Club Records
Congratulations to all our existing club record holders, reminding our younger swimmers they have some big flippers to fill.
The depth of talent that the club has goes back a number of years. Some of our record holders have even gone on to swim competitively at the Commonwealth Games!
Shout out to Senior Club Captain Jacob Brown who currently holds the most club records!
Don’t worry though, the COVID years mean there are still some records that might be easier to snatch than others… TYSSS also used to be a club of sprinters too so some of those distance records are still up for grabs.
Swam really fast at a recent gala?
Did you get a club record?
To claim a club record simply complete the form below. Your time will be checked and verified via Swim Rankings and then updated on the live club records doc.
Claimed records will be checked and verified at a minimum quarterly.
More info about our Club Records Process
Our club records have been compiled both for general interest and to serve as targets for swimmers as they progress through the squad. Swimmers can aim to beat an existing record or, where the record is listed as “N/A”, bag a record as the first swimmer in Tadcaster York Sport colours to complete the event in question.
The intention is to update the records after each gala, though there are so many individual records which change hands so frequently that announcement of new record holders won’t in general be made.
Historically records were compiled primarily from downloads from the Swim England rankings, but also from official results for relay lead offs (marked with “*”). Now we ask swimmers, parents, coaches or teammates to claim a record for a swimmer via the google form. The times are then verified using rankings or where applicable other official results services.
Whilst it is Swim England / British Swimming policy to exclude relay lead off times for rankings and qualifications for county and regional championships, we are more generous in respect of club records and do include any relay lead off times that are included in official results. Such efforts are timed “hooter to wall” and are thus directly equivalent to individual races.
Other relay legs are not included as these can benefit considerably from the flying start.
Mistakes are inevitable as there are over 600 combinations of age, gender, stroke and pool length. Checking every historic record is therefore impossible without a larger number of volunteers than we currently have!
Please advise via tysssgala@gmail.com if you spot a mistake.
Big thanks to the volunteers of years gone by who carefully maintained the club records with such precision - including David Parkinson and Simon Wise.