Tuesday 24 November 2015

ASANER Regional Championship 21 / 22 November 2015

 

The Regional Championships took place at Sunderland Aquatics centre on 21st and 22nd November and BOBSC were proud to have 12 of our swimmers qualifying to compete, swimmers were split between Age groups 11 – 14 year olds, and open being 15 and upwards.

 

For many of the swimmers it was a very busy gala, most having achieved more than 1 event qualifying time, it is an excellent outcome for not only so many swimmers to be competing but so many in multiple events.

 

The first event for BoBSC on the day saw Abigail  Miles (11) achieve a Silver medal in 100m Breaststroke, Abigails day continued with 4th in the 400m IM and 5th in the 200m freestlye, 200 backstroke and 50m Backstroke.   A second medal came with a Bronze in the 400m freestyle, and the Silver in the 50m Breaststroke.  Day 2 and more races with a silver in 200m Breaststroke and 5th in 200 IM and 100m back.  Abigail also competed in 100 fly 100 free, 50 fly and 200m fly.

 

Libby Turner (14) again had a good weekend narrowly missing out on so many mendals, 4th place in 100m breaststroke 4,th 200 breaststroke,4th 200 IM,  swimming in the top 10 for 50m Butterfly, 50m & 100m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 200m freestely, 50m breaststroke, 50m & 100m back.

 

Young talent of Lewis Baker (11) competed in a massive total of 15 events across the weekend, with the best result of 5th coming in the 400m Individual Medley.

 

Jessica Richardson, previously known for her talents in Butterfly, took on the long distance of 800m the only one of our swimmers to achieve long distance times, she also completed in 50m Freestlye, 50m & 200m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke.

 

It was great to see some new talent competing in their first Regional Championships in Georgia Hamblett (14), Sam Charlesworth (11) and Megan Firth (12).

 

Elizabeth Safonkina (13) and Gregory Lugton (14) competed in a 5 events each across the weekend, attaining some top 10 finishes.  Whilst Harriet Ostrowski-Jones (12) qualified for the 100m & 200m Breaststroke events.

 

In the Open Competition, Tom Speed (16) took on a number of events achiving Silver in 50m Breaststroke and 5th in the 200m breaststroke final, having achieved 3rd earlier in the day in the qualifiers.  Competition continues to be tight for all these events, never being able to predict which way they will go in the top group.  Thomas also competed in the heats of the 50m butterfly. 

 

On day 2 Tom went into the 100m breaststroke final qualifying 3rd overall whilst finishing 5th in the final, earlier competing in the heats of the 200 IM and 50m Freestyle.

 

A fantastic weekend for the club, with swimmers representing Barnsley across all events in such a large competition.

 

Sheffield City B Grade 21st November 2015

Sheffield City B Grade saw many of the swimmers achieve personal bests with medals being given to swimmers to 6th place.  A fantastic 67 personal best times were achieved across the afternoon, with some swimmers having their first experience of long course meets.

 

The medals were spread across all age groups in some very exciting races, Kalum Smart (11) started the event well with some 4th places, gaining his first medal in 100m Fly Bronze in the morning, adding to this with a great Gold in the 50m Fly later in the day.

 

Nathan Billingham (14) went from strength to strength all day achieving a sterling 8 medals across the day, Gold in 200 Individual Medley, 50m Backstroke and 50m Breaststroke, with Silver in 50m free and 100m backstroke, with Bronze medal in 100m free and 50m butterfly.

 

Success for the boys continued with 2 silvers in 100m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke for William Kenny (12) and Bronze for Curtis Harper (10) in 50m fly whilst achieving a speeding ticket in 200m Backstroke.

 

The 13 year girl category had a fantastic day with medals being received by a number of the swimmers across all events. 

 

This was followed by a superb 200m Individual Medley race for Barnsley, seeing Ella Waller come home with Silver whilst Georgia Clarke and Millie Hamby achieving 4th and 5th respectively.  Millie Hamby continued her success with Silver for both the 100m freestlye and 50m back.  Lucy Hatfield then added to this age group with a Silver in 100m Breaststroke.  Ella and Georgia finished the day with Silver and Bronze respectively in the 100m Fly.

