20th March 2016`

Skills assessments take place every month, somewhere in the UK.  The Coach will tell you if your child is ready to attempt their Skill, but you can view the dates following the link to the ASA website.

27th February 2016

For music, dancing, awards, bingo, raffle and lots lots more, come to The Dug Out.  Tickets cost £15 per swimmer or adult, £5 for additional children under 11 and under

Saturday 19th December

Please see below the list of routines for the Christmas show on Saturday 19th at Kippax.

If anyone doesn't want to do their duet or solo as listed can you let Gemma (12U competitive coach) know asap as we need to finalise the programme.

Swimmers will need to be at Kippax at 1pm ready for warm ups - hair ready gelled for those doing teams and solo/duets. Team costumes will be provided but swimmers doing solos/duets need to bring their own costumes.

There will be a tombola on the day and contributions for that would be gratefully received. Gemma is collecting tombola gifts at JCCS training tomorrow (Wednesday) night.

We will also be selling refreshments and any donations of cakes or buns would be welcomed on the day.

Entry is £3 on the door (£1 concessions)

The show is planned to finish at 4pm.

13-14-15 November 2015

Good luck to the 11 swimmers: Rebecca Richardson (Mermaid), Abigail Devanny (Mermaid), Alyssa Ward, Katie Pearce, Lauren Wyke, Chloe McLelland, Georgia Fielding, Millicent Costello, Isobel Davies, Grace Steadman and Megan Ingle who are competing in Stockholm this weekend for the Swedish Open Age Groups!

Thanks to all the volunteers who are out there supporting the team as coaches, judges, chaperones and scorers. We will keep Twitter updated with their results.

12th November2015

We are delighted to announce that Sue Barrington is starting today in her new role with Leeds City Council as Part Time Development Coach in Synchronised Swimming.

Sue has a huge amount of experience and expertise to bring to the programme in this role which will be largely focused on the synchro lessons and entry squads.

This is an exciting new chapter for the programme and we look forward to welcoming Sue into her new role and working with us all in the near future,

7th November 2015

Last weekend… the Masters Squad attended the National Masters competition in Rugby. 7 swimmers from City of Leeds SSC competed in the tech and free team, solos and duets. The results were:

Team ( 25-39yrs)- SILVER ( Rebecca Hartley, Deanne Ward-Hopkins, Gemma Wright, Rosie Barrington, Jeanne Ansley, Lynda Devanny, Sarah Speers)

Solo ( 70-79yrs)-GOLD- Jeanne Ansley

Solo (20-24yrs) GOLD- Rosie Barrington

Solo (24-29yr) BRONZE- Sarah Speers

Duet (25-29yr) SILVER- Gemma Wright and Sarah Speers

The competition is really fun and friendly, and it was great to see two men competing from ‘Out to Swim’ based in London!

If you would like to get involved in Masters sessions ( beginners or ex swimmers) they train on a Sunday at JCCS between 12 and 1pm

Don’t forget you can follow the COL club on Twitter and both clubs on Facebook to keep up to date with the latest news. Search Leeds Synchro on either! or Leeds Mermaids on FB :)

4th October 2015

See attached for figures and routine results from the Yorkshires competition on 4th October in Spenborough.

Well done to all our swimmers, but in summary :-.

12&U Recreational Figures (8)

3rd Erica

4th Alexandra

5th Darcy

12&U Competitive Figures (14)

7th Leila

11th Eve

12th Zoe

13th Niamh

13/14 Recreational Figures (16)

14th Charlotte

15/16/17 Competitive Figures (7)

1st Rebecca

Solo's

12&U Recreational (6)

1st Erica

5th Georgina

12&U Competitive (10)

7th Leila

8th Zoe

10th Eve

13/14 Recreational (9)

9th Charlotte

15/16/17 Competitive (5)

1st Rebecca

Duets

12&U (R) - 1st Alexandra & Darcy

Team

12&U (R) - 1st Leeds Mermaids

26th September

Leeds Mermaids won 1st position in the Team Combo - see below for full results :)

6th September 2015

A huge thank you to all our Mermaids who worked really hard to raise a fantastic £175 by filling smartie tubes with coins!  Well done Mermaids!!! The winner of the prize draw is Hannah from E Squad. Congratulations Hannah!

10th July 2015

The raffle has been drawn and the following tickets are winners: 

1st prize - number 0115 Trisha Fisher  (ticket sold by Predine) - Morphy Richards food mixer

2nd prize - number 0097 Ann Chomeczko (ticket sold by Tilly) - 2 small cases of Italian wine

3rd prize - number 0097 Jim Porter - Luxury chocolates

4th prize - number 0705 Rebecca Richardson - chocolates

5th prize - number 0716 Chloe McLelland - chocolates

Thank you to all who have supported by buying tickets or donating prizes. 

We are pleased to announce that the raffle has raised over £230 for the Clubs. 

15th May 2015

We are pleased and proud to announce that Sarah Speers has won the prestigious Sue Ryder Women's Award for Sport.  Click here to find out more.

Drawn every Saturday

Welcome to a new quarter of Bonus Ball playing from 28 March 2015 to 20 June 2015.

Thank you to all those who have already paid for this new quarter.   Please can you make your payment as soon as possible if you haven't already.  Many thanks for your continued support :)

The Bonus Ball 48 was drawn on Saturday 28th March 2015 winning Roger Greenwood £26( as there was a rollover last week). Congratulations!

Payment can be made in cash, paypal or by bank transfer, whichever is easier for you. The cost is £13 per ball per quarter.  Email the address below to choose your Bonus Ball and to arrange your preferred method of payment. 

