News, April - June 2014
British Gas International Swimming Meet, June 2014
Two Prescot Swimmers, James Pout and Alex Dunk, raced to finals at the
British Gas International Swimming Meet.
Both Prescot swimmers raced hard and performed outstandingly well against the
country's elite swimmers, the very best of whom are Olympic champions with some
competing in the 2014 Commonwealth games.
James, racing in the S8 disability category, competed in the 100m Backstroke
and 100m Fly. Finishing 11th in the Backstroke, James went on the race to the
finals in the 100m Fly. James then performed at the highest level finishing an
outstanding 4th place in the Final. An inspiring performance from James who wore
his Prescot colours with pride.
Alex competed in the 200m and 400m Freestyle events and then the 400m IM.
Alex raced to 14th place in the 200m and 11th in the 400m freestyle, with times
just outside his personal bests. Alex then qualified for the final in the 400m
IM, finishing an impressive 6th place against the country's top swimmers. The
boys captain of Prescot SC raced with the Prescot colours worn prominently.
Prescot would like to congratulate both our boys for achieving the very high
qualifying standards and then racing to such high places throughout the week.
They demonstrated the high standards achieved at Prescot Swimming Club and Squad
by all our members from the very young still learning all the way through the
junior teams up to the senior and mature swimmers.
Everton SA Faye Lafferty Memorial, 28 June 2014
Prescot SC finished in 3rd place at the annual Faye Lafferty Memorial gala
hosted by Everton SA. The gala is designed as a development gala encouraging
swimmers who maybe have not raced in many galas before and is held in memory of
a young Everton swimmer.
Many of our swimmers swam Personal Best times (there were 50 of them) and all
performed very commendably.
Also well done to Elliot Cunningham, Nathan Tinney and Adam Bond who swam
brilliantly in their first gala for Prescot.
Highlight of the day: 8-year old Tia Hardman being chased down the pool
on the anchor leg of the 10&under Freestyle relay by a bunch of 10-year olds but
holding on valiantly for the win. (Well done Emily, Charlotte and Jess for
giving Tia the lead)
Overall Result: 1st Halton (293 points), 2nd Crosby (198), 3rd
Prescot (196), 4th Everton SA (169), 5th Liverpool Penguin (128), 6th
Bootle & North Liverpool (114)
Prescot Results in Full
Liverpool Summer Sprints, 21-22 June 2014
| Prescot took a team of 11 swimmers to the 50m
Pool at Wavertree in Liverpool to compete in the annual City of Liverpool
Summer Sprints. The team produced some fabulous swims and personal bests to
come away with 11 gold’s, 8 silver’s and 2 bronze medals from a hard
weekend’s competition. Whilst most people were enjoying the summer sunshine
the Prescot swimmers were taking on all comers from teams as far away as the
Isle of Man, Bangor, Stafford and Conwy. |
| The star of the show was Jessica Deeley who came
away with 7 Gold and 2 Silver medals from 9 events and who also took
the Top Girl trophy for the 9 year old age group Other notable
performances came from Neil Wylie who took 2 Golds and 2 Silvers, Emma
Farrugia and Cameron Dunk who both received a Gold and Silver each and
finally Matthew Lamb who took 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals along with the
award for top 14/15 year old boy.
The remaining swimmers including Ellena Daley, Kathryn Schofield, Jessica
Tarrington, Emily Fairhurst, Ryan Puxley and Sam Puxley had some fantastic
individual swims coming away with a bag full of personal bests.
The results bode well for the coming weeks when Cameron and Neil will be
joined by Finley Hampson and Daniel Clark to compete in the ASA Age group
Nationals in Sheffield. The quartet have qualified for the relay finals and
look forward to performing at the highest level against some of the top
swimmers in the country. |
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Front Row (L to R) : Jessica Deeley, Ellena
Daley, Emma Farrugia, Jessica Tarrington, Emily Fairhurst
Back Row : Kathryn Schofield, Matthew Lamb, Neil Wylie. Coaches : Simon
Deeley, Paul Farrugia |
Jess with Top Girl trophy |
Arena North-West Division One
The draw for the first round of galas in the Arena National League has been
made.
