Press Release
From: Canvey Island Swimming Club
Date: 19th April 2009
FUNDRAISERS FROM CANVEY ISLAND SWIMMING CLUB SUPPORT MARIE CURIE!
A large contingent from Canvey Island Swimming Club took part in the Marie Curie Swimathon event at Waterside Farm Sports Centre over the weekend.
Canvey Swimmers raised hundreds of pounds for the Marie Curie Cancer Care Charity by completing distances of between 1.5km and 5km in the pool.
Swimming Club spokesman Steve Lee said “The swimming club were delighted to support this fantastic cause which took place at our home pool within Waterside Farm Sports Centre.
Not only did our youngsters raise funds for the Marie Curie charity they also demonstrated huge determination by completing 200 lengths of the swimming pool within some very quick times”
Canvey Swimming Club are currently seeking new members for both competition squads and swim school. Interested parties can log onto www.canveyswimming.org.uk for further details.
For further press information
Colin MacLean 01268 742742
28TH February 2009 A HATFUL OF HONOURS FOR CANVEY SWIMMERS!
Forget Hearts and Flowers, the swimmers from Canvey Island came only for medals and records at the annual Hatfield Valentine Swimming meet!
The gala was held at the impressive Hatfield Sports Village set within the University grounds and hosted by Hatfield swimming club.
The vast majority of the Island swimmers enjoyed personal best times during the event including relative newcomers Tiffany Carter and Jamie Yorwath who both produced top ten finishes in their respective events.
Ten year olds Eva Power and Bethan Mcelroy not only dominated their age group with a number of gold medals but also broke long held competition records.
Club Captain, Craig Johnston achieved a fantastic personal achievement by breaking the one minute barrier in the 100 metres freestyle for the first time recording a time of just 59.46.
Canvey Swimming Club Chairman Paul Drake commented “It is a testament to the commitment of our swimmers that they travelled in such large numbers to a competition on the other side of the M25, to bring back so many personal best times, medals and even competition records is wonderful”
19TH February 2009 MORE SILVERWARE FOR CANVEY ISLAND SWMMING CLUB!
A contingent of Canvey Island Swimming Club youngsters competed at the Essex County ASA group championships at the weekend which took place at Waltham Forest Pool in Walthamstow.
Led by head coach Paul McNeill, Canvey swimmers Bethan Mcelroy, Kirstie Fehily, Emma Hall & Hannah Packman produced an array of personal best times.
Star performer at the event was ten year old Bethan Mcelroy with a stunning performance in the 200 metres freestyle event landing her a Gold medal to go alongside her two Silvers earned in the 200 metres backstroke and 100 Individual Medley.
Club Chairman Paul Drake commented “We are blessed with a squad full of talent and we are very proud of the four girls that competed at the County event, all of our swimmers beat their previous best times”
Canvey Swimming Club is open to swimmers of all ages and abilities and is based at Waterside Farm Sports Centre on Canvey Island.
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Island Girls Shine…….
Canvey Swimming Club traveled to Braintree at the weekend
to compete in the Junior/Senior Essex Championships and
what a weekend it turned out to be, Competing in there first
County event, Canvey’s 9/10 yrs girls relay teams
swam with grit and determination. Canvey ‘A’
achieved Bronze medals in both the medially and freestyle
events with each swimmer smashing there own personal best
times, whilst Canvey ‘B’ fought all the way
to finish a well deserved placing. Well done to Kirstie
Fehily, Bethan McElroy, Eva Power, Gabby Quigley, Rebecca
Ridgwell, Jessica McClean, Megan Norris & Tiffany Carter.
Swimming in the individual events was Sophie Drake 15 yrs,
who smashed 2 Essex County & East Region records which
had been standing for 20 years in both the 50 Freestyle
and Backstroke events. Swimming with a shoulder injury,
Sophie battled hard and swam superbly to win both the Junior
& Senior trophies in each event. Sophie achieved National
times in the 50m Freestyle in a time of 26.61 secs, and
29.75 in the 50m backstroke.
Chloe Goes it alone,
Chloe Williams of Canvey Island Swimming Club competed
at the Eastern Region Championships at Norwich where she
won gold in all 4 Events that she entered, 400 Free, 50
Back, 200 Medley and 100 Back. Being the only competitor
from the island club Chloe gave it all and pulled all the
stops out to win the Gold’s she greatly deserves.
