15 Feb 2014

Round 2 of the Worcester Winter League saw Pershore travelling to Bromsgrove again to face stiff competition from Worcester A, Redditch, Halesowen and Haden Hill, with the team needing a good result to ensure their place in the final.

Pershore started well with a second place for the mixed 11/u medley relay team, just losing out to a strong Worcester team on the touch.

Hope Rochelle and Michael Evans faced tough opposition in the 15/u 100m free, with both recording good times but just outside a podium finish.

Naomi Marsden, swimming up an age group, produced an excellent third place in the 13/u 100m back in a time of 1.18.95, and Simon Sweatman, also swimming up, grabbed the team’s first place of the evening in the 100m back in a time of 1.12.84.

Katie Sharratt and Angus Jones produced good swims in the Open 100m fly, with both narrowly missing out on a top three finish against much older and Midland District competitors.

Megan Annis was edged into second by one of her County rivals in the 11/u 50m free, putting down an excellent time of 33.26 in the process. William Gearey grabbed first place in the 11/u boys 50m free, with a time of 30.91.

After the first ten events, Pershore found themselves in third place on 38 points, behind Worcester A on 52 and Halesowen on 41.

Both Amy Weston and Josh Sharratt swam up an age group in the 13/u 100m fly, with Amy grabbing third place in 1.23.63 and Josh an impressive second with 1.25.54.

Katie Sharratt produced a 1.19.83 to take third in the open 100m back whilst Angus powered to a 1.12.30 and fourth spot.

In the 11/u 50m back, Naomi produced a very quick time of 35.83 to win and beat one of her main Worcester county rivals, while Simon ensured another maximum points for Pershore winning the 11/u 50m back in 35.01.

Isabella Woodcock and Chris Vizard, both swimming up an age group, each claimed second spot for Pershore in the 13/u 100m breaststroke with times for 1.29.65 and 1.34.29 respectively.

After twenty events, Pershore had taken second place from Halesowen, with Worcester building on their lead.

Next up for Pershore was Isobel Cumming in the 11/u 50m fly, with Isobel producing a strong finish to come second in 41.59.  Simon produced another winning performance in the 11/u 50m fly, winning by nearly five seconds in 33.82.

 

 

 

 

Beth Carter, who has recently joined Pershore from Evesham, was beaten on the touch by her County rival from Redditch in 1.23.55 in the 15/u 100m breaststroke to secure second place and more valuable points.

An impressive performance from the 13/u mixed medley relay team soon followed, pushing Worcester rivals back into second place by tenth of a second margin with a winning time of 1.44.74.  More maximum points from Isabella Woodcock and William Gearey in the 11/u 50m breast came shortly afterwards, with Isabella touching in 40.64 and William in 41.40.

After 30 events, Worcester led on 148 points, Pershore second (123), Halesowen third (111), Redditch fourth (102) and Haden Hill fifth (101).

With ten events remaining, Jasmine Taite stepped up to produce a fine swim in the 13/u 100m freestyle to claim third place in 1.12.39 and William Gearey, again swimming up an age, won the 13/u 100m free in an impressive 1.07.70.

Beth Carter, just 14, then swam in the Open 100m breast stroke, facing national and district swimmers, managing to bring home a fantastic third for Pershore in 1.25.20.

With just the relays to finish off the gala, Pershore managed to come second in the mixed 11/u 6 x 25m freestyle relay, losing to Worcester on the touch by five hundredths of second in 1.34.30.  The performance on the night though was left to the mixed 13/u 6 x 25m freestyle team who romped home in first place in 1.31.68 to beat strong Halesowen and Worcester teams.

The end result saw a win for Worcester (197), Pershore (160), Halesowen (150), Redditch (140) and Haden Hill (133),

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