Shropshire County Champions
2007 & 2008

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Here are the news reports for 2007. 
What a year!! County champions and promotion in both the Nuneaton Junior League and the Speedo League.

Click on the link to go to the news story:-

Speedo Final - Northgate’s Fine Victory

Nuneaton Open 1/2-12-07

Stafford Apex Open 1/2-12-07

Speedo Round 2

Chase Open (Revised)

Black Country Junior Open

National Masters

Midland District Winter Championships

Speedo League Round 1

Northgate Club Championships

Nuneaton Junior Swimming League - FINAL - Results Review

Nuneaton Junior Swimming League - FINAL

Bryan & Knott Trophy Gala - 14/07/07

Ickle People Open - Wolverhampton - 24/06/07

Nuneaton Junior Swimming League – Round 3 – Rugby 

Hardwick Trophy Gala - Bridgnorth

Nuneaton Junior Swimming League – Round 2 – Wolverhampton

Midland District Youth & Masters Championships

Nuneaton Junior Swimming League 2007 - Round 1 - Halesowen

Northgate Win 2007 County Championships

Speedo Final - Northgate’s Fine Victory

We all thought that round 2 was an exciting night but this final topped the lot. It was edge of the seat stuff from start to finish with every single swimmer doing their absolute best.
At the end of the first 10 events, out of the evenings 50, Northgate had edged into the lead with 43 points to Ludlow’s 40 and Solihull & Droitwitch in equal 3rd place. By the halfway mark we had increased our lead to 113 points to Ludlow’s 94 and third place had now gone to Leek.
The second half of the evening was incredibly tense as we saw Northgate’s lead slowly diminish as Ludlow began to push in an effort to take our lead. Gradually they crept back towards us and by event 48 they were just 1 point behind with 2 races left.
Northgate’s fight did not give an inch as the ladies open relay team finished in a strong 2nd place with Ludlow back in 6th (later disqualified). The mens team then again pipped Ludlow to give us the victory and winners trophy.
It would be difficult to single out any individual performance and it would be most fair to say the whole team did so well and deserved this win so much with all the effort that was put in.
We can all now look forward to an exciting season next year when Northgate compete in Division One.
Congratulations to everyone.

Final positions

Northgate 209 Ludlow 202 Solihull A 166 Leek 159 Coventry 157 Droitwich 154

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Nuneaton Open 1/2-12-07

The weekend was full of PB’s at Nuneaton. A summary of the times achieved are as follows:-

Christina Jones  400 free 6:02.87 PB   200 fly 4:06.81 PB 
                200 IM 3:12.82 PB  200 free 2:54.53 PB
Georgina Jones  400 free 5:45.31 PB  200 IM  3:04.37 PB
                200 free 2:47.59 PB  200 back 3:07.98 PB
                200 breast 3:18.08 PB
Jade Evans     400 free 4:49.55 PB & Midland district qualifying time
                200 free 2:20.06 PB & Midland district qualifying time
                200 back 2:39.77 PB
                200 breast 3:11.79 PB
Philippa Brown   200 IM 2:53.44 PB  200 free 2:30.53 PB
Jacob Laybourne 200 back 2:24.88 PB & Midland district qualifying time
                400 free 4:25.39 PB & 1st  200 fly 2:24.40
                200 IM 2:29.68 PB
Sam Jones      400 IM 5:41.40 PB  200 breast 2:54.51 PB
                400 free 5:16.55   200 fly 2:49.98 PB 
                200 IM  2:44.64 PB  200 free 2:31.18 PB
Oliver Freeman   400 free 4:49.90  200 IM 2:38.06  200 free 2:15.55
Thomas Hyde    200 free 2:26.15

Stafford Apex Open 1/2-12-07

Some very good performances this weekend at Wolverhampton. Times achieved were as follows:-

Megan Redshaw  1500 free  21:01.65   800 free 10:56.30 PB
Harriet Themans   200 free  2:30.41 PB  200 IM  2:54.40 PB
Emily Jane Davies 200 free  2:35.75
Christina Jones   200 breast 3:26.79 PB & Midland district qualifying time
Jo Pace         200 breast 3:10.45   200 IM  3:05.10 PB

