Out of a grand total of 75 swims, 51 PB's were achieved! Well done to all!
Saturday - Bo.Barnsley Xmas Sprint
Competing were Sophie Byrne, Ben Dawson, Amy Johnson, Freya Needham, Nick Short and Fran Sisson. 23 swims = 17 PB's !! Every swimmer got at least 2Pb's which shows that the hard work in training, even in a small training pool, is really starting to pay off. What was most impressive to see is how much skills and techniques have improved and the consistency of which is very good!
One noticeable thing that everyone needs to improve, is streamlining on the dive and underwater phases of the swim. This is crucial to swimming fast and its so easy to do with a little practice. Everyone swam fantastic, well done swimmers!
Sunday - Derbyshire Sprints
Competing were Nick Bainbridge, Sophie Byrne, Tom Colling, senior coach Mike Glossop, Jodie Hawksworth, Chloe Hodson, Amy Johnson, Bronwen Jones, Emma Longden, Rowan Mycock, Verity Mycock, Helen Thornhill, Abbie Wood and Lucy Wood. 52 swims = 34 PB's !! Only three swimmers didn't achieve personal bests but were no more than 0.39s off which is very positive. Like Saturday, it is very impressive to see is how much skills and techniques have improved and the consistency of which is very good! High elbows, strong finishes, good use of fly kicks off the start were all positives.
Again, it was streamlining that was the common factor in most swims on the dive and underwater phases of the swim. As above, streamlining is crucial to swimming fast and its so easy to do with a little practice. Everyone swam fantastic, PB's or not, well done swimmers!
Over the weekend we proved that a small club can achieve big things in tough circumstances. Lets not forget how little pool time we have, the size of the pool currently used and the fact that we had very little training leading into the weekend due to the weather. Considering all these factors, we did exceptionally well! Everyone should be very proud of themselves.
Thanks must also go out to all the taxi drivers (thats all the parents) and all the helpers over the weekend and in the lead up to the competitions.