In achieving this feat, Chloe also broke 3 Eastern Region
Records and is now setting her sights on the Welsh Long
Course Championships at Swansea in 2 Weeks Time.
Canvey Island Open is a Success.
Canvey Island swimming Club held there 2nd annual open
Gala at Blackshots Pool in Grays with 14 visiting clubs
attending from all over the Essex County. The level of gala
was going to be high as over 1100 entries had been received,
so a full program was expected.
With a large turnout from canvey Swimming Club, the medals
soon began to mount up with a total of 54 top six placing.
With the Gala licensed at a level 3 each swimmer new they
had to do their best to make sure they were in the top six,
because anything lease just would not be good enough.
Visiting club Killerwhales stole the show in the skins events,
winning both the boys & girls50m freestyle event top
position, and congratulations goes to Southend SC for winning
overall top club, with Canvey finishing close behind in
second place.
The coach’s award from Canvey was awarded to Emma
Hall for her hard work on the day and good results, this
shows that hard work does get results.
Canvey's finest are - Gabby Quigley, Kirstie Fehily, Rebecca
Ridgewell, Jessica McClean, Megan Norris, Tiffany Carter,
Emily Scott, Holly Stevens, Emma Hall, Katie Lynch, Bethan
McElroy Chloe Williams, Lauren McElroy, Molly Minton, Ka
Ying Tam, Abigail Lee, Tilly Quigley, Alice Ison, Hannah
Packman, Kate Thompson, James Duffield, James Neall, Alex
Hill, Daniel Vowels, Todd Harding, Daniel lee, Sam Rose,
Jack Skedge, John Bushel, Ryan Haylock, Craig Johnston,
Cameron Haylock, Ryan Packman, George Minton, Jamie Yorwarth.
Ipswich
Gala,
Due to high
entry levels no entries have been accepted.
Drake Beats All Expectations at Nationals
Sophie Drake, aged 15, of Canvey Island Swimming Club took
swimming to a new level for the Island club, at this year’s
Age Group Nationals in Sheffield. Qualifying for two events,
she made the finals of both 100m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle.
Drake took the pressure in her stride, to give her best
and to make a good impression at her first ever Age Group
National Championships.
Sophie's first event was the 100m Backstroke. From the
start, Sophie applied the power and speed to finish the
heat in 1st place, achieving both a place in the semi finals
and a County Record, in a time of 1.06.61. The semi final
was just as hard, as the 20 semi-finalists were soon reduced
down to 10. Drake qualifying in 9th place and swimming in
Lane 10 again swam with full power and finished a well-deserved
6th place.
With one final out of the way, Drake was soon swimming in
her second final, which was the 50m freestyle. With a new
personal best time of 27.67 secs, Drake was looking for
a top three placing. Swimming in lane 8, all eyes were on
the result board, as separating whom touched first was hard
to tell. With only three tenths of a second separating Drake
from a medal position, she came away very proud with her
achievements over the 2 days.
Congratulations and well done Sophie.
10/07/08
Canvey Island SC Challenges Olympians
Sophie Drake of Canvey Island Swimming
Club travelled north to Liverpool, to compete in the National
Long Course Championships; and found not only was Sophie
competing against all age’s, but Olympians.
Entered in the 50m backstroke, Sophie knew just qualifying
was an achievement at the age of 15, but there was the added
pressure of swimming against the world’s best; not
only from Great Britain, but also the French National Team
and other European Countries, were there to impress before
their departure to Beijing.
Swimming in heat 3, lane 7, Sophie could see the level of
competition, as the world record holder and GB Olympian,
Georgia Davies was in lane 4, and with GB Olympians Katy
Sexton and Gemma Spofforth having already swam in heats
1 & 2 the race was going to be very fast.
Sophie had the perfect start, and the race was on to touch
first, 25 metres into the race Sophie was laying 5th in
the 8 lane pool and with the power being applied Sophie
touched in a very deserving 4th place in 31.80 seconds,
placing her 14th o/a out of the 28 entry’s.
This being Sophie’s first national event, Sophie is
now setting her sights on the Age Group National Championships
to be held at the end of the month in Sheffield, competing
in the 100 metre Backstroke and 50 metre Freestyle.
