will testify, it is actually more like a large and would even fit me !

These do go fast and we only order them once a year, so send an email to

secretary@synchroleeds.org

to reserve one today.

We also do have a few (about 30) Synchro Definition t-shirts avaiilable, Only £5, all proceeds got to the club funds.

Make great Christmas pressies !

13-14 Team Changes

A small but quite significant change to the entrants list reported before is to the 13-14 Team.

As has been reported, the team had to rejig the routine on the morning of competition, but swam it superbly, finishing above Bristol to claim the Silver. It has been decided to keep the same format for Gloucester.

The team were Silver medalists at last years NAG's and so will be looking to go one better this year.