Speedy Swimming at Chesterfield Open Meet

Some of the younger and newer swimmers competed in their final meet of the season at the Chesterfield Summer Splash.

The swimmers all finished their season in fine form with every swimmer producing multiple personal best times.

Oliver Davidson who had a mamouth schedule won TOP BOY gaining personal best times in every swim. This is a great way to end the season and shows the hard work in training is paying off.

Other boys in action were Jamie Ingram who swam impressivley throughout the meet having to dash off inbetween for rehersals on saturday for his Euphonium exam and again for the exam on sunday swam pb after pb, most impressivley his backstroke and breastsroke events in which he has worked hard on his technique.

Edward Borysiak also posted lifetime bests in all events again showing great improvement on his Breaststroke knocking seconds and seconds off and is now looking good for I.M's, and strong freestyle swims.

Rob Ainley with his heavy schedule also produced swim after swim winning multiple medals with some good personal best times.

Matt Cross the youngest of the group swam "hard" in every event winning medal after medal knocking a whopping 48 seconds off his personal best time and more impressivley his turns work in training paid off.

Kathryn Roworth produced probably her swim of the season of 2.24 in the 200m Backstroke led from start to finish and her ferocious work in training paid off. Together with her many other pb's during the meet.

Louise Ratcliffe also produced some impressive swims and personal best times, although I am looking to give her counting lessons at the start of next season.

Jess Cross also produced some great swims, some of them having to swim on her own to produce good times and went 1.02 for the first time on 100m Freestyle.

Imogen Clark again with a heavy schedule swam to pb after pb and continues to show impressive performances and improvements through the season on all 4 strokes and distances.

Krissy Tomlinson fresh back from countless personal best times last weekend up in Newcastle again knocked out personal best times and competed in events she normally wouldnt like, and showed improvement in her Breaststroke and a great pb in the 200m backstroke.

Francesca Muir Harris swam fantastic swims in her loved freestyle but also produced some great personal best times in the other eve

Emma Longden only competing on Sunday showed impressive underwater skills to clinch medals in the 100 Fly and 50 and 400m freestyle.

Last but certainly not least Fearn Middleton who9 was suffering with illness battled on and never gave up to post a great personal best time in the 200m I.M by 3 seconds after gaining the previous personal best only a week earlier at the Ripley RASCALS sprint open meet, she also pb'd on the 50m Breaststroke.

All in all I must say that I was one very proud coach and the performances at the weekend could not have been a better finish to the season.

All swimmers had many events and their professionalism was outstanding.

The improvment in their turning and underwater work was evident short course and this is exciting going into the next season.

Please enjoy your well earned break over the next few weeks and I am so excited to be working with you next season...BRING IT ON!

A more comprehensive report to follow....