It was a hot sunny morning that saw the final round of the Worcester Winter League with some good swims and great team spirit on poolside at Droitwich this weekend.

Coming third only one point behind Droitwich, it was a respectable finish for the small band of swimmers who made the journey down the M5.

First places on the day went to: The 11/under medley relay team (Catrise Hart, Lewis Carless, Trearna Hart, Ellison Hart, Becky Gulliver and Mason Carless); Becky Gulliver (11/under Freestyle, 11/under Butterfly, 13/under Freestyle); Catrise Hart (11/under Backstroke); Katie Gulliver (Open Freestyle); Jamie Keyte (Open Freestyle); Trearna Hart (11/under Breaststroke); 13/under Freestyle Relay Team (Sophia Deans, Harvey Higgins, Ella Payne, Lewis Carless, Becky Gulliver and Vinaye Gaddu).

Other top three finishers were: Lewis Carless (11/under Breaststroke);Open 6 by 1 medley relay team (Catrise Hart, Stuart Fuller, Sareena Gaddu, Drew Rimmer, Katie Gulliver and Jamie Keyte); Catrise Hart (13/under Backstroke); Harvey Higgins (13/under Backstroke and 13/under Butterfly); Ellison Hart (11/under Freestyle and 11/under Backstroke); Ella Payne (13/under Butterfly); Jamie Keyte (Open Backstroke); Sophia Deans (13/under Breaststroke) and the 11/under Freestyle relay team (Catrise Hart, Lewis Carless, Trearna Hart, Ellison Hart, Becky Gulliver and Mason Carless).

The other swimmers on Sunday were Vicky Cox and Ella Davies – special shout out for 9 year old Mason Carless, who came along as ‘super sub’ for the gala – and took part in a winning relay.

Head Coach Helen Pordage was happy with the result, and knows what she is working on for the next few months!

Helen’s Junior Squad fought well in Saturday Night’s first round gala of the Nuneaton and District Junior League. Coming third on the night at Cheslyn Hay, there were numerous successes to mention:

First places went to Joel Harris (9/under 25m Breaststroke), Kadijha Cox (10/under 50m Breaststroke), The 9/under freestyle relay team (Joel Harris, Sebastian Deans, Harry McGovern and Toby Fisher), Sophia Deans (12/under 50 Breaststroke), Harvey Higgins (12/under 50 Breaststroke and 50 Freestyle), The 12/under boys freestyle and medley relay(Harvey Higgins, Lewis Carless, Ellison Hart and Vinaye Gaddu) – go boys!

Top 3 finishers on the night were:

Carys Higgins (10/under 50 Freestyle and 50 Backstroke), Lois Markham (9/under 25m Breaststroke), 11/under girls medley and freestyle relay team (Lottie Coley, Abbie Fuller, Emma Fuller and Tegan Nolan), Catrise Hart (12/under 50 Backstroke), Becky Gulliver (12/under 50 Butterfly and 50 Freestyle), Lewis Carless (12/under 50 Butterfly), 10 year old girls medley and freestyle relay team (Kianna Hughes, Kadijha Cox, Carys Higgins and Sophie Mason), Joel Harris (9/under 25 Butterfly), Girls 8 by 1 cannon (Millie Boulton, Eva Chikurunhe, Kianna Hughes, Abbie Fuller, Carys Higgins, Kadijha Cox, Becky Gulliver and Sophia Deans), Eva Chikurunhe (9/under 25 Freestyle), 12/under girls freestyle and medley relay team (Sophia Deans, Becky Gulliver, Catrise Hart and Trearna Hart) and the final 8 by 1 mixed cannon (Eva Chikurunhe, Joel Harris, Kianna Hughes, Metil Ulukus, Carys Higgins, Jacob Dunn, Sophia deans and Harvey Higgins).

It was a tough gala with some very fast times being achieved.

Head Coach Helen Pordage is very proud of every single swimmer who took part on the night.

Round 2 is on the 13th May, and everyone is looking forwards to that night! Beeches are again at Cheslyn Hay for that gala.

Many thanks must go to the Plastic Piling Company for their recent sponsorship of PBSSS.

They have kindly agreed to sponsor our new land training sessions.

They are also on Twitter – please see:

@plasticpiling @thehammermanco @jetfiltereurope

Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed ar various events over the weekend……

To Catrise Hart, Ellison Hart and Aareon Hart who all competed in the Sandwell Aquathlon on Sunday – Catrise came first in her age group and Aareon came third in his – full results not yet available.

On to the Open Meets – to Harvery Higgins, Lewis Carless and Carys Higgins who competed at the Gloucester City Open on Sunday…..

And to Katie Gulliver and Becky Gulliver, who competed at the Gloucester Open on Saturday, and The Stoke Y2K Open Meet on Sunday…

Well done for representing the club guys 🙂

The Boldmere Water Carnival is coming……

Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July at Stechford....

The file will be ready by May (according to Boldmere’s latest release) – please start thinking about what you would like to enter – you need to let Helen know by 21/04/2017.

Assuming the format is the same – take a peek at some previous results below to see the events you can take part in

http://www.boldmereswimmingclub.co.uk/sports_systems/wc_2016/

Boldmere Water Carnival 2014 – SPORTSYSTEMS Meet Results Service

Saturday

200 FC

100 Fly

50 BK

200 IM

Lunch

100 BK

50 Fly

200 BK

100 BR

Sunday

50 FC

400 FC

200 Fly

50 BR

Lunch

200 BR

100 FC

Please not there is no swimming on Good Friday (14th April), Easter Sunday (16th April) and Easter Monday (17th April). Normal swimming resumes on Wednesday 19th April.

We wish everyone a Happy Easter from all at PBSSS.