North East Regional Youth and Senior Competition 2016

Borough of Barnsley Swimming Club report 30/4 and 1/5 2016

Last weekend saw 6 of our swimmers aged 15 and over compete in the North East Region Championships (LC)

The first session went well with Tom Speed (17) qualifying first in the 50m breaststroke breaking the 30 second barrier for the first time this year with a time of 27.98. 

In the following 100m breaststroke vent Libby Turner (15) one of the youngest competitors there achieved a mid table finish against individuals up to the age of 28.   Libby then competed in the 100m fly 2 events later coming home in 1:07.92.  With a busy morning schedule, Libby competed in the 200IM achieving 2:33.30, followed by the 50m Freestyle with a time of 28:93, whilst Holly Milnes (17) gained a strong time of 29.33.

Thomas Speed continued his meet with the 50m fly achieving 27:93 with Gregory Lugton competing in the same event finishing with a time of 29:02.

The afternoon session comprised of all the finals seeing Tom Speed gaining Gold in the 50m Breaststroke event after his qualification in first position in the morning.

 

Sunday saw Libby return to the pool competing in the 100m Freestlye with a time of 1:03:39, 50m Breaststroke at 37:37, 100m Backstroke 1:11:47.  Tom returned to the pool for the 100m fly with a time of 1:02:12.

Gregory Lugton (15) also returned to compete in the 50m Backstroke with a time of 31:88.

Sunday also saw Corine and Alanah Hiill qualify for the 200m Butterfly, and whilst Corine was unfortunately unable to compete, Alanah achieved a time of 2:43:08.

In Toms final event of the weekend the 200IM he gained a time of 2:26:95, whilst Libby and Holly concluded their weekend in the 50m Butterfly with times of 31:12 and 31:71 respectively.

The swimmers are now waiting to see if anyone has achieved times for The top 24 in each age group and event will be invited to compete at the Summer Championships in July. The qualifying window for the British Summer Championships is the 11th March-30th May.the British Nationals where the top 24 in each age group are invited to swim.   The end of May will see a number of our younger swimmers in the North East Regionals age group competition.