News
Wednesday 12 January 2022
Saturday 16 May 2020
Update: BOBSC Summer Sizzler
We regret to inform you, and it is with great disappointment, that we are now cancelling our Summer Sizzler meet in July. Refunds for all entries will be processed shortly.We appreciate that many of you (or rather, your swimmers) are keen to be back in the pool. At the moment we do not know when we will be able to return to training or to competition. We are awaiting further information and guidance from Swim England and BPL as to when swimming might resume. BPL are in regular contact with Swim England, and are also awaiting further information and guidelines to be released by government. Whilst plans are being made for managing a safe return to swimming, the situation continues to evolve and there is currently no defined date or exact timeline for when a return is likely to happen. We will update you as we receive more information from BPL and/or Swim England in due course.In the meantime, we hope you all stay safe and well, and we hope it is not too long before we see you all again,Best regardsBOBSC CommitteeThis email is from Borough of Barnsley Swimming Club (BOBSC) communications.The content of this mail is for intended recipient, please consider why / if you are forwarding.Thank you
Sunday 3 November 2019
Smashing it at the NE Regionals
Borough of Barnsley Swimmers travelled to Ponds Forge Sheffield to take part in the prestigious North East Regional Short Course (25m) Championships at the weekend.
Swimmers had to achieve the stringent entry times prior to the event which saw the club final secure several top 10 spots over the weekend.
Jasmine Ball (13 yr Age Group)
10th 100m Breaststroke
8th 50m Breaststroke
Kloe Eade (13 yr Age Group)
9th 100m Free
10th 100m Butterfly
Macy Yoxall (14)
7th in Women's 200m Butterfly
Matt Selous (16)
8th Men's 200m Backstroke
Head Coach Carly Herbert said on the club Facebook page "Amazing weekend at the North East Regional short course championships for the BOBSC swimmers!! Quality swims, personal bests and 4 top 10 placings in the Age Group and 2 Open Finals finished off another successful meet for the swimmers! You did your club proud! Congratulations to everyone"
Swimmers that took part over the weekend were
Cody Ingram, Oliver Austin, Kloe Eade, Jasmine Ball, Eleanor Valentine-Bull, Georgia Lee, Macy Yoxall, Lola Yoxall, Ella Minogue, Roman Wallace, Matt Selous, Kalum Smart, Jonathon Wightman, Myles Tupman, Nathan Billingham & Noah Wragg.
Monday 22 July 2019
Macy and Matt Head to the English Swimming Nationals
Borough of Barnsley Swimming Club swimmers to swim at the English National Championships
Macy Yoxall (14) and Matt Selous (16) have met the stringent qualifying times to compete at the 2019 English Summer National Championships at ponds Forge Sheffield next week. Macy has qualified in the women's 14 year old the 100m and 200m Freestyle event with Matt qualifying in the men's 16 year old 200m breaststroke.
Both swimmers train up to 7 days per week across swimming pools in the borough with 6am training sessions a regular occurrence.
Club spokesperson Adrian Wightman said "This is the 5th consecutive year that BOBSC has sent swimmers to the English Nationals. It is a remarkable achievement and testament to both Macy and Matt's strong training and competitive ethic that they have qualified for the Nationals.
"Both swimmers had to secure entry times in a very short competition window with no guarantee of a place known until all entry time results had been compiled."
"Everyone at the club is immensely proud of both swimmers and we wish them every success in their races"
Macy Said "I'm really pleased to have made Nationals this year , I have had my best season so far and seven years hard work is finally paying off. I enjoy training so much because I swim at least 7 times a week with some of my best friends who make training fun. Thanks to everyone who has coached and supported me I will try my best to do BOBSC proud ."
