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The squad comprising of Lee Austin, Emma Austin, Chloe Jones, Rebecca Garforth & Dominic Turton. They secured a total of 11 medals; 6 gold 4 silver and 1 bronze as winning 2 relay races. Lee Austin, unofficial He-Man and masters captain said. “We’re very pleased with the successes achieved today and had a great time building up the new team and racing against people from all over the UK. We’ll be back next year hopefully with more swimmers” Fireworks 🎆 at the Bonfire Bash The 71 strong squad brought back the Top Club Trophy with 526.5 points along with 82 medals; 28 golds, 22 silvers and 32 bronze medals. Several swimmers were award “top swimmers” by age group Alexander Matze (Boys 10 yrs old) Lucas Morton (Boys 12yrs old) Georgia Lee (girls 15yrs and over). Overall lifetime best swims were achieved in 115 races! 😎 Competing swimmers were Jared Almond, Abbie Charlesworth, Abigail Longdon, Adam Gill, Alex Tiggardine, Alexander Matze, Alice O'Keefe, Alyssa Warren, Amber Zakria, Autumn Davis, Bethan Thomas, Brodie Charlesworth, Brooke Owen, Callum Cadman, Charlotte Greaves, Chloe Etheridge, Cody Ingram, Dimosthenis Magoulas, Elena Standeven, Emilie Todd, Erin Hellewell, Esme Hays, Evie Blessed, Faith Benson, Filip Obara, Francesca Hadfield, Freddie Cooke – South, Georgia Lee, Grace Ford, Harry Austin, Holly Severn, Jake Roberts, Jake Swift, Joshua Guy, Joshua Nortcliffe, Kalum Smart, Keaton Hall, Keira Tiggardine, Kendall Cusworth, Layla Baker, Liam Oughton, Lily Knowles, Lily O'Brien, Lola Wooler, Lucas Morton, Lucy Wightman, Maisie Porter, Mia Howarth, Mia Ibbeson, Millie Herbert, Millie Laing, Millie Newsome, Millie Northrop, Naomi Wakeling, Oliver Austin, Olivia Byrne, Olivia Oughton, Olivia Sweeting, Oscar Lugton, Poppy Pearson, Purdy Roberts, Rebekah Jones, Riley Sykes, Roman Wallace, Ruby Severn, Sam Guettat, Samuel Davis, Samuel Wathen, Sebastian Matze, Sofiia Shkuratska & Sophie Greaves Thanks to Julie Rice, Craig Lee, Claire Wightman, Penny Austin and Sharon Morton for supporting swimmers poolside
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Borough of Barnsley’s elite swimmers who qualified for the North East Regional Championships were put through their paces at the weekend at Ponds Forge. Medals were brought home courtesy of Freddie Cook-South (11) Georgia Lee (17) who won a gold medal and silver in their respective 50m events. Club Spokesperson Adrian Wightman said “One again the Barnsley swimmers, the underdogs, went to the regionals with a can do attitude. This again has been displayed by the multiple top 10 finishes, personal bests and the medals we secured. The club send huge congratulations to our regional champion Freddie who smashed his life best time by over 2 seconds to secure gold. Georgia gave a life best swim and in a tense final was pipped to second place by only 0.07 seconds.” The team comprising of Oscar Lugton, Lily Knowles Millie Herbert, Lucas Morton, Louie Ennis, Oliver Austin, Freddie Cooke – South, Harry Austin, Harry Tupman, Poppy Pearson, Dimosthenis Magoulas Georgia Lee, Roman Wallace, Cody Ingram, Millie Northrop and Myles Tupman secured multiple top 10 finishes through the weekend. The wider squad continues to train with expectations high for the upcoming Spenborough Bonfire Bash being held next weekend as well as our own Christmas Sprint Gala on the 10th December |
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