Yesterday saw the ASA East and West Midland Swimming Open Water Championships for 2014. This was held at Bosworth Water, near Hinkley in Leicestershire.

Paul Bates, who had competed in the the steel man triathlon 2014 at the beautiful Eton Dorney in Windsor only the day before, came a creditable 3rd place, in the 40 to 50 age group. This was swum over 3K, in a time of 41.15.

Big congrats to Paul for his swimming over the weekend.

http://bigrickchannelswimteam.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/asa-midland-swimming-open-water.html

The team on Saturday night at the final round of this year’s Merican League swam really well – only just missing out on a Trophy by 2 points (Wombourne were the winners of Gala 4).

Tom’s team on the night got 13 first places, 9 second places and 12 third places. Tom started off the night with a PB and a first place in the 100 individual medley. Other wins on the night went to:

The boys 10/under freestyle relay team (Harvey Higgins, Daniel Kilminster, Vinaye Gaddu and Lewis Carless)

The girls 12/under medley relay team (Sanya Gaddu, Sophia Deans, Vicky Cox and Jessica Deans)

The girls open medley relay team (Jessica Jones, Sareena Gaddu, Danya Gaddu and Jo Jennings)

Danya Gaddu, girls 12/under 100 back

Jessica Jones, girls open back

Jessica Deans, girls 12/under 50 Butterfly

Sareena Gaddu, girls open breaststroke

Harvey Higgins, boys 10/under 25 Butterfly

Jessica Deans girls 12/under 100 Freestyle

Hannah Kilminster girls 14/under 100 Breast

Boys 10/under medley relay (Alfie Williams, Vinaye Gaddu, Harvey Higgins and Lewis Carless)

Girls 12/under Free relay (Jessica Deans, Sophia Dean, Vicky Cox and Danya Gaddu).

9 personal best times on the night – Tom was happy with the enthusiasm of his swimmers on the night. Results available in the members section on this site.

Family Fun Day on Sunday 20th July – an opportunity for friends and family to come and join the club for a fun swim session. 

Learn to swim children (Ducklings – stage 6) are invited to join us between 2:00-3.45

Stage 6+ and Diddys/Seniors/Masters are invited to join usbetween 4.15-6:00

The Seniors and Masters sessions will be combined for that day only (4.30-6:00) and four lanes will be available for their training session with Tom.

Please invite friends and family to this event and we hope to see you there!

If you would like to attend, please contact Abigail (PBSSS Chief Instructor) with names and numbers of people attending a.s.a.p, so we can man the pool appropriately, on: 07534341199 or chiefinstructor_pbsss@outlook.com

Reminder Time! Would you like to take part in a fun family event to promote swimming? Then why not try this year’s swim Britain 

SwimBritain is a series of fun team swimming relays that take place across Britain every September. It’s all part of the British Gas/British Swimming partnership. Our goal is to inspire more people across Britain to swim more regularly – and get fit!

Please see the Swim Britain website for more information.

Prices will be £40 a team.

Perry Beeches open water Swimmer Paul Bates, last weekend joined 300 other Swimmers at the one the UKs most scenic open water swimming events The Big Cotswold Swim and came away with an amazing 2nd place overall.

The Beeches Swimmer’s left in the very  early hours  on Saturday morning to  travelled  the 90 mile  from the midlands   to Waterland Outdoor Centre in the scenic Cotswold Water Park which was to host the Big Cotswold Swim over the weekend, the event features  one-mile and two-mile races.

More than 300 swimmers took part, with slightly fewer opting to swim one mile rather than two. Local swimming and triathlon clubs such as Stroud, Swindon, Cirencester, Cheltenham and Gloucester were strongly represented but a good number of swimmers came from further afield such as Exeter, Newbury and Hereford and off course the midlands..!

The Beeches Swimmer’s took part in the epic two-mile race , and after 40 minutes  head to head  racing  with  Stuart Morrish from City of Hereford SC  , Paul had had to settle for an amazing  2nd place finish overall and 1^St place in 45-49 age group in  great time 42.32 for the 2 miles  swim

The cool and wet weather didn’t make a good day for spectators but for swimmers it was warmer in than out. “There are not many sporting events where the top women finish so close to the men or where the 40 and 50+ lead the way, but it was nice to see, for a change, at the Big Cotswold Swim and made for a great atmosphere at the finish,” says a spokesperson for TriFerris, the event organiser.

The Beeches Swimmer’s next open water events are this weekend , on Saturday paul does The Man Of  Steel  Auqabike event at Eton Dorney lake in  Windsor, and on Sunday it’s the west midlands open water 3k championships in Bosworth lake in Leicestershire

And here’s the link to Big Rick’s Blog on this event:-

http://bigrickchannelswimteam.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-big-cotswold-swim-2014.html