BoBSC Results from Rotherham Metro A / B Grade 23rd & 24th January 2016

Last weekend the Borough of Barnsley Swim Club were back at Ponds Forge for the Rotherham Metro Grade A / B meet where swimmers raced at different categories based on their times, leading to an interesting and exciting weekend.  Racing went on over 2 days with 18 members of the squad competing across the 2 levels for age 10 and over, 9 and under were an open group, a fantastic 23 medals were achieved with a strong field from as far afield as Middlesbrough.

 

Alfie Firth (9) came away with his first medal with a Bronze in the 50m Back.

 

In the B grade section the squad achieved 9 medals with Matthew Selous achieving Silver in 200 Freestyle and Bronze in both 200 Breaststroke and 100m Backstroke. 

 

Megan Lee (14) had a good afternoon session winning the Silver in 200m Breaststroke and Bronze in 50m Freestyle, whilst Georgia Clarke (13) achieved Silver in both the 200m Breaststroke and 100m freestyle at B Grade.

 

Georgia Hamblett (14) had a close race in the 50m fly bringing home the Silver after success with a 200m Breaststroke gold. 

 

Maea Hamby (10) achieved gold in 50m back.

 

At A grade level, Curtis Harper (10) had another successful weekend bringing home 2 Golds, 1 silver and a speeding ticket in 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle and 50m backstroke respectively.

 

Greg Lugton (14) also had a strong weekend following on from Leeds with 2 Silvers in 100m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly, alongside 3 bronze medals in 100m and 50m backstroke and 50m Freestyle. 

 

Georgia Lee (10) continued her run of medals in Breastroke with Gold in the 100m distance.  Lucy Hatfield achieving Bronze in the 50m race of the same stroke.

 

In the last event of the day, Megan sharp (10) and Georgia Clarke (13) both achieved the Bronze at A Grade 50m Butterfly.

 

Also competing were Neve Booth, Lucy Bratley, Megan Firth, Millie Hamby, Cody Ingram, Harriet Ostrowski-Jones and Jonathan Wrightman.

 

Leeds Meet January 9th & 10th 2016

 

 

BOBSC – Leeds meet Leads to Medal Haul 9^th & 10^th January 2015

 

This weekend saw Barnsley return to the pool for the first time in 2016 in the Leeds Grand Prix meet at John Charles Stadium, with 25  swimmers competing across sprint and distance swims.  This meet gave a rare opportunity for boys to compete at 1500m and girls at 800m.

 

The squad had a strong return in medals setting up many swimmers for the forthcoming Yorkshire Championship, with a change in age group recognition being age at end of year rather than age on day of event.

 

Those present achieved 50 personal bests across the 98 swims the team took part in.

 

Megan Sharp (10) performed strongly across both days achieving 3 Golds in 200 Individual Medley, 50m & 200m Fly, with a further 4 Silver medals in 50m & 200m back stroke and 50m & 100m Freestyle.

 

Curtis Harper (11) continued his run of success from December with Gold in 50m & 200m backstroke, Silver in 100m back & 50m freestyle and finally a Bronze in 100m free.

 

Georgia Lee, competing in the breaststroke events, received 100% return with Gold in the 50m and Silver in both 100m & 200m swims.

 

Abigail Miles (12) gained Gold in the 200m IM, 50m back, 200m freestyle and the prestigious 800m freestyle.

 

Lewis Baker also in the 12  year category swam to success in the boys key 1500m event bringing home Gold in his only race of the weekend with a PB of 20:34:07.

 

Jessica Richardson (13) was successful in her 200m freestyle event with a Bronze fighting of close competition from other members of BOBSC.

 

Other swimmers this weekend were; Jasmine Ball, Nathan Billingham, Lucy Bratley, Alfie & Megan Firth, Lucy Greatorex, Maea & Millie Hamby, Lucy Hatfield, Gregory Lugton, Corrine Hill, Megan Lee, Gregory Lugton, Jacob Nurcombe, Harriet Ostrowski-Jones, Rebecca Sanderson, Matthew Selous, Eleanor Valentine-Bull, Roman Wallace and Neve Wilkie.

