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Training for seniors Sunday 28th June
5-6pm only due to Gala.
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East Region BAGCAT Championships - 2009
Weekend 2 - More medals and National Qualifying times
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The second and final weekend of swimming saw a total of eight swimmers travel once again to the UEA pool in Norwich in the hope of more success.
Competing in his first event at this years championships was 10 years old Ole Mills who turned in a fantastic performance in the 200m breaststroke to move up several places from his entry position to qualify for the final in 6th place, in the final he would improve again to collect a very creditable 5th place finish.
Thirteen year old Luke Durban in the 1500m Freestyle where he once again improved his entry position to finish in a fine 5th place and smash his Pb and swim to a national qualifying time.
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The afternoon’s swimming opened with 10year old Emily Woods swimming to a fine PB time and securing herself a final slot, she would finish just outside the medals in 4th place but a fine swim none the less, 12 year old Hannah Travell and 13 year old Becky Booty were also in the 200m freestyle with both girls putting in good efforts but finishing just outside their best times. Luke Durban swam another fine race in his 200m Backstroke event and made another final he would improve his position again in the final to finish a very creditable 7th. David Fryatt was another to contest the backstroke and swam a solid effort on his return from injury. Sunday’s swimming would see Ole Mills return for his 100m Breaststroke event where once again he would set a fine new Pb and just miss out of the finals finishing in 9th place.
Hannah Travell and Becky Booty were once again in attendance with both girls competing in the 200m Individual Medley, Hannah would make reserve finalist whilst Becky would put in a solid effort to finish well inside the top twenty in her age group. The swim of the morning came from Luke Durban who smashed his lifetime best and gained qualification for the national championships in his 400m I/M event, his swim moved him up several places to collect a fantastic Bronze medal. Not to be outdone in the same event Tom Mclagan also made a significant move up the rankings to finish in a very good 8th place whilst also lowering his previous best time. The final afternoon saw Luke Durban again set a PB to qualify for another final this time in the 200m Butterfly he couldn’t improve upon his heat time or position in finishing 8th, but he can be pleased with his fine swimming over both weekends. The girls 100m Backstroke would see Emily Woods ease into the finals in a very good time, she couldn’t quite match this in the final but picked up another Bronze medal for her collection, in the same event Becky Booty had arguably her best swim of the championships turning in a fine swim to improve her entry position.
The girl’s 100m Freestyle was well represented with four girls taking part. Once again Emily Woods would make a final however she would be denied a medal by one place to collect 4th place but consolation was a good PB. Thirteen year olds Becky Booty and Emily Bulleid both swam well with Emily in particular looking good, she would win her heat despite being ranked below her competition, her swim would move her up several places from her entry position whilst Becky should be pleased with her swimming competing for the first time at this level. Hannah Travell was the other swimmer in this event; she qualified in 5th place from the heats into her age group final, she would put the disappointment of her previous swims behind her and show her determination to pick up a bronze medal whilst going much quicker in the final.
Luke Durban finished in a very good 4th place overall in the Boys 13 year’s age group and collected four national qualifying times during the championships. A fine two weekends of competition at this high level would see the swimmers collect a total of 8 medals coupled with over a dozen final appearances, this shows a very good return for the swimmers and the coaching staff who have all worked hard during the season.
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East Region BAGCAT Championships - 2009
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The first weekend of competition at the UEA Norwich pool saw six of Braintree’s swimmers take to the pool for these long course championships against the best of swimmers from the surrounding counties.
First up was Emily Woods competing in the 10 years category she would improve her entry position by several places to qualify in 3rd place for the final of her 200m Breaststroke event.
Meanwhile Tom Mclagan and Luke Durban competing in the 13 years age group both swam superb races in their 400m Freestyle event to move up 10 and 4 places respectively with Luke finishing just outside the medals in 4th place but with a national qualifying time as consolation.
Both boys would also improve their rankings the 800m Free where this time Luke would take a superb Silver medal finish, comfortably inside a national qualifying time.
So to the final of the breaststroke where Emily would shatter her heat time by 6 seconds and collect herself a Silver medal.
The afternoon session would see more finals and medals, once again Emily was first into the pool in the 200m backstroke, she would maintain her entry position and comfortably make her second final of the day. Also competing in this event were Becky Booty in the 13 years age group and Hannah Travell in the 12 years category both girls were a bit outside their best times.
Luke Durban qualified for the final of his 200metre freestyle event, whilst Hannah Travell swam to a reserve finalist finish in her 100m Butterfly event.
Luke was touched out of a medal finish in his final and took 5th place whilst Emily returned for her second final of the day and once again improved her heat time to take her second Silver medal of the day.
A fine first day saw the club collect 3 silver medals.
Sunday’s swimming would see more finals and more medals with Luke and Tom being joined by Orin Mann for the boys 200m Individual Medley event.
Orin improved his entry position by 10 places to be 15th overall whilst Tom continued his fine swimming, whilst Luke would make the final as 2nd fastest from the heats, he would have to settle for 3rd place and a Bronze medal from his final but this fine swim would see his fine weekend continue.
The afternoon would see Hannah Travell back in the pool this time in the 200m Butterfly, she would qualify as 4th fastest from the heats.
Orin Mann and Luke Durban would both also qualify for the finals in their respective age groups in the 100m Freestyle.
Hannah was first up in the finals and although swimming faster than her heat couldn’t improve her 4th place from the heat.
So to the Boys finals where Orin would take 8th place in his final, whilst Luke would once again be touched out in a blanket finish and finish 5th.
This was one of the best weekends for the club at regional level for many years and with the promise of more to come at the second weekends competition to follow.
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Essex
Masters & County Selected
Swimmers - 2009
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Lee
Peterson competed at the recent
Essex Masters Swimming championships
held at Blackshots Leisure Centre
in Thurrock. Competing in three
events he would swim to a hatrick
of titles and claim a club record
in the process. First up was his
50metre Backstroke event where he
would produce the fastest time of
any swimmer present ( a theme that
was to continue) to bag his first
title and the Open age group club
record to boot. His second event
was the 50metre breaststroke where
once again he would be the quickest
swimmer on show across all the age
groups. His third and final title
came in the 100metre Backstroke
where he completed his sweep of
titles whilst once more swimming
the quickest time of the day.
Congratulations
go out to both 12 year olds Hannah
Travell & Orin Mann and 16 year old
Max Palmer-Everson
who have both received call ups
to the Essex County Swim team to
compete at the East Region Inter
counties gala to be held at Thetford
in July. This continues the run
of club swimmers who have been selected
over the last 3 years.
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East
Region Youth Championships - 2009
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Braintree
and Bocking swimming club had four
swimmers who qualified for this
years East Region Youth swimming
championships that are held at the
UEA Norwich pool, this competition
as the title suggests draws the
best swimmers from across the region
to compete over the 50metre long
course pool.
This
competition is open for Girls 14
years and over and Boys fifteen
years and over Helen Mitchell had
four swims over the course of the
championships and came away with
a new club record and PB in her
1500metre whilst showing consistent
form over her other races (4x100metre
Medley-200+400metre freestyle).
Lucy
Hall qualified for two swims and
showed good form in both her 100+200
metre swims. Grace Bauckham had
just the one swim and can be well
pleased with a new PB from her 50metre
freestyle event. Rounding out the
competitors was Max Palmer -Everson
who like Helen had four swims over
the duration of the weekend. Max
had solid swims in his 50metre Butterfly
and 50metre Freestyle events, along
with the 100metre Freestyle but
saved his best effort for the 100metre
Butterfly where he swam to a new
PB. Some good performances from
the swimmers with several top twenty
place finishes being achieved which
is no mean feat when looking at
the quality of swimmer
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Essex
Championships
2009 |
Best
ever finish in Block
'D'
Medals,
Top swimmers, event
best times & more.
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The
fourth and final round of
the Essex County Swimming
Championships saw Braintree's
swimmers return to where it
all started back in January,
Blackshots Pool in Thurrock.
The
swimmers efforts would prove
to be fruitful with more fine
displays of race swimming
with more medals, top six
finishes and regional times
to celebrate along with more
county titles. First up were
the Girls in their 100m Freestyle
event, 13 year old Helen Mitchell
was just outside her best
whilst in the same age group
Emily Bullied swam to a fine
Pb and moved up several places
on her entry position whilst
also gaining a regional qualifying
time, Becky Booty smashed
her previous best time to
also gain regional qualification
and a reserve finalist spot.
Twelve
year old Hannah Travell swam
a solid heat to qualify second
fastest for her final later
in the morning. Max Palmer-Everson
in his 100m Fly event would
swim to a new Pb and was another
to finish as a reserve finalist.
David Fryatt followed in his
200m Medley event where he
gained a new Pb and a sixth
place scoring position. Hannah
Travell returned for her 200m
Butterfly and put in a new
best time 5 seconds improved
on her previous best this
was sufficient to secure a
fourth place finish.
