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Anglian League Final 09





Wisbech SC returned to competitive swimming after the summer break in the 4th round of the Junior Fenland League held at Cambridge. Emily Kelly and Daniel Dale provided the only wins of the evening. Emily in the 9yrs 50m Freestyle and Daniel in the 12/u 50m freestyle set new personal best times. With only a small team available to swim the swimmers had many races to compete in, often in a higher age group. Overall the team produced 24 personal best times; Rory Willis achieved 5 pbs in the evening. Wisbech finished 5th overall.
Full results
Cambridge 171, Boston A 160, West Norfolk A 116, Mildenhall 99, Wisbech 94.

1st Emily Kelly 9yrs 50m Freestyle pb, Daniel Dale12/u 50m Freestyle pb,

2nd Rory Willis13/u 50m Backstroke pb, Kate Newton11/u 50m Butterfly, Oliver Newton10/u 50m Backstroke, Eve Norman 9yrs 50m Breaststroke, Hetty Beckett 9yrs 50m Backstroke, Abigail Foley 11/u 50m Breaststroke,

3rd Hetty Beckett10/u 50m Backstroke, Rory Willis13/u 50m Butterfly pb, Grace Cherry10/u 50m Freestyle, Abigail Foley12/u 50m Breaststroke pb, Joshua Jeffries9yrs 50m Backstroke pb, Oliver Newton10/u 50m Butterfly, Phoebe Gallagher10/u 50m Butterfly pb, Jack Hughes11/u 50m Breaststroke pb,

4th Joshua Jeffries10/u 50m Breaststroke pb, 9yrs 50m Breaststroke, Jack Hughes11/u 50m Butterfly pb, Leah Harrington13/u 50m Breaststroke pb, 8x25m Relay Oliver Newton, Grace Cherry, Jack Hughes, Kate Newton, Daniel Dale, Bethan McKay, Rory Willis, Abigail Foley,

5th Jack Hughes12/u 100m Ind/Medley pb, Bethan McKay12/u 100m IndMedley pb, 12/u 50m Butterfly, Phoebe Gallagher13/u 50m Backstroke pb, Dominic Foley9yrs 50m Freestyle, 10/u 50m Freestyle, Eve Norman10/u 50m Breaststroke pb, Abigail Foley12/u 50m Freestyle pb, Rory Willis13/u 50m Breaststroke pb, 13/u 50m Freestyle pb, 13/u 100m Ind/Medley pb, Jack Hughes11/u 50m Freestyle pb, Grace Cherry11/u 50m Freestyle, Daniel Dale12/u 50m Backstroke pb, 12/u 50m Breaststroke pb, 12/u 50m Butterfly pb, Kate Newton12/u 50m Backstroke pb, 11/u 50m Backstroke pb, Elizabeth Jeffries13/u 50m Butterfly, 13/u 100m Ind/Medley, Oliver Newton11/u Backstroke, Emily Kelly13/u Freestyle pb.



Premier Foods 20th June 2009

Wisbech Sc hosted the Premier Foods Trophy Gala on Saturday with Huntingdon and West Norfolk taking part. 13 1^st places and 21 personal best times for Wisbech ensured that the team were challenging for first place. Millie Hopkisson with 1^st place in the 50m Butterfly and 50m Breaststroke and Jordan Wilson with a 4 second improvement on his personal best for the 50m Freestyle were amongst the many outstanding swims throughout the night. Swimmers making their debut for the team were William McKay and James Dobler both finishing first and Courtney Fleet with a second. With the lead swinging from Wisbech to Huntingdon throughout the evening it finally came down to the last event with Wisbech needing to win to secure victory. Wisbech finished second in the final relay and thus a nervous wait for the scores to be added up finished with Wisbech and Huntingdon drawing on 82 points and West Norfolk on 41.

Junior Fenland League 13th June 2009

Team captains Jake Hopkisson and Leah Harrington led Wisbech to second place in the 3^rd round of the Junior Fenland League held at Wisbech on Saturday. Leah knocked over a second off her personal best time in the 13/u Freestyle to beat the cut off time. For Jake and Millie Hopkisson it was a double first, Jake in the 12/u Backstroke, 12/u Butterfly and Millie in the 10/u Breaststroke, 10/u Backstroke. Eve Norman making her debut in the league secured first place in the 9/u Breaststroke. Also making their debuts were Emily Kelly, Dominic Foley, Alex van Dort. Nine first places and 22 personal best times were achieved by Wisbech swimmers on the night. Final Results were; Deepings 181, Wisbech 144, Ely 118, Huntingdon 102, March 82.

