It was an amazing weekend for the Perry Beeches sss swimmers who took part in the first weekend at the Warwickshire County Championships at Coventry’s 50m pool.

First with success was Carys Higgins, who came second in the 11/unders 200 Breaststroke.

Then, the boys medley and freestyle relay teams of Joel Harris, Callum Gibbons, Vashon St Rose, Harry McGovern, Billy Martin, Mason Carless, Jacob Dunn, Daniel Johnson and Metin Ulukus – many of whom came to swim and support the team, whilst gaining useful 50m swimming experience.

Carys then went on to reach the finals of the 50 Backstroke, coming 8^th in the final.

Catrise Hart and Becky Gulliver also made the final for their age group of the 50 Backstroke – Catrise coming 3^rd and Becky 4^th.

Harvey Higgins won the 50 Butterfly for the 13/unders.

Then onto the 100 Back for Boys – Lewis made the final and came 6^th, and Jamie Keyte came 7^th.

Harvey also made the final of the 200 IM – and won this too for the 13/under category.

Onto Sunday’s races and the girls 100 freestyle, Carys and Becky both reached the finals in their age groups, and both came 6^th in their respective finals.

Then onto the girl’s 50 freestyle. Again Carys and Becky made the finals in their age groups, this time Carys came 6^th and Becky came 5^th in their age groups.

Becky then went onto swim in the girls 400 freestyle, coming 3^rd in the 13/under category.

Harvey then swam the 50 and 100 Breaststroke making the finals for both events. Harvey came 3^rd in the 50 Breast and 2^nd in the 100 Breast.

Perhaps Harvey was saving himself for the 200 Freestyle, where he cruised home to an easy win! Jamie also made the final coming an admirable 4^th place in his age group.

Carys, not wanting to be outdone by Big Brother, went onto win the 11/under girls 100 Butterfly in the final. Becky also made the 13/under final, coming 7^th.

Catrise and Becky finished the day off in the 200 Backstroke final – Catrise coming 2^nd and Becky 7^th in the 13/unders final.

Well done to everyone who took part – all events have to be qualified for, meaning they have all worked really hard to get there in the first place. Special thanks to the relay swimmers too.

Here’s looking forwards to the second half of the Warwicks this coming weekend…….

Beeches Club Captains are voted for each year by the Seniors and Masters swimmers, and the aim is for the club captains to support the team, and attend galas where they can.

This year it was a repeat of last year, with Jamie Keyte and Katie Gulliver both winning the votes, and being crowned club captains for the Boys and Girls, at the Annual Club’s Christmas gala.

Well done to both Jamie and Katie 🙂

Vernon Tonks was a very successful coach at Perry Beeches swimming club, who unfortunately passed away in 2013. Two trophies were bought in his memory, and are given to the best performing girl(s) and boy(s) at the Annual Club’s Christmas Gala.

This year two girls are to share the trophy – Lois Markham (9) and Carys Higgins (10), who both won every single race in their age groups.

There were also two winners for the boys this year – Joel Harris (9), and Jacob Dunn (11) – again both of them winning every single event in their respective age group.

Head Coach Helen Pordage is very proud of all four swimmers and their achievements to date.

Last session tonight (22/12) at Erdington for the Juniors, Seniors and Masters.

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2018.

And for the 27 swimmers with Warwickshire County times, and the Masters, don’t forget the training on Wednesday and Thursday mornings next week at Handsworth 8am til 9.30am.

Please see attached the final tables for this year’s National Arena League, West Midland’s division.. Many congratulations to all teams who took part this year.

West Midland Arena League Final Tables

Big well done to all who took part in Saturday’s round 3 of the National Arena League.

Coming second on the night to Kingsbury, the team fought well for every point.

It was a bitterly cold night, but at least the snow managed to stay away until after the gala had finished and we had all travelled home!

First places on the night went to: The girls 9-11 Freestyle relay team (Lottie Coley, Carys Higgins, Kadejha Cox and Tegan Nolan); the girls 13/under medley relay team (Catrise Hart, Trearna Hart, Becky Gulliver and Sophia Deans); The girls 15/under Freestyle relay (Vicky Cox, Ella Davies, Trearna Hart and Becky Gulliver); Becky Gulliver (girls 15/under Backstroke); Katie Gulliver (Open ladies Butterfly); Catrise Hart (girls 13/under backstroke); Jamie Keyte (Open men’s backstroke and Open men’s freestyle); Sophia Deans (15/under girls Breaststroke); The girls 13/under freestyle relay (Trearna Hart, Catrise Hart, Sophia Deans and Becky Gulliver); The ladies 6 by 2 freestyle relay (Katie Gulliver, Becky Gulliver, Sophia Deans, Vicky Cox, Catrise Hart, Trearna Hart); The Men’s 6 by 2 freestyle relay team (Drew Rimmer, Stuart Fuller, Steve Dunn, Dean Roberts, Harvey Higgins and Jamie Keyte).

Other top 3 finishers on the night were: Jamie Keyte (2nd 200 IM); the 11/under boys freestyle relay team 3rd (Mason Carless, Joel Harris, Jacob Dunn and Metin Ulukus); the boys 13/under medley relay team 3rd (Ellison Hart, Harvey Higgins, Lewis Carless and Vinaye Gaddu); the open boys medley relay team 3rd (Jamie Keyte, Stuart Fuller, Drew Rimmer and Steve Dunn); The open ladies medley relay team 3rd (Catrise Hart, Sophia Deans, Katie Gulliver and Becky Gulliver); Carys Higgins (3rd 11/under backstroke and 2nd 11/under Butterfly and 3rd 15/under 100 Butterfly); Jacob Dunn (2nd 11/under boys backstroke); Sophia Deans (2nd 13/under Breaststroke); Harvey Higgins (2nd 13/under Breaststroke and 2nd 15/under Freestyle and 2nd 13/under 100 Freestyle); Ellison Hart (3rd 15/under backstroke); Lewis Carless (2nd 13/under backstroke and 2nd 13/under 100 Butterfly); Katie Gulliver (2nd Open backstroke and 2nd Open Freestyle); Metin Ulukus (2nd 50 Breaststroke); Becky Gulliver (2nd 13/under 100 Butterfly and 2nd 13/under 100 Freestyle); Dean Roberts (3rd Open Breaststroke); the girls 11/under Medley Team (2nd Carys Higgins, Tegan Nolan, Kadejha Cox and Kianna Hughes); the boys 13/under freestyle relay team 2nd; the girls 15/under medley relay (Ella Davies, Vicky Cox, Trearna Hart and Catrise Hart).

Coach Helen Pordage is very proud of every single member of the team, and the very vocal way they supported one another! Whether you went for one swim or may swims you are all an important part of the TEAM. Well done guys 🙂

Big thanks to all of the volunteers wh made Saturday night possible – we couldn’t have done it without you!