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Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted
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Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted
Essex County ASA County Association of the East and London Regions in conjunction with
Braintree & Bocking SC

“Braintree Pool Shakedown Event”
Sunday 6 July 2008

Programme of Events & Entry Conditions
Qualifying Times

NO Training for Seniors Sunday 11th May

 

Braintree and Bocking Swimming Club - Based in Essex Covering Braintree, Witham, Halstead, Colchester and ChelmsfordJumior Speedo 2008 Round 1 

Braintree hosted the first round of the Junior Speedo league at the Braintree Swimming Centre; this competition is for the age range 9 years to 12 years.

The boys 12 and under medley relay team of Tom Mclagan, Lewis Birks, Luke Durban and Philip Hart took Braintree's first win of the afternoon. The 9 year old boys relay team of Elliot Birks, Daniel Mclagan, Ben Durban and Ben Lane took a fine second place in their freestyle relay, this was the same position earned by the girls 11 year old team of Sophie Howard, Louise Lazell, Harriet Bartram-Baird and Hannah Travell. Amy Lazell picked a PB and second place in her Freestyle swim, with Sophie Howard also getting second in her backstroke event.

Hannah Travell picked up the teams first individual win in her fly event in a new PB time, this started a good run of swims for the team with Orin Mann claiming second in the boys fly while Alice Hickmott took second place in the 12 years age group freestyle a position bettered by Luke Durban who took the win in the boys same age bracket in a new PB time. Isabella Salthouse swam a three second Pb in her 10 years fly event to claim second place, whilst Hannah Travell returned to claim her second win this time in her 11 years freestyle event. David Fryatt took second in the same stoke and age group event for the boys, whilst Abigail Hart then swam to victory in her fly event for the 9 year old girls. Orin Mann then took first place in his breaststroke event, while Alice Hickmott and Tom Mclagan both had second places in their 12 years backstroke events.

The girl's 9-year medley relay team of Holly Bristow, Jessica Bulleid, Abigail Hart and Amy Lazell had a second place this was matched by the boy's team of Durban, Birks, Mclagan and Lane for their second time. The eleven year old girls team from earlier returned for another second place swim, whilst the boys 12 year old squad also returned to claim another victory. The last race saw the cannon relay which consists of one boy and girl from each age group to swim alternate lengths, another second place was achieved to round out a consistent afternoon's swimming.

Final score Halstead 236, Braintree 191, Anaconda 183 Basildon 158, Eltham 150, Harlow 66

ECASA Masters Championships - Thurrock

Braintree were represented by Hayley Brown & Shelley Wakeling at the ECASA Masters Championships held at Thurrock on Saturday 19th April.. It was a rewarding evening for them, both setting season best times along with collecting medals. Shelley won the 100m freestyle & the 50m Fly, Hayley collecting bronze in the 50m fly.

Mini League - Harwich

At the 2nd round of the Essex Mini League Braintree swimmers finished a very creditable 3rd place, posting no fewer than 28 personal bests and finishing 1st in 11 races.

Sophie Howard got the gala off to an excellent start with a 1st in 11/u 50m backstroke. In the next race Orin Mann was too impressive, with a massive 4.2 second PB was too fast and so time faulted. Other individual 1st places were achieved by Amy Lazell in the 10/u backstroke, Mathew Horne in the 14/u 100m freestyle, Isabella Salthouse and Ben Lane in the 10/u 50m backstroke, Ben Shambrook in the 11/u 50m freestyle and butterfly and Luke Durban in the open 100m freestyle.

In the relays the boys for once outshone the girls achieving four 1st places and one 2nd place. Particularly encouraging was the performance of the boys 9 years quartet of Daniel McLagan, Elliot Birks, Ben Lane and Ben Durban in their breaststroke and freestyle relays, this can only bode well for the future

Final Scores: Harwich 178 Romford 153 Braintree 131 Canvey Island 119 Maldon Sharks 71

Essex League Promotion - 2nd Year Running

Braintree hosted the final round or this seasons division 3 Essex League competition at the Braintree Swimming Centre.

