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Well done to all ‘Open’ swimmers who competed in the recent North East Regional Championships in Sheffield.
14 swimmers competed in a total of 62 events and our swimmers represented DASC exceptionally well with an overall PB rate of 58%!!
Four swimmers in the 16/under age group qualified for 14 finals between them.
Alex Morton made 8 finals in all four of the strokes – 50m, 100m and 200m Butterfly, 50m and 100m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 100m IM. Alex’s 100m IM time has qualified him for English Winter Short Course Nationals in December.
Ben Matthias was a finalist in 50m and 100m Breaststroke finishing 4th place in the 50m and also achieving an English Winter Short Course Nationals qualifying time.
Lucy Oliver made three finals in 50m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly and 100m IM.
Emma Carter was a finalist in 50m Breaststroke after achieving the Scottish National Open qualifying time in her heat swim.
From top left; Lewis, Seth, Alex, Niamh W & Niamh K. Missing from the photo Ben, Henry, Lucy, Emily, Emma, Millie
A massive well done to all Age Group Swimmers who competed at the recent North East Regional Championships at Sheffield. You all swam amazing and should be very proud of your achievements.
8 swimmers competed in a total of 39 events. All events in the Age Group pool were swam as Heat Declared winner and our swimmers represented DASC exceptionally well with a PB rate of 80%!!
Harry Whitfield swam every distance of Freestyle event, 50m up to 1500m. Harry won three Regional Bronze medals in the 14 years age group, in his favoured distance events 400m, 800m and 1500m Freestyle. Fantastic achievement Harry.
William Oliver swam 10 events over the weekend in all four strokes. Will finished in the Top 10 for 8 of his swims and received a Regional Silver medal in the 12 years age group for 50m Breaststroke.
April Mansfield and Seb Mason had fantastic Butterfly swims over the weekend and April achieved the Scottish National Open qualifying time for 200m Butterfly.
Our youngest swimmers in the 11 years age group, Emmy, Sasha, Zachary and Charlotte, swam exceptionally well at their first Short Course Regional Championships achieving many PB times on times only recently set in galas in September and October.
From Top left April, Zachary, Harry. Bottom left Sasha, Emmy, Charlotte. Missing from the photo William & SebastianWill with his Regional Silver medal for 50m Breaststroke
A massive well done to all swimmers who competed in the Club gala on Tuesday 8th October. This event included some tough events and all swimmers rose to the challenge and produced some amazing results! Well done to all who competed. Club Gala 4 will take place on November 26th and will include the skins event (see below for list of qualifiers).
For those younger swimmers who competed remember to check to see if you have qualified for a sprint award badge.
Club Championship Points. In both the male and the female championships there is all to swim for in the 100m Breast at the final club gala, with Lewis and Alex battling it out in the Men’s, and Emily, Lucy and April in the Women’s. Role on Club gala 4!
Josie recently competed at the Regional Para-Swimming Championships at Harrogate Wellness and Leisure Centre on Sunday 29th September. Josie competed in 4 races and gained PBs in two races, including a GOLD medal for the 400m Freestyle and SILVER for the 50m Backstroke. Well done Josie!
Well done to all who competed in the Long Distance gala Tuesday 17th November. Some excellent swims and great times achieved.
Congratulations to the following achievements:
Alex B, 15&over 800m Free went under the Standard Time by almost 5 seconds to set the first club gala record in the event.
Harry W, in 13/14 years took 35 secs off Jono’s 2018 record and almost ducked under the 17 min mark in a great PB. Harry’s record is now 12 seconds faster than the 15&over record, but he’ll have to wait until next year before he is old enough for a crack at it.
For many newcomers to the club you may not be aware that DASC runs an award scheme to encourage young or inexperienced swimmers by providing them with targets to aim at and achieve. Our scheme sets target times for all four strokes and Individual Medley at three different levels – bronze, silver and gold. If your swimmer achieves any of the times in a gala (either a club gala or an external gala), then they can buy a sprint award badge. Many swimmers choose to have the badges sewn on to the back of their T-bag T-shirts as can be seen above.
