Achievement Awards

We now move to the bit you have been waiting for - when we recognise the achievements of all our club swimmers and present awards to a large proportion of them to mark their endeavour and success.  I am pleased to welcome Wendy Cook our President  to join us to present tonight's awards.

A special reminder to the winners:  some of these awards (the cups and shields) are only yours for a year – many of them are very old and some are very valuable.  Please do look after them – treat them with care and clean them with the proper cleaning materials.  If you get one of these awards, you will get an insurance statement that needs to be signed and returned to the Treasurer immediately.  Because you cannot keep these trophies we will at next year’s AGM give you a replica award and certificate to mark the achievement – the replicas and certificates for our 2012 trophy winners are over there waiting for collection.

Also if you receive an award and are no longer a member of the club, we have special replica awards and certificates for you to collect tonight.

Speed Award Certificates

During 2013 the club has continued to monitor progress of our swimmers using the ASA Sprint Awards. The times are shown on the club website.   

When a swimmer achieves the qualifying times in all four competitive strokes and the individual medley we present them with their certificate at the Annual Awards Ceremony.  I would like to mention that in 2013, we again saw an exceptional number of swimmers achieving these competitive swimming performance awards. So tonight we would like to congratulate swimmers in each of the following categories:

Bronze  Award

• Girls: Laura Bailey, Eleanor Kirwan, Nicola Marett, Kemmy Olewande, Erin O'Meara, Georgia Pearson, and Evie Watson

• Boys: Oliver Castle, Joe Elsen, William Jones, Peter Lever, Ethan Sheerin, Nick Stockwell

Silver Award

• Girls: Tayla Gilbert, Laura Jones, Mackey Kavanagh, Morganne Laxenaire, Erin O'Meara, Rebecca Saville

• Boys: Alexander Lever, Peter Lever, Daniel Westlake, Timothy Wheatley

Gold

• Girls: Isobel Bird, Chiara Brown, Jenny Marett, Lara Sulaman

• Boys: Ben Bateman, George Jesson, Alexander Lever, Jack O'Malley, Christopher Tang

Platinum

• Boys: Jack Fagan, Rafael Montojo

 

We have a very special award for the most significant achievement in terms of speed awards.

The BASC FULL HOUSE AWARD is presented to those swimmers who achieve gold  times at 25m and 50m in all 4 competitive strokes and the 100m Individual Medley, plus platinum times over 100m in all 4 competitive strokes, the 200m freestyle, the 200m IM and the 1500m freestyle.  In 2013– the sixth year of making this award the Full House has been achieved by one swimmer and we have a certificates and an award to present to

• Jack Fagan.

 

Club Championships

As usual we held three Club Championships during the year.  Points are awarded for each event and the overall age group winner for the boys and for the girls respectively is presented with the age group award. However special mention goes to those swimmers who on the night of the club champs swim the fastest time recorded at the club championships for the event.

We had several club records swum at the club champs, with one swimmer breaking their own record during the year. The full list of new club championship records is now being shown: 

• CC1 Under 8 – 25m Back Stroke – Niamh O’Meara (26.83)

• CC2 Under 8 – 25m Back Stroke – Niamh O’Meara (25.06)

• CC2 Over 17 - 100m Butterfly – JonLuke Summerfield (1:05.80)

• CC3 Under 8 – 25m Breaststroke – Niamh O’Meara (29.41)

We have certificates to mark these achievements to present to the swimmers concerned. So please come up to collect them now.

 

Club Championships overall age group winners

Moving on to present the trophies to the overall age group winners for the three club championships held in 2013.  The winners are: 

Club Champs overall age group winners	Boys	Girls
U8	Luca Rubin	Niamh O’Meara
U10	William MacGillivray	Nicola Marett
U12	Jack O’Malley	Laura Bailey
U14	Robert Shermer	Jenny Marett
U17	Louis Rose	Hannah Rose
O17	Rafal Kasperski	Kezia Brown

 

50 Metre Sprint Race Overall Winners

In addition to the Club Championship events we also hold some special races. 

The 50 metre sprint race is held at the third club championships.

·       The Junior Boy 50 metre sprint winner of the Wendy Cook Shield was Jack O’Malley.

·       And the Junior Girl 50 metre sprint winner of the Wendy Cook Shield was Laura Jones

·       The Open 50 metre competition for Boys, the Bryan Cook Shield was won by Rafael Montojo

·       And the Open 50 metre competition for Girls, the Bryan Cook Shield was won by Aisha Jones.       