Congratulations & well done to all the swimmers. A very strong team performance saw victory on the night and in doing so clinched the Division 3 title and with it promotion. A fitting end to the inaugural gala at the new swimming centre.

The performances from the swimmers has been consistantly high, but more so has been the attitiude and behaviour which has been a credit to all concerned. A special mention to those swimmers making their debut at this level, in particular Chloe Grose and Isabella Salthouse.

The title is added to the Speedo League promotion that the club recently achieved and with the move to the highly impressive swimming centre complete the future really does look bright for the club.

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted
Essex Swimming League

Braintree Swimming Centre Officially Openedl
Sponge Bob Proves a Hit


The Braintree Swimming Centre was officially opened by ex Braintree swimmer Giles Long MBE. The facility which is amongst the finest in the region and will be home to the Braintree Club.

The club was also presented with its' Swim 21 Certificate by Kevin Wray - East Region, Regional Director

Any questions please contact Steve.
(hall@braintreeswimming.co.uk or mob: (07894 140581))

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted

Why Join Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club?
Commited & Qualified Coaching team working to help each swimmer reach their potential.
The most pool time available for training of any club in the area.
We are a successful competitive club who cater for swimmers of a wide range of age and abilitiy up to and including National Level.
Moving to new 8 lane pool at Freeport in late 2007, complete with electronic timing.
2 Week Trial Offer The club offers a 2 week no obligation trial period. If you are interested please contact Steve or Janet.
Monthly Trials Trials are held at Riverside for new members on the middle Sunday of every Month. They are from 7.45am. For further details contact Janet Watkins on: 01376 329289

For further information contact:
Steve Hall:
hall@braintreeswimming.co.uk or mob: (07894 140581)
Janet Watkins:
01376 329289

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted Essex Championships Block 'D'
More medal winners at Championships.

The final weekend of the Essex County Championships saw several Braintree Swimmers once again make their way to Blackshots Pool at Thurrock in their attempts for more honours amongst the counties finest.

On Saturday Helen Mitchell competed in the Girls 12 years 1500 metres Freestyle event, she can be delighted with a Bronze medal for her efforts over the gruelling 60 lengths. For the Boys it was Luke Durban and Tom Mclagan in the 11years category and David Fryatt in the 10 years band, they were joined by Matthew Horne. The boys morning events saw the 200metre backstroke for the 10 and 11 age groups with David finishing just outside the medals in seventh, Tom finishing ninth while Luke finished in the medal places with a fourth all gaining new Pb times. Matthew Horne qualified for the 100m Breaststroke final.

In the afternoon David and Luke competing in their respective age groups in the 200metre fly, David swimming to a fine Pb and a fifth place whilst Luke again showed his consistent swimming throughout the championships with another top six medal place.

On sunday Helen Mitchell returned and was joined by Alice Hickmott and Hannah Travell. The morning event for the Girls was the 100metre freestyle, Hannah qualified for the Girls 11 year old final in fourth with a three second Pb in her heat, while in the 12 year group Alice can be pleased with a Pb from her swim whilst Helen was first reserve for the final missing out by an agonising 3 hundredths of a second on a final place. In the final Hannah showed her determination by improving her time and place yet again to swim a fine race and pick up a deserved Bronze medal.

The afternoon session started with the heats of the 100m backstroke Helen claimed herself another Pb while Hannah picked up a 3 second Pb and was third fastest going into the final of her 11 year age group, with Alice placing herself second fastest from the heats in the 12 years. The second event of the afternoon was the 200metre backstroke where again all 3 girls swam to Pb's Alice doing enough to gain a sixth place finish overall in her age bracket. And so to the finals of the 100metre back events and at the end of a long day the question was could Alice and Hannah raise their game for the finals. Up first was Hannah she got off to a blistering start and improved her heat time by over a second to earn herself a second Bronze on the day, she was followed up by Alice who also answered the question and swam a determined race to claim a fantastic Gold and improve her Pb by around a second from the heat time. The perfect end to this seasons County championships for the Club and it's swimmers, Gold in the final event.