11/05/2008
Speedo M11 League
- Round 2
results to follow
10/05/2008
Essex Mini League - Round
2
results not yet received
27/04/2008
Speedo M11 League
- Round 1
results
Canvey's 12 and unders competed
in the first round of the Speedo Junior League at Waltham Forest
finishing in 5th place with a 129 points. Many setting new personal
best times. Many thanks to those swimmers (and parents) who
had to rush straight from the Redbridge event down the road
- some of who missed their last scheduled swim at the Licensed
Meet to represent their club in this team event.
26
& 27/04/2008 Redbridge
Level 3 Licensed Meet
results
Well done to all our trophy winners who include
Eva Power 1st 50m Free, Kirstie Fehily 1st 200m Back, Maisie
Jones 3rd 200 IM, Danny Baker 2nd in 200m Fly, Hannah Packman
2nd 200m Back and Jodie Moran who finished 2nd in the 50m skins,
3rd in 100m IM and 2nd in 200m IM. Well done also to Todd Harding,
Jaide Buttle, Lauren McElroy, Molly Minton, Kate Thompson, John
Bushell, Sam Johnston, Nathan McCabe and Craig Johnston who
all achieved new personal bests.
20/04/2008
Rayleigh Aquathlon
results
19/04/2008
Crawley Long Course (Level
1)
results
Sophie Drake and Kirstie Fehily both swam at Crawley
at the weekend. Sophie excelled in the Backstroke taking 1st
place in the 50m with a time of 30.90 setting a new club record
that also puts her in top position in the national rankings
and 3rd place in the 100m. Kirstie another backstroker set herself
a new personal best also breaking the club record previously
held by Sophie. Well done girls!
12/04/2008
Essex Mini League - Round
1
results
Canvey
travelled to the north of the county again this time for the
first round of the Mini League. Many
swimmers were competing in their first team gala and it was
therefore a learning curve for all. Canvey finished in 4th place
with 119 points although a few swims were disqualified we did
manage to pick up some 1st places too! So well done to Bethan
McElroy, Kirstie Fehily and Liam McElroy, and also Sophie Drake
and Craig Johnstone who braved their weaker strokes!
29
& 30/03/2008
County Championships Block D
results
21/03/2008
Southend Easter
Meet
results
24 of Canvey's swimers returned
from Southends annual meet at Warrior Square many of who managed
to set new 100m PBs. Medal winners include Kirstie Fehily, Emily
Scott, Todd Harding, Ka Ying Tam, Kate Thompson and Jodie Moran
with 1st places also going to Hannah Packman for the Breaststroke
and Craig Johnstone for the Butterfly.
15&
16/02/2008
Essex Secondaries
results
8
& 9/02/2008
County Championships Block C
results
16
& 17/02/2008 County Championships
Block B
results
23/02/2008
Essex League (Round 3),
Runnymede
results
The third round, hosted by Hornchurch swimming
club, put Canvey in 2nd place on 156 points closely behind Braintrees
163 points With new personal bests set by Kirstie Fehily, Lauren
McElroy, Todd Harding, Ka Ying Tam, Sam Rose, Daniel Lee, Taylor
Williams, Alex Jones, Jack Hudson, Nathan McCabe and Craig Johnstone
it was another good result for Canvey.
16/02/2008 Sudbury
& District Swimming Club Masters Championships, Sudbury
results
Father and son Geoff and Mike Baker went off
to Sudbury to compete in what would be Mike's first Masters
meet. Mike took the gold medal in the 50m Breaststoke and the
bronze in the 200m Freestyle for the 17 to 24 age group, also
finishing in the top six in his other events. Not to be out
done by his son Geoff Baker took gold medals in the 50m Fly
and the 200m Freestyle also claiming a new East county record
proving he's still got it!
16 &
17/02/2008 Block B County Championships, Blackshots in Thurrock
results
Jan 2008 - Double
Dutch Open, Holland
Jay
Lynch traveled solo to compete in this year Double Dutch Open
in Holland, and came away with more than he went with, in the
way of heavy metal. Achieving personnel best times in all of
his events, Gold came his way in the 50m, 100m and the 400m
Freestyle, showing his foreign competitors Lynch was to dominate
the freestyle events. Best event by far was the 400m Freestyle
smashing his personnel best time by some 48 seconds. To finish,
Lynch swam the 100m Breaststroke and again smashed his personnel
best time to take the Silver.
