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 2014 trophy winners are over there waiting for collection.

Speed Award Certificates (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum) 

During 2015 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 2015, 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 (Girls): Hafsah Ahmed Tara Clarke Kay Fagan Freya Gooden Emily Kenny Moji Olawande Grace O’Malley Emily Presland Jessica Presland

Silver (Girls): Gabriella Kennedy Lucy MacGillivray Nicola Marett Emily Presland Jessica Presland Ruby Qureshi Charlotte Rice

Gold (Girls): Grace Carnell Niamh Clarke Isabella Kennedy

Bronze (Boys): Kaden Elsey Edan Finan Thomas Jobson Ben Stockwell	Silver (Boys): Kaden Elsey Charlie Hauff Thomas Jobson William MacGillivray	Gold (Boys): Charlie Hauff Michael Kirwan Ethan Sheerin Nick Stockwell
Girls Platinum: Ella Bailey   Boys Platinum: Joseph Holden, Michael Kirwan, Nick Stockwell, Timothy Wheatley

 

Club Records:

We had the most amount of Club Records broken EVER! These are all age categorised.  This success cannot go unnoticed so we have certificates for the following: 

Age 7	50m Backstroke	Jena Elsey	1’ 05.63
Age 8	25m Backstroke	Olivia Thom	22.50
Age 8	100m Backstroke	Megan Henderson	1’ 50.31
Age 9	100m Freestyle	Ruby Qureshi	1’ 28.81
Age 10	25m Butterfly	Grace Carnell	16.46
Age 10	25m Freestyle	Grace Carnell	15.21
Age 11	50m Butterfly	Grace Carnell	35.60
Age 11	100m Freestyle	Grace Carnell	1’ 13.31
Age 11	25m Butterfly	Laura Jones	16.03
Age 11	800m Freestyle	Laura Jones	13’ 16.07
Age 12	800m Freestyle	Kiki Gallimore	13’ 31.81
Age 12	200m Freestyle	Michael Kirwan	2’ 35.00
Age 12	200m IM	Michael Kirwan	2’ 58.06
Age 13	800m Freestyle	Laura Bailey	12’ 59.81
Age 14	800m Freestyle	Lara Sulaman	12’ 53.28
Age 14	200m Freestyle	Joe Holden	2’ 20.83
Age 14	100m IM	Nick Stockwell	1’ 11.30
Age 15	25m Backstroke	Mia Springer	17.69
Age 16	100m Butterfly	Ella Bailey	1’ 16.93
Age 14	50m Breaststroke	Aimee Sheerin	40.75
Age 14	25m Freestyle	Aimee Sheerin	14.34
Age 14	100m Freestyle	Aimee Sheerin	1’ 07.58
Age 14	200m Freestyle	Aimee Sheerin	2’ 31.19
Age 15	800m Freestyle	Aimee Sheerin	11’ 35.67
Age 15	50m Butterfly	Aisha Jones	32.96
Age 16	50m Butterfly	Aisha Jones	32.26
Age 15	100m Butterfly	Aisha Jones	1’ 17.32
Age 15	50m Freestyle	Aisha Jones	29.60
Age 16	50m Freestyle	Aisha Jones	29.23
Age 15	50m Backstroke	Jack Fagan	32.70
Age 15	100m Backstroke	Jack Fagan	1’ 08.59
Age 15	200m IM	Jack Fagan	2’ 33.33
Age 16	50m Backstroke	Jan Salcedo	29.61
Age 16	100m Backstroke	Jan Salcedo	1’ 04.87
Age 16	100m Breaststroke	Max Ashworth	1’ 13.24
Age 17	100m Breaststroke	Max Ashworth	1’ 12.01
Age 17	100m Backstroke	Charlie Wray	1’ 08.38
Age 17	25m Freestyle	Charlie Wray	12.06
Age 17	200m Freestyle	Charlie Wray	2’ 12.44
O17	200m IM	Charlie Wray	2’ 25.76
Age 16	25m Backstroke	Briony Gooden	16.19
Age 17	50m Backstroke	Briony Gooden	34.04
Age 16	100m Backstroke	Briony Gooden	1’ 15.07
Age 17	100m Backstroke	Briony Gooden	1’ 15.55
Age 17	50m Butterfly	Briony Gooden	34.46
Age 16	200m Freestyle	Briony Gooden	2’ 29.10
Age 17	800m Freestyle	Briony Gooden	11’ 32.62
Age 15	50m Breaststroke	Chiara Brown	39.82
Age 16	50m Breaststroke	Chiara Brown	38.70
Age 16	800m Freestyle	Chiara Brown	11’ 31.75
O17	50m Breaststroke	Kezzie Brown	38.93
O17	100m Breaststroke	Kezzie Brown	1’ 24.29
O17	200m Freestyle	Kezzie Brown	2’ 27.04
O17	800m Freestyle	Kezzie Brown	11’ 14.77
O17	100m Backstroke	Alison Binns	1’ 08.87
O17	50m Butterfly	Alison Binns	30.59
O17	100m Butterfly	Alison Binns	1’ 08.78
O17	50m Freestyle	Alison Binns	28.12
O17	100m Freestyle	Alison Binns	1’ 00.69
O17	200m IM	Alison Binns	2’ 29.25
O17	25m Backstroke	Jack Jackson	14.97
O17	50m Backstroke	Jack Jackson	30.36
O17	100m Backstroke	Jack Jackson	1’ 06.04
O17	50m Breaststroke	Jack Jackson	33.38
O17	100m Breaststroke	Jack Jackson	1’ 13.32
O17	50m Butterfly	Jack Jackson	28.11
O17	100m Butterfly	Jack Jackson	1’ 02.78
O17	25m Freestyle	Jack Jackson	12.03
O17	50m Freestyle	Jack Jackson	24.97
O17	100m Freestyle	Jack Jackson	54.74
O17	200m Freestyle	Jack Jackson	2’ 07.98
O17	100m IM	Jack Jackson	1’ 05.74