The continued improvement by all involved saw a 12th place finish for the club, its highest for many years

The total medal count for the championships was 34 with, 5 Gold 3 Silver 10 Bronze and a further 16 fourth to sixth place finishes. Notable top ten BAGCAT finishes were achieved by; David Fryatt 6th 10 years Boys Luke Durban 2nd 11 years Boys Hannah Travell 5th 11 years Girls Alice Hickmott 4th 12 years Girls While Helen Mitchell, Tom Mclagan and Max Palmer Everson all finished just outside the top ten in their respective age groups.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SWIMMERS

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted Southend Open Meet 2008
Good Friday for Braintree.

Nine swimmers from Braintree Swimming Club travelled to Southend on Easter Friday for the annual Open meet hosted by Southend swimming club to compete over 100 metres in the four stroke disciplines.

Elliot Birks can be pleased with his days swimming efforts picking up 4 Pb's from his four events whilst his older brother Lewis can also be pleased with his performance also picking up 4 Pb's, all in medal earning places the best of which were 2 fourth places finishes in his back and fly events.

Abigail Hart swam in 3 events and collected herself a full set of Pb's from her swims the highlight being a twelve second Pb in the freestyle, whilst her brother Philip also had 3 swims, he collected a full set of Pb's and 3 medal finishes with two third places in his free and fly events being the pick.

Sophie Howard competed in all 4 disciplines and had two Pb's with her best result being a sixth place medal finish in her freestyle event.

Isabella Salthouse swam to a fantastic 21 second pb in the fly event to earn herself a medal finish with a sixth place, whilst also achieving a massive pb in her back stroke event to enjoy her day. Emma Wilde was another who had 3 swims and can celebrate with a full house of Pb's.

The Lazell Sisters of Amy and Louise rounded out the Braintree Swimmers with Amy collecting 2 Pb's from her two swims in the back and free while Louise had a Pb in her breaststroke event.

Every swimmer achieved at least one personal best during the day with 24 of the 28 total swims being new best times a fine event from all the swimmers.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SWIMMERS

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted Essex Championships Block 'C'
More medal winners at Championships.

The penultimate weekend of the County swimming championships saw more highly competitive swimming take place from Braintree swimmers with medals being won and lost by fractions of a second, in some of the closest swimming seen this championships. Luke Durban in the 11 years 400m Freestyle had himself a ding dong battle over the entire distance and was touched out by 2 hundredths of a second to collect Silver in a massive new PB time a fine effort from Luke, in the 10 years age group David Fryatt also earned himself a new PB and was also a medal winner collecting himself a Bronze and a club record, Tom Mclagan also competed in the 11 years and swam himself to a regional qualifying time, Max Palmer Everson completed the Boys entries gaining a final place in his 100m fly event where he achieved a Pb to finish 5th in the final and another medal place for Max, he also had a solid 200m Medley event and a top ten finish.

Hannah Travell in the 11years, Alice Hickmott and Helen Mitchell both in the 12 years were also in attendance all three girls swam the morning events of 100m Breaststroke and 200m Free, Hannah took nearly 5 seconds off her breaststroke time and improved her entry position, she also took over six seconds of her Freestyle time and missed out on a medal finish by just over a tenth of a second. Alice also swam a PB time in the Breaststroke and was a reserve finalist, she also improved her Freestyle time for a pair of PB's whilst Helen Mitchell had a top ten finish in the freestyle. Both the Girls returned for the afternoon in the 400m Medley both will be satisfied with good Pb's finishing 13th and 14th respectively.

Day two saw Hannah Travell, Alice Hickmott and Helen Mitchell return for their 100m Medley event both Alice and Hannah qualified for their respective age group finals in sixth with Helen again settling for a PB effort from her swim. The finals were again very close, Hannah improved her heat time by a second but was touched out of third into fourth place whilst Alice went one better and took Bronze. Max Palmer Everson had a tremendous swim in his 100m Freestyle going under a minute for the first time but missing the final by an agonising tenth of a second.

