ESSA National Inter Divional Gala
Two West Norfolk swimmers have been selected to represent the East Region at the English Schools Inter-Divisional Swimming Championships in June. Josh Gray who attends KES and Nathan Wells who attends Springwood will be travelling with the team to compete in the competition being held at the Liverpool Aquatics Centre. The team is selected from swimmers from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex and this is an excellent achievement for both of the swimmers.
Swimmers collect medals at British Gas ASA East Region Youth Championships at Basildon
West Norfolk swimmers had some great successes at this year's British Gas East Region Youth Championships held at the Basildon Sporting Village, competing against swimmers from Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex. The club had seven swimmers who qualified for the competition, Sophie Green, Keely Empson, Sarah Bowling, Josh Gray, Alex Murray, Elliot Legg and Cameron Murray, their acheivements including many PB’s showed the results of their hard work in training this season. In the 15/16 years age group Sophie competed in 7 events and showed her strength in the backstroke reaching the finals in the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke and in the 50m and 100m butterfly, collecting a silver medal in the 100m backstroke and bronze medal in the 50m backstroke. In the 17/Over age group Josh Gray competed in 6 events with his main successes being in the breastroke events, reaching the finals in the 50m, 100m and 200m and collecting a bronze medal in the 200m with a 2.5 second PB. Keely competed in 5 events and reached the 15/16 years final in the 50m backstroke finishing in a well deserved 6th place. Sarah had 2 strong PB swims in the 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle
collecting a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle in the Disability Championships. Alex competed in 6 events with some strong swims throughout the weekend particularly in the backstroke. Elliot qualified for the first time this year and swam an excellent PB in the 50m freestyle and was just outside his PB on the 50m butterfly. Cameron had a good swim in the 50m freestyle finishing just outside his PB time. A great set of results for all of the swimmers. Full results can be found at www.eastswimming.org . The club would like to thank Catalina Software Ltd of Downham Market for sponsoring the shirts for the competition this year.
Picture shows swimmers with Graeme Whiting of Catalina Software Ltd – Sponsor
UEA Mini Meet, 5th May 2012
Nine West Norfolk Swimmers attended the UEA Mini Meet on Saturday 5th May. The swimmers put in some excellent performances and some good PB’s and great improvements on times.
Awards were presented to the top three swimmers and the club took home 6 gold, 9 silver and 1 bronze medals in total.
A big thank you to Sam Curwen's parent for looking after the team on the day.
Age Group – 8/U
Sam Curwen - 9th – 50m Free, 9th – 50m Breast, 3rd – 25m Fly, 6th – 50m Back
Eleanor Simms - 8th – 25m Breast, 10th – 25m Back, 5th – 25m Free
Gemma White - 7th – 25m Back, 9th – 25m Breast, 5th – 25m Free
Lucy White - 7th - 100m IM, 9th - 50m Free, 5th - 25 Fly, 6th - 50m Back, 1st – 25m Breast
Age Group – 9
Alex Hall - 2nd – 25m Fly, 1st – 50m Back, 2nd - 50m Free
Rosie Muspratt - 2nd – 25m Back, 1st – 50m Fly, 1st – 25m Free,2nd – 100m IM
Abigail Simms - 2nd - 25m Fly, 2nd - 50m Back, 2nd - 25m Free
Danielle Wilson - 5th – 25m Back, 2nd – 50m Breast, 5th – 25 Fly, 9th -50m Free, 6th – 100IM
Age Group – 10
Jenny Read -1st – 50m Free,5th – 50m Breast, 2nd – 50m Fly, 2nd – 100m IM, 1st -50m Back
Leicester Open Meet (14/15th April 2012)
Fifteen West Norfolk swimmers competed at the City of Leicester Open Meet with some excellent results and many personal best times being achieved. Awards were presented to the top three swimmers in each event and the club took home 8 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze medals in total. The gala was a Level 1 meet which allows the swimmers times to be used for qualifying for the Regional and National Championships later this year. Nathan Wells was in superb form throughout the weekend and swam some excellent races winning the 13/14 years 400m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 200m IM, and becoming the first swimmer in the club this year to obtain qualifying times for every event at the East Region Championships at UEA in June, showing his superb ability across all four strokes, a massive achievement. Other gold medals went to Sophie Green in the 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly and 200m butterfly, and Josh Gray in the 100m breaststroke and 200m breastroke. Once again the great results show the hard work and training that the swimmers continue to put in.
Full Results
11/12 yrs
Joe Wells 10th 100 free 400 IM 11th 100 fly 200 fly 400 free 12th 100 back 200 back 13th 200 IM 14th 200 free 16th 100 breast 24th 200 breast
Chloe Sorrell 44th 200 back
13/14 yrs
Matthew Addis 7th 100 breast 9th 200 breast 34th 200 free
Ollie Kenny 11th 200 back 12th 400 free 14th 100 back 16th 100 fly 20th 100 free 22nd 200 IM
Nathan Wells 1st 400 free 200 free 200 IM 2nd 100 back 200 back 3rd 400IM 100 free 4th 200 breast 100 breast 8th 200 fly 100 fly
Elise Sorrell 15th 50 free 38th 100 back 200 back 53rd 200 free 54th 100 free
Hannah Janisch 10th 50 free 18th 400 free 23rd 200 free 26th 100 back
Sophie Empson 17th 50 free 26th 100 breast 70th 100 free
Abbie Whiting 7th 50 free 16th 100 free 22nd 100 back 23rd 100 fly 26th 200 free 36th 200 IM 42nd 200 back
15 yrs
Over Ryan Sykes 12th 400 free 27th 50 free
Mark Collins 3rd 100 breast 5th 100 free 8th 50 free
Alex Murray 2nd 100 free 3rd 100 fly 4th 100 back 5th 50 free 26th 200 free
Josh Gray 1st 100 breast 200 breast 7th 100 fly 9th 200 IM 14th 100 free 50 free
Multitude of trophies and medals at this year’s Norfolk County Championships
West Norfolk swimmers had great success collecting a multitude of trophies and medals at this year’s Norfolk County Championships which were held at UEA, Norwich and Waterworld, Thetford, competing against swimmers from all over the county. The championships got off to a great start on the first day with every West Norfolk swimmer gaining a PB in their individual events, showing their continued commitment to improve their times which can only be achieved with their hard work in training. This success continued throughout the galas with numerous PB’s and many club members reaching finals in their age groups and gaining top six placings, along with several Age Group Champions and some championship records being broken. Qualifying times for the East Region championships were also obtained throughout the competition and so far the club have thirteen members who have qualified, Sophie Green, Keely Empson, Hannah Janisch, Sarah Bowling, Abbie Whiting, Gaby Balls, Josh Gray, Alex Murray, Cameron Murray, Mark Collins, Nathan Wells, Joe Wells and Archie Holman, for the competitions which take place in Basildon and UEA in the summer, with a few more swimmers competing at meets over the next couple of weeks hopeful of gaining qualifying times. BAGCAT and Top Boy and Girl awards were made to the top three swimmers in each age group and these were presented to 15 years - Keely Empson (1st), Sophie Green (2nd), Ryan Sykes (3rd), 14 years - Nathan Wells (1st), Oliver Kenny (3rd), 12 years - Abbie Whiting (2nd).