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twelve year old boys were up
next in their 200m Breaststroke
event Luke Durban smashed his
previous best time by nearly
ten seconds to pick up a Bronze
medal finish whilst Tom Mclagan
also set himself a new Pb mark
and collect sixth place. Hannah
Travell returned for her final
of the 100m Freestyle, she flew
out of the blocks to improve
her heat time by almost a second
and lead from the first turn
to the finish and collect herself
another county title and gold
medal. The afternoon swims would
see Tom Mclagan gain another
Pb in his 100m Backstroke event
whilst Luke Durban would safely
qualify for the final as second
fastest.
Helen
Mitchell returned to form with
a PB in her 4 x 100m Medley
whist Hannah Travell followed
suit with a PB in the same event
to collect a fifth place finish
in her age group. Luke Durban
swam away from his opponents
in his 200m Fly event to collect
himself another county title
and improve his Pb by over 8
seconds into the bargain, Tom
Mclagan also swam to a Pb in
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The
boys 9 to 11 years 200m Breaststroke
saw the club represented by
four swimmers first into competition
was 9 year old Jordan Rudge
who can be delighted with his
swim where he moved up the entry
rankings to collect himself
a fantastic bronze medal and
a sparking new 20 second personal
best time. Ole Mills swam well
to record himself a regional
qualifying time and gained a
new Pb time to finish 9th, whilst
Ben Durban can be pleased with
his swim also gaining a new
PB and 10th place, David Fryatt
had a six second Pb and was
just outside the points scoring
in seventh.
Max
Palmer-Everson swam to another
Pb in his 200m Freestyle in
the 15 years category just missing
out on a top six finish. Luke
returned for his 100m Backstroke
final where he would improve
on his heat position to collect
his second county title of the
afternoon, whilst just touching
out his opponents in a very
close final. So to Sunday and
the last day of the championships,
Helen Mitchell was first up
on Sunday swimming just outside
her best in the 100m Fly. David
Fryatt would just miss out on
a medal finish collecting fourth
place in his 4x100m Medley,
but can be pleased with his
effort none the less.
Emily
Woods returned to form with
a fine swim and Pb in her 10
years 200m Medley collecting
a fine 4th place finish, she
can look forward to the regional
championships coming up in June.
Luke Durban continued his fine
weekend with another title and
gold medal this time in the
200m freestyle were he finished
comfortably ahead of the field,
in the same event Tom Mclagan
swam to a Pb but was just outside
the top six. The final session
of the championships started
with Max Palmer-Everson easing
into the final of the boys 15
years 100m Freestyle in a new
Pb time, Helen Mitchell competed
in the 100m breaststroke.
David
Fryatt had a superb silver medal
to celebrate in his 200m backstroke
event where a fine Pb would
see him amongst the medals,
this stroke is turning out to
be a fruitful one for David
Max returned to swim his 200m
medley where a new Pb swim would
see him finish in 8th place.
Luke Durban stormed away from
the field in the boys 12 years,
400m freestyle where he would
not only break the county record
but into the bargain collect
the club record to claim another
title and gold medal, Tom Mclagan
would also swim a Pb and collect
sixth place to score more points
for the club.
The final of the boys 15 years
100m Free would see Max touched
out of a medal finish by less
than half a second leaving him
to settle for fourth place.
Notable overall finishes for
the swimmers see Luke Durban
finish as top swimmer in the
Boys 12 years age group, Hannah
Travell 2nd place in the Girls
12 year category and David Fryatt
in 4th place in the Boy's 11
year age bracket.
The
clubs swimmers have done exceptionally
well this year collecting over
a dozen county titles along
with many podium finishes, overall
the club finished in 11th place
to establish themselves as the
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Waltham
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Waltham
Forest Secondary Meet Five
of Braintree's swimmers were
in attendance at the annual
Waltham Forest Secondary swim
meet, between them they recorded
12 new best times from their
17 swims with 6 top six finishes.
Ten year old Abigail Hart
was in fine form over the
weekend swimming to four personnel
best times in her five events,
she smashed her 200m backstroke
time by 10 seconds to pick
up Silver, her 100m I/M time
was beaten by 6 seconds whilst
picking up 4th place. She
also beat her 200m Breaststroke
time by 7 seconds and her
200m Freestyle time by 4 and
a half seconds.
In
the same age group Amy Lazell
swam to a massive 9 second
PB in her 100m I/M to finish
in 5th place, Amy can take
some consolation from her
200m Free swim in that although
disqualified for a slight
move at the start her time
shows she is improving massively
over the longer distances.
Emma Wilde competing in the
12 year age group had a 100%
PB success rate from her swims
with impressive new times
gained in her 100m Fly (9
seconds) 100m I/M (7 seconds)
and 100m backstroke with 10th
place in her fly event being
her best finish.
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Louise
Lazell had 2 swims with both
being Pb's her 100m Free being
the best in a new 5 and a half
second best time, with a small
improvement coming in the 100m
Breaststroke. Philip Hart had
a couple of noticeable swims
with a small Pb coming in his
100m Free event that saw him
pick up 5th place overall, whilst
the highlight swim of his weekend
would come in his 100m Fly event
where he stormed to a four second
best time and Silver medal finish.
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Essex
Championships
2009 |
Hosts
Collect Medal in Block
'C'
More
Club Records for Braintree
Swimmers.
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This
third round of the Essex Swimming
Championships was held at
the Braintree Swimming Centre
and Braintree's swimmers were
to make full use of their
home pool, collecting between
them 10 more medal finishes,
a further 3 county titles
and 3 more club records, with
numerous Regional qualifying
times.
First
up were Luke Durban and Tom
Mclagan in the Boys 12 years
1500metre Freestyle, Tom swam
to a superb new Personal Best
to collect another points
scoring position of 6th while
Luke although not at his best
for this event did enough
to secure himself another
county title and a Gold medal.
Emily Woods swam inside her
entry time to collect tenth
place in her 10 years 200m
Breaststroke. The Girls 4
x 50 Medley event would see
Hannah Travell swim to a fine
Pb and collect herself another
medal this time a Silver in
the 12 years category. In
the same event 13 year old
Becky Booty would swim to
a Pb time and gain a regional
qualifying time whilst finishing
in 9th place, Helen Mitchell
would finish 14th.
The
afternoon session would open
with the Girls 1500metre Freestyle,
Hannah Travell continued where
she left off in the morning
collecting another medal,
this time a Bronze, this swim
would also see Hannah collect
a new club record whilst also
breaking the 800metre record
on route as well, Helen Mitchell
would also swim a Pb and collect
5th place in her 13-year age
group and lower her existing
club record in the bargain.
Next
into the pool were the Boys
in their 100metre Medley event,
both Orin Mann and Tom Mclagan
swam to Pb's and would finish
12th and 13th overall while
Luke Durban qualified for
the final where he would collect
a Pb and Bronze medal finish.The
clubs second Gold Medal and
County champion from day one
would come from Eleven- year
old David Fryatt; he collected
Gold in his Boys 200metre
Freestyle event after a superbly
paced swim in a new Personal
best time that will see him
competing at the regional
championships later in the
year.
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Sunday's
swimming would open for Braintree's
swimmers with Luke Durban easing
into the final of the Boys 12years
100metre Butterfly, he would
go on to improve on his heat
position and collect a Bronze
medal after once again lowering
his Pb time. Grace Bauckham
would swim and finish in 11th
place in her 200metre Backstroke
in the 14years category.
Next
up would be David Fryatt where
he completed his perfect weekend
with his second County title
and Gold medal, this time coming
in the 400metre Freestyle, after
settling in for the first 100metres
of the race David showed his
opponents a clean pair of heels
to pace his race very well and
swim away from the competition.
The Girls 200metre Breaststroke
would see Hannah Travell finish
just outside the points in 7th
but consolation was a new Pb
and Regional time, Helen Mitchell
also swam to a Pb to finish
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The
last session of the weekend
would see Lucy Hall finish 6th
in the Girls 1500metre Freestyle,
whilst in the 12 years Boys
100metre Freestyle event, Tom
Mclagan, Orin Mann and Luke
Durban would all swim Pb's with
Orin finishing as first reserve
for the final while Luke qualified
as second fastest qualifier.
In the final Luke although going
faster then the previous county
record and breaking the minute
barrier would have to settle
for Silver medal position but
a fantastic swim none the less.
The
Girls 200metre Backstroke was
next and Hannah Travell rounded
out her fine weekend with another
medal win this time a Bronze
along with yet another regional
time and Pb, joining her at
the regional championships will
be Becky Booty who swam to a
superb Pb in her age group to
finish 14th overall, Helen Mitchell
had another Pb in the same event
and finished 15th. In the boys
200m Medley event Tom Mclagan
and Orin Mann both swan Pb's
to finish 8th and 15th respectively,
whilst Luke Durban had yet another
Pb and medal finish this time
silver to add to his haul.
