January 2005

Date Event
3rd Club recommences after Christmas Break
5th Club Coach Andrew Croxall away on a skiing holiday in Canada. Returns for 20th
5th Monthly Club Committee Meeting postponed. Now on 12th
23rd Bob Whittaker finishes 3rd in 50m Backstroke at Rotherham Metro Open Masters Meet
27th Jaqueline Ward and Mark Honeyman are the most improved swimmers since June 2004
29th William Harrison wins 100m Butterfly at Central Lancs Age Groups. Emma Scott-Miller 2nd in 50m Butterfly; Emily Cott 2nd in 50m Freestyle; Joshua Finch 2nd in 100m Butterfly; Laura Foulkes 3rd in 50m Freestyle
30th William Harrison wins 50m Backstroke and finishes 2nd in 200m Freestyle at Central Lancs Age Groups. Joshua Finch 2nd in 50m Breaststroke; Emily Cott 2nd in 100m Backstroke

February 2005

Date Event
10th Olympic Bronze Medallist for 200m Butterfly, Stephen Parry, takes a swim workshop. The children enjoyed the session, which finished with Stephen challenging 5 swimmers to a 25m Butterfly race with him swimming the length under water.
12th William Harrison wins 50 Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley, and 2nd in 50m Butterfly at Central Lancs Age Groups. Joshua Finch 2nd in 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle; Emma Scott-Miller 3rd in 100m Butterfly
13th Rachel Ingham wins 50m Breaststroke at Central Lancs Age Groups. Emma Scott-Miller wins 50m Backstroke; William Harrison wins 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle; Emily Cott 2nd in 50m Backstroke.
18th Tony Catterall swims 10 mile in 4 hours 30 mins in aid of the Tsunami Appeal
26th Tony Catterall finishes third overall in his age group at the Aquabears Masters
26th Colne beat Haslingden 68 points to 51 in a pre-season 'friendly' gala

March 2005

Date Event
10th Colne beat Darwen 65 points to 51 in first league fixture of the Friendly League season
24th Emily Cott (11) and Joshua Finch (14) have been selected for the Central Lancs team to take part in the Inter-County meet at the end of May, Thomas Wilson (14) has been selected as reserve.

April 2005

Date Event
2nd Emily Cott (11) swimming for BOBCATS finishes 1st in 100m Backstroke and 3rd in 200m Individual Medley at the City of Salford Swimming Club 2005 Spring Open Meet
3rd Emily Cott (11) swimming for BOBCATS finishes 2nd in 100m Freestyle at the City of Salford Swimming Club 2005 Spring Open Meet
3rd Emily Cott (11) achieves Northern Counties Qualifying times in the 11 years age group for 100m & 200m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke.
7th Colne beat Darwen 70 points to 49 in an away league fixture of the Friendly League season
16th William Harrison Central Lancs Senior Champion for 100m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle. Also Junior Champion for 100m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle. Joshua Finch (14) wins 50m Breaststroke and 50m Butterfly. Emily Cott(11) wins 50m Backstroke.
17th Darlington Masters Gala. Chris Wood (19-24) wins 200m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke. Karen Drive (30-34) wins 50m Breaststroke and 200m Freestyle. Philip Croxall (35-39) wins 50m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke.
23rd Colne finish 3rd on 104 points in their first Micro League Gala. Blackburn won with 177 points with Garstang in 2nd on 105 points. Preston 'B' finished 4th on 90 points.
28th Colne drew with Pioneer '79 at 60 points all in a home league fixture in the Friendly League.
30th William Harrison (15) reaches the Semi Finals for the 100m Freestyle at the Northern Counties Youth Championships, finishing 12th overall.

May 2005

Date Event
1st William Harrison (15) reaches the Semi Final for the 100m Butterfly at the Northern Counties Youth Championships, finishing 10th overall.
2nd William Harrison (15) reaches the Final for the 50m Freestyle at the Northern Counties Youth Championships, finishing 4th overall and winning the 15/16 year age group.
6th Colne finish 2nd on 123 points just behind Clitheroe on 126 points in Micro League fixture. Rosegrove finish 3rd on 115 points with Leyland in 4th on 105 points.
7th At Satellites of Macclesfield Open 2005. Swimming for BOBCATS Emily Cott (11) finished 1st in 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke, 2nd in 200m Freestyle and 3rd in 100m Butterfly; and Joshua Finch (14) who finished 2nd in 100m Butterfly
14th At Yorkshire Swimming Association Masters Championships. Karen Driver (30-34) wins 100m Breaststroke. Philip Croxall (35-39) wins 100m Butterfly and 200m Freestyle. John Penswick (65-69) wins 50m and 100m Breaststroke. Bob Whittaker (35-39) finishes 2nd in 50m Backstroke.
16th Colne lose to Ramsbottom by 62 points to 58 in an away Friendly League fixture.
20th Colne finish 3rd on 115 points just behind Garstang on 118 points in Micro League fixture. Clitheroe won with 140 points whilst Leyland finished 4th on 106 points.
28th VENUE CHANGE: Away Friendly League fixture against Pioneer'79 has been moved from Hynburn Sports Centre, Accrington to Queen Elizabeth Grammer School (QEGS), Blackburn. It is still on Friday, 10th June, but the start has been brought forward 15 minutes to 8:30pm. The warm-up is at 8:15pm.
30th At Inter-Association Gala, Joshua Finch (14) finishes 2nd in 100m Butterfly and Emily Cott (11) finishes 5th in 100m Backstroke whilst representing the Central Lancs Team.

