Northumberland and Durham BagCat Age Group Championships

6/7th March - 12/13th March

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Four swimmers from the club competed in the Northumberland and Durham Age group championships which were held over two consecutive weekends at the Neptune pool, Middlesbrough. The four swimmers, Sam Dixon, Hannah Featherstone, Rhiannon Foulds and Amy Gittins all swam well but special mention must go to Hannah and Sam who between them made 14 finals. Sam had already become County Champion in the 1500m freestyle and he continued his excellent form by finishing 2nd in the 200m butterfly, 3rd in the 400m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 100 and 200m Individual Medley. Sam also finished 4th in the 200m freestyle and 100m backstroke, 5th in the 400m Individual Medley and 7th in the 200m breaststroke. Hannah also had some tough competition in her age group but finished in 3rd place in the 100m freestyle and narrowly missed a medal in the 200m freestyle where she finished in 4th position. She also finished 5th in the 100m butterfly and 5th in both the100 and 200m Individual Medley.

20/21st February 

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Sedgefield 75 had 6 swimmers competing this year at the Northumberland and Durham Youth/Open Championships which were held at the Aquatic Centre in Sunderland. On the first day of the competition the group swam well during the morning session making 8 finals which were held during the afternoon session. Philip Hodgson finished 4th in both the Open 50 freestyle and butterfly but came away with 2 Gold medals for the same events in the Youth category. Philip swam in the final of the 200m freestyle where he finished 4th in the youth age group and 5th in the open. Caroline Saxby made 2 finals in the 100m and 400m freestyle where she finished in 2nd place. in both races. Rachel Howard and Stuart Walker also both made finals, Rachel in the 50m and 200m backstroke where she finished 8th and 9th respectively and Stuart finished 9th in the 50m breaststroke. The second day of swimming got off to almost as good a start with the swimmers making 7 finals. Caroline continued to add to her medal haul from the previous day finishing 1st in the 200m freestyle and 2nd in the 50m freestyle. Philip also made 3 finals and finished in 3rd place in the open and youth age groups in 100m freestyle, 400m freestyle 5th and 200m Individual Medley 3rd Youth and 4th Open. Rachel swam in the 100m backstroke and finished in 8th position and Philip Walker swam in the final of the 50m backstroke and finished in 8th position.

7th February 

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Three swimmers competed at the Durham AA grade gala and came away with 11 medals between them. Chloe and Amy also qualified for the Northumberland and Durham County Championships which will be held in March at Middlesbrough. Jennifer Lerner competed in all 6 events winning medals in 5 events - 100 free 3rd, 200 free 6th, 100 backstroke 4th, 100 butterfly 2nd, 100 Individual Medley 4th. Chloe Farley swam well and won medals in 4 events - 100 free 4th, 200 free 5th, 100 backstroke 4th and 100m Individual Medley 4th. Amy Gittins won medals in the 100 free 5th and the 200 free 4th.

7th February 

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Swimmers from Sedgefield 75 were competing again last weekend at the Neptune Centre, Middlesbrough. Niamh Nelson was competing in her first competition for the club and and Jennifer Banks, Ellie Emmerson and Flynn Leybourne continued to gain experience in a competitive environment all swimming personal best times in some of their swims. Hannah Featherstone who only turned 11 last week had a fantastic swim in the 200m freestyle, but as the gala was graded she swam too fast to win first place and was given a speeding ticket. Hannah continued to swim well and finished 4th in the 50m breaststroke. Other medal winners were Emily Chaytor 1st 50 back, 3rd 100m Individual Medley, 4th 200 freestyle, Stuart Walker 1st 50 back, 2nd 200 free, 3rd 50 butterfly, 4th 50 free, Bethany Clarkson 4th 50 butterfly, 4th 100m Individual Medley, 6th 50 free, Georgia Leybourn 4th 50 free, 4th 50 back and 4th 50 butterfly.

