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 our new president Howard Willis who will 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 and do not put them on Ebay – 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 year of 2016 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 (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum)

During 2017 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.  So tonight we would like to congratulate swimmers in each of the following categories.

Girls

Bronze	Silver	Gold
LeahAnn Butler Leonie Chauhan Abbie Griffiths	LeahAnn Butler Tara Clarke Darcie Hambury Rebecca Kirwan Rebecca Lousley Amy Rodrigues	Rowan Gregory Darcie Hambury Eleanor Kirwan Nicola Marett Ruby Qureshi

 Boys

Bronze	Silver	Gold
Sam Elphee Joe Kenny Max Lousley Daniel Meier Archie Nash Benjamin Taggart Alex Twyford Max Dokelman	Sam Elphee Joe Fagan Max Gregory Praveen Kathirvasan Max Lousley William Presland Alex Twyford Benjamin WIlliams	Sam Elphee Jake Gourd Praveen Kathirvasan Nathan Strugnell

 

Special:

Girls Platinum	Boys Platinum
Emily Presland	Edan Finan Tom Jobson Josh Kelly Ethan Sheerin

 

Club Records:

We had a huge amount of club records broken this year! These are all age categorised and we have certificates to give out to mark their success.

Henry Johnson

  50m Freestyle  Age 6  1’04.12  12/11/17

 

Oliver Meier 

  25m Backstroke   Age 6   28.13  19/03/17

 

Benjamin Taggart 

  400m Freestyle  Age 10  6’34.97  02/07/17

 

Alex Twyford 

  25m Freestyle  Age 10  14.89  12/11/17

  50m Freestyle  Age 10  32.32  26/11/17

  100m Freestyle  Age 10  1’20.15  12/11/17

 

Thomas Jobson 

  50m Backstroke   Age 13  34.65  01/10/17

  100m Backstroke   Age 13  1’14.69  01/10/17

  50m Freestyle  Age 13  28.49  18/06/17

  200m Freestyle  Age 13  2’19.49  1/10/17

  200m Freestyle  Age 14  2’19.40  12/11/17

  1500m Freestyle  Age 13  21’32.17    18/06/17

  100IM  Age 13  1’14.53  18/06/17

  200IM  Age 13  2’39.00  24/09/17

 

Michael Kirwan 

  50m Backstroke   Age 14  32.29  15/07/17

  50m Backstroke   Age 15  30.99  26/11/17

  100m Backstroke   Age 14  1’08.44  14/10/17

  100m Backstroke   Age 15  1’05.97  02/12/17

  100m Butterfly   Age 14  1’11.27  14/05/17

  100m Butterfly   Age 15  1’11.53  26/11/17

  50m Freestyle  Age 15  26.00  02/12/17

  100m Freestyle  Age 14  1’00.04  15/07/17

  200m Freestyle  Age 15  2’06.68  26/11/17

  400m Freestyle  Age 14  4’58.97  05/02/17

  1500m Freestyle  Age 14  19’22.29    18/06/17

  100IM  Age 14  1’09.85  05/03/17

  200IM  Age 14  2’33.88  24/09/17

 

Joe Elsen   

  50m Breaststroke  Age 15  34.35  15/07/17

  50m Breaststroke  Age 16  34.01  26/11/17

  50m Butterfly  Age 15  30.30  16/09/17

 

Liam Hall 

  50m Butterfly   Over 17  27.04  18/03/17

  100m Butterfly  Over 17  1’01.49  18/03/17

  25m Freestyle  Over 17  11.96  25/03/17

 

Jack Jackson 

  100m Backstroke   Over 17  1’05.65  25/02/17

  400m Freestyle  Over 17  4’44.75  05/02/17

  100IM  Over 17  1’05.28  05/03/17

 

Darcie Hambury  50m Freestyle  Age 10  34.47  10/06/17

  100m Freestyle  Age 10  1’16.55  22/01/17

  200m Freestyle  Age 10  2’53.72  17/06/17

 

Ruby Qureshi 

  25m Breaststroke  Age 12  19.33  12/11/17

  50m Breaststroke  Age 11  41.77  02/07/17

  100m Breaststroke  Age 12  1’29.30  25/11/17

  50m Freestyle  Age 11  31.43  08/07/17

  100m Freestyle  Age 11  1’12.02  18/06/17

  400m Freestyle  Age 11  6’02.37  02/07/17

  800m Freestyle  Age 11  12’24.21    18/06/17

  100IM  Age 11  1’21.47  18/06/17

 

Nicola Marett 

  25m Butterfly  Age 13  16.47  12/11/17

 