Two
of the swimmers commented on
the weekend, with Luke Durban
saying "It was great to swim
at the County Championships
at home in our own pool and
I was pleased with my five medals
from 5 events, but going under
a minute for the first time
in the 100 Freestyle made my
weekend" whilst David Fryatt
stated "I had a fantastic time
at the weekend picking up 2
gold medals and 2 regional times
it makes the training worthwhile"
The swimmers well positioned
in their respective age groups
going into the final weekend
are Luke Durban 1st 12 years
- Hannah Travell 2nd 12 years
- David Fryatt 4th 11 years
The club maintains its 10th
place overall, but having closed
up on the clubs just ahead of
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Sunday’s
swimming would open
for Braintree’s swimmers with
Luke Durban easing into the
final of the Boys 12years
100metre Butterfly, he would
go on to improve on his heat
position and collect a Bronze
medal after once again lowering
his Pb time. Grace Bauckham
would swim and finish in 11th
place in her 200metre Backstroke
in the 14years category.
Next
up would be David Fryatt where
he completed his perfect weekend
with his second County title
and Gold medal, this time
coming in the 400metre Freestyle,
after settling in for the
first 100metres of the race
David showed his opponents
a clean pair of heels to pace
his race very well and swim
away from the competition.
The
Girls 200metre Breaststroke
would see Hannah Travell finish
just outside the points in
7th but consolation was a
new Pb and Regional time,
Helen Mitchell also swam to
a Pb to finish 14th in her
age group. The last session
of the weekend would see Lucy
Hall finish 6th in the Girls
1500metre Freestyle, whilst
in the 12 years Boys 100metre
Freestyle event, Tom Mclagan,
Orin Mann and Luke Durban
would all swim Pb’s with Orin
finishing as first reserve
for the final while Luke qualified
as second fastest.
In
the final Luke although going
faster then the previous county
record and breaking the minute
barrier would have to settle
for Silver medal position
but a fantastic swim none
the less. The Girls 200metre
Backstroke was next and Hannah
Travell rounded out her fine
weekend with another medal
win this time a Bronze along
with yet another regional
time and Pb, joining her at
the regional championships
will be Becky Booty who swam
to a superb Pb in her age
group to finish 14th overall,
Helen Mitchell had another
Pb in the same event and finished
15th.
In
the boys 200m Medley event
Tom Mclagan and Orin Mann
both swan Pb’s to finish 8th
and 15th respectively, whilst
Luke Durban had yet another
Pb and medal finish of Silver
to add to his haul. So a superb
weekends swimming in their
home pool with Luke Durban
picking up medals from all
his swims, whilst David Fryatt
can be well pleased with his
2 Gold medals. The swimmers
well positioned in their respective
age groups going into the
final weekend are Luke Durban
1st 12 years – Hannah Travell
2nd 12 years – David Fryatt
4th 11 years
The
club maintains its 10th place
overall, but having closed
up on the clubs just ahead
of them.
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Essex
Championships
2009 |
More
Medals follow in Block
'B'
Club
Records & Event
Best Time for Braintree
Swimmers.
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The
second weekend of the Essex
County Championships saw Braintree's
swimmers travel to Waltham
Forest Pool.
The
Saturday morning session saw
the best swim come from Tom
Mclagan as he reached the
final of the Boys 12 years
100 metre breaststroke while
thirteen year old Helen Mitchell
and fifteen year old Lucy
Hall competed in the 800metre
freestyle and 100metre Individual
Medley respectively, with
Ten-year-old Emily Woods narrowly
touched out of a top six finish
in her 200metre freestyle
swim.
The
afternoon session would prove
to be more prosperous for
the swimmers. Hannah Travell
competing in the twelve-year-age
category qualified from the
heats to the final of her
100metre backstroke and although
she would swim faster than
her heat would have to settle
for 4th place just outside
the medals. Ole Mills and
David Fryatt both swam to
new personnel best times in
their 10 year and 11 year
100metre medley events.
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In
the energy sapping 4 x 100
metre medley twelve year old
Luke Durban swam away from
the field and struck Gold
swimming to a fine new Pb
in the process, while Tom
Mclagan continued his fine
form with a sixth place finish
in the same event. Helen Mitchell
had a top ten finish in her
200metre freestyle event,
while Hannah Travell returned
to the pool for her second
event of the afternoon and
lowered her previous best
time to claim a fantastic
first place and Gold in her
200metre Freestyle event.
Sunday
would see a continuation of
medal's being won, as first
into the pool were Tom Mclagan
and Luke Durban in the 800metre
Freestyle. Tom would continue
his solid swimming with another
Pb and a sixth place finish.
The swim of the weekend would
see Luke not only secure himself
another county title and Gold
medal but also a new county
record into the bargain along
with a club record.
Lucy
Hall and Fourteen year old
Grace Bauckham both competed
in their respective age group
200metre freestyle swims.
David Fryatt secured himself
a top six swim in his 200m
Butterfly swim. Helen Mitchell
swam to a new Pb and was reserve
finalist in her 100metre Medley
event.
Hannah
Travell continued her fine
form as she qualified fastest
from her 100metre Individual
Medley heat, once again she
would swim faster in the final,
this time however she wouldn't
be denied and secured herself
Gold and another county title,
her swim would also see her
claim a club record.
So
to the final session of the
weekend and more top six places
were to follow. Emily Woods
would ease herself into the
final of her 100m Medley event
and collect a fine fourth
place finish in the final,
whilst earning a Pb in the
heats. Luke and Tom both swam
to new Pb times in their 200metre
backstroke event, with Luke
picking up a superb Silver
medal finish with Tom a fifth
place finish in a very respectable
time.
Hannah
had her final swim of the
weekend in the 400metre freestyle
where a superbly paced race
saw her smash her previous
best time by 8 seconds to
collect a fine second place
and Silver medal. So some
superb swimming over the two
days would see both Luke and
Hannah delighted with their
weekends swimming, both picking
up a pair of county titles
to their name along with a
Silver medal a piece, both
can also lay claim to a club
record with Luke also the
proud owner of a county record.
Tom Mclagan can be another
well pleased with his weekends
swimming with consistent top
six finishes in all his swims.
At
this halfway stage of the
championships noticeable positions
in the age group overall rankings
show, Girls 12 years- Hannah
Travell 2nd place Boys 11
years- David Fryatt in 4th
Boys 12 years- Luke Durban
in 9th Whilst the club sits
in 10th place overall.
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Essex Championships
2009 |
Winning
Start for Braintree
in Block 'A'
Hannah
Travell Leads the way
in a weekend of fine
swims.
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The
first competition of the year
saw Braintree's swimmers travel
to Thurrock for the first
round of the Essex County
Championships.
Saturday
saw the majority of the club's
25 swimmers who qualified
compete; first to swim where
the Boys 10 year category
in the Breaststroke, Ben Durban
and Ole Mills both had Pb's
whilst Elliott Birks swam
just outside his best. Next
into the pool were the 12-year-old
Boys in their Freestyle, Luke
Durban and Orin Mann both
beat their Pb's to qualify
for the final in second and
fourth place respectively,
while Philip Hart was just
outside his Pb. Matthew Horne
in the 14 years age group
competed in his favoured Breaststroke.
The
Girls Thirteen year age group
were next and Alice Hickmott
easily qualified for the final
in the Backstroke and gained
a PB in the process while
Becky Booty can be well pleased
with a fine Pb time and top
ten finish in the same event.
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Braintree swimmers at Block 'A'.
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Ole
Mills returned for his second
swim in the Freestyle, with
Matthew Horne also in his
age group freestyle. Alice
Hickmott and Becky Booty both
competed in the Fly event
where Alice earned herself
another Pb. The Boys 12 year
Breaststroke was a hotly contested
event and both Orin Mann and
Luke Durban can be pleased
with their Pb swims. So to
the finals of the first session,
first up was the 12 year Boys
Freestyle were Luke Durban
was agonisingly touched out
into second place by the minimum
time available (one hundredth
of a second) whilst also going
quicker than in his heat,
Orin Mann would finish in
fourth after another fine
swim, both Boys can be delighted
with their times Luke going
under 29 seconds and Orin
under 30 seconds. Alice Hickmott
in the Backstroke would finish
in fourth place a fraction
off a podium finish.
Session
2 would see a young girls
relay team of Lucy Hall, Alice
Hickmott, Becky Booty and
Emily Bulleid compete and
put in a fine finish of 10th
against the older age teams.
Luke Durban qualified for
the final in the Boys backstroke
whilst Orin Mann swam a solid
race in the same event. Isabella
Salthouse also had a solid
swim in her 11-year –old category
Freestyle swim, while Lucy
Hall was just outside her
Pb in her Freestyle event.
