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County Age Group Championships - Final Day - 6th July 2008
Sunday 6th July saw the finale of this years County Age Group championships, re-arranged from March following travellers moving onto the car park at Market Drayton pool.
Northgate managed to retain their County Champions title for a second consecutive year following a whole host of medals and fantastic PB’s by so many of the squad. We also had three swimmers in the Top Girl/Boy rankings, namely Matt Griffiths, Jacob Layborne and Stef Otto.
The medal winners were:-
Matt Griffiths Gold 50 free 100 IM
Silver 50 Back 50 Breast
Zach Xiourouppa Gold 50 Free 50 fly
Silver 100 IM
Jack Sanders Silver 50 Breast
Robbie Ross Bronze 50 Fly 50 Breast 100 IM
Jacob Laybourne Gold 50 Back 50 Fly (New Championship Record)
Silver 50 Free 100 IM
Sam jones Bronze 50 Fly 50 Breast
Oliver Freeman Bronze 50 Back 100 IM
Joe Thacker Bronze 50 Free 100 IM
Simon Kinvig Gold 50 Free 50 Breast
Stewart Burton Gold 50 Back
Silver 50 Fly 50 Free
James Morris Silver 50 Breast
Bronze 50 Fly 100 IM
Emma Hudson Bronze 50 Fly 50 Back 50 Free 100 IM
Molly Craven Bronze 50 Breast
Chrissie Jones Gold 50 Breast (New Championship Record)
Silver 50 Fly
Emily Dewfield Bronze 50 Back
Georgina Jones Silver 50 Breast
Harriet Themans Bronze 50 Fly
Megan Redshaw Bronze 50 Breast 100 IM
Kim Donaldson Bronze 50 Fly 50 Breast
Stef Otto Gold 50 Fly 50 Breast (New Championship Record)
50 Back 50 Free 100 IM
Holly Haywood Silver 50 Breast 50 Back 50 Free 100 IM
Emily Davies Silver 50 Fly
Bronze 50 Back 50 free 100 IM
Lucy Gould Silver 50 Fly 50 Back 50 Free 100 IM
Well done to everyone, too numerous to mention, who helped secure this win for Northgate.
Three Counties Championships - 28th June 2008
Six northgate swimmers qualified to represent Shropshire in the three counties championships which were held on Saturday at Thomas Telford school. The Shropshire team were up against Hereford and Worcester but Worcester failed to turn up. We had lots of good swims from Jacob Layborne, Jade Evans, Jo Pace, Holly Heywood. Alice Cousins and Charlotte Humphries. Jacob swam the fly and the fc. Jade swam the fly and the back. Jo swam the breast. Holly swam the breast and the fc. Alice swam the 200 im and Charlotte swam the fc and the fly. All events were 100’s except the 200 im . Shropshire were triumphant overall beating Hereford by a good margin.
Report by Sue Evans
Ickle People meet - Wolverhampton - 22nd June 2008
Northgate didn't swim quite as quickly as the wind which blew a tree down on top of a house near Wolverhampton Central Baths on Sunday - but they came pretty close.
Ten girls took part in the Ickle People Junior Meet and came back with a clutch of medals and one of the top prizes. Harriet Themans was declared top girl swimmer at the meeting after a fantastic day's swimming and she returned home with the £30 prize in her pocket. She won the gold medals in the 200m individual medley for 12-year-old girls in 2:45.39 and the 200m freestyle in 2:29.12. She also won three silvers - in the 100m breaststroke, the 100m fly and 100m free, and three bronzes - in the 100m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 50m fly, to complete a fine day's work.
Georgia Driver made use of her long-distance stamina skills to come home first in the 10-year-olds 200m freestyle in a time of 2:47.00 and she was also ranked fourth in the 200m individual medely in 3.18.69. In that race she came just behind Rebecca Hawthorn, who continued her fine form from the previous weekend's gala in Wrexham with more medals. In the 200m individual medley she picked up a silver in 3:17.76, and she also won bronze in the 50m breaststroke in 49.13. She followed that up in the afternoon session with a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke in 1:47.49.
Emily Dewfield saved her best until last, winning the gold medal in the 11-year-olds 50m freestyle in 34.43. This added to the bronze medal which she picked up in the first race of the day - the 200m individual medley which she swam in a pb of 3:03.28. She just missed out on another medal in the 200m freestyle where she finished fourth in 2:42.71.
Beth Hampshire won the silver medal in the 100m butterfly in a time of 1.19.99 after earlier recording pbs in both the 200m individual medley and the 50m breaststroke.
