Gloucester City Swimming Club
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| Location | Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham.... , Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean.... , England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... |
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| Established | 1910 |
| Pools (Home pool and Training) | GL1 Leisure Centre, Gloucester Gloucester Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham.... |
| Bath University Swimming Pool, Bath | |
| Cardiff International Pool, Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for... |
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| Team Colours | Black Black Black is the color of objects that do not emit or reflect light in any part of the visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of light... , Green Green Green is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered... , Yellow/Gold |
| Chairman | Sheena Dougan |
| Director of Swimming | Mary O'Riordan |
| Team Managers | Graham Brookhouse and Andy Osbourne |
| Junior Team Coach | Jane Seymour |
| Website | http://www.gcsc.org.uk/ |
Gloucester City Swimming Club is a swimming
Swimming (sport)
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club based in Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, which was founded in 1910. Its home pool
Swimming pool
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is GL1. It is one of the most successful clubs in the United Kingdom.
G.C.S.C is made up of several group levels starting with the Purple Squad, Yellow Squad, Blue Squad and Blue +, Red Squad and Red +, and Finally Green Squad.
2008-2010 – more success
The club launched their new logo entitled "Simply Better" made by the club's coaches Andrew Osbourne and Graham BrookhouseGraham Brookhouse
Graham Raymond Brookhouse was born on 19 June 1962 and was brought up in Birmingham, England and competed for the modern pentathlon in the Seoul Olympics.- Seoul Olympics :...
. The club also release the location for there annual Warm Weather training camp which for the year 2009 will be in Spain
Spain
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. The official website for the club launches and the club top the GCASA championships. Gloucester City topped the County Medal table with 186 Medals. These included 71 Gold,63 Silver and 52 Bronze. This was a fantastic club achievement leaving Thornbury SC in 2nd place with 117 medals. Many swimmers achieved AGBT , National QT and District times.
At the South West District Championships the club also achieved many national times, especially Alex Matthews, a club veteran who achieved times in the 100 m and 200 m butterfly
Butterfly stroke
The butterfly is a swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously. The butterfly kick was developed separately, and is also known as the "dolphin kick"...
. The event which was at Millfield School, was the best participated in the clubs history.
The club ihad their annual Warm Weather Training Camp, which this year was held in Malaga, Spain.
In the 2010 British Gas County Swimming Championships the club picked up 241 medals of which 106 were gold, 75 were silver and 60 were bronze.
GCSC coaches
- Andrew Osbourne: Fitness Development Coach: 2009 - Present.
- Graham BrookhouseGraham BrookhouseGraham Raymond Brookhouse was born on 19 June 1962 and was brought up in Birmingham, England and competed for the modern pentathlon in the Seoul Olympics.- Seoul Olympics :...
: Head Coach: 2001 - Present. - Jane Seymour: 2009 - Present.
Notable swimmers
- Hayley PalmerHayley PalmerHayley Gloria Palmer is an Olympian and National Record holding swimmer from New Zealand. She swam for NZ at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.-Early life:Palmer was born in Cheltenham, England...
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: Olympic swimmer and hold New Zealand swimming records in 4 different events (see below). Also first female medalist for GCSC at the National Swimming Championships. She received 2 bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games 2010. - James Broady : Male medalist for GCSC at the National Swimming Championships. Also has been picked for the Great Britain Performance Squad in Swimming and Breast stroke Development Squad. Bronze medalist at the Senior National Swimming Championships.
- Hannah McCarthy : Silver Medalist for GCSC at the 2009 National Swimming Championships.
Hayley Palmer
Hayley PalmerHayley Palmer
Hayley Gloria Palmer is an Olympian and National Record holding swimmer from New Zealand. She swam for NZ at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.-Early life:Palmer was born in Cheltenham, England...
, a former member of the club, is now a representative swimmer for New Zealand
New Zealand
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and currently holds 5 New Zealand swimming records -
- Women's Long Course 50m Freestyle (25.36)
- Women's Long Course 100m Freestyle (53.91)
- Women's Short Course 50m Freestyle (24.39)
- Women's Short Course 100m Freestyle (53.57)
- Women's Short Course 100m Individual Medley (1:01.24)
She also competed for New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
, 2008 World Short Course Championships, 2009 World Long Course Championships, and will compete in the 2010 Commonwealth Games. She is targeting her second Olympics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics
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in London
London
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Green squad
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squad is the hardest squad. Only the mentally and physically able ones make it this far with hard sprint and distance sets and even Land training. Meterage can reach up to 6,000 m. There are 4 Lanes. All of the swimmers in the green
Green
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squad have already made the counties, and from then on you can qualify for the District Counties (South West), and then finally the nationals (England).
Red squad
Swimmers selected to swim in this squad will have four evening sessions and at the discretion of the coach one early morning. Swimmers will have shown commitment and ability.Training in this squad will consist of stroke technique and low intensity base aerobic work and race preparation. Swimmers will be expected to attend all the sessions. Meterage will be around 4,000 m per session.