Congratulations to all our Youth and Senior swimmers who took part in the County Champs on 16/17th Feb at Beechdale.

In the boys section, senior boys captain Karl Morgan dominated the Freestyle events winning the 50, 100 and 200m races. Tom Roberts was similarly successful in the Backstroke winning the 50 and 100m races and finishing a close second in the 200m.

In the girls section, Hannah Meek led the way finishing first in the 200m IM, 200m Fly, 100 and 200m Backstroke and second in the 100m Fly. Girls senior captain Faye Henesy won the 400m freestyle and claimed second place in the 100 and 200m free whilst Amber Keegan took first place in the 400m IM and second in the 50m Breastsroke. There were also creditable performances from Mark Patterson, Katie Loker, Danielle Cherry, Becca Schinagl and Sophie Beckwith.

Mark Moore

A big thank you to all those swimmers who took part in this gala on Saturday 9th Feb at Retford. Results will be available asap for swimmers to check for PB'S.

Following a change in emphasis with this early group of galas we selected a mixture of experienced and inexperienced swimmers and were rewarded with some solid and surprising performances on the night. Special mention goes to our 9yr olds Chloe, Tom, Jack and Hermione who took 3rd place in both of their relays and led the cannon at the end of their swims. George P and Katie L who both bravely swam despite being ill and Jack R who swam additional races to cover for George. Further mention to Will Halstead who came 3rd in the 11/under BR despite only just turning 10 and finally to Mark P who at 45+ gives hope to us all by giving the younger lads a scare in the Open Category.

Despite finishing in 6th place, behind 5 very strong teams, it was good to see that our skills focus in training is starting to filter through into racing technique.

As always thanks to our poolside team and parents without whom none of this would be possible.

Mark M