Jenny Ballinger was rewarded for being one of the few 9-year-olds in the meeting to brave the 100m fly with a bronze medal in 1:56.82. She also finished just outside the medals in fourth in the 100m breaststroke in 2:00.43 and recorded three other pb’s.
Katie Hawthorne was just behind Jenny in the 100m breaststroke, finishing fifth in 2:01.11. Earlier in the day she also recorded a sixth place finish in the 50m breaststroke in a pb of 54.25.
Maddie Berrow had an excellent swim in the 50m fly to record a pb of 56.99 and also swam well in her other races including the 100m freestyle in 1:42.61. Just behind her was Megan Bowdler who swam her 100m freestyle in 1:42.80, and she also moved ever-closer to breaking the one minute barrier in her 50m breaststroke, recording a time of 1:00.26.
Emma Hudson swam in eight races on the day in the 10-year-old age group and recorded a string of personal bests, including 1:23.50 in the 100m freestyle and 1:48.01 in the 100m fly for a fifth-placed finish.
Emily Rutter also tackled eight races during the day, knocking over 20 seconds off her previous fastest in the 200m individual medley in 3:09.40 and securing seventh place in the 50m breaststroke in 48.81.
A big thank you to Jo Berrow, Jo Bowdler and Sarah Dewfield for all their help, support and vocal encouragement to the swimmers from poolside. (I hope you all had the large drink you deserved waiting for you at home).
Just a final thought, after hearing Oakengates named in second place in the team competition on the day, where have all the Northgate boys gone?
Two open galas in two weekends and not a boy in sight . . .
Report by Dave Ballinger
Cath Ankers Open Meet - Wrexham - 16th June 2008
Northgate picked up three speeding tickets in Wrexham - but it nothing to do with the North Wales Constabulary’s notorious speed cameras.
Eight swimmers crossed the Welsh border to take part in the Cath Ankers Meet at Wrexham Waterworld on Saturday June 16, and they returned with a clutch of medals, pbs and the three speeding tickets for swimming too fast!
Rebecca Hawthorn was responsible for two of those tickets handed out to swimmers who went quicker than the optimum time allowed for each event by the organisers. She smashed her pbs in both the girls 8-10 100m individual medley and 50m freestyle with times of 1:32.51 and 35.76 respectively. She also picked up a silver medal in the 50m breaststroke and another medal for finishing in the top six in the 50m backstroke.
Megan Redshaw picked up the other speeding ticket for her swim in the 13-year-olds 200m individual medley with a time of 2:43.49. In her final event of a long day - the 100m butterfly - she summoned up enough stamina to claim gold with a time of 1:22.28. This added to her earlier haul of a silver in the 100m breaststroke (1:28.12), bronze in the 100m freestyle (1:10.86) and a fifth place medal in the 100 backstroke.
In the 8-10 age group, Emma Hudson recorded pbs in all five of her races and picked up a silver medal in the 100m individual medley (1:38.29) and another medal for finishing fourth in the 50m freestyle (37.97).
Emily-Jane Davies knocked nearly eight seconds off her previous best 100m backstroke in the 14-year-old age group to record a time of 1:20.41, just missed out on a medal in the 100m freestyle and recorded a new pb in the 200m individual medley.
Katie Hawthorn, Megan Bowdler, Maddie Berrow and Jennie Ballinger, all nine, were swimming in the 8-10 year age group and up against some tough, much older opposition, but all performed well. Katie had pbs in all four of her races, knocking over six seconds off her best in the 50m breaststroke to record a time of 55.38. Megan had good swims in both the 50m freestyle (46.24) and 50m backstroke (57.13). Maddie swam her first competitive 100m individual medley and pushed her heat winner hard all the way in 1:55.80, and also swam well in the 50m freestyle (46.96). Jennie, in her first open gala, performed well to set herself some good targets for future swims, including a 43.68 in the 50m freestyle and 48.93 in the 50m backstroke.
A big thank you to coaches Bethan Redshaw and Jo Berrow for all their help and encouragement to the swimmers on poolside during a long day - and having the patience of saints. Instead of "Are we nearly there yet?" the question they kept getting was "Is it nearly our race yet?" again . . . and again . . . and again . . .
They probably deserved medals as well!
Report by Dave Ballinger
Midlands BAGCAT Championships - part 2 - 14th/15th June 2008
This second weekend proved just as exciting as the first one with six swimmers achieving 9 PB’s in 19 swims.
