Warwickshire County Championships – week 2
Saturday (11/02) started with the boys 50 Back – Lewis, Ellison, Harvey, Drew and Jamie all taking part.
Then onto the girls with 100 backstroke swim – Trearna, Catrise Becky and Vicky all having good swims.
Just two in the 200 Breaststroke for Boys – Lewis and Harvey both taking part.
Then onto the 10-12 girls Medley relay – Bronze medals to Catrise, Trearna, Becky and Carys
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Our finalists on Saturday morning in the 50 back were Harvey (Silver medal) and Jamie (6th place) – well done lads🙂
Then onto the girls with 100 backstroke swim – Trearna, Catrise Becky and Vicky all having good swims.
Just two in the 200 Breaststroke for Boys – Lewis and Harvey both taking part.
Then onto the 10-12 girls Medley relay – Bronze medals to Catrise, Trearna, Becky and Carys
🙂Our finalists on Saturday morning in the 50 back were Harvey (Silver medal) and Jamie (6th place) – well done lads
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Lastly the 800 free! Becky and Lewis both swam, and achieved PBs – Lewis was crowned Warwickshire Champion for the boys, nd Becky finished 6th in the 12/13 category (and she was the only 12 year old girl competing!).
After lunch we started with the girls 50 Butterfly – good swims from Catrise, Trearna, Ella, Becky and Katie. Next onto the formidable 400 IM – Lewis was the only one from Beeches to enter, finishing 8th in his age group.
Followed closely by the girls 200 IM, with some good competition from Becky, Ella, Catrise and Trearna.
Next one of the show case events – the Boys 100 Free – great swims from Ellison, Lewis, Harvey, Jamie and Drew.
Finalists for the afternoon were Katie in the Open 50 Butterfly, finishing 5th; Catrise and Becky in the 12/under 100 Backstroke – finishing 3rd (Bronze medal) and 4th respectively; and the boys 100 Freestyke finals – Harvey winning the Gold medal in the 12/under category, and Jamie finishing 8th (in the unlucky lane 1!) – but he did achieve his Midland Qualifying time with ease earlier that day so wasn’t too upset
☺ Then Then onto Sunday – which started with the boys 50 Free – always a fun filled event! Swimming for Beeches were Jacob, Lewis, Ellison, Harvey, Drew and Jamie. Followed closely by the girls in the 100 Breaststroke – Kadijha, Carys, Sophia, Becky, Catrise, Trearna and Cathy all taking part.
Next up were Lewis, Ellison and Harvey in the 200 Backstroke – good swims in the 13/under category, plus Jamie in the open 200 Backstroke.
Next came the turn of the 10-12 girls freestyle relays with not one, not two, but three Beeches teams taking part.
Beeches Gold were Becky, Catrise, Trearna and Carys, finishing 6th place overall; Beeches Red were Aimee, Kianna, Abbie and Emma and Beeches Black were Isabel, Kadijha, Lottie and Libby – all gaining some valuable 50m race experience☺
Following straight on with the girls 200 Butterfly – Becky being the only girl from Beeches to swim this one.
The morning finished with the boys 50 Free finals – Harvey finishing a close 2nd to gain the Silver medal, and Jamie gaining a place and finishing 6th.
The afternoon started with the girls 50 Breaststroke – Kadijha, Sophia, Becky, Catrise, Trearna, Ella and Cathy all taking part.
Next up the boys with the 400 Freestyle – Harvey (9th) and Lewis (14th).
The onto the 200 Freestyle for girls – Carys, Trearna, Ella and Becky all had some good swims.
The boys 100 Butterfly was next with Lewis Harvey and Drew all swimming.
Next came the turn of the 10-12 girls freestyle relays with not one, not two, but three Beeches teams taking part.
Beeches Gold were Becky, Catrise, Trearna and Carys, finishing 6th place overall; Beeches Red were Aimee, Kianna, Abbie and Emma and Beeches Black were Isabel, Kadijha, Lottie and Libby – all gaining some valuable 50m race experience
☺Following straight on with the girls 200 Butterfly – Becky being the only girl from Beeches to swim this one.
The morning finished with the boys 50 Free finals – Harvey finishing a close 2nd to gain the Silver medal, and Jamie gaining a place and finishing 6th.The afternoon started with the girls 50 Breaststroke – Kadijha, Sophia, Becky, Catrise, Trearna, Ella and Cathy all taking part.
Next up the boys with the 400 Freestyle – Harvey (9th) and Lewis (14th).
The onto the 200 Freestyle for girls – Carys, Trearna, Ella and Becky all had some good swims.
The boys 100 Butterfly was next with Lewis Harvey and Drew all swimming.
Then – almost the end of the championships – the last of the finals took place.
50 Breaststroke for girls – Trearna finishing a rrspectable 5th place, and Sophia 7th (gaining a place on her heat placing).
Trearna also swam in the 100 Breaststroke final finishing 5th – gaining a place on her entry place too.
Lewis had a good swim in the 100 Butterfly finals finishing 6th, and Becky also finished 6th in the 200 Butterfly final.
50 Breaststroke for girls – Trearna finishing a rrspectable 5th place, and Sophia 7th (gaining a place on her heat placing).
Trearna also swam in the 100 Breaststroke final finishing 5th – gaining a place on her entry place too.
Lewis had a good swim in the 100 Butterfly finals finishing 6th, and Becky also finished 6th in the 200 Butterfly final.
With 26 finalists over the two weekends – and our number of Midland Qualifying Times achieved to date now up to 14 (between 5 swimmers) – this has to have been one of our most successful Warwickshire County Championships in recent years. Big Congrats to Head coach Helen Pordage on the successes over the two weekends.