14 June 2011

Final week­end of the NER Bag­cat Cham­pi­onships sees our gold medal tal­ly double.

The sec­ond week­end of the ASA NER Bag­cat Cham­pi­onships took place at Ponds Forge in Sheffield on the 11th and 12th June 2011.

With the Cham­pi­onships being the last chance for most swim­mers to qual­i­fy for the ASA Nation­al Cham­pi­onships, the com­pe­ti­tion was fierce with many swim­mers try­ing to achieve their qual­i­fy­ing times.

The City of Leeds Swim­ming Club were rep­re­sent­ed by mem­bers of the Nation­al Youth and Age Group squads, Com­pe­ti­tion Cen­tral and the Region­al Youth Squad.

There were some great swims over the week­end with swim­mers from the City of Leeds achiev­ing more Nation­al Qual­i­fy­ing times and Chantel Mad­den achiev­ing her first in the Girls 200m breaststroke.

The City of Leeds Boys and Girls 4 x 100m med­ley relay Teams post­ed com­pet­i­tive times in a bid to gain qual­i­fi­ca­tion for the Nation­al relays. The teams now have to wait for the rest of the results around the coun­try to see if they have qualified.

The Cham­pi­onships fin­ished with the City of Leeds top­ping the medal table with 26 Gold, 31 Sil­ver, and 22 Bronze medals.

Gold (13)

Jes­si­ca Man­ning (4), Euan Cow­an (2), Kiani Camp­bell Grady, Chantel Mad­den, Blake Ben­nett, Chloe Adams, Jacob Butetr­field, Boys 4x100m med­ley ​‘A’ Team, 4x100m med­ley ​‘A’ Team

Sil­ver (13)

Euan Cow­an (2), Kiani Camp­bell Grady (2), Fred­dy Hoban, Toby Kitch­ing, Jacob But­ter­field, Blake Ben­nett, Lay­la Black, Dou­glas Walk­er, Liam Bir­rell, Lin­da Shaw, Rebekah Birrell

Bronze (11)

Jacob But­ter­field (2), Abi­gail Bur­ton (2), Eddis­son Munoz (2), Liam Bir­rell, Euan Cow­an, Toby Kitch­ing, James Thomp­son, Blake Bennett

Final­ists

Lin­da Shaw, Richard Maw­son, Cleo Gor­ringe, Rebekah Bir­rell, Chantrel Mad­den, Tom Gaskell, Blake Ben­nett, Fin­lay Law­less Coombes, Jacob Sed­don, Dou­glas Walk­er, Abi­gail Bur­ton, Kather­ine Fish­er, Bran­non Pear­son, Lewis Evers, Callan Jack, Dan Hall, Fred­dy Hoban, Jacob But­ter­filed, Liam Bir­rell, Chloe Adams, Amelia Clynes, Geor­gia Coates, Kiani Camp­bell Grady, William Finn, Toby Kitch­ing, Robert Tay­lor, Abi­gail Jack, Lay­la Black, Har­ry Devlin, Chris Greenwood.