Saturday night was the first round of this year’s Mercian League, held at Solihull’s Tudor Grange swimming baths.

Not a long journey for a Saturday night gala – except half of the Beeches swimmers, including coach Simon Hughes, were stuck on the M42 for two hours following an accident on there!

So the gala didn’t get off to the easiest of starts, with massive team changes, and the team unable to swim the 10 year old relays (as they were short of a 10 year old boy and girl – both stuck on the motorway!).

No stewards at the start of the gala either – so Andrew Gulliver had to manage the team single handedly for the first half of the gala – well done Andrew!

After a delayed start to the gala, one by one the missing Beeches swimmers started to appear on poolside – to lots of hugs and cheers from their fellow swimmers!!!

There were 13 wins on the night – these went to Catrise Hart (in the 10/under 50 Backstroke, and 12/under 100 Backstroke); Brother Ellison Hart (in the 10/under 50 Backstroke); Katie Gulliver (in the Open 100 Butterfly); Little sister Becky Gulliver (in both the 10/under 50 Freestyle and 25 Butterfly); Penny Whittingham (in the Open 100 Backstroke); Maddie Hughes (in the 12/under 50 Butterfly); Ella Payne (in the 12/under 100 Freestyle); The Mens Open Relay Team (in both the Medley and Freestyle relays – Cameron Rimmer, Louis Oliver, Steve Dunn and Stuart Fuller); The Ladies Open Freestyle Relay Team (Penny Whittingham, Jessica Jones, Katie Gulliver and Sareena Gaddu); The girls 10/under relay team (Trearna Hart, Catrine Hart, Becky Gulliver and Emma Fuller).

Other top 3 finishers on the night were: Vicky Cox (in both the 14/under Butterfly and the 14/under Backstroke); Trearna Hart (in the 10/under 50 Breaststroke); Louis Oliver  (in the Open Breaststroke); Ellison Hart (in the 10/under 25 Butterfly); Jessica Jones (in the Open Freestyle); Katie Gulliver (in the Open 100 IM); Sareena Gaddu (in the Open Breaststroke); Harvey Higgins (in the 100 Freestyle); the girls 12/under Freestyle relay team (Ella Payne, Catrine Hart, Becky Gulliver and Maddie Hughes).

Other swimmers on the night were Abbie Fuller, Dylan Hunt, Jacob Dunn, Jack Robins, Daniel Job, Vinaye Gaddu and Shontréz Lecky.

Coach Simon Hughes was happy with the result, and proud of all of the swimmers.

This result from round one, although hindered by the unusual start to this gala, places us mid table after the first round. Lets see what gets thrown at us in the next round!!!

Hello from ProSwimwear! I would like to inform you that we’ve got 10% off all items this weekend and thought I should email you personally. Our swimming clubs are really important to us and we’re going to be working with you more than before to help give you the right deals/offers for your club and members. 

This offer is for everyone, however, we especially want you to get the most of your club account with us. It might be an idea for you to send your members an email/message asking them to shop through the link on your club’s website if they’re thinking of buying any swimwear or accessories this weekend. 

10% Discount (Running from 29^th April – 2^nd May)

You’ll need to ask your members to click the button on your website,  they will need to enter the following code once they are within the cart page (and not within the checkout). 

Discount code to enter: MAY10%

Within the discount code section on the cart page.

Kind regards,

Randy Salway
Clubs Coordinator
http://www.proswimwear.co.uk

If you wish your child to swim on a different night, please check with the club first, as most sessions are quite full.

Please email Mandy if you need any more information – thank you.

The Beeches 100 Club (affectionately known as the Bonus Ball) is run to help you win some money each month, whilst helping the club raise some valuable funds.

For £4 a month, you will ‘own’ one number in the monthly draw.

Each month half of the takings are given to the club, the other half is the prize money pot.

If your number is the first ball out of the pot you get 60% of the prize money pot.

Second out you get 30% of the prize money pot.

Third out you get 10% of the prize money pot.

So the more we have in the Bonus Ball, the bigger the pot gets!

We have a gambling license, so even your family and friends can get involved.

Why not have a go?

PBSSSStandingOrderFormBONUS Ball

Please return your form to the sweetie desk, or pass to Helen Pordage – thank you.

Previous winners can be seen here.

Senior Sessions at Perry Beeches Baths on Sundays are reverting back to the 2 hour session that they used to be.

Still starting at 16:30, but now finishing at 18:30.

This is effective immediately.

The winners of the Beeches Bonus Ball for April 2016 were as follows:

For more information about joining the Bonus Ball – for only £4 a month – why not click here for more information!