25 & 26/01/2008
Block A County Championships, Blackshots in Thurrock
results
Canvey’s swimmers competed in the first
program of the 2008 County Championships and what a weekend
it proved to be for them and the club! Bethan McElroy lead the
charge on day one reaching the finals of all four of her 50m
events only just missing podium finishes on each occasion. A
mention must also be made of Eva Power who has just started
swimming at the club and managed an extremely creditable 12th
place in her first swim at this level. Maisie Jones and Lauren
McElroy again produced great swims in the 11 year old age group
with Kate Thompson obtaining a PB in the 50m Freestyle at the
13 year old level. More great swims were achieved by the boys
with Craig Johnston leading the way by making his Eastern region
time in the 50m free and the fabulous Baker boys producing great
times yet again.
However, the best was left to the Girls' Captain,
Sophie Drake who won gold medals in the 50m Free, obtaining
her National qualification time, 50m back and silver in the
50m Fly. Sophie also broke/equalled 2 long standing County records.
Onto day two where again Canvey’s swimmers produced more
great swims. Alyson Moran retained her 50m Breastroke crown
by winning the gold medal in a time of 35.63 and PB’s
were broken by Hannah Packman in all three of her 50m events,
Jodie Moran and Kirstie Fehily. The boys again fared well with
great swims from John Bushell, Nathan McCabe, Todd Harding and
Sam Johnston.
19&20/01/2008
- Ipswich Liscensed Meet, Crown Pools
results
Two
of our 9 year old swimmers, Kirstie Fehily and Bethan McElroy,
travelled upto Ipswich for the weekend. After some great swims
by both of them Kirstie took the 1st place in the 200m Medley
and Freestyle events as well as 2nd in the 50m Backstroke, 3rd
in the 200m Fly and also finished 2nd overall for her age group.
Bethan took 2nd place in both the 200m Fly and the 200m Medley
as well as a 3rd place in the 50m Breaststoke.
Bethan has now achieved all the county qualifying times for
her age group. Overall both girls finished in the top five putting
Canvey in 10th place out of the 20 clubs which competed.....and
thats just the two of them! Well done girls.
19/01/2008
- Essex League (Round 2), Runnymede
results
Canvey
hosted this round of the Essex League at Runnymede pool and
ended the evening with a convincing victory after the squad
managed to finish a clear 33 points in front of their nearest
rivals. New blood was introduced to the team for this round
and the opportunity to impress was grabbed by both Jaidie Buttle
and Molly Minton with both girls producing great swims. Again
a number of PB’s were achieved throughout the squad. Congratulations
to all concerned, hopefully this result will push us towards
promotion to Division Two. Results: Canvey 185, Hornchurch and
Braintree 152, Harwich 135 and Clacton 106.
15/12/2007
- Jingle Bells Gala, Runnymede
results
Christmas definitely came early
for the Canvey swimmers who returned to Waterside with a sack
full of medals. Bethan McElroy took 3 Gold medals in the Freestyle,
Breaststroke and Butterfly as well as
the Bronze medal in the Backstroke. Kirtstie took the remaining
Gold medal in the Backstroke as well as Silver
in the Freestyle and Bronze in the Butterfly. Aly and Jodie
Moran having recently returned to the club both also managed
to gain some new PBs. Aly took Gold medals in the Breaststroke
and Butterfly while Jodie collected a Gold and Bronze medals
in the Freestyle and Butterfly. Ka
Ying took Silver and Bronze in the Backstroke and Breastroke.
Hannah Packman managed to get a Silver medal in the Backstroke
swimming for the first time in the 14 plus age group and Danny
Baker won the Bronze medal for the Breastroke. It was great
to see some of our newer swimmers; Jessica Maclean, Megan Norris,
Tiffany Carter and Holly Stephens, competing at this open meet
together.
8/12/2007
- Speedo League (Round 3), Potters Bar
results
Canvey finished this final round
of the league in 1st place with 185 points, followed by Greenwich
on 167, Verulam on 155, Hounslow on 121 and Ware with 118 points.
There were plenty of good swims by everyone and some new PBs
were achieved by Hannah, Adam, Ka Ying, Sam, Sophie and Nathan.