 

It was a good day for the Lee sisters, Megan (14) bringing home medals in both Breaststroke events, Gold in 100m and Silver in 50m, whilst Georgia (10) also received a Gold in 50m Backstroke.  Our last medal of the day went to Eleanor Valentine Bull (9) achieving her first Gold in the 50m Freestyle.

 

Other swimmers on the day Jasmine Ball, Neve Booth, Lucy Bratley, Lucy Gray, Maea Hamby, Lily Martin, Lucy Redfern, Elliot Robinson, Matthew Selous, Thomas Stather, Lucy Wainwright, Freya Waller, Jonathon Wightman, Anya Yates

 

 

Wednesday 18 November 2015

Barnsley Minor Individual Championship report 7th November 2015

Last weekend saw the BOBSC squad attend Knottingly for the Alec James Barnsley Minors League Individual Championship, X swimmers took place across all age groups.  Split across 2 sessions the team had an exciting day with a good number of personal bests.  All races were 50m sprint.

In the Girls 9 year category, Kloe Eade had a great morning with 2 PB’s and 2 medals, in Silver and Freestyle, whilst picking up 4th place in Breaststroke.

Kalum Smart (11) competing in all 4 events had a great success in the Butterfly with a Bronze, there was also a good interclub race with our 11 year girls in the backstroke with <.7 between 3 swimmers.

In the 13 year group Lucy Hatfield had a fantastic performance in the 50m breaststroke with a Gold at a time of 40.61s, followed by a bronze for Thomas Stather, just 0.12 between silver and bronze.

In the afternoon session the excitement increased with the first race, Lola Yoxall and Georgia Lee coming home with Gold and Bronze respectively in the Backstroke, followed quickly by a silver for Jessica Richardson in the 12yr backstroke in a closely competed race with less than 0.3 of a second splitting the top 3. 

Further success in the same stroke for William Kenny (12) Gold and Corinne Hill (16) silver.  William continued his winning run with a gold in the breaststroke, matched by Georgia Hamblett (14) in her age group.  Nathan Billingham (14) and Corinne Hill (16) continued the success in breaststroke with 2 bronze medals

Lola Yoxhall took her 2nd of 4 medals in the 50m Breaststroke, following this with a bronze in Butterfly and Silver in Freestyle with Georgia Lee picking up the Bronze in freestlye for the 10yr event.  Macy Yoxhall came home with a silver in the butterfly and 4th in breaststroke having been above the cut off time for the other events.

After last months Gold in the Yorkshire Championships, Curtis Harper repeated it again this time in Butterfly.  Jessica Richardson, increased her medal count with a gold in the same event then a Silver in Freestyle. 

Whilst Nathan Billingham achieved his second Bronze in Butterfly.  Sisters Corinne and Alanah Hill achieved Silver and Bronze respectively in the 50m Butterfly.

Alongside the above medals for Freestyle the team were also successful in age 12 boys and age 14 girls with William Kenny and Georgia Hamblett battling for the bronze medals, the latter in a thrilling session with 2 swimmers being awarded bronze on 30.59.  Nathan Billingham picked up his 3rd Bronze in the freestlye the same place being awarded Corinne Hill.

A fantastic days swimming was had by the club with 22 medals being achieved across the squad.

Also swam Millie Hamby, Ella Waller, Emily Yeates, Neve Wilkie, Isabelle Speed, Lucy Redfern, Lily Martin, Freya Waller, Maea Hamby, Lucy Hamblett, Lucy Greatorex, Lucy Gray, Holly Northam, Megan lee Rianna Hill, Alanah Hill, Elliot Robinson.

 

 

 

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Round 3 Club Championship

A fantastic 3rd and final round of the club championship 2015 was held on
the 30th October, being sprints and 200IM for the senior squads and all
swimmers having the opportunity to swim the 400m freestyle.

Medals were given for each age group of 11 and upwards in the 50 m sprint,
with golds being achieved in the girls events by Abigail Miles (11), Jessica
Richardson (12), Elizabeth Safonkina (13), Georgia Hamblett (14), Holly
Milnes (15/16) Rianna Hill (over 17).