Jack Sanders was first away on Saturday swimming well in his first Midlands event. Chrissie Jones swam well in the 200m breast, just narrowly missing her PB and finishing 2nd in the heats. The final was so exciting as Chrissie needed to put every ounce of effort in to beat off the strong opposition to win her second gold medal of the championships, knocking 3 seconds off her best in the process. Aaran was next up in his number 1 event, the 200 backstroke. Aaran swam really well with a PB time and a place booked in the final. He swam strongly again in the final to finish 6th fastest in the Midlands.
Sunday saw Jacob Laybourne again in great form. His swim in the 200 free gave him yet another National Qualifying Time (NQT) and a PB when he finished 5th. Later in the day Jacob had another PB and NQT in the 200 fly, also achieving his second bronze of the championships. Jade Evans had a PB in the 200 free with a great swim and Aaran had more PB’s in the 400 and 100 free events. Georgia Driver swam a brilliant race in the 400 free narrowly missing her PB time.
At the end of the championships the BAGCAT points were added up and we had two “Top 8” winners. The first 8 swimmers in each age group were awarded with a certificate, specially printed “TOP 8” tee shirt and a gift voucher. Jacob was in 5th place and Chrissie finished 8th.
Overall a fantastic championships with some very good successes. A massive well done to the seven Northgate swimmers who took part. Also, a very VERY big thank you to D, from the swimmers, for his fantastic support and help not only throughout the two weekends but also the several weeks/months of training beforehand.
Midlands BAGCAT Championships - part 1 - 7th/8th June 2008
The Midland BAGCAT championships is split over two weekends and the first weekend proved highly successful for our Northgate squad. Six swimmers were involved in this first half in a total of 14 events and 11 personal best (PB) times were broken.
Chrissie Jones, in her first Midland Championships, started off with a PB and 9th overall place in the 200m freestyle followed on the Sunday with a gold medal in the 10 years 100m breaststroke, again in a PB time.
Jacob Laybourne had a fantastic weekend with 6 swims and 6 PB's. He had a bronze medal and National Qualifying Time (NQT) in the 800m freestyle, and a second NQT and 4th place in the 400m freestyle. Jacob also had a 5th in the 100m fly and 8th & 9th in the 100m free & 200 back respectively.
Jack Sanders, also in his first Midlands, swam a great 100m breast in a PB time finishing 12th overall. Meanwhile another first timer Aaran Darley swam well in a very tense 100m back event and came 5th overall in a PB time. Aaran also PB'd in the 200m free.
Also competing in this very prestigious event were Georgina Jones in the 100m breast and Jade Evens in the 100 free and 200 backstroke.
A big well done to all !!!!!
Haden Hill Open - 11th May 2008
Awards were given to the following swimmers, who were placed 1 to 8, at the Haden Hill open yesterday:-
Philippa Brown 1st in the 50 fly (leading from the start) girls 11/12 years - pb
Philippa Brown 6th in the 13 years and under 200 freestyle - pb
Jade Evans 5th in the Womens open 100m backstroke - pb
Philippa Brown 2nd in the Girls 11/12 50 freestyle
Jade Evans 6th in the Girls 13/14 100m freestyle
Georgina Jones 7th in the Girls 11/12 50 breaststroke.
The following swimmers also achieved pbs at this gala:-
Philippa Brown - 100 freestyle.
Georgina Jones - 200 freestyle.
Jade Evans - 100 breaststroke.
Emily Rutter - 100 breaststroke.
Philippa Brown - 100 breaststroke
Nuneaton Junior League Div 1 Round 2 - Leamington - 10th May 2008
It was a tough night at Leamington for this first division gala but the Northgate team showed true grit. The tough opposition gave all the swimmers a run for their money but despite all this we still managed to finish in a creditable third place.
We only managed to win 5 events but we made sure that we were not far behind in the others to give us an overall score of 180 points to Worcester’s 209 and Leamington’s winning 255 points.
The five winning swims were Chrissie Jones 10yrs 50m Breast and 25m Fly, Jack Sanders 10yrs 50m Breast, Zac Xiourouppa 10yrs 25m Fly and the Girls 10yrs Medley relay team (Sophie Blakstad, Chrissie Jones, Emma Hudson and Georgia Driver).
Northgate were in third overall place all through this gala and the final points were as follows:-
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Leamington
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255
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Worcester
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209
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Northgate
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180
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Orion
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139
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Stratford
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131
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Hinkley
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125
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Well done to all the team!!