The afternoon session saw the boys in the shape of Luke Durban David Fryatt and Tom Mclagan return for their 200m Medley. First up was David who improved his entry position to collect his second Bronze medal of the weekend this was a theme that continued with Luke also improving his entry position and collect his second Silver of the weekend in yet another very close finish that was in the balance until the final 5 metres, Tom Mclagan rounded out the boys swimming with a PB and eighth place finish a good effort to move up the rankings by Tom.

The final event of the weekend was the Girls 400m Freestyle with Hannah Travell improving her lifetime best by 6 seconds and gain regional qualification, Grace Bauckham had her only swim of the weekend and improved her Pb whilst finishing one place out of the medals in seventh, Helen Mitchell swimming in the same heat also gained regional qualification and took home a 5th place finish to finish of another fine weekend for the swimmers and club.

Several of the clubs swimmers hold high ranking positions in their respective age groups and with one weekend left will look to consolidate or indeed improve their position they are David Fryatt 4th Boys 10 years, Hannah Travell 5th Girls 11years and Luke Durban 3rd Boys 11years.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SWIMMERS

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted Essex Championships Block 'B'
More medal winners at Championships.

This year has been the best yet with the club gaining more points in the first two blocks than in all four last year. Helen Mitchell was first up in the 12yr 800m, where she set a new lifetime best of 10.08.09 to claim fifth place and set a new club record in the process. David Fryatt was next in the 400IM swimming to 3rd position in a lifetime best of 6.02.75. Tom McLagen and Luke Durban were next in the 1yr1 400IM, where Luke finished 1st in a time of 5.35.06. Tom finished 5th only to be disqualified for a one handed touch.

The boys 200m freestyle started the afternoon session, David Fryatt finishing 4th in 2.36.10, Tom McLagen 7th in 2.27.91 and Luke claiming his second gold of the day in a time of 2.19.82 all three swam lifetime best times. Hannah Travell swam the 11yr 200m breaststroke, in a highly impressive time of 3.15.45. The boys 12-14 100m IM was the first event for Braintree swimmers on Sunday with Max Palmer-Everson finishing 4th in only his second ever County Championships. In swimming 2.30.37 David Fryatt took more than 15 seconds off his 200m breaststroke time just missing out on the medals. Thomas McLagen followed suit and Luke increased his medal count with 5th place.

Hannah Travell was 6th in the 11yr 200IM with a time of 2.49.50, Helen Mitchell recording a time of 2.46.90 in the 12yr age group, both lifetime bests. Likewise with Grace Bauckham in the 13yr old who swam a 2.47.58.

All the swims in the last session were lifetime bests, David Fryatt, Tom McLagen, Orin Mann and Luke Durban in the 100m IM. Luke finishing 6th.

Head Coach Steve Hall commented that " The performances of the Braintree swimmers have reflected the hard work they are putting into their training and with many of their best events yet to come I am looking forward with anticipation to the next block. WELL DONE to everyone."

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SWIMMERS

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted Essex Championships Block 'A'
Winning start to the 2007-2008 Championships.

A young Braintree squad travelled to Thurrock for the opening weekend of the County Championships. They gave the club one of the best starts it has had. Max Palmer-Everson, Hannah Travell, David Fryatt, Grace Bauckham and Roz Smith got proceedings underway on Saturday, Max winning medals in the freestyle and fly, Hannah doing the same in the freestyle and backstroke.

Sunday brought more good performances, Gergia Manning & Rachel Firth started the day well, Thomas McLagen, Orin Mann, Becky Booty and Philip Hart setting PBs in all their swims. Helen Mitchell and Alice Hicmott both making the final of the 50m freestyle, with Alice getting 2nd and Helen 4th place.

