York City Baths Club was represented by a squad of 28 swimmers at the recent B/C Grade Halloween Meet, hosted by South Axholme Sharks on Sunday, 28th October in Beverley. Amongst the cauldron of 19 competing Clubs, YCBC finished in a magical 6th place.
50m sprints across all four strokes and 100m Individual Medley (IM) events gave each participant the chance to secure top honours in the 9 years, 10 years, 11/12 years, 13/14 years and 15+ years age groups. Medals were awarded to the top 6 swimmers in each age group, gender and grade.
A spellbinding performance from 15 year old Hannah Baker, secured her the top girl title from the 15 other swimmers in her age bracket. Hannah took Gold (Breaststroke), 2 x Bronze (Freestyle and IM) and 2 x 4th (Backstroke and Butterfly).
Scarily fast times swum quicker than the graded entry times, ensured competitors got Speeding Tickets (STs). Several YCBC swimmers received these prestigious certificates and should be highly commended for their achievements. Therefore we would like to praise:
10 years old
Poppy Dodsworth: (1/4 PBs), ST (Freestyle) and Gold (Backstroke)
Mollie-Jo Garratt: (5/5PBs), 2 x STs (Backstroke and Freestyle), Silver (Butterfly) and 4th (IM)
George McVey: (4/4PBs), 3 x STs (Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle) and Gold (Butterfly)
11 years old
Sammy Johnson: (3/4PBs), ST (Backstroke)
12 years old
Hannah Roberts-Clark: (3/3PBs), ST (Backstroke), Bronze (Butterfly) and 4th (Freestyle)
Every swimmer likes to take away recognition for their efforts in the form of Personal Best Times (PBs), new events entered and times recorded (NT) or a trophy/medal and this YCBC squad did the club and themselves proud:
9 years old
Trinity Benson: (2/3PBs + NT), 5th (Backstroke)
Charlie Fricker: (3/5PBs), 5th (Backstroke) and 6th (Breaststroke)
Molly Malone: (4/5PBs), Silver (Freestyle) and 4th (Backstroke)
Cormac Reilly: (1/1PB), 4th (Breaststroke)
10 years old
Jessica Crosby: (4/5PBs), Bronze (Breaststroke), 2 x 4th (Backstroke and Freestyle) and 6th (Butterfly)
Alandra Swainston: (4/5PBs), Gold (Freestyle) and Bronze (Butterfly)
11 years old
Connor Malone: (1/5PBs), 4th (Butterfly)
Charlie Peach: (4/5PBs + NT), Bronze (Backstroke)
12 years old
Elizabeth Blake: (4/5PBs), Gold (Breaststroke)
James Ruxton: (5/5PBs), 5th (Backstroke) and 6th (Butterfly)
14 years old
Joan Clayton: (1/4PBs), 5th (Breaststroke)
15 years old
Caitlin Watson: 6th (Freestyle)
Lauren Gaunt-Edwards (9 years old) and Andrew Reed (10 years old) deserve recognition and congratulations on embarking on their competitive debut for YCBC.
We wish to thank County Squad Coach, Neil Hodgson and parent, Caroline Garratt, for their encouragement and support on poolside, and look forward to reporting on future YCBC successes.