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2009-11-07T15:26:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! For the next week, we won't be having training because its OP week! Good luck everyone. Maintain eye contact. Haha. And have fun celebrating afterwards too!

Samuel will be uploading some suggested sets, so you can train yourselves.

LUCAS

2009-10-28T21:26:00.000-07:00

revamped!

hehe.

hey guys, keep a lookout for the text on the right, it'll tell us when our next trainings and outings are :D

and the video bar is supposed to show our swimming videos, though sometimes it shows other random ones :P

still working on it.

Lucas

JIAYOU VJC SWIM TEAM!

2009-04-20T07:34:00.000-07:00

JIAYOU VJC SWIM TEAM!

I think the 2nd slogan is very cool, but I like the last slogan best.
As long as we have a lane to swim in the Nationals',
we all have a chance.

2 parts heart, 1 part obsession!
VJC Swim Team

Samuel :D

Buildings and Swimming

2009-02-26T05:17:00.000-08:00

Buildings and Swimming
- For people who still read this blog! :D
- All important and more confidential details disseminated by email!

Ever wondered how buildings and swimming are related?

Now, buildings around us are an everyday occurrence that we may take for granted - but swimming and buildings have very much in common. The buildings around us, be it a simple rest-stop along an expressway or an amazingly tall skyscraper downtown, are human creation, and they usually cannot be built in one day. Perhaps, it took weeks, months or even years of conceptualizing the idea, creating the product, and finally, construction of the building before the final masterpiece could be unveiled.

Rome was not built in a day

To see desirable results, we need a combination of determination, time and teamwork. Just like in swimming, to ready ourselves for the Nationals, we need to prepare hard for it, way before the time calls us to step up onto the starting blocks. And in order to have confidence of ourselves at our moment, we need to train hard and train smart as one team.

Every single moment that we spent together, as a team and on the team, whether in or out of the pool will always leave an impact behind. Every single effort no matter how small, will always imprint its impression behind, just like how a brick, a pillar or even a steel bar are all parts essential in the holding up the building. The sudden disappearance of a brick, the subtle disintegration of a pillar and even the slightest corrosion of a ill-maintained steel bar are all potholes that can be fallen into; opportunity for the collapse of the structure.

But for every single brick that was laid properly, every single pillar that was constructed at the correct time and space, the building will be able to withstand itself and the test of time. For every step that we take correctly in building up our foundation, what we reap may be bountiful beyond our imaginations.

Pillars of buildings; building blocks in swimmers

For a swimmer, it is crucial to train hard and well for every single training session.
Both swimming (mon ge+wed csc) and land trainings (fri school gym) should be developed around 9 aspects of general fitness, namely -

1. Strength - the extent to which muscles can exert force by contracting against resistance
2. Power - the ability to exert maximum muscular contraction instantly in an explosive burst of movements
3. Agility - the ability to perform a series of explosive power movements in rapid succession
4. Balance - the ability to control the body's position while moving in water
5. Flexibility - the ability to achieve an extended range of motion without being impeded by excess tissue
6. Muscle Endurance - muscle's ability to perform sustained work
7. Cardiovascular Endurance - the heart's ability to deliver blood to working muscles and their ability to use it
8. Strength Endurance - a muscle's ability to perform a maximum contracture time after time
9. Coordination - the ability to integrate the above listed components so that effective movements are achieved. This is in addition to the coordination of strokes, which are important in mastering of swim techniques,

Yet, with every training session, there is a different purpose. And in the sets that we do, definitely some aspects of fitness will be emphasized more than others. But eventually, before the Nationals, hopefully these 9 aspects can be built up to a higher level than what we currently have now.

These 9 aspect of fitness are like building blocks in a swimmer; pillars of a building. You may be wondering how flexibility and agility helps in swimming, but for the matter of fact, it does. For instance, in performing the tumble-turn in longer distances, agility (being the ability to perform a series of explosive power movements in rapid succession) is essential in positioning how we turn and to where we turn to.

But these aspects of fitness itself does not stand on its own, just like how a building cannot stand on its own on one pillar, agility needs to be developed in tune with the other aspects of fitness - strength, power, agility, balance, flexibility, muscle endurance, cardiovascular endurance, strength endurance and coordintation. One cannot do without the other and each of them share an intimate and strong relationship with each other.