June 2005

Date Event
3rd Tony Catterall (55-59) finishes 1st in 200m Backstroke and 2nd in 1500m Freestyle at the Great Britain Masters Championships. Philip Croxall (35-39) finishes 4th in 100m Breaststroke.
4th Tony Catterall (55-59) finishes 1st in 200m Butterfly and 3rd in 800m Freestyle at the Great Britain Masters Championships. Philip Croxall (35-39) finishes 6th in 50m and 100m Freestyle.
5th Tony Catterall (55-59) finishes 3rd in 200m Individual Medley at the Great Britain Masters Championships. Philip Croxall (35-39) finishes 5th in 200m Individual Medley.
5th Emily Cott (11) and Joshua Finch (14) swim for BOBCATS at the Northern Counties Age Groups Championships held at the Manchester Aquatic Centre. Emily finishes 22nd in 100m Freestyle and Joshua finishes 11 in 100m Butterfly.
9th Most Improved Swimmers since January are Thomas Bentham for the boys and Olivia Pratt for the Girls.
10th Colne lose to Pioneer'79 by 62 points to 55 in an away Friendly League fixture.
11th Emily Cott (11) swims for BOBCATS at the Northern Counties Age Groups Championships held at the Manchester Aquatic Centre, where she finishes 5th in final of 100m Backstroke and 19th in 200m Freestyle.
16th Colne lose to Ramsbottom by 62 points to 54 in a Home Friendly League fixture.
18th At Gateshead & Whickham Open Masters Karen Driver (30-34) wins 200m Freestyle, 400m Individual Medley and 400m Freestyle. Tony Catterall (55-59) wins 200m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Individual Medley, 200m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle, 400m Individual Medley, 200m Breaststroke and 400m Freestyle.
26th Colne finish 4th on 102 points in Micro League fixture held at Leyland. Preston 'B' won with 125 points just ahead of Garstang on 124 points with Leyland finishing 3rd on 116 points.

July 2005

Date Event
16th At North East Counties ASA held at Leeds International Pool Karen Driver (30-34) wins 400m & 800m Freestyle and is 2nd in 100m Breaststroke and 200m Freestyle, Chris Wood (19-24) wins 200m Freestyle and finishes 2nd in 400m Freestyle, and Philip Croxall (35-39) finishes 2nd in 100m Breaststroke and 200m Freestyle.
17th Philip Croxall (35-39) wins 200m Breaststroke and finishes 2nd in 200m Individual Medley at NECASA Long Course Championship at Leeds
24th Joshua Finch (14) and Emily Cott (11) swam for BOBCATS at the City of Salford Graded Meet. Josh finished 1st in 100m Backstroke and 100m Breaststroke, whilst Emily finished 2nd in 100m Breaststroke and 4th in 100m Butterfly.
29th At the Inaugural Pendle Sports Awards, Joan Croxall is runner-up in the Special Recognition Category, Colne ASC is runner-up in the Community Club of the Year category and Oliver Baybut-Peyton wins the Rising Star category for his exploits in the Fencing arena.

August 2005

Date Event
6th William Harrison (16) competes at 50m Freestyle in the National Youth Championships 2005 and Commonwealth Games Trials held at Ponds Forge International Pool, Sheffield. He finished 32nd in a time of 25.63 in the 15/16 years age group out of 60, and 123rd overall. The open winner Simon Burnett set a new British Record of 22.12.
30th Colne ASC receives Swim 21 Accreditation at the Silver Standard of Teaching. This also Qualifies the Club for the Sport England's ClubMark.

September 2005

Date Event
13th Andrew Croxall receives his Club Cloach Qualification
24th Philip Croxall (35-39) wins 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly at NECASA Masters Short Course Championships. Karen Driver (30-34) wins 100m Breaststroke. Steve Smith (35-39) wins 100m Freestyle.
25th At NECASA Masters, Philip Croxall (35-39) and Karen Driver (30-34) win their respective 200m Freestyles

