BSSC Sizzles at Counties

BSSC swimmers were on sizzling form on weekend two of the 2024 Swim England Hertfordshire County Championships, returning from Borehamwood with twenty-eight age group medals, six Junior Championship awards and nine Championship awards. 

The five 10 year olds swimming in the 10/11 year age group at their first County Championships all performed superbly, with Harrison Dodwell, Kenny Millsom and Yana Patel reaching age group finals and Olivia Hawker and Ellyse Harvey both swimming personal best times in their events.  Harrison Dodwell took 5 seconds off his entry time in the heats of the 100m Breaststroke and then secured bronze in the final, taking 3 seconds off the time he swam in the heat! 

The results for the 10/11 year age group are:

• Harrison Dodwell – 3^rd 100m Breaststroke (PB) & 4^th 200m Breaststroke (PB)
• Kenny Millsom – 7^th 100m Breaststroke & 8^th 200m Breaststroke
• Yana Patel – 8^th 100m Freestyle (heat PB)
• Olivia Hawker – 9^th 200m Breaststroke (PB)
• Ellyse Harvey – 11^th 100m Freestyle (PB)

There were BSSC finalists in all of the younger age groups in the male 100m Breaststroke with Guy Spearman-Baines (12 yrs), Eddy Cheng (13 yrs) and Elliot Hall (14 yrs) all swimming personal best times to secure their places.  Having taken 2 seconds off his PB in the heat, Eddy repeated that feat to take a further 1.3 seconds off in the final to finish 4^th. 

In the 200m Breaststroke, all five males finished top 8 and all six females top 9 in their age groups and six medals were won: Gold Molly Greatbatch (14 years) and Ella Greatbatch (15 years); Silver Robert Gor (16 years) & Niamh James (17/Over); Bronze Guy Spearman-Baines (12 yrs) & Lauren Gore (17/Over) .

Another notable event was the 100m Butterfly where all five males reached finals, four of them got PBs and 4 medals were won: Gold Dylan Davenport (15 yrs); Silver Noah Conroy (12 yrs), Elliot Hall (13 yrs) & Jake Lloyd (17/Over). 

Congratulations to our two club captains, Freya Hadnutt and Jakey Hayes, who were on great form in and out of the pool, supporting all the swimmers and both winning two bronze age group medals (Freya Hadnutt: 3^rd 100m Backstroke & 100m Freestyle; Jakey Hayes: 3^rd 100m & 200m Backstroke).

The full list of weekend two age group medallists and top 8 finishers is given below, along with the summary of swimmers who won the Junior Championship (15/Under) and Championship (All ages) awards. 

Age Group Medals: Gold

• Molly Greatbatch (14 yrs) – 200m Breaststroke
• Dylan Davenport (15 yrs) – 100m Butterfly, 100m Freestyle
• Ella Greatbatch (16 yrs) – 100m/200m Breaststroke
• Emma Fields (17/Over) – 100m Butterfly
• Lucy Wheeler (17/Over) – 100m Freestyle

Age Group Medals: Silver

• Noah Conroy (12 yrs) – 100m Butterfly
• Lois Fields (13 yrs) – 200m Backstroke
• Elliot Hall (14 yrs) – 100m Butterfly
• Molly Greatbatch (14 yrs) – 100m Breaststroke
• Robert Gor (16 yrs) – 200m Breaststroke
• Niamh James (17/Over) – 200m Breaststroke
• Jake Lloyd (17/Over) – 100m/200m Butterfly

Age Group Medals: Bronze

• Harrison Dodwell (10/11 yrs) – 100m Breaststroke
• Guy Spearman-Baines (12 yrs) – 200m Breaststroke
• Dylan Davenport (15 yrs) – 100m IM, 100m Backstroke
• Brandon MacDonald-Williams (16 yrs) – 100m IM, 200m Backstroke
• Freya Hadnutt (16 yrs) – 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke
• Jacob Hayes (17/Over) – 100m/200m Backstroke
• Laura Burgess (17/Over) – 100m Freestyle
• Lauren Gore (17/Over) – 200m Breaststroke
• Niamh James (17/Over) – 100m IM

Age Group Top 8 Finishes

• 10/11 yrs: Harrison Dodwell, Kenny Millsom, Yana Patel
• 12 yrs: Elspeth Lowe, Guy Spearman-Baines, Noah Conroy
• 13 yrs: Benjamin Palmer, Eddy Cheng, Isabelle Earley, Lois Fields, Millie Cass
• 14 yrs: Elliot Hall, Molly Greatbatch
• 15 yrs: Bobbie MacDonald-Williams, Dylan Davenport, Felice Chan
• 16 yrs: Beau Reilly, Brandon MacDonald-Williams, Ella Greatbatch, Freya Hadnutt, Robert Gor
• 17/Over: David Badcock, Emma Fields, Jake Lloyd, Jakey Hayes, Laura Burgess, Lauren Gore, Lucy Wheeler, Niamh James

Junior Championship Awards (15/Under)

• Dylan Davenport: Gold 100m Butterfly & 100m Freestyle; Bronze 100m IM & 100m Backstroke; 4^th 200m Butterfly
• Molly Greatbatch: Silver 100m & 200m Breaststroke

Championship Awards (All age groups)

• Ella Greatbatch: Gold 100m & 200m Breaststroke
• Emma Fields: Gold 100m Butterfly
• Lucy Wheeler: Gold 100m Freestyle
• Jake Lloyd: Silver 100m Butterfly; Bronze 200m Butterfly
• Jakey Hayes: Bronze 200m Backstroke; 4^th 100m Backstroke
• Niamh James: Bronze 200m Breaststroke & 100m IM
• David Badcock: 5^th 200m Breaststroke
• Lauren Gore: 5^th 100m Breaststroke, 7^th 200m Breaststroke
• Laura Burgess: 7^th 100m Butterfly
• Dylan Davenport: 8^th 100m Butterfly & 100m Freestyle