The annual Beeches Christmas Disco went swimmingly last night, and a good time was had by all! With a variety of music, and ‘children of all ages’ in attendance, the atmosphere was alive to the sound of music.

Notable memories from the night include:

The Winners of the Vernon Tonks Memorial trophies were announced:

For the boys – Dylan Langston

For the girls a three way tie – Sophia Deans, Lily Spencer and Jessica Deans (seen below with Gary Tonks, who presented the Trophies)

The Beeches Club Captains for 2014 were announced:

For the boys – we have joint club captains – Jamie Keyte and Andrew Gulliver

For the girls – Katie Gulliver

And – last but not least – Maisy Brennan’s brother Ci who along with Pia Tonks, Sancha Tonks and Danya Gaddu performed a show dance for the watchful audience.

The Christmas Raffle was also drawn – please see below for the results:

Many thanks for everyone who came along, supported the club, and had lots of FUN whilst doing so! Merry Christmas to One and All!

If you are intending to come to the Christmas Disco this Sunday at Hollyfields, please can you email mandy.blizard@btinternet.com to let her know, as we need to sort out numbers for the food.

Many thanks!

This Saturday saw Perry Beeches compete in the final round of the Arena League in Rugby. Spirits were high and Atmosphere was tense, but Beeches celebrated in style with a wonderful array of Christmas hats, a brilliant idea from our current female club captain Katie Gulliver and Jessica Jones. It definitely brought the team together, as team spirit was higher than ever before and with swimmers desperate to do well it is no surprise that Beeches finished with our best result of the season. Coming a comfortable 6^th out of 7 beating Solihull B by over 30 points a brilliant result especially, as Solihull had beaten us on a previous round.  What a great way to finish the 2013 calendar!

The Gala was a fast paced affair, with swimmers getting a grand total of 14 PBs and 15 unofficial PBs. We had a record number of 10 winning races, which included: Dan Smith who won all three of his individuals (200IM, 100 Fly, 100Fc) with Personal Best times: Katie Gulliver won her 15 and under 100 Fly and she came a close 2^nd in her open 100Fc which was also a personal best time. Both Grace Morgan and Dom Blackwell won their under 15’s 100m Fc with convincing leads. The last individual win was Jessica Deans in the 11 and under’s 50 FC. Finally we had wins from the 15 and under female relay team who won both of their relays by several arm strokes. The team consisting of Grace Morgan, Jessica Jones, Hasna Hakim and Katie Gulliver deserve a huge well done for their efforts. Also the Men’s open relay, the final event of the gala, I personally believe the team made up of  Dean Roberts, Dominic Blackwell, Jovan Owusu-Nepal, Andrew Gulliver , Jamie Keyte and Dan Smith, deserves a special mention and a thank you for the nail biting conclusion to the gala. All 6 lads worked so hard to gain a win for the team, although the result was uncertain until quite literally the last arm stroke as Dan brought the race home.

I want to say a huge thank you to all the team:

• The 11’s-Sophia Deans, Jessica Deans, Cody Robins, Lily Spencer, Kynan Walker, Harvey Kang, Talvinder Khella, Dylan Scruton.
• The 13’s-Danya Gaddu, Dominique Gomez and Sukhvir Khella
• The 15’s and Opens-  Grace Morgan, Jessica Jones, Hasna Hakim, Katie Gulliver, Lucy Keyte, Channel Kang, Dominic Blackwell, Dean Roberts, Jamie Keyte, Jowan Owusu-Nepaul and Andrew Gulliver
• Volunteers: Coach Dave Marsh, Chaperones- Tracy Blackwell and Tracey Blackwell, Time Keepers- Cher Jones and Mark Blackwell plus Chief time keeper Helen Pordage, Judge- Lucy Gale and Recorder-Mandy Blizard.

The gala definitely wouldn’t have gone as well without you! Well Done! Merry Christmas.

Report by Lucy Gale

Updated after the annual Christmas Sprints Gala, the 25’s and the 50’s are both available in the Members section.

If you need a logon for the members section please use the ‘contact us’ form on this website – thank you.

http://cannockswimmingclub.org/group.asp?page=136

The Annual Cannock Phoenix Open Meet takes place on Sunday 9th February 2014 – but entries have to be in to Beeches before the 5th January 2014 (and it is a first come first served open meet).

Why not take a peek at the entry form below to see what you can enter – or click on the link above for more details.

CPEntry Form 2014

Photo below was taken last year at the Phoenix Open meet.