Club Captain Matt said "I am very excited to be swimming at the Nationals. I would like to thank everyone at BOBSC for their support over the last few years"
Monday 24 June 2019
Scarborough
42 Borough of Barnsley swimming team made the annual trip to the Scarborough AB swimming gala last weekend. Over 50% of all swims were personal bests and the medal haul was split as follows
11 speeding medals (faster than gold)
45 gold
31 Silver
38 Bronze
Adrian Wightman the club's Media Officer said "The swimmers really put their heart and soul into their swims over a long weekend's fixture. To come away with such a large number of speeding tickets and medals is a great testament to the training undertaken and the swimmers passion for their sport."
Name | Speeding Ticket | Gold | Silver | Bronze | PB |
Holly Atkinson | 100m Freestyle | | | | |
Oliver Austin | | 400m Freestyle 100m Butterfly | | 50m Butterfly 100m IM | |
Jasmine Ball | | 200 IM 100 IM | 100m Fly | 50m Free 100m IM | |
Neve Booth | | 100m Breast | | 100m Fly | |
Callum Cadman | | | | | 100m IM 13 Seconds 100m Breast 11 Seconds |
Casey Cammoile | | 100m IM | 100m Free | | |
Charlie Clarke | | 100m Back 100m IM 100m Fly | 200 IM | 50m Bacl | |
Georgia Clarke | | | 50m Breast | 100m Back | |
Emily Darlington | | 100m Breast 100m Free | 100m Fly | | |
Aiden Duffin | | | 100m Back | 400m Free | |
Evie Gregory | | 50m Fly 100m Back | | 200m Free | |
Amy Guettat | | | | 400m Free | |
Sam Guettatt | | 50m Fly | | 100m Back 100m Fly | |
Millie Hamby | | | | 100m Breast | |
Melissa Hanson | 100m Back | | 100m breast | 200 IM | |
Cody Ingram | 100m Breast | 100m Free | 100m Fly | 50m fly 200m IM 200m Free 400m Free | |
Georgia Lee | | 100m IM | 200m IM 100m Breast 50m Fly | 100m Fly | |
Lacey Millward | | | | | 100m Breast 7 Sec PB 50m Free 6 Sec PB |
Ella Minogue | 50m Fly | 200 IM | 50m Breast | 100m Breast 50m Back | |
Brooke Owen 7 medals off 7 races | | 50m Back 50m Breast 100m Back 50m Fly | 100m IM 100m Free | 50m Free | |
Jess Richardson | | | | 50m Fly 100m Fly | |
Matthew Selous | 400m Free | 200m Free 100m IM 50m Back 100m Breast | 200m IM 100m Back | | |
Kalum Smart | | 50m Fly | 100m IM 50m Back | | |
Isabeau Snee | | | | | 10.7 sec PB on 100m Free 13.3 sec PB on 100m back |
Alex Tiggardine | | 100m Free | | 400m Free 100m Fly 100m Breast | |
Keira Tiggardine | | | | | 16sec pb on 400m Free 4.4 Sec PB on 200 IM |
Harry Tupman | | 100m Free 50m Breast 100m IM 100m Breast | 50m free | | |
Myles Tupman | | 50m back 100m breast 50m Breast | 100 IM | 200 IM | |
Eleanor Valentine Bull | | 400m Free 100m Breast 100m Back | | 100m IM 100m Back | |
Lucy Wainwright | 100m Free | | 100m Back | 100m IM | |
Roman Wallace | | | | 100m Breast | |
Alyssa Warren | | | | | 0.8 pb 50m Back 1.19 PB 100, Free -1.83 PB 50m Free |
Lilly Waters | 100m IM | 50m Fly | | | |
Tristan Westcott | | | 100m Breast 50m Back | 50m Breast | |
Jonathon Wightman | 100m Back 100m IM | | 200m IM 50m Breast | 50m Back | |
Lucy Wightman | | | 50m Free 100m Back | | |
Hannah Wilkie | | | | 50m Free | |
Jemina Wragg | | | | | 3.6 sec PB 100m Free 1.5 sec PB 100m back |
Noah Wragg | 100m Back | 100m Free | | 100m Fly | |
Lola Yoxall | | 200m Free 50m Fly | 100m Free 100m Fly | 200 IM 100m IM | |
Macy Yoxall | 200m Free | 400m free 200m IM 100m Free 100m Fly | 100m Back 50m Free | | |
Sunday 10 March 2019
BoBSC hit Top 5 at Mad March Meet
Borough of Barnsley attended Doncaster Dartes' "Mad March Sprints" at Adwick Leisure centre last weekend.
