East Region ASA Winter Short Course Meet 7th and 8th November 2009

An early start for five Hoddesdon Swimmers last weekend, took them to Norwich UEA for the East Region winter championships.The competition was set as short course over two days, with sessions running virtually back to back. It was a tough meet for swimmers with no age groups, all swimming as open. The best of the East region were there, so the Hoddesdon swimmers knew they would have to be on top form.

After the National Anthem the racing commenced and the swimmers were really fired up. David Kellaway (swimming under dual recognition, Bishop Stortford and Hoddesdon) and Paul O’Doherty were first in the men’s 50 Butterfly. David made the B Final and Paul’s swim moved him up seven places in the rankings and was reserve for the B Final. David continued to be busy over the weekend swimming seven events in all, making the final in four and winning the B Final in the 100m Backstroke. Although personally he hoped for better times the quality of swims were excellent and very close to his personal best`s. Paul was swimming in his first winter champs and swam two excellent butterfly races. As usual he gave every single bit of energy he could muster and recorded a new person best in the 50m fly and improved his ranking in the 100m by nine places.

Lucy Charles swam next in her 50m Backstroke she qualified for the Final ranked 3 and hoped for a medal spot later in the day. Overall she had an excellent meet; she went on to retain her 1500m Freestyle title smashing her personal best by twelve seconds. She also won the 800m Freestyle with a great final 50m finish and she won further bronze medals in both the 50m Backstroke & 50m Butterfly. She achieved four personal bests overall and finished 7^th in a very close 50m freestyle race.

Emma Warrington had a similar start in her 100m Breaststroke qualifying for the final ranked 3^rd, although she thought it could have been faster. She went on to secure a bronze medal in the 100m, but went one better in her 50m Breaststroke. Unfortunately illness got the better of her overnight and although she still competed in the 200m Breaststroke and made the final, it was too much for her to win and further awards.

Hayley Warrington was one of the youngest competing from all the clubs present. She swam a great personal best in her 100m freestyle and made the B final for the 50m Breaststroke. Her final was a great swim and she won the B final, which was a fantastic achievement.

After two long days for Head Coach Janet Warrington, she reflected on a tiring weekend with ups and downs due to illness. But with great swims from all she said “more great experience for our swimmers and hopefully this will inspire others to qualify next year, this weekend they have put Hoddesdon SC on the East Region swimming map once again”

ASA EAST REGION YOUTH /BAGCAT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009

Congratulations to five Hoddesdon Swimmers : Lucy Charles, Emma Warrington, Hayley Warrington, Chris Stevens, and Tomas Stevens who were selected to be a part of the Hertfordshire Team at the 2009 ASA East Region Inter-County Swimming Competition on Sunday 5th July 2009 at Thetford. After a close battle over 50 events Hertfordshire team finished 1st with 230 points, a narrow victory over the Suffolk team who scored 223 points. Other teams competing were Essex (202 points), Bedfordshire (146 points), Norfolk (138 points) and Cambridge (111 points).
Tomas Stevens and Gemma Swindell (Hatfield SC) collected the winners trophy pictured here with ASA East Region President David Metcalf and Hertfordshire ASA President Derek Milton.
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for competition results.

ASA East Region 2009 Bagcat Championships at Norwich 13th-14th June

We saw the final weekend of competitions at the ASA East Region Bagcat Championships this weekend. The first event for Hoddesdon was the 200 Backstroke where Tomas Stevens swam a personal best (pb) time of 2.38.10 which was 4 seconds under the National Qualifying time and meant a place in the final. Tomas finished 6th in the final and is looking forwards to the National Championships to be held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield at the end of July. Hayley Warrington swam a pb in the 200 Freestyle in a time of 2.21.19 again just missing out by 2 seconds on the National Qualifying time, however also making the final.  Hayley finished in 7th place. Jessica Waters swimming at her first Regional competition also swam in the 200 freestyle and swam in a long course pb time of 2.27.79 finishing in 33rd place.

Day two saw Hayley swim the 200 IM in a pb of 2.43.29 finishing in 14th place. We had three girls representing Hoddesdon Swimming Club for the 100 freestyle; Shona Costello swimming in her first Regional competition, Hayley Warrington and Jessica Waters. Shona swam a long course pb of 1.12.75 finishing in 30th place, Hayley swam her race in a pb of 1.05.53 securing a place in the final and finishing overall in 4th place, and Jess swam a long course pb of 1.08.25 finishing in 34th place.