Ben Durban can be pleased
with his Pb swim in the backstroke
while Ole Mills was a little
of his entry time in the same
event. Nine years old Verity
Warner-Moulding in her first
major swim event had a superb
Pb in her Freestyle swim,
she will have benefited greatly
from the experience.
Braintree
were well represented in the
Girls 13 year Freestyle with
Alice Hickmott, Emily Bulleid
and Becky Booty with Emily
swimming a fantastic Pb’s
and all the Girls finishing
inside the top 20 for the
event, Orin Mann swam a superb
Pb in the Butterfly heat to
qualify for his second final
while Luke Durban and Philip
Hart also had good Pb swims
in the same event.
The
respective finals would see
both Luke Durban and Orin
Mann swim fast with Luke taking
4th place in his Backstroke
and Orin swimming to 5th in
the fly. So a solid days swimming
would see the club have 5
finalists along with many
Pb swims.
Sunday
would see a smaller congregation
of swimmers than had attended
on the Saturday but although
smaller in number they were
just as determined to compete
as their teammates from the
day before. First into the
pool was nine-year-old Daniel
“dash” Mclagan who swam very
close to his Pb in the Backstroke,
following Daniel into the
pool was 11 year old David
Fryatt who started his day
well with a fine Pb in his
Fly event.
Harriett
Bartram-Baird and Hannah Travell
represented the club in the
Girls 12 years Freestyle,
Harriett swam to a fine new
Pb whilst Hannah would make
the final as the fastest qualifier
also in new Pb time. Max Palmer-Everson
earned himself a Pb and final
appearance in his fifteen
years Fly event.
Amy
Lazell had a superb new Pb
in her 10 yrs Freestyle swim,
while Max returned to the
pool in his Backstroke event
and in a new Pb time also
secured himself a final appearance.
Fourteen-year-old Grace Bauckham
had a fine freestyle swim
so soon after returning from
injury. David Fryatt smashed
his Pb and moved up several
places to earn himself a superb
final appearance in his Backstroke
event.
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The
morning’s finals were to prove
fruitful for the swimmers. After
being fastest qualifier into
the final of her freestyle event
Hannah Travell had the pressure
on to repeat this feat, she
would dominate her rivals to
lead from start to finish and
storm home in another Pb time
breaking the 30 second barrier
and collect Gold and the crown
of County Champion. Max Palmer-Everson
followed her onto the podium
to collect Bronze in his Fly
final. David Fryatt smashed
his Pb only set earlier in the
day to collect Bronze and a
trip to the podium in his Backstroke,
while Max would also take 6th
place in his backstroke final.
The
afternoon session saw nine-year-old
Jordan Rudge first up, he would
show no nerves competing for
the first time at this level
in his Breaststroke event where
he showed his potential to qualify
for the final in equal 4th place
after a fine Pb swim in the
heats. Hannah Travell eased
into the final of her Backstroke
event while David Fryatt completed
his days swimming as he started
with another Pb this time in
his Freestyle swim. |
Braintree
swimmers with their medals from
Block 'A'. |
Max
Palmer-Everson stormed to a
fine Pb in his Freestyle securing
second fastest time and his
third final appearance of the
day. Ten year old Abigail Hart
finished just outside her Pb
time in her backstroke event,
while Daniel Mclagan returned
in his Freestyle event and was
a fraction of his Pb time, continuing
his fine afternoon Jordan Rudge
had another Pb to celebrate
in the same event.
In
the last event before the afternoon
final’s Hannah Travell qualified
for her third final of the day
this time in the butterfly.
And so to the last round of
finals of this first weekend
of competition, with more medals
up for grabs Braintree’s swimmers
were not to be denied. Jordan
Rudge swam to another Pb and
collected a fantastic Bronze
medal in his Breaststroke, he
can be delighted with himself
for his performances. Hannah
Travell also collected Bronze
in her backstroke final along
with a new Pb time, whilst Max
Palmer-Everson consolidated
his second place from the heats
to collect Silver in his freestyle
swim. In her second final of
the afternoon Hannah Travell
collected her third medal of
the day with another Bronze
and Pb swim in her Fly event.
So the swimmers had taken medals
from all the finals swum.
A
fine days swimming saw 8 finals
reached by the swimmers, this
added to Saturday’s efforts
would mean 13 final swims were
achieved over the weekend with
8 medal finishes, congratulations
to ALL the swimmers who competed.
Commiserations must go to both
Helen Mitchell and Tom Mclagan
who missed the weekends swimming
due to ill health, they will
both get their chance to compete
in the upcoming sessions. |
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Club
Championships
2008 |
First
Licensed Championships
a Success
Record
number of County Qualifying
times achieved.
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Braintree
and Bocking swimming club
recently completed their annual
club championships, for the
first time this championships
was licensed, this will allow
the swimmers who gained fast
enough times, entry to the
county championships held
January through to March 2009.
The
Boys 8 and under category
was close run with Callum
Birks triumphing ahead of
runner up Finlay Rudge with
Joseph Bennett taking third
place. Ole Mills who won all
fourteen events to see of
the challenges of second and
third place swimmers Ben Durban
and Daniel Mclagan to dominate
the Boys 9 and 10 year championship.
In
the 11 and 12 year category
Luke Durban did enough to
prevail over Tom Mclagan who
finished second whilst David
Fryatt would take third place
overall. Adam Shambrook was
the winner of the 13 / 14
age group finishing ahead
of Matthew Horne and Connor
Stephens.
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Proving that there is some life
outside of the pool, some of the
club swimmers at Emilys' birthday
party. |
Max
Palmer-Everson was the winner
of the 15/16 age group, whilst
he would also go on to win
the Boys overall trophy. Adam
Byford was the winner in the
over seventeen age bracket.
In the Girls championships
Georgia Harrod would see of
the challenges of Charlotte
Gowers and Lennie Overbury
to secure the win in the 8
and under age Bracket.
In
the 9/10 age group, Abigail
Hart would secure the overall
title ahead of runner up Amy
Lazell with Jessica Bulleid
taking third.
Hannah
Travell with some strong swimming
would take the 11 and 12 year
Girls title ahead of Alice
Hickmott and third place Becky
Booty. The Girls 13 and 14
year title would be the closest
of all with Helen Mitchell
just seeing of the challenge
of Lucy Hall in second with
Grace Bauckham taking third
place. Jessica Kneller would
take first place in the over
seventeen category. Hannah
Travell would also take the
Girls overall winners trophy.
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County
Championships
2008 |
Congratulations
to our County Champions
Girsls
& boys teams claim
titles.
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The
annual Essex Junior relays
were for the first time being
held at the Braintree Swimming
Centre. The Braintree swimmers
were keen to perform well
in their own pool and show
the rest of the county that
Braintree can swim with the
best the county has to offer.
Saturday was the first day
of competition and this would
see both the boys and girls
11/12- year age group compete.
First
up were the boys in the 4x50m
freestyle the B team of David
Fryatt, David Zuo, Ben Shambrook
and Lewis Birks swam well
to beat their entry time,
whilst the A team of Tom Mclagan,
Orin Mann, Luke Durban and
Philip Hart would progress
to the final as the fastest
qualifiers after a fantastic
heat swim. The Girls first
event was the Medley relay
and the B team of Sophie Howard,
Harriet Bartram-Baird, Isabella
Salthouse and Louise Lazell
swam well to finish inside
their entry time, whilst the
A team of Alice Hickmott,
Hannah Travell, Becky Booty
and Emily Bulleid would match
the boys and also be the fastest
qualifiers into the final.
The
Girls would be first up for
their final and although pushed
harder they would swim faster
than the heat and took the
race to the rest of the field
leading from start to finish
and picking up Gold and therefore
earning the title champions
of Essex. Not to be outdone
the Boys would follow suit
with outstanding swimming
throughout the team to also
pick up Gold become the clubs
second county champions and
round out a perfect 100% morning
for the swimmers.
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Becky Booty, Alice Hickmott, Emily
Bulleid & Hannah Travell.
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Junior
Girls & Boys Teams
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The
afternoon would see the Boys
B team pull out due to illness
whilst the Girls B team, this
time competing in the freestyle
would once again swim inside
their entry time to complete
a good meet for them, they will
return next year better for
the experience and be sure to
push for a podium finish.
The
Boys A team would be swimming
the medley and faced a far stiffer
test than in the morning but
did well to qualify for the
final, although they would swim
faster in the final the team
would have to settle for sixth
place just 2 seconds outside
a medal finish. The Girls A
team would comfortably qualify
as the second fastest in their
freestyle relay and take their
place in the final. Like the
boys they would swim faster
in the final but were touched
out by an agonising 8 hundredth's
of a second from double glory,
however they can be delighted
with their days work. The consistent
swimming from day one would
see Braintree leading the relay
trophy challenge. |
Orin Mann, Philip Hart, Tom
McLagan and Luke Durban
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Sunday
would see the turn of the 9/10
year olds, for them this would
be their first experience of
a major swim meet and with the
majority of the swimmers being
9 this would more about gaining
from the experience. The first
team into the water was the
Girls Medley relay team of Amy
Lazell, Jessica Bulleid, Abigail
Hart and Harriet White they
would comfortably beat their
entry time move up the rankings
and would finish as reserve
finalists a superb effort.