For the boys sprint, Alexander Tilhonov (10), Lewis Baker (11), Sam
Charlesworth (12) in an exciting battle winning his heat age group by only
0.6 second, Greg Lugton (14) Tom Speed (15/16). All 5 boys then went on to
achieve Gold in the boys 200 Individual medley. Lawrence Savage won the
sprint for 17and over age group.

In a quick turnaround the girls were back out for the 200m IM seeing
Abigail, Jessica and Elizabeth achieving their second Golds of the evening
with Sisters Corinne Hill and Rianna Hill achieving gold in the 15/16 and 17
overs age groups respectively.

The excitement rose for all competitors moving into the 400m freestyle, with
some extremely close heats. Molly Baker following in her older brothers
footsteps attained Gold in 8 and under age group whist the familiar name of
Abigail Miles achieved the 11 and under age group with a great time of
5:10:87. There were 14 competitors between 9 and 11 challenging for this
medal the younger swimmers pulling out some great times.

Jessica Richardson went on to achieve Gold in the age 12/13 with a time of
5:09:44 and Corrine Hill Gold in 14 and over.

Golds for the boys were achieve by Charlie Clark (8 and under) Lewis Baker
(11 and under) this age group again showing some great talent ck g through
with only second between 3rd and 4th. After narrowly missing out on the
sprints Matthew Selous achieved his first Gold of the night in the 400m
12/13 age group with Tom Speed achieving gold in over 14's.

Again we saw 4 club record being broken, Abigail Miles taking all 3 for her
events and Lewis Baker setting a new club record in the 11 and under boys
400m free.

Tuesday 20 October 2015

Lincoln Vulcans Level 2 meet 17th November

Following on from a great result at the Yorkshire Championships, some of our swimmers returned to Ponds Forge again this weekend to compete in the Lincoln Vulcans short course Level 2 meet.

Building on the previous 2 weeks, 13 swimmers competed in 34 of the events coming away with a number of medals on the day.

In the Girls 100m Breaststroke Abigail Miles achieved Gold with a 1:23:23 and Macy Yoxall 4th.  In the 200m Butterfly Jessica Richardson came away with the 2nd Gold of the day whislt Corinne Hill (16) achieved Silver in her age group.

Results for the youngsters continued with Macy Yoxall (9) attaining Bronze in the 400m Freestyle with a 5:46:11. With Lola Yoxall (9) gaining Silver in the 200m Free.

For the boys Lewis Baker (11) won Silver in the 200IM 2:47:18, Bronze100m Breaststroke and in the 100m Fly gained the Silver, whilst Greg Lugton (14) achived Bronze in the 100m Butterfly.

Abigail Miles hard work continued to pay off with a Silver in the 50m Free and Gold in the 200m Breaststroke.  This latter race also saw Georgia Lee (9) achieve Silver 3 and Harriet Ostrowski Jones Gold, after earlier in the day receiving a 4th place in 100m backstroke.

Other swimmers on the day were Alanah Hill, Corrine Hill, Megan Lee, Lucy Hatfield, Ella Waller.

 

Tuesday 13 October 2015

BOBSC report 11 October 2015 - Yorkshire Championships

 

Last weekend saw BOBSC return to Ponds Forge but this time for the Yorkshire Championships, with 33 of our swimmers competing that had achieved the qualifying times across all age ranges.

 

The team had a very successful meet competing in a total of 96 swims and achieved 55 personal best times which has also led to a number of our 11 years and older swimmers achieving the North East Regional times for the competition at the end of November.  Although the qualifying times related to recent swims, some of these personal bests were up to 8 seconds off previous times.

 

With a number of top 10 finishes across age groups, Carly Herbert Head Coach said ‘Well done to all our swimmers from the weekend, you have done the club proud with the strong performances’. 

 

Medalists from the weekend, Megan Sharp (9) who achieved 4 medals from her 5 swims, with Silver in 50m Fly in a fantastic 39.97 seconds, Bronze in 100m Individual Medlay, 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke.

 

Abigail Miles (11), who broke a number of her personal bests achieved Bronze medal in the 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1:23.63, and 4th in the 100m Backstroke.

 

Finally, Curtis Harper (10) was awarded Gold in the 100m Backstroke with 1:23.04 through a very exciting race seeing the top 4 with a time spread of just 1.5 seconds.

