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Durham and District Junior (Diddy) League Final 27th June The diddy league is a team competition for swimmers aged 9-12, and is often a swimmers first real experiance of competition. After the 3 rounds of competition, our team qualified in 2nd place for the Divison 3 final. After some excellent swims and close races, we maintained our qualifying position, finishing in 2nd place to Derwentside. Our 11 year old team finished 1st place in there catagory. Well done to all swimmers who took part. Derwentside Graded Meet 12th-13th June 27 Swimmers from the B squad, Development Squad and Dolphin Squad traveled to Stanley to compete in the Derwentside Graded Meet. The swimmers continued to show great improvements and it was encouraging to see swimmers competing in a range of strokes and distances. In total, the swimmers recorded 78 PB's and 21 top 3 finishes. Keiron Fryer won our only gold medal meet in the boys 12 years 100m Freestyle. Well done to all swimmers who competed. Sunderland Open Meet 29th-30th May A small squad of 8 swimmers from the A and B squad squads competed at the Sunderland Open meet on 29th-30th May. Lydia Beeken had a very succesful weekend in the girls 14 years age group, winning both the 100m and 200m breaststroke events and also recording top 10 finishes in 3 other events. Other medal winners were Alice Heath in the 12 years 50m backstroke and Luke Buxton in the 15 years 50m Butterfly. Other swimmers who competed were, Josephine Barker, Charlotte Young, Jack Wright and Jacob Attwood. The swimmers recorded 22 PB's in total. Middlesbrough Open Meet 8-9th May Jacob Attwood was our sole representative at this high level open meet in Middlesbrough. Jacob competed in 4 events over the weekend, finishing 1st in the 200m butterfly, 2nd in the 100m butterfly, 3rd in the 100m freestyle and 5th in the 200m freestyle. He also finished 3rd overall in the 15/16 years age group and recorded PB's in all 4 events. North East Region Youth and Open Championships 1st-2nd May Nine Swimmers competed in the North East Region Championhips which took place at the Sunderland Aquatic Centre. The is a very high level meet with many Senior and Junior International Level Swimmers competing. Alec Wann competed in 4 events, qualifying for finals in all 4. Alec was crowned North East Region Champion in the 100m Backstroke. He also added a Silver medal in the 200m Backstroke, a Bronze in the 50m Backstroke and an 8th place finish in the 50m breaststroke. Alec was joined in the 50m Breaststroke Final by Tom Butler, who finished in 4th place just 0.3 away from a bronze medal. Tom qualified for all 3 breaststroke finals, finishing 4th place in 100m event and 6th in the 200m event. Tom also competed in the 200 IM finishing in 22nd place. Kim Butler qualified for all 3 finals in the highly competitive womens breaststroke events, which featured a range of International competitors and National medal winners. Kim finished in 7th place in the 50m, 10th in the 100m and 9th in the 200m. Kim recorded a National Youth qualifying time in the 200m breaststroke, adding to the 100m qualifying time she achieved earlier in the year. Luke Buxton also competed extremely well, recording his National Youth Qualifying Time in the 200m Butterfly. After recording a 2 second PB in the heats to come within 0.6 of the required time, Luke took off another second in the final to to qualify for this summers championships, finishing in 8th place. Luke nearly added another National qualifying time in 100m Butterfly, finishing just 0.3 seconds away from the required standard. He also competed in the 50m Butterfly, 100 Freestyle and 200 IM. Charlotte Young, Lydia Beeken, Josephine Barker and Chloe Mae Kitching also competed in Individual and Team Events. Our Medley Team (Charlotte, Kim, Chloe, Josephine) finished in 8th place overall, with the freestyle team finishing 7th (Charlotte, Chloe, Lydia, Josephine) The Swimmers recorded 13 PB's over the weekend. Well done to all swimmers who competed.
Welsh National Youth Championships 1st-4th April Lydia Beeken was our sole representive at this National Level Competition held over 4 days, at the Welsh National Pool in Swansea. Lydia swam exceptionally well over the duration of the meet. On day one, Lydia competed in three events. In the morning heats session she recorded a PB in the 100m breaststroke, qualifying in 4th place for the final and just over half a second away from the National Qualification time. She also swam in the 200m freestyle heats finishing in 10th place. In the afternoon session she competed in the 400 IM. Turning 5th after the backstroke leg, Lydia recorded the fastest breaststroke split by any of the competitors to put her into 3rd place, she followed this with another strong leg in the freestyle and held on to finish 3rd. In her final swim of the day, she finished 5th in the 100m breaststroke final. Lydia retuned to the pool on day 3, having not competed on the second day. In the heats of the 200m breaststroke, she swam a brilliant race to record her first ever her National Youth Qualification time. In the evening final she recorded a slightly slower time, but added to her medal collection with a 3rd place finish and another bronze medal. She also finished 8th in the 400m freestyle and qualified for the final of the 200 IM, finishing in 6th place. After alot of intense racing Lydia returned for final day to compete in the 800m freestyle. She recorded a two second PB and added to her medal tally with another superb bronze medal. Well done to Lydia for her exceptional performanecs over the 4 days. City of Sheffield Premier Meet 27th-28th March A small squad of 6 swimmers travelled to Sheffield to compete in this high level open meet against some of the best Senior and Youth swimmers from all over the UK. The swimmers recorded 7 PB's between them. Northumberland and Durham Age Group Championships 6/7th + 13/14th March. The second round of the ND Age Group Championships took over 2 weekends in March. We had 5 qualifiers.