10th January 

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Swimmers from Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club started the New Year with some impressive results at the Peterlee graded gala. For Calllum Cook and Jennifer Banks it was their first competitive gala for the club and they both swam well and enjoyed the experience. Hannah Featherstone, 10, and Amy Gittins both came away with 2 gold medals each. Hannah had a fantastic swim in the 200m freestyle where she took 4 seconds off her personal best time and finishing faster than any of the 11 year olds that were competing. She also won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke. Amy, 11, won gold in the 100m and 200m freestyle and finished third in the 100m backstroke. Other medal winners were Flynn Leybourne, who finished 3rd in the 200m freestyle, Georgia Leybourne, who finished 3rd in the 100m backstroke and Emily Chaytor, who finished 2nd in the 100m freestyle.

9/10/11th May

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2nd/3rd May

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Six swimmers from the club competed in the North Eastern Regional Championships which were held for the first time at the Aquatic Centre, Sunderland. The swimmers had an exceptional weekend, making 14 finals between them and coming away with 9 medals. Caroline Saxby finished with a full complement of medals in the freestyle events, Gold in the 200 free, Silver in the 50 free and Bronze in the 100 free. She also finished 6th in the 100 back and 9th in the 200m Individual Medley. Kyle Boyek also came away with a full complement of medals - Gold in the 100 free (youth) Silver in the 100 free (open) and two bronze medals in the 200m breaststroke.  Glen Martin was the clubs other medal winner finishing 1st in the 1500m freestyle and 12th in the 100m freestyle. Philip Hodgson did not medal, but did make 4 finals, finishing 6th in the 800m free, 1500m free, 400m IM, 9th 50 free and 21st 200 free. Rachel Howard made the final in the 50 back and finished 9th. She also finished 13th in the 200m back and 12th in the 100m back. Emily Chaytor also competed in the 50m and 100m backstroke, finishing 16th and 33rd in both of these events respectively.

March 2009

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February 2009

Results

Philip Hodgson brought the  final gala in the Open/Youth County Championships series, to a fantastic end for the swimmers from Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club, when he came away from the 1500m Championships with a Gold Medal. Although the club had already won 18 medals at the championships Philip achieved the clubs only gold medal. Over the two previous weekends nine swimmers from Sedgefield 75 competed in the championships which were held at the Aquatic Centre in Sunderland and the Freemans Quay Leisure Centre in Durham. Caroline Saxby competed in the 800m at the Aquatic Centre two weeks earlier and finished 3^rd in the Open age group. The following weekend saw Kyle Boyek, Philip Walker and Philip Hodgson come away with 5 silver and 11 bronze medals between them when they competed in the Open/Youth Championships which were held at the recently opened Freemans Quay Leisure Centre in Durham. Kyle won his medals in the 100m free, 50m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley in both the Youth and Open categories. Philip Walker’s medals were won from the 50 backstroke, 200m backstroke and 100m Individual Medley again in both the Youth and Open categories and Philip Hodgson finished 3^rd in the Youth age group from the 400m freestyle event and narrowly missed out on a medal in the 800m freestyle.  Other swimmers from the club came away from the Championships with personal best times, these were Rachel Howard, Emma Hodgson, Emily Chaytor, Aimee Parkin and Stuart Walker. Sedgefield 75’s Chief Coach, said that it was a very successful weekend for the club and the hard work the swimmers have put in recently has paid off.

Sunday 1st February

Results

Twenty swimmers from the club travelled to Middlesbrough for their annual 'AA' Grade meet. The meet was a huge success for the club with the swimmers coming away with 40 personal best times from 56 swims and between them they came away with a massive haul of 32 medals which were given to swimmers coming in the top 6 positions in each age group. Amy Gittins and Rhiannon Foulds set the gala off to a good start by both finishing 2nd in their respective age groups in the 200m freestyle and both  gained a North Eastern Qualifying time in the process. Amy went on to finish 3rd in the 50m freestyle and  50m backcrawl. Rhiannon finished 3rd in the 50m breaststroke, Robert Salmon finished 3rd in the 50m breaststroke taking 5 seconds off his personal best time, Emily Chaytor finished 3rd in the 50m backcrawl,  Georgia Leybourne finished 2nd in the 50m butterfly, Stuart Walker continued the good run with a bronze medal in the 50m butterfly, silver in the 200m freestyle and two golds  in the 100m Individual Medley and 50m backcrawl, Ellie Emmerson, Ben Alliston and Jordane Salmon were competing in their first competitive gala. Other swimmers competing were Amy Parkin, Robyn Coates, Isobelle Thompson, Emily Thelwell, Bethany Clarkson, Flynn Leybourne, Jennifer Lerner, Chloe Farley, Andrew Cull, James Cull and Courtney Gove.

