Back to Crosby SC for the final round of of the Merseyside & District Junior League.
This week Individual wins for the team were recorded by Daniel Clark, Alex Dunk (2), Peter Hill (his first individual victory at M&Ds), Joe Burns and Charlotte Dodson.
The Boys 15 & under team of Daniel Clark, Neil Wylie, Finley Hampson and Cameron Dunk yet again carried on their tradition of the relay double - well done boys. The 15 & under squad (with Matthew Lamb) completed the grand slam of 10 relay victories in the season - a fantastic set of swims for the club.
Not to be shown up by the young guns the old men's team of Alex Dunk (Cameron Dunk in the Freestyle), James Savage, Dan Cheshire and Jake Simm won both of the Open relays.
Final scores
Everton 205 pts
Crosby 195 pts
Prescot 163 pts
Garston 159 pts
Bootle & N Liverpool 77 pts
Everton SA took the title again, by quite a margin and we consolidated 3rd place.
Emma Farrugia, Ellena Daly and Joe Burns all completed their 5km Swimathon in aid of SportRelief. Many congratulations to them.
I am sure you can still sponsor them (I have not got Joe's link at the moment)
| Emma's page | my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/emmafswim |
| Ellena's page | my.sportrelief.com/sponsor/ellenadswim |
Prescot's star swimmers headed down the M62 to Manchester two weekends running in March for the Lancashire County Championships (the "Lancs").
Jessica Deeley started the ball rolling on Day 1 with a Silver in the 9yo 200m IM, and Elizabeth Hurst took the Bronze medal in the 14yo 200m Backstroke.
Day 2 saw Jake Simm take the Gold in the 16yo 1500m Freestyle and Neil Wylie took 2nd place in the 13yo 200m Backstroke.
Last but certainly not least St Helen's and POSS's Ryan Tarbuck (who swims for us in the Arenas) took Gold medals in both the 10yo 50m Butterfly AND the 50m Freestyle. Well done Ryan.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
| Jake Simm | 1 | 1 | |
| Daniel Clark | 1 | ||
| Alex Dunk | 1 | ||
| Neil Wylie | 2 | 1 | |
| Jessica Deeley | 1 | 1 | |
| Elizabeth Hurst | 2 | ||
| Ryan Tarbuck | 2 |
Finally many congratulations for just getting there. Gaining a qualification time is itself a huge achievement, so well done Jessica Hardman, Chloe Middleham, Finley Hampson, Cameron Dunk, Tom Hughes, Charlotte Dodson, Emily Lowrie, Matthew Lamb, Niva Garland, Alice Harrison, Joseph Burns, James Pout, Daniel Johnson and Courtney Dodson for representing Prescot SC at the championships.
It was business as usual for Prescot Swimmers in the 4th round of the Merseyside & District Junior League except this time it was at Crosby Leisure Centre. It was sunny outside and roasting (95°) on Poolside, Joe Burns forgot his jammers, Kevin got a soaking from a fast turning Jake Simm and Louis Kivi made a fine debut for the team as a replacement for Peter Hill - have a speedy recovery Peter.
This week Individual wins for the team were recorded by Matthew Lamb (2), Alex Dunk (2) and Daniel Clark.
The Boys 15 & under dream team of Matthew Lamb, Neil Wylie, Finley Hampson and Cameron Dunk carried on their tradition of the relay double - well done boys.
Final scores
Everton 216 pts
Crosby 201 pts
Prescot 173 pts
Garston 131 pts
Bootle & N Liverpool 84 pts
| Jessica Deeley was Prescot's headliner at the COLSC Splash n
Dash meet, taking 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze in the 4 50m events. Emma Farrugia weighed in with a Gold in the 50m Backstroke and Beth Dowding and Finley Hampson got a Silver medal apiece. Many of the younger swimmers had not swum in the 50m pool at Wavertree before and all swam well with a fair smattering of PBs between them. It was a good event and hopefully we get more swimmers there next year. |
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| Full Results |
Beth Jess and Emma show off their medals |
| Prescot swimmers had a successful couple of days
at Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park in the Liverpool & District
Championships.
Age Group Medallists were: |
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Fin Hampson in Action during the event |
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| Jess Deeley (9) 2nd 9yo 50m
Butterfly, 3rd 200 IM. Charlotte Dodson (13) 1st in 200m Butterfly Daniel Clark (13) 3rd in 100m Backstroke Hannah Deeley (16) 2nd 200m Backstroke; 3rd 100m Backstroke Emily Lowrie (14) 2nd 800m Freestyle Alex Dunk (18) 1st in the 17 & over 100m Breaststroke Finley rounded off a fantastic meet for him by making the Open final in the 100m Breaststroke. Finally, the Mens 400m Freestyle relay team also took a Bronze |
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Alex Dunk and James Pout raced at the North Zonal Championship held in
Sheffield, over the weekend. A tough competition schedule meant heats and finals
in two morning sessions, followed by further heats and finals in the afternoons.