Jessica Presland 

  50m Butterfly  Age 14  34.90  12/11/17

  50m Freestyle  Age 14  30.50  02/12/17

  100m Freestyle  Age 13  1’05.75  02/07/17

  400m Freestyle  Age 13  5’31.63  05/02/17

  800m Freestyle  Age 13  11’51.75    18/06/17

 

Emily Presland 

  25m Backstroke  Age 15  17.17  25/02/17

  50m Backstroke  Age 14  34.06  28/01/17

  50m Backstroke  Age 15  34.53  28/10/17

  100m Backstroke  Age 15  1’14.50  26/11/17

  100m Freestyle  Age 15  1’03.67  09/12/17

  200m Freestyle  Age 15  2’24.03  12/11/17

  400m Freestyle  Age 14  5’06.57  05/02/17

  800m Freestyle  Age 15  10’54.81    18/06/17

  100IM  Age 14  1’17.25  29/01/17 

  100IM  Age 15  1’15.42  18/06/17

  200IM  Age 15  2’47.59  19/03/17

 

Taryn Fraser 

  100m Freestyle  Age 17  1’06.49  02/07/17

  800m Freestyle  Age 17  11’14.00    18/06/17

  100IM  Age 17  1’17.14  05/03/17

 

Alison Binns 

  100m Backstroke  Over 17  1’06.32  27/10/17

  50m Breaststroke  Over 17  38.81  02/07/17

  100m Breaststroke  Over 17  1’19.94  02/12/17

  50m Butterfly  Over 17  29.21  28/10/17

  100m Butterfly  Over 17  1’05.92  27/10/17

  50m Freestyle  Over 17  27.62  28/10/17

  100m Freestyle  Over 17  1’00.00  29/10/17

  200m Freestyle  Over 17  2’16.37  02/07/17

  400m Freestyle  Over 17  4’55.66  05/02/17

  100IM  Over 17  1’06.98  27/10/17

  200IM  Over 17  2’25.86  11/11/17

 

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 this year. The full list of new club championship records is now being shown. We have certificates to mark these achievements to present to the swimmers concerned.

Joe Elsen 

  100m Breaststroke   Under 17  1’18.41

 

Jack Jackson    

  400m Freestyle   14/Over   4' 44.75

  100m IM   Over 17   1' 05.28

 

Michael Kirwan 

  100m Backstroke   Under 17  1’05.97

   1500m Freestyle   Open  19’22.29

 

Alison Binns 

  400m Freestyle     14/Over  4’55.66

   50m Sprint     Over 17  28.13

   100m Backstroke     Over 17  1’10.63

   100m Breaststroke     Over 17  1’19.94

   100m Butterfly     Over 17  1’12.14

   100m Freestyle     Over 17  1’02.73

   100IM    Over 17  1’10.43

   50m Sprint     Open  28.10

   200IM     Open  2’33.44

 

Jemima Hambury 

  100IM   Under 10    2’08.18

 

Emily Presland 

  800m Freestyle     Open  10’54.81

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/400m Free, 200m IM and 50m Free will receive 1 point)

	Girls	Boys
U8	Amelie Hambury	Oliver Meier
U10	Phoebe Griffiths	Sam Ryan
U12	Amy Rodrigues & Darcie Hambury	Alex Twyford
U14	Nicola Marett	William MacGillivray
U17	Emily Presland	Michael Kirwan
O17	Alison Binns	Jack Jackson & Nick Stockwell

We also hold some special races throughout the year:

 

50m Sprint Race Overall Winners (CC3):

Wendy Cook shield for Junior Boy (U12, U10, U8) goes to: Alex Twyford – 32.59

Wendy Cook Shield for Junior Girl (U12, U10, U8) goes to: Amy Rodrigues – 40.22

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

Bryan Cook Shield for Open Girl: Alison Binns – 28.10

 

200m Freestyle Junior Winners (U14, U12, U10):

Junior Boy: William MacGillivray – 2’46.94

Junior Girl: Ruby Qureshi – 2’42.95

 

400m Freestyle Open Winners:

Open Boy: Jack Jackson – 4’44.75

Open Girl: Alison Binns – 4’55.66

 

200m IM Junior Competition (U14, U12, U10):

***Brown*** Junior Boy: Ben Phillips – 3’10.69

***Brown*** Junior Girl: Ruby Qureshi – 2’54.85

 

200m IM Senior Competition:

Overall Boy: Nick Stockwell – 2’33.78

Overall Girl: Alison Binns – 2’33.44

 

Boys 1500m Achievement Medals:

Michael Kirwan, Liam Hall, Thomas Jobson, Rafal Kasperski, Daniel Westlake, Alexander Morgan, Ben Stockwell, Nathan Strugnell, Ethan Sheerin, Ben Phillips, Jack Lewis-McCartney, Jake Gourd, Ben Taggart, Alex Twyford, William Presland, Max Lousley, Joe Fagan, Ben Williams