·        

200 Metre Freestyle Race - Junior and Overall Winners

The 200 metre middle distance event was swum on 3^rd February 2013.  We have trophies for the fastest Junior Boy and Girl swimmers in the event

·       The Junior Boy 200m freestyle winner was Jack O’Malley

·       The Junior Girl 200m freestyle winner was Erin O’Meara

..and for the open event…

·       The overall winner of the Boys’ 200m freestyle race was JonLuke Summerfield

·       And the overall winner of the Girls’ 200m freestyle race was Kezzie Brown

 

200 Metre Individual Medley Race Overall Winners 

In 2013 the club’s other middle distance event, the 200m Individual Medley race was swum on 1^st December 2013 The medals and pennants for these were not presented on the night, because we like to present these at tonight’s award ceremony. The 200IM competition is always tricky as you have to be able to swim two lengths of all four strokes, one after the other. This can lead to disqualification in some cases, particularly when tiredness sets in. We are very pleased tonight to present the age group winners for the 200IM competition:-

[RED = New Club Record]

Age	Swimmer	Pos	Time
Boys U10	William MacGillivray	1	03:57.47
Boys U12	Jack O'Malley	1	03:11.47
	Timothy Wheatley	2	03:19.03
	Michael Kirwan	3	03:34.62
	Ethan Sheerin	4	03:40.00
	William Jones	5	04:03.43
Boys U14	Joseph Holden	1	03:13.19
	Robert Shermer	2	03:14.35
	Daniel Westlake	3	03:18.57
	Lewis Humphreys	4	03:21.68
	Nick Stockwell	5	03:36.50
Boys U17	Rafael Montojo	1	02:44.85
	Christopher Tang	2	02:52.37
Boys O17	Rafal Kasperski	1	02:34.84
	Jack Jackson	2	02:45.63
	Steven Binns	3	02:49.57
	Kevin Binns	4	02:52.78
	George Jesson	5	02:57.90
Age	Swimmer	Pos	Time
Girls U10	Katherine Wheatley	1	04:25.09
	Ruby Qureshi	2	04:35.18
Girls U12	Laura Bailey	1	03:34.78
	Laura Jones	2	03:48.12
	Becky Lousley	3	03:48.78
	Kiki Gallimore	4	04:02.97
	Molly Wray	5	04:10.01
Girls U14	Aimee Sheerin	1	02:56.18
	Jenny Marett	2	03:11.91
	Lara Sulaman	3	03:12.10
	Georgia de Gidlow	4	03:36.75
	Kemi Olawande	5	03:44.06
Girls U17	Briony Gooden	1	02:57.03
	Chiara Brown	2	03:00.67
	Mia Springer	3	03:02.78
	Hannah Rose	4	03:04.34
	Fiona McQuire	5	03:04.34
Girls O17	Kezzie Brown	1	02:47.18
	Sarah Wertheim	2	03:06.97

So to the overall trophies for the 200 IM competition

·       The overall winner of the boys’ race was Rafal Kasperski

·       And the overall winner of the girls’ race was Kezzie Brown

 1500 Metre Competition

This took place on 7th July, 19 swimmers managed to complete the 60 lengths.  To mark their achievement we are presenting them with a special medal tonight: Firstly, the boys.

Place	Swimmer	Age	Time
1	Rafal Kasperski	O17	21:01.0
2	Robert Shermer	U14	24:50.4
3	Peter Lever	U14	25:05.7
4	Christopher Tang	U17	25:13.8
5	Daniel Westlake	U14	27:48.2
TT	Jack Fagan	U14	21:22.0

And the girls….

Place	Swimmer	Age	Time
1	Kezzie Brown	O17	22:19.6
2	Briony Gooden	U17	23:25.3
3	Lauren Matthews	U17	24:16.6
4	Elizabeth Tang	U14	25:06.1
5	Jenny Marett	U14	25:17.0
6	Lara Sulaman	U14	26:11.1
7	Isobel Bird	U17	26:18.1
8	Mia Springer	U17	27:26.8
9	Ella Bailey	U17	27:56.3
10	Lauren Smith	U17	28:07.7
11	Mackey Kavanagh	U17	28:25.0
TT	Victoria Pope	U14	22:07.4
TT	Rebecca Saville	U14	28:07.2

1500 Metre Race Overall Winners

There is also an award for the overall winners of the 1500 metres event.

·       The overall winner of the boys’ race was Rafal Kasperski

·       and the overall winner of the girls’ race was Kezzie Brown

 

TROPHIES & PLAQUES

The Club likes to recognise improvement and endeavour across all ages.  To be eligible for these awards swimmers must have completed three terms with the Club.

