News, October - December 2012
Arena North West Division One Gala 3, 8 December 2012
Our swimmers were back in National League action again on Saturday night and
were just pipped to the post by a strengthened Horwich team who were
swimming in their home pool.
It was a difficult place to compete with all the swimmers crammed in to one
side of the pool but the following managed 20 PBs between them: Chloe
Middleham (3), Alice Harrison (3, 50 Freestyle twice), Hannah Deeley (2), Daniel
Cheshire (2), Matthew Lamb (2),Thomas Hill (2), Elizabeth Dowding, Emily Lowrie,
Cameron Dunk, Mark Riley, Ryan Clarke and Tom Hughes.
Chloe, Daniel and Matthew all achieved wins as did Men's captain Alex Dunk
who won his 3 individual races in typical Mr D fashion. The Open Boys Medley
Relay team also won as did the 15 & under Boys Freestyle team.
Final result 1st: Horwich (184 points), 2nd: Prescot (183), 3rd:
Leyland Barracudas (178), 4th: Chorley Marlins (177), 5th: City of Chester
(167), 6th: Halton (157).
Tom stars at Percy Mason Memorial Gala, 1st - 2nd December 2012
| Prescot took 9 swimmers to the annual Percy
Mason gala which took place this year at the new Jubilee Park Leisure
centre. Unfortunately due to some technical issues with the pool the old
timing system from Woolston had to be used which meant the single line
timing system was difficult to read (especially when the referee walked in
front). I’m sure these issues will be quickly resolved and the pools lovely
colour display board could be used next year. |
| Well enough of the technical difficulties and on to what
turned out to be a fantastic weekend for the swimmers and the club. The team
was led from the front with Tom Hughes who took 10 1st places a single 2nd
and a speeding ticket from his mammoth 12 swims and capped the weekend off
by taking the Top Boy trophy by a clear 20 points. Tom produced some great
swims and PBs whilst amassing his haul and justly deserved to be weighed
down by his gold medals.
Tom was closely followed over the weekend by Charlotte
Dodson who produced some exciting swims and took 4 1st places a single third
and was caught speeding twice. She gained some well-deserved PBs and showed
what results a positive attitude in both training and competition can bring. |
Tom with trophy accompanied by Hannah and James
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 Speeding Tickets
are awarded to swimmers who swim faster than the upper entrance time to a
meet.
Although getting one means that you miss out on a medal they are really
viewed as a badge of honour as they are an indication of a very good swim
indeed. |
Mentions should also go to Hannah Deeley who took 2nd place in the girls
competition after getting 3 1sts, 4 2nds and a 3rd and Katherine Cheshire
who again underlined her recent improvements and promotion to ‘A’ squad with
impressive PBs and 3 1sts a 2nd and a 3rd.
I could probably write a report on every swimmer as they all produced
some bright and exciting swims to produce some fantastic individual PBs and
medal performances which included Daniel Clark (1 gold), Jessica Hardman (1
Gold, 2 Silver), Amy Johnson (2 Gold, 1 Silver), Daniel Johnson (1 Bronze)
and James Savage ( 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze).
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The rewards did not end there as Prescot got 2nd place in
the Visiting Team awards from 26 competing clubs.
I would like thank all the swimmers for their
attitude and behaviour in what was a very crowded swimmer area. |
Simon Deeley
All in all the 9 swimmers produced 38 Personal Bests
North West Region Winter (Short Course) Championships, 1st - 2nd December
2012
Prescot swimmers competed against the top performers this weekend in
Manchester at the North West Region Winter Championships. There were both PBs
and podiums:
Chloe Middleham started with a PB in the 200m Freestyle.
Jake Simm produced PBs in the 50m and 200m Freestyle.
Alex Dunk, swimming for the first time in the Open age category, qualified
for the Finals held in the afternoon . He swam: 6th in 100m Freestyle Final, 3rd
in 200m Freestyle Final, 1st in 400m Freestyle Final, 5th in 200m
Individual Medley Final. He also won the 1500m Freestyle.
Daniel Cheshire was unable to compete due to illness. We wish Dan a swift
recovery.
Well Done to all our swimmers.
Kevin Dunk
Prescot Club Championships, 11th & 18th November 2012
North Lancashire Inter Association Meet, 17th/18th November 2012
Last weekend, whilst the rest of us were enjoying ourselves at the Club
Championships Alice Harrison, Elizabeth Hurst, Jessica Hardman, Finley Hampson, Matthew Lamb and
Neil Wylie were representing Liverpool & District at the North Lancashire Inter
Association Meet in Blackpool.