Canvey managed to finish in 10th place overall so well done
to the whole team! final
league position
2/12/2007
- Waltham Forest Winter Meet
results
9
year old Kirstie Fehily had a good day picking up two Gold medals
in the 200m Backstroke and 200m Butterfly as well as the Silver
medal in the 200m Freestyle. Kirstie smashed her personal bests
on all her events. Danny Baker also picked up a Gold medal in
the 100m Butterfly as well as the
silver in the 100m Backstroke.
Hannah Packman gained a Silver medal in the 100m
Freestyle and the Bronze in the
100m Breaststroke. Bethan McElroy
gained a Bronze medal in the 200m Breaststroke in a new personal
best time. Todd Harding, Maisie Jones, Lauren McElroy, Ka Ying
Tam, Kate Thompson, John Bushell and Sam Johnston also swam
well with many PBs being smashed. Well done to all!!
1/12/2007
- Essex League (Round 1), Harwich
results
Canvey
travelled to the north of the county for the first round of
the Essex League, and expecting tough competition from Harwich,
Clacton, Hornchurch and Braintree, it soon became apparent that
Canvey were in a good position to come away with a victory under
their belt. Across all of the age groups, Canvey were making
their mark, but close on there tail were Harwich who were not
prepared to finish second at their home pool. It finally came
down to the last relay enabling Canvey to clinch first place.
Results: Canvey 186, Harwich 183, Braintree 133, Clacton 129
and Hornchurch 96
November 2007
- Essex Sports Awards & BBC East Sports Awards
Congratulations
to Chloe Williams who was awarded the Young Sports Personality
of the Year and also made the final three in the nominations
for 
the
Paralympic Hopeful category. The Essex Sports
Awards, hosted by sportessex, celebrate and recognise the very
best in sport in Essex.
Chloe was also given the honour of being shortlisted
for both the BBC East Young Sports Personality of the Year and
the Disability Sports Personality of the Year. Here you can
see Chloe with her proud parents at the Duxford Air Museum along
side Karen Pickering (right) who was presenting awards.
10/11/2007
Speedo League
results
Round 2, was swam again at Hitchin SC with
many of our swimmers getting PBs despite competing in the 1500m
the previous night in our own Club Champs. Without a girls 9-11
yrs relay team Canvey still managed to finish in 4th place with
109 points. Well done to all. Out of the 19 teams in our division
we are currently in 14th position. the next round will be swum
at Potters Bar.
3/11/2007
Long Course Regional Championships, Norwich
Well
done to Sophie Drake who had a spectacular sprint race in the
50 meters backstroke. Seeded only 9th on the programme, Sophie
Drake aged 14, started well with a 2nd place in the Junior Section
taken from the heat placing, but this only put her as 7th fastest
qualifier for the combined Senior/Junior final. In the finals
Sophie was back into the water in lane 1 with the International
and GB swimmer Zoe Cray aged 33 from Teamipswich in lane 4.
This didn't put Sophie off and almost from the start all swimmers
came to the surface at the same time. Zoe headed forward with
every stroke leaving the other 7 competitors fighting for the
remaining Silver and Bronze places. 15 seconds, and 25 meters
into the race and with arms flying Sophie was edging ahead of
the rest of the lanes, the chase was on to catch Zoe. Sophie
just touched in second place with a personal best time of 32.04
gaining the Silver medal. On the same day, Sophie also competed
in the 50meters freestyle, and again beating her personal best
time, Long Course, finishing in 29.36 seconds.
13/10/2007
Speedo League
results
Round 1, was swam on Saturday at Hitchin SC,
with the five clubs competing Canvey finished in a very good
3rd place with 135 points. All swimmers swam great with some
good PB's. The second from last event, we all now was won by
Canvey, although we only swam 4 swimmers and the rest swam 6.
Well done all.
20/10/2007
Wycombe District Long Course BC Meet, High Wycombe
A
small but dedicated (if slightly bleary eyed) team consisting
of Abigail & Daniel Lee and Lauren & Liam McElroy were
supported by Jody “Kick!” Owen-Hughes* and the CISC
support team - that’s parents in old money! Long Course
means a 50 metre pool which is technically twice the length
of our pool but actually appears to be miles longer, especially
if you haven’t swum in one before. Our team were undeterred
by this fact and prepared for their first taste of long course
with gusto. The meet consisted of 3 sessions, covering both
50 & 100 metre races. The day got off to a good start with
the girls both getting medals in their respective first events
with the boys pacing themselves. All events were very competitive
and each of them made a big effort attaining a mixture of PB’s
and medals. The medal table (in alphabetical order): Abigail
2 x Gold; Daniel 2 x Silver; Lauren 2 x Silver, 1 x Bronze;
Liam 1 x Silver. Well done to all four, and to make this achievement
even better these were the first medals that Abigail & Daniel
have won since swimming for the club.