Girls 800m Achievement Medals:

Emily Presland, Taryn Fraser, Jessica Presland, Laura Bailey, Ruby Qureshi, Eleanor Kirwan, Lara Sulaman, Nicola Marett, Shivani Thakrar, Tara Clarke, LeahAnn Butler, Emily Kenny, Leonie Chauhan

 

Boys 1500m Overall Winner: - Michael Kirwan - 19’22.29

Girls 800m Overall Winner: - Emily Presland - 10’54.81

 

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	Oliver Meier	Ishani Patel
U10	Sam Ryan	Phoebe Griffiths
U12	Joe Kenny	Amy Rodrigues & Abbie Griffiths
U14	Ben Phillips	Ruby Qureshi & Nicola Marett
U17	Tom Jobson	Emily Presland

Most Improved Swimmer Cup:

This year it was without question who this award should go too.  I can reveal that two swimmers will share this award.  The first has improved incredibly in training and racing.  He has set eleven club records this year including two championship records.  He broke the championship record in the 1500m Freestyle, a swim under 20 minutes that hasn’t been done in seven years and a record that hasn’t been broken since 2008.  He really is an incredible asset to the club and is going to have a huge few years to come starting with counties again next weekend and hopefully he will qualify for regionals this year.

The second person receiving this award is someone who I personally almost gave up on during my early years of coaching where I felt there was no drive to compete or train properly inside this young female.  We thought as coaches that it may be best for her to choose the swim for fitness route in swimming however she was certain she could prove to us what she’s made of and WOW what a transformation we have seen over the years.  It was only until the last Arena league last year where she swam a 100m Freestyle just before my event where she went a 1’06 and almost came 1st.  This is when I realised how good she has become.  I actually got quite emotional and did apologise for not fully believing in her back when I was eighteen.  I will always use this lovely female in stories I will tell my coaching kids in years to come with a message of too never give up and that if you believe in yourself and push yourself you can achieve a lot!

You have probably guessed now who these two are, they are also in the same family.  The winners of the most improved swimmer cup are

Michael & Eleanor Kirwan.

Endeavour Plaques:

We also like to recognise swimmers who consistently work hard in training and always approach swimming with a positive mind set. 

 

Overall Endeavour Award (Bill Dowse Goblet):

We now need to present the overall endeavour award.   This swimmer joined in 2016 and is someone who always has a smile on his face.  He is one of the most enthusiastic swimmers I have ever coached and has a real willingness to correct his technique and improve his race times.  His positivity in training reflects on other swimmers making the whole lane train more efficiently.  One of my biggest memories of him which sums up his character was after my 50m Freestyle at club champs 3 where he informed me that I was “a little way off of my PB” ... speaking the truth is sometimes needed in situations like that.

This swimmer has a great future in front of him and his parents must be so proud on raising such a lovely boy, the overall endeavour award goes to:

Charlie Padgham

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:

Tony Amos was very much associated with the non-swimming end of the pool, this award has been based around the younger swimmers where they are either ‘swimmer of the year’ or ‘most promising young swimmer’.

I first met this swimmer in stage 5 swimming lessons around five years ago.  His biggest struggle was Breastroke leg kick until FINALLY one day he mastered it.  I then recommended he joined the swimming club as I saw how much potential he had so he joined at the age of eight.  From there he has improved massively and is now one of the fastest 12 year olds in the club and has achieved a qualifying time in the 50m Freestyle which he will be swimming next week in counties.  He is currently 5^th fastest in the county with only 300^ths of a second away from second place meaning he is likely to make the final in 50m freestyle and could even be in a chance of medal.  This boy is enthusiastic, has a heart of gold and is a real team player.  I am so proud with how much he has achieved.  This year’s Tony Amos award goes to: 

Alex Twyford

Chairman’s Shield:

I am now going to pass you onto Kevin Binns to present the chairman’s shield.

This year has been one of the most difficult in terms of choosing the winner of this award. There have been a number of swimmers performing extremely well at Open Meets on a regular basis. Off the back of these excellent performances we have 15 swimmers accepted into this years County Champs (starting next weekend), entered in a total of 37 events - I think this is more than we have had for a long time.

However, in the end one swimmer just edged it in terms of overall achievement at Open Meets. He swam a total of 28 events across the year and remarkably got a PB in 20 of those swims - almost 75% hit rate. He was also a pleasure to have poolside.