The
Boys 9 and 10-year freestyle
team of Daniel Mclagan, Ben
Durban, Ben Lane and Ole Mills
would also beat their entry
time they to would be reserve
finalists this swim would set
them up nicely for their afternoon
race. The afternoon would see
only the boys swim and they
swam to a fantastic place in
the final of their Medley relay,
this was a fantastic effort
to move up several places from
their entry position, they can
all be delighted of their achievements
over the day.
So
this would prove to be a very
successful weekend for the clubs
younger swimmers and for the
club in there home pool, 2 teams
of County champions and promise
for the future. Not to be forgotten
and many thanks must go to all
the helpers who worked behind
the scenes over the weekend
to make this event what it was
a. success. |
The
weekend wasn't only for the
relay teams. There were some
fine individual performances
from the Braintree swimmers.
Lucy Hall, Helen Mitchell and
Alice Hickmott were all competing
in the senior events for the
first time and all gave a good
account of themselves. Helen
& Alice particularly were
amongst the youngest swimmers
there. On Saturday Helen swam
to a new personal best in the
400m, whilst on the Sunday Alice
narrowly missed out on making
the final in the 100m backstroke.
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National
Swimming League R2 |
Bexleyheath
- November2008
Braintree
step up a level.
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Braintree
and Bocking Swimming Club swimmers
were delighted with their mode
of transport for the second
round of the National Swimming
League. Club treasurer Stuart
McLagan had arranged for the
England Football Team coach
to take the club members to
Bexleyheath.
It
was with great excitement that
the swimmers boarded the coach,
the question asked by everyone
was:
WHERE
DOES DAVID BECKHAM SIT?
Tom,
the owner & our driver for
the night put everyone out of
their misery by telling Isabella
Salthouse that she was in the
much coveted seat.
To
add to the excitment, it was
also announced that a signed
shirt worn by Frank Lampard
was the prize for the club member
who correctly guessed the distance
to and from the gala. The winner
was Orin Mann.
The
club give their unreserved thanks
to Tom & Guidelines Coaches
for an unforgettable experience.
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With
the excitement of the journey
over the swimmers settled
into the purpose of their
journey. The step up in divisions
brought out the best in many
of the swimmers and their
were some tremendous performances.
After
last season’s promotion, many
of the swimmers were competing
against swimmers older than
themselves in their double
age group categories. Not
deterred the team set about
the task in hand and after
some mixed early swims the
results started to come. Adam
Byford swam to a superb second
place in his Medley event
and claimed his first PB of
the night. Orin Mann leading
off the eleven year old Boy’s
freestyle relay team collected
himself an impressive Pb,
while the rest of the team
in the shape of David Fryatt,
Ben Shambrook and Tom Crerar
came home to 3rd place finish.
The
all twelve-year old Girls
Medley team of Alice Hickmott,
Hannah Travell, Becky Booty
and Emily Bulleid swam well
to pick up third in their
13-year medley relay, Hannah
was then joined by 13 year
olds Helen Mitchell and Grace
Bauckham and Fourteen year
old Lucy Hall to collect an
equally impressive 3rd place
in the Girl’s 15 and under
freestyle relay. Max Palmer-Everson
had a Pb and second place
in his backstroke event, this
stroke proved a profitable
one for the club as Alice
Hickmott and Adam Byford picked
up wins in their respective
age groups.
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Orin
Mann picked up a pair of second
places in his Fly and Breaststroke
events, while Helen Mitchell
and Becky Booty (Pb) both had
a fine second place finishes
in their respective 100m Fly
events. Hannah Travell and Luke
Durban both had Pb’s and second
place finishes in their 100m
Freestyle events. Adam Byford’s
good night continued with a
fine second place in his 100m
freestyle swim. The Girls freestyle
relay team of Alice Hickmott,
Hannah Travell, Becky Booty
and Emily Bulleid were just
touched out and collected another
3rd place finish. Particular
swims that caught the eye came
from
Adam
Shambrook with a 4 second Pb
in his Fly, Tom Dagley 11 second
Pb in his Backstroke and 12
year old David Zuo swimming
in the Open age group Breaststroke
all had good swims. However
the swim of the night was to
come from Adam Byford who secured
himself a Pb and new club record
leading of the Open Medley team
in his 50m Backstroke. |
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teamipswich
swimming |
Ipswich
Open Meet - October
2008
Braintree
swimmers medal haul.
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Braintree
and Bocking Swimming Club swimmers
competed over two days at Crown
Pools Ipswich. The first day's
swimming saw Abigail Hart first
into the pool competing in her
9 years 200 metre backstroke
where she preceded to smash
her pb by well over 20 seconds
and claim the Gold medal.
Helen Mitchell and Grace Bauckham
both had impressive swims in
their 13-year category 100m
Butterfly picking up the Silver
and Bronze medals, also in the
Fly fifteen year old Max Palmer-Everson
swam to a Silver medal.
Twelve-year
old Hannah Travell had a 4 second
Pb in her 200 m freestyle and
was to collect a Silver place
medal, whilst Luke Durban in
his 200m Free swam to a Bronze
medal. Abigail Hart picked up
her second Gold in her 50m Butterfly
and was chased home by her team
mate Jessica Bulleid who picked
up Bronze, both can be pleased
with their swims and times.
Alice
Hickmott swam to Gold in her
favoured 100m Backstroke, whilst
Lucy Hall was another to collect
top spot this time in her 14
years 200m Freestyle. |
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Notable
swims from day one came from
Ole Mills in his 50+200m Free,
Hannah Travell 100m Breaststroke,
and from twelve- year old
Becky Booty who dominated
her heats in both the 100m
Backstroke and 200m Freestyle
and claimed herself impressive
new Pb's.
David
Fryatt can be very pleased
with his 200m Backstroke and
freestyle swims, Daniel Mclagan
also swam to impressive new
Pb's in his 200m Backstroke
and Freestyle events as did
Harriet Bartram -Baird in
the same events. The swimmers
would have a fine first day
in the pool to collect between
them over 20 medals from the
first day's competition.
Day
two started with Luke Durban
picking up Bronze in his 200metre
Individual Medley a position
he would match in his 100m
Fly, whilst also for the boys
Ole Mills and Elliott Birks
picked up Silver and Bronze
in their 9 year age group
50m breaststroke, Ole would
go on to match this finish
in his 200m Breaststroke as
well. Harriet Bartram -Baird
will be at the County championships
having qualified from her
50m Freestyle heat. Lucy Hall
took a Silver place finish
from her 200m Medley event,
whilst Hannah Travell would
improve her 200m Breaststroke
time by nearly ten seconds
to claim an impressive Bronze
medal, Abigail Hart continued
her weekend form this time
collecting a silver in her
50m Backstroke.
Tom
Mclagan can be delighted with
a Bronze finish in his 200m
Breaststroke along with an
impressive Pb. Hannah Travell
was to show consistent form
throughout the day collecting
a fine Bronze in her 100m
Freestyle swim combined with
a fine Pb, in the same discipline
Lucy Hall would match Hannah's
swim to collect herself a
Bronze from her age group.
Bronze was the colour in the
200 metre Butterfly with several
of the swimmers all collecting
the same finish, these came
from eleven-year old David
Fryatt and Luke Durban (near
ten second PB) for the boys
while Lucy Hall and Hannah
Travell (a nine second PB)
would do the same for the
Girls.
Other
swims that caught the eye
through the day came from
twelve year olds Emily Bulleid
and Becky Booty in their 100m
Free and 200m I/M, with Becky
also going on to collect a
medal finish in her 100m Fly
event, Sophie Howard and Alice
Hickmott had Pb's in their
200m I/M as did Grace Bauckham
in the same event, Helen Mitchell,
and Tom Mclagan in their respective
200m Fly swims (both medal
winning swims), Lewis Birks
200 I/M and 100 free, Philip
Hart in the 100m Free, Elliot
Birks 200m Breast, Max Palmer-Everson
in his 200m I/M, while Jessica
Bulleid collected her second
medal with a fine swim in
her 50m Breaststroke.
For
the Girl's there was some
impressive swimming, Abigail
Hart can be well pleased with
her weekend ending up with
2 Gold and a Silver medal
and county qualification,
while Hannah Travell had a
total of 8 medals and Pb's,
Lucy Hall collected 5 medals
with Grace Bauckham and Helen
Mitchell both earning 4 medals,
Grace also collecting 7 Pb's
from her swims. For the Boy's
Ole Mills had some fine swims
and collected 3 medals, Luke
Durban was consistent in picking
up 7 medals and David Fryatt
had 5 medal finishes. The
final medal tally for the
swimmers over the whole weekend
would be over 50 with 25 of
these being podium finishes,
4 Gold, 8 Silver and 13 Bronze,
this coupled with over 70
Personal Bests and many county
times being claimed, the weekend
proved a success for the clubs
swimmers.