James continues his road back to fitness and raced well in his 50m sprint
events, backing them up with both a 100m and 200m Butterfly. This has been a
challenging year for James as he is still recovering from surgery, but his swims
were both competitive and his performances to be admired. He brings home a Gold
medal for Top British Disability Points.
Alex raced in several freestyle events and one backstroke. Alex was pleased with
his weekend, racing through heats and qualifying for all five finals. He
produced personal best times in the 400m and 1500m, and won 4 Gold Medals in the
200m, 400m, 1500m Free and the 400m IM.
Well Done James and Alex.
| Last weekend saw some of our club and squad swimmers in action at the City of
Liverpool Winter long Course meet at the Liverpool Aquatics Centre in Wavertree.
Overall the club had 19 PBs and 11 medals from the weekend with the medal haul
being led by Cameron Dunk with 2 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze from 5 swims
followed closely by Neil Wylie with 3 Silvers from 4 Swims and Jessica
Deeley in her first long course gala getting a Silver and 2 Bronze from her
five swims . Finley Hampson completed the haul with a Bronze from his one
swim.
The level 1 meet saw some great swims from all our swimmers with them gaining some invaluable experience swimming against some of the top opposition in the North West with athletes coming from as far as Norway to compete. A special mention should go to Joe Burns (10) and Jessica Deeley (9) swimming in their first Level 1 meet in a 50m pool, both performed outstandingly well getting great PBs and medals to take home. Fine PBs were also recorded for Katherine Cheshire, Jake Simm, Chloe Middleham and Thomas Hughes with Daniel Cheshire who was struggling with a sore back still managing to pick up a PB and the 3rd place Fina Award for his Age Group. |
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Jessica Deeley with one of her medals |
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| Prescot also had a couple of the Open Swimming Squad members competing , namely Tom Roberts and William Woodward. The ever dependable Tom again produced some sparkling swims gaining PBs in every swim and showing some great strength and endurance in all his races. The final mention is for William Woodward who produced an outstanding weekend of swimming gaining 5 Golds, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze from his 7 swims and going on to take the Fina Points award for the 13 year Old category. | |
| Well done to all the swimmers and hopefully this will give them some confidence going into the L&D Championships starting on Saturday 1st February | |
Whilst some of Prescot's other swimmers were busy swimming Long Course at the Aquatic Centre Kathryn Schofield was taking part in the Holywell Valentine Short Course event.
From 8 events she gained 7 Personal Bests and won the Bronze medal in the 50m Breaststroke. Well done to her.
It was M & D gala time at Knowsley Leisure & Culture Park on Sunday afternoon.
Prescot welcomed back some swimmers missing from last week but lost several others for various reasons but still managed another solid 3rd place finish.
Individual wins for the team were recorded by Matthew Lamb (2), Alex Dunk (2) and Daniel Clark. Charlotte Dodson made sure that the boys did not take all of the glory with a victory in the Girls 13/u 50m Butterfly.
The Boys 15 & under relay team of Matthew Lamb, Neil Wylie, Finley Hampson and Cameron Dunk once again did the relay double. Finally the "old" men of the team Jake Simm, Daniel Cheshire, Alex Dunk and Tom Hughes won the Open Medley relay.
Final scores
Everton 210 pts
Crosby 195 pts
Prescot 166 pts
Garston 140 pts
Bootle & N Liverpool 89 pts
Prescot were back in action straight after the New Year in the 2nd round of this years Merseyside & District League.
Despite missing some top swimmers we took a creditable 3rd place on the day.
Individual wins for the team were recorded by Daniel Clark (2), Matthew Lamb (2), Joe Burns and Cameron Dunk. Daniel's swims were particularly impressive since he is still has a broken finger.
The Boys 15 & under relay team of Matthew Lamb, Neil Wylie, Finley Hampson and Cameron Dunk did the relay double taking both Freestyle and Medley relays..
Final scores
Everton 221 pts
Crosby 202 pts
Prescot 159 pts
Garston 135 pts
Bootle & N Liverpool 82 pts
Remember that the 3rd M&D Gala take place on Sunday 12th January 2014 (Knowsley L & C Park, 14:00 Warm Up)
Individual Times & Results (also available under Results from Previous Galas)
