Well done to all those who took part in the M&D Gala 1 last Sunday, the team performed really well with Prescot coming out with a great 3rd place. The results were as follows;
Everton 209 pts
Crosby 195 pts
Prescot 179 pts
Garston 142 pts
Bootle & N Liverpool 69pts
Well done to all and remember that the 2nd & 3rd Galas take place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 12th January 2014.
| Last Tuesday saw the presentation of the Knowsley Community Activity Awards in the Huyton Suite. Prescot Swimming Club were nominated in the Sports Achievement award and despite stiff competition from other Knowsley clubs came away with the award. This is a club award and rewards the efforts of the swimmers along with the commitment of all the club and squad coaching staff and helpers who make the club the success that it is |
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| We can all be proud of the award and hopefully this will be one of many the club will see over the next year | |
| Press Release and Photos |
Just a short message to congratulate all the swimmers who took part in the Derrick Lodge gala last Sunday. They all swam brilliantly with some notable results for our younger swimmers.
At the end of a tight fought gala Prescot came a close second to Halton just 3 points behind and beat some notable clubs including Crosby, Garston, Bootle, Penguin and Bridgefield. It’s a testament to how well everyone is training and all the coaches would like to extend our thanks to all the swimmers for their effort and behaviour during the gala
Simon Deeley
Last weekend saw the 2nd and final weekend of the COLSC Tadpoles competition. As a club and squad the performances were a credit to the clubs and swimmers.
Some performances deserve particular mention with both Daniel Clark and Katherine Cheshire taking the 12yo BAGCATs awards with Daniel also setting a new tadpole record for the 400 Free.
Jessica Deeley in her first competition produced some good performances and also took the 3rd place BAGCATs award for the girls 9yo age group.
The medal winners from the completion are as follows;
Daniel Clark
400m Freestyle 1st
50m Backstroke 1st
200m Backstroke 1st
50m Butterfly 1st
200m IM 1st
Katherine Cheshire
200m Breaststroke 3rd
400m Freestyle 5th
50m Breaststroke 1st
200m Backstroke 1st
50m Backstroke 1st
200 IM 1st
Jessica Deeley
50m Breaststroke 4th
50m Backstroke 2nd
200m Backstroke 2nd
Emma Farrugia
200m Backstroke 3rd
Elena Daly
200m Butterfly 3rd
Joseph Burns
50m Backstroke 3rd
200 IM 5th
Daniel Johnson
200m Freestyle 3rd
Congratulations to them all
Prescot SC star Alex Dunk won Gold at the European Junior Championships in Poznan, Poland in the Boys' 4x200m Freestyle relay.
Alex's story in the Echo, Mon 23 Jul 2013. Click on picture above to see larger version
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The team of Max Litchfield, Alex Dunk, Caleb Hughes and James Guy dominated the field, stretching out down the final 200m for a convincing win in 7:19.84, touching over a body length ahead of 2nd placed Spain. James Guy praised the whole team for the win. “That was a great team effort there, we really pulled together", “We knew the Spanish and Germans would be tough to beat but the support of the guys in the stands really got us going and helped push us on" |
| Alex Dunk with team members Max Litchfield, James Guy & Caleb Hughes showing off their Gold medals | |
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Just about to get that medal! |
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photos from Alex Whitehead, SWPix |
Good Job Alex! Well done from the whole of Prescot SC
Saturday saw the return of the M&D League championships - an event only for those swimmers who have competed in one of the 3 M & D divisions this year.
Since it was being held at our local pool many Prescot swimmers entered the event and many were very successful.
| 11&U | Ellena Daly | 1st 100m Butterfly |
| Blythe Carter-Jones | 2nd 100m Butterfly | |
| Elizabeth Dowding | 3rd 100m Backstroke | |
| Joe Burns | 3rd 100m Backstroke | |
| 12/13 | Cameron Dunk | Equal 1st 100m Freestyle, 2nd 200 IM, 50m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle, 3rd 100m Backstroke |
| Emily Lowrie | 3rd 50m Freestyle | |
| Charlotte Dodson | 2nd 200m IM, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle | |
| Daniel Clark | 3rd 100m Butterfly | |
| 14/15 | Daniel Cheshire | 1st 200m IM, 50m Butterfly, 100m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 100m IM, 50m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke, 100m Butterfly |
| Thomas Hughes | 2nd 200m IM, 50m Butterfly,50m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 100m IM, 50m Freestyle,50m Breaststroke, 100m Butterfly, 3rd 100m Backstroke | |
| Alice Harrison | 1st 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 2nd 100m Backstroke, 50m Backstroke, 3rd 100m Freestyle | |
| Jessica Hardman | 2nd 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke | |
| Hannah Deeley | 3rd 50m Breaststroke |
Well done to them all especially Daniel Cheshire who did a clean sweep of his events and Ellena Daly, Blythe-Carter Jones, Beth Dowding and Joe Burns who won their first major medals for Prescot.
Best PB of the day was Charlotte Clark knocking nearly 9 seconds off her 50m Butterfly time and Prescot's swimmers did 77 PBs between them at the championships.
The event ran pretty smoothly and we expect it to become a regular fixture again in the swimming calendar.
Mark Jones had the weekend in Blackpool, but unlike the majority of the visitors he was not there for the Fish & Chips, the Tower or the Illuminations, Instead he was swimming in the North West Masters.
Swimming in the 50-54 years age group he set a new record of 4:43.65 in the 400m Freestyle. This time was only 0.85 seconds off the time he did at the ASA National Short Course Masters October 2012.
He won the 200m Butterfly in 2:44.80, his best short course time since October 2011, came 2nd in the 200m Backstroke in 2:43.91 his best short course time since April 1995 (18 years ago!) and 2nd in the 200m Breaststroke in 2:58.22 - again his best short course time since October 2009.
In the 200m Freestyle he took the gold medal in a time of 2:16.96, a new record beating by 3 seconds the record that has stood since 1997 and came second in the 200m IM in 2:40.12 - his best short course time since October 2011
He said that he did not expect to swim so well but was delighted with the times he did. (Perhaps it was getting back into a 25m pool after his last outing at Plymouth).
Many congratulations to Mark
| Alex Dunk flies to Poland this weekend to
compete in the European Junior Championships, held this year in Poznan,
Poland.
Alex was selected by British Swimming following his race performances at the British International Meet in Leeds back in March 2013. Prescot SC would like to wish Alex the very best, and to enjoy the competition. Good Luck |
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Alex wearing his 2013 Team GB hoodie. |
