Information received regarding Burnley Bobcats ‘Last Chance County Qualifier’ 2023 L3 Open Meet: 

We hope you’ve all had a great Christmas and are ready to welcome in the new year. Our County Qualifier meet is fast approaching, and we are looking forward to a full programme of racing with 31 teams from Lancashire and Yorkshire making it a very competitive Level 3 meet.

Those familiar with BOBCATS meets at Darwen will be aware of the team seating arrangements, all teams will be based in the sports hall on Saturday and Sunday. We do this to ensure swimmers, spectators, officials, and coaches all have sufficient space to be comfortable for the duration of the meet. Your cooperation is vital to ensure the weekend runs smoothly, further information is provided below. 

Withdrawals:

• e-mail [email protected] or text (07577415621) up to 60 minutes before the start of the session. Please state the swimmer’s name, club name, event number, competition number and the name of the events wishing to be withdrawn from or…
• In person at the designated desk on the day using a withdrawal form up to 60 minutes before the start of the session.

​Session Information:

​In the event of Sessions 2 and 4 overrunning, Sessions 3 and 5 may start later to ensure coaches and officials have sufficient time for lunch. Any changes will be announced on the day.

Warm-Ups in Sessions 2-5 have been split by boy/girl and by club and is attached below. Chorley Marlins boys are in Group B and girls are in Group D (Saturday) and Group F (Sunday). 

Seating arrangements for teams (Friday Evening)

Teams will be able to sit on the scoreboard side of the pool for the duration of the distance
freestyle events. Swimmers should report to the gallery side of the pool for marshalling.

Seating arrangements for teams (Saturday and Sunday)

• All swimmers will be based in the sports hall with designated areas provided for each team (there will be no poolside seating for swimmers).
• On arrival, swimmers, coaches, and team managers should go directly to their designated area in the sports hall and remain there unless they are getting changed, warming up or racing.
• We will have a team of competitor stewards / Marshalls based in the sports hall and on poolside. Swimmers will need to report for marshalling in the sports hall and will then be sent in their heats to the team on poolside.
• Swimmers should ensure that they are dry and are wearing appropriate footwear before returning to the sports hall.
  
• Swimmers should not enter the spectator area during racing. To ensure the safety of all competitors, spectators must not enter the sports hall.
  
• We would like to remind clubs that they are responsible to ensure swimmers stay within the designated areas and abide by these rules.
  

Spectators

• Entrance fees are £8 per day (Saturday/Sunday), £3 will be refunded for a half day at the end of the morning session. Just afternoon sessions will be charged at £5.
• Entrance for the 800m / 1500m Freestyle events on Friday evening will be free.
• Programmes will be available for £2.
• We accept Cash or Contactless payments.
• Live Results will be available at galaresults.com/

Swim Shop

Sport Fox will be setting up on Friday evening and will be in the café area all weekend,
check them out here: www.arenaswimwearstore.com

Finally, we really want everyone to have the best time. Let’s start the new year with a
celebration of the commitment, skill, and determination of amazing young athletes.

The last training session for squads will be on Thursday 22nd December with training resuming on Tuesday 3rd January.

Mini Marlins and Development Group will start back on Saturday 7th January.

We would like to wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Well done to all the Chorley Marlins swimmers who took part in the Leeds Christmas Cracker at the weekend.  We hope you enjoyed the meet and are happy with your swims. Lots of great swims and congratulations to our medal winners.

Olivia Edgar
Gold - Girls 13 years 50m Backstroke
Gold - Girls 13 years 100m Backstroke
Silver - Girls 13 years 100m Freestyle

Ayesha Chaudhry
Bronze - Girls 15 years 200m Butterfly

Thank you to Mary, Claire and Cheryl for looking after the swimmers poolside. 

​Results are attached below.