Spring Gala

Wisbech Swimming Club held the Annual Spring Gala for the Junior and Pre-Squad swimmers. For some of the 90 swimmers that took part it was their first exciting experience of competing in a Gala. The evening produced a closely fought contest between all five teams, and the swimmers were supported vociferously by fellow team mates and the large crowd which attended. Over all a noisy night was enjoyed by all; the Wacky Racers finished triumphant winners.

Final Scores- Wacky Racers 110, Mad Mantas 98, Pirates 97, Dashing Dolphins 89, rubber Duckies 87,

Junior Fenlnd League April 25th 2009

Wisbech SC travelled to Cambridge for the 2^nd Round of the Junior Fenland League competing against teams from Cambridge, Bottisham, Deepings and Huntingdon. Leah Harrington with two wins and personal best times in 50m Freestyle & Backstroke led the way with Oliver Newton 50m Backstroke and Kate Newton 50m Backstroke winning also with personal best times as well. Hetty Beckett, Joshua Jeffries, Alice Dennis, Jordan Wilson and Chaira Calaby all made their debuts for the team. The Wisbech swimmers had to compete hard to gain places and points and with 31 personal best times out of 42 events the team finished joint 3^rd with Huntingdon.

 

Final Scores 1^st Cambridge 173, Deepings 161, Wisbech 104, Huntingdon 104, Bottisham 89.

April 18th 2009

Wisbech competed against Boston A & B squads and St Ives in the second round of the Anglian league hosted by Wisbech on Saturday. Wins by Annabel van Daalen and Laura Pattern and 15 personal best times showed the effort that the swimmers put in to a close gala. The final scores were Boston A 103, St Ives 74, Boston B 67 and Wisbech 66.

County Championships 2009

A squad of 12 Wisbech swimmers competed in the County Championships over the last two weekends. Matthew Jakeman gained 7 first places 2 seconds and 1 third this helped him collect the Best Male swimmer in the 16yrs age group. Matthew also achieved 6 qualifying times for the East Region Youth championships in May further more Rosie Manning also gained a 1st and 2nd place and 2 Regional qualifying times. Ryan Rout-Lester appearing in his first Championships came home with 1 first, 1 second and a third place also in her first Championship Emily Pilbeam gained four 2nd places. Through the four days of competition the 12 swimmers won 9 gold, 13 silver and 14 bronze medals and finished 7th out of 10 competing teams in the medal table. Between them they also set 40 personnel best times. 30 swimmers took part in the relays which allowed some of the younger swimmers the chance to experience the opportunity of competing against the top swimmers in their age group from all over Cambridgeshire.

The medal winners





15 first and 16 second places helped Wisbech secure victory against huntingdon St Neots and March at the Huntingdon Piranhas Spring Shield gala on Saturday. 17 personal best times were set. Wisbech led from the start and maintained their lead throughout the evening.

1st – Emily Pilbeam 13/u 50m Breaststroke pb, Jake Hopkisson 13/u 50m Breaststroke pb, Laura Pattern Open 50m Backstroke, Eilish Quinn 15/u Breaststroke, Anna Wilson 11/u 25m Butterfly pb, Oliver Newton 11/u 25m Butterfly, Martin Taylor Open 50m Breaststroke, Rory Willis 13/u 50m Butterfly, Molly Eyres 11/u 50m Backstroke, Harry Johnson 11/u 50m Backstroke pb, Tom Kelly 15/u 50m Butterfly, Millie Hopkisson 11/u 50m Breaststroke pb, 11 &  13/u Medley Relay Millie Hopkisson, Emily Pilbeam, Leah Harrington, Kate Newton, 11&13/u Freestyle Relay Emily Pilbeam, Millie Hopkisson, Phoebe Gallagher, Leah Harrington, 11&13/u Freestyle Relay Jake Hopkisson, Sam McClennon, Oliver Newton, Rory Willis,

2nd - Sophie Robinson Open 50m Butterfly pb, Matthew Jakeman Open 50m Butterfly, Open 50m Backstroke pb, Jessica Jeffries 15/u 50m Backstroke pb, 15/u 50m Freestyle, Martin Taylor 15/u 50m Backstroke pb, Sam McClennon 11/u 50m Freestyle pb, 13/u 50m Backstroke pb, Marti Harrington 15/u Breaststroke pb, Elizabeth Jeffries 13/u 50m Freestyle pb, Kate Newton 13/u 50m Butterfly pb, Laura Pattern Open 50m Freestyle, 15/u & Open Medley Relay Laura Pattern, Sophie Robinson, Leah Harrington, Eilish Quinn, 11 & 13/u Medley Relay Harry Johnson, Sam McClennon, Rory Willis, Jake Hopkisson, 15/u & Open Freestyle Relay Sophie Robinson Laura Pattern Leah Harrington, Eilish Quinn, Mixed Cannon Relay Kate Newton, Harry Johnson, Emily Pilbeam, Jake Hopkisson, Jessica Jeffries, Tom Kelly, Laura Pattern, Matthew Jakeman.