 

Other competitors who entered the gala and contributed to a fantastic weekend of personal and club achievements were Lewis Baker, Jasmine Ball, Sam Charlesworth, Kloe Eade, Lucy Greatorex, Georgia Hamblett, Milly Hamby, Lucy Hatfield, Corinne Hill, Alanah Hill, Georgia Lee, Gregory Lugton, Finley McNicholas, Phoebe McNicholas, Daniel Miles, Holly Milnes, Emily Norton, Harriet Ostrowski-Jones, Jessica Richardson, Elliot Robinson, Elizabeth Safonika, Thomas Speed, Alexander Tikhonov, Libby Turner, Eleanor Valentine-Bull, Ella Waller, Neve Wilkie, Anya Yates, Lola Yoxall, Macy Yoxall.

 

Tuesday 6 October 2015

BOBSC Report 6.10.15 Robin Hood & Club Champs

 

 

After a weeks break, BOBSC were back in action this week with round 2 of the club championship on Friday night, with 15 of the club records being broken, some of these have been held for in excess of 15 years.  The following swimmers are the new club record holders Abigail Miles (11) 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle and  100m Breaststroke, Lewis Baker (11) 100m Backstroke, Thomas Speed (15/16) 100m Backstroke & 100m Breaststroke, Megan Sharp (9) and Lola Yoxhall (10) 50m Butterfly & 50m Freestyle in their respective age groups, Libby Turner (14) 100m Breaststroke & 100m Butterfly, Alexander Tikhonov (10) 100m Breaststroke, Kalum Smart (11) 50m Butterfly, Gregory Lugton (14) 100m Butterfly and Curtis Harper (10) 50m Freestyle.

 

Saturday and Sunday saw the squad back at Ponds Forge for the Robin Hood Open Meet competing across 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m distances with teams far and wide from the UK attending. 

 

Lewis Baker was 2nd in the top boy rankings after achieving a medal in each of his 12 events, Gold in 50m Backstroke,100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, 200m IM.  Silver in 50m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly and 3 Bronze in 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle,

 

Libby Turner continued the winning streak with 6 medals from her 9 races, Gold in 100m Individual Medlay, Silver in 50m, 100 and 200m Freestyle and a Bronze in 50m Breaststroke, achieving 4ths in both 50m Backstroke and butterfly.

 

Abigail Miles returned from her North East training camp to achieve a Silver in 200m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle.

 

A further silver was achieved by Holly Milnes in 50m Freestyle and Jessica Richardson picked up 2 Bronze medals in 400m Freestyle and 200m Butterfly.

 

A successful meet was had by all with 37 personal bests achieved outside of the medals won by the team which also comprised of Curtis Harper, Georgia Clarke, Georgia Hamblett, Gregory Lugton, Harriett Ostrowski-Jones, Holly Northam, Kalum Smart, Lucy Bratley, Lucy Greatorex, Lucy Hatfield, Lucy Redfern, Maea Hamby, Megan Lee, Millie Hamby, Nathan Billingham, Neve Wilkie and Roman Wallace.

 

The Olympic trial qualifying times were also released this weekend and BOBSC is pleased to announce that we already have Tom Speed in the line up next April with the time for the 100m Breaststroke.

 

Tuesday 22 September 2015

COSSS Tea Spoon Meet 20th September 2015

 

 

Barnsley swimmers continued with their run of medals and team spirit this weekend.  The City of Sheffield Swim Club Tea Spoon gala is always an exciting event with all swimmers competing in heats and the top 10 getting through to a final, the top 3 receive the traditional Sheffield Steel Tea Spoon.  The event was well attended with clubs from across the UK.

 

This weekend was no exception with 15 Barnsley swimmers attending the event,  9 of whom made it through to 1 or more finals putting BOBSC into 17 of the 50m finals in age groups for all 4 strokes, excitement reigned as the team supported each other in all of the events.

 

Abigail Miles (11) and Libby Turner (14) were successful in making it through to all 4 finals in their age groups.  Libby came away with Silver in Breaststroke and Freestyle with a 4th placing for both Backstroke and Buttterfly, Megan Lee competing in the same age group came 8th in the Breaststroke final.  Whilst Abigail who has been selected for this weekends’ North East Regional Training Camp came away with Bronze in Backstroke and Breaststroke with 5th and 7th in Free and Fly respectively.  This regional event is run by the England Talent Team a significant achievement with swimmers being selected by the ASA, We wish Abigail every success for the weekend.