The afternoon session gave Braintree their first County Champions of the season, Luke Durban who made the final in all four events took gold in 50m freestyle. Alice Hickmott successfully defended her 50m backstroke title with a classy display. Matthew Horne rounded off proceedings with third place in the 50m breaststroke.

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SWIMMERS

Presentation Evening - Celebrationg a successful year. 

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted
Achievement Awards:
Best Young Swimmer Girls- Verity Foster, Georgia Harrod
Best Young Swimmer Boys- Ben Durban
Sean Eveleigh Achievement Award - David fryatt

Saturday 12th January saw the annual Presentation Evening for Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club.

It has been a very successful year for the club & the competition for the awards reflected this.

Club Championship Awards:
Girls 8 & Under - Abigail Hart
Boys 8 & Under - Daniel McLagen
Girls 9-10 - Sophie Howard
Boys 9-10 - David Fryatt
Girls 11-12 - Helen Mitchell
Boys 11-12 - Luke Durban
Girls 13-14 _ Paige Dutton
Boys 13-14 - Max Palmer Everson
Girls 15-16 - Rachel Firth
Girls 16-17 - Rachel Farley

Stroke Trophies :
Girls 100m IM - Rachel Firth
Boys 100m IM - Adam Byford
Girls 100m Breaststroke- Rachel Firth
Boys 100m Breaststroke- Dan Messenger
Girls 100m Fly- Rachel Firth
Boys 100m Fly- Adam Byford
Girls 100m Back - Alice Hickmott
Boys 100m Back- Adam Byford
Girls 100m Free- Georgia Manning
Boys 100m free - Adam Byford

Braintree and Bocking Swimming Club - Based in Essex Covering Braintree, Witham, Halstead, Colchester and ChelmsfordSpeedo 2007-2008 Round 3 - Promotion for Braintree - Tables here. 

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted

Braintree clinched promotion to division 1 after an exciting night of swimming at Bexleyheath.

It was a tremendous effort from the squad, with many swimmers having to swim in older age groups, notably Luke Durban and Alice Hickmott.

It was the younger swimmers who again caught the eye, with Hannah Travell, Roz Smith, Harriett Bartram-Baird & Helen Mitchell leading the way. Becky Booty had a memorable evening winning both her individual events in addition to both relays.

Thanks to to the senior swimmers who earned many valuable points..

Final positions:
Redhill & Reigate 314
Braintree & Bocking 238
Elmbridge Phoenix 236
Dorking 227
Bekenham 222
City of Canterbutry 198
Eltham Stingrays 184
Maidstone 174

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted Essex Championships 'Special Relays'
Thrilling day for Braintree swimmers - 2nd & 3rd palces.

The 2007 Essex County Championships concluded in dramatic fashion for Braintree swimmers in the young age group relays. Taking 3 teams to the event all the swimmers swam personal best times to improve on their entry times. Emma Wilde, Becky Booty, Roz Smith and Millie Bauckham got proceedings under way in the 4 x 50 freestyle, coming second in their heat. This was followed by the team of Helen Mitchell, Hannah Travell, Grace Bauckham & Alice Hickmott who came second to secure a place in the final.

The boys team of Tom McLagen, Lewis Birks, Luke Durbam & Philip Hart showed tremendous promise in the 11/12 yr old Medley relay coming 9th overall. As a team of 11 year olds they will swim this event again next year.

The final of the girls 4x50 freestyle was an exciting event. Helen Mitchell got off to a flying start, which was built upon by Hannah Travell, Grace Baukham closed the gap on the leading Epping Swimmer and Alice Hickmott swam a blistering final leg only failing to catch up by the narrowest of margins.

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted
Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted

The afternoon session produced more of the same, with the highlight being the girls 4x50 medley relay. Braintree went into the final in fifth place more than 2 seconds away from a medal. Alice Hickmott was first away setting a new PB for her 50m backstroke, Helen Mitchell took over and took a second off her breastroke time (which she had set in the heats) Grace Bauckham was magnificant on the fly leg putting the team in 4th position, it was down to Hannah Travell who also set a new PB as she claimed third place for the team.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR SWIMMERS

Funding For Braintree swimmer
Support from local businesses for David

Through the Braintree Supporting Sport Partnership local businesses have made a contribution to funding atheletes in the area who have the potential to reach national and possibly international level.

