Laura Bellars has been in action again this time at the Disability East Midlands regional swimming championships held in Mansfield on Sunday 25th of September.
Swimming in her usual S9 class, she produced some excellent results with 2 new Personal Best (PB) times.
50 Freestyle (2nd - time 41.48)
100 Freestyle (3rd - time 1.29.37)
200 Freestyle (4th - time 3.07.27) PB
100 I.M (1st - time 1.46.72)
200 I.M (1st - time 3.42.91)
100 Backstroke (1st - time 1.41.98) PB
50 Fly (1st - time 49.38)
The results above were sufficient to give Laura the overall Championships in the S9 category - Well done Laura.
As I am sure you are all aware we are in "Club Champs" mode at the moment, we have received 592 entries from 64 swimmers with 31 competitors taking part in one of the events. This is a very good turnout but there are still lots of gaps with some of the juniors not competing very much and some of the seniors being a bit "choosey" as well.
Just remember the Club Champs are the best opportunity to give everything a try (Yes - this does mean enter everything you are eligible for) Most swimmers obtain their County entries from the Club Champs which is another good reason to give them all a go. Please have a chat with me if you need to know more about this or the Counties for next year.
With Rounds 1 & 2 completed 68 new county times were achieved over the weekend, with over 160 PB's (this doesn't include swimmers who were not on the rankings already)
The following Championship records have been broken: -
Event 1 200 Fly 13/U Jemma Smith 2.56.00
Event 2 200 Fly 13/U Thomas Lane 2.42.02
Event 3 100 Breast Open Hayley Brooker 1.25.66
Event 4 100 Breast Open Ben Marsters 1.09.59
Event 5 50 Back 9/U Chloe Hannam 43.39
Event 6 50 Back 13/U Thomas Lane 35.43
Event 6 50 Back Open Ben Marsters 30.36
Event 10 100 IM Open Ben Marsters 1.05.51
Event 12 25 Free 7/U Ashley Beckett 20.05
Event 17 25 fly 7/U Devon Stoner 27.20
Event 18 25 fly 7/U Ashley Beckett 24.99
Whilst commenting on records we have had a number of overall Club Records broken recently. 2 during the Lincs Junior League Final. Tom Lane broke the 50m Fly record, whilst Sully Stoner improved on his own 50m Breaststroke record.
Other new overall records to go at the Club Camps were: -
Chloe Hannam, 100 IM and Sully Stoner 400 Free, 100 IM, 50 Breast
Well done to all of our swimmers on their fantastic achievements.
