2006

COAST records are ranked by age as of 31st December and give an alternate view compared to national records which are age on the day. This year individual records were broken on more than 150 occasions and there were 3 relay records. The individuals achieving a record include :

Eddie Watson, Elizabeth Hughes, Tom Primavesi, Lauren Kane, Rachel Wood, Rachel Milne, Arianna Bewick, Keith Beveridge, Eleanor Brooke, Nicola Shand, Robbie Renwick, Steven Sutherland, Chris Wilson, Adrian O'Neill, Ranald Falconer and David Carry.

Michael McGovern, Chris Stirling, Jonathon Hughes and Stuart Murray were part of an IM relay team which broke the 13/14 age records.

Elizabeth Hughes (12), Euan Inglis (12) and Elliot Martin (11) all broke Scottish Age Group records in a dominant display by the City of Aberdeen Swim Team's young swimmers at the North District Age Group Meet held in Inverness 9 - 10 December.

Elizabeth, swimming for Aberdeen Dolphin, broke the 12-year-old 800m freestyle record in a time of 9 minutes 35.16 seconds and also set a new North District record for the 200m backstroke on her way to winning 8 golds, 3 silvers and a bronze.

Euan (Aberdeen Dolphin), broke the 12-year-old 1500m freestyle record, taking 4.3 seconds off the previous mark to set a new target of 17 minutes 57.81 seconds. He was also a regular visitor to the medal podium collecting 8 golds and 1 silver in the 10 to 12-year-old age group.

Swimming in the same age group, Elliot (Cults Otters) had a fantastic meet breaking five Scottish 11-year-old records (200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle, and 200m and 400m individual medley) along with the North District 100m freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 200m backstroke records.

Further gold medal success was achieved in the 10 to 12-year-old age group with Tom Primavesi (12, Cults Otters) winning four events, whilst in the 13 to 14-year-old age group, Rachel Wood (13, Bucksburn), Lauren Kane (13, Aberdeen Dolphin), Christopher Stirling (14, Bridge of Don) and Greig Morrison (14, Aberdeen Dolphin) amassed a further 16 event wins.

COAST Medal winners:

10 to 12-year-old Girls

Elizabeth Hughes - Gold - 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle, 100m and 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m individual medley - Silver - 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 100m breaststroke - Bronze - 200m breaststroke.

Catherine Cameron (12, Aberdeen Dolphin) - Silver - 800m freestyle - Bronze - 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke.

Kirsty McKenzie (12, Cults Otters) - Bronze - 400m individual medley.

10 to 12-year-old Boys

Euan Inglis - Gold - 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 100m and 200m breaststroke, 200m and 400m individual medley - Silver - 200m butterfly.

Tom Primavesi - Gold - 100m freestyle, 100m and 200m butterfly, 100m backstroke - Silver - 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle, 200m backstroke - Bronze - 200m individual medley.

Elliot Martin - Silver - 100m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 200m and 400m individual medley - Bronze - 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle, 100m and 200m backstroke, 100m breaststroke.

Euan Dunbar (12, Aberdeen Dolphin) - Bronze - 100m and 200m butterfly, 400m individual medley.

13 to 14-year-old Girls

Rachel Wood - Gold - 200m and 400m freestyle, 100m and 200m butterfly, 100m and 200m backstroke - Silver - 800m freestyle, 400m individual medley.

Lauren Kane - Gold - 800m freestyle, 200m and 400m individual medley - Silver - 200m and 400m freestyle - Bronze - 100m and 200m butterfly, 200m breaststroke.

Carly Fraser (14, Aberdeen Dolphin) - Silver - 200m breaststroke - Bronze - 100m breaststroke.

Katherine Gordon (13, Aberdeen Dolphin) - Bronze - 200m backstroke.

13 to 14-year-old Boys

Christopher Stirling - Gold - 100m freestyle, 100m and 200m breaststroke, 200m individual medley - Silver - 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 100m and 200m backstroke.

