Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

Events

BSSC Guide to Competitions

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As our club continues to grow, we will naturally have a number of our swimmers attending competitions for the first time.  Even those who have been with the club for 2-3 years will not have experienced many events, so we have created a guide that aims to answer those common questions of what should we bring, where are we going, what do we do when we get there etc etc! It applies to events held for just our club at our home pool and those run by clubs further afield. 

We hope you find it useful.  Even if you’re an old hand at this, please have a glance through it and let us know if anything is missing or can be improved.

DownloadBSSC Guide to Competitions

 

Nine BSSC Swimmers Invited to Summer Champs

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Running soon after the Aquatics GB Summer Championships is the Swim England National Summer Meet, where the next batch of fastest swimmers are invited to compete.  Invites are again based on qualifying swims from Level 1 (Long Course) meets in a defined March-May window and this year nine current BSSC swimmers were fast enough to receive invites to compete.

Brandon MacDonald-Williams kicked off the BSSC campaign in great style, finishing 9th in the 16yrs 1500m freestyle and shaving ten seconds off his own BSSC club record in the process (17:30.05)!  A few days later he was back in record breaking time, this time taking nearly 4 seconds off his 800m freestyle record to finish 15th in his age group (9:06.33).

Ella Greatbatch was our top finisher overall, taking Gold in the 50m breaststroke final (33.89) and Silver in the 100m breaststroke final where she also broke her own club record with a time of 1:14.71.

Fourteen year old Molly Greatbatch was our youngest competitor and performed superbly at her first National level event, finishing 14th in the 14/15yrs 200m breaststroke (5th fastest 14 year old) and 29th in the 100m breaststroke.

Dylan Davenport (15yrs), Emma Fields (18/Over) and Lucy Wheeler (18/Over) all had great swims to reach finals in their age groups.  Dylan was 7th in the 50m butterfly final and 22nd in the 100m butterfly; Emma was 10th in the 50m butterfly final and 17th in the 100m butterfly; whilst Lucy was 6th in the 100m freestyle final.

Congratulations also go to Laura Burgess (18/Over) who was 11th in the 50m freestyle, Jakey Hayes (17yrs) 18th in the 200m backstroke and Lauren Gore (18/Over) 29th in the 50m breaststroke.

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Brandon
Lauren
Headcoach Jamie & Ella
Got to buy the Merch!

Aquatics GB Summer Championships 2024

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The 2024 championships sees the top-ranked swimmers in Britain race against each other to be crowned British summer champion and two current BSSC swimmers were invited to compete. 

Dylan Davenport
Ella Greatbatch

Dylan Davenport, 15 year age group, came 10th in the 50m Freestyle final in a time of 25.55 seconds, having achieved a personal best time of 25.36 to secure his place in the top ten in Britain.  He also came 15th in the 100m Freestyle in a time 55.32 just outside his PB. 

Ella Greatbatch, 16 year age group, was 13th in the 200m Breaststroke in a time very close to her season’s best. 

Recent BSSC alumni Kirsty Neill, 17 year age group, also had a successful championships, securing a personal best time to come 5th in a 200m Breaststroke final where bronze to 6th was decided by 0.22 seconds.  She also was 10th in the 100m Breaststroke and 20th in the 50m Breaststroke. 

Nine get invites to the UK’s biggest summer swim events

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Congratulations to the nine BSSC swimmers who have been invited to the best of the UK’s summer swimming competitions! Dylan Davenport and Ella Greatbatch have both been invited to compete at the Aquatics GB Summer Championships. They are both also invited to the Swim England National Summer Meet along with Molly Greatbatch, Brandon MacDonald-Williams, Jakey Hayes, Laura Burgess, Emma Fields, Lauren Gore and Lucy Wheeler. Niamh James was also invited but is not available to compete.

Well done to recent members Callum Cox (Mount Kelly School) and Kirsty Neill (Millfield School) who have both also been invited.

BSSC Successful Return to Open Meet Hosting

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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.

Harrison Dodwell – 6 Gold medals
Elliot Hall – 5 Gold medals

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)