Final Positions: Shona Costello finished in 55th place out of 65 11 yr old girls, Jessica Waters finished in 46th place out of 68 13yr old girls, Rebecca Freestone also finished in 46th place in the 10yr old girls,Tomas Stevens finished in 10th place out of 50 11yr old boys, and Hayley Warrington finished in 9th place out of 63 12yr old girls. To all the Hoddesdon Swimming Club BAGCAT swimmers a big WELL DONE a great achievement by all.

Link to Photo of: Shona, Hayley, Jess, Rebecca and Tomas

ASA East Region 2009 Bagcat Championships at Norwich 6th-7th June

The ASA East Region Bagcat Championships were held at Norwich on June 6th and 7th. The first weekend started off with some very good swims from the Hoddesdon swimmers who had qualified. Hayley Warrington came 4th in the girls 12 year old 200m Breastroke, 2nd in the 100m Breastroke and 12th in the 400m Individual Medley. Rebecca Freestone came 30th in the girls 10 year old 200m Breastroke and 26th in the 200m Backstroke. Tomas Stevens came 2nd in the boys 11 year old 100m Backstroke, 17th in the 200m Individual Medley and 20th in the 200m Freestyle. All three swimmers swam brilliantly, it was Becky’s first time swimming Long Course and she pb’d in both her events. Hayley also pb’d in all her events and just missed out on a National Qualifying Time by 0.66 of a second in the 100m Breastroke. Tomas also pb’d and is looking forward to swimming the 100m and 200m Backstroke in Sheffield at the Nationals. There will be another weekend of competition on the 13th and 14th June and when the results are known they will be added to this page. Well done to all the Hoddeson swimmers who took part.

Link to Photograph of Hayley and Tomas Silver Medal Winners at Norwich.

ASA East Region 2009 Youth Swimming Championships 2nd-4th May

The ASA East Region Youth Championships were held at the UEA Sportspark in Norwich over the 2nd-4th May. Swimmers contested the full range of events, in the age categories of 16 & under and 17 & over males and 15 & under and 16 & over females. For a report and the full results click on the following link:

www.eastswimming.org

Hoddesdon Swimming Club had eight swimmers who qualified for the Youth Championships this year swimming against some of the best swimmers in the region and country. Lucy Charles won the 15 & under 1500 Free in a time of 17.50.09, and came 2nd in four events: 50 Fly, 800 Free, 50 Back and 400 Free, receiving the bronze medal for the 50 Free and was placed 4th in the 200 Free and 100 Free.  Emma Warrington won all the 16 & over breaststroke events: 200 in a time of 2.48.38, 100 in a time of 1.16.54 and 50 in a time of 35.51, other events Emma competed in were the 400 IM, the 200 IM and the 50 Free. Keira Sullivan and Emma Riddick qualifying for their first Regional competition enjoyed the experience and recorded long course pb in their events in the girls 15 & under; Keira: 100 Back, 50 Back, 200 Free, 100 Free and 50 Free; Emma: 100 Free. Holly Gannon, also swimming in the girls 15 & under, qualified for three events the 50 Fly, 100 Free and 50 Free. Well done girls.

Representing the Youth Boys we had two swimmers Ben Mason and Paul O’Doherty, both 17 & over. Ben swam in four events the 50 Fly, 50 Free, 200 Free and 100 Free, and Paul swimming his first Regional Competition swimming his preferred stroke of butterfly in two events the 50 Fly and 100 Fly. Well done boys.

On the Bank Holiday Monday four girls; Annie Groome (Backstroke), Emma Warrington (Breaststroke), Holly Gannon (Butterfly) and Lucy Charles (Freestyle) swam against 9 other teams in the 4 x 100 Medley Relay, finishing overall in 5th place.

Hoddesdon Swimming Club is now looking forward to the ASA East Region BAGCATS Competition in four weeks when the club will be represented by the following swimmers Tomas Stevens, Hayley Warrington, Jessica Waters, Rebecca Freestone and Shona Costello – well done for qualifying and good luck in your events.

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