24th/25th January

Results

Five of the older swimmers travelled down to Sheffield to compete in the 'Burns Meet' which is organised by three local swimming clubs. The competition was tough with swimmers coming from all over the country and Rebecca Adlington and Jo Jackson, Olympic medallists competing alongside the club swimmers. Philip Hodgson came away with personal best times in all his swims and he managed to obtain his first National qualifying time of the year in the 100 freestyle, and narrowly missed qualifying in the 50m freestyle. Philip Walker swam personal best times in two of his three swims and Caroline Saxby Saxby swam a personal best time in the 200m Individual Medley. Rachel Howard and Emma Hogson were the other two swimmers competing from the club.

18th January

Results

Five swimmers from the swimming club travelled to the pool at Felling to compete in the Gateshead and Whickham Graded Meet. The swimmers, Amy Gittins, Georgia Leybourne, Jennifer Lerner, Flynn Leybourne and Stuart Walker came away with 12 medals between them - 4 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze and out of the 18 swims 17 were personal best times. Flynn Leybourne was competing in his first gala having only turned 9 three weeks earlier. He narrowly missed out on a medal in the 50m freestyle but took a massive 6 seconds off his best time. Amy, Stuart and Jennifer also came away from the gala with some County qualifying times which will enable them to compete in the county championships in February and March.

14th December

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Eight of the younger swimmers took part in Middlesbrough's Junior Christmas Meet. It was a good gala for the club with the swimmers coming away with six medals and just as importantly the swimmers came away with 19 out of 21 personal best times between them. Aaron Morton continued the success he had the week before and came away with two golds in the 9 year old boys 50m backstroke and 50m butterfly. Other medal winners were Amy Gittins who finished 3rd in the 100 freestyle and 5th in the 100 backcrawl. She also finished in 8th place in the 100m Individual Medley. Chloe Farley finished in 4th place in the 100m backcrawl, 5th in the 100m Individual Medley and 9th in the 100m breaststroke. Other swimmers competing at the meet were Bethany Clarkson, Jennifer Lerner, Callum Banks, Courtney Gove and Emilie Thelwell. It was Emilie's first competitive gala for the club and she swam extremely well coming away with 3 personal best times.

The club also entered teams into two events, the girls 10 year old freestyle team and the 11 year old medley team. Both teams made the final which meant they had to swim again. The 10 year old team of Emilie Thelwell, Amy Gittins, Chloe Farley and Bethany Clarkson finished in 5th place in the final and improved their time by 4 seconds. The 11 year old team also made the final and they finished in 6th position.

6th/7th December

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Swimmers from the club attended the annual Christmas Stocking meet which is held at Woodhouse Close, Bishop Auckland on the weekend of the 6th/7th December. The club won a massive total of 16 medals from 39 swims. Rachel Howard won 2 golds in the 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke events knocking a second of her personal best time in the backstroke event. Aaron Morton (9) won two gold medals in the 50 and 100m freestyle, gaining another county qualifying time in the process. Kyle Boyek swam the 100m freestyle in a fantastic time of 52.78 and knocking almost 2 seconds off his previous personal best time. Philip Hodgson came 2nd in this event and also won gold in the 400m freestyle and silver in the 50m freestyle. Philip Walker also came away with 2 gold medals in the 100m backcrawl and the 200m Individual Medley. He also won silver in the 100 and 400m Individual Medley and bronze in the 50m and 100m butterfly. Stuart Walker finished 3rd in the 50m breaststroke and narrowly missed a medal in the 200m breaststroke. Bethany Clarkson swam very well in both her events - 200m butterfly where she finished 2nd and the 400m Individual Medley. Bethany (10) has now qualified for the county championships now in both these events. Other swimmers competing at Wear Valley and gained personal best times for their swims were Amy Gittins, Jennifer Lerner, Robert Salmon, Lee Corkin, Rhiannon Foulds and Georgia Leybourne.