The Bonus Ball itself is taken from the National Lottery Bonus Ball drawn on Saturday night.  It is £1 a week to play. The normal prize is currently £21 (as there are currently 25 bonus balls)  and can vary based on the number of players. If no one wins then it is a Rollover and £5 is added to the prize. 

Being part of the game means you are helping our Club and also get the chance to win!

Good luck !

Please email secretary@synchroleeds.org to reserve your Bonus Ball.

Bonus Balls currently available are :-

3; 7; 19; 21; 23; 24; 25; 30; 32; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 46; 47

Please note players must be over 18.

27th June 2015

15th March 2015

A great competition and some fantastic results!

Well done to everyone that got medals and certificates.  Official results have been posted below

19th April 2015

It's the time to organise this year’s CoLSSC & Leeds Mermaids Club entry to this years Swimathon.

This event usually raises a good amount of money for both Clubs, so please encourage your child to take part. 

This year the Club needs a new music system.  After repeated repair, the faithful Coomber is ‘on its last legs’ and so we’d like to raise funds so we can purchase a new system.

Hopefully all Club members will participate.  You can ‘rope in’ your friends and relatives to swim too! 

Swimmers can  do either 1K, 2.5K or 5K.  

Last year some of our newest and youngest members achieved 1K in around 1/2 an hour!  Just imagine what they'll be able to achieve this year!!

The event is being scheduled for the morning of Sunday 19th April at JCCS, time to be confirmed. To register,  please email Richard with the swimmers name and the distance to be swum. 

The deadline for entries is Sunday 15th March.

Look forward hearing from you all

7th December 2014

Rosie (pictured) topped the podium twice in one day at ASA National Synchro Champs, winning both 18-19 years solo and duet events.

Abigail achieved Silver in 15-17 Solo;               Bethany & Predine came 9th in 12&U Duet;         Tilly came 7th in 12&U Solo

Hope & Georgina came 11th in 13/14 Duet;    Abigail & Rachel came 4th in 15-17 Duet;              12&U Team came 9th

13/14 Team came 6th

30th November 2014

Remember some of our girls & coaches are representing City of Leeds SSC at NAGs next weekend, so training is suspended next weekend from (and including) Friday 5th December to Sunday 7th December

Good luck girls !

Click the button  for "ones to watch" in Gloucester next week - any names seem familiar?!

26th November 2014

Check out our channel, for some synchro-inspiration.  Click the YouTube logo to open our channel in a new window.

20th November 2014

Head Coach, Sarah Speers, talks about the training regime our Becky & Grete have undertaken, just what it takes to be a single minded sychronised swimmer, and the anticipation & expectations of Sweden  :)

Many thanks to Made in Leeds channel for the clip

20th November 2014

Look North

Head Coach, Sarah Speers talks to Gaby from Yorkshire's Look North team.

Fast forward the clip, courtesy of BBC iPlayer, to 22.33 to see our girls in action!

Please note that iPlayer usually only keeps programmes available for 7 days.

September 2014

Last weekend some of our Mermaids, swimming for City of Leeds, travelled to Stockholm to take part in the Sweden Open Age Championships.

At the competition there were 9 countries and 18 clubs.  All the City of Leeds girls performed incredibly well! Here are the results:

• Junior solo - R Richardson 2nd Place (out of 15 athletes)

• Junior duet - A Devanny & R Lee 4th Place (0.3 points from 2nd! - out of 13)

• Junior team - 2nd place - C McLelland, R Lee, R Richardson, A Devanny - and that is after a 2 point penalty for not having 8 swimmers!

• 13/14 solo - G Hampson 3rd Place (out of 11 athletes)

• 13/14 solo - H Lee-Fowkes 6th Place (out of 11 athletes)

• 13/14 duet - H Lee-Fowkes & Georgia Fielding 6th (out of 13)

Junior Figures (out of 50 athletes)

• R Richardson 3rd

• R Lee 4th

• A Devanny 11th

• C McLelland 16th

13/14 Figures (out of 53 athletes)

• G Hampson 3rd

• H Lee-Fowkes 26th

• G Fielding 27th

Huge Well Done to all swimmers!

October 2014

We are very proud to announce that two of our Mermaids both auditioned to join Great Britain Synchronised Swimming Team and were both successful.

Whilst still also representing CoLSS, these two girls are now spending most weekends away from home, training in Aldershot.

Becky said "our goal is to be selected for the Team at the Junior Europeans in 2015 " with Greta adding "we now also train every Saturday  in Aldershot at the High Performance Centre!".

Rebecca and Greta are trying to source company sponsorship to assist with the travel costs involved in travelling to Aldershot each week, and if anyone knows of any company sponsorship initiatives please can they contact them.

Good luck ladies :)

Sunday 21st December 2014, from 2pm at Knottingley Leisure Centre

Take note of the change of date and venue!  The Gala is now Sunday 21st December.  It's going to be a sensational day - bring your family and friends for a simply synchro-tastic day.

We need to start collecting small gifts and /or prizes for the Christmas Show Tombola stall.  Please can you give it some thought? Any gifts can be handed to CoL committee members

We also will need help with organising and assisting on the day, e.g. help manning stalls, selling raffle tickets, etc. Please email hev.thompson@yahoo.co.uk if you are happy to get involved.

Remember to invite friends & family, the more the merrier!

Manchester, 5th October 2014

Many congratulations to all the swimmers who went to the North East Multi Regional competition in Manchester on the 5th October.  It was a long and tiring days for both swimmers and parents, but a lot of medals were won, which makes it all worthwhile!

Knottingley, October 2014

Some of our younger Mermaids took part in the Knottingley Kingfishers competition earlier in the month - so our the girls had never competed before, and a thoroughly great day was had by all.

Picture shows E-Squad's perfect wheel, diplayed during their Country 'n'Western routine "Cotton-Eyed Joe"