It’s going to be a very busy few weeks with 16 Worcester swimmers competing at major National Championships this summer…
Kicking things off will be the 7-day British Championships in Sheffield from 20th to 26th July where a record 9 swimmers from Worcester will compete against the best of the best…top 28 in GB!…including Becky and Matt Redfern, putting the final touches to their preparations ahead of their trip to the Paris Paralympic Games…
- Asha Mahanta – 16-year 100m Backstroke (22/7), 200m Backstroke (24/7) & 50m Backstroke (25/7)
- Bella Hoare – 17-year 200m Freestyle (24/7) & 400m Individual Medley (25/7)
- Grace Earp – 17-year 50m Breaststroke (21/7), 100m Breaststroke (22/7) & 200m Breaststroke (26/7)
- Tarek Bluck – 14-year 200 Freestyle (21/7), 100m Freestyle (23/7), 100m Butterfly (24/7) & 400m Freestyle (26/7)
- Dylan Lewis – 15-year 50m Backstroke (21/7), 100m Backstroke (22/7)
- Theo Rogers – 16-year 50m Backstroke (21/7), 100m Backstroke (22/7), 100m Butterfly (24/7) & 50m Butterfly (26/7)
- Ben Gooch – 17-year 100m Butterfly (24/7) & 50m Butterfly (26/7)
- Becky Redfern – Para multi-class 100m Breaststroke (24/7)
- Matt Redfern – Para multi-class 100m Freestyle (23/7), 100m Breaststroke (24/7) & 50m Freestyle (26/7)
Next up will be Lincoln Lewitzkyi and Jasmine Kilmartin – our first ever representatives in the Open Water events, a huge Worcester “whoosh” to them as they tackle 5K and 7.5K respectively on Saturday 27th July
Attention will then turn back to the pool in Sheffield for Swim England summer nationals running from 29th July to 3rd August where a few of the British qualifiers will be racing some additional/different events and we will have a further 3 fresh athletes eager to make their mark at Home Nations level.
- Pru Goodison – 14-year 100m Butterfly (31/7)
- Grace Ryder and Brecon Westwood – fantastic team-mates both competing in 16-year 100m Breaststroke (30/7), 200m Breaststroke (31/7) and 50m Breaststroke (2/8)
- Asha Mahanta – 100m Fly (31/7) and 50m Fly (3/8)
- Jasmine Kilmartin – 1500 Free (29/7), just 2 days after her 7.5K OW exploits!
- Bella Hoare – 1500 Free (29/7), both 50 Free and 800 Free LOL (31/7), 200 IM (1/8) and 100 Free (2/8)
- Becky Redfern – 100m Breaststroke (30/7) as a non-Para athlete!
- Theo Rogers – 50 Free (30/7) and 100 Free (1/8)
- Ben Gooch – 100 Free & 50 Back (1/8) and 100 Back (2/8)
Then finally wrapping up the summer championships, the Welsh summer meet will be held at Swansea on 1st to 5th August where Xanthe Carrington-Abraham (50m Fly, 100m Fly, 50m Free & 100m Free) and Abigail Haldane (100m Back & 200m Back) will be proudly waving the Blue and Green flag!
All of these swimmers have done brilliantly simply to qualify for these Championships – achievements of which they and their families should be hugely proud, and reward for all their hard work and dedication. However, I know they will all be aiming to showcase their talents in style so I’m sure I speak for everyone at Worcester Swimming Club when I wish them all the very best of luck!!!
Mark Stowe
Head Coach