1st/2nd November

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Six swimmers from Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club, Kyle Boyek, Philip Hodgson, Philip Walker, Rachel Howard, Emma Hodgson and Caroline Saxby took part in the  ASANER Senior/Junior Championships, which sees the fastest swimmers from the North East and North Yorkshire taking part. The gala which was held at the newly opened Freemans Quay, Durham saw Sedgefield 75 coming away with a total of one gold, three silvers and two bronze medals, with the swimmers making 10 finals between them and Philip Walker in first reserve position for 3 of his swims. The swimmers all achieved the qualifying times which allowed them to swim alongside the fastest swimmers from the North East and Yorkshire.

On the first day of the championship Caroline qualified for the finals in the 50m freestyle where she finished in 3rd position and also in the 200m freestyle where she finished in 2nd position. Kyle also made finals in the 400m Individual Medley,  50m breaststroke where he finished in 2nd place and  the 200m breaststroke where he came away as the Senior Champion. Philip Hodgson made the final of the 400m freestyle where he finished in 4th position.

On the second day of competition the swimmers continued to swim personal best times and qualify for the finals which were held  later during the afternoon. Caroline made the final of the 100m freestyle and finished in 3rd position. Kyle continued swimming well and made the finals of the 200m freestyle, 100m breaststroke where he finished in 2nd place in a very close swim and in the 200m Individual Medley he finished in 4th position.

The swimmers will continue their training ready for their next gala at Wear Valley which is held at the beginning of December.

11th - 12th  October - Leeds Pool

results 1, 2, 3,  4

Six swimmers from Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club travelled to Leeds to take part in Borough of Stockton's 1st Open Meet. The meet was a huge success with swimmers coming away with a hugh amount of long course PB's during the weekend. One of the highlights on Saturday was when Kyle Boyek made the 'skins' final as he had finished in 4th place in the men's 200m Individual Medley. The skins is a knockout swim where swimmers have to swim 50m of a given stroke and continue this every 4 minutes until there is only one swimmer left. Kyle was lucky in the first round as front crawl was swum, but unfortunately for Kyle he was eliminated in the next round when fly was the given stroke. Kyle did go on to win medals in the 50, 100 and 200m breaststroke during the weekend. Other swimmers competing were Emma and Philip Hodgson, Philip and Stuart Walker and Emily Chaytor.

4th-5th October

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The new swimming season got off to a good start with many swimmers taking part in the Darlington Open which was held at the Dolphin Centre, Darlington. This year the competition was fierce for the older swimmers who had to compete against a huge contingency of swimmers from Loughborough University. Kyle Boyek managed to swim personal best times in all his events and finished in 5th place in the 100m breaststroke final. The other swimmers swam well with many of them swimming personal best times.

For Robyn Coates it was her first competitive swim for Sedgefield 75 and for Jennifer Lerner and Georgia Leybourne both made the finals of the 100m backcrawl, with Georgia finishing in 2nd position.

29th July - 2nd August

Two of our swimmers have represented the club at the Youth National Swimming Competitions which were held at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. Andrew Dewar and Philip Hodgson both qualified to compete after achieving the qualifying times earlier in the year. First to swim was Andrew who was competing in the 400m freestyle. Andrew finished in 20th position swimming 5 seconds faster than his previous best time

Andrew and Philip were both swimming in the 800m later in the week. Philip swam first and finished the event in 29th position in the 15/16 age group swimming a 10 second personal best time. Andrew swam a couple of heats later and set off at such a fast pace coaches were wondering if he could keep it up for 800m. Andrew did and finished the swim in a fantastic time of 8.31.88, 16 seconds faster than he had ever swam this event before and he finished in 5th position, only 6 seconds behind the winner.

