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North Lancashire
Level 2 Age Groups and Championships
Palatine Leisure Centre
Blackpool
The hard work in training is certainly paying off early in the 2016-2017 season for Pioneer 79 Swimming Club whose swimmers are continuing to impress in the pool.
Last weekend, a squad of over 50 swimmers aged between 11 and 17 from the Accrington based club travelled to Blackpool to compete in the North Lancashire Level 2 Age Groups and Championships.
This is an annual competition, open to all 20 clubs affiliated to the North Lancashire Swimming and Water Polo Association, however it is the first time for many years that Pioneer 79 Swimming Club has committed to sending a full squad to swim the entire programme. In the past, the club has sent swimmers to gain times for their distance events, last year, they also entered teams in the squadron events, however this year the decision was made to enter the full programme, and what a fabulous decision that turned out to be.
From the start of the competition, Pioneer 79 Swimmers were continuously taking podium positions, with almost every Junior and Senior Championship final including 1 or more Pioneer swimmers.
15 year old Ellie Ward had an outstanding competition, taking home 2 Junior Championship Gold Medals, in both the 50m and 100m Breaststroke. Her heat time of 34.86 in the 50m Breaststroke was a new PB and a 15 year girls North Lancashire age group record. Her time narrowly missed the ASA Winter National Short Course Championships Qualifying Time by just 0.06 seconds! Unfortunately, it was to be a similar story in the 100m Breaststroke, such a fantastic determined race by Ellie where she fought from the start and set herself a new PB of 1.15.04, again just marginally missing the Qualifying Time by 0.3 seconds, this was an outstanding performance.
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| Ellie Ward storming to victory in the 100m Breaststroke Junior Championship Final |
15 year old Elodie Smallwood took home 3 Age Group Gold Medals, 3 Age Group Bronze Medals, 1 Junior Championship Gold Medal, and 1 Junior Championship Silver Medal. Elodie’s time in the 200m Butterfly (2.23.59) was not only a new personal best, but it was also her first ASA Winter National Short Course Championships Qualifying Time for 2016. Elodie is also extremely close to a number of other Qualifying Times which hopefully she can achieve at her next competition, along with other Pioneer 79 swimmers.
14 year old Simone Ellson had a great competition, winning 4 silver and 4 bronze medals in her age group, whilst 13 year old Mia Nobbs won 2 Bronze Age Group Medals and set herself PB’s in 6 events over the two weekends. 14 year old Ben Makin also had a great competition, winning 3 Age Group Gold, 1 Age Group Silver and 3 Age Group Bronze Medals, setting himself 7 new PB’s. In the 400m IM, he knocked over 11 seconds off his previous time, whilst in the 1500m event, he knocked no less than 24 seconds off his previous time, placing him now 4th fastest in his age group within the North West Region.
At the end of session 7, points gained by each club throughout the 4 days of competition were calculated and the team who had accumulated the most points during the Individual Championships was announced. Pioneer 79 were announced as the team with the most points from the 17 Clubs taking part in the event, and were subsequently presented with the Bob Marshall Trophy.
Head Coach Mike Wilson was delighted that the efforts from all the Pioneer 79 Swimmers had been fully recognised, with many swimmers achieving numerous Personal Best times along with a whole host of Lancashire County Qualifying Times, 1 National Short Course Championship Qualifying Time and many potential Regional Qualifying Times.
The afternoon on the final day was completely dedicated to Relay Events. Pioneer entered at least 1 team per event, and won gold in the final event of the championships, the 12x50m Mixed Freestyle Relay. This event included 2 male and 2 female swimmers per age group (12&under, 13/14yrs and Open) with the order left to the clubs to decide. We set off with 2 older swimmers, then our younger swimmers took over as the race progressed, it was a close call between Pioneer, Preston, Blackpool and Southport. With 3 swimmers left to swim, Pioneer’s lead was looking strong, having pulled some 6m ahead of the 2nd placed team, Southport. Pioneer held onto this lead into the final leg, 15 year old Issy Cockerham hit the water, closely followed by an older male Southport swimmer, the atmosphere was electric on poolside and in the spectators gallery, into the turn at 25m, Issy was just ahead, and managed to hold on into the final 5m. As the two swimmers touched together, both teams thought they had won, and then it appeared on the scoreboard, Pioneer 79 Swimming Club had taken Gold from Southport by just 0.2 seconds in 5.41.71. Pioneer 79 swimmers also won 5 silver team medals and 5 bronze team medals in the other Team events, bringing a great end to the whole competition.