Midland District Youth Champs - 3rd/4th May - Coventry
Stefanie Otto gained 2 bronze medals in the 100 & 50 mtr breaststroke events and she also reached the finals of the 50 & 100 mtr freestyle.
Holly Haywood made the finals at 50 & 200 breaststroke coming 4th in the 50 in a P.B. time & 6th in the 200. Holly was also 1st reserve for the 100 mtr breaststroke final.
Charlie Humphries recorded two P.B. times in the 100 free and the 50 fly where she came 4th.
Well done girls!!!
Coventry Open Gala - 26/27th April 2008
It was a bit of a mixed bag of results at the Coventry Open Gala this weekend with some swimmers not favouring the 50 metre pool whilst others achieved very good improvements on their times.
Aaran Darley was one who really made the most of this event, adding two more Midland District Qualifying Times to his tally in the 200 and 400 free. Aaran also achieved Gold, Silver and Bronze in the 50, 200 and 100 back respectively, all in PB times. Meanwhile, Jacob Laybourn was in great form ultimately achieving the "Best Boy" title by the end of the weekend. Jake achieved wins in the 400 IM and free and in the 200 free and fly. He also was third in the 100 free and back and in the 200 IM.
Other notable achievements were Megan Redshaw second in the 400 IM, Chrissie Jones PB and Bronze in the 200 free and a gold in the 50 breast, Harriet Themans with PB's in the 200 free and IM, Georgia Driver with a fantastic improvement of over 8 seconds in her 400 free time and Sam Jones with a fourth place in the 100 breast.
Well done also to Rebecca Hawthorn, Robbie Ross, Jess Jones, Jack Sanders, Jo Pace and Georgina Jones.
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Mercian League round 1 – Leamington – 26th April 2008
This gala marked the return of Northgate to the Mercian League after a short absence and all involved swam well.
Leamington were the early leaders and by event 20 out of the 50 swims they were on 104 points with Halesowen second (92), Redditch third (80) and Northgate in fourth place on 72 points. The next few swims though saw Northgate catch Redditch then slowly inch past them to finish in a very creditable third overall.
The final points were:-
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Leamington
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261
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Halesowen
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213
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Northgate
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195
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Redditch
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189
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Stratford
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97
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Fox Hollies
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73
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Nuneaton Junior League - Round 1 - Walsall 12th April 2008
Due to the fantastic efforts by the Northgate team during 2007 we were swimming in division 1 of this league tonight against some pretty tough opposition. Our swimmers also proved to be tough though as we managed to finish in second spot behind the home team.
We finished in the top 3 places in 30 out of the 51 events, winning 12 of these.
The final positions were as follows:-
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Walsall
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242
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Northgate
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182
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Oswestry
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167
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Coalville
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164
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Stratford
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155
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Dove Valley
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146
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A very well done to all of the team, especially those swimming this league for the first time.
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WELSH NATIONAL AGE GROUP & YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
20th – 24th March 2008 – Wales National Pool, Swansea
The WELSH NATIONAL AGE GROUP & YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS is the pinnacle of the welsh swimming calendar. This is a high class long course meeting with clubs being represented from all over Wales and the UK. Moving up an age group (12-13) from last years 11 & Under, qualifying was going to tough, as it turned out this year qualifying was even tighter with 20-30 swimmers 10 -15 seconds inside the qualifying times being rejected a clear indication of the improving standard of British & Welsh swimming. In light of this Northgate’s Welsh representative Megan Redshaw did really well to qualify in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 Freestyle as well as the 100 & 200 Breast, 200 IM & 400 IM. Better still with the new structure of distance events the fastest heat is swum as the final, Megan qualified as the 4th fastest making her first ever final. Surprisingly Northgate’s mental tough girl buckled slightly but finished a respectable 7th in a new Long Course (LC) PB. The following day was the 200 Breast, an uncharacteristic movement on the block meant an excellent 6 second LC PB remained unofficial (DQ), but it was an excellent swim and certainly added to Megz LC bag of experience. The remaining four days Sat-Mon saw LC PB’s in all events, notably the 100 Free 1:10.88 converted to an overall SC/LC PB of 1:09.28 and the 200 IM was also an overall SC/LC PB. Megan attitude all weekend was excellent and we were very impressed and proud, many people that we know commented on the massive improvement in Megan’s times from last year. We are looking forward seeing what she can achieve during all the long course events we have planned for the rest of this year as we begin to focus more on this and in next year’s event when she will be one of the older swimmers in the age group. Advice for young swimmers and parents going into their first Midlands/Long Course event, long course swimming is very different to short course swimming if you can get to a LC event before the Midlands it will be very beneficial, don’t set your expectations to high, enjoy the experience.
