York City Baths Club

Rotherham ‘A’ & ‘B’ Grade Meet

Ponds Forge, Sheffield

Press Report

Forty Nine York City Baths Club youngsters attended the annual Rotherham A & B graded meet and stormed to success winning the award for 'Top visiting club. 

Leading the way was Oliver Wilby 14yrs who topped the York medal table as he finished joint first in the overall 'Top Boy' awards. His collection included 4 gold in the 50m and 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle. He also took silver in the 100m butterfly. Jennifer Hodgson 11yrs finished third in the 'Top Girl' awards as she collected 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. Her golds came in the 100m butterfly, 50m and 100m breaststroke, silvers in the 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke with a bronze in the 50m butterfly.

The total medal tally for the York club was 20 gold, 25 silver, 19 bronze and 18 speeding tickets.

Speeding Tickets were awarded to, Tom Bartram 11yrs 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke and 50m breaststroke. Alice Carty 11yrs 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle. Tom Eaton 13yrs 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly. Edward Clarkson 11yrs 50m backstroke. Molly Eaton 11yrs 50m butterfly. Laura Briggs 12yrs 50m butterfly. Hannah Garnet 12yrs 50m butterfly, Ben Barber 11yrs 50m breaststroke. Chris Holmes 15yrs 50m breaststroke. Hannah Sturdy 10yrs 50m backstroke. Simon Duston 11yrs 50m butterfly. Oliver Hicks 10yrs 50m freestyle. Edward Bradley 10yrs 50m freestyle and Aaron Perry 11yrs 100m backstroke.

Medal winners were;  Katie Mitchell 10yrs gold 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly, bronze 50m freestyle. Molly Eaton 11yrs gold 50m backstroke and 100m freestyle. Tom Eaton 13yrs gold 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle, bronze 50m breaststroke. Edward Clarkson 11yrs gold 100m butterfly, silver 100m freestyle. Bradley Swainston 15yrs gold 50m backstroke, silver 100m backstroke. Kristian Newby 12yrs gold 100m breaststroke and bronze 50m backstroke. James Wilby 12yrs gold 50m breaststroke and bronze 50m butterfly and 100m breaststroke. Rachael Webster 13yrs gold 100m breaststroke and bronze 50m breaststroke. Simon Duston 11yrs gold 100m freestyle and bronze 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke. Laura Briggs 12yrs gold 100m freestyle. Oliver Hicks 10yrs silver 100m breaststroke and 100m backstroke, bronze 50m butterfly.  Anna Ward 9yrs silver 50m and 100m breaststroke. Suzy Parrott 11yrs silver 50m and 100m breaststroke.  Claire Owen 11yrs silver 50m and 100m breaststroke. Maani Aghahoseini 10yrs silver 50m breaststroke and 50m freestyle. Georgia Mellors 13yrs silver 50m backstroke and bronze 50m freestyle, 50m and 100m breaststroke. Edward Bradley 10yrs silver 100m freestyle and bronze 50m backstroke. Kirsty Smith 13yrs silver 50m butterfly and bronze 100m backstroke.Claire Kilmartin 15yrs silver 100m breaststroke and bronze 50m backstroke. Sebastian Dobson 9yrs silver 50m butterfly. Matthew Graham 14yrs silver 100m breaststroke and bronze 100m backstroke. Tom Bartram 11yrs silver 50m butterfly. James Fligg 13yrs silver 50m freestyle.  Kristian Carty 9yrs silver 100m backstroke. Hannah Carty 13yrs silver 100m freestyle. Kayleigh Brown 10yrs bronze 100m backstroke and Hannah Sturdy 10yrs bronze in the 100m butterfly.

Personal best times also came from; Beth Falcus, Kate Garnett, Rachel Holderness, Charlotte Dearlove, Isobel Bradley, Georgina Wootton, Rebecca Graham, Alex Perry, Joe Brennan,  Alex Metcalfe and Olivia Rymer.