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  • GB Championships Day 2 - Zoe Joins Emma On World Youth's Team!! (0)
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    Achieng Given Green Light For London Olympics Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Tuesday, May 04 2010 @ 02:40 PM BST
    Contributed by: PL Swimming

    Dubai, UAE: Plymouth Leander's former Kenyan International swimmer Achieng Ajulu-Bushell has been granted permission by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to swim for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Achieng was given approval at a meeting of the IOC Executive Board in Dubai this week to be eligible to compete for GBR in 2012, subject to qualification and selection.

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    It's A Hat-Trick!! PL Win Third Successive National Arena League Swimming Title! Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Monday, April 26 2010 @ 01:19 PM BST
    Contributed by: PL Swimming

    Sheffield, England: Plymouth Leander have become the club champions of England & Wales for this third successive year in winning the 41st National Arena Swimming League Cup Final at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.

    Only City of Southampton in the early 1970’s and City of Leeds through the 80’s and the 90’s have managed a consecutive hat-trick of National League titles, with Plymouth romping home in once of the most impressive winning margins in the League’s history, nearly 90 points clear of second placed Stockport Metro, a British Swimming ITC.

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    Nine (!!) Selected For Great Britain Following 2010 British Championships... Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Wednesday, April 14 2010 @ 06:01 PM BST
    Contributed by: PL Swimming

    Sheffield, England: Nine (yes, that's nine) selected for Great Britain in what saw Plymouth Leander not just continue to stake their claim as the UK's leading swimming programme, but also come to the fore as a true and worthy alternative to British Swimming's ITC programmes into 2012 and beyond.

    Named for the third consecutive year as one of only five British Swimming Development Clubs, this is what is possible with innovative coaching, single-mindedness and a focussed desire to succeed. Read on...

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    PL Double Up On National Club Titles In Taking The British National Youth Club Champions Award Aswell!! Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Monday, August 31 2009 @ 05:53 PM BST
    Contributed by: PL Swimming

    Sheffield, England: So, with PL taking the Top British Club award at the National Age Groups, it would be greedy to win the Top Youth Club title as well wouldn't it? Well, someone has to win it, and why not do the double for the first time. And therefore, a mere seven days after taking one British Club title, PL claimed their second - Top British Youth Club 2009.

    Underlined with an incredible 25 medals (12 gold, 10 silver & 3 bronze) at the six-day meet at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, PL were to beat the next British Club (City of Leeds) by well over 100 points, with the Canadian guest team from Alberta still trailing some 60 points in the Leander wake.

    You want to know where those 25 medals came from right?....

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    PL Become British National Age Group Club Champions - And Then Some !! Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Monday, July 27 2009 @ 11:08 AM BST
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    Sheffield, England: Plymouth Leander have become the 2009 British National Age Group Club Champions for the first time over five days of intense competition at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. Their victory in being named as Great Britain’s leading age group swimming programme was packed with landmark moments, some of which may never be surpassed in British swimming...

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    PL Annual Dinner & Dance Tickets Go On Sale Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Sunday, July 05 2009 @ 05:46 PM BST
    Contributed by: PL Swimming

    Plymouth, England: On Saturday 21st November 2009, Plymouth Leander has pleasure in inviting you to its annual dinner dance at Boringdon Hall. This promises to be a truly memorable evening, open to all members and friends of Plymouth Leander, past and present, aged 15 and above.
    To make the evening the best it can be, interested parties are asked to make up their own tables of 10 for dinner. If it isn't possible to make up a whole table, we could help by completing it for you. Dress code is Black Tie and evening wear, dine and dance, 7.00pm for a 7.30pm sitting and carriages at midnight. Reduced price accommodation is available on request
     
    We wish everyone to be able to attend this event who wishes to. Bearing this in mind, payments for tickets can be paid on a weekly or monthly basis at your discretion, with the final payment by the 1st October 2009. Unfortunately, any funds paid in cannot be refunded
     
    Tickets for this memorable evening are £38 pounds per person
    Please book early for tickets by emailing Jane Whitbread at janewhitbread7@googlemail.com or call on 07971 162371

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    The Plymouth Leander 20 Year Reunion - It's On!! Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Thursday, May 28 2009 @ 10:23 PM BST
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    Plymouth, England: We've never had a full on reunion, so this is it!

    This September, it's 20 years since Jon became Head Coach of Plymouth Leander. From the former days of Ballards and Seaton through to becoming the strongest swimming club in the UK, we have much to celebrate and remember - but we need all you old boys and old girls back to do it.

    So... if you're a former swimmer, current swimmer, coach or former coach or you've been part of ther club over the last two decades, come and have a couple, nah, make that several drinks with us!

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    Come On PL! - National Swimming League Cup Champions of England & Wales 2009!! Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Tuesday, April 28 2009 @ 01:12 PM BST
    Contributed by: PL Swimming

    Sheffield, England: Plymouth Leander won the 40th National Swimming League Cup Final of England and Wales at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield in front of a packed spectators gallery. This, their second successive National Club Champions title sees them join an elite group of only four English swimming clubs who have managed to win the Cup Final in two successive years.

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    Sam Brings Down Foz and Liam's British Records In One Weekend! Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Monday, November 17 2008 @ 01:39 PM GMT
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    Haslemere, England: Two of Great Britain’s most iconic swimming figures had their British Junior short course records taken at the Haslemere Open as Plymouth Leander’s Sam Straughan set about two of the former marks held by Liam Tanc0ck and Mark Foster.

    Now surely that's worth a read...

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    Jarvis Takes Silver At Commonwealth Youth Games! Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
    Wednesday, November 05 2008 @ 03:27 PM GMT
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    Pune, India: The exciting prospect that is Calum Jarvis was to return from the 2009 Commonwealth Youth Games with a silver medal round his neck and some highly promising early season times under tough conditions in the sweltering Indian heat. PL were to have six athletes selected to compete at the meet from five different nations, with Calum Jarvis (Wales) joined by David Gregory (England), Grant Halsall (Isle of Man) and Heather Millar (Isle of Man) also taking great International experience from the occasion. Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (Kenya) and Christian Homer (Trinidad & Tobago) opted to decline their country’s selections due to academic commitments.

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