Speedo League Round 2

Northgate went into this second round gala with confidence following an excellent result in round 1. We began with a great win in the first race when Stefanie won the Open IM. The results after the first 10 events out of the 50 put Northgate in equal top spot with Solihull A and Wyre Forest in 3rd place.
By the halfway mark Northgate had pulled out a lead with 117 points to Solihull’s 112 and Wyre Forest still in 3rd place on 98 points.
The second half of the night was full of nail biting moments as we swapped places at the top with Solihull A on several occasions. However, Northgate’s tremendous team spirit shone through to bring us victory on the night with 209 points, with Solihull A and Wyre Forest tying for 2nd place.
It was such an exciting gala to watch and a very big “WELL DONE” to all the swimmers!! Let’s not forget the tremendous work put in by D and his pool side team that was essential in achieving tonight’s result.

Northgate 209 Solihull A 201 Wyre Forest 201 Rykneld 153 Wolverhampton 146 Luton A 139

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Chase Open 27/28th October (Revised)

Georgia Driver was showing good form on this weekend. She swam in the 50, 200 and 400 free and achieved PB’s in all three races.
Her best result was a second place in the 400, lowering her PB by 7 seconds to 6:25.28.
Also at the gala was Megan Redshaw who exceeded her performance goals for the weekend with PB’s in the 200 free and 200 IM (2:34.73 and 2:51.80 respectively). Megan also lowered her PB’s in the 50 free (34.85) and 100 free (1:12.94).
Both Georgia and Megan did the club proud on the day with their performances. Well done to you both!!

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Black Country Junior Open 4th November

Only two members of the club were present at this open meeting, Jess and Chrissy Jones.
Jess started off well setting a PB in the 100 IM. She went on to swim well in the 50 free style and 50 Breast stroke.
Chrissy’s continued good form gave her a PB in the 50 free heats and she lowered the time again when she won the final. With a second place in the 100IM and also a PB she then went on to win the 50 breast again breaking her PB in the heats. It was the 3rd place in the fly that saw her biggest improvement though. She lowered her previous best of 46.10 down to 44.18 in the heats then to 41.09 in the final.

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NATIONAL MASTERS AT SHEFFIELD 26th - 28th OCT

Dave Clarke was our sole representative at the National Masters, but he recorded some great swims over a busy weekend.
His second place in the 400 I.M. was outstanding in a time of 5.18.06, some 6 seconds faster than he swam in the County Age Groups in 1986!
He came 4th in the 400 & 1500 F/C, 7th in the 200,11th in the 100 & 5th in the 100 fly.
Congratulations Dave on a great weekend, a great example to our age group swimmers.

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MIDLAND DISTRICT WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS (SHORT COURSE) LEICESTER 3rd - 4th Nov

Holly Haywood and Stefanie Otto were at the M.D.S.C. over a long weekend at Braunstone.(warm up 8.00 am both days).
In the 100 Breaststroke heats Stefanie made it into the final with 1.16.87, with Holly close behind as 2nd reserve.
Stefanie also reached the final of the 50 Freestyle in a P.B. of 27.83, she finished 7th in both finals both in P.B. times.
Both girls reached the final of the 50 Breaststroke on the Sunday in P.B. times in the heats. In the final Holly was 7th and Stefanie 4th again in a P.B.time.
Holly saved her best swim till last, taking 3 seconds off her P.B. in the 200 Breaststroke finishing as 2nd reserve (10th) with Stefanie 11th.

A great weekends results.

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Speedo Round 1

The first round of this seasons SPEEDO league got off to a great start. Coventry’s 50 metre pool was the venue and Northgate’s team really swam well. After the first 10 events, out of the 50, Northgate were sitting equal second with Coventry B with Ludlow in the lead. By halfway Northgate had shook off Coventry and had managed to edge into the lead by just one slender point
The second half though saw Ludlow get back on top and Northgate follow them in a good second spot.
It was a really exciting night and the final points are as follows:-

Ludlow 227 Northgate 216 Coventry ‘B’ 202 Droitwich 164 Brierley Hill 157 Market Drayton 76

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Northgate Presentation Evening

This years club championships proved to be the best ever. With 31 club records broken we witnessed some great performances.