A simple illustration of how the 9 aspects could be train are -

1. Strength - Weights in gyms, sprints in swimming
2. Power - Fast Pulling with hand paddles (CSC), sprints in swimming
3. Agility - Practicing the turn
4. Balance - Controlling the body while swimming (ie.: drills)
5. Flexibility - Practicing the turn, drills
6. Muscle Endurance - Land training and doing time-interval swimming sets
7. Cardiovascular Endurance - Running long distances (ie.:4.8km) and doing time-interval swimming sets (longer ones)
8. Strength Endurance - Weights in gyms, Land exercises (ie.: front hold, back hold), Sprints in swimming
9. Coordination - Stroke techniques

The above are not necessarily limited and can be expanded upon.

Each set a brick. Each aspect of fitness a pillar. The building will be your reward.
Every set, be it in gym, land or in the pool will eventually emphasize on one, if not more than 1 aspect of fitness. Emphasize in this case suggests that all 9 aspects of fitness are actually being subtly developed, but there are one (or more) aspects of fitness that will be more greatly developed than the rest. And this will depend on the specialty of the set.

As Harry will be taking charge of land and gym, he will be create the sets for us to accomplish during the time for land. As for swimming, I'll be creating the sets, with the aid of the training coordinators as well as feedback from yall. And also, i may occasionally send to yall various stuff through email (some of them can be quite random, but still relevant) which can be in the form of videos to even good swimming techniques and strategies on how to improve your strokes etc. Some of the materials are already included in the VJC Swim Team attachment in the previous email to yall (the email which includes contact details of everyone in the team)

For the videos, there will be a selection of various swimming techniques (of each competitive swimming strokes), drills, starts, finishes and even past competitions that will be available online via our team's Youtube Channel Playlist.

The inspiration for this idea actually came from the track team, when i saw how they'd occasionally spend some of their training time sitting together in a room in the comp lab watching videos of people running and their techniques. While we may not have the time to come together as a team to watch the many swimming videos that are floating about out there, an alternative i thought perhaps it would be good to create a playlist on our team's Youtube channel of the various swim techniques that are available online.

And you can go and watch it during your own freetime (and rewatch it again when you've a brainwave or just plain bored) The link is as follows:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=vjcswimteam&view=playlists

The link will also be available on the swim team blog. Our swim team blog is http://www.vjcswimteam.blogspot.com

You may also log in to the Youtube swim team account and add more videos that you've found interesting/useful. The list of videos can change from time to time and is not limited to those that are already selected in the playlist currently.

You may also browse through other videos that are not already in the playlist. The videos can be referenced as a guide, but it is up to you to choose whether to try out what those people have said (or done) It really depends on your own individual preference of which technique/swim style works best too. You can even experiment about those techniques during the trainings, and maybe as a result, you could become even faster! (hopefully not slower though)

Understanding the building: The nature of a swimming sets

And since we are spending a significant amount of our time on coming for 3 team sessions, hence, it is important to understand what building you are building; how and why you're swimming certain sets.

Unless it's a specialized training session, each swimming session should generally have some, if not all of the following elements (not always in the listed order below) -

* a warm-up
* drilling (swimming technique work)
* kicking
* pulling
* a main set (sometimes this may stretch quite long ie.: 1hr etc)
* a loosen or warm-down

The swim workouts are designed to take between 90-minutes and 120-minutes. And never skip the loosen at the end of the workout; you may use that as one last bit of technique workout before you leave Geylang East at the end of the training.

You are your control in how hard or fast you swim and what kind of swim strokes you are doing while swimming the training sessions planned. But normally the amount of rest per swim will limit your top-end speed on the swim workout (in other words, the training sets you'd do usually only allows you to go below what you're actually capable of doing in an actual time-trial/competition) Hence, learning how to pace is an essential in swimming, whether you're doing the sprints, mid-d or long distance.

There are five terms generally used for swimming trainings -

1. Easy - Literally, it means do not go fast. Focus on the strokes if you can (about 50% of what you're capable)
2. Moderate - The most common speed in training generally used for a lot of sets. In other words, go at a speed between easy and fast (about 60% to 70% of what you're capable)
3. Fast - Go hard. Go Fast. Feel tired. (Go about 70% to 80% of what you're capable
4. Sprint - Go very hard. Go very Fast. Feel very tired (but if there's recovery, you're supposed to feel recovered after the sprint - go about 80% to 95% of what you're capable)
5. All out - Give it all you got, as if you're sprinting in a competition. Try to do your personal best (pb) or even better it.

