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Potential Olympians Report
Well done to all our swimmers who took part in the Potential Olympians Gala held on 29th & 30th October.
Throughout the weekend there were some fantastic swims and lots of new PB's. Pioneer79 came away with the Top Visiting Club Trophy some 208 points in front of our nearest rivals Aquabears of Rochdale. We also came away with the Top Girl Trophy with three of our swimmers within just a few points of each other. For the full report click on the link below.
National Age Group Championships 2011
During the course of the 2010/2011 season 11 year old Niamh Robinson acheived 6 national Age Group Qualifying Times. The National Age Group championsips took place in Sheffield from 21st to 25th July 2011. Over the 5 days Niamh finished 16th in the 200IM and 22nd position in the 200M Backstroke. In her favorite event the 200M Breastsroke Niamh qualified 8th fastest overall in a time of 3.00.26 and acheived a new PB in the final of 2.57.81 finishing in 6th place and just 0.8 seconds away from 4th place.
On Sunday Niamh returned to the pool to swim the 100M backstroke where she swam to 12th place overall. Her final event was the 100M breastroke where she again made the final finishing in 8th place in a time of 1.24 .89 just outside her PB.Just to qualify for this event is a major acheivement in itself and our congratulations go to Niamh who is looking forward to the 2011/12 season in order to qualify for next years nationals.
Regional Championships
During the 2010/2011 swimming calendar, 15 children aged between 10 and 14 years from Pioneer 79 Swimming Club qualified to compete at the North West Regional Age Group Championships Unfortunately, Declan Charnock, aged 11 years who achieved a handful of qualification times, was unable to take part due to an injury sustained to his shoulder. Other Swimmers who took part were: Olivia Nicholls, Natasha Rogan, Meghann Leaver, Alice Harding, Jasmin Scott, Niamh Robinson, Mesha Ingham-Francis, Jessica Magee, Chloe Shields, Lois Clossick, Joseph Murray, James Harding, John McKavett, and Thomas Gilroy
10 years: Olivia Nicholls and Natasha Rogan. Olivia competed in 9 individual events, qualifying 5th fastest for the final of the 400m Individual Medley in a time of 6.21.64. In the final she finished in 6th position in a time of 6.25.43. Olivia also finished in 8th position in the 400m Freestyle in a time of 5.34.03. Natasha competed in 5 events over the 2 weekends, qualifying for the final in the 100m Butterfly event 7th fastest in a time of 1.28.93. In the final, she bettered her time to a fantastic 1.24.08 finishing in 5th position overall.
In the 11 year boy’s category, Joseph Murray competed in 2 events, 100m Breaststroke, and 200m Breaststroke. In the 100m Breaststroke, he qualified in 4th place for the final in a time of 1.32.23 where he bettered his time to 1.29.59 taking 4th position. In the 200m Breaststroke, Joseph qualified 3rd fastest for the final in a time of 3.14.84 and again, bettered his time in the final to 3.13.37 taking the bronze medal.
The 11 year girls category was a very busy age group this year, with 5 swimmers competing in 23 races in total, Meghann Leaver swam in 4 individual events; 100m, 200m, 400m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley. Alice Harding who also swims for Haslingden Swimming Club, competed in 5 individual events; 100m, 200m Freestyle, 200m, 400m Individual Medley and 200m Butterfly, both Meghann and Alice swam extremely well in each event they competed, coming away with some great personal best times. Jasmin Scott who also swims for Accrington Swimming Club, competed in 7 individual events; 100m and 200m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke, 200m Breaststroke, 100m and 200m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley. Jasmin’s personal best time in the 100m Freestyle was only 1 second over the National Age Group Qualifying time prior to the Regionals, so her main aim during this gala was to try to achieve the 1.06. required for her to compete at this event in Sheffield during July. Unfortunately, during her individual swim, she didn’t quite manage the time, but she would have one last chance to get it during the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay.
Niamh Robinson, also 11 years of age competed in 7 events during the 2 weekends of competition: In the 100m Backstroke, Niamh qualified for the final in 3rd position, however, she dropped down to 4th in the final in a time of 1.16.40. In the 200m Backstroke she qualified in 4th position, however, although bettering her time in the final, she finished in 5th position in a time of 2.41.78. In the 400m Individual Medley, not Niamh’s favourite event, she qualified in 3rd position for the final in a time of 5.49.42, just over 3 seconds slower than the National Age Group Qualifying Time, so, with a bit of gentle persuasion from her coach and parents, she reluctantly swam the final and managed to better her time to a fantastic 5.45.81, 1 second under the required National Qualifying Time and taking silver medal! In the 100m Breaststroke, she qualified 1st fastest for the final, during which she managed to just hold off the second placed swimmer by 1 tenth of a second! The 200m Breaststroke, Niamh’s favourite event, she qualified for the final in a time of 3.03.24, bettering her time in the final to 2.57.81 taking the gold medal in convincing form, some 8 seconds ahead of her next rival.