Attached below are the accepted entries for Burnley Bobcats ‘Last Chance County Qualifier’ 2023 L3 Open Meet. Warm-up arrangements to follow once received.  They can also be viewed using the link below:
https://uk.teamunify.com/bbsq/UserFiles/Image/QuickUpload/2023bobcatsmeetconfirmationweb_077751.pdf

There will be no Saturday or Sunday morning training at Brinscall on 17th & 18th December. On Saturday District & JD can swim 5-6pm at Chorley. On Sunday Intermediates & Juniors can swim 5-7pm at Chorley.

Well done to all the swimmers who represented Chorley Marlins over the three rounds of the North West Arena League for 2022. Results from Round 3 and the final league positions are attached below. 

Final operational details for the City of Leeds Christmas Cracker meet received from the organiser.  There will be 600 spectator tickets available. Tickets will be £10 each and are payable by cash on the door, exact change would be preferable. Kids 12 and under go free. Unfortunately, COLSC will not be able to print any programmes to hand out over the weekend, the draft programme can be found here:

https://www.swimleeds.org.uk/assets/meet-downloads/2022/city-of-leeds-christmas-cracker-2022-programme.pdf
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The heats and live results link is here although not live yet:
https://liveresults.swimleeds.org.uk/2022/city-of-leeds-christmas-cracker-2022/
There will also be QR codes around the building for this as well.

Gala Timings

Fri 16th PM
Warm Up:  15:30 - 16:20
Start:  16:30
Estimated Finish Time:  20:20

Sat 17th AM
Warm Up:  08:00 - 08:50
Start:  09:00
Estimated Finish Time:  12:45

Sat 17th PM
Warm Up:  13:00 - 13:50
Start:  14:00
Estimated Finish Time: 17:45

Sun 18th AM
Warm Up:  08:00 - 08:50
Start:  09:00
Estimated Finish Time:  12:40

Sun 18th PM
Warm Up:  13:00 - 13:50
Start:  14:00
Estimated Finish Time:  17:25

Warm Up Schedule

Friday Session 1
15:30 - Mixed

Saturday Session 2
Boys - 08:00 to 08:25
Girls - 08:25 to 08:50

Saturday Session 3
Girls - 13:00 to 13:25
Boys - 13:25 to 13:50

Sunday Session 4
Girls - 08:00 to 08:25
Boys - 08:25 to 08:50

Sunday Session 5
Girls - 13:00 to 13:25
Boys - 13:25 to 13:50

Swimmers should have suitable footwear on whilst walking around, particularly up and down the balcony steps and especially when wet.

COLSC will have a photographer working with them over the weekend who will be based out of the dance studio on the first floor. The price list is attached.

MAK Swimwear will also be in attendance, they will be based in the dance studio too.

There will be a cash only raffle available with many exciting prizes, including top prizes of X-Rocker Gaming Chairs and volunteers on the door will also be selling sweets.

Good luck to all our swimmers who are competing at the weekend.

Arena League Team for Round 3 Saturday 10th December 

10/11 
Millie Jordan 
Abigail Culshaw 
Jack Calderbank 
Alfie Liptrot 

13/under 
Olivia Gibson 
Olivia Plewes 
William Shears 

15/under
Ava Bolton
Ayesha Chaudhry
Brandon Taylor
Flynn Morris
Flynn Martin

Open
Abigail Bond
Joe Parkinson
Isaac Spinks

Venue
Ellesmere Port Sports Village
Stanney Ln
Ellesmere Port
CH65 9LB
01516591010

Warm-up 18:00
Expected finish 20:00

Dave will be at the venue for 17:30
His number if anyone needs it 07845266807

We are currently 6th in Division 2. 

Please confirm availability for this weekend in the comments section below.

Good luck to all those involved

We are considering offering Chorley Marlins bobble hats. There are two design options, both with an embroidered Marlins badge. Pricing is to be confirmed be likely around £11. We would like your views on which of the two options you prefer and if you would likely be interested in purchasing.

Due to the Arena League fixture later in the day, there is no morning training at Brinscall on Saturday 10th.