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Past Galas - 2007 to 2008 season |
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Newport Open Meet - 3rd/4th May 2008 You can find pictures of this meet HERE: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bournemouth Open A small group of younger swimmers made the trip to Bournemouth for their Level 2 meet. It was always going to be a high standard meet and lived up to expectations with many top clubs fielding swimmers. Our swimmers found it hard going to reproduce their Gloucester Blocks form but nonetheless there were many personal bests and some silverware to bring home. Those placing in the top 3 were: Maddie Hopkinson-Buss (11) - 100 Breast Gold, 50 Breast Gold Naomi McCoubrie (9) - 50 Breast Gold, 100 Free Silver, 50 Fly Silver Ryan Bates (10) - 100 Free Gold, 50 Back Bronze Peter Rogers (10) - 50 Breast Silver Jack Instrall (10)- 50 Fly Silver Keith -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- British Championships at Sheffield Steven Van der Park swam well in the British Championships 50m freestyle with a personal best time of 25.59 seconds which qualifies him for the ASA Youth National Championships later on this year. Our second National Qualifier alongside Bethan Tomlinson! It was a great event with plenty of atmosphere as British Records were broken. We had the great pleasure of meeting Sharron Davies MBE on the poolside (see photo below). For those of you who are too young to know, Sharron won the 400IM Silver Medal at the 1980 Olympic Games. She regularly appears on Television as a swimming commentator. “Well Done” to both Steven and Bethan – a terrific achievement! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloucester Blocks 2008 The last Blocks weekend saw many more good performances from our swimmers in the 50m races. In these individual sprints we picked up another raft of medals. Jacob Graham - 50 Fly Bronze, 50 Breast Bronze, 50 Back Silver Bethan Tomlinson - 50 Back Silver, 50 Free Gold, 50 Fly Silver, 50 Breast Silver Gemma Smith-Jaynes - 50 Back Bronze Ashley Case - 50 Breast Silver, 50 Free Bronze Nikki Smith - 50 Fly Silver, 50 Breast Gold Steven Van der Park - 50 Back Gold Holly Payne - 50 Breast Silver Total of 4 Gold, 7 Silver, 4 Bronze This brings the individual medal haul for 2008 to 19 Gold, 19 Silver and 14 Bronze for a total of 52 medals, Gold Silver Bronze Total 2004 - 14th 4 3 2 9 2005 - 12th 4 5 12 21 2006 - 7th 18 11 5 34 2007 - 10th 8 5 13 26 2008 - TBA 19 19 14 52 All the swimmers should be very proud of their achievements this year and I think it shows a significant improvement in club standard and depth. Relays A great turnout of swimmers for the County Relay races and some fine performances saw Southwold come home with a number of medals. The improvement was clear from 2 years earlier when we were pleased to make finals. We did especially well in the 9-12 year age band where we had 2 teams in the 9/10 Boys, 9/10 Girls and 11/12 Girls races and some of the second teams would have qualified for finals had the rules allowed. A very big “Well done” to all. Freestyle Medley 9/10 Boys 1st 1st 9/10 Girls 3rd 4th 11/12 Boys 4th 4th 11/12 Girls 4th 4th 13/14 Boys 11th 8th 13/14 Girls No Team No Team 15/16 Boys 3rd 1st 15/16 Girls No Team No Team 17 Over Mixed 8th 10th Mens Open 7th 8th Womens Open 6th 6th Relay Medal Table Club Gold Silver Bronze Total Gloucester 9 1 6 16 Stroud 4 4 2 10 Thornbury 3 6 6 15 Cheltenham 3 2 3 8 Southwold 3 0 2 5 Soundwell 1 7 1 9 Bristol Henleaze 1 1 0 2 Tewksbury 1 0 3 4 Cirencester 0 2 1 3 Cinderford 0 1 0 1 Bristol Central 0 1 0 1 Keith Results are now on the Hy-Tek website HERE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloucester Blocks 2007-2008 Season Another excellent weekend at the blocks and we gained another 3 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 Bronze medals. The total so far is 15 Gold, 12 Silver and 10 Bronze for a total of 37 medals, 11 more than last year with the 50s still to swim. There were good swims all round with many PBs to be proud of, but the swim of the weekend has to be Bethan Tomlinson's 100 Freestyle swim with a time of 1:01.50, which is a