08/09/2007
Essex Mini League, Canvey
results
Another successful
mini league for Canvey finishing in first place with 176 points,
2nd were Hornchurch with 160 points, 3rd were Southend with
130 points, followed by Witham with 110 points and Havering
with 104 points.
29/07/2007
Eastbourne 2km Sea Swim
results
The 2nd Open Water swim on our calendar saw 5 of Canvey swimmers
taking part. Of the 93 swimmers to complete the event Craig
Johnston finished 7th putting him in 5th place in the boys under
18s. Geoff Baker, the 14th swimmer to finish, claimed 1st place
for the 45–54yrs. Danny and Mike Baker were not far behind
finishing 9th & 10th in their age group. Kate Thompson,
one of the youngest swimmers to take part, gave it her all although
unfortunately was unable to finish.
22/07/2007
Pier to Pier Swim, Bournemouth
Jody Owens-Hughes
completed the British Heart Foundations first Bournemouth Pier
to Boscombe Pier swim raising over £400 for the charity.
Despite rough conditions Jody and her friends all managed to
finish in less than 40 minutes.
21/07/2007
Essex Mini League, Rochford
results
It was a successful
evening for Canvey finishing in first place with 151 points,
2nd were Rochford with 137 points, closely followed by Basildon
on 133 points, Runnymede 130 points and Saffron Walden with
71 points.
15/07/2007
Upminster Junior Triathlon, Upminster
results
Danny Baker, Sam Johnston, Kate Thompson, Maisie
Jones and Finlay Munro all took part in their first Triathlon
this weekend. Everyone enjoyed the day and their strengths were
definitely in the swimming and running events with Maisie and
Danny both finishing 1st in their swims and Kate finishing 1st
in the run. Well done to all!
01/07/2007
Clacton Round The Pier Swim, North Sea
results
Geoff
Baker, Mike Baker, Ryan Campbell-Webster, Craig Johnston and
Hannah Packman all braved the weather early Sunday morning for
the 1200m swim from East Beach, around the pier and finishing
on the West Beach. Due to adverse conditions the coast guard
reduced the swim down to approximately 700m starting west of
the pier. Craig, the first of Canvey's swimmers to cross the
finish line, finished in 5th place and collected the 2nd place
trophy for the Boys Junior (14-16 yrs) age group with Ryan,
Geoff and Mike finishing close behind. Hannah, the youngest
competitor of the day, was the 2nd female swimmer to cross the
finish line and picked up the 1st place trophy in the Girls
Junior age. [the
start] [the
trophies]
30/06/2007 Mercel Harvey 2nd Annual Trophy Gala, Blackshots
results
Canvey hosted the 2nd Mercel Harvey Gala at
the weekend at Blackshots, Grays. This charitable event was
attended by clubs all over Essex, with some good swims by all.
Canvey were just beaten at the finish by Southend who proved
to be the best on the day winning the prestigious Mercel Harvey
Memorial Cup. Good sport and fun ran well throughout the gala
with all 6 clubs helping to raise money for Cancer Research.
Final positions were; 6th place Havering Dolphins, 5th place
Horndon, 4th place Braintree, 3rd place Chelmsford, 2nd place
Canvey Island and top of the tree was Southend.
A special award was donated on the night by Mercel’s Family;
Jeff, Claire and Paul to a Canvey swimmer Kate Thompson, who
in her coach’s opinion gave her best in an individual
event. Thanks go to Thurrock Swimming Club for donating the
use of their pool side equipment, Southend sports and trophies
for their donation towards the trophies and a big Thankyou to
all who helped on the day.
2007
Killerwhales Summer Invitation, Blackshots
results
Another successful gala for Canvey with most
swimmers finishing in the top 6. Congratulations to Sophie Drake
and Ryan Campbell-Webster, Sophie took 1st place in both the
100m IM and the 100m Back setting new meet records and club
records for both events, and Ryan came 1st in all his events
also setting new meet records for the 100m IM and the 100m Back.