Greig Morrison - Gold - 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle - Silver - 100m freestyle, 200m breaststroke.

Christopher Breen (14, Bucksburn) - Silver - 200m butterfly, 400m individual medley - Bronze - 100m butterfly.

Stuart McIntosh (13, Bridge of Don) - Bronze - 400m individual medley.

With the younger swimmers at the ND Age competition, head coach Eileen Adams took the senior squad swimmers to this HDW distance meet for some early LC competition. Jonathon Greig swam well to achieve 2 qualifying times for the GB Trials. Robbie Renwick strolled home in the 20, 400, 800 and 1500m FS events some way ahead of the field matching his early season form following the US Open and PB'ing in the 800m. Other COAST swimmers who reached a top 10 finish included:

Robbie Renwick and Ranald Falconer travelled with a strong Scottish Team to the first major senior level competition this year and taking in the opportunity of competing against the likes of Michael Phelps and Aaron Piersol. Overall the team performed well. Robbie showed the best performance of the team, taking 3rd place in the the 200 just behind Phelps and Simon Burnett & also again a 3rd place in the 400m FS. (Robbie actually qualified fastest for both finals). He rounded things off with a big PB in the 1500 (15:42) which was 8th place.

Robbie also featured in each of 3 relays swimming the anchor FS leg in each case. The team was 2nd in the 4 x 200 FS with Ranald swimming 2nd, 4th in the 4 x 100 IM and took gold in the 4 x 100m relay (Phelp's Team who were DQ'd for a flier would have won).

David Carry and Robbie Renwick have been selected for the GB team for the World Championships in Melbourne 2007 along with past COAST swimmer Robert Lang. They are part of 9 Scots in the 33 strong team which will compete against the worlds best. This event is seen as the prelimary test of strength prior to the Beijing Olympics.

The GB squad will also compete strongly in the European short course in Helsinki, although Robbie will instead compete in the US Open in December

The senior British team took the honours as top nation with their best ever haul of 13 medals. It could have been much better with eight 4th places including two for Aberdeen's David Carry in the 400 IM and FS. However David confirmed his standing as the top middle distance swimmer in Britain.

Robbie Renwick - has 2 good swims in the 200 & 400 FS coming a creditable 13th in the 200m but missing out on the semi final due to the 2 per nation ruling. However Robbie together with David, and fellow Scots Andy Hunter and Euan Dale, was part of the 4 x 200m FS relay which took silver behind Italy.

Britsih Swimming saw fit to issue a special bulletin in tribute to the GB successes in 2006....click here to view

COAST sent a team of 7 swimmers plus a relay team of 14yr old boys to the ASA Age Groups and a larger more experienced team of 9 swimmers to the ASA Youth & Open competitions, held in Sheffield from 25 - 31 July and 1 - 6 August respectively. Although no COAST swimmers made the podium there was some excellent swims with many PB's and several finalists.

Top ranking finalist was Ranald Falconer who was 5th in 100FS, 9th in 100BC, 10th in 50 BC and 50 FS.

Adrian O'Neill hit the finals of the 100& 200 Fly coming 6th and 9th resp. and also came a creditable 8th in the 200 IM.

Michael Adams was just outside the 400m FS final along with Jonathon Greig and Michael also put in strong performances in the 800 & 1500m FS.

It was a step up for Keith Beveridge in the 100 & 200 Fly who posted good times along with Nicola Shand and Rachael Milne who competed well in the 200 Fly and 200 & 400 IM events.

The relays could not emulate last years winning performance but the senior boys finalled in the 4 x 100 Im (10th) and 4 x 200 FS (9th).

In the ASA Age Group events, Elliot Martin (11) reached the final of the 400IM, finishing in 5th place in a new North District record time of 5:31.80. There were two other noteable performances in the 400IM with Catherine Cameron (11) breaking her own North District record and Tom Primavesi setting a new 12 year old COAST record.

