After an interesting start to the evening, with much of the team held up on M6 due to an accident, the team swam well in the second round of the Mercian League. With 9 first places going to:

Girls 12/under Medley Relay (Danya Gaddu, Hannah Kilminster, Pia Tonks and Sancha Tonks)

Hannah Kilminster (Girls 12/under breaststroke)

Dom Blackwell (14/under Freestyle and 14/under Breaststroke)

Pia Tonks (12/under freestyle)

Sareena Gaddu (14/under breaststroke)

Katie Gulliver (Open Girls freestyle)

Girls 14/under Medley Relay (Jessica Jones, Sareena Gaddu, Lucy Keyte, Grace Morgan)

Girls 12/under freestyle Danya Gaddu, Hannah Kilminster, Pia Tonks and Sancha Tonks)

With 10 other top three finishers, and a fourth place it was a respectable evening for Beeches.

Personal bests on the night were achieved by Hannah Lawrence (50 Back & Free), Lily Massey (50 Breast & 25 fly), Grace Morgan (100 Free), Sareena Gaddu (100 Breast & 100 Back), Katie Gulliver (100 Free), Daniel Kilminster (50 Back & Free), Kynan Walker (100 Back), Ben Coeulle (100 Free), Dom Blackwell (100 IM), Andrew Gulliver (100Fly & Back), Jamie Keyte (100 Breast).

Well done to all who swam  – results available in the Members section.

A Thank You message from the Head Coach:

Water Safety On the 23rd May, the ASA released a report which stated thatmore 50% of children aged between 7 and 11 years old cannot swim. This is a particularly shocking statistic when we take into consideration the fact that more than 400 people drown in the UK each year, with thousands more suffering from near experiences. World of Swimming consider Swimming to be one of the most important skills that any person will learn during the journey of life, and are therefore promoting the Royal Life Saving Society UK’s Drowning Prevention Week. This campaign is running from the 22nd to the 30th June 2013 and is a national campaign to promote water safety messages and help reduce incidents of drowning. Drowning Prevention Week encourages schools, clubs, leisure centres and communities to come up with new and exciting ways to show people how they can have fun and stay safe around water. The campaign also aims to raise money for the charity’s drowning prevention programmes. We’re all passionate about swimming, so lets make sure that everyone can take part, safely!