January 2011

Date Event
11th Lanes updated to incorporate the new teachers
22nd North Lancs Age Groups held at the Palatine Pool, Blackpool. Abbie Hampshire (11) finished 4th in 400m Freestyle, 5th in 100m Freestyle, 8th in 200m Freestyle, 12th 50m Freestyle and 16th in 100m Individual Medley all in new personal best times. Ashleigh Dibb (12) finished 8th in 100m Backstroke and 15th in 200m Individual Medley both in new personal best times.
23rd North Lancs Age Groups held at the Palatine Pool, Blackpool. Abbie Hampshire (11) finished 6th in 100m Breaststroke, 11th in 200m Breaststroke and 17th in 50m Breaststroke all in new personal best times.
27th The most improved swimmers from July 2010 to July 2011 are Harry Lawson and Danielle Baxter.

February 2011

Date Event
5th North Lancs Age Groups held at the Palatine Pool, Blackpool. Abbie Hampshire (11) finished 3rd in 100m Backstroke and 7th in 200m Backstroke.
6th Car Boot Sale at Pendle Leisure Centre. A further £48.55 was raised from the remainder of the items donated to the Club last year.
9th Committee Meeting temporarily moved to the Morris Dancers due to the Cricket Club being closed.
21st The Swimming Club was at Pendle Wavelengths, Nelson due to essential maintenance being done at the Pendle Leisure Centre, Colne.
24th The Swimming Club was cancelled due to essential maintenance to the pool at Pendle Leisure Centre.
27th North West Region Masters Distance Meet at the Palatine Leisure Centre, Blackpool. Tony Catteral (65-69) wins 1500m Freestyle, 400m Individual Medley and 800m Freestyle. Karen Driver (40-44) wins 1500m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle. John Penswick (70-74) wins 1500m Freestyle. Philip Croxall (40-44) finishes 2nd in 400m Individual Medley and 800m Freestyle.
28th The Swimming Club was cancelled due to essential maintenance to the pool at Pendle Leisure Centre.

March 2011

Date Event
3rd Normal Club activities resume after the pool re-opens.
4th Swim Wales Open Masters Championships in Swansea. Tony Catterall (65-69) wins 1500m Freestyle and 200m Butterfly. Karen Driver (40-44) wins 1500m Freestyle.
5th Swim Wales Open Masters Championships in Swansea. Tony Catterall (65-69) wins 800m Freestyle, 400m Individual Medley and 200m Individual Medley. Karen Driver (40-44) wins 800m Freestyle, and is 2nd in 400m Individual Medley.
6th Swim Wales Open Masters Championships in Swansea. Tony Catterall (65-69) wins 400m Freestyle. Karen Driver (40-44) is 2nd in 400m Freestyle.
7th In our first Friendly League fixture of the season we narrowly lost to Ramsbottom by 63 points to 56. During the course of the night there were 41 new personal bests with 21 amongst the girls and 20 for the boys. The winning raffle numbers on the night were 701, 737 and 645 and all prizes were claimed.
7th The winning raffle numbers from the Friendly League fixture on Monday, 7th March were 701, 737 and 645. All the prizes were claimed.
9th As we can no longer have the Cricket Club for the Committe meetings it was decided to switch venues to the Crown Hotel.
14th We travelled to Todmorden in our first away fixture of the Friendly League season. In what proved to be a one sided contest as we won by 72 points to 47. During the contest there were a further 14 new personal bests with 7 a piece for the boys and girls.
19th We were hosts to teams from Wigan, Blackpool and Liverpool for our first Micro League fixture of the season. In what was an exciting competition we finished 3rd with 107 points. The winners on the night were Liverpool with 159 points, with Wigan second on 132 points and Blackpool in 4th place on 60 points. During the course of the night there were 6 new personal bests for the girls and 5 for the boys.
27th Darlington Dolphin Open Masters Meet. Tony Catterall (65-69) wins 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 100m Individual Medley. He's 2nd in 100m Breaststroke and 100m Freestyle and 3rd in 50m Breaststroke. Karen Driver (40-44) wins 200m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke and 100m Freestyle. She's 2nd in 50m Breaststroke and 100m Individual Medley. Philip Croxall (40-44) finishes 2nd in 50m Freestyle, is 3rd in 200m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke and 100m Individual Medley, and 4th in 100m Freestyle.

