YORKSHIRE SWIMMING ASSOCIATION WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS
PONDS FORGE SHEFFIELD - OCTOBER 8th/9th 2011
COACHES REPORT
As our first meet of the season this is always a tester as to how we have started with our training programme, and what areas need to be worked on. I was astounded by some of our performances this weekend as they were awesome, especially after the majority had done such good personal bests at the End of Season Meet in July. We had the highest percentage of personal bests achieved at this meet ever, beating the previous Winter Yorkshires by a fair chunk.
We gained 4 more top ten positions and 3 extra medals to last year’s event which is definitely telling us that we are moving in the right direction.
Our medallists in this years event were, Myles Stirk with 3 golds, Sian Morgan with a gold, 2 silvers and a bronze, Matthew Brown a silver and a bronze and Jasmine Hanson with a bronze. Our top tens included George Acton, Ryan Allen, David Brown, Aidan Sheldon, Jimmy Lund, Elle Pickett, Abigail Shuttleworth, Izzy Mawson and Izzy Stirk.
For some of these it was their first ever top ten at Yorkshires, which is a great achievement as there was some exceptionally fast swimming.
Another highlight this weekend was the achievement of a new Welsh Senior record from Sian Morgan in the 200m IM on a time of 2.15.05.
I also feel that I need to mention the exceptional personal bests that Eva Chapman and Natasha Wilson achieved, even though they did not manage to quite make the top tens, their performances were excellent.
I did notice that one of our neighbouring clubs City of Sheffield SC had obviously been doing some major work on their turns and underwater work as some of them were jaw dropping. My aim over the next few weeks is to try and improve our turns and underwater work substantially, in preparation for our upcoming meets.
This was a great start to our 2011/2012 season and I hope that we can build on this start and get even better as we progress through the season.
Sarah Fisher, Development Coach
Press Report
City’s swimmers travelled to Ponds Forge Sheffield to test their racing fitness for the first time since the summer break and open their new season account at the Yorkshire Swimming Association’s Winter Competition.
Youth Commonwealth silver medallist Sian Morgan topped the rostrum in the fourteen years and over 100m freestyle and was in blistering form when she broke the Welsh Senior record in the 200m individual medley in a time of 2.15.05 beating the existing record held by international Jemma Lowe by 0.30 of a second. The swim gave her a Yorkshire silver medal and she also claimed silver in the 100m butterfly, bronze in the 100m backstroke and fourth in the 100m breaststroke. These swims opened her account for the 2012 national championships.
Ten year old Myles Stirk produced some outstanding performances claiming county gold medals in the 200m individual medley, 100m freestyle and100m backstroke. He also claimed fourth place in the 100m butterfly.
Matthew Brown dipped under the minute mark in the 14 years 100m freestyle to place second in a time of 58.45 and also took home the bronze in the 100m backstroke.
Thirteen year old Jasmine Hanson was in confident mood when she swam a well paced race to claim bronze in the 100m breaststroke in a time of 1.22.36.
George Acton looked determined when he finished the meet with a fourth place in the ten years 100m individual medley, fifth in the 50m breaststroke and seventh in the 50m freestyle.
Ryan Allen swimming as an eleven year old had fourth and sixth final placings in the 100m backstroke and 200m medley events respectively.
Breaststroke specialist David Brown narrowly missed a podium place in the 100m breastroke when he finished fourth in a time of 1.05.54 in the fifteen years and over event.
Other finalist who notched up one final placing each were Elle Pickett, Abigail Shuttleworth, Isobel Mawson, Isobel Stirk, James Lund and Aidan Sheldon.
Along with a host of personal best times these swims indicate that City can once again look forward to a successful season.
Christine McCabe, City of Bradford Swimming Club
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