Well done to John Bushell and Ryan Haylock who achieved new
PBs in all their events.
23/06/2007 Runnymede
Summer Sprints (12 yrs & under), Runnymede
results
Canvey had plenty of trophy and medal winners
at this years meet. Lauren McElroy came 1st in 100m Free, 2nd
in 50m Free and 5th in 50m Fly & 50m Back. Liam McElroy
came 2nd in 50m Back, 3rd in 100m Free 4th in 50m Free and 5th
in both 50m Fly & 100m IM. Kirstie Fehily came 2nd in 100m
Free, 3rd in 50m Fly, 4th in 50m Back and 6th in 50m Breast.
Todd Harding came 3rd in 100m IM, 5th in 50m Back and 6th in
100m Free. Jack Lynch came 3rd in 50m Breast. Medals also went
to Ryan Packman, Jennifer Munroe, Alex Jones and Emily Scott.
There were plenty of new personal best times set by Megan Norris,
Rhianna Moran, Liam Campbell-Webster, Abby Lynch, Abigail Lee,
Daniel Lee, Molly Minton, Sam Rose, Kaying Tam, Katie Lynch,
Georgina Warren, Jay Lynch and George Walker.
17/06/2007
Speedo League M11 (Under 12s), Waltham Forest
This was the third and final round of the league.
Canvey finished in 6th place with 107 points a great improvement
on the previous round putting Canvey in 6th place overall.
9/06/2007 Essex Mini League,
Clacton-on-Sea
results
Canvey finished
in 2nd place with a total of 147 points.
Eastern
Region Championships, Norwich
Youth results
BAGCAT
results[1] BAGCAT
results[2]
Congratulations to Sophie Drake, Phillippa Bennett and Maisie
Jones who all qualified to compete in the Eastern Region Championships.
Sophie competed in the youth championships swimming in the 100m
back, 50m back and 50m free, making
the finals in both 50m events. Phillippa and Maisie both competed
at the BAGCAT championships. Phillippa swimming in the 200m
and 100m breaststroke taking 8th and 5th places. AMAZING MAISIE
was competing in her first Eastern region Championships qualifying
for 9 out of the 11 events. Maisie’s hard training paid
off as she PB’d in all her swims. She is the first female
swimmer to qualify for so many events, we are really proud of
her achievements
26&27/05/2007 Stevenage
Open Meet, Stevenage
results
17 Canvey swimmers
competed at the 2007 Stevenage Open Meet and Trophies were received
by Ryan Campbell-Webster who took 1st places in both the 100m
Fly & 50m Fly and 2nd places in the 100m Back & 100m
IM. Hannah Packman who came 1st in 100m Breast, 3rd in 50m Breast,
50m Fly and 50m Free. Maisie Jones took 2nd place in both the
50m & 100m Free as well as 3rd in 100m IM. Craig Johnston
came 2nd in 50m Fly and 3rd place in 100m Fly, 50m Breast, 100m
Breast and 100m IM. Mike Baker finished 2nd in the 100m IM and
Todd Harding finished 3rd in the 50m Free. Danny Baker and Nathan
McCabe received medals too. Katie Lynch, Alice Ison, Kate Thompson,
Lauren McElroy, Liam McElroy, Sam Johnston, Abigail Lee, Daniel
Lee and Ryan Packman also swam well and Personal Best's were
achieved by all!!.
12/05/2007
Essex Mini League, Runnymede
Canvey finished
in 4th place with a total of 117 points. Runnymede won with
160 points, Clacton scored 150 points, Colchester scored 141
and Havering scored 97.
6/05/2007
Speedo League M11 (Under 12s), Waltham Forest
Some of our younger swimmers competed for the
first time on Sunday so well done to them. The team were short
in numbers but spirits were high and all seemed to enjoy the
experience which should prepare them for the next round on Sunday
17th June - so mark your diaries!
21
& 22/04/2007 West Suffolk Open Meet
results
Swimmers and families spent the weekend at
Bury St Edmunds for the April Open Meet where Sophie Drake took
1st place in 100m & 2nd in 200m Back, Craig Johnston took
1st in 100m Fly, Maisie Jones took 1st in 200m Free, 2nd in
400m Free and 3rd in 400m IM, Hannah Drake took 2nd in 50m Back
& 100m Fly, Phillippa Bennett took 2nd in 100m Breast, Danny
Baker 2nd in 200m Fly & 400m IM, Nathan McCabe took 3rd
in 50m Fly and Hannah Packman took 3rd in 50m Breast & 50m
Back. There were many other good swims with pb's beaten by most
including Todd Harding, Kate Thompson, Sam Johnston and Geoff
Baker.
