York
City Baths Club
Harrogate
Open Meet
Press
Report
Harrogate
Open Meet provided an opportunity for York City Baths Club senior and age group
swimmers to compete in the same gala. Unfortunately sickness ruled out a number
of swimmers but the York team still picked up 3 ‘top boy’ and ‘top girl’
awards, 14 gold, 8 silver and 12 bronze.
12yr
old Andrew Burns claimed the ’top boy ‘award as he stormed to victory taking
gold in the 50m, 100m and 200m butterfly, 100m and 200m breaststroke and the
200m Individual Medley. He also had a silver in the 50m breaststroke and a
bronze in the 200m freestyle.
Tom
Jackson 14yrs also claimed the ’top boy’ award taking gold in the 100m and
200m breaststroke and the 200m IM. He
claimed silver in the 50m butterfly and bronze in the 100m freestyle.
In
the 13yrs age group Sophie Glasby took the ‘top girl’ award as she collected
gold in the 100m and 200m backstroke with a new national age group qualifying
time on the 100m event. She also took silver in the 50m and 100m butterfly, 50m
backstroke and 200m IM.
Michelle
Moffatt 15yrs and over saw a welcome return to form taking gold in both the 200m
freestyle and the 200m IM. Nick Boaz
15/over took gold in the 50m breaststroke and bronze in both the 100m
breaststroke and 100m freestyle.
Edward
Clarkson 11yrs had a silver in the 50m butterfly and a bronze in the 200m
butterfly. Anna Atkinson-Smith 11yrs collected bronze in the 50m backstroke and
the 200m breaststroke.
In
the 9yrs and 10yrs age groups awards went to the top eight swimmers and saw 9yr
old Anna Ward take silver in the 50m backstroke, bronze in the 50m butterfly
with a 4th place 50m breaststroke, 7th 200m IM, 8th
in the 200m freestyle, 200m backstroke and 200m breaststroke.
Jordan Foster 10yrs took bronze in the 50m backstroke and 50m freestyle,
4th in the 50m butterfly, 7th in the 50m breaststroke,
200m butterfly and 200m IM and 8th in the 200m backstroke, 200m
breaststroke and 200m freestyle.
Joseph
Brennan 9yrs picked up a bronze in the 200m butterfly and finished 5th
in the 50m butterfly, 6th in the 50m freestyle and 200m breaststroke
with 8th place in the 50m breaststroke and 200m freestyle. Oliver
Hicks 10yrs took bronze in the 50m breaststroke and 9yr old Alex Perry was 8th
in the 200m breaststroke.
Coach
YCBC