The end of season meet in swimming is seen as the grand finale of the year and the competition in which swimmers arrive in peak physical and mental condition ready to perform their best times. Over the last month during July and August, YCBC swimmers from all Squads have been busy competing at a number of meets. Please see the reports for each competition below.

Rotherham Metro A/B Meet

The Rotherham Metro A/B Graded meet over the weekend of the 14th-15th July in Sheffield acted as the final competition of the season for many of the YCBC swimmers.

The swimmers were in fantastic form over the course of the weekend which resulted in YCBC taking the runner up spot for the Top Club award.

There were a whopping 362 swims over the weekend with 293 recorded PBs which equates to 81% as best times. The swimmers energy levels remained high all weekend through to the final event on Sunday afternoon. This was shown in the results as Sunday was statistically the stronger day of the weekend (84% to 78% on Saturday) which hasn’t happened all season.

Gala Summary

362 Swims
293 PBs
81 % PBs
136 Medals

Medals

A Grade – 72 Medals

24 Gold
Meg Kirkman (5) Simon Robson (4) Toby Mayfield (4) Emily Robson (3) Tom Scholefield (3) Oona Gregory (2) Isla Yates (1) Jessica Young (1) Sophia Quinnell (1)

22 Silver
Emma Wills (4) Emily Robson (3) Callum Aitken (2) Simon Robson (2) Tom Scholefield (2) Alice Aitken (1) Jessica Young (1) Meg Kirkman (1) Mia Boyle (1) Ollie Creighton (1) Owen Wing (1) Phil Suddes (1) Rosanna Bycroft (1) Toby Mayfield (1)

26 Bronze
Mia Boyle (6) Emily Robson (3) Alice Aitken (2) Owen Wing (2) Simon Robson (2) Toby Mayfield (2) Tom Scholefield (2) Callum Aitken (1) Charlotte Deniz (1) Genna Suddes (1) Jessica Young (1) Lauren Gaunt Edwards (1) Oona Gregory (1) Sophia Quinnell (1)

B Grade – 64 Medals

29 Gold
Alice Aitken (3) Emmie Horwell (3) Amelie Thom (2) Brooke Thomas-Durrant (2) Freddie Brook (2) Ollie Creighton (2) Sara Ungar (2) Annabelle Loft (1) Charlotte Deniz (1) Dominic Been (1) Evie Mosey (1) Isla Yates (1) Joe Scholefield (1) Lucas Edmonds (1) Lucy Jordan (1) Nathan Carrington (1) Phil Suddes (1) Poppy Davies-Coyle (1) Rosanna Bycroft (1) Sophia Quinnell (1)

15 Silver
Annabelle Loft (1) Beatrice Roberts (1) Brooke Thomas-Durrant (1) Charlotte Deniz (1) Dominic Been (1) Emmitt Horwell (1) Ethan Clifford (1) Evie Mosey (1) Freddie Brook (1) Isla Yates (1) Isobel Nicholls (1) Joe Scholefield (1) Ollie Creighton (1) Rosanna Bycroft (1) Thomas Deniz (1)

20 Bronze
Ollie Creighton (3) Freddie Brook (2) Maddie Kirkman (2) Annabelle Loft (1) Beatrice Roberts (1) Callum Aitken (1) Evie Mosey (1) Gabriel Watson (1) Henry Roberts (1) Joe Scholefield (1) Libby Morrison (1) Nathan Carrington (1) Poppy Davies-Coyle (1) Rosanna Bycroft (1) Ruby Allitt (1) Sara Ungar (1)

British Summer Nationals

Four swimmers from National Squad competed at the British Summer Championships between 24th-29th July in Sheffield. In order to qualify for the British Nationals, the swimmers had to achieve a top 24 ranking in each event during the qualifying window (1st March – 31st May 2018)

Heats

4 Swimmers – Ella Fisher, Jason Robson, Mollie-Jo Garratt, Tia Ward
15 Swims (1 HDW)
4 PBs

2 Finalists in 9 Finals
Jason Robson (50,100,200 Breast / 200 Fly 200 & 400 IM)
Tia Ward (100 Back, 200 Fly & 200 Free)

Finals

9 Swims
6 PBs
Conversion (Heat to Final) – 8/9 (89%)

4 Medals – 1 Gold / 2 Silver / 1 Bronze

Jason Robson Gold (50 Breast) Silver (100 Breast & 200 IM) Bronze (200 Breast)

Swim England Open Water Festival

Jack Pears-Dorland swum next in the SE Open Water Festival on Monday 30th July at the Rother Valley Country Park near Sheffield. He qualified for the Nationals by winning the Regional event. Jack competed in the 17-18 years age group and swum 5000m (5 x 1000m laps) in a time of 1.09.00 finishing in 24th place.

Swim England National Summer Meet

The final competition of the season for the YCBC swimmers was the Swim England National Summer Meet taking place from 31st July-4th August in Sheffield. Nine swimmers from National Squad qualified with Eight of those entering into the meet. In order to qualify, swimmers had to be in the top 20 English athletes who were outside of the top 24 in Britain from the qualifying window between 1st March and 31st May.

Heats

8 Swimmers – Beth Gibbons, Emily Robson, Ella Fisher, Ella Stabler, Jason Robson, Marcus Walker, Neola Thorpe, Thomas Scholefield
15 Swims ( 1 HDW)
7 PBs

6 Finalists in 10 Finals
Emily Robson (50, 100 & 200 Breast)
Ella Fisher (100 Fly & 400 Free)
Ella Stabler (400 Free & 200 Back)
Jason Robson (100 Fly)
Marcus Walker (50 Breast)
Neola Thorpe (50 Fly)

Finals

10 Swims
9 PBs
Conversion – 9/10 (90%)

4 Medals – 1 Gold / 3 Silver

Ella Stabler – Gold (200 Back)
Emily Robson – Silver (50 Breast)
Jason Robson – Silver (100 Fly)
Neola Thorpe – Silver (50 Fly)

Nationals Summary

Over the two weeks at the Nationals the YCBC swimmers demonstrated some strong early morning heat swims which resulted in an impressive 19 finals from 28 swims (68%) and 10 PBs (33%).

An even more impressive achievement was the swimmers ability to step up under the spotlights and pressure during the afternoon finals. The swimmers converted (finals faster than heats) 17 out of 19 swims (89%) and recorded 15 PBs in the process (79%). 8 of the final swims were converted to podiums (42%) with 4 swims just missing the podium in 4th place.