Swimming Reports & News
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"Find the BASC Swimmer Winner" Competition

the winner of the FIRST competition is Jordan Brooks, A Squad!
Come and choose some boxes at 50p a box and the next £10 prize winner could be you!
 

LOCAL SWIMMERS SUCCESS AT OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIP!

On Sunday 5th July two Barrow Amateur Swimming Club members, Curtis Corrie 15yrs and Andrew Kerr 14yrs enjoyed success at the ASA North West Regional Open Water Swimming Championships.  The event held at Salford Quays, Manchester, saw them compete against other swimmers from across the North West. 

It was Andrews’ first experience of open water racing, competing in the 500m novice race. Andrew swam a very strong race and finished in a creditable 3rd position. 

For Curtis, who is currently on the ASA Open Water Talent Programme, this was valuable race experience.  He competed in the junior 1500m race.  After settling in the pack for the first 500m lap, he proved his strength and talent over the next two laps to pull away and finish in 1st position.

Both swimmers enjoyed the experience and commented that the “Open water environment made a welcome change from the swimming pool, even if the temperature was somewhat cooler!”

Barrow ASC Head Coach, Neil Kerr said, “This was great effort from both swimmers in difficult conditions. There was a strong head wind in the finishing straight making the water quite choppy. I’d like to thank Swim North West for giving the swimmers the opportunity to compete in such an event.”

"Diddy League Round 2"

Well done to all the swimmers who took part in round 2 at Kendal on 15th May - a great effort by the whole team!

"Diddy League Round 1"

Well done to all those who took part in Round One of the Diddy League, a fantastic performance by everyone!!
 

BASC Wins County Double
for the Second Year Running!

After three weeks of fierce competition throughout the County, for the second year running, BASC again lifted both of the prestigious County Trophies in this annual County swimming event, the Tommy Hatch Trophy and Cumbria Age Group Trophy.

Many members of Barrow Amateur Swimming Club are celebrating winning County Badges at the recent Cumbria Age Groups events that were held throughout the County during March this year. The competitions began at Kendal on 5th and 6th March, followed by Whitehaven on 13th and 14th March, then Carlisle on 20th March, with competitors coming from all over the county.

15 year old Ashleigh Dale broke the Cumbria County Record for 1500m free with a time of 17,26.43 and achieved National Qualifying Times in 200m and 100m Butterfly and 400m Individual Medley, while 17 year old John Blain got a National Qualifying Time in 200m Breaststroke and 14 year old Curtis Corrie got National Qualifying Times in 400m and 200m Freestyle.

A number of senior swimmers qualified for the ASA North West Regional Youth Championships, to be held at Liverpool Aquatics Centre 50m international pool on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd May 2010, including:

17 Year Boys:  John Blain (50m & 100m fly, 200m back, 50m, 100m and 200m breast, 50m, 100m and 200m free and 200m and 400m IM) and David Thompson (50m fly, 50m and 100m back, 50m, 100m and 200m free and 200m IM)

15 Yr Boys:  Matthew Holmes (50m and 100m free, 50m and 100m fly, 50m and 100m back), Ben Osborne (200m free and 50m fly)

15 Yr Girls:  Ashleigh Dale (50m and 100m back, 50m, 100m and 200m fly, 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m free, 200m and 400m IM)

14 Yr Girls:  Karlie Stockdale (50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m free, 50m and 200m fly, 50m and 200m back and 200m breast), Kirby Kavanagh (50m, 100m and 200m breast, 50m free and 200m IM) and Joanna Yates (50m free)

.. while a selection of younger swimmers qualified for the ASA North West Regional Age Group Championships to be held at Manchester Aquatic Centre 50m international pool in June 2010, including:

14 Yr Boys:  Curtis Corrie (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m free, 200m IM, 200m fly, 100m and 200m back) and Oliver Atkinson (100m and 200m free, 200m IM, 100m fly and 100m back)

11 Yr Boys:  Joseph Sharpe (200m and 400m IM) and Luke Reid (200m IM)

12 Yr Girls:  Ella Chester (100m fly, 100m free and 100m back)

11 Yr Girls:  Ruth McEwen (200m IM)

10 Yr Girls:  Rhiannon Ellis (400m free and 200 IM)

For Joseph, Ruth and Rhiannon it is the first time they have qualified to swim in a North West England Regional event.