 

Gold was achieved by Thomas Speed in the 15+ age group with a time of 31.03 and competed in the final in Butterfly (6th) and Backstroke (7th).

 

Success continued in the breaststroke, Lucy Hatfield achieved a Bronze medal with Georgia Lee (5th), Megan Firth (9th), William Kenny (9th) competed in the final of their age groups.  Last but not least Jessica Richardson competed in the 50m Butterfly final (9th).

 

Other swimmers from the day were Jessica Ford, Isabelle Speed, Lucy Bratley, Megan Sharp, Georgia Clark, Robyn Sykes.

 

Thursday 17 September 2015

Barnsley are promoted to Division 1

 

Last weekend saw Barnsley Swimmers compete in 3 galas, the first being our own club championship on Friday 11th, events across 50m and 200m where a number of Club Records were broken, some of these having been held for a number of years, this was the initial round of Club Champs with 2 further events to come in October.

 

On Saturday the squad competed alongside BPL lesson swimmers in the annual Mayors Gala at the Metrodome, this is a great opportunity for the BPL swimmers to experience the competition environment, using blocks and timers for their 25m events in Breaststroke, Backstroke and Freestyle, whilst all BOBSC swimmers undertake 50m events in all 4 strokes.  The event was attended by the Mayor and Lady Mayor of Barnsley who presented the awards to the successful top 3 swimmers in each event.

 

The climax of the weekend was Sunday’s Barnsley Minors League competition swum at Chapletown Baths, seeing Barnsley, Wakefield, Chapeltown and Sheffield go head to head in the last round of the season.  Barnsley were going into the event 12 points ahead and looking for promotion to Division 1.   

 

Team work is key in this event with both individual and relay events which saw every member of the team give 110% with fantastic support between each other.  The atmosphere was electric with all swimmers and parents from each club cheering and supporting their own swimmers, in what was to be a very close competition, and whilst Barnsley were piped to the post on the days event, it was so close that Barnsley achieved the points to move into Division 1 next year.  A great achievement for the club which has seen many of the swimmers compete over the 4 rounds.

 

 

Attached are photos from 

Mayors Gala,    Mayor and Lady Mayor with Craig Lee, Team Manager and Daniel Miles (9)

Barnsley Minors League Team of 13.09.15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 8 September 2015

Worksop Dolphins Long Course meet 5th September

 

The Annual long course Dukeries meet was held on 5th September with the club being represented by 24 swimmers across all age groups.  The meet was focussed around 50m and 100m swims and attracted clubs from across Yorkshire and the Midlands with over 200 people entering some events.

Despite the event continuing into the eventing the squad pulled out over 50 persoonal best times and achieved some great results in tough competition, given the number of swimmers medals were awarded to 6th place.

Finley McNicholas(9) who was competing in his first long course gala achieved a bronze trophy in the 50m Breast Stroke.

Megan Sharp (9) came away with a silver medal in 50 Fly and placings in both 50m Backstroke and Freestyle.

Greg Lugton competing in the Boys age 14 group, was 3rd in his age category across the meet, whilst also winning gold in the 50m fly and 6ht in 100m Fly.

 

In the age 13/14, Lucy Hatfield achieved 5th in the 100m Breast Stroke, winning the bronze medal in the 50m event (41.50), and Georgia Hamblet picking up 5th with a time 41.78.  Other top 6 placing were achieved by Curtis Harper, Elliot Robinson Macy Yoxall, Holly Milnes, and Thomas Stather.

 

The club also enjoyed participating in some very close 200m freestyle and medlay relays  bringing great excitement to the poolside, not to mention noise and encouragement.

Swimmers competing for Barnsley on the day achieving a range of personal bests both overall and long course were Nathan Billingham, Lucy Bratley, Sam Charlesworth, Maea Hamby, Millie Hamby, Lucy Hatfield, Phoebe McNicholas, Lauren Sharp, Eleanor Valentine-Bull, Ella Waller, Feya Waller, Anya Yates, Lola Yoxall.