An incredible total of
18 Age Group Gold Medals
1 Relay Gold Medal
3 Junior Championship Gold Medals
1 Senior Championship Gold Medal
40 Age Group Silver Medals
5 Relay Silver Medals
5 Junior Championship Silver Medals
6 Senior Championship Silver Medals
38 Age Group Bronze Medals
5 Relay Bronze Medals
6 Junior Championship Bronze Medals
7 Senior Championship Bronze Medals
135 medals in total were won by our incredibly talented Pioneer 79 Swimmers, showing the whole of North Lancashire what a fabulously successful club we have become. With this being just the 2nd competition of the season, we have already won 2 top club titles, we are extremely excited to see how the rest of the season pans out for us.
On behalf of Mike, his Coaching Staff and the Club’s Committee I have been asked to congratulate every swimmer on their successes in the pool over the 2 weekends of competition, and wish you all the very best of luck for the rest of the season.
RELAYS
Girls
12&under 4x50m Medley Team
Pioneer 79 A – 2nd – 2.19.81
Pioneer 79 B – 6th – 2.24.02
Boys
12&under 4x50m Medley Team
Pioneer 79 A – 3rd – 2.19.14
Girls
13/14yr 4x50m Medley Team
Pioneer 79 A – 2nd – 2.10.64
Pioneer 79 B – 8th – 2.16.80
Boys
13/14yr 4x50m Medley Team
Pioneer 79 A – 5th – 2.14.92
Girls
15yr+ 4x50m Medley Team
Pioneer 79 A – 2nd – 2.03.60
Pioneer 79 B – 3rd – 2.07.74
Boys
15yr+ 4x50m Medley Team
Pioneer 79 A – 3rd – 1.54.13
Girls
Open 6x50m Freestyle Team
Pioneer 79 A – 4th – 2.58.41
Boys
Open 6x50m Freestyle Team
Pioneer 79 A – 4th – 2.50.39
Girls
12&under 4x50m Freestyle Team
Pioneer 79 A – 3rd – 2.05.89
Pioneer 79 B – 6th – 2.12.41
Boys
12&under 4x50m Freestyle Team
Pioneer 79 A – 4th – 2.07.43
Girls
13/14yr 4x50m Freestyle Team
Pioneer 79 A – 2nd – 1.55.11
Pioneer 79 B – 7th – 2.01.81
Boys
13/14yr 4x50m Freestyle Team
Pioneer 79 A – 3rd – 1.56.46
Girls
15yr+ 4x50m Freestyle Team
Pioneer 79 A – 2nd – 1.53.67
Boys
15yr+ 4x50m Freestyle Team
Pioneer 79 A – 5th – 1.44.24
Mixed
Open 12x50m Freestyle Team
Pioneer 79 A – 1st – 5.41.71
Gold
Medals (Age Group)
Ella Williams – 50m Back
Elodie Smallwood – 100m Fly
Ethan Ramalli – 200m Fly
Arran Bostock – 100m Back
Harry Robinson – 50m Breast
Lily-Grace Duckworth – 50m
Free
Baylie Seery-Kelly – 200m Fly
Elodie Smallwood – 200m Fly
Ben Makin – 200m IM
Lily-Grace Duckworth – 100m
Back
Beth Hartwell – 800m Free
Ben Makin – 1500m Free
Lily-Grace Duckworth – 50m Fly
Meghann Leaver – 400m IM
Ben Makin – 400m IM
Beth Hartwell – 200m Free
Elodie Smallwood – 200m Free
Silver
Medals (Age Group)
Ben Makin – 400m Free
Ruby Cain – 50m Back
Eleanor Collin – 50m Back
Simone Ellson – 100m Fly
Izabel Forrest – 50m Breast
Ellie Perris – 100m Fly
Ben Martin – 50m Free
Lily-Grace Duckworth – 100m Free
Simone Ellson – 100m Free
Meghann Leaver – 100m Free
Simone Ellson – 200m IM
Meghann Leaver – 200m IM
Harry Robinson 100m Back
Ewan McKavett – 100m Back
Ruby Cain – 400m Free
Meghann Leaver – 400m Free
Harry Robinson 50m Back
Eleanor Collin – 100m IM
