BOOM!!! A well deserved fourth place (only 6 points behind third place!) from the team at Tamworth in Saturday night’s round one of the Mercian League Gala. After a busy fixture list last weekend the swimmers came out fighting in a tough competition. Well done to all of tonight’s swimmers, and an extra shout out for the Junior Squad swimming up in a bucketful of events.

Half of the races resulted in personal best times 🙂 Thank you to the swimmers, parents, and all of the volunteers at the gala for helping to make the gala the success that it was.

Looking forwards to round 2 now – keep your eyes peeled for the Teamsheet!

Tom Reader

The next order for the ‘named flame hats’ will be going off at the end of April.

If you would like one – they are £8 each – please email mandy.blizard@btinternet.com  stating exactly what name you would like on the hat.

Please pay at your next session (if bringing cash please put in an envelope with the swimmers name on).

A team from Perry Beeches SSS swimming club  joined  thousands of swimmers  last weekend  across the country to take part in the UK’s biggest fundraising swim event “The Swimathon “.

What is the swimthon –  it’s a life-saving splash to help raise monies for the amazing  Marie Curie Cancer Care.

The Beeches Team  composed of Tony Thursfield , Ross Emery , Charlie Wheadon , Paul and Oliver Bates, who all did their swims on Saturday afternoon at the Wyndley Leisure Centre swimming pool alongside hundreds of other swimmers .

The boys said they were really proud to once again to have taken part in the Swimathon. Four of the men did the 5K swim, whilst Paul’s son Oliver did the 1.5K swim. The swim was all in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. To date these wonderful people have raised over £50,

The closing date for the Midland Masters Championships is fast approaching – the 18th April.

Please see the page on this site, or use the following link:

http://www.icklepeoplesoftware.co.uk/…/midland_ma…/tandc.htm

Come on Masters – you CAN do it 🙂

It was a successful weekend at this year’s City of Birmingham Easter weekend meet for the small band of PBSSS swimmers who gave up their Easter Eggs to swim.

Andrew Gulliver, who celebrated his 19^th Birthday by winning the level 3 50 freestyle final, also came second in the level 3 100 freestyle final, and third in the level 3 50 Butterfly final. Jamie Keyte also impressively won the 100 IM level 3 , 50 Backstroke level 3 and 100 Backstroke level 3 finals, and came second in the level 3 50 Butterfly final.  Danya Gaddu also had an enjoyable weekend – with a big personal best in her 100 freestyle heat, and winning a bronze in the 200 IM final.

Then onto the Juniors, where Lewis Carless was the youngest PBSSS swimmer to have swum the 400 Individual Medley in a competition, coming 4^th in his age group. Lewis also came 5^th in his age group in the 50 Butterfly, 3^rd in the 400 Freestyle and 6^th in the 200 Backstroke, all level 2 events. Harvey Higgins came away with an impressive haul of medals, coming 2^nd in the level 3 100 Breaststroke and 100 Backstroke, and 3^rd in the level 3 200 Freestyle and 50 Backstroke. Harvey also came 4^th in the level 3 100 IM. Ellison Hart came 4^th in his age group in the level 2 400 Freestyle and 5^th in the level 2 200 Backstroke. Eleanor Elwell came 5^th in her age group in the level 3 50 Freestyle, Ella Payne came 6^th in her age group in the 200 Freestyle, and Sophia Deans came 2^nd in the level 3 400 Freestyle. Other swimmers this weekend were Katie Gulliver, Becky Gulliver, Catrise Hart and Trearna Hart. Also many thanks to coaches Tom Reader and Helen Pordage for their commitment over the weekend. A big BEECHES well done to all who took part.