 

Club Championships Records:

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 that event.

We had several championship records broken at the club champs. The full list of new club championship records is shown below. We have certificates to mark these achievements to present to the swimmers concerned.

Club Championship Records: -

Under 14	Timothy Wheatley	50m Butterfly, 50m Sprint, 100m Back
Under 17	Jack Fagan	100m Back, 100m Breast
Over 17	Jack Jackson	50m Sprint, 100m Back, 100m Breast, 100m Fly, 100m Free
Open	Jack Jackson	50m Sprint
Open	Charlie Wray	200m IM
Under 12	Grace Carnell	25m Fly, 50m Free, 100m IM
Under 17	Aisha Jones	50m Sprint
Open	Aisha Jones	50m Sprint
Over 17	Briony Gooden	100m Back
Over 17	Kezzie Brown	100m IM
Open	Kezzie Brown	200m Free, 800m Free

 

Club Championship overall age group winners: -

Moving onto the overall club championship winners which goes to those who have received the most points from Club Champs (33 points in total; 6 points for coming 1^st in any Club Champs event.  Anyone who entered the 200m Free, 200m IM and 50m Free will receive 1 point) 

	Girls	Boys
U8	Kitty Purcell & Erin Masterson	N/A
U10	Olivia Thom	George Rice
U12	Nicola Marett	William MacGillivray
U14	Niamh Clarke	Timothy Wheatley
U17	Chiara Brown	Jack Fagan
O17	Briony Gooden	Jack Jackson

 

We also hold some special races throughout the year: 

50m Sprint Race Overall Winners (CC3): -

Wendy Cook shield for Junior Boy goes to: Ben Phillips – 37.94

Wendy Cook Shield for Junior Girl goes to: Ruby Qureshi  – 37.60

Bryan Cook Shield for Open Boy goes to: Jack Jackson – 25.44

Bryan Cook Shield for Open Girl: Aisha Jones – 29.99

 

200m Freestyle Junior and Overall Winners: -

Junior Boy: William MacGillivray  – 3’14.22

Junior Girl: Katherine Wheatley – 3’17.29

Open Boy: Jack Jackson – 2’11.25

Open Girl: Kezzie Brown – 2’27.04

 

200m IM Competition: -

Overall Boy: Charlie Wray – 2’25’76

Overall Girl: Chiara Brown – 2’52.23

 

Boys 1500m Achievement Medals: -

Jack Fagan, Charlie Wray, Rafal Kasperski, Nick Stockwell, Joseph Holden, Michael Kirwan, Timothy Wheatley, Charlie Hauff, Daniel Westlake, Alex Karet, Ben Phillips, Thomas Jobson, Ben Stockwell

