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As well as winning lots of 2022 Hertfordshire County individual age group medals (full list below photos), swimmers at Counties additionally competed to be crowned Junior (15yr and under) and Open Champions (10yr and over) and nine BSSC swimmers had great success!  In the Junior Championships, Kirsty Neill secured six Gold (100m/200m/400m IM, 50m/100m/200m Breaststroke), one Silver (400m Freestyle) and one Bronze (200m Freestyle); Alice Longman won one Silver (50m Freestyle) and two Bronze (100m Freestyle, 100m IM); and 14 year old Ella Greatbatch got two Bronze (100m/200m Breaststroke). 

In the Open Championships, Niamh James was dominant in backstroke taking four Gold (50m/100m/200m Backstroke, 400m IM) and one Silver (200m IM); Callum Davis took three Gold (100m IM, 50m/100m Butterfly), one Silver (200m IM), and two Bronze (50m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke); Sami Zemzami got one Gold (200m Freestyle), one Silver (100m Butterfly) and one Bronze (100m Freestyle); Millie Fields secured one Silver (200m Freestyle) and younger sister Jessie one Bronze (100m Butterfly); 16 year old Jago Derrington stormed to two Gold (200m Backstroke, 400m Freestyle), two Silver (200m IM, 1500m Freestyle); whilst 15 year old Kirsty Neill beat off strong, and much older, competition to take Gold in 200m Breaststroke, and three Bronze (100m Breaststroke, 100m/400m IM).

Congratulations to everyone who competed! The Covid restrictions still in place meant age group medals were not handed out during Counties and the usual celebration evening was not held, so Headcoach Benoit was delighted to have the job handing out all the bling to his successful swimmers!

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Don’t forget to explore our other articles about 2022 Counties: Future Stars Make a Splash at Counties, BSSC Has “Relay” Great Team Success and It’s a wrap for Counties 2022!

Full list of medalists by age group:

11 years:

• Lois Fields – Bronze 50m Backstroke

12 years:

• Elliot Hall – Silver 200m IM, 400m Freestyle; Bronze 200m Freestyle
• Maisy Martindale – Bronze 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke
• Molly Greatbatch – Gold 200m Backstroke;  Silver 200m IM

13 years:

• Dylan Davenport – Silver 400m Freestyle; Bronze 200m Freestyle
• Ethan David-Tostevin – Silver 200m Backstroke
• Zoe Opiyo – Silver 50m Freestyle

14 years:

• Ella Greatbatch – Gold 50m/100m/200m Breaststroke, 400m IM; Silver 100m/200m IM
• Hollie Heighes – Silver 100m Breaststroke

15 years:

• Alice Longman – Silver 50m Freestyle, 100m IM; Bronze 100m Freestyle
• Jacob Hayes – Silver 100m Backstroke, Bronze 200m Backstroke
• Kirsty Neill – Gold 50m/100m/200m Breaststroke, 100m/200m/400m IM; Silver 400m Freestyle; Bronze 200m Freestyle

16 years:

• Emma Fields – Silver 50m/100m/200m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly; Bronze 50m Butterfly
• Grace Mason – Silver 200m Butterfly
• Jago Derrington – Gold 200m Backstroke, 400m Freestyle; Silver 100m Backstroke, 200m Breaststroke, 200m IM, 1500m Freestyle
• Jessica Fields – Gold 100m Butterfly; Silver 100m IM
• Lauren Gore – Silver 200m Breaststroke; Bronze 50m/100m Breaststroke, 100m IM
• Meisha Trend-Evans – Bronze 800m Freestyle
• Callum Cox – Bronze 50m Butterfly

17 years:

• Bella Parkus – Gold 200m Butterfly; Silver 400m IM; Bronze 100m Butterfly, 200m IM, 100m/400m Freestyle
• Freya Reilly – Gold 50m Backstroke
• Sami Zemzami – Gold 50m/100m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly; Silver 200m Freestyle

18Yrs/Over:

• Callum Davis – Gold 50m/100m Butterfly; Silver 200m IM; Bronze 50m Freestyle, 100m IM
• Eleanor Mason – Gold 800m Freestyle
• Millie Fields – Silver 100m/200m Freestyle
• Niamh James – Gold 50m/100m/200m Backstroke, 400m IM; Silver 200m IM

After a year’s gap, the Swim England Hertfordshire County Championships kicked off 2022 with a bang for Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club.  BSSC had 47 swimmers qualify to compete and they headed to Borehamwood to take part in more than 200 individual swims over four weekends of exhilarating competition.  For 11 year olds Lois Fields and Eddy Cheng it was their first experience of competing at the County Championships, but they controlled their nerves and performed brilliantly with Lois taking Bronze in the 10/11 year old 50m Backstroke and 4^th in the 100m Freestyle, whilst Eddy was 6^th in the 50m Breaststroke.  The novice trio competing in the 12 year old age group also excelled with Molly Greatbatch taking Gold in 200m Backstroke and Silver in the 200m IM, Elliot Hall taking Silver in 200m IM & 400m Freestyle and Bronze in 200m Freestyle and Maisy Martindale Bronze in 50m Freestyle & Backstroke.  It was a really successful championships with twenty six of the BSSC squad bringing home age group medals (26 Gold, 30 Silver, 20 Bronze) and more than 75% of the swims being top eight finishes.

With many of the swimmers from previous Counties now away at University, these results reflect great progression for the club and promise an exciting future. Don’t forget to explore our other articles about 2022 Counties: BSSC Celebrates County Successes, BSSC Has “Relay” Great Team Success and It’s a wrap for Counties 2022!

Full list of swimmers by age group: 11 years: Lois Fields, Eddy Cheng 12 years: Elliot Hall, Maisy Martindale, Molly Greatbatch 13 years: Charles German, Dylan Davenport, Ethan David-Tostevin, Felice Chan, Zoe Opiyo 14 years: Beau Reilly, Brandon Macdonald-Williams, Catherine Clune, Eliza Andrews, Ella Greatbatch, Hollie Heighes, Leo Suo-Saunders, Robert Gor 15 years: Alice Longman, Ellen Millar-Bond, George Grimwood, George Taylor, Imogen Tang, Jacob Hayes, Kirsty Neill 16 years: David Badcock, Emma Fields, Grace Mason, Jago Derrington, Jessica Fields, Lauren Gore, Leanne Suo-Saunders, Lilian Opiyo, Meisha Trend-Evans, Miriam Moukdad, Samuel Carter, Callum Cox 17 years: Bella Parkus, Freya Reilly, Isabella Good, Sami Zemzami 18Yrs/Over: Aoife James, Callum Davis, Eleanor Mason, Joe Collins, Millie Fields, Niamh James