London Sprints London Sprints took place on the 11th July at Crystal Palace. This was a level 3 open giving swimmers a chance to race all four strokes over 50m. Bromley was represented by 10 swimmers in 26 events achieving a 73% PB rate and with 77% of swims being a top 8 finish. Report by David Court (July 2010) -- London BAGCATS The London British Age Group Categories took place on the first and second weekend of June at Crystal Palace and this year Bromley had 3 swimmers competing. The weekends saw Ethan Reeves competing in his first regional competition, a major achievement that shows a vast improvement in his times over the past year. Ethan is a perfect example of what you can achieve if you have the determination and put in the effort in training. He competed in the 100m Free and achieved a time of 1.02.9, smashing his entry time by nearly a second, and narrowly missing the personal best time he set the previous week at Beckenham Open. Theo Haslam also competed with great success, swimming in seven events over the course of the competition: 100m & 200m Butterfly, 200m Backstroke, 100m & 200m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle and 200m IM. Theo achieved PBs in 6 of these 7 events (again just missing the personal best time he set the previous week in the 100m Breaststroke at Beckenham Open), and also made the final in both the 100m and 200m Butterfly coming third and eighth respectively. Vicky Ward was our sole representative from the junior girls and competed to a high standard in three events: 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 200m IM achieving a personal best time in her 100m Freestyle. Overall a successful weekend for our swimmers; all three of them show our younger swimmers what can be achieved. It would be great to see more of our junior swimmers meeting the qualifying times for the regional championships. For those of you with Kent times, this is the next step up so talk to your coach about how you can achieve these qualification times. Well done again to Ethan, Theo and Vicky. Report by David Court (July 2010) -- London Region Youth Championships This year’s London Youth Championships were our most successful to date with our highest number of entrants (9 swimmers) competing in our highest number of entries (24 races). 67% of our swimmers made finals in their events- an excellent result that ensured Bromley SC really made an impression. Well done to all finalists; Benedict Kelleher (50m Backstroke & 200m Backstroke), Oliver Reynolds (50m Backstroke and 1st reserve for 100m Backstroke), James Brinkley (50m Backstroke), Gina Deave (50m, 100m & 200m Breaststroke, 50m Fly), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (50m & 100m Breaststroke), Emily Bone (50m & 100m Breaststroke and 1st reserve for 50m Butterfly). The London Youth Championships only award medals to the top three in each final but Bromley managed to walk away with three 3rd places (Ben 50 Back’, Oliver 50 Back’ and Felicity 50 Breaststroke) and one 2nd place (Gina 50 Breaststroke). Every single swimmer who competed this weekend achieved a long-course personal best time: Gina Deave (50m, 100m & 200m Breaststroke), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (50m Breaststroke), Emily Bone (50m Breaststroke), Abbie Regelous (50m Breaststroke), James Brinkley (50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke), Oliver Reynolds (50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle), Ben Kelleher (50m, 100m & 200m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle), Oliver Lister (100m Breaststroke & 50m Freestyle), Alex Lister (50m Breaststroke). Underlying these excellent results is the fact that these swimmers all qualified for the Regionals; an achievement in itself. I hope over the years that more swimmers will get to this level; it is a very enjoyable weekend with top class performances from the biggest and most elite teams in London. Bromley SC is a much smaller club than the major players at the London’s and the fact that our swimmers still managed to make such a big impact is a testament to their hard work and dedication. Well done to everyone who competed, keep up the good work. David Court The Club will also organise entry into County, Regional and National Championships if swimmers have achieved the relevant qualifying times. The next events are: London Sprints – 11th July 2010 If you have a query about these championships please contact Steve Reynolds |