Lauren Kane (12) was in fine form swimming inside the North District record for both the 100 and 200 Breaststroke, but losing out on the day to SAS's Jenny Sangster. However, success was achieved in the 200IM where she set a new ND record for the 200IM.

Euan Inglis (12) reached the final of the final of the 200 Breaststroke, whilst the only other individual swimmer, Elizabeth Hughes (12), swam just outside her own COAST record in the 800 Freestyle.

The boys relay team of Michael McGovern, Chris Stirling, Jonathon Hughes and Stuart Murray pulled out all the stops to reach the 4 x 100 Medley Relay final breaking their North District record by 5 seconds and then again by a further 3 seconds in finishing in 5th place.

Robbie Renwick was part of the most successful British Junior Team which collected 16 medals and missed several other golden chances at the annual European Junior event in Palma, Mallorca. Robbie's contribution was to win the 200m FS in a British record time of 1:49.26 (900+ LEN points) and to swim the anchor leg in all the relays pulling the team up from non medal positions to 2nd in the 4 x 200m FS and bronze in the 4 x 100m IM.

Despite this success Robbie was disappointed not to do better in the 400m FS but a session on the massage table on the day of the final strained his legs and his customary propeller kick was not firing.

The level of competition was such that the final of the Boy's 100m FS saw all 8 swimmers within 0.8 secs with Robbie touching 8th, off his time in the heats, but which typified much of the competitive nature of this spectacular meet.

Robbie now travels to Budapest on 26th July to compete in the European Senior event at 200 & 400m FS.

City of Aberdeen Swim Team member Keith Beveridge (15) was crowned Scottish 200m Butterfly Junior Champion at the Scottish Open Championships. The reigning Scottish Age Group Champion completed the event in a new COAST age group record time of 2:12.27.

Commonwealth Games silver medalist Robbie Renwick (17) was runner up in the 400m Freestyle and third in the 800m Freestyle as he prepared for the European Junior Championships in Majorca later this week. Michael Adams (17) collected the bronze medal in the 1500m Freestyle.

In the 14 and under boys events, Michael McGovern (14) won silver medals in both the 100m and 200m Backstroke, whilst Kevin Gregor (17) won bronze in the multi-disability 50m and 100m Freestyle.

Girls 11/12 - Catherine Cameron, Lauren Kane, Elizabeth Hughes, Emma Ross - 3rd Medley Relay and 2nd Freestyle Relay.

Boys 11/12 - Elliot Martin, Euan Inglis, Tom Primavesi, Euan Dunbar - 1st Medley Relay and 2nd Freestyle Relay.

Boys 13/14 - Michael McGovern, Chris Stirling, Jonathon Hughes, Greig Morrison - 3rd Medley Relay. Chris Stirling, Jonathon Hughes, Greig Morrison, Stuart Murray - 3rd Freestyle Relay.

Girls 15/16 - Alisa Hill, Eleanor Brooke, Nicola Shand, Rachel Wong - 2nd Medley and Freestyle Relays.

Boys 15/16 - Ross MacDonald, Russell Thom, Adrian O'Neill, Jonathan Greig - 2nd Medley Relay. Adrian O'Neill, Kent Zhang, Keith Beveridge, Jonathan Greig - 2nd Freestyle Relay.

This regular local meet which provides a respite for those with school exams on their minds, saw some excellent performance from COAST swimmers. Notably Keith Beveridge (15) claiming 5 golds medals including a new meet record in the 14/15 yr 50m Fly. Keith's other medals were in the 100& 200 FS, 100 & 200 Fly.

Fellow Dolphins team mates Rachael Milne (14) came home with 4 golds (100 & 200 FS and 100 & 200 BC), Ranald Falconer (19) took 50 & 100 BC and 50m FS - including the skins in both BC and FS where he was closely hussled by Steven Sutherland (17)who also took the 100 & 200 Brs, Lauren Kane (12) took the 200 Brs and 200 IM, and Chris Wilson (16)took the 100 Im and 50 Brs in a new meet record.

