Oh what a night! The Bold, the amazing, Beeches Diddy Team swam their hearts out for the club last night, winning their third round gala at Tamworth last night. With 16 wins, and 45 top three finishes overall, Katalina is hoping they have done enough to make the final in September. Beeches were first with 233 points, Blythe Barracudas B were second with 221 points, Tamworth third with 214 points and Stourbridge B were fourth with 196 points.

Winners on the night were: Sophia Deans (50 free), Daniel Kilminster (50 free), 9 years medley relay (Becky Gulliver, Catrice Hart, Trearna Hart and Rachel Beezer), 9 years medley relay Boys (Alfie Williams, Vinaye Gaddu, Harvey Higgins and Lewis Carless); 10/under medley relay (Becky Gulliver, Catrice Hart, Sophia Deans and Trearna Hart); 9 years Freestyle Relay Girls (Catrice Hart, Trearna Hart, Becky Gulliver and Rachel Beezer); 9 years Freestyle Relay Boys (Harvey Higgins, Vinaye Gaddu, Alfie Williams and Lewis Carless); 10/under Freestyle Relay (Becky Gulliver, Trearna Hart, Sophia Deans and Catrice Hart); 10/under Freestyle Relay (Vinaye Gaddu, Mohammed Ishmael, Lewis Carless and Daniel Kilminster); Becky Gulliver (9 years Butterfly); Harvey Higgins (9 years Butterfly); Jessica Deans (12/under Freestyle); The Girls Canon (Catrice Hart, Eleanor Elwell, Becky Gulliver, Trearna Hart, Sophia Deans, Lily Spencer, Cody Robns, Jessica Deans); Lewis Carless (9 years Freestyle); Sophia Deans (10/under Butterfly); Vinaye Gaddu (10/under Butterfly); Alfie Williams (9 years Backstroke); And the Final Canon (Catrice Hart, Harvey Higgins, Sophia Deans, Lewis Carless, Lily Spencer, Daniel Kilminster, Jessica Deans and Dylan Scruton).

All the and 15 personal best times too.

A big well done to all of the swimmers on the night, the screaming parents in the stands, and the volunteers on the night.

Results available in the members section on this site. If you do not yet have access to the members section, please use the Contact Us option on this website.

Congratulations go to sisters Sophia and Jessica Deans, who swam in this weekend’s Ickle People Meet at Wolverhampton Central Baths.

They both came away with several personal best times, and Jessica also achieved two golds (50 Butterfly and 50 Freestyle) and a silver (100 Freestyle). Sophia gained a third place in the 50 Freestyle.

Link to the results in the members section of this website.

The ever popular BRAT Junior Aquathlon is back!!  This event has been growing year on year and we’re planning our biggest and best Aquathlon yet so join us on Sunday 20th July at The Blue Coat School for another cracking race hosted by the BRAT Club.  The race also forms part of the West Midlands Junior Series.

The race itself consists of a swim and run. The clock begins when the competitor starts their swim and stops on crossing the finish line for the run. The swim is in Blue Coat’s excellent 25 metre indoor pool then the run is on grass. The course is entirely off public roads within the School grounds. Registration will start at 09:30 with the first swimmer starting at 11:15am prompt.
Closing date is 17th of July 2014 or when full – please note, this event has sold out in the last three years so enter early to avoid disappointment!   Late entries will not be accepted under any circumstances. Entry by telephone or email will not be accepted, however postal entries will be accepted and details for postal entry can be found at www.bratclub.co.uk.
Race details will be posted on the Birmingham Running, Athletics and Triathlon Club website, www.bratclub.co.uk
Category results and winners will be available shortly after each category finishes during the event.  There will be a trophy for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each age group both male and female and finishers’ medals for every competitor.  Full results will then be available on the Birmingham Running, Athletics and Triathlon Club website, www.bratclub.co.uk
Changing facilities, showers and refreshments will be available.

AGE, CATEGORIES & DISTANCES

Age on 31st December 2014

Go to Entry Central to submit your entry – http://www.entrycentral.com/BRATJuniorAquathlon2014

Sandwell Triathlon 2014 A5 Leaflets Portrate version 2

Sandwell Triathlon Map 2014

Entries to Sundays (29th) childrens Triathlon at Sandwell Valley West Bromwich, close at midnight Monday 23rd June

Age as at 31/12/14

Perry Beeches Swimmer Paul Bates,  last weekend joined 10,000 other Swimmers at the UKs and Europe biggest open water swimming event The Great North Swim.

The event took place at thee most iconic open water venue in country Lake Windermere…

The Great North Swim  event runs over 3 days ( 13^th to 15^th June ) There are a few different event  distances to choose  from. The  ½ mile and 1 mile events are the most popular ones ,then comes the 2 mile and 5k distances For the more adventurous .  

Paul  took part in the two mile distance race and produced a fabulous Swim of 44.35 for the 2 miles  , which resulted  in him  claiming second place in 45-49 age group and 14^th place overall out of 1400+  Swimmers who did the  two mile distance event .

The Beeches Swimmer’s next open water race is the big Cotswold 4 mile Swim in two weeks  time – good luck to Paul from everyone at Beeches for the next one!

And here’s the link to Big Rick’s Blog on this event – http://bigrickchannelswimteam.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/the-great-north-swim-2014.html