 

 

This was the last qualifying competition for the Yorkshire Championships taking place over 3 weekends in February, the squad are next out for Rotherham Metro meet on the 22 / 23 February.

 

 

We are proud to share with you that Thomas Speed has been nominated for Sporting Achievement of the year in 2015 for his involvement in the National Competitions, to vote for Thomas please visit www.yorkshirechoiceawards.co.uk

 

Christmas sprint 9th December 2015

BoBSC Christmas Sprint 9^th December 2015

 

This weekend was the highlight of our season with the annual Borough of Barnsley Swim Club Christmas Sprint at Ponds Forge with over 350 swimmers competing from 20 clubs.  Events were swum long course with all strokes at 50m and 100m alongside 200IM.

The gala awarded top club and top girl and boy in all age groups, the squad had a fantastic day coming away with many of the top girl and boy trophies within our 50+ swimmers competing.

 

First race of the day was the Girls 200IM, bringing in Gold for Jessica Richardson (12), Silver for Megan Sharp (9), Macy Yoxall (10), Elizabeth Safonkina (13) and Corinne Hill (15+).

The 100m backstroke saw our squad achieve Gold for Greg Lugton (14), Jessica Richardson and Elizabeth Safokina.  Macy Yoxall continued her good run with Silver, whilst Bronze was awarded to r Alexander Tikhonov (10). 

Megan Sharp continued her medal run with Gold in the 100m Butterfly, Silvers being achieved in the same event by Macy Yoxall, Elizabeth Safonkina and Jess Richardson.

In the 100m breaststroke, Finlay McNicholas (9) and Roman Wallace (11) came home with the Silver.  , Sam Charlesworth (12) achieved bronze in his age group.

Alexander Tikhonov added to his medals with a Gold in both the 100m breaststroke and 50m fly, Greg Lugton also gaining further Golds in the 50m Fly and 50 Freestyle.

The 50m Breaststroke saw Megan Firth (12) achieve Gold, Elizabeth Safokina Silver,  whilst Jazmine Ball (9), Macy Yoxall and Phoebe Mcnicholas achieved Bronze.

In the last event 50m Freestyle before lunch Curtis Harper (10) came away with a speeding ticket in a great 33.59 and Alexander Tikihonov continue the medal spree with a Bronze.  Elizabeth Safokina & Georgia Hamblett (14) achieved gold with Megan Sharp adding to her medals with a bronze, with sisters Macy & Lola Yoxall (10) both gaining speeding tickets in the event.

 

The first event of the afternoon was the boys 200m IM seeing Curtis Harper obtaining the Silver.

Moving into the backstroke, Macy Yoxall gained another Gold in the 10 year group whilst Megan Sharp attained Silver as did Jessica Richardson, Harriett Ostrowski-Jones (12) gaining Bronze.

In the boys 50 Breaststroke, Roman Wallace achieved Silver and Sam Charlesworth & Nathan Billingham (14) Bronze.

The girls 50m fly was a great success with gold for Megan Sharp, Macy Yoxall, Jesssica Richardson and Elizabeth Safokina  with Lola Yoxall gaining the silver and Georgia Hamblett the Bronze in their respective age groups.

The Girls 100m Breaststroke saw twins Macy and Lola come home with Silver and Bronze respectively adding to their great day, Lucy Hatfield (13) and Megan Firth achieved Gold with Elizabeth Safokina & Corinne Hill (15) also getting a silver.

100m Fly was Gold for the boys also with Alexander Tikhonov achieving first, accompanied by Lewis Baker (11) and Greg Lugton (14).

To round off her day Megan Sharp gained the Silver in 100m Freestyle, with Georgia Lee (10) gaining bronze.  In the 12 year age group Jess Richardson and Lucy Greatorex came away with Gold and Silver respectively. Whilst Elizabeth Safokina achieved Silver and Georgia Hamblett Bronze in their respective age groups.  For the boys in the same event Greg Lugton achieved another Gold.

The club came away top age group awards for Megan Sharp (9), Macy Yoxall (10), Jessica Richardson (12) Elizabeth Safokina (13), Alexander Tikhonov (10), a fantastic end to inter club competitions in 2015.