Congratulations to all of them for getting selected - here is how they got
on:
| Alice Harrison |
Girls 14yrs 200m Freestyle |
9th |
2:19.11 |
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| Matthew Lamb |
Boys 13yrs 200m Breaststroke |
3rd |
2:55.70 |
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| Neil Wylie |
Boys 12yrs 200m Backstroke |
1st |
2:30.82 |
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| Matthew Lamb |
Boys 13yrs 100m Backstroke |
5th |
1:12.27 |
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| Neil Wylie |
Boys 12yrs 100m Freestyle |
5th |
1:03.86 |
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| Matthew Lamb |
Boys 13yrs 200m Individual Medley |
4th |
2:31.96 |
PB |
| Alice Harrison |
Girls 14yrs 200m Butterfly |
6th |
2:37.81 |
PB |
| Neil Wylie |
Boys 12yrs 200m Freestyle |
4th |
2:16.67 |
PB |
| Matthew Lamb |
Boys 13yrs 100m Breaststroke |
2nd |
1:17.84 |
PB |
| Jessica Hardman |
Girls 13yrs 100m Breaststroke |
9th |
1:26.18 |
PB* |
| Neil Wylie |
Boys 12yrs 100m Butterfly |
3rd |
1:11.58 |
PB |
| Matthew Lamb |
Boys 13yrs 200m Freestyle |
5th |
2:15.15 |
PB |
| Finley Hampson |
Boys 12yrs 200m Breaststroke |
7th |
2:57.74 |
PB |
| Neil Wylie |
Boys 12yrs 100m Backstroke |
3rd |
1:10.94 |
PB |
| Elizabeth Hurst |
Girls 12yrs 100m Backstroke |
1st |
1:08.71 |
PB |
* Jess broke this PB the following day at our Club Championships
Overall result
| 1st |
North Lancashire |
864 |
| 2nd |
Liverpool & District |
737 |
| 3rd |
Bolton & Manchester |
593 |
| 4th |
Cumbria |
534 |
| 5th |
Central Lancashire |
321 |
Arena North West Division One Gala 2, 10 November 2012
Prescot WIN!
Our swimmers all performed majestically at Bury on Saturday night to pull off
an historic victory in the 2nd National League Division One gala.
Despite being cramped up on the bus for over 90 minutes due to the motorway
being closed the swimmers came out fighting and amassed a total of 208 points in
the win, 25 clear of their nearest rivals.
Normally we would only tell you about the winners but they are all winners so
here they all are ... Alex Genchev, Alice Harrison, Amy Johnson, Callum
Hitchmough, Cameron Dunk, Charlotte Dodson, Chloe Middleham, Courtney Dodson,
Daniel Cheshire, Daniel Clark, Daniel Johnson, Elizabeth Dowding, Elizabeth
Hurst, Ellena Daly, Emily Lowrie, Emma Farrugia, Finley Hampson, Georgia Simm,
Hannah Deeley, Jake Simm, James Savage, Jessica Hardman, Katherine Cheshire,
Mark Riley, Matthew Lamb, Natasha Jackson, Neil Wylie, Ryan Clarke, Thomas Hill,
Tom Hughes & club captain Alex Dunk. Well done to you all!
On the way to victory the team amassed an astonishing 46 PB's. Worthy of
singling out was Ellena Daly swimming 50m Butterfly 25 seconds faster than she
had ever done before.
In addition 3 swimmers - Georgia Simm, Alex Genchev and Neil Wylie set PBs in
the opening relays only to go even faster in their individual events - amazing
stuff.
Final result 1st: Prescot (208 points), 2nd: Chorley Marlins (183), 3rd:
Horwich (181), 4th: Halton (172), 5th: Trafford Metro (148), 6th: Crewe Flyers
(145)
Merseyside Sports Person of the Year
(Liverpool Echo, 6th November 2012)
Alex is back in the news again. After being made Young Sports Person of the
Year for Knowsley he is now representing Knowsley in the Merseyside Young Sports
Person of the Year to be held at the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool on Friday.
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| Extracts from the Liverpool Echo,
6th November 2012 |
The other nominees going clockwise from Alex on the cover of Echo Junior
Sport are Rebecca Tunney (Gymnastics, Liverpool), Oliver Nugent (Football,
Wirral), Joshua Neal (Athletics, St Helens), Ricky Langlands (Squash, Sefton), Connor Webb (Wheelchair sport, Halton).
Good luck to Alex on Friday.
Wigan Future Stars meet, 3rd & 4th November 2012
The Wigan Future Stars meet this weekend was another fabulous affair,
attended by 14 of our swimmers. Building on the successes we witnessed at the
Wirral meet, all of our swimmers performed well, with many exceeding even their
own expectations. There were stacks of PB’s, medals for many, and top racing
against rivals from other clubs.
Prescot SC would like to extend a very big Well Done to you all. Not only was
the racing top class, the performances extremely good, the behaviour and
attitude of every swimmer was an example to everyone.
The medallists for the weekend were:
| Elizabeth Hurst (12) |
1st 50m Backstroke, 2nd 100m Butterfly, 2nd 200m Backstroke,
3rd 100m Backstroke, 3rd 50m Butterfly |
| Neil Wylie (12) |
1st 100m Butterfly, 3rd 200m Backstroke, 3rd 200m Individual
Medley, 3rd 100m Freestyle, 3rd 50m Backstroke, 3rd 50m Butterfly, 3rd 200m
Butterfly |
| Cameron Dunk (13) |
2nd 50m Freestyle, 2nd 50m Backstroke, 3rd 100m Backstroke,
3rd 200m Backstroke |
| Finley Hampson (12) |
2nd 50m Breaststroke, 2nd 100m Breaststroke |
| Charlotte Dodson (12) |
3rd 200m Butterfly |
| Daniel Cheshire (15) |
3rd 200m Breaststroke |
As for the Personal Bests there was 55 of them. Every single swimmer
got at least one best time from the weekend and Cameron Dunk, Finley Hampson and
Katherine Cheshire got half-a-dozen each.