RESULTS
Story By Nick Redshaw
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Shrewsbury Open Meet - 5th/6th April 2008
There were 5 Northgate swimmers competing in this open with some excellent performances all round.
Megan Redshaw swam in 6 events and picked up 5 medals, narrowly missing her 6th.
1st place in 100 free, 100 & 200 fly, 200 IM and 3rd place in 200 free
Jade Evans had two 1st places in 50 & 100 free - The 100 was also an MDQT.
Charlie Humphries swam well achieving 2nd place in 50 fly and 100 free - both MDQT's, and a 3rd in 50 free narrowly missing a third MDQT.
Georgia Driver swam an excellent race to equal her PB despite recovering from a recent chest infection and Emily-Jane Davies swam the fastest time of her age group in the 50 free.
Well done to all of you.
Link to results
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Nuneaton Qualifying Open Meet - 5th/6th April 2008
Saturday
This event proved to be a very competitive, high class, meet with no more than 163 Midland District Qualifying Times (MDQT) being achieved throughout this first day, along with 4 National times.
Northgate had their fair share of this tally with MDQT being achieved by:-
Jake Laybourne 200 Free (PB) - 100 Fly (PB) - 200 Back
Aaran Darley 200 Back (PB) - improving his time to 2:56.15
Stef Otto 100 Free - narrowly missing a national time by just 0.8secs
Chrissie Jones 200 Breast & Silver medal
Emily Rutter swam well in the 200 Fly while Jo Pace improved her personal best time in the 200 Breast.
Sunday
Beth Hampshire was the first Northgate swimmer off today with a good swim in the 100 Fly showing she is well on her way to returning to form. Megan Redshaw swam well in the 200 IM and 200 Free following her 5 medal wins in the Shrewsbury Open yesterday.
Another girl who swam at Shrewsbury yesterday was Georgia Driver where she equalled her 200 Free time set in the CAG’s this year and took home a silver medal. Today at Nuneaton Georgia reduced her time by a further 4 seconds to get within touching distance of a second MDQT.
What a difference a day makes!!
Emily Dewfield swam strongly and narrowly missed her PB by only half a second whilst Chrissie Jones beat her previous best by one and a half seconds to improve her MDQT.
Altogether a great weekend with around 300 MDQT being achieved throughout this meeting and 7 of these to Northgate swimmers.
A very well done to the Northgate Team!!
Link to Results
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Birmingham Open - 21st to 24th March 2008
Northgate swimmers attended the City of Birmingham Easter meet over the weekend. The standard of swimmers at this event was high and Northgate rose to the occassion with some midland district qualifying times and excellent pbs.
Jade Evans achieved her midland district qualifying time in the 400IM on the Friday afternoon, and carried on this standard achieving a midlands time and coming 5th in the heats of the 200 backstroke, and achieving a fantastic pb in the 100 freestyle.
Rebecca Hawthorn had excellent swims, achieving pbs in the 200 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 50 freestyle and 50 backstroke. Holly Haywood had a great swim on the Sunday morning, winning the heats in the 200 breaststroke. Sam Jones swam well achieving pbs in the 50 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 200 IM.
Northgate swimmer Alice Cousins, had some fantastic swims whilst swimming for the City of Birmingham: 3rd in the heats of the 400IM with a midland district qualifying time; achieving a midland district qualifying time in the heats of the 100 backstroke; 3rd in the heats of the 400 freestyle with a midlands district qualifying time, followed by a fantastic swim in the final gaining first place and a national qualifying time. Alice achieved a midlands time in the 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke and the 200IM, coming 2nd in the final.
Well done everyone.
Link to results
Report by Jane Jones
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Brierley Hill Open - 19/20th January 2008
A great weekends swimming with PB’s being broken by all 14 swimmers involved in this latest open meet at Wolverhampton Central Baths.
