The 2018 Winter Yorkshire Championships was split into two short course competitions. The first competition took place on the 15th and 16th September for the 9 to 12 year old swimmers at Leeds. There were swimmers competing from the Development, County, Regional and National Squads. The second competition took place on the 20th and 21st October in Sheffield for swimmers aged 13 and over. There were swimmers from National and Club Squad competing over the weekend.

The objective of the competitions were for the swimmers to use the technical skills they have focused on in the early season training and transfer these into a racing environment. The swimmers delivered with some fantastic skilful performances and it was very encouraging to hear the club receiving compliments from the meet referee on the distance and speed of our underwater phases.

Over the two weekends of competition the club won 21 medals, achieved 61 top 10 finishes and 74% of swims were personal bests. All of these results were improvements on the 2017 results.

The swimmers will next be in action in two weeks at the Winter NERs in Sheffield. There will be a strong YCBC presence at the meet and the swimmers will look to build on these results and continue to improve on the technical aspects of their race.

Please see the summary of the competitions below:

Leeds Competition (15th -16th September)

111 Swims
77 PBs
69% PBs

2 Medals

2 Bronze – Isaac Stabler and Alice Aitken

15 Top 10 Finishes

Alice Aitken (5) Lucas Stabler (4) Rosanna Bycroft (2) Emmie Horwell (1) Isaac Stabler (1) Jamie Bleanch (1) Olivia Thom (1)

Sheffield Competition (20th-21st October)

153 Swims
120 PBs
78% PBs

19 Medals

10 Gold – Jason Robson (3) Emily Robson (2) Mollie-Jo Garratt (2) Tia Ward (2) Simon Robson (1)
3 Silver – Jason Robson (3)
6 Bronze – Tia Ward (3) Jason Robson (2) Simon Robson (1)

46 Top 10 Finishes

Toby Mayfield (7) Emily Robson (6) Simon Robson (6) Megan Kirkman (4) Josh Mathias (3) Nathan Bunkle (3) Oona Gregory (3) Beth Gibbons (2) Ella Fisher (2) Harris Lister (2) Mia Boyle (2) Neola Thorpe (2) Tia Ward (2) Jason Robson (1) Mollie-Jo Garratt (1)

In Addition Jason Robson equalled the Yorkshire Record for the Junior Boys in the 50m Breaststroke with a time of 29.79