[image : Barge pool in Berlin / smh.com.au]

Age-group records in trials [timesofmalta]
Precious medal events [bostonglobe]
In love with swimming all over again [delawareonline]
Pool joins new wave of lidos [theguardianonline]
Signboard thefts blamed for more drownings [bruneionline]
Barge Pool Update: Here Comes the Barge Pool! [curbed]

Belgiassa Fanny Lecluyse (RDM °92) ui uuden 14-sarjan 200 sekarin Belgian ennätyksen. Uusi ennätys kirjataan armon vuonna 2006 2.22.14.

200 seläriä kulki samoin kovaa Fannylla, ajaksi kirjautui 2:21.16.

Ruotsin nuorten mestaruuskisoissa, SUM SIM, uitiin pari maailmanennätystä.

Siskokset Anna ja Alexandra Polivanchuk rikkoivat maailman- ja euroopanennätyksiä Härnösandissa aluekilpailuissa. Kumpikin tytöistä on kuuroja.

Anna :
200 bk 2.28,11 ME
400 IM 5.20,26 EE
200 IM 2.30,87. EE

Alexandra
100 fly 1.05,08 ME

LEN:in päätöksen mukaa Pitkän radan EM-kisat 2008 uidaan Eindhovenissa 26. maaliskuuta alkaen, viimeinen kisapäivä on 6. huhtikuuta. Nyt Pekingin muuttuneet aikataulut ovat asettaneet ison haasteen näille karkeloille. Aikooko LEN vaihtaa kisoihin aamufinaalit?

Hollannissa Jacco Verhaeren on avautunut asiasta ja pelkää vuoden 2008 EM-kisojen katsomoiden jäävän tyhjiksi jos aamulla aiotaan finalisoida. Kisoihin on kaavailtu ison luokan sponsoreita ja kattava tarjonta televiossa. Nyt tuo kaikki on vaakalaudalla.

Toisaalta jos ei uidakaan aamulla vaan illalla, miten se sitten vaikuttaa parhaiden suunnitelmiin ajatellen tulevia olympialaisia? Jäisivätkö parhaat pois?

Ota nyt selvää, asiasta varmaan lisää myöhemmin.

SwimNews got huge readers response after Beijing olympic schedule change and some hotheads suggest boycott:

The reader suggests a boycott of all GE products (NBC’s parent company). Such protests have been played out on many fronts before – and often been most effective. To be effective it takes a whole community of people to say ‘we are so hacked off with the way we’ve been treated, we’re going to make a point of not supporting you and your business financially’. For those minded to bite GE back where it most hurts – in their wallet – here’s the link to their world and their list of products: http://www.ge.com/en/

My my, cool off gentlemen…

Boycotts are never very effective way of trying to make a difference. Money talks, swimmers walk… That´s just the way it is…

Sometimes you forget how vast is the swimming world… The Swazi Observer reports on Swaziland swimming games:

SWAZILAND National Swimming Association (SNSA) Secretary Chris Stapley says they were impressed with the attendance during the Ekhaya Properties Sprint Gala held at Sifundzani pool over the weekend.

Over 60 swimmers participated in the different categories. Stapley said the performance of the swimmers was not bad taking into consideration that they are fresh from the off-season.

“We thank the teams for making sure that swimmers attended this event in numbers and we hope for an improvement in the results in the coming tournaments,” he said.

He added that swimmers would be informed about the dates of the next event, The Fun Relay Gala will be hosted in Big Bend next month.

Zwemkroniek raportoi uuden 14-sarjan Hollannin ennätyksen 100 perhosessa. 28.10. kuluvaa vuotta Mike Marissen (Z&PC Nunspeet) uiskenteli uudeksi ennätykseksi 58.82. Stanley Vleerlaagin (WZ&PC) ennätys 58.99 oli vuodelta 1999.

Mike onki parannellut huimalla tahdilla aikojaan viime aikoina:

1.02.36 > 1.00.13 > 58.82.

Kova treeni kuulemma parannusten taustalla.

On monday 30.10 Denmark´s National Team Head Coach Mark Regan released following team of 17 swimmers who will compete in Helsinki 2006 Short Course European Champs.

Individual qualifiers
Jakob Andkjær VAT/VI39 50 fr, 50 fly
Annette Hansen Farum 50 fr, 200 fr
Chris Christensen West Swim Esbjerg 200 br
Mads Glæsner Sigma/Allerød/Elitecenter 1500 fr
Lotte Friis Sigma/Allerød 800 fr
Jeanette Ottesen Kvik Kastrup/Elitecenter 50 m fly
Kristian Outinen Lyngby 100 im
Kathrine Jørgensen West Swim/Elitecenter 100 im

Relay qualifiers
Maja Kruse Lyngby 4 x 50 fr
Line Præst Lauridsen West Swim Esbjerg 4 x 50 fr
Rikke Møller Pedersen STO95/Frem 4 x 50 medley

Wild-card qualifiers
Mathias Gydesen Sigma/Allerød 200 bk
Anders Jensen VAT/VI39/Elitecenter 200 bk
Johan Peen Sigma/Birkerød 50 fr
Nicolai Graae Hansen West Swim Esbjerg 200 fr
Tobias U. Hansen Kvik Kastrup 200 im
Michael Schulz Andersen AGF 50 bk

Australian swimming coach & former head coach of Australia Don Talbot needs new challenges. Now it´s revealed that he is helping tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt “to get some balls!”

“I have a lot of time for Lleyton, but right now he has to get the bastard back in his game otherwise he’ll be out the door and into an early retirement,” Talbot said.

Don is very humble human being, knows his limits:

“I rang his manager a couple of weeks ago and just said, ‘I’m no expert on tennis, but I know how to win.”