April 2011

Date Event
3rd With the changing of the opening hours to Pendle Leisure Centre the Sunday afternoon training session was changed to Sunday morning, 9:00am whilst 10:30am. This session is open to all Micro and Friendly League swimmers.
4th We travelled the short distance down the M65 to take on Accrington in our latest fixture in the North East Lancs Friendly League. The hosts got off to a positive start by winning 12 of the opening 16 races, but after that Colne started to chip away at Accrington’s lead. It was to prove in vain as Accrington held out for victory by 62 points to 52. Despite this there were a further five new personal bests amongst the girls and five amongst the boys.
9th/10th Harrogate A/B Grade Spring Meet. Morgan Hartley (14yrs) wins 50m Breaststroke, is 2nd in 100m Breaststroke and 50m Butterfly, 3rd in 200m Freestyle and 4th in 100m Freestyle. Nicole Baxter (11yrs) finishes 2nd in 50m Backstroke, is 3rd in 100m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly, and 5th in 50m Butterfly. Gregan Baker (10yrs) finishes 2nd in 50m Freestyle and 3rd in 200m Breaststroke. George Connolly (11yrs) finishes 3rd in 50m Freestyle.
22nd Scottish National Masters Championships. Karen Driver (40-44) wins 800m Freestyle and 400m Individual Medley both in new personal best times. Tony Catterall (65-69) wins 400m Individual Medley, 100m Breaststroke and 100m Individual Medley, and is 2nd in 800m Freestyle and 200m Backstroke. Philip Croxall (40-44) wins 100m Breaststroke, is 2nd in 400m Individual Medley and 5th in 50m Butterly.
23rd Scottish National Masters Championships. Karen Driver (40-44) wins 200m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle with the latter in a new personal best time. Tony Catterall (65-69) wins 200m Individual Medley and 200m Butterfly, and is 2nd in 200m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke and 400m Freestyle. Philip Croxall (40-44) finishes 3rd in 50m Freestyle and 4th in 200m Individual Medley, 100m Butterfly and 400m Freestyle.

May 2011

Date Event
1st The Clubs' supporters have raised £27.43 through using Easy Fund Raising for the first quarter of this year (January - March 2011).
7th At the Micro League Fixture at Salt Ayre Pool in Lancaster, Colne finished a creditable 2nd place on 121 points behind winners Wigan who finished with 147 points. Hosts Carnforth finished in 3rd place with 110 points whilst Clitheroe trailled in 4th place with 82 points. During the course of the gala the Colne swimmers amassed 7 new personal bests for the girls and 8 for the boys.
14th The Yorkshire Open Masters Championships held at the North Bay Indoor Pool in Scarborough. Steve Smith (40-44) wins 100m Freestyle and 100m Individual Medley, is 2nd in 200m Individual Medley and 50m Freestyle. Karen Driver (40-44) wins 200m Individual Medley and 200m Freestyle, is 2nd in 50m Breaststroke and 100m Breaststroke, and is 4th in 100m Freestyle and 100m Individual Medley. Philip Croxall (40-44) wins 100m Backstroke, is 2nd in 100m Breaststroke, and 3rd in 200m Individual Medley, 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle and 100m Individual Medley. John Penswick (70-74) wins 100m Breaststroke, is 2nd in 50m Breaststroke, and is 3rd in 50m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle.
15th We travelled to the Palatine Pool in Blackpool for our third fixture in the Micro League of the North West. Swimming against teams from Blackpool, Preston and Leyland. The young Colne swimmers managed to win 9 of the races during the course of the gala to finish 3rd with 105 points. The hosts Blackpool finished 4th with 75 points, which left Preston and Leyland to battle it out for first place. In the end there were only 5 points separating the two teams as Preston finished first on 148 points and Leyland with 143 points. During the course of the gala we managed a further 7 new personal bests with 3 amongst the girls and the other 4 amongst the boys.
19th We were hosts to Todmorden in our latest fixture in the North East Lancs Friendly League. In what proved to be a one sided contest, we won by 75 points to 40, winning 35 of the 40 races. During the course of the evening there were a further 17 personal bests for the girls and 20 for the boys.

