August 2006
27th Aug - SHEFFIELD DUO WIN WORLD DIVING BRONZE
City of Sheffield diving duo Jodie McGroarty and Claire Blencowe
picked up Britain's first medal of the World Junior Diving
Championships on the final day of action in Kuala Lumpur.
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27th Aug - BRITAIN ADD TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ACCOUNT
Britain closed their account at the 1st FINA World Youth
Championships in Rio with two more medals on the final day
to take their tally from the small team of seven to four podium
finishes.
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24th Aug - PATTEN AND BIRCHER LEAD OPEN WATER TEAM TO WORLDS
Britain's elite open water distance swimmers will compete
for world honours off the coast of Naples next week and they
go into the meet with an impressive pedigree.
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23rd Aug - LOWE SECURES SILVER AT WORLD YOUTHS
Teenager Jemma Lowe secured Britain's first medal of the
1st FINA World Youth Championships when she took the silver
in the girls' 200m Butterfly event.
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23rd Aug - LITTLE MERMAID LENDS A FIN TO SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has teamed with Disney
to launch a nationwide campaign to get Britain's youngsters
into their local pools and learning the skills of synchronised
swimming.
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21st Aug - BRITISH TALENT FACES FIRST WORLD TEST
A group of British swimmers earmarked as some of the brightest
prospects for the future of the sport will compete for world
titles at the inaugural youth championships.
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18th Aug - OPEN WATER TITLES TO BE DECIDED
The best young open water swimmers from around the country
will converge on Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham tomorrow for
the ASA Age Group Championships and 5k British Championships.
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18th Aug - DIVING TALENT FACES TEST ON WORLD STAGE
Britain's most talented young divers are planning to save
their best until last when they conclude their long season
next week at the World Junior Championships.
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15th Aug - TERROR PLOT FAILS TO STOP GOLDEN GIRL
Britain's Cassie Patten has won the LEN European Cup in only
her first season in open water swimming after she secured
victory on Saturday in the final event of the series in Spain.
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12th Aug - CABORN LAUNCHES ASA EVERYDAY SWIM
Minister for Sport Richard Caborn launched the Amateur Swimming
Association's £3m Everyday Swim initiative at a special
event in Sheffield today.
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10th Aug - European LC Championships 2006
What a fantastic result for Britain! Well done to all the
coaches, athletes and support staff for a tremendous European
Long Course.The following facts describe the meet.
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7th Aug - ASA National Youth and ASA Championships - Final
Day
GOLD GIVES HALL FIFTH NATIONAL MEDAL
CITY of Sheffield swimmer Debbie Hall clinched the most exciting
victory of the day as the Swimming Times ASA National Youth
and ASA Championships drew to a close.
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6th Aug - FINAL FLOURISH HELPS BRITAIN TO CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
The British swim team made history tonight and were named
Champions of Europe after a late medal flourish boosted their
tally to 13 - the largest number ever won by a British squad
at the European Championships (50m).
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5th Aug - ASA National Youth and ASA Championships - day
5
XAVIER Mohammed and Scott Houston were the leading lights
on the penultimate day of the Swimming Times ASA National
Youth and ASA Championships at Sheffield's Ponds Forge International
Sports Centre.
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5th Aug - EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - FREESTYLERS POWER TO
SILVER
Britain's 4x200m Freestyle squad boosted the medal tally
with silver and a new British Record on the penultimate day
of competition in Budapest.
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4th Aug - EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - BALFOUR IS BRITAIN'S
GOLDEN GIRL
Kirsty Balfour came of age as she won her first major international
and Britain's first European Championship (50m) gold since
1999.
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4th Aug - ASA National Youth and ASA Championships - day
4
JEMMA Lowe, Louise Pate and Marco Loughran were the toast
of the Swimming Times ASA National Youth and ASA Championships
at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre today.
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3rd Aug - TWO NEW BRITISH AGE GROUP RECORD SET
TWO new British age-group records were set on the third day
of the Swimming Times ASA National Youth and ASA Championships
at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.
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3rd Aug - BRITISH BOYS FIGHT BACK WITH DOUBLE BRONZE
Tonight it was the turn of Britain's male contingent to bring
home the honours as Kris Gilchrist and Matt Clay picked up
bronze in the pool at the European Championships.
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2nd Aug - SECOND RECORD FOR WELSH STARLET TYNAN
Welsh starlet Lowri Tynan added another record to her collection
at the Swimming Times ASA National Youth and ASA Championships
at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre.
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2nd Aug - ADLINGTON EARNS DISTANCE SILVER ON LADIES' NIGHT
Seventeen-year-old Becky Adlington won her first senior international
honours as Britain's women opened the medal count at the European
Championships with double silver and bronze.
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1st Aug - ASA National Youth and ASA Championships
Commonwealth Games relay gold medallist Dean Milwain moved
to seventh place on the all-time British list with victory
at the Swimming Times ASA National Youth and ASA Championships
at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield.
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1st Aug - STORM STOPS EURO SWIM CHAMPS
Thunder and lightening halted the European Swimming Championship
action on a night of mixed fortunes for the British team.
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