In the first round (11 October) we have been drawn in Lane 2 against Hoylake
(15th last year), Halton (17th), COSACSS (5th), Oswestry (3rd, Division 2),
and Leyland Barracudas (8th).
We have not been notified of of the venue yet.
Liverpool Penguin Macmillan Gala, 15 May 2014
Liverpool Penguin held their annual Macmillan fund-raising gala at Knowsley
on Sunday afternoon. It is designed as a development gala for 12 & unders and
Prescot sent a mixture of young inexperienced swimmers and a few old hands who
were made to swim the strokes they don't like doing.
Jess Deeley picked up a couple of 1st places in the 50m Breaststroke and 25m
Butterfly, Emma Farrugia got a 1st and a 2nd in the 50m Backstroke and 50m
Freestyle. Louis Kivi got a 2nd place in the 25m Breaststroke.
However the day was all about the youngsters and congratulations to Adam
Cunningham, Agustin Montemurro, Ashley Sprott, Billy Maddox-Ogden, Charlotte
Clark, Beth Dowding, Ellena Daly, Emma Farrugia, Emily Fairhurst, Ellis Kenny,
Ella Roberts, Isobel Bergquist, Joe Burns, Josh Clarke, Joshua Hawes, Jess
Deeley, Jessica Waring, Kathryn Schofield, Katie Rawnsley, Leonardo Bertamini,
Laurence Dudley, Louis Kivi, Natasha Jackson, Peter Hill, Philipa Jackson,
Sophie Patton, Stefan Wilkinson-Hill, Tia Hardman and Zachary Daly who got at
least one of the 66 PBs the Prescot team swam.
Overall Result: 1st Garston (299 points), 2nd Halton (251), 3rd Liverpool
Penguin (234), 4th Ormskirk Otters (230), 5th Prescot (177), 6th Bootle &
North Liverpool (109), 7th Bridgefield (100)
Prescot results in full
North West Age Group Championships, 31 May - 8 Jun 2014
There were a number of impressive swims in the North West’s premier
swimming competition of the year, held in the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
For Prescot SC, the Relays saw our Fearsome Foursome beat most of the top
teams in whole northwest, finishing 2nd, 2nd and 3rd. Each relay saw Neil Wylie,
Finley Hampson, Daniel Clark and Cameron Dunk race PBs in their efforts to do
well for the team, and to race and beat most of the top teams (including City of
Liverpool in 2 out of the 3 relays). There were also PBs and finals places for
individuals across the team. Well done to all.
Two Prescot swimmers raced into finals in the North West’s premier
competition:
Neil Wylie – 14yrs
6th 200 Free
7th 400 Free
6th 100 Fly
Elizabeth Hurst – 14yrs
6th 200 Back
Great swims were also seen from Charlotte Dodson, Finley Hampson and Daniel
Clark who all raced to a fine PBs over the weekend. Well done to everyone.
Cameron Dunk raced in the 200 Free and 400 Free, but was unable to perform as
well as the first weekend in the relays. It turns out he has tonsillitis and an
ear infection, so we wish him well in his recovery.
Thanks to Helen Billington for being the Poolside Coach for the whole of the
weekends, guiding and encouraging our swimmers before their swims and giving
great feedback after their races. Thanks also to Shaun Dodson and Kevin Dunk who
helped on poolside, providing additional feedback and encouragement. Final
thanks must also go to family members who attended a long, hot weekends in
Manchester. Their support was much appreciated and surely helped the swimmers on
their way.
Individual Event Results (from NW Site)
Knowsley Sprint Meet, 17 May 2014
Very nearly 150 swimmers showed up at Knowsley Leisure & Culture Park on
Saturday morning to take part in the inaugural Knowsley Sprint Meet. Jointly
organised by Everton SA & Prescot SC and expertly promoted by Simon Deeley the
gala is the first in a series of meets aimed to put Knowsley on the map as a
place to swim.
