Kent County Championships Kent Championships Gala 7 & 8 The weekend of the 6th/7th March saw the final weekend of the 2011 County Championships. Once again our swimmers gave some excellent performances earning Bromley a further 64 points, as well as achieving another 14 PBs and setting 5 new club records. This weekend our point scorers were: Ben Kelleher who came 1st in his age-group 50 Backstroke and went on to the Open final where he came 2nd in the Junior age-group and 5th in the Open age-group in a personal best swim. Ben also competed in the 100 Freestyle where he came 3rd in his age-group and 4th in the Junior age group. Theo Haslam came 1st in both the 100 IM and the 50 Butterfly and 4th in the 200 IM. All three swims were personal best times. James Brinkley came 3rd in his age-group 50 Backstroke and also made it into the final coming 4th in the Open age-group where he swam both a personal best and set a new club record. James also swum the 100 Freestyle where he came 5th in his age-group. Matthew Rogers came 3rd in both his age-group 100 IM and his age-group 50 Butterfly. Both swims were considerable personal bests. Felicity Hamilton-Cox came 5th in her age-group 200 Freestyle and 6th in her age-group 50 Freestyle. Felix Haslam came 6th in his age-group 50 Butterfly in a personal best time. Vicky Ward also came 6th in her age-group 200 Backstroke in a seven-second pb. Bromley also fared well in the relays with points coming from: The Boys 16/u Medley relay who came 6th. The team consisting of Ben Kelleher, James Lockwood, James Phillips and Richard Knight also set a new club record. The Boys 15/16 Medley relay (Ben Kelleher, Alex Lister, Richard Knight, James Lockwood) came 5th in the final and the 15/16 Freestyle relay (Richard Knight, Ben Kelleher, James Philips, Alex Lister) came 6th in the final and set a new club record. The Girls 12/u Medley (Louisa Knight, Taylor McCarthy, Natalie French, Chloe Dobb) relay set a new club record and the 12/u Freestyle relay (Chloe Dobb, Taylor McCarthy, Louisa Knight, Natalie French) also set a new club record as well as coming 5th in the final. Congratulations also to those who achieved PBs this weekend including those above as well as Phoebe Hampson who swum an 8 second PB in the 200 Breaststroke, Tanglin Ireland in the 100 IM, Oliver Dovey in the 50 Backstroke, and Joe Dobb in the 50 Fly. Well done to everyone who represented Bromley this weekend including those above as well as all the members of the 12/u, 13/14, 15/16 and 16/u boys and girls relays many of whom swam in consecutive races and only just missed on out making the finals. I'm very proud of everyone who achieved a Kent time this year. I believe we earned even more points than last year making this our most successful Kent Championships to date. A full summary of the Kent Championships including our overall score, our Kent placing, the percentage of PB swims, highest individual point scorers and other data will be included in the Easter Newsletter. David Court -- Kent Championships Gala 4 On Sunday 20th February the second weekend of the Kent Championships got underway. This weekend saw 14 personal best swims and Bromley earned another 42 points to add to their championship campaign. Congratulations to those who achieved a top six finish and so earned their team points: Theo Haslam achieved a first place in his age group 50 Breaststroke in a personal best time as well as coming second in his age group 100 Backstroke and third in his age group 200 Freestyle also in in a PB. Two further third places were achieved by Ben Kelleher in the 200 IM (in which he also achieved a 6th place in the Junior age group) and the 50 Freestyle both of which were personal bests. Fourth places were achieved by Matthew Rogers in the 50 Breaststroke and Felicity Hamilton-Cox in the 50 Backstroke. The Men's 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay team consisting of James Brinkley, Ben Kelleher, Oliver Reynolds and Sean Perfect also came fourth breaking the old club record by almost six seconds. James Brinkley came 5th in his age group 100 Butterfly in a personal best time, as well as in the 50 Freestyle. He also made the Men's Open final for the 50 Freestyle coming 6th overall. Joe Dobb also achieved a 5th place in the 200 Freestyle in a personal best time and Felicity Hamilton-Cox also came 5th in her age group 50 Butterfly. Special congratulations to those who achieved a PB, including those above as well as Vicky Ward who achieved a personal best in the 200 Freestyle, and Richard Knight, James Lockwood, Nick Lockwood, Alex Lister and Oliver Lister who all achieved a PB in the 50 Freestyle. Well done also to John Furness and Oliver Reynolds who swam in the 50 Freestyle and Holly Barnes who swam in the 50 Backstroke and 50 