And also, a few things to note too -

* The more rest you get, the faster the swim.
* Generally, and usually, the early parts of a workout should always be easy to moderate and very deliberate. Use your best technique.
* SAFETY FIRST. If you don't feel well, stop. If you feel weird or unconscious in any way, stop. Only continue when you're sure you're okay. Your life, health and your safety is of the upmost importance.
* You get to be a better swimmer by recovering from the workouts you do, not by doing more and more swimming without resting and recovering from that swimming.
* Have fun with the workouts.
* Change the strokes you are doing from time to time, try new things, and don't get caught in a rut.
* Mr Goh is NOT the teacher-in-charge for Monday's GE training. No teacher is. Take care of your stuff and yourself well!

Terminology

eg.: 6x200m Fast Freestyle Pulling on 04:00 means you do a fast pulling in freestyle stroke for 200m. When you've finished and 4mins is up, you repeat again, until you've done 6.

eg.: 200m Sprints (04:00), 100m easy (04:00), 3x100m Sprints (02:00 each), 100m easy (04:00), 4x50m Sprints (01:30), 100m easy (04:00) means

You sprint 200m and have to make it under 4mins. Then you go for 100m easy swim on 4mins. Then when that time is up, you'd do sprints for 3x100m on 02:00 each 100m. Then when you've finished the sprints, you go for 100m easy swim on 4mins. Then when that time is up, you'd do sprints for 4x50m on 01:30. Then when you've finished the sprints, you go for 100m easy swim on 4mins.

Training coordinators

Both Lucas and Sheena Ong are my training coordinators for swimming. Depending on the nature of the swimming set, the three of us will be generally be leading three lanes of swimmers, unless another person is stronger in that swimming set diagnosed, then he/she will help take over to lead for that set.

Besides leading, they will be constantly involved in being my eyes and ears in the reviewing of swimming sets that i've created for each swimming training. For example, if a set is too long/tough or too short/slow, they will feedback and moderation of the sets will take place. Besides that, if they have sets/strokes/technique etc they think would be beneficial for the team, they will also suggest and we'll find a way to assimilate it as part of the next swimming training session planned.

NOTE: During trainings where timetable prohibits either or all of the training coordinators from coming from training, Harry - Team Affairs IC (unless his timings are affected, then in which case Ryan will take charge of swim sets) will be leading the swim sessions.

Carpe diem

However, we are all humans and the sets we had designed may not be perfect at times. Along the way, we could err in the sense that sets design are either too easy (ie.: you feel frustrated in not training hard) or too too tooo hard (ie.: you feel freaking angry at the person who created it - whoops!). So seize the day and make your voice heard! We are really counting on everyone in the team to play a part too and give constructive criticism or whacky ideas that can help propel, elevate and bring our team up to greater heights.

Don't waste your time or time will waste you

Tomorrow will be the 6th official Geylang East training session for the senior swimmers and 2nd for the 2009 batch of swimmers.

And Nationals will be a short but intensive road ahead. Nationals will start on the 20th April (1st day of heats) and should end by 29th April (last day of Finals)

According to Sheena S, ideally, training should peak between 4-6 weeks before Nationals but it may depend on other factors like coach and individual. However when our calling is near, we have to respond to it, and peak at our correct time for maximum benefit. In whatever the short time that we have left, in the limited funds that we may have in our team, and in the environmental conditions that may prevent us from achieving who we can really achieve, the odds are definately stacked against us. Faced with a daunting competition in schools all over, we really have to put in our mind, heart and souls into the time that we spent as a team and train hard together.

And make it worth the while.

For as individuals, we can go fast. But as a team, we can go far.

Yup that's all.

See ya soon!
Samuel

2009-01-03T23:20:00.001-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=vjcswimteam&view=playlists

2008-12-20T06:44:00.000-08:00

The link to the photos is on the left (see Photos)

2008-12-09T06:47:00.001-08:00

Even though training has stopped for CSC, there will be team training at Geylang East Swimming Complex this Thursday.

