It was absolutely fantastic to welcome swimmers from ten clubs across Essex and Hertfordshire to Harlow Leisurezone on Saturday 23rd March for BSSC’s very first open meet since 2019!
Jointly hosted with Harlow Penguins Swimming Club, our Regional Qualifier saw 45 BSSC swimmers aged from 9 to 23 take part in 145 swims. Our swimmers were on top form, with 99 out of 145 swims resulting in a top three place; 45 gold, 29 silver and 25 bronze medals were won on the day.
Twenty-one BSSC swimmers took home medals for every one of their races, including 9-year-old Poussins swimmer Daniel Cara, who was competing in his very first meet with the Club.
Congratulations to all swimmers who secured medals, but special mention must go to Harrison Dodwell and Elliot Hall who won Gold medals in all of their races.
A big ‘well done’ also goes to swimmers who achieved personal best times and top-three places in all of their events: Daniel Cara, Freya Hadnutt, Joshua Green, Laura Burgess, Linke Groenewald and Volodymyr Ignatiev.
We hope to host more meets in the near future. However, this is only possible with the help of our fantastic volunteers, so we’d like to say a big ‘thank you’ to everyone who gave their time to help organise the event, and our Team Managers, Officials and Poolside volunteers. Without you, this wouldn’t be possible!
Officials: Richard Baines, Helen Burgess, Claire Fields, Amar Gor, Deborah Huggett, Graham Huggett, Jake Lloyd, Sally Lowe, Cressy MacDonald-Williams, Lorinda Pietersen, Gilles Raphy, Nicola Rix, Sally Winter
Team Managers/Volunteers: Cat Bell, Sarah Cass, Laura Dodwell, Nicole Ealey, Nicola Earley, Kat Gore, Ed Hall, Paul Palmer, Darshana Patel, Danielle Reilly, Jackie Taylor, Rachael Taylor, Emily White
Full medal results by age group are given below.
9 year olds:
- Cian Millsom (Gold 50m Butterfly, Silver 50m Freestyle, Bronze 50m Backstroke)
- Daniel Cara (Gold 50m Backstroke, Bronze 50m Freestyle)
10 year olds:
- Harrison Dodwell (Gold 50m Freestyle, Gold 100m Freestyle, Gold 50m Breaststroke, Gold 100m Breaststroke, Gold 50m Butterfly, Gold 200m Individual Medley)
- Joshua Green (Gold 100m Backstroke)
- Kenny Millsom (Gold 200m Breaststroke, Silver 50m Freestyle, Silver 50m Breaststroke, Silver 100m Breaststroke, Bronze 50m Backstroke)
- Linke Groenewald (Silver 50m Backstroke, Bronze 50m Freestyle)
- Olivia Hawker (Gold 100m Breaststroke, Gold 200m Breaststroke)
- Yana Patel (Gold 100m Freestyle, Silver 50m Freestyle, Silver 50m Butterfly, Bronze 50m Backstroke)
11 year olds:
- Alexander Eustace (Bronze 100m Backstroke)
- George Hall (Silver 100m Freestyle, Bronze 50m Freestyle)
- Isabella Crotty (Gold 50m Freestyle, Gold 50m Butterfly, Silver 100m Freestyle, Bronze 200m Freestyle)
- Isobel Lucas (Gold 100m Backstroke)
- Luca Tse (Bronze 50m Breaststroke)
- Noah Conroy (Gold 200m Individual Medley, Silver 100m Freestyle, Silver 50m Backstroke)
12 year olds:
- Elspeth Lowe (Silver 100m Backstroke)
- Guy Spearman-Baines (Silver 50m Breaststroke, Silver 100m Breaststroke, Bronze 50m Freestyle, Bronze 200m Freestyle)
- Isabelle Earley (Gold 100m Breaststroke)
- Lois Fields (Gold 100m Freestyle, Gold 200m Freestyle, Gold 50m Butterfly, Silver 50m Freestyle, Bronze 50m Backstroke)
- Sebastian Smith (Bronze 50m Breaststroke, Bronze 100m Breaststroke)
13 year olds:
- Benjamin Palmer (Silver 400m Freestyle, Bronze 50m Freestyle , Bronze 100m Freestyle, Bronze 200m Freestyle)
- Elliot Hall (Gold 50m Freestyle, Gold 100m Freestyle, Gold 400m Freestyle, Gold 100m Butterfly, Gold 200m Individual Medley)
- Meha Patel (Silver 200m Individual Medley)
- Molly Greatbatch (Gold 50m Breaststroke, Gold 200m Breaststroke)
14 year olds:
- Bobbie Macdonald-Williams (Gold 200m Individual Medley)
- Zoe Opiyo (Silver 50m Breaststroke, Silver 50m Butterfly, Bronze 50m Freestyle, Bronze 50m Backstroke)
- Volodymyr Ignatiev (Gold 50m Breaststroke, Gold 100m Breaststroke, Gold 50m Butterfly, Gold 50m Backstroke, Silver 50m Freestyle)
15 year olds:
- Beau Reilly (Silver 50m Freestyle, Bronze 100m Freestyle)
- Felice Chan (Gold 50m Butterfly, Silver 100m Freestyle)
- Freya Hadnutt (Gold 100m Freestyle)
- John Deeks (Gold 200m Individual Medley, Silver 50m Backstroke)
- Robert Gor (Bronze 50m Breaststroke, Bronze 100m Breaststroke, Bronze 200m Breaststroke)
16 year olds:
- George Taylor (Silver 50m Butterfly)
17 year olds:
- Emma Fields (Gold 50m Freestyle, Gold 200m Freestyle, Gold 100m Butterfly)
- Grace Mason (Silver 100m Butterfly)
- Lauren Gore (Gold 200m Breaststroke, Gold 50m Backstroke, Silver 50m Freestyle, Silver 100m Breaststroke)
- Meisha Trend-Evans (Silver 400m Freestyle, Bronze 200m Freestyle)
- Miriam Moukdad (Bronze 400m Freestyle)
18 year olds and over:
- Laura Burgess (Gold 400m Freestyle)
- Niamh James (Gold 50m Breaststroke, Gold 100m Breaststroke, Gold 200m Individual Medley, Silver 200m Freestyle)
