Rotherham Metro Grade 1 Meet 7th & 8th May 2016

Borough of Barnsley Swimming Club report 7/5 & 8/5

BoBSC were in the pool again this weekend for the Rotherham Metro Level 1 Long Course meet, this was only open to individuals who had achieved qualifying time, but also falls the weekend before the age group North East Regional Meet.

This proved to be another successful meet for the team coming home with a good number of personal bests and medals, along with more Regional Qualifying times.  The 7 swimmers competing amassed 29 personal bests across 42 swims.

Megan Sharp (10) started the weekend as she intended to go on, gaining a 6 second PB on the 200m Butterfly with a 3:24:09 and the first gold of the event, she continued her morning with a Silver in the 50m Backstroke and a Bronze in the 100m Freestyle.   In the afternoon Megan took to the pool for Silvers in the 50m Freestyle and 100m backstroke.   To add to her success on the Sunday, Megan continued with a Silver in the 100m butterfly and 200m Freestyle and gold in the 50m Fly and 200m backstroke.

Meanwhile there were some strong performances from Millie Hamby (14), Elizabeth Safonkina (14) and Libby Turner (15), Elizabeth and Libby gaining 4^th and 5^th respectively in their age groups for the 200m Individual Medley.

Elizabeth achieved top 10 finishes the 50m & 100m backstroke, 200m freestyle, 50m Butterfly, and 50m Breaststroke with a 5^th in the 200m backstroke.  Whilst Libby maintained top 10 finishes in the 50m & 100m freestyle, 100m Breaststroke and 100m Backstroke alongside the 100m fly with a PB of 1:07.88..

Thomas Speed maintained his good form with a Silver in the 50m Breaststroke and a 4^th but new PB of 1:00:64 in the 100m Butterfly.   In the next session, Thomas gained a further Silver in the 100m Breaststroke and 6^th Place in 50m Butterfly with a further PB of 27.28  Tom gained a Silver in the 200m Breaststroke during day 2 of the competition.

Curtis Harper (11) started his campaign with the 200m freestyle achieving Silver with a 7 second PB of 2:33.04, continuing with the silver in 200m backstroke and another good PB for 2:55.04.  His strong performance continued on the Sunday with a Gold in the 50m & 100m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle and 100m freestyle and a bronze in 400m freestyle

Jessica Richardson took to the pool for the ladies long distance 800 event, achieving 4^th place.

Next weekend a number of our age group swimmers compete in the North East Region competition at Ponds Forge.

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