3rd – Ryan Rout-Lester Open 50m Freestyle, Elizabeth Jeffries 13/u 50m Backstroke, Harry Johnson 50m 11/u Breaststroke, 15/u & Open Medley Relay  Ryan Moore, Ryan Rout-Lester, Matthew Jakeman, Tom Kelly, 15/u & Open Freestyle Relay Tom Kelly, Martin Taylor, Ryan Rout-Lester, Matthew Jakeman,

4th – Sophie Robinson Open 50m Breaststroke, Leah Harrington 15/u 50m Butterfly,

Beat cut off time – Pheobe Gallagher 11/u 50m Freestyle pb, Rory Willis 13/u 50m Freestyle pb, Ryan Moore 15/u 50m Freestyle pb,

Final Scores- Wisbech 121.5, Huntingdon 109.5, St Neots 86.5, March 61 

After a successful Club Championships in which 11 Club records were broken and 28 swimmers achieved county times Wisbech Swimming Club held a presentation evening for all the swimmers at Mendis. The guest of honour Chairman of the Round Table Mr Nick Watson presented the trophies to the swimmers before presenting a Cheque for £1000 to Club chairman Michael Pattern and sponsoring a new trophy for the club championships. Pictured Mr Nick Watson (Right) presenting the cheque to Mr Michael Pattern and Trophy winners. Earlier in the day the club held a presentation for the 9 & under swimmers who after receiving their trophies were entertained by a magician.

Junior Presentation 2009

Anglian League

Wisbech competed against Kings Lynn, Boston and Chatteris in the first round of the Anglian league held at Kings Lynn on Saturday. Wins by Sam Johnson and Sophie Robinson and 12 personal best times showed the effort that the swimmers put in, a close gala.

 1^st - Sam Johnson 100m Open Ind/Medley pb, Sophie Robinson 50m Open Backstroke,

 2^nd - Laura Pattern 100m Open Ind/Medley, Ryan Rout Lester 100m 15/u Breaststroke, 200m 15/u Ind/Medley, Erin Gibbons 100m 15/u Breaststroke, Emily Pilbeam 200m 13/u Ind/Medley, Sophie Robinson 50m Open Butterfly pb, 50m Open Freestyle, Tom Kelly 100m 15/u Freestyle pb, Martin Taylor 50m Open Breaststroke pb, Jake Hopkisson 100m 13/u Breaststroke pb, 6x50m Mixed Relay Sam Johnson, Laura Pattern, Ryan Rout-Lester, Erin Gibbons, Tom Kelly, Annabel van Daalen.

 3^rd - Tom Kelly 100m 15/u Butterfly, 100m 15/u Backstroke, Jake Hopkisson 100m 13/u Freestyle pb, Elizabeth Jeffries 100m 13/u Freestyle pb, Leah Harrington 200m 15/u  Ind/Medley, Rory Willis 100m 13/u  Butterfly, Annabel Van Daalen 100m 13/u  Butterfly pb, Laura Pattern 50m Open Breaststroke, Emily Pilbeam 100m 15/u Backstroke pb, Saskia Gurney 100m 13/u Breaststroke pb,

 4^th - Leah Harrington 100m 15/u Butterfly, Martin Taylor 50m Open Backstroke pb, Rory Willis 200m 13/u  Ind/Medley, Ryan Moore 50m Open Butterfly pb, Erin Gibbons 100m 15/u Freestyle, Elizabeth Jeffries 100m 13/u Backstroke, Marti Harrington 50m Open Freestyle,

 1^st Boston 93, 2^nd Chatteris 79, 3^rd Wisbech 68, 4^th Kings Lynn 66,

Mendi's Trophy Gala - Jan2009

Wisbech SC hosted the Mendis Trophy Gala on Saturday with teams from Dereham, Kings Lynn, St Neots and Ely. The Wisbech swimmers found first places hard to gain with Lucy Ryan claiming first place in the Open 100m Breaststroke. Seven second places and fourteen third places left Wisbech in overall fourth place at the end of the gala. With many swimmers swimming in older age groups, 19 personal best times set during the evening reflected the hard work by the swimmers.