Do be there by 0930.
And do not bring additional swim gear (ie.: flippers, hand paddles, kickboard)
Only bring Pullbouy, Goggles, Swimming Trunks.

And most importantly...bring
Yourself, Your stamina and Your spirit!

2008-12-05T06:02:00.000-08:00

Hey guys!
The bloggy is almost 1 year old already,
so it would be nice to have a change once in a looooong while!

Back to black!

Whoohoo!

Samuel :D

2008-11-27T01:36:00.000-08:00

Click here to visit the swim team's document archive.

2008-10-02T08:36:00.001-07:00

Hey guys!

It's almost here!
Hang on people! Open House (OH) is coming up!

IMPORTANT: Tommorrow, the eve of OH, after bidding goodbye to the J2s...
We will be meeting up immediately to prepare for Open House at the usual canteen area where we normally head of for training (ie.: vending machines)

So don't run away! :P

Bring what?
Everyone please bring your goggles, swimming cap and whatever swim gear you have* at home either tomorrow (it will be kept in a locker) or Open House on Saturday. Ryan and Harry, pls bring black tape or scotch tape and extension chords.

*Includes pullbouy for everyone.
For those who have additional swimming gear, like kickboard, paddles and flippers, please bring them too!
It will be greatly appreciated!

And finally just a recap on Saturday's duty timeslots -
10-11 - Sheena Ong, Darren
11-12 - Sheena Soh, Shu Qi
12-1 - YannYing, Harry, Ralph and Kai Xian
1-2 - Samuel & Lucas
2-3 - Ryan, Ben

Check your emails for more details!

2008-09-03T04:50:00.001-07:00

chrome it!

2008-08-16T04:56:00.000-07:00

SWIMMING-MEN'S 100M BUTTERFLY- FINAL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNKrQBGdYW0

The race which Michael Phelps won by a close shave of only 1/100th of a second.

2008-08-12T04:19:00.001-07:00

The amazing 4x100m men's freestyle relay finals :D

The race which spurred on Michael Phelps pursuit for 8 Golds,
had 5 out of 8 teams under world record time
and really showed how crucial and important finishing touches are :O

Samuel

Rope-Skipping Challenge for EAST ZONE SCHOOLS

2008-08-05T06:49:00.000-07:00

HEY 08 swimmers!

sheena.s here yea. i need all of you to drop me an email or message to acknowledge that you are aware of the following activity by thursday LATEST. fortunately or unfortunately, you shall be missing teachers day celebration to take part in this event. it is a compulsory event and absence from the event has to be accompanied by a valid reason or mc ( to prevent mr goh from chewing off your head ) okay thank you and have fun ! those who have yet to email me the stuff samuel posted up previously please do so soon as well yea!

have fun at feelin' fab tomorrow! (:

Rope-Skipping Challenge for EAST ZONE SCHOOLS

Date : ACES Dat (29 aug 2008, friday)
Time : 8am - 10am
Venue : Tampines SAFRA

The Rope skipping challenge:
to beat the current record of 3,009 participants
Target : 3,800 participans

RULES

the record for the mass participation skipping rope is based on the number of people
only one rope per participant
participants must be able to skip at an acceptable standard
all participants will skip simultaneously for at least 3mins
stoppage of 10sec or less is allowed
event is to be held at a single public venue (tampines SAFRA)
to beat the current record of 3,009 participants (there will be 2 independent witnesses of the event)

2008-07-30T10:23:00.000-07:00

A copy of the minutes for today's meeting have been sent to everyone.
Do take note of Point 11 (It's Activity Time!)

For absentees –

Please give Sheena Soh the following (through any ways that you can grab hold of her)

Your Personal Best Timings in events you have swum AND/OR
Timings for Nationals
Grades for Mid Years
What grades you wish to aim for EOYs

And for everyone, including absentees –

Team mission AND/OR vision
Your personal goals
Your goals/aspirations for the team

More exciting stuff are in the minutes, so do read it!
AND if you did not receive the minutes for meeting email,
do inform me a.s.a.p .