Prescot & Everton were well represented but there were also swimmers from
Ashton Central, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Crosby, Garston, Hoylake, Oldham
Aquatics, Runcorn Reps, St Helens, Stalybridge and Wigan.
Overall the day went very well and the swimmers seemed to enjoy themselves.
Even the weather was good and lots of people enjoyed a picnic on the grass
outside the centre.
Prescot Medallists were
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Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
| Jessica Deeley |
9 |
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| Neil Wylie |
6 |
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| Finley Hampson |
5 |
1 |
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| Jake Simm |
5 |
1 |
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| Dan Cheshire |
4 |
4 |
2 |
| Emily Lowrie |
4 |
2 |
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| Katherine Cheshire |
3 |
4 |
2 |
| Emma Farrugia |
3 |
1 |
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| Cameron Dunk |
2 |
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| Joe Burns |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Ellena Daly |
1 |
2 |
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| Katie Rawnsley |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Kathryn Schofield |
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1 |
1 |
| Beth Dowding |
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3 |
| Sam Puxley |
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2 |
| Ryan Puxley |
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1 |
Top Girl at the gala was Jess Deeley - winning all of her events - many
congratulations to her and Prescot's Dan Cheshire shared the boys award with
Oliver Makinson of Oldham Aquatics.
Katie Rawnsley won 6 medals including a Gold in her first open meet so
well done to her.
Finally many congratulations to Neil Wylie and Finley Hampson - not only did
Neil beat all-comers in the 100m IM and 100m Butterfly - but they both
went under the 1 minute barrier for 100m Freestyle for the first time.
Alex at British Championships, 14 Apr 2014
| The 1500m Freestyle beckoned for Alex on Monday
morning and the Prescot star was in fine form getting very close to his PB
for the event finishing his heat in 6th place in 15:47.48. This put him in
12th place overall for the event. Overall, a fine championships for Alex
in his first year in the senior ranks, several PBs and a heat win. He also
showed he was prepared to mix it with GB's established stars.
One more well done for Alex - younger swimmers please take note -
Alex wore his Prescot hat throughout the championships!
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Alex in Lane 1 (nearest the camera) |
Alex at British Championships, 11 Apr 2014
| Friday morning and Prescot's Alex Dunk was swimming the 200m Freestyle at the
British Championships in Glasgow. Alex turned up the
ante and easily won his heat in a massive PB of 1:50.79. This year there are
no semi-finals in the 200m and a fast heat 5 saw several swimmers just pip
his time and and Alex again just missed the final by 0.67 seconds!
Just over half an hours rest and Alex was back in action in the 400m
Individual Medley where he again did a massive PB finishing 2nd in his heat
in 4:32:09.
Alex now gets the weekend off but is back in the pool at 9am on Monday
morning for the 1500m Freestyle.
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Alex after his heat win the the 200m
Freestyle |
Alex at British Championships, 10 Apr 2014
| Prescot's own Alex Dunk did his first event at the British
Gas Championships in Glasgow this morning. Swimming in the final heat of
the 400m Freestyle (the last 2 heats are seeded) Alex narrowly missed a
place in the final, finishing 12th in 3:56.16.
He did however give the Prescot fans something to shout about - leading
the heat at the 100m mark and being 2nd at the 250m point.
Well done Alex and good luck for the rest of the week - his next swim is
the 200m Freestyle on Friday morning.
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Janet Coy Memorial Swim, 4 April 2014
| Many of Prescot's swimmers took part in the Janet Coy
Memorial Swim. Organised by Chloe Middleham and Courtney Dodson, the aim
was, as a squad to swim 90 miles in special t-shirts to raise money for the
Perth Centre / Cancer Research charity.
We are not sure how much was raised yet but many thanks go to all
concerned with organisation, lap counting, donating money and of course
swimming. |
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