Cults Otters were represented by Robbie Renwick (17) who took the 100m, 200m and 400m FS and Rachael Wong's 100m Fly in the 14/15 yr group. Bucksburn ADC's Rachael Wood (12) took gold in the 12/13 yr 100 & 200 Fly and 200 BC with Eleanor Brooke taking the 100 &200 Brs (14/15 yr) titles. Dyce's Nicola Shand took 200IM, 200Fly and 400 IM (14/15 yr). Bridge of Don's Debbie Moore took the 100 IM and 100 BC (over 16 yr) and Bon Accord Thistle's Michael McGovern collected the 200 BC for 14/15 yr boys.

With the departure of Gordon Glasgow, Liz Kemp and Stewart Haslam have joined the COAST coaching team along with Sandra Inglis who has been assisting for several months. (contact details on the coaches page)

Liz is the former head coach of Cults Otters and previous "Intermediate" Squad coach for COAST.

Stewart was the former head coach of Elgin Asc and has relocated to Aberdeen to take up his position.

David Carry & Robbie Renwick were treated along with other medalists and competitors at the Commonwealth Games to an open top bus procession along Union St. COAST squad swimmers formed the advance party and guard of honour, handing out flags to the crowds who stopped to pay their appreciation.

The procession culminated in an official reception in the townhouse and both swimmers were dressed in the official team tartan.

In February at the Scottish Awards dinner in peebles, Norma Shand was awarded the Volunteer Award for her tireless efforts for Dyce ASC and COAST and Eileen Adams also received the Junior Coach of the Year Award.

We had a good representation at the Aberdeen Sports Council Awards dinner on 21st April, with Robbie Renwick winning the Chris Anderson Trust Award Gold medal and the Junior category of the Sport Scotland awards. Katie Haining won the Disabled award and Eileen Adams won the Professional Coach Award, for the second time.

Ranald Falconer, Adrian O'Neill and Robbie Renwick traveled to Sheffield to meet up with David Carry and many of Britain's top swimmers with the aim of achieving qualifying times for this summers European Junior and Senior championships.

David continued his fine form winning the 200m and 400m FS and added to his qualifying times from Melbourne. Robbie Renwick qualified for the Junior ((1988-89) competition in the 100m, 200m and 40-0m. Robbie broke the British Age record (17yr) in the 400m FS and went under 1.50 in the 200m FS for the first time.

Ranald was 5th in a PB in the 50m Backstroke and reached semis in the 50m & 100m FS and 100m Back.

COAST returned with 10 gold medals from the annual age group championships, which were held earlier this year. It has a very competitive event with many English Teams attending and featuring strongly.

Jonathon Greig (16) was COAST's top performer taking the Age group title in the 16-18 year group in the 400m and 1500m FS and also taking bronze in the 800m FS. Along with Steven Sutherland, Adrian O'Neill and Robbie Renwick, he helped the team to 2 relay golds in the 4 x 100m and 4 x 200m FS and a silver in the 4 x 100m IM relay.

In the younger age groups, Chris Stirling, Stuart Murray, Jonathon Hughes and Michael McGovern took gold in the 14 & under 4 x 100m IM relay and Greig Morrison came in to help take silver in the 4 x 100m FS.

Keith Beveridge and Nicola Shand, both 15, won their age group in the 200 & 100m Butterfly respectively

Rachel Wood,13 won gold in the 200m Butterfly, whilst Elizabeth Hughes,12, and Tom Primavesi,11, won the titles for 1,500m and 200m butterfly, both breaking Scottish Age records.

Silver - Eleanor Brooke (14) 100m & 200m breaststroke, Chris Wilson (17) - 100m Breaststroke

Bronze - Euan Inglis(12) 1,500m FS, Rachel wood (13) 200m fly, Nicola Shand (15)1,500m FS, Adrian O'Neill (16) 200m Fly, Steven Sutherland (16) 100m Fly, Chris Wilson (17) 200m IM.

