York City Baths Club extend congratulations to 9yr old Oliver Creighton, 14yr old Matthew Foot and 15yr old Charisse Charlton for lifting respective trophies in their gender and age group at the annual B Grade Gala hosted by Doncaster DARTES, at Adwick Leisure Centre, on Sunday 18^th May.

The gala consisted of 50m sprints in all four events plus a 100m IM for 12yrs and under & 100m in IM, Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke and 50m Butterfly for 13yrs and over. Medals were awarded to the top 6 swimmers for each gender/age group, with trophies for the top boy/girl in each age group. Speeding Tickets (ST) were awarded to competitors who swam faster than their graded entry cut off times.

Oliver Creighton received a ST for his 50m Backstroke, alongside 2 Silver (50m Freestyle, 100m IM) and 2 Bronze medals (50m Breaststroke and Butterfly). He out-performed the 11 other competitors in his age group, and registering 3 Personal Best Times (PBs) and 1New Time (NT). This continues recent strong gala performances by Oliver, showing excellent potential for the future.

Matthew Foot took top spot by recording 5/5 PBs, 2 Gold (50m Butterfly, 100m IM); 2 Silver (100m Backstroke and Freestyle) and 6^th place medals in 100m Breaststroke.

Charisse Charlton’s consistency clinched her trophy with outstanding performances in her 5 events: Gold + PB (100m IM); 3 Silver (100m Backstroke, Freestyle and 50m Butterfly) and a 4^th place medal for 100m Breaststroke.

Out of a possible 161 swims, the squad of 35 swimmers representing York City Baths Club notched up an impressive 94 PBs and 20NTs, taking YCBC to 3^rd place in the Top Club Table out of the 22 participating.

Other swimmers of note include:

10yrs:

Georgina Rooke (3/4PBs), 5^th Backstroke, 6^th IM;

Isabella Spenceley (3/4PBs), Silver in Backstroke.

Ben Gibbs (4/5PBs), 6^th Freestyle;

Samuel Pickup (4/5PBs), Gold in Backstroke, Silver in Freestyle, Bronze in Butterfly, 4^th Breaststroke, 5^th IM and finishing 2^nd overall in his age group!

11yrs:

Ciara Malcolm (5/5PBs);

Alex Neale (1/2PB + NT), 5^th Backstroke.

Oscar Forster (3PBs + 2NTs), Gold in Backstroke, 5^th 1M and 6^th Freestyle;

Connor Malone (4/5PBs), 4^th Backstroke;

Aiden Reilly (3/4PBs + NT), Bronze in Breaststroke.

12yrs:

Emma Gibbs (3/4PBs), Bronze in Backstroke;

Bethan Morris (4/5PBs), ST in Backstroke;

Frankie Van Den Heever (2/3PBs), Bronze in Freestyle and 6^th Butterfly

Alexander Mortimer (4/4PBs)

14yrs:

Poppy Clarke (PB + 3NTs), 4^th Butterfly, 5^th Breaststroke and 6^th IM.

15yrs:

Hannah Baker (3/5PBs), Gold in Freestyle and 4x Bronze (IM, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly) finishing 2^nd overall in her age group!

David Grieves (3/4PBs), Silver in Breaststroke and 3x Bronze (IM, Breaststroke and Butterfly) finishing 3^rd overall in his age group,

Alex Scadding (4/5PBs),2x Gold (Backstroke and Freestyle), Silver in IM, Bronze in Breaststroke, 4^th Butterfly and finishing 2^nd overall in his age group!

 

A special mention to debutant, 11yr old Elizabeth Blake for participating in all 5 events at her first gala and recording 5NTs.

The club thanks Jonny Woodford for attending poolside, despite his ankle injury, and parent Caroline Ryder for her assistance at short notice, in particular for the encouragement and praise she passed onto the younger members of the squad.

A fantastic performance by all who competed and we look forward to reporting on everyone’s future success within the club.