York City Baths Club

Yorkshire Age Group Sprints

Ponds Forge , Sheffield

Press Report

The final individual swims at the 2006 Yorkshire Age Group Championships came in the short course sprint event held at Ponds Forge Sheffield.  Results from all three weekends produced awards for 12yr old Andrew Burns and 10yr old Jordan Foster as they finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in their ‘Top Boy’ categories.

At the sprint events Sebastian Dobson 9yrs scored a double taking silver in the 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle events. Jordan Foster 10yrs took silver in the 50m butterfly, bronze in the 50m backstroke and 4th place in the 50m freestyle. Anna Atkinson-Smith 11yrs took bronze in the 50m breaststroke, 4th 50m backstroke, 7th freestyle and 8th in the butterfly. Andrew Burns 12yrs had a  bronze in the butterfly, 4th breaststroke and 6th in the freestyle. Sophie Edmonds-Allen 12yrs collected bronze in the breaststroke.

Other York finalists were;  Xavier Edmonds-Allen 12yrs 4th freestyle, Anna Ward 9yrs 4th butterfly and 6th backstroke, Oliver Wilby 14yrs 5th backstroke, Jennifer Hodgson 11yrs 6th backstroke, Christian Carty 9yrs 6th freestyle, Sophie Glasby 13yrs 7th backstroke, Alex Fowler 14yrs 7th breaststroke and Oliver Hicks 10yrs 8th breaststroke.

York swimmers performing personal best times were; Kate Garnett, Kayleigh Brown, Katie Mitchell, Ben Barber, Tom Bartram, Molly Eaton, Claire Owen, Alice Carty, Suzy Parrott, Hannah Garnett, Kirsty Smith, Simon Duston, James Wilby, Tom Eaton, Joe Brennan, Laura Briggs, Laura Pitt, Georgia Mellors, Michael Feetenby and Angus Clarke.

Alan Sunderland

Coach

YCBC