National Qualifying time by 1.25 seconds and moves her to 6th fastest in the UK rankings in her age group! The other excellent medal winning swims came from Bethan Tomlinson (12), Steven Van der Park (16), Jacob Graham (12), Ashley Case (16) and Ben Hutchings (18). You can download our current blocks results HERE You can download our previous sessions’ blocks results HERE You can also download club records set at the blocks HERE You can also download our previous sessions’ club records set at the blocks HERE If you have enjoyed this year’s experience and want to ensure that next year’s swimmers have an equally successful time then why not offer a little of your time to help organise next year’s blocks? They are entirely organised and run by volunteers so without parents like you coming forward to help they cannot run. Contact Bob Duck or Keith Smith using the email addresses below if you are interested. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bristol North "B" Grade Gala - 26th January 2008 Sixty swimmers turned out for a very enjoyable gala on Saturday night. We had 2 teams skilfully crafted for equal ability. The teams were pitched against Bristol North, Thornbury, and Dursley but the major competition was against each other and we swam in adjacent lanes. The first round of races were relays which saw a few minor glitches with both teams performing Question of Sport "what happened next" errors. However after these minor teething problems the gala was underway. It was soon clear that Thornbury had a strong team and were likely to swim away from the rest, and the Southwold teams were likely to come second and third. But which one would reign supreme.......? The lead swapped several times throughout the gala until both teams were all square going into the last race "the cannon". The race was on and it was neck and neck with Thornbury creeping just ahead again. The last leg saw the Southwold Black team just touching in front but with Steven van der Park on the last leg for the Black team the outcome was a near certainty. The Black team touched in 2:07.63 just ahead of the Red team on 2:09.59 with Thornbury winning on 2:04.22. Final Points: Thornbury - 218 Southwold Black - 161 Southwold Red - 160 Dursley - 97 Bristol North - 90 Our thanks to everyone for such a great show of club support and team spirit. There was a large smattering of PBs and it really proves that we are getting much stronger in depth throughout the age groups. Results can be found HERE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bristol North Junior Gala - Weston-super-Mare - Saturdays 22nd & 29th September 2007 A good day of performances for the Club at the first day of the Bristol North Open Meet. In the morning session we were represented in most finals. The competition, as usual, was strong and in some of the age groups very strong. Keynsham and Weston-Super-Mare were fielding their Bath University based swimmers and Thornbury was out with a large team. Placings and finalists were: Girls 11 Years 100 Freestyle - 3rd - Bethan Tomlinson Boys 9 years 50 Fly - Finalist - James Tomlinson Girls 9 years 25 Fly - Finalist - Charlotte Moore Boys 9 years 25 Fly - Silver - Ryan Bates Girls 11 years Medley team - 3rd (Bethan Tomlinson, Maddie Hopkinson-Buss, Alice Constable, Susannah Hall) Boys 9 years Freestyle team - 3rd (Ryan Bates, Peter Graham, Jamie Constable, James Tomlinson) Girls 9 Years Freestyle Team - Finalist (Charlotte Moore, Hannah Bush, Lucy Jenkinson, Rebecca Bradford) Girls 11 Years 100 Breaststroke - 3rd - Bethan Tomlinson Boys 9 years 25 Backstroke - Silver - Ryan Bates Boys 11 Years 100 Fly - Finalist - Jacob Graham Boys 10 Years - 50 Free - Finalist - Peter Rogers Boys 10 years 50 Breaststroke - Gold - Peter Rogers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Avalon Meet - Saturday & Sunday 20th & 21st October 2007 There were a multitude of good swims at the Level 2 Avalon meet. Keith was extremely pleased and proud with the performances and behaviour of all our swimmers. He hopes they enjoyed swimming as much as he did watching them! Results are available HERE Below is a list of those that picked up top 6 places: Bethan Tomlinson (12): 