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.

Reminder – Sunday Assessments now start at 4.30pm – this is for all learn to swim children.

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Did you used to swim when you were younger?

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Why not try out Perry Beeches SSS swimming club for size!

Masters only session on a Sunday at 3pm, plus lots of other sessions that the Masters attend.

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It was two full days of swimming that completed the final weekend of this year’s Warwickshire County Championships at Coventry’s 50m swimming baths.

The winner this weekend was Catrine Hart, who came first in her age group in the 100 backstroke final, followed in fourth place by Becky Gulliver.

Catrise’s brother Ellison, made the final of the 50 Backstroke, coming in a creditable fourth place.

Sophia Deans again had a good weekend, with a gutsy swim in the 50 Butterfly, coming 7th in the final, gaining a place in doing so.

Harvey Higgins and Lewis Carless made the 50 freestyle final, coming 5th and 6th places respectively.

Good swims from Catrise Hart, Sophia Deans, Ella Payne and Becky Gulliver in the girls 10-12 medley relay. They jumped three places to finish fifth with a 16 second PB too.

Another finalist was Lewis Carless in the boys 100 freestyle – he came out 6th overall and another PB time.

Then onto Sunday! Trearna Hart (the third triplet!) and Sophia Deans qualified for the 50m Breaststroke final, coming 6th and 7th respectively. Trearna also made the 100 Breaststroke final, narrowly missing out on third place. Ending the weekend was Becky Gulliver, who made the final of the girls 10-13 200 Butterfly, swimming her second 200 Fly of the day in the final!

Other swimmers this weekend were Jamie Keyte, Katie Gulliver, Danya Gaddu, Tom Reader, Cameron Rimmer, Drew Rimmer, Ravel Bailey, Daniel Job, James Bodenham and Victoria Cox. Well done to all swimmers – PBSSS is very proud of you all.