Club Champions and Awards Presentation
Last night saw our annual Christmas Party and Awards Presentation. Thank you to everyone who helped and came along - it was a fantastic venue, amazing food and great entertainment. Please read on for a full list of all Awards and winners. Congratulations to everyone!
Our 2018 Club Champions
Our 2018 Swimmers of the Year
Development Swimmer of the Year
Female – Ruby Harrigan Jones
Has progressed from Junior Silver to Skill Dev 1 into Competition Development in the space of 6 months
Has competed in all competitions across the season
Made good improvements in terms of times across all the meets
Punctual, Hard working, Listens, Takes things on board and implements new skills
90% attendance
Male – Mathew Guzy
Has progressed from Skill Dev 3 into Comp Dev
One of the youngest swimmers to move and swim in Comp Dev
Consistent in training, ask for feedback, good skills and technique
Trains on his own and does extra on top of his normal training
85% attendance
Attended all competitions
PBing in all meets
Competes at a high level in other sports including Tennis which he has been selected for
Junior Swimmer of the Year
Female – Isla Silva
Has shown great determination despite having many up’s and downs within her season
Has been selected as part of the London Region Talent Camp
Finialled and medalled at Regionals
Numerous finals and medals at counties
Top Swimmer Award at City Of Derby
Works hard in training and has very high standards
Male – Llewelyn Porter
Has made huge improvements across competition and training
Listens to everything and always wants to learn
Skills and technique stand out both in training and competition
Polite, great manners and respectful
Pbd consistently throughout the season
Nearly every county time
Club records in most events his age group
County times in nearly every event
Meets his full attendance requirement
Big improvements in weakest strokes, eg backstroke
Senior Swimmer of the Year
Female – Kaia Cudmore
Previous to joining the club, had struggled to PB in nearly 2 years
Has made consistent improvements since joining
Great work ethic in training
Keen to improve
Overcame a difficult start to this season
Finals and Medal at Welsh Nationals and Regionals
Male – Kai Ogden
Trained superbly throughout the year
Great attitude and commitment
Managing time well through exams
Qualified for 5 events at Winter Nationals
Medals and Regionals and Counties
Often goes above and beyond with extra work
Qualified for Summer nationals in 3 events making (200 IM British, 200 Back 400 IM English)
Won a bronze medal in the 400 IM at English
Jeremy Tobias Tarsh – YV of the Year – Madison Taylor
Great attitude
Great role model
Very engaging with young swimmers and proactive on poolside
Has volunteered at numerous meets including ones she isn’t swimming at
Does 2-3 sessions per week every week
Volunteered at all Timetrials
Over 115 hours voluntary work for the club