15/04/2007 Orpington
O'Jays, Blacklion in Gillingham
results
A small group of swimmers went to the Orpington O’Jays
meet where Phillippa Bennett again took 1st place in the 100m
Breast. Maisie Jones, Craig Johnston and Todd Harding also picked
up medals and Sam Johnston, Nathan McCabe, Kate Thompson and
Danny Baker all swam well too.
14/04/2007 Essex
Masters, Blackshots in Grays
results
On 14th April four of our older swimmers won more medals at
the Essex Masters. Aimee Drake swam a superb 100m Freestyle
despite not having trained much due to college commitments and
also took medals in the Backstroke events. Assistant Coach Jody
Owens-Hughes also had her first go at Masters swimming and found
herself in the medals. Geoff Baker won the 100m Fly and 400m
Free and Chloe Williams also swam well.
6/04/2007 Southend
Easter Meet, Warrior Square
results
Over the Easter weekend Canvey’s swimmers were again in
the medals. Sophie Drake and Phillippa Bennett took all four
93yr girls Golds between them with Phillippa also getting the
Breaststroke meet record. Hannah Drake took 2nd in the Fly,
Maisie Jones got 4 top 6 places not to be out done by Danny
Baker, Craig Johnston and Nathan McCabe who also made several
top 6 slots. Sam Johnston, Mike Baker, Josh and Kirstie Fehily,
Jay and Abby Lynch, Todd Harding, Kate Thompson and Georgia
Berry all swam well producing even more Pbs.
17 & 18/03/2007
Essex Secondaries, Waltham Forest
results
Danny Baker won 4 Gold’s all with massive Pbs, Craig Johnston
and Ryan Campbell-Webster made it a hatrick in the Fly by winning
in impressive style.
Craig also won bronze in the IM, Nathan McCabe
won silver in Back and Free, Todd Harding 3rd in Free and 5th
in Back and Hannah Packman 3rd in Breast and 4th in IM. With
Mike Baker, Kate Thompson, Sam Johnston, Alice Ison, John Bushell
and Ryan Haylock all doing Pbs it was a great weekend for the
club.
20 & 21/01/2007 Block A County
Championships, Blackshots in Thurrock
results
Canvey swimming club started their medal campaign
at the start of the 2007 County championships at the weekend
with some impressive swimming by all. First off the blocks was
Phillippa Bennett 13yrs, who fought hard to be the fastest qualifier
going into the final and continued her form with a PB and the
Gold Medal in the 50m Breastroke. Following her in girl power
Sophie Drake 14yrs retained her gold crown and won the 50m Backstroke
in a PB time finishing a clear 1.5 seconds ahead of her nearest
rival. Sophie also performed well in the 50m Freestyle taking
the silver in a new PB time. With entry times being made tougher
this year, and competing in their first ever County Championships
Todd Harding 10yrs, Kaying Tam 11yrs, Maisie Jones 10yrs and
James Craigie 12yrs all performed well and produced PB times
on the day. Craig Johnston 15yrs and Hannah Drake 16yrs also
performed well in there individual events.
20/01/2007 - Ealing Swimming
Club Graded 'B' & 'C' Gala
results
A contingent of swimmers from the Canvey
Island swimming club made the journey to Ealing for the Ealing
Swimming club’s January Graded meet and achieved some
amazing results showing that all their hard work in previous
months had paid off.
From the 15 swimmers competing there was a
hoard of medals won and no less than 26 personal best times
recorded. Abby Lynch in her individual medley swim smashed her
time with a 24 second p.b. Also knocking seconds off their previously
recorded times were Jay Lynch and Ryan Haylock.
In the boys 12/13 age group medals were picked
up by Liam McElroy, John Bushell and Sam Johnston. Not to be
outdone the girls including Lauren McElroy, Kate Thompson, Hannah
Packman, Nicola Rosher and Jessica Williams all won medals in
numerous other events. Other swimmers who did well at this meet
were Georgia Berry, Chloe Williams, Ryan Packman and Todd Harding.