October 2005

Date Event
16th At Warburtons Central Lancashire Age Groups. Joshua Finch (14) was the outstanding swimmer achieving three 1st places (100m Breaststroke, 100m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle) and one 2nd (50m Backstroke). Other successful swims included: William Harrison (16+) achieving two 1st (100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly) and two 2nd (100m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke); Sam Bainbridge (12) who has a 1st (50m Breaststroke) and a 3rd place (100m Freestyle); Molly Frankland (10) and Rachel Ingham (16+) achieving 1st places in their 50m Breaststroke age groups; Emily Cott (12) achieving a 2nd place in the 100m Freestyle and 3rd places for Matthew Lonsdale (16+) (100m Freestyle), Morgan Hartley (9) (50m Butterfly) and Emma Scott-Miller (15) (50m Freestyle).
22nd At NCASA Masters Championships 2005. Karen Driver (30-34) wins 400m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley, finishes 2nd in 100m Freestyle and 3rd in 50m and 100m Breaststroke.
23rd At Warburtons Central Lancashire Age Groups. William Harrison (16+) was the outstanding swimmer achieving two 1st (100m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke) and two 2nd places (100m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle). Other successful swims included: Sam Bainbridge (12) achieving two 1st places (50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly); Rachel Ingham (16+) who had a 1st place (100m Breaststroke) and a 3rd place (50m Freestyle); Joshua Finch (14) achieving two 2nd places (100m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke) and Matthew Lonsdale (16+) also with two 2nd places (100m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke); Morgan Hartley (9) with a 2nd place (50m Breaststroke); and a 2nd place for Emily Cott (12) (100m Backstroke).
23rd At NCASA Masters Championships 2005. Karen Driver (30-34) wins 200m Freestyle and 100m Individual Medley.
28th Karen Driver (30-34) and Tony Catterall (55-59) finish 3rd in respective 1500m Freestyle events at the ASA National Masters held at Ponds Forge ISC, Sheffield
29th Day two of ASA National Masters. Tony Catterall (55-59) finishes 2nd in 400m Individual Medley and 200m Butterfly, and 3rd in 200m Backstroke. Karen Driver (30-34) finishes 3rd in 400m Freestyle smashing her personal best. Philip Croxall (35-39) gets under 1 minute for first time in 100m Freestyle with 59.60.
30th Day three of ASA National Masters. Tony Catterall (55-59) finishes 3rd in 800m Freestyle along with Karen Driver (30-34) who again smashes her personal best.
30th Third Warburtons Gala. William Harrison (16+) wins 200m Individual Medley and Joshua Finch (14) wins 50m Butterfly. Emily Cott (12) finishes 2nd in 50m Backstroke. Sam Bainbridge (12) finishes 3rd in 50m Backstroke along with Morgan Hartley (9) in the 100m Individual Medley. We finish 3rd in Bob Foden Memorial Trophy and 3rd in the mixed 13/14 year Medley Team.

November 2005

Date Event
10th At Colne ASC Annual Championship Gala No.1, there were three new records set. Ashleigh Dibb sets new mark of 23.50 in Dowling Shield. Laura Foulkes set new mark of 30.55 in Presidents Cup and 1:05.29 in Junior Championship.
12th The Betty Petty Style Trophy was competed for with girls and boys winners being decided, BUT the result will not be disclosed until the Presentation on Friday, 2nd December
17th At Colne ASC Annual Championship Gala No.2, there were a further four new records set. Emily Cott set a new time of 31.22 in Seed Ford Cup. Laura Foulkes set new mark of 1:16.77 in Silver Jubilee Goblet and 2:22.04 in Senior Championship. William Harrison set a time of 2:09.06 in Senior Championship.
20th Chris Wood and Tony Catterall represented Lancashire in the Inter County Masters Gala held in Harrowgate. Results to follow.
26th/27th At Northern Counties Long Course Championship held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre, William Harrison (16) finished 2nd in 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly. Joshua Finch (15) finishes 3rd in 50m Butterfly.

December 2005

Date Event
1st Colne ASC receives Swim 21 Accreditation at the Silver Standard of Skill Development
2nd Thomas Wilson and Emily Cott awarded the Betty Petty Style Trophies
2nd Ashleigh Dibb awarded the Bramhill Memorial Trophy for showing the most improvement by going from the small pool to lane three in less than a year
2nd Olivia Gregson awarded the John Dobbin Trophy for showing courage
2nd Philip Croxall awarded Two Alberts Trophy for services to the Club
2nd Chris Wood and Rachel Ingham named as the Club Captains for 2006. Rhys Moore and Charlotte Beech the Junior Captains.
2nd Annual Presentation: The trophies were handed out to the winners of the Championship Gala
15th Christmas Sprint Winners for the boys were: Jonathon Beech (7 and under), Mark Honeyman and Oliver Riley (8), Morgan Hartley (9), William Downey (10), Chris Bates (11), Sam Bainbridge (12) Ashley Honeyman (13) Simon Hardwick (14), Joshua Finch (15) and William Harrison (16 and over).
15th Christmas Sprint Winners for the girls were: Celia Foulkes (7 & under), Olivia Pratt (8), Elsie Chadwick (9), Francesca Harrison-Bradley (10), Charlotte Beech (11), Emily Cott (12), Sarah Wilson (13) and Emma Scott-Miller (16 and over).
15th At Christmas Sprint Gala, William Harrison still the fastest Club member with a time of 11.06 for 25m Freestyle.