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Mini
League - Colchester October 2008
Braintree
swimmers travelled to Colchester for
their final round Gala in the Mini
League. Isabella Salthouse opened
the evening with a fine win and PB
in her Backstroke event, this was
a result repeated by the under 10
Girls breaststroke team of Lauren
Jolliffe, Jessica Bulleid, Lucy Merrell
and Abigail Hart. The Boys team led
of by Craig Chambers with a six second
PB, Dan Mclagan, Elliott Birks and
Ole Mills gained a fine second place.
Two
wins followed from Matthew Banner
and Emma Bennett in their back and
free swims respectively, while Lewis
Birks and Megan Thomas both had second
places in their Free and Fly events.
Adam Shambrook and Ben Lane added
to the winners on the night with Ben
picking up a fine PB. Megan Halfacre
and Dayna Williams both had superb
new Pb and second place finishes in
their Breaststroke events.
The
Boys free style relay team of Lewis
Birks, Phillip Hart, Adam Shambrook
and Tom Mclagan picked up second place.
Tom Crerar picked up a pair of second
place finishes in his Breast and Free
swims, whilst David Zuo was second
in his breaststroke. The Girls squadron
Fly team of Abigail Hart, Amy Lazell,
Sophie Howard, Emma Bennett, Emma
Wilde and Megan Thomas were second
while the boys squadron relay Dan
Mclagan, Ole Mills, Ben Shambrook,
Phillip Hart, Lewis Birks, Adam Shambrook
finished one better to take victory.
Alex White and Tom Dagley both swam
impressive Pb's in their Backstroke
events with both taking second, while
Emily Bulleid smashed her previous
best in her 100m Freestyle.
Adam
Shambrook had another victory to saviour
in his Freestyle; further wins came
once again from the boys under 10-relay
team this time in their freestyle.
Both the clubs squadron Breaststroke
teams of Girls Jessica Bulleid, Megan
Halfacre, Louise Lazell, Sian Chambers,
Emily Bulleid and Amy Shambrook and
boy's team of Ole Mills, Elliott Birks,
Ben Shambrook, David Zuo, Tom Dagley,
and Adam Shambrook took victories.
Emma Wilde swam to a more than 5 second
pb in her fly event and took second
whilst Phillip Hart went one better
picking up a win in his corresponding
event.
The
final relays were to yield 2 wins
in the under 14 freestyle for both
the Girls, Emma Bennett, Emma Wilde,
Sian Chambers and Emily Bulleid and
Boys, David Zuo, Tom Dagley, Lewis
Birks and Phillip Hart. The Girls
under eleven freestyle team of Lauren
Hughes, Megan Halfacre, Abigail Hart
and Amy Lazell took second place.
Although only three teams competed
on the night it was a close swum evening
throughout, a fine 29 best times being
achieved by the swimmers.
Final
Score: Chelmsford 178 - Braintree
176 - Colchester 170 |
Essex
Swim League -October 2008-10-15
Having
won Division 3 and gained promotion
last Season Braintree took to the
pool at Rochford for this first round
Gala of the new season. A solid if
unspectacular start was made with
the Boy's 11 and under Freestyle team
of Orin Mann, Ben Shambrook, David
Fryatt and Dan Mclagan swimming to
a second place finish. Hannah Travell
picked up the first win of the night
in a new PB time in her backstroke
swim, Ben Shambrook picked up a second
place in his freestyle.
The
Girls 13 and under Freestyle relay
of Becky Booty, Emily Bulleid, Hannah
Travell and Alice Hickmott team picked
up a win, whilst the Boys Medley team
of Orin Mann, Lewis Birks, Luke Durban
and Philip Hart competing in the same
age bracket had a second place. Relays
proved a good source of points as
the Girls under 15 Medley team of
Alice Hickmott, Helen Mitchell, Lucy
Hall and Grace Bauckham were to pick
up a win, while the eleven and under
Boys repeated their second place from
earlier in the evening this time in
their Medley event.
As
the competition moved into the second
half of the evening the Braintree
swimmers started to excel with Hannah
Travell picking up her second individual
win with a PB this time in her freestyle,
Luke Durban picked up a second place
in his Freestyle, while David Fryatt
had a win in his backstroke. The Girls
under 13 relay team (Becky Booty,
Emily Bulleid, Hannah Travell and
Alice Hickmott) picked up another
win this time in the freestyle whilst
the boys under 13 Medley team of Tom
Mclagan, David Zuo, Luke Durban and
Philip Hart swam to second.
Lucy
Hall picked up a second place in her
Open age group freestyle, Becky Booty
had a second place in her Fly and
Alice Hickmott was another second
place finisher in her Backstroke,
whilst two more wins came from Louise
Lazell and Orin Mann both in their
respective 11 and under Breaststroke
events. The Girls Open relay team
(Helen Mitchell, Lucy Hall, Amy Shambrook
and Grace Bauckham) picked up a second
place from their freestyle event.
The
final race of the night was the Squadron
relay and the Braintree team of Orin
Mann, Harriet Bartram-Baird, Luke
Durban, Emily Bulleid, Adam Shambrook,
Helen Mitchell, Max Palmer-Everson
and Adam Shambrook took a fine victory
to round out the night. A very encouraging
nights swimming saw Braintree to a
fine second place, this sets them
up nicely for the coming rounds.
Result
Rochford 184 Braintree 157 Romford
152 Canvey Island 141 Harwich 101
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Young
Age Gala Braintree Sept 2008
The
first competition of the new swimming
season saw Braintree host a young
age gala at the Braintree Swimming
Centre. Braintree entered two teams,
Seals and Dolphins, with many of
the Seals competing in their first
gala.
The
first Braintree win of the night
came from the Dolphins team in the
shape of Amy Lazell in her backstroke
event this was soon followed by
a win from her older sister Louise
in her breaststroke event with further
wins also for the Dolphins by Orin
Mann and Becky Booty.
The
Seals team made a steady start with
virtually new PB’s in every race
from Verity Forster, Matthew Banner
and Chris Geall, Sian Chambers and
Philip Hart. The next win for either
team would have to wait several
races and would again be for the
Dolphins this time for the Girls
under 12 medley relay team of Hannah
Travell, Alice Hickmott, Becky Booty
and Emily Bulleid.
More
individual wins for the Dolphins
came from the Durban brothers Ben
and Luke, both in new PB times.
Again the Seals whilst not picking
up wins were putting up some fine
new PB times, Harriet White improved
her Fly time by over 4 seconds whilst
Ben Shambrook smashed his Freestyle
time by over 14 seconds, David Zuo
almost matched that improvement
in his Breaststroke swim with over
a 10 second improvement. More individual
wins came from Luke Durban, Orin
Mann, Hannah Travell, Alice Hickmott
and Tom Mclagan to keep the Dolphin
team in contention.
Sam
Pilgrim swam to a superb 7 second
PB in his Breaststroke an improvement
matched by Tom Crerar in his Backstroke
with Lewis Birks improving his freestyle
time by over 3 seconds not to be
outdone Elliott Birks also swam
to a 3 second PB in his Fly event.
The last two wins came for the Dolphin
team in the under 12 age bracket
for Boys (Tom Mclagan, David Fryatt,
Orin Mann and Luke Durban) and Girls
under 12 (Hannah Travell, Alice
Hickmott, Becky Booty and Emily
Bulleid) where both teams set impressive
winning times going under a minute.
Other
notable PB’s came from Ole Mills
(Fly and Breaststroke), Georgia
Harrod (Fly), Jordan Rudge (Breaststroke
and Freestyle), Isabella Salthouse
(Fly), Lauren Joliffe (Backstroke),
Christopher Roe (Fly) and Dayna
Williams (Freestyle), Callum Birks
(Backstroke), Melissa Deith (Backstroke),
Greg Bennett (Backstroke) Lauren
Hughes (Backstroke) Dash Mclagan
(Backstroke) Sophie Howard (Backstroke)
Emma Wilde (Freestyle)
On
the night the Seals swam a superb
total of 41 Personal Bests from
the 49 events whilst the Dolphins
had 27 PB’s to celebrate, an encouraging
start from the swimmers early in
the season.
Final
Score: Colchester 259 Braintree
Dolphins 219 Harwich 176 Chelmsford
163 Braintree Seals 104 Maldon 88
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Bishops
Stortford Open Meet
Braintree
swimmers finish season in
style.
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The
last competition for Braintree Swimmers
this season was the Bishop Stortford
Sprint Open meet held at the Braintree
Swimming Centre, this event offer
swimmers 5 events with 50 metres of
each stroke plus the 4 x 25 Individual
Medley.