Thanks! :D

Samuel

something very very important

2008-07-28T05:07:00.000-07:00

Hi people!,

im doing this because of my concern for everyone's safety. haha. and also partly because mr goh told me to do so. apparently there is going to be a safety officer coming down on the 5th and 6th of august so you guys are supposed to memorise (i hear some gasps, haha) and repeat them if the situation arises

1. Stop training promptly when lifeguards sound the warning

2. Adopt a buddy system. For example, partners are supposed to check up on their partners after every lap

3. Recommend swimmers to stop swimming if they are feeling unwell

4. Do proper warm-up exercises before training

5. Brief swimmers on what to do when they are facing difficulties in the water. (think of some e.gs yourself? like scream and wave your hands frantically. pulling someone else with you down is a definite no-no. haha)

yep, will be postin this on swim blog i suppose.

and there are some ppl who still haven confirmed with me if they are going for the sportsmen night!!! GRRR. here are the details, it will be held on the 2nd of oct. dinner time. free dinner? haha. most of the people who replied me have indicated their interest so if you are worried abt getting stuck with me, then be rest assured.

thanks

2008-07-20T07:47:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!

I'm writing this post on behalf of Vivien, who was our former 06 VJ Swim Team Secretary.

She needs volunteers for the event in which she is organizing, SPIRITUS2008.

Here's an excerpt of what the event is about -

Team Spiritus, supported by Citibank-YMCA Youth for Causes 2008, is organizing Spiritus 2008, a charity event aimed at raising funds for Very Special Arts (Singapore).

Spiritus2008 is recruiting volunteers to help with the fundraising. A pair of volunteers will carry a sandwich board and a donation box around public spaces. They will approach members of the public to write a short note of encouragement to show their support for the children and youth at Very Special Arts. In addition, $2 will be collected for each message written. Once the boards are filled, they will be displayed at the Very Special Arts office and classroom areas.

This project will be taking place every Sunday between 2 to 6 pm. Volunteers are able to select which Sundays are most suitable for them and they need not come down every single Sunday. Community Involvement Programme (CIP) hours will be attributed to all participants of this project and a certificate indicating how many hours they have contributed to this cause will be awarded at the end of the project.

All funds generated from the donations will be donated to Very Special Arts (Singapore) – a Voluntary Welfare Organisation that provides disabled people with opportunities to access the arts for rehabilitation and social integration. Spiritus 2008 is also aimed at spreading public awareness for Very Special Arts (Singapore).

Your school’s support will go a long way in aiding Very Special Arts (Singapore) and its beneficiaries. We kindly request that you:

a. Relay information on Spiritus2008 to your Community Involvement Club, and the enclosed signup sheets for students to sign up

b. Grant permission for the display of Spiritus2008 posters in your school premises.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Ms Lydia Lim at 91515497 or Ms Vivien Shiao at 90068376 or email us at spiritus2008@gmail.com.

We can take part in this as a team if you guys are really interested and committed :D
The sign up details are as follows -

SPIRITUS 2008 @ ORCHARD

No.	Name / Contact	Date(s) Available*							Rollerblading?
No.	Name / Contact	20/7	27/7	3/8	10/8	17/8	24/8	31/8	Rollerblading?

Just MSN or email me (vjc.samuellim@gmail.com) the contact details and dates y'all are available as indicated above.

A copy has been forwarded to your email-inbox.

Thank you.

Samuel

2008-07-19T00:39:00.000-07:00

VJC Swimming Team
A Tribute Video

To the team of 07 and 08

Check out our YouTube channel for more videos of Natl's! : http://www.youtube.com/user/vjcswimteam

Samuel

2008-07-09T08:49:00.001-07:00

CALLING FOR FOTOS AND VIDEOS

WWW.PHOTOBUCKET.COM
WWW.YOUTUBE.COM

PLEASE CHECK YOUR INBOXES FOR MORE DETAILS!

thankyou!

2008-07-05T04:17:00.001-07:00

the website is a bit messy but please read the posts below esp those regarding the team dinner and attire for tuesday and wednesday.

thanks

yilin

Next Week

2008-07-04T23:00:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! Woohoo my first post.

Anyway, next week, for the finals:
- Tuesday 8 July: wear the blue inter-jc tee, and be on the bus by 7:15am
- Wednesday 9 July: wear our yellow TYR tees and be on the bus by 12.30pm

Alright. Also, for our team dinner, it will be on wednesday (at Seoul Garden or something),

However, I found this place, Admiral Bar and Grill, which sounds good. Some reviews here.
There's karaoke (so we can hear Shao Sheng's lovely voice) and a pool table. But, its near Sembawang MRT, which is far, but its only 2 stops away from Woodlands, so we can go on Wednesday if you guys want.