Braintree swimmer David Fryatt was one five local athletes who received their Braintree Supporting Sports Partnership Awards at the Sports Essex Awards Evening..

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted
Braintree and Bocking Swimming Club - Based in Essex Covering Braintree, Witham, Halstead, Colchester and Chelmsford Speedo 2007-2008 Round 2

The improving Braintree swimmers recorded their first Speedo League win for a number of years when they triumphed at Beckenham. It is the depth of talent available that is making the difference and in this event it showed with a total of 11 1st places and 15 seconds.

Good swims from many, but the 11&U girls team of Roz Smith, Hannah Travell, Becky Booty and Sophie Howard deserve special mention, not just for winning both relay events, but the manner in which they did it.

Thanks to all at Rochester for hosting and to all those Braintree parents who helped.

Final positions:
Braintree & Bocking 313
Dorking 291.5
Olympos Marlins B 255
Hythe Aqua 218
Black Lion B 199
Barracudas 185
Sutton Atlantis 169
City Of Rochester 145

Braintree finished in 4th position(1 point behind 1st) after Round 2 and as such we have made the No1 Gala for round 3 with the possibility of promotion. Full league table here.

Round 3 draw has been made & the details are as follows:

Saturday 8th December - Venue TBA
Redhill & Reigate
Elmbridge Phoenix
Dorking
Braintree & Bocking
Beckenham ‘B’
Maidstone
City of Canterbury ‘B’
Eltham Stingrays

Keep this date free!

Club Championships 2007

THE 2007 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

SPONSORED By BUSHCADE LTD at RIVERSIDE POOL - BRAINTREE

Sunday 11th November 2007 - WARM-UP 4.30pm - FIRST EVENT 5.00 pm

Thursday 15th November 2007 - WARM-UP 6.00pm - FIRST EVENT 6.30 pm

Saturday 17th November 2007 - WARM-UP 6.00pm - FIRST EVENT 6.30 p

Sunday 18th November 2007 - WARM-UP 4.30pm - FIRST EVENT 5.00 pm

Thursday 22nd November 2007m- WARM-UP 6.00pm - FIRST EVENT 6.30 pm

A full programme is available for download here.

IMPORTANT - There will be NO TRAINING on any of the above dates.

The following events are Time Trials only and do not count towards the Club Championships

200 Fly - Wednesday 21st November 2007 - WARM-UP 6.00am - Start 6.30 am
800 FC
Saturday 22nd December WARM-UP 7.30am - Start 8.00am
400 IM
Sunday 23rd December WARM-UP 4.30pm - Start 5.00 pm

400 FC
TBA
1500 FC
TBA

Braintree and Bocking Swimming Club - Based in Essex Covering Braintree, Witham, Halstead, Colchester and Chelmsford Speedo 2007-2008 Round 1 - Results & News

Congratulations to all our swimmers on an excellent round 1 at Bexleyheath. In a closely fought event Braintree came 2nd to Dorking. Building on the progress made last season Braintree continued their improvemet. There was some some great swimming and team spirit, plenty of PBs and a well deserved result.

It was the younger swimmers who provided the platform for the evening, winning many of the relay and individual events. The senior girls backed this up, with the highlight being the final relay event, Rachel Firth, Meagan Costin, Hayley Brown, Amy Shambrook and Shelley Wakeling gave Helen Mitchell the opportunity to hold off Dorking in an exciting finnish.

Thanks to all Dorking for hosting and to all those Braintree parents who helped.