12th July

Three of the clubs swimmers travelled to Wykeham Lakes, just outside of Scarborough to compete in the North Eastern Regional Open Water Championships. The weather this year was kind to the competitors and despite the odd rain shower the sun got out occasionally and the water temperature was a shivery 18°C. This event was also part of the British Open Water Grand Prix, meaning that there would be a lot of very experienced open water swimmers competing in the 5K category. The first two swimmers to enter the water were Philip Hodgson, who was competing in his first open water event and was swimming 2 laps of the lake (2500m) and Philip Walker who was swimming in his 3rd Regional Championship who was swimming in his first 5k open water event. The boys set off at a good pace and it wasn't long before Philip Hodgson completed the course in a respectable time of 31.25 minutes. Philip Walker at this point still had two more laps to go and he finished in a time of 1:03.43. Philip Hodgson finished in 4th place overall and 2nd in the North Eastern Regional Championships and Philip Walker finished in 7th overall and 1st in the Regional Championships.

Next to take to the water was Stuart Walker, competing in his first Open Water event. Stuart decided he would enter the novice race which was only one lap of the lake (1250m). The other swimmer entering into the novice competition decided to withdraw at the last minute meaning that Stuart had to swim the race alone. There was one competitor still in the lake from the Senior race he was about 400m ahead of Stuart but by the 1000m mark Stuart had managed to catch him up and over take him. Stuart therefore finished in first place in a time of 17.33.

All three swimmers will be competing in the Northumberland and Durham Two Bridges Open Water event at Stockton in August. Joining them will be Philips younger sister Emma.

11th July

The club had only one swimmer competing in the Senior Age Group Nationals which were held at the new 50m pool in Liverpool. Andrew Dewar, who qualified for the event at the Regional Championships in May travelled to Liverpool to compete in the 800m freestyle. The event wasn't held until the last session of the day, meaning Andrew didn't swim until after 8.00pm at night. Andrew completed his swim just outside his personal best and is now back in training for the 800 and 400m freestyle which he will swim in the Youth Nationals which will be held in Ponds Forge at the end of July.

5th/6th July

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A small group of six swimmers travelled to Felling Pool to compete in the Gateshead and Whickham Summer Splash. The swimmers between them won a total of 19 medals - 8 gold,  8 silver and 3 bronze and achieved personal best times in 13 of their swims. The swimmer with the largest haul of medals this weekend was Philip Hodgson who won gold in the 200 and 400m Individual Medley, 100, 200 and 400m freestyle, silver in the 100m backstroke and bronze in the 200m backstroke. Philip's younger sister Emma was also in good form coming away with gold medals in the 200 and 400m Individual Medley, 200m back, and silver medals in the 100 and 400m freestyle and the 100m back. Brothers Philip and Stuart Walker also came away with 5 medals between them. Philip winning silver in the 100 and 200m butterfly, 200m back and 200m butterfly and younger brother came away with a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke. Amy Gittins swam personal best times in all her events and came away with a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle, she narrowly missed gaining a medal in all her other events. For Aaron Morton, who has just turned 9, it was the first time he had competed at a competitive level for the club. After a nervous start Aaron finished 5th in the 100m freestyle, knocking a massive 8 seconds off his personal best time.

Coach John Moore said that this was one of the best weekends this year for the club and with all the swimmers encouraging each other over the weekend.

7th/8th June

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Several of our swimmers travelled up to the Louisa Centre to compete in the Derwentside Graded Meet.

31st May 1st June

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Two swimmers made the long journey down to Sheffield for the Derventio Excel Open Meet. After an early start at 7.30am for warm up the swimmers waited anxiously for their events. Philip Walker was competing in the 50m back, 100m back, 200m free and 200m Individual Medley events and Rachel Howard was competing in the 200m back. Both swimmers swam well with Philip coming away with personal best times in both the 100m back and the 200m freestyle events. Rachel narrowly missed swimming faster than her best time in the 200m backstroke but swam well in the event.

