Here are the posts for November 2009

Congratulations to Phil Harrison who now holds the County record for the 50m Freestyle with a time of 23.71. Phil achieved this time at Sheffield this month whilst swimming in the British University & Colleges Championships.

Well done to Alex Thorley, Tim Watson and Jack Barnett - they have all passed their ASA Level 1 Teaching qualification.

All three, aged 16, are teaching learners to swim as part of Lorna Griffiths Team.

Over the weekend of 14 & 15 November, 3 Wyre Forest  swimmers competed in the British Universities and Colleges Short Course Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.

Congratulations to Verity Thorley who competed in the 100m Back with a personal best time and the 200m Back.

Philip Harrison competed in the 50m Free with a personal best time reaching the final and the 100m Free also with a Personal best time

Luke Ladbrooke competed in the 50m Back, 100m Back and reached the final in the 200m Back.

Well done to all three swimmers.

The new Qualifying Times for 2010 have just been announced and can be downloaded below:

Age-Group Qualifying Times 2010

Youth Qualifying Times 2010

In a change of fortunes in this round of the National Swimming Arena the 'B' team were the stars of the evening coming 2nd in their round in Division 3. The winning team with 241 points was Cinderford, Wyre Forest 'B' had 202 points, Solihull 'B' 198 points, Oldbury 186 points and Camp Hill 'B' 147 points.

1st Places were gained by: Alex Thorley in the Open 4 lengths fly, Jess Lewis 13/u 4 lths Back, Jack Rowley 13/u 4 lths Fly, Grace Catchpole 15/u 4 lths Free,  Tom Middleton 13/u 4 lths Free and Jess Smith 15/u 4 lths Breast.

The 'A' team did not fair so well coming 6th in their round of this league in division 1 with 115 points.

Wyre Forest 'A' was unfortunately fielding a depleted team with the added disadvantage of having a number of swimmers only just back to training after illness. Opposition was extremely stiff with Leicester Penguins taking top spot with 246 points, Gloucester City 'A' was 2nd with 227 points, Halesowen 3rd with 190 points, Ledbury 4th with 150 points, Mansfield just beat WF by 1 point coming 5th with 116 points.

A brilliant result for the 'B' team with many personal best times. A disappointing result for the 'A' team but still some valiant swims by some very under the weather swimmers.

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The above meet took place on 7 & 8th November 2009 at The Corby East Midlands International Pool.
Swimming for his college, Birmingham University, Philip Harrison competed in 4 events against a host of top midland swimmers.

Philip achieved personal best times in the 50m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle, where he finished in 12th and 11th place respectively in the Open age group. He also competed in the 100m Breaststroke and the 100m Freestyle.
 

Wyre Forest Swimming Club's own Claire Cashmore has been honoured, along with three other local athletes, by becoming an ambassador for the 2012 Olympics.

Claire Cashmore, 21, has won bronze medals at the Athens and Beijing Games and will be looking to improve in London.

The University of Leeds student, who grew up in Kidderminster, felt that being named an ambassador strengthened her ties with her home county.

“It’s nice to be asked to be an ambassador. Even though I am at the University of Leeds, my roots are in Kidderminster and I think it’s important that I keep strong links with the area,” commented the swimmer.

“If what I do in the pool helps inspire the next generation of swimmers then it would be brilliant.

“It’s been great that local people have been following my success over the years and it spurs me on to do better.

“The London Olympics have caught the imagination of all potential competitors and I am eager to pass that on.”

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See Forum for Results

On Sunday 1st November the following swimmers took part in this open meet:

Alice Hayden-Jones, Madeleine Bowen, Natasha Walker, Erin Bainbridge, Lauryn Neale, Kyra Robbins, Anna Middleton, Georgia Lloyd, Sophie Jancey, Georgia Lambert, Lauren Offley, Beth Hinton, Katy De Cothi, Imogen Bowen, Paige Wilkins, Megan Hinton, Jessica Smith, Pippa Guest, Kieran Hawkins, Nathan Hawkins, Mason Giles, Nat Rose, Matthew Newey, Johnathan McMahon, Niall Allen, Richard Allen, Alex Brady, Jack Rowley, Max Bayliss, Luke Hansell, Jordan Chappell, Sam Bainbridge and Daniel Chance.

WF swimmers took an amazing haul of medals between them. Medals were given to the top 8 swimmers in each event.

Well done to all competitors and congratulations to the following swimmers who took gold, silver or bronze medals:

Lauren Offley bronze in 12 yrs 50 Free and 50 Fly and silver in the 50 breast.

Beth Hinton silver in 11yrs 50 Free and 50 Back, Gold in 50 fly, 50 breast and 100 IM.

Lauryn Neale bronze in 9yrs 50 breast, Gold in 100 Im, 50 Free and 50 Back.

Georgia Lambert silver in 12yrs 50 Fly.

Jessica Smith bronze in 14yrs 50m breast and 100IM.

Sophie Jancey bronze in 11yrs 50 Back.

Alice Hayden-Jones gold 9yrs 50 breast.

Katy De Cothi gold 12 yrs 50 Breast and 100IM.

Nathan Hawkins bronze 9yrs 50 Fly and 50 Back, gold 50 Breast and 100IM.

Johnathan McMahon silver 10yrs 50 Fly, 50 Back and 50 breast and gold in 100IM.

Luke Hansell bronze in 13yrs 50m Back and silver in 50 Free.

Alex Brady bronze in 11yrs 50 Free and 50 Breast.

Jack Rowley silver in 11yrs 50 Free, gold in 50 Fly, 100IM and 50 Back.

Kieran Hawkins bronze in 9yrs 50 Breast.

Mason Giles bronze in 10yrs 50 Breast and silver in 50 Free.

Richard Allen silver in 11yrs 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast and bronze in the 100IM.

Jordan Chappell silver in the 13yrs 50 Breast, the 50 Fly and 100IM.


Well done to everyone who took part.