Pershore enjoy another great year in the pool.
31 Dec 2012
Pershore enjoy another great year in the pool.
The last twelve months has been yet another great swimming year for Pershore's swimmers. Perhaps one of their greatest achievements as a team was gaining promotion to the premier division in the Nuneaton Junior League after only entering the league in division three in 2009. They also finished very high in another league finals in the PGL 'B' Grade league, and only recently finished 6thout of 19 in their first year entry into the prestigious National Arena League in division three Midlands south.
Never before have so many of the club's swimmers competed in so many Open Meets winning well over a hundred medals together with tens of trophies between them with the club figuring high up in the inter-club positions in all of them.
Four members Harry Sykes (age 14), Tazmin Pugh (12), Simon Sweatman (10) and Helen Annis (Masters swimmer) have represented the two Counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire in three Inter-County matches and were indeed an integral part in helping the County achieve their best finishing place for years and actually winning promotion to the premier league in the National County team gala in Sheffield.
Individually mention has to made not only of the above Christopher Vizard (10); William Clarke (10); William Gearey (9); Naomi Marsden (10); Isabella Woodcock (10); Megan Annis (9) and Charlotte Downey (9). Between them all they are sitting in the first three places in the county end of year short course rankings in over 61 events and actually in 1stplace in 32 of those. If Long Course (50m pools) rankings are added club members are in 1st spot in another 26 events and in the top three placings in 34 events.
With all this success it is no surprise an unprecedented nearly thirty of their members have achieved County Qualifying times for the Championships coming up in March. This is nearly half their membership of those eligible to enter the County Champiionships.
All this has been achieved with the least amount of training time allowed to them from any club in the County which only goes to show the determination and hard work achieved in training under the guidance of their two highly qualified coaches with plenty of poolside help coming from not only their older successful swimmers but also motivated parents wishing to help.
Ian P