| Many congratulations to Prescot swimmers Jessica Berry, Ella Roberts and Joseph Burns for being selected as part of the Liverpool & District team competing in the Inter-Association championships at Wigan. | |
Joe took 2nd place in the 13yo 200m Individual Medley and 3rd place in the 100m Freestyle. Meanwhile Jess and Ella performed well and gained valuable points as the Liverpool and District team made in 4 wins in a row with a resounding victory. The final results were as follows: Liverpool & District 1053 pts, Cumbria 816.5, North Lancashire 816.5, Bolton & Manchester 789.5, North Midlands 756.5, Central Lancashire 634 |
The victorious L & D team with the trophy |
Another fantastic performance from our younger swimmers saw them dominate proceedings at West View Leisure Centre. Too many fine performances and PBs to list but we must mention young Zac Roberts who stood in at the last minute to swim very fast indeed for the Boy's 9 & under relays.
Next week sees the final gala in Blackpool which barring disaster should see us in the Division B swim off in Setptember.
Final Result: 1st Prescot 164 points, 2nd Preston "B" (136), 3rd Carnforth "B" (102), 4th Colne (76).
| The end of April and most of May saw
Prescot's top swimmers compete in the North-West Regional championships
against the best in the North West.
The first day saw the older swimmers take centre stage and proved to be Prescot's most successful with Daniel Clark getting the bronze medal in the final of the 16yo 50m Backstroke and Charlotte Dodson finishing 5th in the final of the 200m Butterfly. |
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| In the afternoon session Daniel got to the 200m
Backstroke final and Charlotte reached 2 more finals. Day 2 of the
event and Daniel completed the set of Backstroke finals ending up with
6th place in the 100m.
Later in May came the turn of Prescot's younger swimmers. Jess Berry got the ball rolling with 5th place in the final of the 11/12 yo 100m Backstroke. Joe Burns came 6th in the final of the 13yo 50m freestyle and bettered that with 5th place in the 50m Butterfly final the following weekend. Not to be outdone Jess Berry came 5th in the 200m Backstroke. The final day of the championships saw Jess and Joe reach 2 more finals in the 50m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle respectively and Jess Deeley had to swim in a swim-off to determine the reserve place for the 50m Backstroke final and proceeded to do a time which would have placed her 5th in the final. |
Jess Berry starts in the Backstroke |
| Many congratulations to the above and also to the other Prescot swimmers who swam in the events - Stephen Cardwell, Emma Farrugia, Ellena Daly, Jake Simm and Cameron Dunk - it is a huge achievement to even qualify for these championships. | |
We took two teams to the final M&D gala of the season. The swimmers were divided into two evenly matched teams - Prescot and Prescot All Stars. In an exciting gala Prescot won the official competition finishing in 1st place with 197 points, Formby came in 2nd with 156 points and Woodchurch 3rd with 133 points.
There were many close head-to-head races between the two Prescot teams and when the scores were re-calculated including the All Stars results Prescot won the battle with 165 points to the All-Stars 159.
Prescot are now promoted back to the 1st Division for next season.
Full
Results
Final League Table
| Club captain Alex Dunk (21) represented Prescot Swimming
Club with pride at the British Swimming Championships, the premier swim
meet in the UK. Held in the Commonwealth Games Pool in Glasgow, Alex
raced against the country's best and out-performed his qualification
times.
Alex raced in 4 events, the 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 200m Individual Medley and 400m Individual Medley, achieving an outstanding four Lifetime Best Times and making the final of the 400m IM. The British Swimming Championships are the toughest competition to enter and this year they also served as qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. |
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| The event attracted loads of online interest
and the live streaming was watched by his team mates back at Prescot SC
and from other clubs who also train in the Prescot and St Helens
Performance Squad. Alex received lots of encouraging Tweets, texts and
Instagrams in support of his performances, and he was extremely
grateful for all the support. Alex thanked his Coach, Helen Billington,
for helping him achieve these results.
We would like to congratulate Alex for his excellent swims throughout the week and for inspiring the swimmers in Prescot SC and across the North West. |
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Final Result: 1st Prescot 176 points, 2nd Leyland "B" (139), 3rd Kirkham (108), 4th Blackpool "B" (65).
Whilst the younger swimmers were making hay at the Micro League meet several of Prescot's older stars were swimming at the Aquatic Centre in the City of Liverpool's Spring Meet. Many medals and PBs were gained so well done to them.