Improvement Plaques

These next awards are made for overall improvement in their age group in 2013 

  

Most Improved Swimmer Cup

This category always provokes a lively debate. We consider gala performance, club champs results and time trials in terms of competition results. Then we add: development of style and stroke, the technical areas of starts and turns.  Attitude, behaviour and commitment also feature and of course we look at the overall development of the swimmers.  In 2013 two of our swimmers despite healthy and protracted debate proved inseparable…...

·       This year the Most Improved Swimmer(s) Cup goes to Briony Gooden and Chiara Brown

 

Endeavour Plaques

The next set of awards is made to swimmers who have really worked hard at their swimming throughout 2013.  Teachers nominate swimmers for these awards and it was especially pleasing that so many swimmers were deserving of this recognition in 2013. The awards for endeavour in 2013 go to:

   

Endeavour Plaques	Boys	Girls
	Alexander Jones	Grace O’Malley
	Michael Kirwan	Mackey Kavanagh
	William Jones	Shivani Thakrar
	Joe Elsen	Kay Fagan
	Nick Stockwell	Freya Gooden
	Thomas O’Malley	Molly Wray
	Daniel Westlake	Lucy MacGillivray
	Kaden Elsey	Lara Sulaman
		Mia Springer
		Isabel Bird
		Georgia Pearson

 

Overall Endeavour Award

Training hard and training smart are equally important. The teachers do notice who is listening and trying to develop their strokes and drills. Ultimately performance in the water comes down to strength, stamina and technical ability.  But the swimmers must constantly try hard and challenge themselves to develop. This means that presence and enthusiasm to learn need to be there in abundance.  This swimmer’s efforts throughout the year met these criteria fully and were an example to others. He has also been a pleasure to teach and a joy to have in the club.

·       This year the Bill Dowse goblet for Endeavour goes to Joe Fagan

 

Club Performance Awards

The club likes to give special recognition to those swimmers who have performed consistently to a high standard for the club at training sessions and galas.  The Club performance awards for 2013 are being presented to the following eleven swimmers who have been nominated by the club teachers and coaches.  

 

Club Performance Awards	Boys	Girls
	Steven Binns	Aimee Sheerin
	Rafael Montojo	Chiara Brown
	Lewis Humphreys	Briony Gooden
	Ethan Sheerin	Kezzie Brown
	Robert Shermer	Laura Jones
		Nicola Marett

 

Tony Amos Cup

The Tony Amos award is usually presented to one of our younger swimmer to recognise Tony’s interest in teaching juniors. This year the Tony Amos award is presented to one of our younger swimmers who always has a smile at poolside during training and galas. She has been a key member of the gala squads swimming all 4 strokes in competitive galas during the year. She also helped make sprint freestyle a family event this year by winning the junior 50m sprint with her sister winning the open event.

·       The Tony Amos cup goes to Laura Jones

 

Chairman’s Shield

The Chairman's Shield is awarded to the swimmer who has achieved the best results in Open Competitions. As you will see from the Open Meet report in the pack, we have had another busy year.  Many swimmers have performed extremely well at Open Meets, but the highlight was County Championships.  The separate report on the championships shows the fantastic achievements by our swimmers.  However, one swimmer achieved 2 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze and placed 4th overall in her age group. For this achievement

• The Chairman’s Shield goes to Erin O'Meara 

 

Gala Performance

The next two awards are made by our Club Captains for 2013:  Louis Rose and Tayla Gilbert. Before this award is presented, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Louis and Tayla along with Alex for their efforts this year. They have done an amazing job marshalling the swimmers and supporting the coaches and ensuring the galas run smoothly.

In 2013 we have witnessed some excellent swimming within our representative squads. It is pleasing to see that this year we have seen many new faces some who have come through the Bushey ranks from and early age and some who have joined us from other clubs. All of this bodes well for 2014.

The two swimmers recognised tonight have been key contributors to the squads performing to the best of their ability. They are both highly motivated always looking to improve performance to gain maximum results for the team.

 This year the Girls Captain’s award goes to

·       Gala Performance Girls Award goes to Laura Bailey

The Boys Captain’s award goes to

·       Gala Performance Boys Award goes to Joe Holden

 

And so to the final awards of the evening.

 

Vice Chairman’s Shield

The Vice Chairman’s Shield is awarded at the discretion of the teachers, and recipients are those who have made significant contributions to club activities. Whilst many awards were debated long and hard, this one was easy and unanimous…..