The team managed to bring home a total of 11 medals and these were:-
Stef Otto Gold 100 Breast & 50 Free
Holly Haywood Gold 200 Breast & Silver 100 Breast
Kim Donaldson Gold 200 Breast & Bronze 100 Breast
Jacob Laybourne Silver 200 Back & Bronze 200 Fly
Megan Redshaw Bronze 200 Breast & 400 IM
Georgina Jones Bronze 200 Breast
Most of the above swims were also PB’s. Other PB’s achieved over the weekend were:-
Saturday
Becky Hawthorn 400 Free / 200 Free
Emily Dewfield 400 Free / 200 Fly (by nearly half a minute)
Georgina Jones 200 &400 Free / 100 Breast (PB in heat & final) / 200 Back
Kim Donaldson 400 Free / 100 Breast / 200 Free
Jo Pace 100 & 200 Breast
Megan Redshaw 100 Breast / 200 Fly / 200 Free
Sam Jones 200 Fly / 200 Free
Jacob Laybourne 400 IM / 200 Free
Sunday
Becky Hawthorn 50 Free
Megan Redshaw 50 Free / 200 IM
Harriet Themans 50 & 100Free /200Back /200 &400 IM (400 by half a minute)
Jade Evans 50 Free / 100 Fly
Holly Haywood 200 IM / 100 Free
Kim Donaldson 200 & 400 IM / 100 Free
Aaran Darley 200 Back - This is Aarons first Midland District time!!
Jacob Laybourne 400 Free / 200 IM
There were other excellent times swam that just missed out on being PB’s.
With performances like these the big question now is “will Northgate retain the trophy for County Champions”?? Let’s make sure we do!!
Watch this space. . . . . . . . . . . . .
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100 x 100 Challenge - 12th January 2008
A great mixture of young and not so young Northgate Swimmers were burning off the Christmas Pud as they attempted the grueling 100 x 100m swim in the pool at Bridgnorth.
The older swimmers embarked on the challenge so swim each 100m in a time of 1.30 mins, whilst the younger swimmers were challenged to swim 50 x 100m in at intervals of 1.45 mins or 40x 100m at 2 minute intervals.
A large number of swimmers started the challenge at 7am on a cold and damp morning, and within the first 20 minutes a small number had dropped out. The pace was relentless and credit must be given to all those who ‘had a go’ at the attempt. After the first 40 mins to an hour, the pool had emptied out to the final few…
The swimmers who achieved 50 x 100m (200 lengths) were; Robbie Ross, Harriet Themans, Emily Rutter, Fern Cates and Hollie George. Also achieving 50x100m, exceeding their initial target of 40, were youngsters Emily Dewfield and Aaron Darley, who are just 10 years old, and 9 year old Georgia Driver. This is an amazing feat for such young swimmers to manage to swim 3 miles before breakfast!
The star of the day however, was 12 year old Jade Evans who managed the entire 100 x 100m – coming in for her final length to of 400 at around 9.45 to great cheering, having swum constantly for almost three hours and covering a distance of 6 miles.
Josh Davies and Sam Jones also had a good attempt, both reaching 84 sets before they “hit the wall” in marathon runners – speak.
But it was our veteran swimmers; Dave Clarke, Lyndon Hollingshead, Nick Thacker – all of whom swim in the Masters Category – who showed the assembled appreciative crowd that they can still pass fantastic feats of endurance. Joined by them in success were Nick’s son Jo Thacker, Northgate Swimming Club teacher Stuart Burton, James Morris, Oliver Freeman and 14 year old Jacob Layborne – who finished in fine style with a final 100m in only just over a minute.
Click HERE to see photo’s of the victorious swimmers.
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Stourbridge Crystal Open - Sunday 6th January 2008
This was a high class meeting with over 40 clubs being represented from all over the country. As well as the usual clubs from the midlands there were also swimmers from as far away as Bournemouth, Liverpool, Preston and Nottingham
There were some excellent performances by the Northgate squad who managed to achieve a total of 18 PB's between the 10 of them as well as 3 Gold's, 2 Silvers and 2 Bronze awards.
Notable achievements were as follows:-
Aaran Darley - 50 Free PB, 100 IM PB, 50 Back PB and Bronze award.
Emily-Jane Davies - 100 Breast PB
Emily Dewfield - 50 Breast PB, 50 Free PB, 100 IM PB
Kim Donaldson - 200 Breast PB
Georgia Driver - 50 Free PB, 50 Fly PB, 100 IM PB
Jade Evans - 50 Free PB 4th, 50 Fly PB Bronze, 200 Free Gold
Jacob Laybourne - 200 Fly Gold, 200 IM Gold
Robbie Ross - 50 Free PB, 200 Fly PB Silver
Jack Sanders - 50 Free PB, 50 Back PB, 100 IM PB, 50 Breast Silver
All results can be seen on the Stourbridge website. Click HERE to link.
Well done to all.
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