The trophy winners at the presentation evening were as follows:-

The trophy for best commitment to training presented by the coaches was given this year to two people. Sam Jones and Emily Jane Davies shared the honours for their extra effort put in over the past year.

This years trophy for “Best championships performance” is given to Christina Jones who managed to break seven out of seven club records. The best of which was the 100m IM that had stood for 10 years.

The best swim of the championships though must go to Holly Haywood & Steph Otto
The 100 m breaststroke event was fiercely competed with the two of them coming into the finish neck and neck. It was Holly who was judged to have touched first to break a sixteen yea

Back to Top Nuneaton Junior Swimming League - FINAL - Results Review We have been informed by the organisers of the Nuneaton Junior League that a review has been made of the results from the final. An error was made regarding the rules for separating teams on equal points. This error has now been corrected and Northgate now finish in fourth place overall and are therefore promoted to Division 1. An extra special “well done” to the team for a superb performance!! Back to Top Nuneaton Junior Swimming League - FINAL Northgate swimmers put in an incredible performance in this final of the Nuneaton Junior Swimming League. It was such an exciting event for all and the team spirit was really strong. All swimmers did exceptionally well obtaining 11 first places, 9 seconds and 8 thirds out of the 51 events. Outstanding performances brought us 5 championship records out of the total 11 records recorded on the day. No other club scored more than 2 records. The record breaking performances were:- Aaran Darley, Jack Sanders, Zac Xiourouppa, Matthew Griffiths                                        9yrs 4x1 Medley Christina Jones                          9yrs 25m Breaststroke & Butterfly Zach Xiourouppa                        9yrs 25m Butterfly Georgia, Christina, Lydia, Jade Goodall     8x Freestyle Relay Phillipa, Harriet, Jade Evans & Chloe It was an extremely close fought event but the final scores gave Northgate equal third place on the day but overall we finished in fifth place. Well done to everyone who swam – the hard work over the last few weeks really paid off. A special thanks to Keith and the coaching team and all those working poolside throughout the season, and not to leave out Miss Motivator – Lucy. Back to Top Bryan & Knott Trophy Gala - 14/07/07 The gala this year consisted of only 3 scoring teams following the late withdrawal of Shrewsbury SC. Northgate filled the vacant lane with a non-scoring team to give extra gala experience. The team from Bilston proved to be formidable with a total of some 30 first places out of the 42 events. The Northgate team however put in some excellent performances to come in second with wins in the following:- Girls       14/u 50m Breast stroke Girls       Open 50m Breast stroke Girls & Boys 14/u 50 Free style Girls & Boys 14/u Medley Relay Boys       10/u 50 Free style The final 2 races of the evening, the girls & boys 8X cannon events, were both really exciting. Firstly the girls, showing their huge strength, made a very convincing win and, more significantly, the non-scoring team also finished ahead of both Bilston and Wolverhampton. The boys event was much more closely fought but Northgate came out victors in this race also.  Congratulations to all who swam and a special well done to those organising and officiating as the evening passed by like clockwork without any obvious hitch or delay. Back to Top Ickle People Open - Wolverhampton - 24/06/07 Northgate swimmers put in some great performances on Sunday with many PB’s being broken. The team finished in fourth place overall and the medal winners were as follows:-  Harriet Themans Gold     - 50 Fly Silver    - 200 IM -  50, 100 & 200 Freestyle Bronze - 50 Back & 100 Fly Kim Donaldson Silver    - 100 Breast & 200 IM Bronze - 100 Free Christina Jones Silver    - 50 & 100 Breast stroke Beth Hampshire Bronze - 50 & 100 Fly Other bronze medalists were:- Aaron Darley  - 100 Back stroke Robbie Ross  -  50 Free style Georgina Jones  - 100 Breast stroke Josh Davies  - 100 Back stroke Very well done to everyone!! Click here for full results. Back to Top Nuneaton Junior Swimming League – Round 3 – Rugby  The third round match proved to be just as exciting as the previous two rounds. The points tally after 14 events had Wolverhampton in the lead with Dove Valley second and Northgate in a very slender third place. The next section saw us pull in some