Club Championships

2004 was yet another good year for Club Championships which were held in March, June, and November. An average of 80 swimmers attended each gala with a further 47 swimmers entering the 200m competition, all four events counting towards age group awards.

• Seven Club Championship records were broken
• 111 speed awards were gained
• 183 personal bests times were achieved

No swimmer dominated any age group with competition close in most groups. The difference between 1^st and 2^nd was 5 points or less in 9 out of 12 of the age categories.

 The seven records broken during the year were;

• Boys U8      12m Breast           Harry Edwards 13.64 sec.

( Bradley Henwood 14.92 2002)

• Boys U8      12m Back             Harry Edwards 13.93 sec.

(  Bradley Henwood 14.65 2002)

• Girls U10    25m Free   Olivia Fisher 18.12 sec.

( Rosie Spreadbury 18.67 2001)

• Girls U10    50m Free   Taryn Rice 38.86 sec.

( Philippa Hardy 39.02 2002)

• Boys U12    50m Breast           Carl Raynsford 45.36 sec.

( Tim Seaholme 45.75 1990)

• Girls U17    50m Sprint Lucy Harris 31.17 sec.

( Sarah Hemley 31.32 1992)

• Boys Open  50m Sprint            Stuart Long  26.62 sec

( Stuart Long 26.76 2002)

 Congratulations to all of our record breakers, particularly Harry who broke two records and Carl and Lucy, it’s good to see records being broken especially when they’ve stood for 14 years and 12 years respectively.

Finally a big thank you to Carolyn Beckley for organising officials and all those who have been involved in making these events happen, without volunteers they wouldn’t be able to take place.

Provisional dates for 2005

• Club Championships 27 Feb. 18 June, 12 Nov. (Sat)
• 200 metre competition 8 May

All dates are Sundays unless stated

David Evans & Howard Willis
Club Championship Organisers