9th/10th/11th May 2008

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A small group of swimmers were competing at the Middlesbrough Open Meet this year. Andrew Dewar, Philip Walker and Emily Chaytor all competed over the weekend. The swimmers got off to a good start on the Friday night with Philip swimming in the 200m Individual Medley where he swam a personal best time and finished in 6th position, narrowly missing qualifying for the 'skins' event. Philip and Andrew were both swimming the 400m freestyle. Firstly Philip swam in his heat and again swimming a personal best time and finishing again in 6th position, in the next heat was Andrew Dewar, who had the previous week qualified for the 'National Championships'  in this event. Andrew started steadily and gradually made his way up the field finishing in 4th position and recording a 5 second personal best time. The following day Philip returned to swim in the 200m breaststroke where he finished 3rd and 100m backcrawl, 4th. After lunch Philip continued to swim well and finished 3rd in the 100m freestyle in another personal best time. Emily Chaytor came for the afternoon and swam in the 100m butterfly and continued with the clubs good run of swims by swimming the event in a 2 second personal best time. Andrew, the only competitor swimming on Sunday finished off the weekend with 2 more medals, 4th in the 200m backcrawl and 5th in the 200m freestyle, narrowly missing his personal best times in both swims.

3rd/4th May 2008

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The older swimmers that had qualified for the North Eastern Regional Championships travelled down to Ponds Forge for the annual championships. For Emily Chaytor it was the first time she had competed in a 50m pool but this did not deter her and she swam a personal best time in the 50m backcrawl. The weekend was a huge success for the club with Andrew Dewar and Philip Hodgson both making qualifying times for the Nationals which will be held in August. Andrew qualified for the 400 and 800m freestyle and Philip also qualified for the 800m freestyle.  The swimmers competing over the weekend were Caroline Saxby,Jodie Mallinson, Emma Hodgson, Emily Chaytor, Andrew Dewar, Philip Hodgson and Philip Walker.

Caroline had a very successful meet by winning the 200m freestyle, 50 freestyle 4th, 200 backstroke 10th, 100 freestyle 2nd, 400m freestyle 2nd. Other finalists from Sedgefield over the weekend were Rachel Howard who finished 9th in the 200m backstroke, Andrew Dewar 4th in the 400m freestyle and  Philip Walker 10th in the 50m backstroke.

26/27th April

results

Swimmers from Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club returned from the South Tyneside Graded gala which was held at Hebburn Pool last weekend with a massive haul of 23 medals between them – 9 gold, 4 silver and 10 bronze. All the swimmers that competed over the weekend swam really well and most swam personal best times in all their events. For Hamish Glover, it was his first competitive gala for Sedgefield and he narrowly missed out on a medal when he finished 4^th in the 100m breaststroke. Amy Gittins, who is still only 9, took gold in her first ever 400m freestyle race, after swimming the first half of the race at a steady pace she started to take the lead over the swimmers from South Tyneside. She continued to build on this lead finishing 8 seconds ahead of any other swimmer in her age group.  Amy also finished 1^st in the 100m freestyle and was placed 3^rd in the 50m breaststroke.

The clubs other successful medal winners were Jennifer Lerner 50 breast 1^st, 50 fly 1^st 100 back 2^nd, Naomi Kellett 50 back 1^st, 100 breast 1^st,100 fly 2^nd,  Rhiannon Foulds 200 breast 3^rd, 50 breast 1^st, Cara Lawson 50 free 3^rd, 200 breast 3^rd, 100 free 1^st, Emily Chaytor 50 fly 3^rd, 100 back 1^st,  Bethany Clarkson 200IM 3^rd, Georgia Leybourne 100 free 3^rd , Callum Banks 100 breast 3^rd,  Robert Salmon 50 back 3^rd, 50 free 2^nd and Stuart Walker 100 breast 3^rd, 50 breast 2^nd.

Some of Sedgefield's swimmers that competed at South Tyneside Graded Meet

19/20th April

results

Swimmers from Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club had a very successful weekend when they were competing at the Chester le Street Open Meet. Swimmers taking part were Rhiannon Foulds, Emily Chaytor, Rachel Howard, Jodie Mallinson, Stuart Walker, Philip Walker and Andrew Dewar. The swimmers came away with 18 personal best times between them.