Ella Williams – 200m Back
Ruby Cain – 200m Back
Ben Martin – 100m Free
Caitlin Armstrong – 200m Fly
Meghann Leaver – 200m Fly
Ella Williams – 100m Back
Ruby Cain – 100m Back
Charlotte Collin – 200m Breast
Lily-Grace Duckworth – 200m Free
Eleanor Collin – 200m Breast
Ella Williams – 50m Fly
Simone Ellson – 50m Fly
Leah Williams – 50m Fly
Joe Murray – 100m Breast
Baylie Seery-Kelly – 400m IM
Ellie Perris – 400m IM
Ben Makin – 200m Free
Arran Bostock – 200m Free
Mia Smith – 100m Breast
Ruby Cain – 100m Breast
Charlotte Collin – 100m Breast
Eleanor Collin – 100m Breast
Bronze
Medals (Age Group)
Arran Bostock – 400m Free
Isabel Cockerham – 50m
Back
Harry Robinson – 200m Back
Arran Bostock – 200m Back
Ben Martin – 100m IM
Charlotte Collin – 50m
Breast
Ellie Ward – 50m Breast
Harry Robinson – 50m Free
Ruby Cain – 100m Free
Elodie Smallwood – 100m
Free
Ben Makin – 200m Fly
Ewan McKavett – 200m Fly
Ruby Cain – 200m IM
Elodie Smallwood – 200m IM
Simone Ellson – 400m Free
Lily-Grace Duckworth –
400m Free
Ella Williams – 100m IM
Mia Nobbs – 100m IM
Leah Williams – 100m IM
Ben Makin – 100m Fly
Jasmin Lahey – 200m Back
Eleanor Collin – 200m Back
Ben Makin – 50m Breast
Joe Murray – 50m Breast
Ruby Cain – 50m Free
Simone Ellson – 50m Free
Simone Ellson – 100m Back
Elodie Smallwood – 800m
Free
Baylie Seery-Kelly – 50m
Fly
Harry Robinson – 100m
Breast
Izabel Forrest – 100m
Breast
Mia Smith – 200m Breast
Mia Nobbs – 200m Breast
Izabel Forrest – 200m
Breast
Ellie Perris – 200m Breast
Harry Robinson – 200m
Breast
Joe Murray – 200m Breast
Simone Ellson – 200m Free
Relay
Medals
Gold
Open 12x50m Free Mixed
Silver
12&under 4x50m Medley Girls
13/14yrs 4x50m Medley Girls
15+yrs 4x50m Medley Girls
13/14yrs 4x50m Free Girls
15+yrs 4x50m Free Girls
Bronze
12&under 4x50m Medley
Boys
15+yrs 4x50m Medley Girls
15+yrs 4x50m Medley Boys
12&under 4x50m Free
Girls
13/14yrs 4x50m Free Boys
Junior
Championship Gold
Elodie Smallwood – 100m Fly
Ellie Ward – 100m Breast
Ellie Ward – 50m Breast
Junior
Championship Silver
Leah Williams – 50m Breast
Elodie Smallwood – 100m Free
Leah Williams – 100m IM
Isabel Cockerham – 100m Back
Ben Turland – 50m Fly
Junior
Championship Bronze
Isabel Cockerham – 50m
Back
Ellie Perris – 100m Fly
Ellie Perris – 50m Breast
Ben Turland – 50m Back
Leah Williams – 50m Fly
Ellie Perris – 100m Breast
Senior
Championship Gold
Eleanor Collin – 100m IM
Senior
Championship Silver
Eleanor Collin – 50m Back
Ben Martin – 100m IM
Eleanor Collin – 100m Fly
Ben Martin – 50m Free
Ben Martin – 100m Free
Eleanor Collin – 100m Breast
Senior
Championship Bronze
Eleanor Collin - 50m
Breast
Meghann Leaver – 100m Free
Ewan McKavett – 100m Back
Arran Bostock – 50m Back
Joe Murray – 50m Breast
Charlie Coy – 50m Free
Joe Murray – 100m Breast
PIONEER 79 ALSO TOOK HOME THE TOP CLUB TROPHY AFTER THEIR
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES OVER THE TWO WEEKENDS!
(BOB MARSHALL MEMORIAL
TROPHY)
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