Big Beeches congratulations must go to Rob Small, who got 3rd place in the 25-44 years category at the Port Dickson Swimathon in Malasia,  clocking 85 mins for a 5km open water sea swim.

Well done Rob!

A Big Beeches well done to all the Beeches Senior and Masters swimmers who took part in this weekend’s Staffordshire Masters Open Meet. Swimmers compete in time order, but medals are given out within their own age groups. Most masters meets start with the 25 to 29 age group, but the Staffs Masters have the 15 to 19, and 20 to 24 age groups.

Overall the medal tally for the 9 swimmers was 32 Gold medals, 13 Silvers and 7 Bronze medals!

Swimming on the day were:

Charlie Wheadon (200 Freestyle Gold; 100 Backstroke Gold; 50 Freestyle Silver; 100 I.M. Gold)

Steve Dunn (200 Freestyle Gold; 100 Freestyle Gold; 100 Butterfly Gold)

Jessica Jones (200 Freestyle Silver; 25 Backstroke Silver; 100 Backstroke Gold; 100 freestyle Gold; 50 Backstroke Gold; 25 Freestyle Gold)

Cameron Rimmer (200 Freestyle Silver; 50 Butterfly Bronze; 50 Breaststroke Gold; 50 Freestyle Bronze; 100 I.M. Gold; 25 Breaststroke Gold; 50 Backstroke Gold; 25 Butterfly Gold; 50 Backstroke Gold; 25 Freestyle Gold)

Paul Bates (25 Backstroke Gold; 50 Butterfly Silver; 100 Backstroke Silver; 50 Breaststroke Silver; 100 I.M. Gold)

Drew Rimmer (25 Backstroke Gold; 50 Butterfly Silver; 100 Backstroke Silver; 100 I.M. Gold; 25 Breastroke Bronze; 100 Freestyle Silver; 50 Backstroke Silver; 25 Butterfly Bronze; 50 Backstroke Silver; 25 Freestyle 4th; 100 Butterfly Gold)

Jennifer Powell (25 Backstroke Gold; 100 Backstroke Gold; 25 Breast Gold; 25 Butterfly Gold; 50 Backstroke Gold)

Stuart Fuller (50 Breaststroke Bronze; 50 Freestyle 4th; 100 I.M. Silver; 25 Breaststroke Bronze; 100 Breaststroke Bronze)

Vicky Harris (50 Breaststroke Gold; 50 Freestyle Gold; 25 Breaststroke Gold; 100 Breaststroke Gold; F25 Freestyle Gold).

Well done to all the swimmers who competed on the day. Bucketloads of medals had by all!

Results of the meet are here: Staffs Masters 2016_results

It was short trip down the motorway to Redditch for the PBSSS swimmers, for round 2 of the Worcester Winter League. Against some very tough opposition, the Beeches swimmers fought well. The only first place on the night went to pocket rocket Sophia Deans, in the 11/under 50 Freestyle. There were 15 other top 3 finishers on the night:

The mixed 11/under medley team made up of Catrine Hart, Lewis Carless, Sophia Deans, Harvey Higgins, Becky Gulliver and Ellison Hart (2nd); Katie Gulliver in the Open 100m Butterfly (2nd), and Jamie Keyte in the Open 100m Butterfly (2nd); Lewis Carless in the 11/under 50m Freestyle (2nd); Penny Whittingham in the Open 100m Backstroke  (3rd) and Jamie Keyte in theOpen 100m Backstroke (3rd); Catrine Hart in the 11/under 50m Backstroke (3rd) and her brother Ellison Hart in the 11/under 50m Backstroke (2nd); Drew Rimmer in the 15/under 100m Butterfly (3rd); The Open mixed medley team made up of Jessica Jones, Cameron Rimmer, Penny Whittingham, Jamie Keyte, Katie Gulliver and Drew Rimmer (3rd); Becky Gulliver in the 11/under 50m Butterfly (3rd) and Harvey Higgins in the 11/under 50m Butterfly (2nd); Jessica Jones in the Open 100m Freestyle (3rd); The 11/under mixed Freestyle team made up of Sophia Deans, Lewis Carless, Becky Gulliver, Ellison Hart, Catrine Hart and Harvey Higgins (2nd); And the Open Free team made up of Sareena Gaddu, Drew Rimmer, Jessica Jones, Cameron Rimmer, Katie Gulliver and Jamie Keyte (3rd).

Eight personal best times on the night went to Daniel Cox (100m Free and 100 Breast), Vicky Cox (100m Back), Jamie Keyte (100m Butterfly), Drew Rimmer (100m Butterfly), Trearna Hart (100m Breast), Jessica Jones (100m Free) and Sophia Deans (50m Breast).

Other swimmers on the night were Ella Payne, Kenny Byrne, Sophie Blackwell.

Finishing fourth on the night, it looks likely Beeches will be in the middle final in April. Team spirit as always was excellent – well done to all the swimmers on the night.

Big Beeches well done to Harvey Higgins, Sophia Deans and Carys Higgins, who all took part in this year’s Stourbridge Crystal Open Meet. A very long day but lots of PBs – well done guys.

Results can be seen here:

2016-Crystal-Results

Please do not send your boys to swimming in Beach Shorts – they create a lot of drag, and make swimming difficult for the boys who wear them.

Instead can you please send your boys in either trunks  or jammers  – thank you.