June 2011

Date Event
5th At the Jorvik Graded Meet in Hull, Morgan Hartley swimming in the 14 year old age group won the 100m Individual Medley and 50m Butterfly events. He finished 3rd in the 200m Freestyle and was 4th in the 50m Freestyle events.
9th We were hosts to Accrington SC in our last home fixture of the North East Lancs Friendly League season. This was a even contest as the two teams traded wins throughout the course of the night, but it was Colne that prevailed winning by 63 points to 55, despite losing the last few races. During the course of the evening there were a further 18 personal bests for the girls and 17 for the boys.
17th British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships. In the 1500m Freestyle Karen Driver (40-44) won her age group, Laura Foulkes (18-24) finished 2nd and Tony Catterall (65-69) was also 2nd in his age group. In the 200m Breaststroke Philip Croxall (40-44) won his first national title.
18th British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships. In the 400m Freestyle Karen Driver (40-44) won and Tony Catterall (65-69) finished 4th. In the 100m Breaststroke Philip Croxall (40-44) finished 4th. In the 50m Freestyle Stephen Smith (40-44) finished 5th whilst Philip came in 11th. In the 400m Individual Medley Tony finished 1st and Karen was 2nd. In the 400m Individual Medley Philip finished 4th.
18th Harrogate 'B' Grade Meet. Morgan Hartley (15) finishes 2nd in 100m Butterfly and 4th in 50m and 200m Freestyles. Nicole Baxter (11) finishes 2nd in 50m Butterfly and 8th in 100m Butterfly. Daniel Ennis (14) finishes 8th in 50m Freestyle.
19th British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships. In the 100m Freestyle Stephen Smith (40-44) finished 5th and Philip Croxall (40-44) finished 9th. In the 50m Breaststroke Philip finished 5th. In the 800m Freestyle Karen Driver (40-44) finished 1st whilst Tony Catterall (65-69) finished 3rd
19th Harrogate 'B' Grade Meet. Morgan Hartley (15) finishes 2nd in 100m Butterfly, 50m Butterfly, is 3rd in 100m Inidividual Medley and 5th in 200m Breaststroke. Daniel Ennis (14) finishes 7th in 50m Breaststroke and 9th in 100m Breaststroke. George Connolly (11) finishes 8th in 50m Freestyle.
26th For our final fixture in the Micro League season we travelled to Leyland to take on the Liverpool, Carnforth and the hosts Leyland. Liverpool proved to be too strong for everyone as they finished with 166½ points with Leyland in second place with 136½ points. We finished in third place on 90 points just ahead of Carnforth who had 80 points.
30th The most improved swimmers for January 2011 to June 2011 are William Havers-Strong and Molly Hesketh.

July 2011

Date Event
2nd North West Region Masters Championships. Tony Catterall (65-69) wins 400m Freestyle, 100m Individual Medley, 200m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Backstroke, 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 200m Individual Medley and 200m Breaststroke. Karen Driver (40-44) wins 400m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley and 200m Breaststroke. She was second in 100m and 200m Freestyle events. Philip Croxall (40-44) is 2nd 400m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke and 200m Freestyle, and was 7th in 100m Freestyle.
9th Leeds 'B' Grade Meet at John Charles Centre for Sport. Morgan Hartley (15yrs) wins 100m Breaststroke and is 4th in 50m Freestyle and 5th in 100m Freestyle. Daniel Ennis (14yrs) finishes 11th in 50m Freestyle, 13th in 50m Breaststroke and 19th in 100m Breaststroke all in new personal best times.
10th Leeds 'B' Grade Meet at John Charles Centre for Sport. Miranda Bower (11yrs) finishes 10th in 50m Breaststroke, 18th in 200m Breaststroke and 23rd in 200m Freestyle, and all in new personal best times. Marcus Bower (13yrs) finishes 13th in 200m Freestyle in a new personal best time.
18th Club Coach Andrew Croxall becomes the proud dad of Aaron Charles who was born at 4:28am this morning weighing 7lb 4oz.