Butterfly. David Court (February 2011) --Kent Championships Gala 2 - February 2011 Saturday 12th February saw a very successful opening weekend to the 2011 Kent Championships. With nine personal best swims, one new club record and a total of 59 points amassed from 17 events, Bromley swimmers came out fighting. Special congratulations to those swimmers with a top six finish who earned their team points: James Brinkley made his first Kent final in the 100 Backstroke, coming 5th in the open age-group and 3rd in the 17/18 age-group. He also achieved a 5th place in his age-group 200 Freestyle and just missed out on the top six in the 50 breaststroke, where he came 7th. James swam PBs in all three events. Oliver Lister earned his place again in the Open 50 Breaststroke final, having swum a PB in the heat and coming 1st in his age-group. He came fourth in the Open age-group. Ben Kelleher just missed out on 6th place in the 50 Breaststroke in a PB time. He also competed in the 100 Backstroke where he came 2nd in his age-group. Unfortunately he was unavailable for the Open final which would have secured his 3rd place in the Junior age-group as well as gaining him points in the Open age-group. Theo Haslam earned a 3rd place in the 200 Breaststroke, and was crowned county champion for the 100 Butterfly and 50 Freestyle. He performed PBs in both the Breaststroke and the Freestyle. Matthew Rogers came 3rd in the 200 Breaststroke, swimming an excellent 8 second PB. He also competed in the 50m Freestyle. Felicity Hamilton-Cox competed in the 100 IM as well as the 200 Breaststroke in which she came 1st in her age-group and 3rd in the open age-group. The Men's Open Medley team broke Bromley SC history by finishing in second place. The team, comprising of Ben Kelleher, Oliver Lister, Sean Perfect and James Brinkley, also broke the club record, making them the fastest Men's Open Medley team in Bromley's history. Well done men. Congratulations to all of those who achieved a personal best, including those of you who are mentioned above as well as: Victoria Ward who swam a 3 second PB in the 100 Backstroke, Holly Barnes in the 100 Fly and Chloe Dobb, whose personal best in the 400 Free was also a London Regional qualifying time. Finally, well done to James Lockwood and John Furness who also represented the club in the 50 Breaststroke. A great weekend for all our swimmers, you did yourselves and Bromley proud. Let's keep it up for the rest of the championships. David Court (February 2011) -- 2010 This year we had one lonely soul competing at the Kent Masters championships but he did us all proud. Our new recruit Damian Locascio competed in his age group 50 'fly, 100 IM and 50 free', winning all three events. Most notably, Damian took the county record for the 40-44 years 50 'fly in 28.36, smashing the old record of 28.80 which has stood since 1993. It would be great to try to get a bigger masters presence there next year! If you know any keen adult swimmers who are looking to train or compete, please point them our way. Report by David Court (June 2010) -- The Kent County Championships 2010 have come to an end and we have had a very successful year. We got off to an excellent start with the highest number of individual entries in the club’s history, and went on to achieve 75 top 6 finishes garnering 221 points overall, which puts us in the top 10 clubs in Kent. Congratulations to all medal winners who helped us get those points; Unfortunately the points system does not recognise the number of entries, only those who finish in the top six. But I would like to congratulate every swimmer who competed for the effort they have put into their training leading up to the competition and the effort they put into their races. We had many more top 10 finishes and there were some excellent races. Across the weekends we saw 67 personal best swims and eight new individual club records- a brilliant achievement. We also had our first ever Senior Event Best Performance swim by Gina Deave in the 200m Breaststroke. Gina also retained her title as Open Kent Champion. Special congratulations go to those swimmers who were competing for the first time at a county level: Phoebe Boanas-Evans, Joe Dobb, Phoebe Hampson, Tanglin Ireland, Richard Knight, Nick Lockwood, Ethan Reeves, Grace Scopes, Tommy Scopes, and Emma Wade. Well done to you for all of your hard work and achievements. Keep up the good work! Bromley also fared well in the Kent relays setting 12 new relay club records (all relay records will be added to the club website ASAP). We achieved 7 top six finishes overall including: Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to the club’s officials, John Knapman, Kathy Hook and Della Hamilton-Cox, who helped out on poolside. Report by David Court (March 2010) |