What do you think? Tag!

Lucas

2008-07-04T20:47:00.000-07:00

CURRENT DIVISION RANKING
Updated on : 04 Jul 2008 - Friday - 06:52:18 PM
A-Boys			Placing Count
Pos	School	Scores	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1	Raffles Junior College	38	2	1	1		1	1
2	Anglo-Chinese Junior College	25		1		2	1		1	2
3	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)	9			1			1
4	Jurong Junior College	2							1

B-Boys			Placing Count
Pos	School	Scores	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1	Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)	21	1	1					2	1
2	Singapore Sports School	20	1		1	1
3	Raffles Institution	15		1			1	1		1
4	St Joseph's Institution	9			1			1
5	Junyuan Sec School	5				1
6	Maris Stella High School	4					1

C-Boys			Placing Count
Pos	School	Scores	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th

A-Girls			Placing Count
Pos	School	Scores	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1	Raffles Junior College	24	1		1	1	1
2	Anglo-Chinese Junior College	15		1			1		1	2
3	Temasek Junior College	13		1	1
4	St Andrew's Junior College	11				1		2
5	Victoria Junior College	9	1
6	Yishun Junior College	2							1

B-Girls			Placing Count
Pos	School	Scores	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
1	Singapore Sports School	27	2		1			1
2	Raffles Girls' School (Secondary)	23		1	1	1	1			1
3	Methodist Girls' School	18		1		1	1		1
4	Paya Lebar MGS	3							1	1
4	Yishun Town Sec School	3						1

C-Girls			Placing Count
Pos	School	Scores	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th

2008-07-04T09:00:00.000-07:00

Lets not forget its 4th of July!

Anyways,
All the results for this weeks events are available online:
http://www.rjcat.com/schsports/secswim/ss_home.php

9 finalists -

Shao Sheng (200 Free)
Sheena Soh (800 Free - CHAMPION. RECORD BREAKER)
Sheena Soh (200 Free)
Sheena Ong (50 Breast)
Sheena Ong (100 Breast)
Girls' Free Relay
Girls' IM Relay
Guys Free Relay
Girls Free Relay

VJC Swim Team All The Way! :D

Samuel

2008-07-03T04:53:00.000-07:00

TODAY'S UPDATE -

For relay, both girls and guys team has qualified into the finals.
The VJC Girls Team relay qualified at 4th (a little faster and we will have another medal)
The guys team qualified at 7th

This morning, SHEENA SOH HAS QUALIFIED INTO THE FINALS FOR THE 200M FREESTYLE A-DIVISION GIRLS and will be representing VJ and competing amongst the Top 8 in Singapore next week! She is the fastest swimmer in the 200M FREESTYLE.

Also, this afternoon, GOH SHAO SHENG HAS QUALIFIED INTO THE FINALS FOR THE 200M FREESTYLE A-DIVISION GUYS and will be representing VJ and competing amongst the Top 8 in Singapore next week!

Also, SHEENA ONG HAS QUALIFIED INTO THE FINALS FOR THE 50M BREASTSTROKE A-DIVISION GIRLS and will be representing VJ and competing amongst the Top 8 in Singapore next week! She is the 5th fastest swimmer in that event.

2008-07-01T05:17:00.001-07:00

HEY GUYS!

EXTREMELY GOOD NEWS

FROM THE 1ST DAY OF

SWIMMING NATIONALS.

This morning, SHEENA SOH HAS BROKEN THE NATIONALS 800M FREESTYLE A DIVISION GIRLS RECORD.
THE NEW RECORD SHE HAS SET IS 30 SECONDS FASTER THAN THE PREVIOUS RECORD SET 2 YEARS AGO.

This afternoon, SHEENA ONG HAS QUALIFIED INTO THE FINALS FOR THE 100M BREASTSTROKE A-DIVISION GIRLS.
She will be competing amongst the Top 8 in Singapore for that event next week!