Braintree
had 24 swimmers across the morning
and afternoon sessions. The Girls
9 years age group saw Abigail
Hart collect 4 medals in
the Free, Back, Fly and 4x 25 Medley
along with 5 Pb's, while Jessica
Bulleid collected 1 medal
in her Breaststroke event whilst also
picking up 4 Pb's through the day.
In
the Boys 9 year age group Elliot
Birks collected 3 medals
in his Fly, Breast and Medley, Ben
Durban swam to 4 medals with
2 Gold and a Silver in the Back, Breast,
Fly, and Medley along with 4 Pb's.
Ole Mills had 2 swims 2 medals
and 2 Pb's in his Free and Breast,
while Daniel Mclagan
had a Silver and 2 Bronze medals in
his Medley, Fly and Back along with
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The
11-year-old Girls had 4 swimmers,
Sophie Howard collecting
3 medals in her Free, Fly and Medley
along with 3 Pb's, both Millie
Bauckham and Harriet
Bartram- Baird missed medal
finishes by the smallest of margins,
with Millie collecting 1 Pb and Harriet
2 Pb's, Emma Wilde
had a good days swimming picking up
4 Pb's with her Back and Breaststroke
in particular looking good.
David
Fryatt in the Boys 11 year
age group had a fine day picking up
2 Gold and 2 Silver in his Medley,
Free, Back and Fly. The 12-year Girls
age bracket was keenly contested with
Hannah Travell swimming 4
Pb's and collecting 5 medals including
a Silver and Bronze from her 5 swims
in the Free, Fly, Medley, Back and
Breaststroke events. Becky
Booty collected 4 medals
in the Fly, Free, Back and Medley
along with 4 Pb's. Emily Bulleid
collected a medal in her Freestyle
swim whist also gathering 5 impressive
new Pb's, Sian Chambers
also had a good meet collecting 3
new Pb's throughout her day's swimming.
In
the Boys twelve year age group Luke
Durban picked up a set of
5 Gold medals form his 5 swims along
with 1 Pb, Tom Mclagan
had a Silver in the Medley and a bronze
in the Back amongst his 4 medals whilst
also picking up 2 Pb's. Lewis
Birks had a consistent day
collecting 3 medals and 3 Pb's in
his Baack, Fly and Medley; rounding
out the swimmers in this category
was Philip Hart who
picked up a fine new Pb in his Breaststroke
event.
The
thirteen-year-old Girls age bracket
had 3 swimmers; Grace Bauckham
had 3 swims and collected 3 medals
along with 2 Pb's her best swim being
a bronze in the Free, Helen
Mitchell was another to prosper
with 4 medals on the day from the
Back, Breast and Medley her best finish
being Silver form the Fly. Alex
White had 2 swims and swam
to 2 new Pb's in her Fly and Medley
events.
Matthew
Horne had just 2 swims but
picked up a Silver medal in his Breaststroke
event whilst also collecting a Pb
in his Back. Max Palmer- Everson
competed in the Boys 15 and
over age group collecting 2 new Pb's
in his Back and Breaststroke.
Braintree
dominated the 12 & under relays
with the boys team winning both the
freestyle and medley events, the girle
winning the freestyle and coming a
close secon in the medley. In the
open age group a young womens team
swam exceptionally well to secure
third place in the 4x100 freestyle
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Essex
County ASA County
Association of the East and
London Regions in conjunction
with Braintree & Bocking
SC
Shakedown
Meet
Highly
successful inaugural open
meet
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Braintree
Swimming Club in conjunction with
the Essex County Swimming Association
hosted the first all day competition
at the new Braintree Swimming Centre
to determine if the pool will be suitable
for holding County events in the future.
Many
of the events were the longer distance's
so would give the swimmers the opportunity
to swim events they don't usually
get to do on a regular basis.
The
day proved a success both in and out
of the pool for Braintree. The swimmers
certainly did their part not only
winning 17 medals with 8 Gold, 2 Silver
and 7 Bronze, but also putting up
27 personal bests from the 36 swims.
Harriet
Bartram- Baird picked up
3 new best times, with both
Millie and Grace Bauckham
also collecting one new best each
with Grace also picking up a bronze
medal in the 4x 50-medley event. Lewis
Birks had 2 medals and 2
Pb's with a Gold and Bronze in the
4x25 and 4x50 Medley events. Rebekah
Booty was another to visit
the podium twice collecting Bronze
in the 2 medley events both in new
best times she also swam a massive
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Chloe
Grose had two swims and picked
up Pb's in both, while Philip
Hart made the best of his
one swim to record himself a new best
time in his 4x25 medley. Abigail
Hart picked up Gold in her
only swim also in the 4x25 medley
smashing her previous best time by
nearly 7 seconds. Matthew
Horne had a Silver medal
form his 4x25 medley to celebrate,
whilst also picking up a new Pb in
the 4x50 event. Sophie Howard
had a busy day with 4 events with
her best finish being a Bronze medal
swim in her 4x50 medley.
Amy
and Louise Lazell both competed
in the 4x25 medley and will have picked
up some experience from their afternoons
swimming that will hold them in good
stead for the future. Orin
Mann was a Silver medal winner
from his only event this coming in
the 4zx50 medley. Helen Mitchell
had a good day winning 3 Gold medals
all in Pb times these coming in the
4x25. 4x50 and 4x100 Medley's. Isabella
Salthouse was another to
swim 4 events and she can be pleased
to return with not only 4 Pb's but
also a Gold and Bronze medal form
the 4x50 and 4x100 Medley events.
Hannah Travell was
another to collect Gold winning both
the 4x50 and 4x100 in new best times.
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Junior
Speedo Division 2 Final
The
division two final
of the Junior Speedo League
was hosted by Braintree at
the Braintree Swimming Centre.
There
was tough competition for
the Braintree Swimmers as
they were ranked fifth of
the six teams contesting the
final. Points were difficult
to come by early on and the
only significant result saw
the Boys 12 and under Medley
Relay team of Tom Mclagan,
Lewis Birks Orin Mann and
Luke Durban gain a second
place.
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The
eleven and under boys freestyle team
of Ton Crerar, Ben Shambrook,
David Fryatt and Orin Mann
managed a third place finish. A run
of good results followed in the individual
events with David Fryatt swimming
an impressive Pb (personal best) in
his backstroke while Luke Durban had
a second place and a Pb in his Fly
event. Jessica Bulleid had a near
second and a half Pb to celebrate
in her Breaststroke race and a good
third place finish, while in the corresponding
Boys event Ben Durban picked up Braintree's
first victory of the afternoon.
Isabella
Salthouse had a superb three-second
Pb in her Backstroke swim and a fine
third place finish, also for the Girl's
Hannah Travell took second place in
her Fly swim, a position matched by
Orin Mann for the Boys in the same
event. Alice Hickmott collected the
second victory of the afternoon just
touching out her opponent in the twelve-year
freestyle;
Luke
Durban swam a Pb in his freestyle
going under the 30-second barrier
for the first time. Hannah Travell
collected a Pb and a comfortable win
seeing of her opponents in her eleven
years freestyle race, while David
Fryatt had a third place finish and
Pb swim in his freestyle.
Abigail
Hart picked up a second place
in her nine years fly event to continue
her good performances during the campaign.
Orin Mann swam a Pb in his Breaststroke
event and picked up a valuable second
place. The twelve years backstroke
events saw Alice Hickmott take another
individual win, while Tom Mclagan
was third. The Girls nine-year relay
team of Lauren Hughes, Jessica Bulleid,
Abigail Hart and Harriet White picked
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race of the afternoon saw the Girls
twelve- year freestyle relay team
of Sian Chambers, Becky Booty,
Hannah Travell and Alice Hickmott
take a win with Alice on the last
leg touching out the opposition by
a fraction of a second. The Boys twelve-
year relay team of Tom Mclagan, Lewis
Birks Orin Mann and Luke Durban picked
up their second runners up finish
of the afternoon.
A
total of 28 Pbs were claimed
from the 49 races, with particularly
impressive improvements coming from
Megan Halfacre who
improved her Breaststroke time by
nearly 3 seconds, Lauren Hughes
a near 2 second best time in her Backstroke
from Millie Bauckham who
took more than a second of her Breaststroke,
and from Harriet White
who took just over 2 seconds off her
freestyle time.
Congratulations
to all the team who improved on their
entry position to finish a creditable
fourth on the afternoon.
Final
Result Griffins 216 Halstead
211 Anaconda 164 Braintree 149 Rochford
144 Greenwich 142 |
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ASA
East Region BAGCAT Championships
Medals
and National Qualifying times
for Braintree |
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Braintree
Swimming Club had six swimmers competing
over the first two weekends of June
at this year’s East Region BAGCAT
swimming championships. As befits
the title of the competition this
is the best swimmer’s coming from
across the East Region to compete
at the University of East Anglia at
Norwich in the 50-metre pool.