 

Girls 800m Achievement Medals:

Kezzie Brown, Chiara Brown, Briony Gooden, Aimee Sheerin, Ella Bailey, Jenny Marett, Lara Sulaman, Laura Bailey, Laura Jones, Kiki Gallimore, Emily Presland, Jessica Presland, Niamh Clarke, Lucy MacGillivray, Eleanor Kirwan, Becky Lousley, Molly Wray, Shivani Thakrar, Kay Fagan

 

Boys 1500m Overall Winner: -

Jack Fagan – 20’16.53

 

Girls 800m Overall Winner: -

Kezzie Brown – 11’14.77

 

Diving Course Certificates: -

Abinay Kannan

Alexander Larkin

Amy Rodrigues

Andrea Hutchinson

Archie Nash

Eloise Hauff

Emily Kenny

Freddie Edwards

George Rice

Jacob De Swarte

Joe Holden

Megan Henderson

Mia Morris

Phoebe Norwood

 

Trophies & Plaques: -

(To be eligible you must be with the club for all three terms of the awarded year)

 

Improvement Plaques (Overall Performance in age group): -

As a club we like to recognise great improvement whether it’s in training or in competition therefore we’ve selected one boy and one girl from each of the age groups for an improvement plaque.

	Boys	Girls
U8	N/A	N/A
U10	George Rice	Darcie Hambury
U12	Ben Phillips	Ruby Qureshi
U14	Edan Finan	Jessica Presland
U17	Nick Stockwell	Ella Bailey

 

Most Improved Swimmer Cup: -

The recipient of this award may be a surprise to some as he is already one of our top swimmers with many club records, championships records and other awards to his name. However being one of the best does not mean that you can’t improve. Being an older swimmer does not mean that you cannot improve. Our winner of the most improved swimmer cup is evidence that PBs can come through training well, not just through growth. 

This year’s winner of the most improved cup has improved his own times throughout the year and has broken an amazing 18 Club and Championship records throughout the year. Last year was also the first year he qualified for Counties as well as Regionals.  The winner is:

Jack Jackson.

Endeavour Plaques: -

We also like to recognise swimmers who consistently work hard in training and always approach swimming with a positive mind set.  We have ‘tried’ to select one boy and one girl from Amos 1, 2, Transition, Baker, Cook, Dowse and Erica for an Endeavour plaque. 

 

 Overall Endeavour Award (Bill Dowse Goblet): -       

We now need to present the overall endeavour award.   This swimmer consistently attends all hours of training per week and tries his hardest each session.  This swimmer’s training standards has dramatically improved over the last year and now often leads the top squad session.  He’s always had a lot of potential and I’m sure if he keeps up his standard in training he will be at Regionals in a few years.  This year’s Bill Dowse Goblet goes to

Nick Stockwell.

 

Club Performance Awards: -

We also like to recognise those swimmers who consistently perform to a high standard in training and at galas.  This year we have ‘tried’ to select one boy and one girl from each age group. 

 

Tony Amos Cup: -

Since 2002 because Tony Amos was very much associated with the non-swimming end of the pool, the award has been based around the younger swimmers either ‘swimmer of the year’ or ‘most promising young swimmer’.  I can reveal that this young man has proved himself to be ‘most promising young swimmer’ in the club, ever since he joined we knew there was potential and I’m sure he will really grow and develop as the years go on.  He joined the club with a screw leg kick on breastroke and with the great work of the teachers at St Margarets Jules Henderson & Charlie Wray a few months later it has been fully corrected.  He has since then moved through two squads and has impressed every teacher that has taught him with his enthusiasm and beautiful technique.  He is a very quick learner and an absolute pleasure to coach.  This years Tony Amos cup goes to:

Jake Gourd.

 

Chairman’s Shield: -

This next award is for the swimmer who has achieved the best results in Open Events.

Open events are classified as events that are open to any registered ASA swimmer and NOT internal or Club gala events.  There were a lot of excellent swims in Open Meets in 2015 and the decision this year was not easy.  We had a number of swimmers at County Championships, one swimmer at Regional Championships and 4 swimmers at Winter Regional (open age group) Championships.  However, we had a first (to my knowledge) in the history of the club where a club trained girl competed in the Winter Regional Championships.  She swam an excellent PB and new Club Record the morning after setting a PB and Club Record in the same event at Club Championships, showing she can rise to the occasion.  For this excellent achievement, the award goes to:

Aisha Jones

 

Performance: -

I’m now going to hand you over to this year’s club captains; Chiara Brown, Ella Bailey & Mia Springer who have chosen this year’s gala performance award for one girl and one boy. I would just like to take this opportunity to thank them for their efforts this year. They have done an amazing job marshalling the swimmers and supporting the coaches and ensuring the galas run smoothly.