This years Chairman’s Shield goes to:

Jake Gourd

Gala Performance:

I’m now going to hand you over to this year’s club captains; Nick Stockwell, Eleanor Kirwan, Nathan Strugnell, Kemi Olawande and Daniel Westlake 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 Boys Award: - Tom Jobson

Gala Performance Girls Award: - Ruby Qureshi

Vice-Chairman’s Shield:

This next award is based on contribution to the club.  So many people make such great contributions however there is one person we felt really deserves recognition this year for everything she has done and continues to do.  For the past 4 – 5 years this person has made a massive contribution to the club on both the coaching team and the committee.  She has put 1000’s of hours into coaching various squads to the point where some years we simply could not run our weekly schedule without her.  The main thing that makes this coach so special is how her heart really is with the kids, she really wants to see them succeed in everything, whatever the age or ability of the child.  If you’ve ever received positive feedback or a well done from this coach you will know how good it makes you feel.  I have actually got a few swimmers to come up just to say a few words about this coach:

[Cue swimmers]

This person has also been heavily involved on the committee over many years where she organises Swim 21 which is a MASSIVE job on top of her full-time job already.  Swim 21 is the ASA’s club development model which allows the club to assist its swimmers in order to maximise their full potential, it’s an essential thing to have in order for the club to progress.  This person is stepping down this year for Swim 21 but we would like to thank her for doing this for so many years.

I am so lucky to have met this lovely woman as I have learnt so much from her.  The Vice-Chairman’s shield goes to:

Lou Gooden

Presidents Cup:

This next award goes to overall swimmer of the year based on whoever got maximum club championship points.  Not only did this female achieve maximum club championship points but she also broke 9 club championship records.  It’s also worth mentioning that this swimmer also competed in National Masters this year in Sheffield where she got 1 gold and 2 silver medals plus also got 4 East Region masters records for the 18-24 age group, an amazing achievement.

Alison Binns

Willis Shield:

Now for the Willis shield.  It’s for somebody who’s involvement and commitment to swimming and general contribution to the club.  This person returned to coaching for the club 2.5 years ago and has been a coach for 9 years.  He is loved by every swimmer I talk too.  It was only the other month that I hear swimmers saying that this person is there favourite coach!  In 2016, he took on the role of poolside manager in which he put in a huge amount of hours into progressing the clubs structure onto its next stage of development by including points into the criteria of squad changes.  This has led to swimmers training in lanes of swimmer’s abilities which in turn has strengthened session efficiency.  This person also took on an active weekly role in coaching for the club on a Tuesday and Sunday.  He has now stepped down as poolside manager but will continue his coaching commitments which we are so thankful for as he truly is an incredible coach.  This year’s Willis Shield goes to –

Neil Fraser

 

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. 

•      Abbie Griffiths •      Alex Morgan •      Alex Twyford •      Alexander Jones •      Alexander Larkin •      Alice Law •      Alison Binns •      Amy Rodrigues •      Aneesa Qureshi •      Archie Nash	•      Ayesha Wilkins •      Balerki Puplampu •      Becky Lousley •      Ben Phillips •      Ben Stockwell •      Benjamin Taggart •      Benjamin Williams •      Charlie Padgham •      Chiara Brown •      Daniel Meier
•      Darcie Hambury •      Eashan Kelshiker •      Edan Finan •      Ella Bailey •      Ellie Kirwan •      Eloisa Hauff •      Emily Kenny •      Emily Presland •      Erin Masterson •      Erin Patterson	•      Erin Williams •      Ethan Sheerin •      Eve Whelan •      Freddie Edwards •      Freya Gooden •      Harry Hauff •      Henrietta Algaard •      Hermione Lester •      Isabella Kennedy •      Ishaan Shah
•      Isobel Mitchell •      Jack Jackson •      Jack Lewis McCartney •      Jack Loison •      Jake Gourd •      Jan Salcedo •      Jemima Hambury •      Jena Elsey •      Jessica Presland •      Joe Elphee	•      Joe Elsen •      Joe Fagan •      Joe Kenny •      Joel Karet •      Joseph Moran •      Josh Kelly •      Katherine Wheatley •      Lara Sulaman •      Laura Bailey •      Laura Jones
•      Lawrence Dokelman •      Leah Osher •      LeahAnn Butler •      Leonie Chauhan •      Liam Hall •      Lottie Slight •      Louisa Alderman •      Maz Dokelman •      Max Algaard •      Max Gregory	•      Max Lousley •      Maya Eid •      Michael Kirwan •      Moji Olawande •      Mya Aldeiri •      Nathan Strugnell •      Niamh Clarke •      Nick Stockwell •      Nicola Marett •      Olivia Norlyk-Hansen
•      Praveen Kathirvasan •      Raahil Ahmad •      Rebecca Kirwan •      Rowan Gregory •      Ruby Qureshi •      Sam Ryan •      Skye Pagnini	•      Tara Clarke •      Taryn Fraser •      Tim Wheatley •      Tom Jobson •      William Presland •      Zishaan Ghafoor •      Zosia Kiely