6th - 200 Back, 3rd - 100 Breast, 2nd - 50 Free, 2nd - 200 Breast, 2nd - 100 Free, 4th - 50 Fly, 6th - 100 Back, 4th - 200 Free, 4th - 100 Fly, 3rd - 200IM Jacob Graham (12): 2nd - 100 Fly, 2nd - 50 Fly, 2nd - 50 Breast, 3rd - 100 Breast, 3rd - 200 Breast Jessica Graham (10): 2nd - 50 Fly Peter Rogers (10): 5th - 50 Back, 2nd - 50 Breast, 5th - 50 Free, 3rd - 200IM, 2nd - 200 Free Ryan Bates (10): 3rd - 50 Fly, 6th - 50 Free Rebecca Robinson (12): 4th - 200 Fly Maddie Hopkinson-Buss (11): 5th - 100 Breast, 4th - 200 Breast Alice Constable (11): 4th - 50 Fly Ashley Case (16): 4th - 50 Back Steven van der Park (15): 1st - 100 Back -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hereford Open Meet (Level 2) A small band of 8 swimmers (Nikki Smith, Steven van der Park, Nick Monks, Jacob Graham, Bethan Tomlinson, Maddie Hopkinson-Buss, Alice Constable, Jessica Graham & Peter Rogers) travelled up to Hereford to compete in the annual Level 2 open meet. The swimming was excellent which saw the club finish in 7th place overall out of the 28 clubs and the swimmers were a credit to the club throughout the meet. Bethan and Nikki finished second in their age group overall and Peter made a fantastic third place overall. The medal winners are listed below: Bethan Tomlinson (12): 200IM - Silver, 100 Free - Bronze, 200 Free - Bronze, 400 Free - Bronze, 100 Fly - Silver Nikki Smith (17): 200IM - Silver, 100 Free - Bronze, 100 Breast - Gold, 200 Breast - Gold, 50 Free - Bronze Steven van der Park (15): 100 Back - Bronze, 50 Free - Silver, 100 Fly - Bronze Peter Rogers (10): 200IM - Bronze, 200 Free - Silver The full set of results can be found HERE Hereford Tour Report The Southwold Hereford Tour encamped in the local Travelodge, just 5min drive from the pool. Hereford is a pretty place with great shopping (quote – Nikki). On the Saturday night Keith led a band of parents and swimmers on a walk to the local pub to watch the football. Unfortunately, we failed to gain entry, something about “He’s Barred, he might have shaved off his Mexican moustache but I can still recognise him”. Keith said not to worry that it was just a ruse and that this was excellent Land Training for the swimmers. The Tour then marched off to Pizza Hut for a well deserved feast. Keith then showed off his Mexican heritage by knocking back the Corona’s. At the end of the night the drinks bill was more than the food. The E numbers (jugs of pop) helped with the swimmers energy levels as they led the walk back to the hotel with balloons and pizza boxes in hand. The Southwold Hereford Tour had a terrific time, some great swims, good laughs and a few Corona’s. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tigersharks Open Meet - Sunday 25th Nov 2007 Results can be found HERE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Bath Grand Prix & Age Group Meet - Friday 30th Nov to Sunday 2nd Dec 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newport Open Gala - Sunday 9th December 2007 Results can be found HERE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bristol North Christmas Cracker Gala - Saturday 15th Dec Another excellent gala with great swimming from all the team. We were pushed all the way by Bradford on Avon and had to stay strong to pull back a small deficit through the last set of races. Final points were: Southwold - 224 Bradford on Avon - 223 Bristol North A - 191 Thornbury - 169 Bristol North B - 93 Well Done everyone! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thornbury Val Ross Memorial Gala Keynsham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bristol North Diddy Gala -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloucester City Level 3 Open Meet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cartwright Trophy Gala Keynsham -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloucestershire County ASA 2007 Open Water Championship Henleaze Lake -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Plymouth Open Level 3 Non-National Qualifiers Open Meet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SWINDON TIGERSHARKS - SEPARATED MEDLEY |
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Sharron & Steven at Sheffield |