Final positions:
Dorking 236
Braintree & Bocking 221
Canterbury B 181
Edenbridge Piranhas 136
Croydon Amphibians B 135
Erith & District B 121

All results & news from YEAR 2007 NATIONAL SPEEDO SWIMMING LEAGUE SOUTH can be found here

Round 2 draw has been made & the details are as follows:

Saturday 10th November - Warm Up 6:00 PM - Start 6:30 PM
Barracudas
Black Lion B
Braintree & Bocking
City of Rochester
Dorking
Hythe Aqua
Olympos Marlins B
Sutton Atlantis

All round 2 draws can be found here.

Congratulations to Alice
misses out on final by narrowest of margins.

Alice Hickmott travelled to Ponds Forge ISC, Sheffield to compete in the 100 & 200m backstroke events at the ASA National Age Group Championships. The best swimmers in the country were there and Alice showed no nerves as she set a new personal best time in the 100m backstroke and was unlucky to miss out by 1 position and 0.01s on a place in the final.

Head Coach Steve Hall summarised it by saying that this was a great experience for the club to see, first hand, just what is required to reach the next level. It serves to remind the us that there is no short cut to training. If you want to compete with the best you have to be thorough in your preparation and maintain focus throughout the season.

Full meet results can be found here.

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted

Runnymede Summer Sprint Gala
Plenty of Medals

Four Braintree swimmers made the trip to Runnymede to compete in their annual Sprint Gala. The effort was well worthwhile, with Matthew Horne setting 3 PBs as he claimed a first and two third places. Philip Hart matched the number of PBs and won the backstroke, was second in the fly and sixth in freestyle. Joseph Parmenter set new PBs in the 100 and 50 freestyle events. Sophie Howard set new PBs and collected two medals in the 100 freestyle and 50 back.

Full meet results can be found here.

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted

Winning End to Regional Championships

Braintree were superbly represented at the Regional BAGCAT championships held at UEA Norwich. The second and final weekend fininshed in style for Braintree. Grace Baukham and Helen Mitchell both set new PBs in the 1500m freestyle with Helen clinching a top 6 finish. David Fryatt had an exceptional time setting substantial PBs in every event he entered and with top 6 finishes in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 400IM. Hannah Travell finished off her weekend with a blistering swim in the 100m freestyle to claim 4th place. Alice Hickmott finished the championships the way she started, with a gold medal and another national time. This was in the 100m backstroke where she led from start to finish. Full results here.

The first weekend of competition had seen Tom McLagen comprehensively better his PBs in the 400 & 800m freestyle events. Hannah Travell, Lewis Birks & David Fryatt followed suit to reap the rewards of their hard work in the training pool.

Alice Hickmott struck gold in the 200m backstroke event when she led from start to finish to win in a national qualifying time. This in a week when she had been selected to represent her County in the forthcoming Inter-Counties meet.

Braintree & Bocking Swimming Club. Based in Essex - Providing Swimming in Braintree, Swimming in Witham and Swimming in Halstead, Halsted

Braintree Top Club at Colchester Open Meet
Winners of Reg Baines Memorial Trophy

The resurgence of Braintree continued when a small squad of swimmers competed in the annual Colchester Open Meet, returning with a large number of individual medals, meet records and the Reg Baines Memorial Trophy for the top visiting club. In total there were 40 top 6 finishes of which 25 were top 3.

Matthew Horne and Max Palmer Everson swam superbly for the boys collecting 5 first places between them. Becky Booty and Sophie Howard both helped to boost the points tally, whilst Rachel Firth was placed in the top 3 in all five of her events.

Overall this was a very useful outing for the squad as the majority prepare for the forthcoming Regional championships. Full meet results can be found here.

West Suffolk Open Meet
51 top 6 finishes, 30 of these in the top 3

The annual West Suffolk Open meet was a successful one for the contingent of Braintree swimmers who attended. The senior swimmers did particularly well, with Rachel Firth, Rachel Farley, Adam Byford & Josh Brand all picking up medals and good PBs. The Junior swimmers were not outshone. In total Braintree finished with a fantastic 51 top 6 finishes, 30 of these in the top 3. full results. Photo Gallery here.

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A Very Good Friday at Southend
Braintree swimmers succeed at annual open