Over the weekend of 18th/19th July 2015, York City Baths Club was represented by a squad of over forty swimmers at the Rotherham Metro Level 3 Graded Short Course Meet, held at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.
Swimmers from the Development, County, Regional, Club and National squads swam over the two day event, competing with over twenty five other clubs who had travelled from Cheshire, Nottingham, Derby and Liverpool, as well as the rest of Yorkshire too.
The competition was fierce and there were some fantastic swims. Many of our swimmers gained new personal bests, whilst the younger ones gained valuable experience representing YCBC as a member of a larger team at a well attended meet.
The Club came away with a substantial haul of medals:
Boys
9 year olds
James Jackson – Bronze 100M Backstroke
10 year olds
Oliver Creighton – A Grade Gold 200M Butterfly, A Grade Silver 50M Butterfly, A Grade Bronze 50M Backstroke, B Grade Silver 400M Freestyle, B Grade Silver 100M Breaststroke, B Grade Silver 50M Breaststroke
11 year olds
Samuel Pickup – A Grade Gold 200M IM, A Grade Silver 200M Butterfly, A Grade Bronze 200M Breaststroke, A Grade Bronze 100M Butterfly
12 year olds
Ben Gibbs – A Grade Gold 50M Freestyle, B Grade Gold 200M Freestyle, B Grade Gold 200M IM, B Grade Silver 100M Freestyle, B Grade Silver 100M IM
Freddie Schofield – B Grade Silver 50M Butterfly, B Grade Bronze 200M Freestyle, B Grade Bronze 100M Butterfly
13 year olds
Joshua Mould – B Grade Silver 50M Freestyle
15 year olds
Jack Pears-Dorland – A Grade Bronze 400M Freestyle, B Grade Gold 200M Freestyle, B Grade Gold 100M Butterfly, B Grade Gold 100M Freestyle, B Grade Gold 200M Breaststroke, B Grade Silver 200M Butterfly, B Grade Bronze 100M Breaststroke
Matthew Foot – B Grade Silver 200M IM, B Grade Silver 50M Freestyle, B Grade Bronze 100M Freestyle
George Hogg – B Grade Gold 200M Butterfly
Girls
10 year olds
Lauren Gaunt-Edwards – B Grade Bronze 50M Freestyle
Scarlett Rooke – B Grade Silver 200M IM, B Grade Silver 100M Breaststroke
11 year olds
Jessica Crosby – B Grade Bronze 100M Butterfly
Mollie-Jo Garrett – B Grade Silver 100M Butterfly
Daisy Jackson – A Grade Bronze 50M Breaststroke
Lucy Jordan – B Grade Gold 200M IM, B Grade Gold 100M Backstroke, B Grade Gold 100M Freestyle
Kimberley Thompson – Speeding Ticket 50M Freestyle
12 year olds
Ella Fisher – A Grade Gold 200M Butterfly, A Grade Silver 400M Freestyle, A Grade Bronze 100M Freestyle
Elizabeth Hogg – B Grade Silver 200M Breaststroke, B Grade Bronze 200M IM
Alex Neale – B Grade Gold 200M Backstroke, B Grade Gold 200M Freestyle, B Grade Silver 400M Freestyle, B Grade Silver 50M Backstroke
Emma Pears-Dorland – B Grade Silver 200M IM, B Grade Bronze 400 Freestyle
Abi Young – B Grade Bronze 50M Breaststroke
13 year olds
Amy Durrant – A Grade Silver 400M Freestyle, Grade A Silver 100M Freestyle, Grade A Silver 100M IM
Bethan Morris – B Grade Gold 100M IM, B Grade Gold, 200M Backstroke, B Grade Gold 50M Butterfly, B Grade Bronze 200M IM, B Grade Bronze 200M Freestyle
Erin Wilkes – A Grade Gold 100M Backstroke, A Grade Silver 200M IM, A Grade Silver 50M Backstroke, A Grade Bronze50M Breaststroke, A Grade Bronze 50M Butterfly, B Grade Gold 100M Freestyle, B Grade Silver 50M Freestyle
14 year olds
Anna Adams – B Grade Bronze 50M Freestyle
Nicola Merrett – A Grade Gold 50M Backstroke, A Grade Silver 100M Backstroke, A Grade Bronze 100M Butterfly, A Grade Bronze 50M Butterfly
Genna Suddes – A Grade Silver 200M Breaststroke, A Grade Silver 50M Butterfly, A Grade Silver 100M Freestyle, A Grade Bronze 100M IM
Neola Thorpe – A Grade Gold 100M IM, A Grade Gold 200M Breaststroke, A Grade Gold 100M IM, A Grade Silver 200M IM, A Grade Bronze 50M Breaststroke, B Grade Silver 100M Breaststroke
15 year olds
Lucy Nicholson – A Grade Gold 200M Butterfly, A Grade Gold 400M Freestyle, A Grade Silver 200M Freestyle, A Grade Bronze 100M Butterfly
Carrie Suddes – B Grade Gold 100M Freestyle, B Grade Silver 50M Butterfly
Well done to everyone who took part!
Many of our swimmers accomplished Winter Yorkshire qualifying times for October 2015 and several also achieved ASANER Junior Championship qualifying times for November 2015. The Club offers its congratulations and wishes them all every success later this year.
Our thanks go to our coaches Anna Nicholson and Mark Sheldrick for their motivational support throughout the weekend.