1st - Lucy Ryan Open 100m Breaststroke pb,

2nd- Matthew Jakeman 100m Breaststroke pb, Sarah Knight 13/u 100m Freestyle, Sam Johnson Open 100m Backstroke pb, Rory Willis 13/u 100m Butterfly, Kate Newton 11/u 50m Butterfly pb, Open 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay Jessica Jeffries, Kayleigh Quinn, Sophie Robinson, Laura Pattern, Open 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay Matthew Jakeman, Martin Taylor, Sam Johnson, Andrew Jakeman.

3rd- Ryan Rout-Lester 15/u 4 x 50m IM pb, Emily Pilbeam 13/u 4 x 25m IM pb, 13/u 100m Breaststroke, Rory Willis13/u 4 x 25m IM pb, Abigail Foley 11/u 50m Freestyle, Leah Harrington 15/u 100m Butterfly, Sophie Robinson Open 4 x 50m IM pb, Matthew Jakeman Open 4 x 50m IM pb, Cree Howlett 11/u 50m Backstroke pb, Kayleigh Quinn Open 100m Backstroke, Sarah Knight13/u 100m Butterfly, Laura Pattern Open 100m Freestyle, Open 100m Freestyle Andrew Jakeman, 11/u 4 x 25m Freestyle Relay Kate Newton, Abigail Foley,Ellesha Wedge, Cree Howlett,

 4th- Leah Harrington15/u 4 x 50m IM, Elizabeth Jeffries 13/u 100m Backstroke pb, Harry Johnson 13/u 100m Backstroke pb, Jessica Jeffries Open 100m Butterfly pb, Sam Johnson Open 100m Butterfly, Sarah Knight 15/u 100m Backstroke pb, Thomas Kelly 15/u 100m Butterfly, 15/u 100m Freestyle, Ryan Rout-Lester 15/u 100m Breaststroke, Harry Johnson 13/u 100m Freestyle, Emily Pilbeam 15/u 100m Freestyle, Jack Hughes 11/u 50m Butterfly pb, 15/u 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay Leah Harrington, Kate Newton, Emily Pilbeam, Sarah Knight, 15/u 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay Ryan Rout-Lester, Ryan Moore, Liam Wood, Tom Kelly, 13/u 4 x 25m Freestyle Relay Emily Pilbeam, Elizabeth Jeffries, Abigail Foley, Sarah Knight, 13/u 4 x 25m Freestyle Relay Rory Willis, Scott Drewery, William Green, Harry Johnson,

5th- Elleasha Wedge 11/u 50m Breaststroke pb, Jordan Crowson 11/u 50m Breaststroke pb, Ryan Moore 15/u 100m Backstroke, Scot Drewery 11/u 50m Freestyle, William Green 13/u 100m Breaststroke pb, Jack Hughes 11/u 50m Backstroke, Elizabeth Jeffries 15/u 100m Breaststroke, Scott Drewery 11/u 4 x 25m IM pb, 11/u 4 x 25m Freestyle Relay Scott Drewery, Jack Hughes, Oliver Newton, Jordan Crowson,

Results – Kings Lynn 196, Dereham 181, St Neots Swans 126, Wisbech 116, Ely 91.
Club Championships

The first week of the Wisbech SC Championships saw some outstanding swims in the longer distances. 9 club records were broken with Thomas Kelly and Matthew Jakeman each setting three in the 400m Individual Medley, 400m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle. Also setting new club records were Sophie Robinson 400m Freestyle Laura Pattern 800m Freestyle and Lucy Ryan 400m Individual Medley.

400m Individual Medley -13/under 1st Thomas Kelly pb Club Record,

14/over 1st Matthew Jakeman pb Club Record, 2nd Ryan Rout-Lester pb, 3rd Marti Harrington,

13/under 1st Emily Pilbeam pb, 2nd Leah Harrington pb, 3rd Rosie Spriggs pb,

14/over 1st Lucy Ryan pb Club Record, 2nd Kayleigh Quinn pb, 3rd Jessica Jeffries pb, 4th Connie Anker pb, 5th Erin Gibbons pb,

400m Freestyle - 13/under 1st Thomas Kelly pb Club Record, 2nd Jake Joyce pb, 3rd Jack Hughes pb,

14/over 1st Matthew Jakeman pb Club Record, 2nd Ryan Rout-Lester pb, 3rd Marti Harrington, 4th Martin Taylor pb, 5th Liam Wood pb,

13/under 1st Emily Pilbeam pb, 2nd Sarah Knight pb, 3rd Leah Harrington, 4th Elizabeth Jeffries pb, 5th Hannah Dobler pb, 6th Rosie Spriggs pb, 7th Bethan McKay pb,

14/over 1st Sophie Robinson Club Record, 2nd Laura Pattern, 3rd Lucy Ryan, 4th Kayleigh Quinn pb, 5th Jessica Jeffries pb, 6th Elish Quinn pb, 7th Fiona Jakeman, 8th Erin Gibbons pb, 9th Connie Anker pb, 10th Clarisa Webb pb, 11th Alice Blyth pb.