A total of 49 swimmers from Barrow qualified for the events (27 boys and 22 girls) and a massive 231 Personal Best times were recorded from both individual and team events, with the following swimmers coming in the top 3 places within their age group categories:

Girls:

• Rhiannon Ellis, 10 (2^nd 50m breast heat, 3^rd 50m breast final)

• Ruth McEwen, 11 (1^st 50m fly, 100m fly and 400m IM heats, 2^nd 100m IM, 200m IM and 200m free heats, 1^st 100m fly and 3^rd 100m breast finals)

• Ashton Ridgway, 11 (2^nd 50m fly heat)

• Caitlin Wren, 11 (1^st 50m free, 3^rd 50m back and 200m back heats and 2^nd 100m back final)

• Clara Minnican, 13 (3^rd 50m fly heat and 3^rd 100m fly final)

• Kirby Kavanagh, 14 (1^st 50m breast and 100m breast heats, 2^nd 200m breast heat, 3^rd 100m fly, 100m IM, 200m IM and 400m IM heats, 1^st 100m breast final)

• Karlie Stockdale, 14 (1^st 200m back, 200m breast, 200m fly, 200m free, 400m free, 200m IM, 400m IM heats, 2^nd 100m IM and 50m fly heats, 3^rd 100m free and 50m back heats, 1^st 100m free final and 2^nd 100m fly final)

• Ashleigh Dale, 15 (1^st 50m back, 100m back, 50m fly, 100m fly, 200m fly, 50m free, 100m free, 200m free, 400m free, 100m IM, 200m IM, and 400m IM heats, 1^st 100m back, 100m fly and 100m free finals

Boys:

• Max Hutchason, 10 (1^st 50m breast and 3^rd 50m free heats, 3^rd 50m back and 50m free finals)

• Jamie Warriner, 10 (3^rd 200m breast heat)

• Joseph Sharpe, 11 (3^rd 200m IM heat)

• Joel bland, 13 (2^nd 100m breast and 3^rd 200m breast heats, 2^nd 100m breast final)

• Oliver Atkinson, 14 (2^nd 50m back, 100m back, 100m fly, 100m IM, 50m fly and 50m free heats, 3^rd 100m and 200m free and 200m IM heats, 2^nd 100m back and 200m fly finals and 3^rd 100m free final)

• Curtis Corrie, 14 (2^nd 100m free, 200m free, 400m free, 200m back, 200m breast, 200m fly and 200m IM heats, 3^rd 100m back, 100m breast, 100m fly, 100m IM and 50m free heats, 2^nd 100m free and 3^rd 100m back, 100m breast, 100m and 200m fly finals)

• Andrew Kerr, 14 (3^rd 200m fly heat)

• Matthew Holmes, 15 (1^st 100m fly, 200m fly, 50m free and 100m free heats, 2^nd 100m IM, 200m IM, 50m back, 200m back, 400m free, 50m fly and 3^rd 200m free heats,  1^st 100m fly, 100m free and 2^nd 100m back finals)

• Ben Osborne, 15 (1^st 200m free, 3^rd 100m back, 100m IM, 400m free, 50m breast and 50m fly heats, 2^nd 50m breast final)

• John Blain, 17 (1^st 200m breast, 2^nd 50m breast, 100m breast, 100m fly, 200m fly, 100m IM, 200m IM, 200m free, 400m free, 400m IM, 3^rd 50m free and 100m free heats, 1^st 200m breast, 2^nd 100m breast and 100m fly, 3^rd 100m free finals)

• David Thompson, 17 (3^rd 50m back, 100m back, 200m back, 100m I'm and 200m free heats, 3^rd 100m back and 100m fly finals)

In the relays at Carlisle on Saturday 20^th March, teams of boys and girls came in the top three as follows:

Girls:

11/12 Yr team, Aisling McCracken, Emily Cox, Ruth McEwen and Ella Chester came 3^rd in both the 200m free heat and in the final

13/14 Yr team, Kirby Kavanagh Joanna Yates, Clara Minnican and Karlie Stockdale came 1^st in the 200m free heat and 2^nd in the 200m free final, 1^st in the 200m medley relay heat and 1^st in the 200m medley relay final

