Congratulations to the following people who are September’s Bonus Ball winners:
1st place – Dave Marsh (£46.80)
2nd place – Ted Blackwell (£23.40)
3rd place – Joan Garlick (£7.80)
If you would like to take part in the Beeches Bonus Ball – it’s £4 per ball a month – please let us know!
Half the money raised each month goes to the club, the other half goes out in prize money.
So the more balls – the bigger the prizes!
Many thanks to all who support the club 🙂
It was a Fun Filled night at Stechford for Helen Pordage and her Junior Squad, who had qualified for the Junior League ‘Final’ for the second year in a row – last year into the Division 3 final and this year into the Division 2 final, qualifying in 6th place. The team finished in 5th place on the night, so gained a pace on their entry position – making for a very happy coach.
There were 7 wins on the night – they went to:
The girls 10 year old relay team (Kianna Hughes, Kadijah Cox, Carys Higgins and Sophie Mason); Harvey Higgins – who won both the 12/under Breaststroke and Freestyle in impressive style; the girls 10 year old Freestyle relay team (Kianna Hughes, Kadijah Cox, Carys Higgins and Sai Ashman); Carys Higgins (10/under Backstroke); The Boys 12/under relay team (Ellison Hart, Harvey Higgins, Lewis Carless and Vinaye Gaddu) who won both the Freestyle and Medley relays.
Other top 3 finishers were:
Kianna Hughes (3rd 10/under Freestyle); Joel Harris (2nd 9/under Breastroke and 9/under Butterfly); Becky Gulliver (2nd 12/under Backstroke); Kadijha Cox (3rd 10/under Breaststroke); Boys 9 years medley relay team (2nd Sebastian Deans, Joel Harris, Harry McGovern and Toby Fisher); Boys 9 years Freestyle Relay team (2nd Sebastian Deans, Joel Harris, Harry McGovern and Billy Martin); Sophia Deans (3rd 12/under Breaststroke); The Girls 8 by 1 Freestyle relay team (3rd Eva Chikurunhe, Isla Lawson, Kianna Hughes, Kadijha Cox, Abbie Fuller, Carys Higgins, Becky Gulliver and Sophia Deans); Billy Martin (3rd 9 years Freestyle); The girls 12/under Freestyle relay (3rd Catrise Hart, Trearna Hart, Becky Gulliver and Sophia Deans); Carys Higgins (2nd 10/under Butterfly).
Every single member of the team made up a piece of the jigsaw – a big thank you to everyone who swam and supported the club at the same time.
Big thanks to coach Helen Pordage, Stewards Kal Gaddu, Jamie Keyte and Katie Gulliver, Yvonne Rimmer for her judging, and Sareena Gaddu and Mandy Blizard for timekeeping. Without whom none of this would be possible.
Congratulations go to Harvey Higgins, who swam for the first time for Warwickshire on Saturday at the Bedfordshire Inter Counties. Beeches is proud of Harvey and his achievements.
Gala Report:
Saturday 2nd September 2017 saw the Warwickshire County Junior Team (10-13 yrs) competing in the Bedfordshire ASA Junior Intercounty Gala, at the Inspire Competition and Community Swimming Pool in Luton.
The Competition was against 6 other county teams from across the country including Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Essex County and Leicestershire. The whole evening was an enjoyable experience, with a fantastic opportunity for all involved. Every single one of the 31 swimmers who represented their county swam amazingly well, with several fabulous personal bests and a handful of regional times achieved.
The Gala started off with a convincing win for Annabel Crees (Rugby), Thomas Hudson (Nuneaton), Charlotte Gledhill (Nuneaton) 
and Dominic Simpson (Nuneaton), who lead from the start of their 10 years mixed 4×50 Freestyle relay beating the competition by over 30 seconds. The evening continued in much the same vain with the team consistently placing with in the top four teams. Other notable 1st place finished included: Thomas Hudson’s (Nuneaton) wins in both his individual races in the 10 years 50m freestyle (31.80) and the 50m Backstroke (37.56), Connie Palmer (Boldmere) also won her 10 years 50m freestyle in a time of 32.44. Erin Davis (City of Birmingham) secured a win in her 13 years 100m Freestyle individual in a time of 1:02.16, while Charlotte Gledhill (Nuneaton) won her individual in the 10 years 50m Backstroke with a time of 38.27 and Finally George Smith (Leamington Spa) Finishing of the individual races with a win in the 13 years boys 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1:13.93. The gala was an overall success for Warwickshire with over 80% of the races seeing the team place 4th or above with these 8 impressive first place finishes enabling to the team to finish in a comfortable 2nd place.
Finally we would like to say a massive thank you to the local teams: Rugby, Nuneaton and Bedworth, City of Birmingham, Boldmere, Blyth, City of Coventry, Leamington Spa, Orion and Solihull who providing swimmers for the event. As well as the Volunteers, Graham Nash (Head Coach from Leamington Spa), Jessica Ford (Coach from Coventry) Joey Stanger (Coach from Boldmere), Elaine Gale (Team Manager from Boldmere), and the officials, Rachel Cutler (Rugby), Andrew Herbert (Leamington),Kerry Hancock (Kingsbury) and Lucy Gale (Boldmere). As well as a huge congratulations to all who swam and represented their County.
(If anyone would like to see the overall results and times for all swimmers including relay splits please follow the link below: http://bedscountyasa.com/results/2017/InterCounty/index.php )
Many thanks for all of your support with the moving of our Learn to Swim lessons.
Joseph Leckie (Sunday morning) and all of our lessons on Sunday afternoon moved to Handsworth Leisure Centre this weekend.
There is a slight delay to Pheasey Park while the school sort out a few things but hopefully that will be up and running next week.
Your support while we go through the changes is very much appreciated 🙂