August 2011

Date Event
14th Sponsor forms are now available to download for our sponsored swim on Thursday, 13th October.
14th You can now follow the Club on Twitter @SwimAtColneASC

September 2011

Date Event
3rd Club Coach Andrew Croxall finishes as runner-up in the Coach of the Year at the 7th Annual Pendle Sports Awards.
10th Colne ASC now has a Facebook page. Facebook.com/Colne Amateur Swimming Club
15th Colne lose to Ramsbottom by 68 points to 51 in the last fixture of the Friendly League Season. Over the course of the evening there were a further 21 new personal bests for the Colne swimmers, with 10 for the boys and 11 for the girls. That results leaves us in third place in the Division 2, thus missing out on the Swim-Offs for promotion to Division 1.
25th The ASA North East Region Masters Championships 2011 held at the Freeman’s Quay Leisure Centre in Durham. Three members of the Masters Team were swimming in the 40 to 44 years age group and between them they won 12 golds and 8 silvers. Karen Driver finished first in the 400m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 200m Individual Medley, 50m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 100m Individual Medley and 50m Butterfly. She also finished second in the 50m Breaststroke and 100m Breaststroke. Stephen Smith finished first in the 50m Freestyle and 200m Freestyle. He also finished second in the 100m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly. Philip Croxall finished first in the 400m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke and 200m Breaststroke. He finished second in the 200m Individual Medley, 50m Breaststroke and 200m Freestyle events.

October 2011

Date Event
13th A total of 55 people swam in our Sponsored swim. A big thanks to all those who took part.
13th Teacher Chris Domoney finishes 9th in his age group at the IronMan World Championships in Hawaii.
26th The venue for the Annual Presentation was changed from Colne Cricket Club to Nelson Cricket Club.
28th ASA National Masters and Senior Age Group Championships (25m) 2011. Karen Driver (40-44) wins 1500m Freestyle in a time of 19:05.34 which improved her personal best by over six seconds. Philip Croxall (40-44) finished in 10th place in the 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1:17.18.
29th ASA National Masters and Senior Age Group Championships (25m) 2011. Karen Driver (40-44) finishes second in the 800m Freestyle to claim the silver in a time of 9:59.40, which was another personal best and the first time under 10 minutes for that distance. This was followed by a determined effort to snatch bronze by 0.01 of a second in the 200m Freestyle in a time of 2:22.11, which was her best time for the year. Stephen Smith (40-44) finished in sixth in the 100m Freestyle in a time of 56.64 which was a seasons best. Philip Croxall (40-44) finished in 12th place in the 100m Freestyle in a time of 1:00.13. A seventh place in the 200m Breaststroke in a time of 2:48.89, which his best time he had done for four years. This was followed by a new personal best and fifth place finish in the 200m Freestyle in a time of 2:13.10.
30th ASA National Masters and Senior Age Group Championships (25m) 2011. Karen Driver (40-44) claimed another bronze this time in the 400m Freestyle with a time of 4:53.37, which was another new personal best. Philip Croxall (40-44) finished in sixth place in the 400m Freestyle with a time of 4:44.48 and in 13th place in the 50m Breaststroke with a time of 34.73 which was again his best time over the last four years. Stephen Smith (40-44) finished in seventh place in the 50m Freestyle in a time of 25.57.

