ASANER Regional Championship 21 / 22 November 2015

 

The Regional Championships took place at Sunderland Aquatics centre on 21^st and 22^nd 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 4^th in the 400m IM and 5^th 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 5^th 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, 4^th place in 100m breaststroke 4,^th 200 breaststroke,4^th 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 5^th 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 5^th in the 200m breaststroke final, having achieved 3^rd 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 3^rd overall whilst finishing 5^th 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 4^th 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 4^th and 5^th 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

 

 

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 4^th 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 2^nd 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 4^th 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 3^rd 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.

 

 

 

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.

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 4^th.  In the 200m Butterfly Jessica Richardson came away with the 2^nd 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 4^th place in 100m backstroke.

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

 

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 4^th 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.

 

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 2^nd 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.