 

Sunday 6 September 2015

Barnsley Swimmers have a great 1st meet of the season 29th August 2015

 

 

After a fantastic end to the season with Libby Turner Competing in the ASA Summer Nationals at Ponds Forge in the  200 Individual Medley and 100m Freestyle events. Achieving  6th place in the final for the 200IM for the girls Age 14 group, with only 1 other swimmer from our Region making it to the final. In the 100m freestyle event Libby narrowly missed out on the final after a great swim.

 

BOBSC were back in the pool this week for the first race of the season being Sheffield City Annual Sprint Meet, where we saw 22 of our swimmers competing in a wide range of 50m and 100m events on short course.

 

The team worked really hard with a total of 55 personal best times being recorded and a number of medals across the meet as follows:  Holly Milnes, Silver in 100M free, Jessica Richardson Silver 100m backstroke, Elizabeth Safonica Gold in 50m Breaststroke and 50m backstroke, Megan Sharp Silver in 50m Freestyle and 50m breast stroke, Finlay McNicholas Silver in 50m Breaststroke, Phoebe McNicholas Bronze in 100m Breast stroke, Lewis Baker Gold in 50m Backstroke, 100m backstroke, 100m Freestyle and 50m fly, silver in 100m Fly.

 

The swimmers excelled in the fly with the following achieving medals in their respective age groups for 50m Fly Megan Sharp, Gold, Elizabeth Safonica and Holly Milnes, Silver , for the boys both Lewis Baker Gold.  Alexander Tikhonov received 50m Gold and 100m Silver in Fly after earlier in the day becoming Yorkshire Age 10 Tennis champion. 

 

Speeding tickets were received by Lewis Baker, Elizabeth Safonica and Thomas Speed.

 

Other swimmers on the day achieving PB’s or competing in their first gala were Jasmine Ball, Curtis Harper, Lucy Hatfield, Lily Martin, Harriet Ostrowski-Jones, Isabelle Speed, Lauren Sharp, Eleanor Valentine-Bull, Lucy Wainwright, Neve Wilkie and Anya Yates. 

 

The squad are back in the pool on Saturday for the Workshop Dolphins Long Course meet.

 

ASA Summer Nationals - a fantastic end to our season...

 

Last week we saw Barnsley’s Libby Turner Competing in the ASA Summer Nationals at Ponds Forge.  Libby had qualified for the 200 Individual Medley and 100m Freestyle events.

 

On Tuesday Libby successfully made it through to the final with a fantastic 2:30:98 qualifying time for the 200M IM, beating this time in the final with 2:30:11 coming 6th within the country for the girls Age 14 group, with only 1 other swimmer from our Region making it to the final.

 

The 100 freestyle event took place on Thursday and Libby narrowly missed out on the final after a great swim.

 

Head Coach Carly Herbert summarised the success of the club this season “What an amazing season it's been for the club! From life time bests, county, regional, national and British champ qualifiers, county and regional finalists and medals, this truly has been an amazing year for the club”

 

Bronze in the British Nationals for Barnsley Swimmer

Last week saw the British Summer Championships at Ponds Forge bringing
together the best aged 15+ swimmers from across the country together.

At Borough Of Barnsley Swimming Club we're proud to have seen Tom Speed
achieve the qualifying times for 3 events, 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke
and come away with a Bronze medal at National level.

The competition was spread across the week with heats in the morning and
finals in the evening.


The competition was strong and Tom made the final in two of the 3 events.

The 100m breaststroke saw a range of just 1 second between the top 8
finalists with Tom achieving 1:07:98 in the final.

In the 50m breaststroke Tom achieved not only a personal best of 30.52
seconds but the bronze medal in the final.

Carly Herbert, Head Coach commented "Toms performance this week was
fantastic, I am a very proud coach".

BOBSC swimmer Libby Turner is at Ponds Forge this week competing in the ASA
Summer Nationals.

2015 BOBSC Summer Sizzler Report

Fifty eight swimmers from Borough of Barnsley Swimming Club were joined by swimmers from other clubs at Armthorpe, Chapeltown, City of Bradford, Dronfield, East Leeds, Eckington, Edlington, Glossop, Hazel Grove, Huddersfield, Kippax, Knottingley, Rotherham Metro, Sheffield City, Sherwood, Spenborough and Stocksbridge at Borough of Barnsley's very own 8th Summer Sizzler Short Course Gala held at Ponds Forge Sheffield on 5 July 2015.