good performances with six good wins in the next 14 events. Dove Valley however were performing with consistancy and had taken the lead after 28 events. Northgate had managed though to pass Wolverhampton and now stood in second spot. The team managed to stay in good shape over the second half of the night and finished in second spot behind the winners Dove Valley. We will have to see what happens in the other rounds yet but Northgate are in a good position for making the finals on September 8th. The final points were:- Dove Valley 227 Northgate    214 Enderby 182 Wolverhampton 181 Rugby 142 Phoenix Youth 78 Back to Top Hardwick Trophy Gala - Bridgnorth  The Northgate team had a very convincing win in the Hardwick Trophy gala at Bridgnorth on the 9th June. There were a total of 50 events and Northgate took the lead on event 3 and never let it go for the rest of the evening. With outstanding performances the team managed to secure a staggering 19 wins and another 15 second places with the final score showing what a convincing win it was. WELL DONE EVERYBODY!!!! Northgate 150 Bilston 129 Warley Wasps 121 Wolverhampton  90 Back to Top Nuneaton Junior Swimming League – Round 2 – Wolverhampton  The second round of the Nuneaton Junior Swimming League took place on Saturday 12th May hosted by Wolverhampton Swimming Club. This was a very exciting event with excellent performances by all of our swimmers that resulted in a very well earned second place overall.  There were some good individual performances with wins by Christina Jones (25m Breast), Jack Sanders (25m Breast), Jade Evans (50m Back), Beth Hampshire (50m Fly), Phillipa Brown (50m Back & 50m Free), Michael Daw (50m Breast) and Harriet Themans (50m Fly).  The relay teams also did well recording a total of 3 wins (Girls 11/u 4x25m IM, Girls 9yrs 4x25m Free, Girls 8x25m Free), 6 seconds and 2 third places.  The final points were:- Wyre Forest 236 Northgate    205 Wolverhampton 197 Lichfield 185 Warley Wasps 178 Well done to all who swam as our success is down to the whole team!! Back to Top Midland District Youth & Masters Championships Northgate swimmers took part in the Midland Youth and Masters championships at Coventry, and once more were amongst the medals. In the masters events David Clarke showed his younger team mates how to swim gaining gold (400 freestyle), silver (200 freestyle), bronze (200 I.M.) and 4th in the 100 butterfly. Rachel Reilly returned to competition with a silver medal (200 freestyle) and 5th place in the 400. Lucy Gould continued her impressive comeback winning bronze in the 50 freestyle and 5th place in the 100. At the youth championships Victoria Reilly struck gold in the 17+ 1500 freestyle and bronze in the 800, Stefanie Otto was third in the 15 year 200 breaststroke and 4th in the 100, she also gained first reserve place in the 200 I.M. Stephanie also swam in the 200,100 and 50m freestyle events with good results. Holly Haywood swam in the 16 year 200 and 100 breaststroke gaining 4th and 7th places in a welcome return to form. Emily Davies swam her best 1500 freestyle this year finishing in 16th place in a very tough event. Stewart Burton and Simon Kinvig both represented the club in the 50 freestyle, recording excellent times. Next it will be the turn of the younger swimmers in the District age group championships in June Back to Top Nuneaton Junior Swimming League 2007 - Round 1 - Halesowen The first round of this year’s league took place at Halesowen on 21st April. This was a very fiercely fought contest with Northgate swimmers putting in an excellent performance to finish in second place to Bilston with Evesham in third spot. See our results page for further details of league positions etc. Back to Top Northgate Win 2007 County Championships Northgate achieved a great win at this years Shropshire County Championships held at Market Drayton. There was an impressive collection of medals as well as many great performances including Alice Cousins & Stephanie Otto who broke county records and gained National & Midland qualifying times. Thomas Hyde won overall top boy in the 12 yrs age group, while Victoria Reilly and Ryan Ordidge set county records and gained Midland district times. Philippa Brown, Holly Haywood, Kim Donaldson, James Lyle, Simon Kinvig and Stuart Burton all broke Midland district times. The final day saw Northgate pipping strong opposition from Shrewsbury and Oswestry Otters, finishing in first place overall following a thrilling cannon finale. GREAT EFFORT & WELL DONE TO ALL INVOLVED!! Back to Top

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