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:
14 year old Jack Pears-Dorland who gained his ASANER in 400m Individual Medley (IM) and WY 100m Breaststroke. He had an outstanding meet with a haul of 9 medals and 9/12 personal best swims(PBs).
11 year olds, Emma Pears-Dorland and Abigail Young who gained WY QTs in 200m IM and 100m Backstroke respectively, whilst 13 year Beth Barrett had in impressive 6 second PB in 100m Butterfly to secure her WY QT and 15 year old Alex Scadding swam solidly for his 100m Backstroke WY QT.
With medals being awarded to the top 3 in each individual age group and 9-15yrs and over, and in each grade, YCBC would also like to congratulate the following swimmers on their performances:
10 year olds
Jessica Crosby: (2/3PBs) 200m Breaststroke(B/Bronze)
Toby Mayfield: (2/2PBs) 100m IM(A/Silver) & 200m Backstroke(A/Bronze)
George McVey: (2/2PBs) 50m Freestyle(B/Bronze)
11 year olds
Ella Fisher: (2/2PBs) 200m Butterfly(A/Gold) & 400m IM(A/Silver)
Alex Neale: (2/2PBs) 100m Backstroke(B/Silver) & 100m Freestyle(B/Bronze)
Emma Pears-Dorland: (10/11PBs) 200m IM & Backstroke(B/Silvers)
Abigail Young: (5/9PBs) 400m(A/Bronze) & 200m Breaststroke(B/Silver)
12 year olds
Maya Appleyard: 50m Backstroke (A/Bronze) & 100m Freestyle(B/Silver)
Amy Durrant: (2/5PBs) 50m Freestyle(A/Bronze), 100m Backstroke(B/Silver) & 50m Breaststroke(B/Bronze)
Bethan Morris: (1/2PBs) 50m Backstroke(B/Bronze)
Hannah Roberts-Clark: (1/4PBs) 50m Freestyle(B/Bronze)
Frankie Van Den Heever: 200/100m IM (B/Gold) & 200/100m Freestyle(B/Bronzes)
13 year olds
Beth Barrett: (4/7PBs) 200m Freestyle(A/Silver) & 400m IM, 100m Backstroke/Butterfly(B/Gold)
Nikki Merrett: (3/3PBs) 50m Backstroke(A/Gold), 100m Butterfly(A/Silver) & 200m IM(A/Bronze)
Meghan Scadding: (4/8PBs) 200m Breaststroke(B/Gold) & 400m IM, 200m Freestyle/Backstroke & 100m Breaststroke(B/Silvers)
Daimhin Watson: (4/6PBs) 100m Breaststroke(B/Gold), 200/50m Breaststroke(B/Silvers) & 200m IM(B/Bronze)
14 year olds
Matthew Foot: (4/8PBs) 200m Freestyle(B/Gold), 100m IM/Freestyle(B/Silvers) & 200m IM(B/Bronze)
Jack Pears-Dorland: (9/12PBs) 200mIM/Freestyle(A/Bronze),200m Breaststroke/Butterfly,100m Backstroke & 50m Backstroke(B/Gold), 200m Backstroke & 100m Breaststroke(B/Silver) & 50m Butterfly (B/Bronze)
A magnificent achievement with18/22 YCBC squad gaining medals and many of the swimmers taking time off already gained QTs, last but definitely not least, we would like to commend the efforts of Lucy Roberts-Clark who got a 100% PB record from her 3 events and Leah Pinder who retired unwell after her first event, but still recorded a PB.
The club would also like to thank all officials and volunteers for supporting the squad on poolside, and look forward on reporting on future successes in the new season.