To
qualify is an achievement in itself,
but to make finals and achieve top
ten places takes swimming of the highest
order, a superb total of nine final
places were achieved by the swimmers
along with 7 more top eight finishes
in the distance events.
Alice Hickmott took
a superb second place and a Silver
medal, whilst also achieving National
Qualification in her 100metres Backstroke
for 12 year old; Alice also qualified
for the 200m Backstroke final.
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Hannah
Travell had a fantastic
championships qualifying for four
finals in her 11 year old group,
these came in the 100m Fly, 100m
Back, 100m Freestyle and 200m individual
Medley, she can be particularly
well pleased with her consistent
performances in this championships.
Thirteen-year-old
Helen Mitchell
had two fifth place finishes these
came in the 800 and 1500m Freestyle
events.
Twelve-year
old Luke Durban
had a final appearance in the 100m
Freestyle and also had three more
top eight places in the 400and1500m
Freestyle along with the 400m Individual
Medley.
Also
in the twelve year age group was
Tom Mclagan, he
can be well pleased with himself
as he put in a couple of solid swims
over the longer distances.
David
Fryatt competing in the
eleven year old age bracket had
two final appearances these coming
in the 100 and 200m Fly events whilst
also taking 2 more top eight finishes
in the 400m Freestyle and 400m Individual
Medley.
These
performances continue to show that
the club are making strides and
competing not only within the Essex
County but at Regional Level also,
this comes on top of more good news
for the club when news was received
that both Alice Hickmott
and Luke Durban have been
selected to swim for Essex
in the upcoming inter counties gala
to be held at Hatfield.
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Mini League- 14/06/08 |
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latest round of the Mini League, which
is a time-based gala, was swum at
Harrow Lodge Pool and Braintree made
a storming start winning 4 of the
first 5 events.
Sophie
Howard and Ben Shambrook both winning
their respective under 12 years back
stroke events, with Amy Lazell also
winning in her under 11 backstroke.
The boys relay team of Jordan Rudge,
Ole Mills, Elliot Birks and Ben Lane
swam to victory in their breaststroke
relay.
The
girls breaststroke team of Lauren
Hughes, Amy Lazell, Abigail Hart and
Jessica Bulleid took second, Emma
Bennett also took a runners up spot
in her freestyle event, this was a
place both Adam Shambrook and Louise
Lazell matched in their fly and Breaststroke
events.
Ben Lane and Gregory Bennett both
took wins in their freestyle swims
with Hannah Bailey also taking first
in her backstroke swim. Adam Shambrook
and Sian Chambers both had to settle
for runners up finishes in their back
and breaststroke events respectively.
The girls fly relay team of Abigail
Hart, Isabella Salthouse, Sophie Howard,
Emma Bennett, Amy Shambrook and Megan
Thomas swam to a victory. This was
followed by another win from the under
12 Girls freestyle team of Millie
Bauckham, Emma Wilde, Louise Lazell
and Sophie Howard.
Emily
Bulleid took second place in her under
14-backstroke event, while the under
10 girls team Lauren Hughes, Amy Lazell,
Abigail Hart and Jessica Bulleid matched
this finish. Another batch of wins
came from Isabella Salthouse, Emma
Wilde and Ben Shambrook all swimming
fly in their various age groups.
More
consistent swimming from the breaststroke
team of Jessica Bulleid, Megan Halfacre,
Louise Lazell, Sian Chambers, Amy
Shambrook and Hannah Bailey saw them
take second this position was matched
by Lewis Birks in his fly swim. The
boys relay team of David Zuo Tom Dagley,
Lewis Birks and Phillip Hart took
another runners up spot. Being a 33-metre
pool there were plenty of personal
bests swum on the night with 41 coming
from the 48 events swum.
Final
Score Romford 197 Braintree
157 Rochford 150 Chelmsford 124 |
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Colchester Open Meet |
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A
small team of Braintree swimmers travelled
to Colchester to compete at their
annual open meet held over the Bank
holiday weekend they can
be pleased with their swims picking
up 6 new best times from just 10 swims
and 2 medals.
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Chloe
Grose had just the one
swim on the day and made in count
putting in a strong performance
in her 4x 25metre individual medley
to pick up a 6 second Pb in the
process.
Lauren Hughes also had
just the one swim; she too had a
Pb to celebrate gaining just under
a second and a half best time in
her 50metre backstroke event.
Amy
and Louise Lazell both
competed with Louise gaining a Pb
in her 50metre freestyle swim with
a near second and a half improvement.
Ole
Mills had two swims on
the day and was another to gain
a new Pb time in his 50metre breaststroke
event.
Orin
Mann was the medal winner
on the day collecting a Gold in
his 50metre Fly event and a Silver
in his 4 x25metre individual medley
event both these coming in new Pb
times for Orin.
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Waltham Forest Open Meet |
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Braintree swimmers represented the
club on the distance evening of the
annual Waltham Forest Olympic Development
meet. It was a highly successful evening
for them, returning with five medals.
Hannah
Travell got proceedings under
way when she claimed second spot in
the 800m, all the more impressive
as this was only her second swim at
this distance. Helen Mitchell
followed this with fifth position
in the 12/13 800m.
It
was then the turn of the boys in the
1500m, David Fryatt
coming third in his age group, Luke
Durban third and Thomas
McLagan sixth, both in the
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Speedo 2008 Round 2 |
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second round of this year’s
Junior Speedo was once again hosted
by Braintree at the Braintree Swimming
Centre. The competition started well
with a second place finish for the
Girls 12 and under Medley Relay team
of Alice Hickmott, Sian Chambers,
Becky Booty and Hannah Travell whilst
the Girls 9 year freestyle team of
Holly Bristow, Abigail Hart, Jessica
Bulleid and Amy Lazell went one better
picking a fine win.
High
points scoring position’s then
proved difficult to come by over the
next few events against some good
opposition. Amy Lazell had a second
place finish in her Freestyle event,
whilst Ben Shambrook had an impressive
3 and a half second PB and second
place finish to celebrate in his backstroke
event in his 11year old Boys age group,
while Jessica Bulleid also took second
place in her 9 years Breaststroke
event.
Ben
Durban then swam to the one and only
victory of the competition for the
Boy’s in his 9 years Breaststroke
swim, his win was followed by one
from Hannah Travell who also secured
herself a new PB in her 11 year old
fly event. Orin Mann took second,
also in a new PB time in the Boys
corresponding age bracket for his
Fly, while Alice Hickmott also had
to settle for second in her 12 years
freestyle.
Hannah
Travell returned for her second individual
win of the afternoon in the 11 years
freestyle, this maintains her unbeaten
run in individual events during this
year’s league campaign. Abigail
Hart improved her fly time to collect
another second place for the team;
Orin Mann matched this finish in his
Breaststroke event, with Alice Hickmott
returning to her usual
position of first in her favoured
Backstroke event.
The
9 year olds Girl relay team of Holly
Bristow, Abigail Hart, Jessica Bulleid
and Amy Lazell took another fine win
this time in their Freestyle event
to complete an unbeaten afternoon
for their quartet while the final
win for the team came form the Girl’s
12 year olds of Alice Hickmott, Sian
Chambers, Becky Booty and Hannah Travell.
Tom
Crerar had an impressive 3 Pb’s
during the afternoon with a 2 second
Pb in his 10 years 50m and a near
2 second Pb in his Freestyle relay
event and a massive 8 second PB in
his Breaststroke swim, further Pb’s
were achieved by Melissa Deith, Lewis
Birks, Ben Shambrook, Sophie Howard,
Isabella Salthouse and Becky Booty
Final
Result; Griffins 235 Greenwich
207 Erith 181 Braintree 176 Basildon
134 Harlow 62 |
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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.
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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
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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.
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Swimming League
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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))
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Essex
Championships Block 'D'
More
medal winners at Championships.
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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 |
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Southend
Open Meet 2008
Good
Friday for Braintree.
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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 |
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Essex
Championships Block 'C'
More
medal winners at Championships.
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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 |
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Essex
Championships Block 'B'
More
medal winners at Championships.
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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
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Essex
Championships Block 'A'
Winning
start to the 2007-2008 Championships.
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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
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL OUR SWIMMERS |
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Evening - Celebrationg
a successful year. |
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Achievement
Awards:
Best Young Swimmer Girls-
Verity Foster, Georgia Harrod
Best Young Swimmer Boys- Ben Durban
Sean
Eveleigh Achievement Award - David
fryatt
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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 |
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2007-2008 Round 3 - Promotion
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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 |
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Essex
Championships 'Special Relays'
Thrilling
day for Braintree swimmers - 2nd &
3rd palces.
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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
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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 |
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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.. |
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Speedo
2007-2008 Round 2 |
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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
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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
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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
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round 2 draws can be found here. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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