Gala Performance Girls Award: - Kiki Gallimore

Gala Performance Boys Award: - Nick Stockwell

 

Vice-Chairman’s Shield: -

This next award is based on contribution to the club.  So many people make such great contributions to the club that it is always a challenge to single one out for recognition. This year has been more difficult than ever. So we gave up and decided to award the shield to two members. They have both transformed the way that the club operates behind the scenes, ensuring that we are financially viable and follow good governance. They both extended their initial 3-year terms of office and have undertaken their roles tirelessly for 6 years. To be honest, I didn’t want to award this shield to them in the hope that they would stay on for ever. Alas, all good things come to end and they are both retiring from the committee this year. Beyond their committee contributions they have both helped on the poolside too – one as a swimmer and one as a teacher. A huge congratulations and thanks to both of them.

This year the Vice-Chairman’s Shield is awarded to:

Clare Marett  & Judith Charman

 

Presidents Cup: -

This next award goes to overall swimmer of the year based on whoever got maximum club championship points.  Not only did this swimmer receive maximum points but he also received five club championship records, the presidents cup goes to:

Jack Jackson

 Willis Shield: -

Now for our newest addition, the Willis shield which was awarded for the first time two years ago.  It’s for somebody who’s involvement and commitment to swimming and general contribution to the club.  This year’s Willis Shield goes to –

Jack Jackson

 

   Gala Awards: -

We like to give recognition to anyone who has represented Bushey at a swimming gala, a way of saying thank you as without you guys we wouldn’t hold our current league positions that the club has worked so hard to maintain.  Whether you have swam in Herts Major League, Peanuts, Arena or the Isabel Galas we would like to present to you an award to mark your commitment, performance and reliability.
 

•        Aimee Sheerin •        Aisha Jones •        Alex Karet •        Alexander Jones •        Alexander Larkin •        Alex Morgan •        Alison Binns •        Archie Nash •        Amy Rodrigues •        Isobel Mitchell •        Ben Phillips •        Ben Stockwell •        Briony Gooden •        Charlie Bird •        Charlie Hauff •        Charlie Wray •        Charlotte Rice •        Abhinay Kannan •        Chiara Brown •        Chris Tang •        Daniel Westlake •        Amelie Thom •        Ed Baldwin •        Edan Finan •        Eleanor Kirwan •        Elizabeth Shermer •        Ella Bailey •        Emily Presland •        Ethan Sheerin •        Freddie Edwards •        Freya Gooden •        Gabriella Kennedy •        George Rice •        Giacomo Desiderio •        Grace Carnell •        Isabella Kennedy •        Ishaan Shah •        Jack Fagan •        Jack Jackson •        Jan Salcedo •        Jenny Marett •        Jessica Presland •        Joe Elsen •        Joe Fagan •        Joe Holden

•        Joseph Moran •        Joe Elphee •        Kaden Elsey •        Katherine Evans •        Katherine Wheatley •        Kay Fagan •        Kemi Olawande •        Kevin Binns •        Kezzie Brown •        Kiki Gallimore •        Lara Sulaman •        Laura Bailey •        Laura Jones •        Laura Wolstenholme •        Lauren Smith •        Leonie Chauhan •        Lewis Humphreys •        Lucy MacGillivray •        Max Ashworth •        Mia Springer •        Michael Kirwan •        Miranda Abbis Keeley •        Moji Olawande •        Morgan Springer •        Niamh Clarke •        Nick Stockwell •        Nicola Marett •        Olivia Thom •        Phoebe Norwood •        Raahil Ahmad •        Rafal Kasperski •        Robert Shermer •        Ruby Qureshi •        Ryan Wilkins •        Sam Cohen •        Sarah Imansoura •        Sophie Kennedy •        Sophie Pick •        Tara Clarke •        Tayla Gilbert •        Thomas Jobson •        Timothy Wheatley •        William Jones •        William MacGillivray •        William Presland