On a very wet weekend at the beginning of June a number of swimmers from the Barry Amateur Swimming club braved the weather to take part in the South East Wales Regional Junior Development Meet 2009 held at the SouthEastWalesRegionalPoolNewportInternationalSportsVillage.This was for many the first time they had swam in such an event and is seen as being the first stage in obtaining a recognised time.
The event saw an increase of some 200 swimmers over last year meaning that there were more than 350 swimmers taking part on each day. After a few hiccups with the starting equipment which all the swimmers took in their stride, the results showed that all members of the Barry team producedmany personal best times for their individual events and were consistently in the top half of all the swimmers in their respective age groups
The swimmers taking part were Seren Mirza-Davies (8 years) who had an excellent day finishing in the top 6 in all her events with an impressive 3rd place in her 25M butterfly with a time of 22.89. Elizabeth McCulloch (9 years) achieved a number of personal bests knocking off 16 secs in the 100M individual medley in a time of 1.51. Anna Mirza-Davies (11 years) pulled out all the stops in her 200M freestyle event to produce a time of 2.59 a personal best by some 49 secs.
The boys not wishing to be outdone by the girls produced some inspired swimming. New club member Rhys James (8 years) produced a first class set of results including a 3rd place in his 25M backstroke with a time of 20.53. Declan Ewington (8 years) secured a number of personal bests shaving 10 secs off his previous time for the 100M individual medley in a time of 1.58. Sam Smith (9 years) showed a terrific 25M butterfly result of 23.74 shaving off 6 secs from his previous best. The 11 -12 year age group was represented by new club member Tristan Cuer achieving personal best times in all 5 events, winning the 100M breaststroke in a time of 1.33.88 and gaining a well deserved bronze medal for the overall meet in this age group. Well done Tristan.
All swimmers should feel extremely proud of their achievements, special thanks goes to Denise Cuer who stood in as club coach for the meet at short notice.
We are holding the Summer Sprints Presentation Evening with food and a disco at Sully Sports and Social Club in Sully on Saturday 11th July 2009. It will be a 7.00pm start till late. This event will be a ticket only event. Tickets will be on sale at the front desk on Mondays and Fridays. We have sold out of tickets previous years so do be quick. The last date for tickets will be Friday 3rd July 2009.
Tickets will be
£6.50 for Adults,
£5.50 for Children
£4.00 for the smaller younger person.
The food choicewill be chicken, fish and a Vegetarian option served with Chips for adults and Children. For the smaller eaters the choice is chicken nuggets or sausage. Hope for good weather again this year as we had the floods 2 years ago. This is a fantastic event for the swimmer’s to get to know other swimmers and make friends.
Ticket will be on sale at the front desk on Mondays and Fridays
Please can you make sure that all Trophies received at the AGM on Saturday 7th March 2009 are engraved with the award winners name on and 2008 for the year.
Direct Source - Supplier of Barry Amateur Swimming Club Trophies and Medals for 2009
Direct Source in Taff Well provided all the medals and some trophies. They do engraving at a very resonable price. Please link to the web site to find out how to contact them and find the shop.
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