The award goes to someone who has made a huge contribution to the club in so many ways. As is often the case with recipients of this particular award much of their work goes unnoticed. Indeed in preparing this note, I am sure we have missed some of the areas where he has contributed….. these include

• Swimming in many galas (including Arena league)

• Pushing himself in training to  be the best he can be, a role model in the pool

• Working tirelessly to organise and promote the clubs involvement in the open meets

• Running the web site

I am pleased to report for the second year in a row this award goes to a fellow Leeds United supporter …..this year

•  The Vice Chairman’s Shield for 2013 is awarded to Kevin Binns

 

President’s Cup

The President’s Cup is awarded to Bushey ASC’s overall swimmer of the year.  There have been some outstanding performances this year across all the age groups, we have seen club records broken and many personal best times set.  This year’s award winner achieved maximum club championship points, has won the junior 50m freestyle, the 200m Junior Freestyle, the 200m IM and has regularly represented Bushey in Galas often swimming up an age group or in some cases 2 age groups.

·       The President’s Cup goes to Jack O’Malley

 

Erica Cup

The Erica Cup is awarded to recognise special achievement. In 2013,

This year one swimmer has continued to train in the pool and represent the club in Galas whilst making a tremendous contribution to the teaching side of the club.

He has engaged the swimmers through his excellent teaching and coaching ability and the fact that he in indeed still one of them.

Formal recognition has already been received in the form of a place on the national youth coaches academy and for all his hard work in the pool and on poolside ……

·       The Erica Cup goes to Jack Jackson

 

Willis Shield

Our final award is a special and new award to recognise involvement and commitment to swimming and general contribution to the club.

In 2013 the club captains did an amazing job and were extremely well organised at galas whilst remaining committed to training. In addition they both stepped up to begin a teaching role.

 

• The first winners of the Willis Shield are Tayla Gilbert and Louis Rose.

 

Gala Awards

Finally we have an award for everyone who has swum for the Club in an external gala during 2013.  104 swimmers - 57 girls and 47 boys have represented Bushey ASC – to save your hands from getting sore I will announce their names in alphabetical order – girls then boys in groups of 10.  But please do show your appreciation now of their achievements and contribution to the club in 2013.

Bailey	Ella
Bailey	Laura
Bird	Isobel
Brown	Chiara
Brown	Kezia
Campbell	Katie
Charman	Judith
de Gidlow	Georgia
Evans	Katherine
Fagan	Kay
Farrimond	Ollie
Gallimore	Nikhita
Gilbert	Jadene
Gilbert	Tayla
Gooden	Briony
Gooden	Freya
Hawes	Kirsty
Henson	Charlotte
Hopper	Becky
Imansoura	Sarah
Jones	Aisha
Jones	Laura
Kavanagh	Mackey
Laxennaire	Morganne
Lousley	Becky
MacGillivray	Lucy
Marett	Jenny
Marett	Nicola
Morris	Mia
Matthews	Lauren
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McQuire	Fiona
Miles	Grace
Olawande	Kemmy
O'Meara	Erin
Pearson	Georgia
Perez de Tena	Olga
Pope	Victoria
Raw	Naomi
Rice	Charlotte
Rose	Hannah
Saville	Rebecca
Scanion	Honor
Scanion	Suzy
Shah	Heera
Shermer	Elizabeth
Sheerin	Aimee
Smith	Lauren
Springer	Mia
Sulaman	Lara
Tang	Elizabeth
Watson	Evie
Wray	Molly
Wertheim	Sarah
Whitfield	Marella
Wolstenhome	Laura
Wood	Debbie
Wood	Becky
And for the boys
Bateman	Ben
Binns	Kevin
Binns	Steven
Bird	Charlie
Castle	Oliver
Cohen	Sam
Elsen	Joe
Elsey	Kaden
Fagan	Jack
Fagan	Joe
Finan	Edan
de Gidlow	Will
Gilbert	Lukas
Holden	Joseph
Humphreys	Lewis
Imansoura	Zaki
Jackson	Jack
Jones	William
Kasperski	Rafal
Karet	Alex
Kirwan	Michael
Lever	Alex
Lever	Peter
MacGillivray	William
Marsh	Robbie
Mash	Ross
Matthews	Louis
Montojo	Juan
Montojo	Rafael
O'Malley	Jack
O'Malley	Thomas
Payoe	Shasheen
Pope	James
Pound	James
Rose	Louis
Sheerin	Ethan
Shermer	Robert
Springer	Max
Stockwell	Ben
Stockwell	Nick
Summerfeld	JonLuke
Tang	Christopher
Westlake	Daniel
Wheatley	Timothy
Wilson	James
Wray	Charlie
Zrihen	Eliot

That completes our awards for 2013