August 2005
30th August - PROUD AND DOHERTY DOMINATE BRITISH 5K
Open Water swimmers David Proud and Sinead Doherty took the
honours at the British 5k Championships at Holme Pierrepont.
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25th August - OPEN WATER TITLES TO BE DECIDED
The biggest names in British Open Water Swimming will converge
on Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham on Saturday for the national
5k championships and conclusion of the Grand Prix series.
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17th August - BIRCHER FACES DIFFICULT LEN CUP DEFENCE
Britain's Alan Bircher will be hoping to make it a hat-trick
of European Cup victories when he competes in the final of
this year's open water swimming series in Germany.
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16th August - COOK CELEBRATES FOUR-STRONG MEDAL HAUL
Rebecca Cooke's personal medal haul rose to three silvers
and a gold with a silver in the 1500m Freestyle on the penultimate
day of the World University Games.
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15th August - SCOTTISH STUDENTS LEAD THE WAY
Scottish students Todd Cooper and Rebecca Cooke boosted Britain's
medal tally in the pool on the fourth night of competition
at the 23rd World University Games.
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14th August - GRADDON SEALS BRONZE ON FINAL NIGHT
18-year-old Brooke Graddon (Plymouth) collected bronze in
the girls' Platform event to double Britain's medal tally
on the final night of the European Junior Diving Championships
in Russia.
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13th August - DOUBLE SILVER FOR BRITISH TEAM IN TURKEY
Britain's student swimmers picked up two silver medals on
the second night of the World University Games in Turkey.
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12th August - COOKE SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS WORLD TITLE
Great Britain's Rebecca Cooke has successfully defended her
800m Freestyle title at the World University Games in Izmir,
Turkey.
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11th August - HAMILTON CELEBRATES EURO SILVER
Great Britain diver Katie Hamilton has opened her team's
medal tally with a silver in the 3m Springboard at the European
Junior Diving Championships in Russia.
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9th August - NATIONAL AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS
UPDATE
Two British Age Group and two Welsh Records fell on the final
night of the ASA National Youth Championships in Sheffield.
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8th August - ENGLISH TRIO SET STANDARD ON FINAL NIGHT
Simon Burnett and Chris Cook boosted their programmes for
the Commonwealth Games as both men swam additional qualification
times in Sheffield.
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8th August - BURNETT BREAKS THIRD BRITISH STANDARD
Simon Burnett set the example again tonight as the 22-year-old
Wycombe District swimmer set a new British Record in the 100m
Freestyle at the Swimfit.com Commonwealth Games Trials.
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7th August - ASA YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 RESULTS
Four British Age Group records were broken on day four of
the ASA National Youth Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.
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7th August - BURNETT AND COOK LOOK GOOD FOR MELBOURNE
Two of England's form swimmers were rewarded tonight as Wycombe
District's Simon Burnett and City of Newcastle's Chris Cook
swam qualification times at the Swimfit.com Commonwealth Games
Trials in Sheffield.
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6th August - COOKE SWIMS UNDER COMMONWEALTH STANDARDS
Rebecca Cooke was the only athlete to swim within the qualification
standards on a night when Simon Burnett threatened Mark Foster's
four-year-old freestyle record at the Swimfit.com Commonwealth
Games Trials in Sheffield.
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5th August - BURNETT LOWERS THE RECORD AGAIN
Great Britain's Simon Burnett set the tone on the second
night of the Swimfit.com Commonwealth Games Trials in Sheffield
by opening the session with a British Record and qualification
time for Melbourne.
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4th August - RECORDS FALL AT SEMI FINALS IN SHEFFIELD
Britain's swimmers meant business tonight as three home nation
standards and a British Record fell in the semi-final of the
200m Freestyle and a further two fell during the course of
the session at the Commonwealth Games Trials in Sheffield.
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3rd August -COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION WHITEHEAD WITHDRAWS FROM
TRIALS
Commonwealth Champion Adam Whitehead has withdrawn from the
Swimfit.com Commonwealth Games Trials following an operation
on his sinuses.
The 25-year-old City of Coventry swimmer, who was hoping to
make the English team at this week's trials, will have to
wait until December for his second and final chance to make
the squad and defend his 100m Breaststroke title.
2nd August - SWIMMERS TARGET COMMONWEALTH QUALIFICATION
Britain's World Championship squad are straight back into
the pool this week and have their sights firmly set on the
next major international championships as they compete at
the ASA Commonwealth Games Trials in Sheffield.
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1st August - DAVIES AND TANCOCK ADD TO BRITISH MEDAL COUNT
Britain finished the Monteal World Swimming Championships
on a high thanks to two more medals courtesy of David Davies
and Liam Tancock
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