Luke Buxton competed in all 13 events. He won 4 Bronze medals in 100 IM, 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 Breaststroke. He also qualified for finals in 12 of the 13 events he competed in. Luke finished 3rd Overall in the 14 Boys Category. Alice Heath competed in 6 events recording PB's in all 6.She qualified for finals in the 100 IM and 100 Fly. Jonathon Vasey recorded 4 PB's, qualifying for the final in the 100m Backstroke and 100 IM. Molly Wade and Benjamin Fisher also competed, finishing just outside their PB’s.
Well done to all 5 swimmers. Northumberland and Durham Senior and Youth Championships 20-21st February Eight of our A squad swimmers traveled to Sunderland Aquatic centre to compete against the best swimmers in the county. The squad competed extremely well throughout the weekend with some exceptional performances. Two Swimmers recorded their first National Qualifying Times. Thomas Butler achieved both the 100m and 200m Breaststroke NQT. Tom qualified to swim in 4 finals over the weekend (50, 100, 200 Breaststroke and 200 IM), finishing with a Silver medals in both the Open and Youth Catagory 50m Breaststroke. Sister Kim achieved the 100m breaststroke National Qualifying Time and qualified for all 3 breaststroke finals. Kim finished a succesful weekend with a Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Youth Catagory and a Silver in the Open Catagory 50m breaststroke. Lydia Beeken also competed exceptionally well in the Breaststroke events, coming within 1 second of the National Qualifying standard in the 100m Breaststroke and within 2 seconds of the 200m breaststroke. Lydia finished the weekend with 2 Silvers and 1 Bronze medal, all in the Youth Catagory. Notably, Lydia and Kim occupied 2 out of the 3 podium places in all 3 Youth breaststroke events. Charlotte Young, competing as a Youth for the first time, having turned 14 two weeks ago, also came close to the National Qualifying Standard, recording a 1:02.48 in the 100m Freestyle, just outside the required 1:01.46. She qualified for 2 finals (100 Freestyle and 50m backstroke) and recorded PB's in all of her events. Luke Buxton competed well throughout the weekend, recording PB's in all 6 of the events he competed in. Luke qualified for the Mens 200m Butterfly, finishing 10th, less than 3 seconds away from national qualification. Qualification for this final was a superb performance as Luke is not yet old enough compete as Youth Swimmer and will join our age group swimmers for the BAGCAT championships in March. Alec Wann returned from Loughborough University to compete in the Championships. Alec qualified for 4 finals (50m, 100m, 200m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke), winning a Silver medal in the 50m Backstroke and a Bronze in the 200m Backstroke. Naomi Moks and Cheyl Gartland also competed well, with Cheryl recording PB's in the 50m and 200m backstroke and Naomi recording PB's in the 100m butterfly and 100m backstroke. Well done to all swimmers who competed. Middlesbrough AA Grade Meet 7th February This meet was aimed at younger squad members from the Dolphin, Development and B Squads. The swimmers recorded 72 Personnel Best Times. Top six finishes were achieved by Alasitar Civil (50 BK, 100 IM, 50 Br, 50 Fly), Johnathon Carr (200 FC, 50 Fly, 50 Br), Benjamin Fisher (50 Brst), Alice Heath (200 FC, 50 Br, 50 Fly, 50 BK, 100 IM), Karenza Blenkinsopp (50 Br, 50 BK), Holly Coulton (50 BK), Molly Wade (50 Brst, 50 FC), Keiron Fryer (50 BK, 100 IM, 200 FC, 50 FC, 50 Fly), Lewis Maguire (50 Brst), Elizabeth Mcnamara (100 IM, 50 Brst), Lousie Bray (50 Fly) and Daniel Fisher (50 Brst, 100 IM, 200 FC). First place finishes went to Keiron Fryer in the 50m Butterfly and Alice Heath in the 100 IM. Well done to all those who competed. Richmond and Hambleton Schools Gala 3rd February This event took place at Bedale pool with current and ex club members representing their schools. Many of our swimmers won their events. Richmond school won the Junior Boys, Junior Girls, Intermediate Boys, Intermediate Girls categories. They also won the Overall Points despite missing 4 events in the senior category due students with exam commitments. Northallerton College won the senior boys and senior girls categories. The club had a least one member in each of the winning teams. Richmond School, will now represent the area in the North Yorkshire Youth games. Harrogate Open Meet 30-31st January 2010 10 Swimmers from the Development, B and A Squads took part in this open meet at the Harrogate Hydro, recording 27 PB's. First place finishes went to Alec wann in all 3 backstroke events, Luke Buxton in the 100m backstroke, Josephine Barker in the 100m Freestyle and Lydia Beeken in the 200m Breaststroke. In total, the swimmers had eleven top 3 finishes. Luke Buxton and Lydia Beeken both finihsed second overall in the thier respective points catagories. Molly Wade and Alice Heath recorded County qualifying times. Peterlee Graded Meet 10th January 10 Swimmers from the Dolphin, development and B squads made the trip to Peterlee despite the bad weather. The swimmers recorded a massive 37 PB's from 40 swims, winning 30 Medals between them. Alice Heath (200 IM) and Benjamin Fisher (50m Breaststroke) also recorded N+D County Qualifying Times. This was a good start to the year and all swimmers performed exceptionally well. North East Region Senior/Junior Short Course Championships 7-8th November This event took place at Durham on 7-8th November We had a small team 7 swimmers competing. The swimmers recorded 23 PB’s from 30 swims. Given that this was the first meet of the year and where we are with regards to the training plan, this was a great effort from all the swimmers. English Schools Championships 23rd-24th October Three Swimmers took part in the English Schools Championships on 23-24th October. This was a long course event which took place at Crystal Palace. Swimmers are selected to compete after qualifying through regional championships.
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