Rhiannon and Stuart swam personal best times in all their swims and both achieved North Eastern Regional qualification times. Jodie came away with a 3^rd place in the 50 back and  5^th 200m back, Rachel finished 2^nd in the 200m back, 4^th 50m back and 6^th 100m back. Andrew finished in 8^th in the 100m freestyle and 2^nd in the 200m freestyle. Stuart made the final in the 100m breaststroke finishing in 5^th position, he also finished 3^rd in his age group 100m breaststroke.

Philip, who was celebrating his 18^th birthday on the Sunday had an excellent set of results coming 2^nd in the 200m Individual Medley, 2^nd 100m fly, 3^rd 50m backcrawl and 200m backcrawl, 4^th 100 backcrawl and 6^th in the 200m freestyle. Philip also swam in the Marie Currie Swimathon at the Dolphin Centre on the Saturday night, after swimming in 5 events at Chester le Street during the day. He swam 5000m in a time of 1hour and 1 minute raising almost £100.00 in sponsorship. Philip also finished the weekend off by finishing overall in 3^rd position when his points for his finishing positions were added up.

Coach, John Moore said the weekend was successful for the club with most swimmers coming away happy with their results. The younger swimmers will be swimming next weekend at South Tyneside Gala and the older swimmers will be travelling to Sheffield over the Bank Holiday to compete in the North Eastern Regional Chamionships.

9/10th February 2008

results

On the weekend of the 9th and 10th March, two of our younger swimmers, Chloe Farley (9) and Jennifer Lerner (10) both competed  in the Northumberland and Durham County Bagcat championships at the Neptune Centre, Middlesbrough. For both girls it was the first time that they had qualified for the championships and were both excited at the prospect of competing with the best swimmers in the county.

Chloe swam in the 50m freestyle and the 50m breaststroke and swam well in both events, just missing her personal best times in both events. Jennifer only had one swim, which was the 50m freestyle but put in a great performance and achieved a personal best time.

24th February 2008

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Three of our younger swimmers took part in the Derwentside Developmental Meet, which was held at the Louisa Centre, Stanley. The swimmers that were competing at Stanley were Jennifer Lerner, Bethany Clarkson and Rhiannon Foulds.

Bethany got the day off to a good start in the 50m butterfly, where she swam a personal best time and finished in 4th position. Later in the morning she swam in the 50m backcrawl and despite slipping on her turn she still managed a personal best time and finished in 10th place.

During the morning session Rhiannon swam a personal best time and finished 10th overall in the 100m backcrawl. In the afternoon session Rhiannon got off to a good start by coming 2nd in the 100m breaststroke and then completing her run of good swims by finishing 4th in the 100m freestyle in yet another personal best time.

Jennifer Lerner swam in the afternoon session and started off by coming 10th in the 50m breaststroke in a personal best time and then she improved her entry time in the 50m freestyle and in doing so finished in 2nd place overall.

It was a great days swimming from the three girls who are now gaining in confidence and are starting to see an  improvement on their personal best times.

2nd February 2008 (Middlesbrough) - 800m

16th/17th February 2008 (Darlington)

24th February 2008 (Darlington) - 1500m

results

Nine of the older swimmers from the Club travelled to Darlington to compete in the Northumberland and Durham County Championships. Ryan Caws, Philip Walker and Andrew Dewar all swam well enough to make 11 finals between them, which were held in the afternoon sessions. Ryan made the final of the 50m, 100m and the 200m breaststroke. He finished in 2nd (youth) and 3rd (open) in the 50 breaststroke, 4th (youth) 7th (open) in the 100m breaststroke and 4th (youth) 8th (open) in the 200 breaststroke. Andrew swam in the 400m freestyle final and finished in 4th place (youth) and 5th (open). He also competed in the 200m backcrawl, where he finished 6th in both the open and youth age groups. Philip came away with 4 bronze medals, he finished 3rd in the 200m backstroke (youth and open), 3rd (youth) and 4th (open) 200m Individual Medley, 3rd (youth) 4th (open) 50m backstroke. He also finished 4th in both the open and youth 100m backcrawl and the 400m Individual Medley and he was 4th (youth) 5th (open) in the 100m Individual Medley.

