We extend congratulations to 10yr olds Samuel Pickup and Toby Mayfield as they secured ASANER Winter Qualifying Times at the 2014 B Grade Meet hosted by City of Leeds Swimming Club, at John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds, over the weekend of 28th/29th June.
Alongside his ASANER QTs in 400m and 200m Freestyle, Samuel had an outstanding Meet gaining 2 x Gold (200m Freestyle and IM) 2 x Silver (400m Freestyle and 200m Butterfly) Bronze (400m IM) 2 x 5th (50m Freestyle and Butterfly) and 7th place medal (200m Breaststroke). He registered 5 Long Course (LC) Personal Best Times (PBs) and 5 New Times (NT) out of his 11events.
Whilst his ASANER time in the 100m Freestyle was the highlight, Toby’s impressive performances also secured him QTs for the Annual Winter Yorkshire Competition in 50m Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly. A medal haul of 3 x Gold (100m Backstroke/Butterfly, 50m Backstroke) Silver (100m Freestyle) Bronze (50m Freestyle) and 8th place medal (50m Butterfly) and 3PBs/4NTs from his entered races, is to be commended.
Also, 11yr old Alex Neale gained her first 2 Winter Yorkshire QTs (100m Backstroke/Freestyle) and 4PBs/2NTs out of her 6 entered events.
Out of a possible 304 swims, the squad of 57 swimmers representing the Club notched up an impressive 128 LCPBs and recorded 130 NTs.
A respectable achievement taking into account that several of the squad were making their debut or competing for the first time in a Long Course 50m pool.
Debutants
Charlie Fricker (9); Emilia Marwood (9); Natasha McVey (9); Rhianna McVey (10) and Elizabeth Wright (11)
Long Course Debutants
Anna Adams (13); Trinity Benson (9); Elizabeth Blake (11); Madeleine Carr-Rushby (11); Rebecca Fidler (11); Mollie-Jo Garratt (10); Anna Hooper (16); Kate Lund (13); George McVey (10); Ciara Malcolm (11); Scarlett Rooke (9); Joseph Scott (10); Isabella Spenceley (10); Eve Stoneham (9)
Medals were awarded to the top 8 swimmers for each gender in the 9yrs and 10yrs age group, with the top 3 being awarded medals in 11yrs, 12yrs, 13yrs, 14yrs and 15yrs and over age groups.
Medallists
9 year olds
Trinity Benson: 6th (50m Backstroke) and 8th (100m Freestyle) + 2/2NTs
Oliver Creighton: Gold (400m IM); 2 x Bronze (200m Breaststroke/Freestyle); 2 x 4th (200m IM and 400m Freestyle); 6th (50m Breaststroke) and 8th (50m Freestyle) + 1PB/4NTs/7 swims
Charlie Fricker: 7th (200m Breaststroke) 1/1NT
Megan Kirkman: Gold (200m Breaststroke); Silver (100m Fly); 2 x Bronze (100 m Freestyle/200m IM) and 4th (100m Backstroke) + 3PBs/3NTs/6 swims
Emilia Marwood: 2 x 6th (50/100m Breaststroke) + 3/3NTs
Scarlett Rooke: 6th (200m Breaststroke) and 8th (100m Breaststroke) + 4/4NTs
Eve Stoneham: 4th (50m Fly); 6th (200m IM) and 7th (100m Backstroke) + 3/3NTs
10 year olds
Beth Gibbons: 4th (400m IM);6th (200m IM) and 2 x 7th (100/400m Freestyle) + 4/4NTs
Georgina Rooke: Silver (200m Breaststroke); Bronze (50m Breaststroke) and 7th (100m Breaststroke) + 4PBs & 5NTs/9 swims
Joseph Scott: 2 x 5th (50m Backstroke/400m Freestlye) and 2 x 6th (100/200m Breaststroke) + 7/7NTs
Kimberley Thompson: 4th (50m Fly) and 8th (200m IM) + 3PBs & 2NTs/5 swims
11 year olds
Ella Fisher: Gold (200m Fly); Silver (100m Fly) and Bronze (400m IM) + 2PBs & 1NT/8 swims
Aiden Reilly: Bronze (100m Breaststroke) + 4PBs/2NTs/6 swims
12 year olds
Maya Appleyard: Silver (100m Backstroke) + 1PB & 1NT/2 swims
Bethan Morris: Silver (50m Backstroke) + 5/5PBs
Frankie Van Den Heever: Bronze (400m IM) + 8PBs &1NT/9 swims
13 year olds
Beth Barrett: Gold (100m Fly) and 2 x Silver (400m Freestyle and IM) + 1PB & 5NT/6 swims
Genna Suddes: Silver (100m Freestyle) and Bronze (200m IM)
Thomas Watkins-Hargan: 2 x Gold (50/100m Backstroke); Silver (200m Backstroke) and Bronze (100m Freestyle) + 4PBs/1NT/ 5 swims
14 year olds
George Hogg: 5 x Gold (200m Backstroke/Freestyle/Breaststroke, 400m IM and 50m Breaststoke) and 4 x Silver (100m Fly/Freestyle/Breaststroke) + 2PBs/2NTs/9 swims
Jack Pears-Dorland: 2 x Gold (200m IM/100m Backstroke); 3 x Silver (200m Fly/Backstroke/ 400m IM) and 4 x Bronze (200m Fresstyle/Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke and 400m Freestyle) + 8PBs/12 swims
Stafford Swainston: Bronze (200m Fly) + 6PBs/1NT/11 swims
15 years and over
Charisse Charlton (15): 2 x Golds (50/100m Fly) + 2/6PBs
Nicole Grenier (15): Gold (200m Fly); 3 x Silver (400/200m Freestyle and 200m IM) and Bronze (100m Fly) + 9PBs & 1NT/10 swims
Eleanor Griffin (17): 2 x Silver (50/100m Breaststroke) + 1PB & 1NT/3 swims
Anna Hooper (16): Silver (400m IM) + 6/6NTs
Matthew Winnell (21): 3 x Gold (200m Freestyle/Backstroke/IM)
With such a large number of children representing YCBC we would like to acknowledge and applaud all of their achievements, and give special mention to Bethan Morris (12) and Meghan Scadding (13) who both achieved a 100% PB record at the Meet.
Thanks goes to Carl Cockcroft, aided by Ben Nicholson and Matthew Winnell, for poolside presence and the support given to each child who took part.
Well done everyone!