Nathan Carrington, Development Squad swimmer, recently competed at National Junior Para-Swimming Championships 2017. The event was funded by Swim England and delivered by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS).
Held at Sunderland Aquatics Centre on 24 and 25 June, the event provided young disabled swimmers with more competition experience and an opportunity to win medals against national rivals.
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Swimmers from four of our training squads (County, Club, National and Regional) competed in the Harrogate Summer Graded short course meet. For most swimmers who raced this was the first short course competition of 2017.
The meet was highly successful for YCBC swimmers with over 75% of the swims as personal best times and winning 50 medals in the process. A number of swimmers also achieved Winter Yorkshire times over the weekend.
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Over the final two weekends in May, 18 York City Swimmers competed at the Swim England NER Championships.
This event for many swimmers is the highest level meet of the season and is fiercely competitive. It was a fantastic achievement for the club to have an increased number of age group qualifiers and finalists at this years event.
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Nathan Carrington, Development Squad swimmer, made his debut at GB Deaf National Championships at the national swimming centre in Loughborough. After an amazing day of competition Nathan walked away with 2 golds and 1 silver.
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31 YCBC swimmers competed in the Rotherham Metro A Grade Spring LC meet held in Sheffield last weekend, bringing home a grand total of 29 medals, (6 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze). They competed in 198 swims, 124 of them being top 10 places. Well over 100 personal best times were recorded by swimmers from our competitive squads: National, Club, Regional and County.
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A massive congratulations to York City Baths Club swimmer Harry Devlin for his selection to the British Swimming Team heading to European Junior Swimming Championships in Israel, between 28th of June and 2nd of July.
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As you may know, the teaching of our swimming lessons at York City Baths Club is provided on solely on a voluntarily basis by our qualified teachers, assisted by poolside helpers.
Presently, there is a need for additional teaching and lifeguarding provision.
There was some exceptional swimming from several of our younger swimmers in Development, County and Regional Squad at the Richmond “Off the Blocks” Gala last weekend.
The Club was represented by a squad of 15 girls and 7 boys at the recent City of Bradford Swimming Club, End of Season A/B Meet, over the weekend of 19th/20th July 2014.
The club is delighted that 5 children gained qualifying times (QTs) for the North East Regional Championships (ASANER) and/or Winter Yorkshire Competition (WY) later on in the year. These include:
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YCBC swimmers ended their final training session of the season with a very special guest.
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