As Scotland celebrated it most successful games ever in the pool, COAST is celebrating its gold and silver medals. The first of 2 gold medals was won by David Carry in the men's 400m FS. He followed this in superb fashion on day 4 with a gold in the 400 IM. Performance squad swimmer Robbie Renwick was a member of the 4 x 200m FS relay along with David which took silver in an incredibly exciting race. The Scots overtook Australia but were just being pipped by England's Ross Davenport. Our relay set a new Scottish Record and all 4 swimmers went under 1.49 secs for their legs. The relay was managed by Eileen Adams who used her experience to get the most from all the swimmers.

Robbie also had a good swim in the 400m FS heats which drew credits from the pundits, to qualify 6th, however he lost out in a tactical final and eventually ended 7th. He swam well in the 200m FS heats and the 4 x 100m FS relay but did not progress to the finals. Both his 200 & 400m swim were qualifying times for the European Junior and Senior events.

David also made the finals in the 200IM and 200FS and both Robbie and David were in the 4 x 100m FS relay.

We also congratulate all the other Scottish Swimmers who produced such a magnificent feat in Australia.

Robbie Renwick & Eileen Adams head out to Australia on the 2nd March for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games. Robbie has qualified for the 200 & 400 FS and is in contention for the 4 x 200 FS relay and possibly the 4 x 100 FS relay (if the team enters). Eileen is also responsible for coaching the relay teams.

The swimming kicks off on the 16th straight after the opening ceremony with the 400m on the 1st day and the 200 on the Friday. Robbie's goal will be to get into a final which will be no mean feat considering the standard of swimmers from Aus, Can, S Africa and GB. TV coverage is unknown so results can be obtained from the following sites:

This competition which attracts mainly open water swimmers saw COAST's Elizabeth Hughes take Gold in the 12 yr and under group , with Aberdeen stalwarts Keith Dunnet and Brian Bain winnng in the 30 - 39 years and 40 - 49 year categories respectively.

It was the turn of the senior swimmers at the SC Open champs. This event resulted in 21 COAST records being broken including District and Championship. Coach Eileen Adams was very pleased with the results and singled out breaststrokers Steven Sutherland & Chris Wilson for hitting 1:05 in the 100 and 2.25 and 2.27 respectively in the 200 BRS. The COAST men's relay was consistently claiming second spot in all 4 relays.

Nicola Shand produced some excellent swims in the 50,100 & 200 Fly and Debbie Moore lowered the COAST records in the 50 & 100FS and 50 BC (17-18 years).

The freestyle due of Ranald Falconer and Robbie Renwick challenged in all the FS events with a clutch of medals between them including a Championship record for Robbie of 1:46.75 for 200 FS - just 0.35 outside David Carry's record set in December.

COAST sent a large team to this local event for 11-14 girls and 12-15 boys featuring 25m and longer distance events.

Notable swims were achieved in the girls 11 year group by Catherine Cameron 400FS, 200FS and Kirsty McKenzie in the 200 IM and 200Fly. In the 12 year age group Lauren Kane won the 800FS, 200Brs, 200BC, 200IM, 200 FS and 400 IM, with Elizabeth Hughes taking the 200 Fly and medalling in the 800FS, 200BC & 200 FS. Catriona White helped towards a clean sweep in the 200BC

And in the 14 yr Adrianna Bewick silvered in the 800FS, Alisa Hill medalled in the 400FS, 200BRS, 200IM, 200FS,400 IM ; Rachel Green medalled in the 400FSm, 200BRS and Rachel Davidson in the 200Fly.

Euan Inglis and Andrew Milne were challenging for honours in the boys 12 yrs group with Stuart McIntosh in the 200 Fly.

Chris Stirling stood out in the 13 yr boys supported by Stuart Murray and Chris Breen

Jonathon Hughes, Russell Thom & Michael McGovern collected 1st spots in the 200IM, 200BRS, 400FS, 200BC and 200 Fly.