November 2011

Date Event
1st The Sunday morning session for the 6th November has been cancelled, due to Coach Andrew Croxall being involved with the Level 3 Meet in Blackpool.
10th Masters swimmers Karen Driver, Tony Catterall and Philip Croxall have been selected to represent Lancashire in the forthcoming Inter-County Masters at the John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds on Saturday, 19th November.
13th The 1st Championship Gala on Monday, 14th November was cancelled because the pool at the Pendle Leisure Centre was closed. This was due a leak in the pool on Saturday, 13th which lost majority of the water from that morning until the afternoon. The gala was re-arranged for Monday, 21st November.
14th The 2nd Championship Gala on Thursday, 17th November was cancelled because the pool at the Pendle Leisure Centre was closed. This was due to a major leak in the main pool. The gala was re-arranged for Thursday, 28st November.
15th The Betty Petty on Saturday, 19th November had the venue changed to West Craven Pool with a start time of 1:00pm. The Pendle Leisure Centre was closed due a major leak to the main pool.
15th The Championship Galas were moved to West Craven Pool for Saturday, 26th November. The start time was 3pm and would run until 7pm. The Pendle Leisure Centre was closed due a major leak to the main pool.
17th Nelson offered part of their Monday night session so that we could operate as a Club. Monday night session will resume from 21st November at Pendle Wavelengths from 7:00pm until 9:00pm.
19th There were six girls and two boys that took part in the Betty Petty Style Trophy held at the West Craven Sports Centre. The winners will be announced at the Presentation on Saturday, 10th December at the Nelson Cricket Club.
19th Tony Catterall, Karen Driver and Philip Croxall represented Lancashire in the Inter-County Masters held at the John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds. Cheshire just edged out Yorkshire by a point on the day, with Northumberland & Durham in third just ahead on Lancashire, with Cumbria trailing in fifth place. The full results will not be know until all the results are collated from the various Inter-County meets held around the country this weekend.
21st The Monday night session was held at Wavelengths in a shared session with Nelson SC.
22nd Progress was made at the pool as the engineers isolated where the leak actually is, the next step is to facilitate the repair. The Christmas Sprint Gala was postponed a week to Thursday, 8th December.
26th The Championship Gala took place at West Craven Sports Centre. During the course of the gala there were two records broken by Jacob Taylforth in the 8 and under breastroke and backstroke events.
29th A hole has been dug on the pool side to fix the leak. The engineers are digging a bit further to fully check the system. They will be doing further pressure tests and we will know by the end of the week as to when the pool will realistically open. A decision as to whether the Sprint Gala will be happening will be taken then.

December 2011

Date Event
1st There is now a large whole in the poolside as the engineers fix the leak and repair the middle inlet which was blocked off in February. Once repaired and the hole filled in, it will take four days to fill the pool as the water needs heating and treating.
2nd The Christmas Sprint Gala was cancelled as the pool will not be open in time.
5th There is still no idea on when the pool will be open. Currently there is a large hole with a missing bit in the pipework. Once the pipe has been repaired the system will need to be tested for 24 hours and after that it will take 3 to 4 days to fill the pool. Opening on Monday, 12th December is looking very doubtful.
7th The pipe has now been repaired and is undergoing pressure tests, once successful the hole will be filled and the pool re-filled. This process will take several days. The staff at the Pendle Leisure Centre intend to open to public on Wednesday, 14th December providing everything has gone alright.
10th At our Annual Presentation the trophies were presented to the trophy winners, plus some extra awards were made. A cheque of £650 was presented to Derian House Childrens Hospice. The Betty Petty winners were Gregan Baker and Nicole Baxter.Former Teacher Chris Domoney was presented the Two Alberts Award for Services to the Club and IronMan efforts. The John Dobbin Memorial Trophy went to Anna Rogers. The Bramhill Memorial Trophy went to Toby Green. The Club Captains for 2012 will be Alex Berry and Laura Foulkes with the Junior Captains being George Connolly and Abbie Hampshire.
12th The hole at the pool has been filled in, just awaiting for the water to be put back into the pool. Still looks like the Club is back on Thursday.
14th Finally water is being put back into the pool, but it will not be full enough for Thursday night, therefore the Club will be resuming in the large pool on Monday, 19th December.
16th The large pool at the Pendle Leisure Centre finally re-opened at 4pm, but it was only 25°C.
22nd Finally held the Christmas Sprint Gala. There were six new records set on the night. Jasmin Lahey (8yrs Frontcrawl), Miranda Bower (11yrs Frontcrawl), Nicole Baxter (12yrs Butterfly), Katie Farrar (14yrs Breaststroke), Jacob Taylforth (8yrs Breaststroke) and Gregan Baker (11yrs Backstroke). The age group winners were for the girls; Jasmin Lahey (8 years), Danielle Baxter (9), Molly Stevens (10), Miranda Bower (11), Nicole Baxter (12) and Katie Farrar (14). For the boys; William Havers-Strong (7), Jacob Taylforth (8), Jonah Thomas-Kelly (9), Reide Hartley & Joshua Cooke (10), Gregan Baker (11), Jonathon Beech (13), Marcus Bower (14), Morgan Hartley (15) and Alex Berry (16 and over).
31st Presentation Photos uploaded to the website.