09 Dec 2013

 

Youngsters from Pershore Swimming Club travelled to Wolverhampton this weekend to compete in the Wyre Forest County Qualifier meeting, bagging over 35 medals and securing several new County Qualifying Times.

 

The opening event of the day saw Charlotte Downey grab the teamÆs first medal, taking silver in the Girls 10 year old 200IM in 3.14.75. More medals were soon to come in the next event for the boys in the 100m IM, with gold medals for Cameron Leach in the boys 9 year old age group in 1.38.25 (pb) and Chris Vizard in the 11 year old in 1.24.55.  Harry Sykes added silver in the boys 15 year old age group in 1.07.86 and Patrick Heeks also took bronze in the ten year age category in 1.32.34 (pb).

 

In the butterfly, Katie Sharratt swam well to take bronze in the girls 50m distance in 35.58 while William Gearey took gold in the boys 10 year old 100m event in 1.25.48 (pb).  Sharratt also took silver in the 100m fly in 1.20.57.  There were also good performances in the fly from Jasmine Franks (9), Downey (10), Hannah Simister (12), Megan Annis (10) and Isobel Cumming (11) who all narrowly missed out on podium finishes.

 

The 50m backstroke saw Annis claim her first medal during the event, coming second in the girls 10 year old category in 39.93 (pb) and her first time under the 40 second mark.  Franks, Amelia Gearey, Caitlin Yates and Tamara Marsden all produced good displays in the 9 year old category and Ellen Cope swam very well in the 11 year old age category.

 

Josh Lane increased PershoreÆs medal tally with a silver medal in the boys 13 year old 100m back in 1.18.87 (pb) and Vizard grabbed his second medal of the weekend also taking silver in 1.21.25 (pb).  Angus Jones won a bronze medal in the 16 year old age group with a time of 1.11.06.

 

There were five medals won in the 50m and 100m breaststroke events.  Annis added gold to her individual haul with victory in the girls 10 year old 100m breast in 1.40.75, and there were also excellent pbs from Macey French (1.57.50), Downey (1.44.90) and Naomi Marsden (1.37.88) û all just narrowly missing out on medals.

 

Sykes dominated his race in the boys 15 year old 50m breast stroke, taking gold in 34.09 and leading from the start.  Vizard and Gearey both added a second gold medal, drawn against each other in the same heat in what proved to be a nail-biting finish. Vizard took gold in the boys 11 year old 50m breast category in 43.62 (pb) as did Gearey who won the 10 year old event in 43.52 (pb).  Leach secured bronze in the 9 year old category in 53.29.

In the girls 50m freestyle, Franks and Marsden grabbed podium places and faster County Qualifying Times.  Franks produced a fine swim to take bronze in the 9 year old event in 38.55 and Marsden also took a good third place with a time of 34.34 in the 11 year old category. 

 

In the 100m freestyle, Vizard, Sykes and Jones were amongst the medals with Vizard grabbing his third gold medal in the boys 11 year old event in 1.10.62 (pb), Sykes (15) took silver in 59.45 seconds and Jones (16) secured bronze in 1.03.68.  There were also strong swims from Ronan Williams (10), Jamie Saunders (10) and Josh Sharratt (12) û again just missing out on medals.

 

Franks, Annis and Marsden secured podium finishes in the girls 100m IM, with silver medals for Franks (9) in 1.41.42 and Annis (10) in 1.28.91 and Marsden (11) taking bronze in 1.23.85 (pb).  In the boys 200m IM, Leach stormed to gold with an excellent 3.45.20 in the boys 9 year old age, whilst Vizard (11) was just beaten into silver. 

 

Vizard was soon back on the top podium, taking gold in the 50m fly in 37.95 (pb).  There were silvers for Leach in 46.69 (pb) and Jones in 33.41 (pb) in the fly. The same trio also medalled in the 50m back, with three silvers for Leach, Vizard and Jones.  Saunders won bronze in the 10 year old 50m fly in 45.40 and Leo Rendall-Baker (9) also produced a fantastic swim with a time of 47.19.

 

Franks (9) and Annis (10) won gold in the 50m breast in 51.75 and 45.32 respectively, with Downey (10) grabbing silver in 49.51 and Simister (12) taking bronze in 43.81. 

 

Gearey and Sykes added two more gold to the impressive Pershore medal tally, both winning their 100m breast events with clear margins. Gearey (10) produced a time of 1.36.21 to take first place and Sykes again showed his class in the breast stroke with a dominant performance  coming home in 1.15.36.

 

In the last two events, Pershore managed to bag another four medals, with Annis (10) coming second in the 100m free style in 1.17.23 and in the boys 50m free there were silvers for Sykes (15) in 26.75 and Jones (16) in 29.88 as well as bronze for Leach (9) in 38.59.

 

There were also a string of good performances and pbs produced by Leo Rendall-Baker (9), Caitlin Yates (9), Amelia Gearey (9), Tamara Marsden (9). Sophie Thomas (9), Olivia Howard (10), Ronan Williams (10), Macey French (10), Patrick Heeks (10), Ellen Cope (11), Isobel Cumming (11), Josh Sharratt (12), Josh Lane (13), Tamara Moule (14) and Emily Burton (14).


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