For Naomi Kellett, Emily Chaytor and Andrew Cull it was the first time that they had qualified for the County championships, with Emily Chaytor managing to achieve the qualifying time in the 50m backstroke for the North Eastern Regional Championships which will be held at Ponds Forge in May.

Other swimmers competing at the championships were Rachel Howard, Jodie Mallinson, Cara Lawson and Stuart Walker, all swimming well but just missing out on making the finals.

3rd February 2008

results

Twelve swimmers from the club travelled to Middlesbrough to compete in the Middlesbrough 'AA' grade gala. For Callum Banks it was his first taste of competitive swimming, he swam in the 50m breaststroke and came away by improving his personal best time by 5 seconds. The swimmers came away with a total of 14 medals, with Naomi Kellett (18) winning 6 of them. She was placed 2nd in the 50m breaststroke, 3rd in the 50m butterfly and 50m backcrawl, 4th in the 100m Individual Medley and 200m freestyle and 5th in the 50m freestyle. Other swimmers adding to the medal haul were Chloe Farley (9)  3rd 50m breaststroke and 6th 50m backcrawl, Jennifer Lerner (10) 5th 50m freestyle, Emily Chaytor (14) 4th in both the 50m butterfly  and backcrawl, Aimee Parkin 6th 100m Individual Medley and Stuart Walker 2nd 50m breaststroke and 3rd 50m backcrawl. The swimmers managed to swim personal bests in 28 of their swims.

Other swimmers making up the team competing at Middlesbrough were Andrew Cull, James Cull, Amy Gittins, Georgia Leybourne and Megan Smith. Chief Coach, John Moore, said that it was a fantastic start to the new year and hopefully the clubs good fortunes would continue for those swimmers who will be competing in the County Championships, which will be held at the Dolphin Centre, Darlington, in two weeks time

Some of our swimmers competing in the Middlesbrough 'AA' Grade Gala

results

Over the weekend of the 8th/9th December, 5 swimmers from the club travelled to the Louisa Centre Pool, Stanley to compete in their annual Christmas Meet.
The weekend got off to a good start with Andrew Dewar swimming a seasonal best for his 200m freestyle, swimming below 2.00.00 and winning a Gold medal in the process. Andrew continued to swim well and came 2nd in the 400m freestyle.
Ryan Caws was a double Gold medal winner over the weekend. He won the 50m and 100m breaststroke, swimming them both in personal best times.
Philip Walker also swam well, winning a Silver medal in the 50m breaststroke, Bronze in the 100m backstroke and he also came 4th in both the 200m freestyle and the 400m Individual Medley.

results

Four of the older swimmers from Sedgefield 75 swimming club competed at the Wear Valley Christmas Stocking Meet. It is aptly named as each swimmer winning a medal also wins a selection box.
The four swimmers competing were Stuart and Philip Walker, Jodie Mallinson and Rachel Howard and between them they won a massive total of 8 Golds, 4 Silvers and 1 Bronze medal along with 13 selection boxes!! The day started well with the Philip coming second in the 400m Individual Medley, he also came 2nd in 100m backstroke. Philip also won 4 of the Gold medals in the 200m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley and the 100m Individual Medley.
Jodie Mallinson gained Gold medals in the 100m backstroke and the 50m butterfly and silver in the 50m freestyle and bronze in the 200m backstroke. Rachel Howard completed the winning streak by winning Silver in the 400m freestyle and Gold in the 400m Individual Medley, and 200m backstroke.
Stuart although just narrowly missing out on a medal did swim personal best times in 3 out of his 4 swims at the competition

Two of the club's younger swimmers, Bethany Clarkson and Jennifer Lerner competed at the annual Christmas Shrimp Meet at Newcastle City Pool. This is an excellent gala for younger swimmers to start their competitive swimming career. For Bethany,9, it was her first ever competitive gala and she achieved personal best times in all 4 of her swims, also winning a chocolate Santa for winning one of her heats. Jennifer, 10, not to be out done also swam personal best times in her 3 events. Well done to both girls.