July 2006
31st Jul - RECORDS FALL ON OPENING NIGHT OF EURO CHAMPS
The quality of competition was evident on the opening night
of the European Championships in Budapest as Britain's best
were kept off the rostrum by a series of record-breaking swims.
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31st Jul - FLANAGAN DOUBLE SEALS TOP BOYS CLUB FOR BOROUGH
OF KIRKLEES
Ryan FLANAGAN (Borough of Kirklees) touched home in a time
of 1:11.34 in the Boys 11yrs 100m Backstroke to add to the
200m Backstroke title he won on the first day of competition
in a night that saw his club claim the top boys club award
in the Cheestrings ASA National Age Group Championships 2006
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30th Jul - THIRD DAY OF CHEESTRINGS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Aimee WILLOTT (Middlesborough) set a new 13yrs age group
record of 4:55.17 in the Girls 400m IM, as she won her third
gold medals on day three of the Cheestrings ASA National Age
Group Championships
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29th Jul - RANDALL LEARNS LESSONS FROM SENIOR SYNCHRO CHAMPS
Junior British synchro swimmer Jenna Randall (Rushmoor) has
finished twelfth in the solo final of the European Championships.
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29th Jul - sECOND DAY OF CHEESTRINGS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Matthew Johnson from City of Leeds won three gold medals
on day two of the Cheestrings ASA National Age Group Championships
dominating the 11yrs group.
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28th Jul - EURO MEET MARKS INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF SWIMMING
Coaches and their swimmers are under the limelight next week
as the biggest British Swimming squad to leave its shores
prepares for the European Swimming Championships in Budapest.
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28th Jul - FIRST DAY OF CHEESTRINGS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Adam John from Plymouth Leander set a new British Age Group
Record of 2:08.72, over a second faster than the previous
mark, in the boys 14yrs 200m backstroke on the first day of
competition at the Cheestrings ASA National Age Group Championships
2006
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27th Jul - PATTEN RECORDS TOP TEN FINISH
Cassandra Patten put in another solid performance on day
two of competition at the European Championships.
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26th Jul - STEADY START TO EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN
The first day of action at the European Championships in
Budapest proved to be a steady start for the British contingent.
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25th Jul - BRITAIN'S BEST YOUNGSTERS CONTEST HONOURS
The Cheestrings ASA National Age Group Swimming Championships
get underway on Thursday when over 700 of Britain's most promising
youngsters gather in Sheffield with national honours at stake.
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24th Jul - HEAT A CONCERN FOR BIRCHER AT EUROPEANS
Britain's Alan Bircher faces a tough battle if he's to be
among the medallists once again when he launches the British
effort at this year's European Championships in Budapest on
Wednesday.
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18th Jul - 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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14th Jul - DAVIES LOOKS TO 2007 AFTER INFECTION SETBACK
Olympic, World and Commonwealth medallist David Davies has
been forced out of this month's European Championships after
struggling to recover from a foot infection and subsequent
surgery.
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13th Jul - CUNDY HANGS UP HIS TRUNKS AND HITS THE TRACK
Triple Paralympian Jody Cundy has swapped the pool for the
cycling track as he calls it a day on his international swimming
career.
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10th Jul - INJURY FORCES WATERFIELD OUT OF WORLD CUP
Olympic, World and Commonwealth medallist Peter Waterfield
has been forced to pull out of this month's Diving World Cup
in China after tearing a thumb ligament in training.
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9th Jul - HALSALL SETS NEW CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD IN 50M FREETYLE
Fran Halsall (City of Liverpool) set a new championship record
of 25.28 as she won gold in the women's 50m freestyle at the
European Junior Championships in Mallorca
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9th Jul - HISTORY MADE AS LANCASTER AND SHEFFIELD WIN
LANCASTER and Sheffield made history at this year's British
National Water Polo Championships at the Manchester Aquatics
Centre this weekend.
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8th Jul - WOMEN'S 4 x 100 RELAY STRIKE GOLD
The women's 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay struck gold for Britain
for the third time at this year's European Junior Championships
in Mallorca.
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7th Jul - HALSALL RETAINS 100M FREESTYLE CROWN
Fran Halsall (City of Liverpool) retained her 100m Freestyle
European Junior title in Palma de Mallorca this evening.
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7th Jul - LANCASTER OUT TO MAKE WATER POLO HISTORY
Lancaster's men are bidding to make history at this weekend's
British National Water Polo Championships at the Manchester
Aquatics Centre
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6th Jul - GOLDEN START AT EUROPEAN JUNIORS
Britain won two gold and four silver medals on the first
day of competition at the European Junior Swimming Championships
in Mallorca.
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6th Jul - BRITAIN TO SEND SQUAD OF 64 TO EUROPEANS
Britain will send one of the biggest ever aquatic squads
to contest a major meet when 64 athletes from swimming, diving,
open water swimming and synchronised swimming converge on
Budapest for the European Championships.
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6th Jul - JOHNSTONE TAKES SILVER TO CLOSE DIVING ACCOUNT
Callum Johnstone showed he's undoubtedly Britain's form diver
at the moment when he collected his second European Junior
Championship medal on the competition's final day in Mallorca.
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5th Jul - CAR CRASH THREATENS JACKSON'S SEASON
Double Commonwealth silver medallist Jo Jackson has had her
season thrown into doubt after she was involved in a car accident
while already recovering from a back injury.
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5th Jul - HEALD SECURES JUNIOR SPRINGBOARD BRONZE
Teenage diver Elizabeth Heald has won a 1m Springboard bronze
for Britain at the European Junior Championships in Mallorca.
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4th Jul - EUROPEAN TEST AHEAD FOR JUNIORS
A young British Swimming squad will be put to the test in
Palma de Mallorca this week when they take on the rest of
the Continent at the European Junior Swimming Championships.
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4th Jul - DAVIES MEDALS AT LEN 10K CUP
Teenager Philippa Davies (Swim Swansea) has won bronze for
Great Britain at only her second outing in open water - at
the LEN 10k Cup in Vassiviere, France.
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3rd Jul - DIVING DUO COLLECT BRONZE IN THE BALEARICS
Divers Callum Johnstone and Charles Calvert have collected
Britain's first medals of the 2006 European Junior Swimming
and Diving Championships with bronze in the 3m Synchro.
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