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.

Alan Sunderland

Coach

YCBC