Wavepower 2012/15
The new version of the Child Safeguarding document from the ASA is available
from their web site or if you prefer from our Downloads page. It is important
that all coaches and parents read the contents.
Lancashire win 11th consecutive title, 21 October 2012
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Alex Dunk (Prescot SC, 17) competed for Lancashire in the National County
Team Championships in Sheffield on Sunday 21st October. Lancashire fought a
close battle with 38 other county teams in a packed Ponds Forge pool. The
swimmers were lined up in their county colours down one side of the seating,
with their supporters on the opposite side. The atmosphere was made even louder
as both Division 1 and Division 2 competitions were running at the same time,
either side of the boom.
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| Division 1 champions, Lancashire were every county’s target
in what proved to be a very close battle with Yorkshire, Somerset, Middlesex
and Surrey.
With only the Mixed Open 6x50m Freestyle relay to go, just two points
separated Yorkshire and Lancashire. Yorkshire suffered an early set back
touching in tenth place after the first leg, whilst the Lancashire team of
Alex Dunk, William Murray, Brearnna Close, Anna Doughty, Nathan Bennett and
Jessica Lloyd stormed ahead of the field to claim the win and thus seal the
championship title for the 11th consecutive year |
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| Final Result 1st Lancashire 472, 2nd Yorkshire
450, 3rd Somerset 434, 4th Middlesex 404. |
Lancashire, National County Team
Champions 2012 - you can see Alex at the back in the middle of the
photograph |
| Story: Kevin
Dunk, Matt Gilsenen & British Swimming |
Arena North West Division One Gala 1, 13 October 2012
Prescot took 3rd place in the opening gala of the Arena North West League in
Bury on Saturday night
A strong Wrexham team took the honours winning with 219 points, followed by
Hoylake with 202, Prescot 171, Blackburn Centurions 162, Leyland Barracudas 160
and Crewe Flyers with 126.
There were 23 PB's in either Individual events or in the first leg of a relay
event and a further 38 best times in legs 2,3 or 4 of relays.
Alex Dunk (2), Daniel Cheshire (2), Jessica Hardman, Matthew Lamb, Elizabeth
Hurst, Neil Wylie and Cameron Dunk weighed in with individual wins for the team.
The 13 & under boys relay team of Daniel Clark, Neil Wylie, Finley Hampson
and Cameron Dunk did a fine double taking both the Medley and Freestyle Relays.
A good solid start to the season puts Prescot in 9th position in the table.
Twitter, 11 October 2012
We've done it. We are on Twitter!
You can access @PrescotSC
from the 
logo at the top left of the screen (underneath the facebook button).
If you have not
done so please familiarise yourself with the
ASA's Parent's Guide to
Twitter
Alex Dunk, Young Sports Person of the Year at KSPAA, 5 October 2012
| Huge congratulations to Alex Dunk who has been awarded Young
Sports Person of the Year at the Knowsley Sports and Physical Activity
Awards. Well done Alex The KSPAAs are long-standing and highly respected
awards and we are all very proud of Alex for representing the club so well. |
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Wirral Metro L2 Open Meet, 5 - 7 October 2012
An intrepid team of Prescot Swimmers descended on the Europa Pools in
Birkenhead last weekend. By the time they had finished they had amassed
52 Personal Bests
45 Liverpool & District Qualifying Times
36 Lancashire County Qualifying Times
14 North West Region Qualifying Times
3 National Age Group Qualifying Times (at least
they would have been in a 50m pool)
Congratulations to them all - the hard work is obviously paying off.
Kevin tells of 2 notable happenings:
One swimmer, faced with their favourite event was panicking and in tears
- they did not want to compete. One of our coaches had a chat with the swimmer
at the request of the swimmer’s mother, and after a while they agreed to swim.
As they progressed through the seats in the call-up area, they appeared to be
focussing more on the race. They got ready, got on the block when asked and the
starter set them off. They came up in the lead, swimming fast, increasing their lead
through the 8 lengths, finishing with an 11 second PB. Their swim helped another
of our swimmers also achieve a 10 second PB, chasing them down. Outstanding
swimming from both and now the swimmer’s mother was in tears. This was an
excellent example of an individual who has a fear of failure, but who managed to
fight against that fear and produce a result beyond expectations.
The other story concerns Emily Lowrie racing her first 800m distance event.
She started well, but her goggles moved and started to come off. They needed
attention three separate times during the race, eventually coming off, shortly
followed by her hat. Despite this and without goggles or hat, Emily finished her
race, producing a new PB and a 4th place. Emily demonstrated true spirit and
despite being upset, was soon able to laugh it off. Not many swimmers start
their race with three items and finish with only one! Well done Emily.
