Worcester Winter League 2006

Wyre Forest made a very positive start to the first competitive campaign of 2006, the Worcester Winter League.

The first galas of the league were held on Saturday 21 January. Wyre Forest competed at Halesowen against teams from Oldbury, Perry Beeches, Pershore, Redditch and Stourbridge.

The Gala was won by a strong Stourbridge team with Wyre Forest finishing in second place. There were a series of fine performances from the WFSC team, many competing in this League for the first time. 28 personal best times were recorded by Wyre Forest swimmers with 14 of these coming from the 11 years and under section of the team.

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Round Two Gala at Halesowen

It was a disappointing evening for the Wyre forest team on Saturday at Halesowen as we came in 6^th place with 102 points.  Due to a depleted team and a lack of 15 year old swimmers our younger swimmers had to swim out of their age group against, in some cases, competitors three years older than themselves.

Eleven-year-old Eliza Bradley who is still battling against a recent viral infection had to retire from the 13 and under 3 length butterfly event. She then rallied back and managed to win the 11 and under 1 length butterfly and the 11 and under 1 length breaststroke.  Lucy Walters the team Junior Coach had to don her costume and step into the breach to stand in for another ailing swimmer Sian Griffiths.

The team still managed to gain 21 personal bests from the competition with fourteen-year-old Rob Smith adding three new ones to his collection.

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Worcester Winter League Final - Sunday April 23rd - Droitwich

Wyre Forest were leading throughout most of the competition but were unfortunately pipped at the post by Stourbridge B. Stourbridge B finished with 158 points, WFSC 2nd with 153, Broadway 3rd with 152, Perry Beeches 4th with 78 and Pershore 5th with 50 points.

Once again the 11/u team were the most impressive gaining nearly maximum points. Unfortunately many swimmers had to swim up to the next group due to a lack of 14 and 15 year olds. Paul Ingenthron swam an impressive PB of 58.81 in the 4 lths freestyle gaining 1st place. Other winners were Richard Carter 4 lths fly, Eliza Bradley 2 lths free, Oche Igoche 2 lths free,Faith Ross 2lths back with a PB of 37.52, Emily Lane 4 lths breast, Eliza Bradley 2lths fly, Alex Hoult 2 lths fly with a PB of 40.68, Katherine Whelan 2 lths breast with a PB of 43.31 and Hannah Wear (Captain) 4 lths breast.

The 11/u Medley team consisting of Ross, Igoche (PB 20.88), Whelan, Hoult (PB 18.06), E. Bradley and newcomer to this league,Nick Thorley and the 11/u mixed freestyle team of Jessica Griffiths, N. Thorley, Ross (PB 14.34), Igoche, E. Bradley and Hoult also came 1st. Nick Thorley also achieved a 2nd place in the 11/u 2 lths back.

Newcomer to this league Melissa Malin swam a PB in the 13/u 3 lths back of 1.27.44 and a PB for her leg in the 13/u freestyle relay of 16.44. Other PB's were achieved by Becky Bale 15.63 in her freestyle leg of the 13/u medley relay and 1.19.06 in the 13/u 4 lths freestyle, Alex Thorley 13/u 4 lths fly of 123.38, Josh Bradley 13/u 4 lths breast of 133.80, Verity Thorley 15/u 4 lths back of 1.21.26 and Paul Ingenthron of 13.44 in his leg of the 15/u freestyle relay.

Congratulations to all the swimmers and a big thanks to all the officials and poolside helpers.


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