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Written by Stewart Carline
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On the 17th October, some members of the Wrekin College Swimming & Triathlon Club where in action representing Shropshire at the Nationals Inter-County Gala held at Ponds Forge International Pool in Sheffield.
This is the biggest Inter County event during the year with over 30 teams from England, Scotland and Wales competing.
Contraulations to the following swimmers on being selected:
- Alexandra Harris
- Holly Barnett
- Olivia Phoenix
- Maddy Tracy
- Alice Cousins
- Jamie Beebee
Our swimmers helped Shropshire to 15th position in Division Two.
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Written by Stewart Carline
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 On the 16th October a number of swimmers from Wrekin College Swimming & Triathlon Club attend the prestigious Lincoln Vulcans 2010 Long Course Open Meet held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. This extremely popular open meet attracted over 58 clubs from all over the country.
Despite it being our first open meet of the season there were some fantastic performances from our swimmers as we swam away with a very impressive 24 medals and recorded 47 new personal bests. Not content with this excellent start to our season we also finished 8th Top Club at the meet beating off the competition of much larger and more developed squads.
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Written by Stewart Carline
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 On the 28th July - 1st August 2010 swimmers from Wrekin College Swimming & Triathlon Club attended the British Gas ASA National Age Group Championships (50M) 2010 held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. The competition was attended by all the top qualifying swimmers in the country including swimmers from as far away as Guernsey, Belgium and Turkey to name but a few. This is the last event in the swimming calendar year, and a real achievement for all the swimmers that attended and the perfect setting to show off the immense ability of these young swimmers.
Day One - 28th July 2010
Megan Carline (Aged 11) started the proceedings in the first event of the Nationals in the 200M Individual Medley finishing with a new personal best (PB) time of 2:42.59, and also qualifying for the finals to be swam in the evening. Later on that day, saw Paige Norry-Addison (Aged 11) and Lauren Holland (Aged 11) competing in the first heat of the 1500M Freestyle. The two swimmers both swam exceptionally, virtually stroke for stroke with each other for the first 1000M, when Paige just started to gain a slight advantage which she continued to build upon to the finish. Paige finished in a time of 19:53.72 gaining a 12 second PB and Lauren finished in a time of 20:00.43. Next up saw Megan also competing in the 1500M Freestyle event, Megan set off with a blistering pace and finished in a magnificent time of 18:55.11 setting a new 11 second PB and collecting the first ever National medal for the club with a Silver medal, narrowly missing out on the Gold by just 4 seconds. "Wow". Then up to race was Alexandra Harris (Aged 13) who again swam confidently and gained a 6 second PB in a time of 18:13.96. Finally, Megan swam in the finals of the 200M Individually Medley and after her performance in the 1500M still managed another PB with a time of 2:42.20 and secured 7th position overall. What an amazing start to the Nationals.
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Written by Stewart Carline
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 On Saturday 8th May, several Wrekin College swimmers travelled to Coventry with their coach Rachel Reilly to enter the City of Coventry Open Meet to practise in a 50M pool before the upcoming Midland Age Group Championships in June.
Rebecca Woolley, Holly Townson, Charlie Percox, Paige Norry-Addison, Lauren Holland, Holly Barnett, Alex Harris, Sophia Baig, Joshua Reid and Jack Sanders all attended and put in some excellent swims against tough competition.
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Written by Stewart Carline
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 On the 3rd - 7th August 2010 swimmers from Wrekin College Swimming & Triathlon Club youth squad coached by David Clarke attended the British Gas ASA National Youth Championships (50M) 2010 held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. This competition follows the Age Group Championships which was held the week before. Attending this years were Olivia Phoenix (Aged 14), Maddy Tracy (Aged 15) and Alice Cousins (Aged 16) who have all worked extremely hard during the year to reach these championships.
Day One - 3rd August 2010
The youth championships started with the 400M Individual Medley event with Wrekin College being represented by both Maddy and Alice. Maddy swam a time of 5:16.74 whilst Alice swam 5:17.99 although both times where just outside there PBs both girls fought hard in this tough middle distance event as they raced seasoned International swimmers. Great job girls and a great start to the meet!
Next in action was Olivia in the 200M Backstroke event. Olivia swam a time of 2:29.94 which was just off her PB of 2:27.49. This event was very competitive with some tough competition from both British and non-British swimmers. Although Olivia didn't qualify for the final of this event, this was a brilliant swim and a great way to finish off a very successful season for her.
This was a solid start from our Youths with some impressive swims from our girls. These Championships are always very competitive, and qualifying for these Championships is not something that comes easily, and shows the amount of dedication these young swimmers have shown over the season - let's keep it up for next season!!
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Written by Stewart Carline
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 Over the two weekends of the 5th & 6th and 12th & 13th June 2010, Wrekin College Swimming & Triathlon Club BAGCAT squad attended the Midlands Age Group Championships held at the 50M international pool in the City of Coventry.
Maintaining the very high standards of where our Youth Squad left off from the previous month was Megan Carline, Paige Norry-Addison and Lauren Holland (All Aged 11) in the first event of the championships the 200M Freestyle. All girls swam exceptional with Megan Carline also making the finals where she finished 4th.
Swimming at their first ever Midland Championships was Charlie Percox (Aged 10) who won Bronze in the 200M Butterfly and also collected 11 Personal Best's (PB's) along the way, Rebecca Woolley (Aged 10) who made two finals with some outstanding swims and also achieved 5 PB's, Jacob Blakemore (Aged 10) who collected 3 PB's and Jon Mills (Aged 10) who collected 2 PB's. All these swimmers gained valuable experience in the 50M pool ready for next year's events.
Megan Carline (Aged 11) lead the charge for National recognition with a phenomenal couple of weekends, gaining an additional 4 National Qualifying Times (NQT) in the 200M and 400M Individual Medley, the 200M Freestyle and also in the 200M Butterfly making her total a magnificent 7 for the year. Megan also collected Silver in both the 800M Freestyle and 200M Butterfly and Bronze in the 1500M Freestyle, and was also crowned 6th overall in the Midlands for her age group and swam 8 PB's.
Alexandra Harris (Aged 13) also gained another 2 National Qualifying Times which takes her haul to 5 NTQ's for the season, and she also topped the medals haul with a truly remarkable 6 medals in total from the Championships. Gaining Gold in the 200M Freestyle, Silver in the 400M, 800M and 1500M Freestyle and Bronze in the 100M Freestyle and 100M Butterfly. Alexandra was also crowned 6th overall in the Midlands for her age group and swam 10 PB's.
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 On the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of May, some of the Wrekin Colleges Youth Squad members coached by Dave Clarke attended the 2010 Midlands Youth Championships held at the 50M International Pool in Coventry.
Day 1 started brilliantly with Charlotte Humphreys in the 100M Butterfly event smashing her Personal Best (PB) by over 3 seconds, followed by Maddy Tracy, Olivia Phoenix and Philippa Brown all competing in the 200M Freestyle event and also all gaining PBs.
In the second session of the day Charlotte swam in the 100M Butterfly Finals and won a well deserved Bronze medal. Whilst Maddy competed in the 200M Freestyle Finals narrowly missed out on a medal having finished 4th but picked up her 3rd National Qualifying Time (NQT) of the year. Olivia also reached the Finals of both the 50M Backstroke event finishing 5th with a new PB and also 4th in the 200M Backstroke event.
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