Our swimmers put in some sizzling performances and were awarded 5 Speeding tickets, 17 Gold Medals, 15 Silver Medals and 19 Bronze Medals as well as securing 144 short course PB's.

Those taking part were as follows:

9 Years Sam Guettat, Cody Ingram, Daniel Miles, Amy Gaffney, Megan Sharp and Eleanor Valentine-Bull.

10 Years Lewis Baker, Myles Tupman, Lucy Hamblett, Maea Hamby, Georgia Lee, Phoebe McNicholas, Lucy Wainwright, Freya Waller Macy Yoxall and Lola Yoxall.

11 Years Sam Charlesworth, Kalum Smart, Roman Wallace, Jonathon Wightman, Lucy Bratley, Jessica Ford, Lucy Gray, Amy Guettat, Lily Martin, Abigail Miles, Lucy Redfern, Isabelle Speed, Lauren Sharp, Neve Wilkie and Anya Yates,

12 Years William Kenny, Matthew Selous, Megan Firth, Lucy Greatorex, Evie Gregory, Harriet Ostrowski-Jones, Jessica Richardson and Emily Yeates.

13 Years Gregory Lugton, Georgia Clarke, Millie Hamby, Lucy Hatfield, Ella Waller and Alanna Sidebottom.

14 Years Georgia Hamblett, Megan Lee and Charlotte Savage.

15 Years and over Steven Dallamore, Thomas Speed, Thomas Stather, Lauren Heywood, Alanah Hill, Corinne Hill, Rianna Hill, Holly Mawby, Holly Milnes and Emily Norton.

The full results sheets for 2015 are included elsewhere on our website.


2015 Scarborough Report 19-21 June



Some of our Scarborough Swimmers............

As the swimming season reaches its final stages for 2014/2015 34 swimmers headed to Scarborough for the ever popular Scarborough Swimming Club A & B Gala 2015 (Short course). While the emphasis was always on competition there was also an emphasis on having fun and on team spirit.

The weekend started on Friday evening with the 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle events and the squad started as they meant to continue with Macy Yoxall, Lewis Baker and Abigail Miles all winning gold medals with other medal winners including Lola Yoxall, Kalum Smart, Lucy Greatorex, Jessica Richardson, Harriet Ostrowski-Jones and Georgia Hamblett. On the first evening we won 4 Gold Medals, 6 Silver Medals and 2 Bronze Medals.

More success followed on Saturday and Sunday.

In the A Grade our swimmers gained 47 medals: 3 Speeding tickets, 16 Gold Medals and 12 Bronze Medals. In the B Grade our swimmers gained 14 Speeding tickets, 17 Gold Medals, 11 Silver Medals and 11 Bronze Medals. In total the swimmers achieved 155 short course PB's - a fantastic effort. Events included 50m and 100m freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly plus 100m IM and 200m IM.

All of the swimmers deserve a special mention:

9 Years Megan Sharp and Daniel Miles.

10 Years Macy Yoxall, Lola Yoxall, Georgia Lee, Freya Waller, Phoebe McNicholas, Maea Hamby, Lucy Hamblett, Lewis Baker, Alex Tikhonov and Miles Tupman.

11 Years Abigail Miles, Isabelle Speed, Lauren Sharp, Anya Yates, Lily Martin and Kalum Smart.

12 Years Lucy Greatorex, Jessica Richardson, Harriet Ostrowski-Jones, Alanna Sidebotton and William Kenny.

13 Years Lucy Hatfield, Elizabeth Safonkina, Millie Hamby, Ella Waller and Nathan Billingham.

14 Years Georgia Hamblett, Megan Lee and Charlotte Savage.

15 Years and over Rebecca Sanderson, Thomas Stather and Lawrence Savage.

In addition Jessica Richardson and Harriet Ostrowski-Jones reached the finals of the Junior A Mixed Skins whilst Isabelle Speed, Alanna Sidebottom and William Kenny reached the finals of the Junior B Mixed Skins where William and his partner from Darlington Swimming Club reached the final round losing out narrowly in a very tense and hard fought finale.