A sterling performance from the secured the club an overall placing of 5th with a score of 159.5.
Lucy Wainright (13) secured the top girl award for age 13/14 with 14 points and Sam Guettat came in 6th in the 13/14 boys grouping with a total of 16 points.
Evie Lancster (9) secured 4th with 12 points and in the 10 year old age group Alex Tiggardine claimed a solid 7th places with Oliver Austin in the boys narrowly missing 4th by 1 point.
Tristan Westcott (11) came second in the 11/12 yr old boys. In the 15 yr and over age category BoBSC's Noah Wragg (15) secured 4th place and 18 points, with Casey Cammoile securing 8th place (14 pts) and Amy Geuttat 10th place (8 pts)
Lucy Wainwright with the 13/14 year old top girl trophy.
Well done to the other swimmers who earned valuable points as well as smashing personal best times in many cases
Adam Gill (9)
Grace Ford (10)
Emilie Todd (12)
Lily Water (12)
Isobel Dawson (11)
Olivia Sweeting (11)
Alyssa Warren (11)
Holly Atkinson (11)
Lucy Wightman (11)
Jemina Wragg (12)
Naomi Wakeling (11)
Isabeau Snee (12)
Keira Tiggardine (12)
Jake Roberts (11)
Jared Almond (11)
Charlie Clarke (11)
Holly Atkinson (11)
Sunday 3 March 2019
Yorkshire Championships 2019
Borough of Barnsley's swimmers have been taking part in the Yorkshire Championships over 3 weekends in the winter. Eligibility is via achievement of required entry times which in turn sets the swimmers up against some of the countries fastest swimmers.
A total of 20 Barnsley swimmers made the entry times for multiple races
Men: Oliver Austin, Cody Ingram, Jonathon Wightman, Roman Wallace, Noah Wragg, Matt Selous, Kalum Smart and Myles Tupman
Women: Ella Minogue, Georgia Lee, Megan Firth, Macey Yoxall, Lola Yoxall, Harriet Ostrowski-Jones, Eleanor Valnetine-Bull, Melissa Hanson, Jasmine Ball, Kloe Eade and Jess Richardson
Top 3 placings were achieved by
Kalum Smart 15 yr old age group – Bronze 50m Butterfly
Georgia Lee 14 yr old age group – Bronze 50m Breaststroke
Top 10 placings were achieved as follows
| Event | Place |
Matt Selous 16+ | 100m Breaststroke | 5 |
| 400 Freestyle | 10 |
| 200m Backstroke | 7 |
| 1500m | 4 |
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Roman Wallace 15 | 50m Breaststroke | 6 |
| 100m Breaststroke | 6 |
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Kalum Smart 15 | 50m Fly | 3 |
| 100m Fly | 4 |
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Jasmine Ball 13 | 50m Breaststroke | 6 |
| 100m Breaststroke | 9 |
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Lola Yoxall 14 | 200m Fly | 10 |
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Macy Yoxall 14 | 50m Fly | 6 |
| 100 Fly | 6 |
| 200 Fly | 5 |
| 50m Freestyle | 8 |
| 200m Freestyle | 7 |
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Georgia Lee 14 | 50m Breaststroke | 3 |
| 100m Breaststroke | 8 |
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Ella Minogue 16 | 100m Breaststroke | 7 |
| 200m Breaststroke | 9 |
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In the relays the teams excelled and reaching the finals of 5 events
Men's Open 8th Place 200m Medley Team
Men's open 10th Place 200m Freestyle Team
Women's 13/14 6th place 200m Medley & 8th Place 200m Freestyle
Men's 15/16 9th Place 200m Medley Team