OMG!! :D :D

Samuel

more updates

2008-06-30T06:43:00.000-07:00

hi ppl,

the bus is set at thurs afternoon at 12.30 and fri morning at 7.15.

also, for ppl who are making their own way to sports sch in the morning, between 7-8.30 at the interchange, you can take bus 900a which stops right outside sports sch

please continue to check this blog for further updates!

cheers!

first message from the captain

2008-06-28T08:18:00.000-07:00

hi ppl!

sorry that my presence is long overdue. being a captain aint an easy job! haha. so heed to whoever who aspires succeed me!

anyway, courtesy of sheena (soh) here are the directions to woodlands

from parkway, take bus 966 to woodlands interchange. and transfer to bus 901 at woodlands interchange. alight at the 4th bus stop for bus 901. alternatively.. you can take mrt to woodlands interchange and change to bus 901..

OR, go to tampines/bedok and take bus 168 to woodlands interchange. this is the fastest way would be by bus 168 but from vj, 966 would be better i guess. dates for nationals are 1-4th july for heats and 8 & 9 for finals..

however, we will be booking buses on the 3rd, 4th, 8th and 9th of july. meet at 7.15 in sch.

i would like to emphasise the importance of takin everything seriously from now on cause it would be unforgivable to disappoint everyone again for some of you

on a lighter note, i appreciate the hard work most of you have put and hopefully you will be satisfied with your performance (for those who deserve it of course)

good luck for your events

and for ct too.

haha

cheers!

2008-06-27T05:31:00.000-07:00

5 MORE DAYS!

HEE HEE :

The formidable black, green and white.

Samuel :D

2008-06-27T04:21:00.000-07:00

I think the 2nd slogan is very cool, but I like the last slogan best.
As long as we have a lane to swim in the Nationals',
we all have a chance.

2 parts heart, 1 part obsession!
VJC Swim Team

Samuel :D

Nationals 2008

2008-06-19T03:04:00.000-07:00

hey everyone!

pls go to the following link and download the attachments to check the dates and sessions for your individual events for nats.

http://www.schoolsports.sg/sssc/swimming/announcement

Download the "event order" and "event program"..

venue is @ sports school.. how to go? (correct me if i remembered wrongly) .

1. take 966 from parkway. change to 901 at woodlands interchange.

yilin

Inter JC Swim Meet

2008-06-16T20:49:00.000-07:00

Hello you guys! As promised, heres the grooooooovy photos we took during the meet! :D

This picture (point above) is hilarious in more ways than one. Look closely.

:)

Photos!

2008-06-09T19:12:00.001-07:00

All the crazies we get up to. :D

2008-05-23T06:16:00.000-07:00

MAY -JUNE HOLIDAY TRAININGS

heyguys! here's the training schedule:

monday - csc, 9am to 11am
tuesday - geylangeast, 9am to 11am
wednesday - csc, 9am to 11am
thursday - bedok, 9am to 11am --> buses that go there: 2, 9, 24, 31, 35, 45, 222, 506.
friday- gym, 9am to 11am --> yilin will be i/c of first 2 trainings.. shall we do more running OR circuit training?? comments in tagboard pls! thnx.

pretty intensive ya! ALL trainngs are compulsory... i know its really tough to have trainngs everyday considering we still have to study especially for the year 2s, but we still need to train for the nationals! its our last year in vjc and lets do ourselves and the team proud! also please dont skip trainings otherwise we wont be able to train hard together as a team ~

to girls: if you really cant make it for trainings on a certain day, remember to let me(yilin) know the day before kk?

our swim stuff are probably arriving in 2 weeks according to GSS.

YILIN

2008-05-17T08:36:00.000-07:00

Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves. It has nothing to do with how many times you win or lose. It has no relation to where you finish in a race or whether you break world records. But it does have everything to do with having the vision to dream, the courage to recover from adversity and the determination never to be shifted from your goals.

- Kieren Perkins, former Australian professional swimmer. One of the world's best-ever long-distance swimmers, he won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000.

Phelps, Thorpe, Hansen, Peirsol, Hackett.

Race of the century
Men 200m Freestyle Finals, Ian Thorpe VS Michael Phelps

When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from."

- Ian Thorpe

2008-05-06T06:32:00.001-07:00

CLICK TO VIEW LARGE IMAGE

SOME SURNAMES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO MAKE THE DESIGN LOOK MORE CENTRALISED.

Any other colour request?

