Wirral Metro Level 4 Meet Dec 2011

A team of 32 swimmers travelled to the Europa Pool in Birkenhead over the weekend. Many swimmers achieved personal best times and although no medals were awarded at the meet this didn’t stop the Warriors performing well.  The swimmers, for some their first external gala, won 27 1^st places, 32 2^nd places and 27 3^rd places. Well done to all the swimmers.

Lewis McGhee managed a fantastic 10 1^st places whilst the following swimmers gained a top 3 finish in all the events that they entered: Joshua Cartledge, George Hill, Ryan McGhee, Caitlyn Shingler and Alex Watkinson.

Scottish National Short Course Swimming Championships Dec 2011

Warriors of Warrington sent four swimmers to the Inverness Aquadrome to compete in the Scottish National Short Course Swimming Championships from Thursday 15^th to Sunday 18^th December.

Ewan Miller (15) swam brilliantly and came away with two Bronze medals firstly in the Boys 15/U 400m and on the following day in the Boys 15/U 1500m Freestyle swimming personal best times in the process.

Caitlin McNicholas (16) swam her way to two finals in the Women’s 50m and 200m Breaststroke events and Michael Ross (15) also qualified for two finals in the Men’s 200m Backstroke and then the  Men’s 200m Individual Medlay.

Making up the quartet,  James Ross (14) finished 13^th in the Men’s 200m Breaststroke final and swam a total of four personal best times over the course of the meet.

In a packed arena, Warriors swimmers were competing against some of Scotland’s best swimmers and were a credit to themselves and the Club. 



Junior Tadpole League Sept - Nov 2011

Warriors of Warrington have taken part in the Junior Tadpole League for the first time this year, held at Everton Park by Liverpool swimming club.  Thirteen of our swimmers, aged from 9 to 12, took part and for some it was their first experience of competing externally.  It was held over several months, starting at the beginning of Sept and finishing in November on various dates and it has provided a great experience for the swimmers.

Caitlyn Shingler, 9, gave a great performance throughout the competition.  She competed in five events and finished 2^nd in the 50m Breaststroke and 200m Backstroke, 3^rd in the 50m Backstroke and 100m Individual Medley and 4^th in the 200m Freestyle.

James Forrest,  9, came 3^rd in the 100m Individual Medley and 4^th in the 200m Freestyle whilst Brett Takemoto, also 9, came 3^rd in the 200m Backstroke.

Caitlyn’s hard work gave her fantastic results and meant that she was awarded with 3^rd place in the BAGCAT points for the girls 9yr old age group meaning she was awarded a trophy to take home after all the hard work.

Well done to all the swimmers that took part and hopefully we will be entering the gala again next year.



Leeds Xmas Cracker Meet Dec 2011

A total of 17 swimmers from Warriors of Warrington travelled across to Leeds at the weekend for a Level 1 xmas gala at the John Charles centre for Sports 50M Pool.  Teams travelled from as far as Edinburgh and Hatfield and as expected for a Level 1 gala standards were high and the competition tough.  But all 17 swimmers excelled brilliantly bringing home a grand total of 12 medals, consisting of 4 Gold, 5 Silver and 3 Bronze.

Highlights of the day were Adam Ravenscroft’s 2 Gold in the 100M & 200M Breaststroke with a Silver in the 50M Breaststroke, Oliver Houghton taking Gold in the 50M Backstroke backed up with a bronze in the 100M Butterfly and Hugh Takemoto winning Warriors 5^th Gold medal in the 200M Breaststroke and collecting a Silver in the 200M Freestyle.

All the swimmers gave their everything and did the club proud with their excellent behaviour throughout the long weekend.

Special congratulations go to Leah Evans who gained precious NQT’s in the 100M Butterfly and 200M Butterfly.



National Swimming Arena League - Premier Division

National Swimming Arena League – Premier Division

The Final rounds of the arena league took place at the weekend with Division One in Bury and the Premier Division over at Liverpool Aquatics.

The Premier Division had to face tough competition again with all the teams taking part pulling out all the stops.  With 10 1^st place wins, 2 2^nd place and 6 3^rd place finishes the swimmers had to work extremely hard for those all important points.

Our first win came once again from the Boys 15/U Freestyle Relay team consisting of Sean Muscroft, Ewan Miller, David Richardson and Aaron Kirchin Brown.  Further wins came from, David Richardson in the 15/U 100 Back swimming a long course NQT, Oliver Houghton in the 13/U 100 Back, Leah Evans in the 15/U 100 Butterfly, Catherine Parker in the Girls Open 100 Back again swimming a long course NQT, Scott Hathaway in the Boys Open 100 Back, Sean Muscroft in the 15/U 100 Free, Adam Ravenscroft in the 15/U 100 Breast, Andy Bushell in the Boys Open 100 Free and finally the Boys 15/U Medlay Relay Team made up by David Richardson, Adam Ravenscroft, Ewan Miller and Sean Muscroft.

All that’s left for us to do now is to wait and find out whether we have been able to do enough to reach the National Arena Swimming League at Sheffield in April 2012.

Final Points

1^st  City of Liverpool 279

2^nd Prestion 275

3^rd City of Salford 272

4^th Stockport Metro 266

5^th Warriors of Warrington 220

6^th Southport 192

7^th Cockermouth 183

8^th Carnforth Otters 110