800m Freestyle -13/under 1st Thomas Kelly pb Club Record, 2nd Jake Joyce pb,

14/over 1st Matthew Jakeman pb Club Record, 2nd Sam Johnson pb, 3rd Ryan Rout-Lester pb, 4th Liam Wood pb,

13/under 1st Emily Pilbeam pb, 2nd Rosie Spriggs pb, 3rd Hannah Dobler pb,

14/over 1st Laura Pattern Club Record, 2nd Sophie Robinson, 3rd Kayleigh Quinn pb, 4th Jessica Jeffries pb, 5th Elish Quinn pb, 6th Connie Anker pb


Wisbech - Arther Bailey Trophy 2009

Wisbech competed against Boston , March and St Neots for the Arthur Bailey Trophy in a gala on Saturday. It was a closely fought competition between all the teams. There were 13 first places gained and 30 personal best times set. Overall the Wisbech team finished a very close second. Making their debuts for the team were Dominic Foley, Shay Minoll, Jacob Levitt, Joshua Jeffries, Hetty Becket, Alice Dennis, Emily Kelly and Lizzie McClennon.

Wisbech visit Ponds Forge - Sheffield Annual Open Meet

Seven swimmers from Wisbech travelled to Sheffield for the Annual Open Meet held at Ponds Forge. This was a great chance for the swimmers to gain experience competing in a 50m pool and against swimmers representing clubs from all over the country. Thomas Kelly and Matthew Jakeman had a successful day, Thomas with three firsts, one second and a third. Matthew had two seconds and a fourth place. He finished the day by achieving qualifying times for the Regional Championships, in the 50m and 100m Freestyle. Emily Pilbeam finished with a third place and Laura Pattern with a fourth. 43 personal best times were achieved throughout the day and on the long journey home they could sit back and be justifiably satisfied with all their efforts.

Intermediate County Championships

12 swimmers from Wisbech swam in the Intermediate County championships held at Peterborough .  Leading the way Laura Pattern with five gold’s, Thomas Kelly with three, Emily Pilbeam, Sophie Robinson with two each and Rosie Manning and Leah Harrington one each. Ryan Rout-Lester making his debut in the championships won one gold, six silver and two bronze, also making their debuts was Phoebe Gallagher and Jordan Crowson. 12 swimmers competed on the day winning 35 medals in total and setting 21 personal best times.

 

Gold - Laura Pattern 16yrs 100m Backstroke pb, 400m Freestyle pb, 50m Butterfly, 100m IM, 200m Freestyle pb ,
Thomas Kelly 13yrs 200m Backstroke pb, 100m Backstroke pb, 100m Breaststroke,
Sophie Robinson 17yrs, 400m Freestyle, 200m IM,
Emily Pilbeam 200m Breaststroke pb, 50m Butterfly pb,
Leah Harrington 13yrs 100m Butterfly,
Rosie Manning 15yrs 50m Butterfly,
Ryan Rout-Lester 14yrs 100m Breaststroke pb,

 
Silver - Ryan Rout-Lester 14yrs100m IM pb, 100m Backstroke pb, 100m Freestyle pb, 200m IM pb, 50m Breaststroke pb, 200m Freestyle pb,

Thomas Kelly 13yrs 50m Butterfly pb, 50m Backstroke,
Leah Harrington 13yrs 50m Butterfly,
Sophie Robinson 17yrs100m IM, 100m Freestyle
Marti Harrington 100m Breaststroke,
Laura Pattern16yrs50m Breaststroke,

 
Bronze - Marti Harrington 15yrs 200m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle. 50m Breaststroke,
Leah Harrington 13yrs50m Freestyle,
Erin Gibbons 14yrs 50m Butterfly,
Ryan Rout-Lester 14yrs 50m Backstroke pb.

 

Aspire Swim the Channel Challenge.

Wisbech swimmers swam 35,200mtrs each as they took part in the Aspire Swim the Channel Challenge held over November and December. Swimmers from the Squad that accepted the challenge totalled up their metres swum during training sessions and it only took them two weeks to amass the required distance. The small pool swimmers also contributed by holding Spooky Swims during their lessons which involved all kinds of fun activities and games. Altogether the swimmers at the club raised an amazing total of £500.