2008-05-05T05:16:00.000-07:00

HEY HEY
Check this out!

Junior Term Membership = $400/yr = $33.33/mth
roughly the amount we pay for CSC for 1 month!

I'm sure they'll let you use the pool everyday right?
After all its chinese SWIMMING club.

Who needs voting rights anyway?

2008-05-05T04:48:00.000-07:00

Any other colour request?

2008-05-05T04:29:00.000-07:00

NEW BACK
CLICK FOR LARGER VIEW

2008-05-04T07:17:00.001-07:00

Added the Juniors names already according to the list that Shao Sheng sent to me.

2008-05-04T06:53:00.000-07:00

Final?

Click images for larger view!

2008-05-04T06:05:00.000-07:00

Other Possible Designs

Alternative Victoria Junior College Swimming Team Shirt

Alternative Victoria Junior College Swimming Team Shirt 2

VJC Swimming Team (TRUNKS/GIRLS' WEAR)

VJC (TOP OF CAP)

2008-04-29T06:29:00.001-07:00

Improved back design (Draft 2)

2008-04-28T08:07:00.001-07:00

We heard that the TYR guy is coming down sometime this Wednesday (Sports Day) at 1pm.
So yups! This is our idea for our team shirts (both front and back)

Pls comment and critique!

Samuel and Lucas

2008-04-25T16:15:00.000-07:00

CIP DETAILS FOR JC2s

This is for those who were the lifeguards at the orientation.

FOR THE FINA CIP, person in charge is the guy who signed the letter given to you! Srry!

This is for the FUJI Xerox Biathlon quite a number of us went to. be sure to show your ct the letter from the singapore swimming association otherwise they will not approve. also i had problem submitting this, if you have problems also can you tag at the board to let me know? if you managed to submit, can you also jsut tag to let me know? thnx -yilin

2008-02-17T02:41:00.001-08:00

NUS Biathlon 2008

2 of our swimmers, Sheena and Samuel recently took part in the National University of Singapore's Biathlon 2008 organized by the NUS Students' Sports Club. Sheena took part in the mixed-relay category while Samuel took part in the Bi-Lite individual category.

The Mixed Relay Team
of Loh Jianghan (Runner) and Sheena Soh (Swimmer)
received 1st prize at the NUS Biathlon 2008.

Team photo
Sheena. Jianghan. Samuel

Congratulations VJC Swim Team! : D

Samuel

2008-02-09T07:15:00.001-08:00

HEY GUYS! :D

This blog is officially ready!
There should not be any more problems with the layout!

You can change the marquee on top (ie.: the announcements part) if ya'll want to!

By the way,
I need photos!
Anybody and everybody who has photos of swimming team, send to me!
vjc.samuellim@gmail.com
It's for the photoslideshow thingy on this blog.

Oh yeah, remember to tag on tagboard before you leave!
If you have a blog, tag your link too!

Oh yeah, does anybody have the namelist and class of our juniors?

Cheers! :D
Buhbye
and Goodnight
(: (:

Samuel

2008-02-08T09:43:00.001-08:00

test

2008-02-05T02:22:00.000-08:00

Hello!

Happy Chinese New Year to all!

Training will resume on 11th Feb, Monday, Geylang East.

Cya!
Yilin

2008-01-31T05:08:00.001-08:00

Hey guys!

Discovered our great great grand senior swimmers' website:
http://www.geocities.com/vjcswimteam/

The legacy lives on (:

Samuel

2008-01-15T04:42:00.001-08:00

Hey guys! :D

I've finally formatted our VJC Swim Team Blog!
WOOHOO!! ((:

Now there's links to our personal blog, tagboard and more!
Including the very cool and hip picture on top heehee :O

May the water be with you!

Samuel

2008-01-12T20:08:00.000-08:00

To J1s:

Interested in joining the swim team? Join us for trainings! (see prev post for dates/timings).

Also, fyi, we are not a recreational swim team, but competitive. So we do not accept anyone who wants to join just for recreation, sorry!

Lastly do note that for our CSC trainings, we will have a coach to train us, so of course there is a fee. This fee is approx $25 per month.

CYA! You can contact shaosheng(captain) @ 81414833 or yilin(vice-captain) @ 92287845. NO PRANK CALLS!

Yilin