In the 13 year boys James Harding, who also competes for Haslingden Swimming Club, took part in the 100m Backstroke event, with a time of 1.11.21 he qualified for the final in 8th position. During the final, he maintained his position, however unfortunately, he swam slightly slower than in the heats.
The 14 year boys category, we had 2 swimmers, John McKavett and Thomas Gilroy. John took part in 4 events, the 100m and 200m Backstroke, 200m and 400m Freestyle with 8 swimmers going through to the finals in each event, John unfortunately just missed out and was placed as a reserve for the 200m and 400m Freestyle events. Although not making any finals, he swam extremely well and achieved some fantastic personal best times during the two weekends. Thomas Gilroy took part in the 100m Backstroke. Swimming a personal best time in the heats of 1.08.40, he qualified 7th fastest for the final. During the final, he picked up pace and stormed into 5th place in a time of 1.07.91. Thomas has now decided that he is increasing his training from his current 2-3 hours per week as the results he gained during this swim have inspired him to attend more sessions!!
Pioneer 79 entered 2 girls relays in the 11-13 year category for both freestyle and medley events. In Team ‘A’ for the 4 x 100m Freestyle relay, Jasmin Scott started the girls off in an attempt to gain her National Qualifying Time for the 100m Freestyle, however, she just narrowly missed out, but next in was Jessica Magee (12) followed by Mesha Ingham Francis (12) and finishing with Niamh Robinson. The girls finished in 15th place overall in a time of 4.37.48. Team ‘B’ was led off by Meghann Leaver, followed by Alice Harding, Chloe Shields (12) swam 3rd and Lois Clossick (13) brought the girls home in fine style, finishing in a time of 4.54.02, taking 18th place overall. Lois, who hasn’t taken part in many open swimming competitions rose to the occasion, and swam a fantastic time of 1.09! Well done.
The girls also swam in the 4 x 100m Medley Relay, where each swimmer does a different stroke, starting with the Backstroke in the ‘A’ Team, Niamh Robinson, followed by Mesha Ingham-Francis doing Breaststroke, Jasmin Scott went third on the Butterfly leg and Jess Magee swam the final leg of freestyle. The girls finished in 14th position overall in a time of 5.19.84. In the ‘B’ Team, Chloe led the girls out on the Backstroke leg, with Meghann Leaver taking over with the Breaststroke, Alice Harding swimming the Butterfly leg and finally Lois Clossick again brought the girls home in style on the freestyle leg, they finished in a time of 5.39.82 and finished in 18th position overall.
Inter Association Gala
Over the weekend of 28th & 29th May 2011 Pioneer Swimmers were chosen to represent the Bolton & Manchester Swimming Association at the Inter Association Gala. Bolton and Manchester finished in fifth place amid strong competition from Noth Lancs (1st) Liverpool (2nd) Cumbria (3rd) North Midlands (4th) and Central Lancs (6th).
Conor Makin started the first race finishing with a Bronze medal in the 14 year old boys 200m Freestyle in a time of 2:03.93. He went on to compete in the 100m Butterfly finishing 5th in 1:08.23. Another Bronze medal came in the 100m Freestyle 58.41 and then a Silver in the 400m Freestyle 4:27.29 before completing his medal tally with a Bronze in the 100m Breaststroke 1:12.78. Joseph Murray came 8th in the 11 year old boys 200m Individual Medely 3:02.10 before picking up a Silver in the 50m Breaststoke in a time of 40.32. He fought against ilness in the 200m Breastroke finishing 6th before having to withdraw from his final race of the day. Jasmine Scott competed in the 11 year old girls 200m Individual Medely (10th), the 100m Breastroke (10th) and the 200m Breastroke (11th). Next came the 200m Backstoke where she came 8th in a time of 2:46.19 before her final race the 200m Butterfly finishing 8th. Mesha Ingham-Francis was also on top form narrowly missing out on a Gold in the 12 year old girls 100m Breastroke. A new PB of 1:25.24 saw her take the Silver. Natasha Rogan took Bronze in the 10 year old girls 50m Butterfly in a time of 37.67. She also competed in the 50m backstoke (9th), the 200m Butterfly (5th) and the 50m Freestyle. Unfortunaley an error at the start resulted in a DQ however Pioneer had another representitive for this race in Olivia Nicholls who finished with a time of 35.76 (11th).
For a complete list of results click the link below
Inter Association 2011 Results