Boys:

9/10 Yr team, Matthew Pearson, Adam Ellis, Jamie Warriner and Max Hutchason came 3^rd in the 200m free heat and 3^rd in the 200m final, 1^st in the 200m medley relay heat and 1^st in the 200m medley relay final

13/14 Yr team, Sam Jefferson, Curtis Corrie, Andrew Kerr and Oliver Atkinson came 1^st in the 200m free heat, 1^st in the 200m free final, 1^st in the 200m medley relay heat and 1^st in the 200m medley relay final

13/14 Yr team, Andrew McAlinden, Joel Bland, Joseph Singleton and Jamie Briggs came 2^nd in the 200m medley relay heat

A number of senior swimmers also competed in the “Open” age category and finished in the top 3 places as follows:

Junior Men:

• John Blain (3^rd 100m breast and 100m free and 2^nd 100m IM finals, 2^nd 800m and 1500m free heats and 2^nd in 200m back, 50m breast and 50m fly finals)

• Curtis Corrie (1^st 800m free and 1500m free heats and 3^rd 200m back final)

• Matthew Holmes (3^rd 800m free heat)

Junior Women:

• Ashleigh Dale (1^st 1500m free, 200m fly and 800m free heats, 2^nd 50m fly heat, 1^st 100m fly final, 2^nd 200m free final, 3^rd 100m free, 100m IM, 200m IM and 50 back finals)

• Kirby Kavanagh (2^nd 50m breast and 3^rd 100m breast finals)

• Karlie Stockdale (2^nd 800m free heat, 3^rd 1500m free and 200m fly heats, 3^rd 200m back final)

For the relays, It was a “first time” experience for a number of swimmers from the club, including Elliott Stockdale, Jacob Holmes, Matthew Pearson, Harry Copeland and Alfie Murphy for the boys and Amy Turner, Aisling McCracken, Abbie Heseltine, Emily Truman, Emily Cox, Ashton Ridgway, Mollie Stronach, Raven Caulfield and Jordan Brooks for the girls and they were all eager to do their bit for the club and get some good personal best times recorded as well as win some County badges in the process!  What really made their day was when Matt Bowe presented the badges to them at Carlisle – a day they’ll not forget in a hurry!

The final day was topped off with the Tommy Hatch and Cumbria Trophies being presented to Club Captains Matthew Holmes and Karlie Stockdale all in all a tremendous achievement for BASC.

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BASC Club Captains

Kirby, Matty, Karlie & Curtis

BASC Diddy League Captains

Joseph & Ruth

Jamie’s just splashing in the pool

YOUNG swimmer Jamie Warriner has added to his ever-increasing medal haul in the pool at the Disability Swimming Junior Nationals.

The 10-year-old Barrow Amateur Swimming Club member collected two gold and three silvers at the event in Sheffield, beating swimmers up to three years his senior in the process.

Jamie collected two bronze medals in 2009, but beat that display hands down with his five-medal haul this time round.

Representing the North West at the huge Ponds Forge pool, his weekend started with the breaststroke leg of the 4x100m medley relay, with the team coming home first in a British record time of 5 minutes 45.48 seconds to claim gold.

More than 200 swimmers took part in the competition with seven UK regions and guest team Greece all in the pool.

Great Britain Paralympians Ellie Simmonds, Sasha Kindred and Sam Hynd all competed for their respective regions and Jamie took inspiration from their taking part.

The Yarlside Primary School pupil, who has no ulna in his right forearm and is also missing several metacarpal bones in his right hand, went on win gold in the 100m butterfly (S10) and silvers in the 100m individual medley (SM10), 100m breaststroke (SB9) and 50m breaststroke (SB9).

Last year, Jamie was invited onto the British Swimming Home Nations Talent Development Programme and he will continue to attend the disability master class sessions organised by British swimming.

He is also being considered for the Disability Swimming World Class Talent Programme, which is the next level up.

Jamie would like to thank all the coaches and poolside helpers at Barrow ASC for their support at training.

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Barrow Amateur Swimming Club has been granted "Swim 21 accreditation" for "Skill Development".  This is a fantastic achievement for the club. Many thanks to Neil Kerr for all his hard work in gaining this for the club.