The Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Joy as future stars make the nationals
City of Peterborough Swimming Club are delighted to see 17 of their promising young swimmers qualifying for national competitions this summer.
An elite swimming club, City of Peterborough pride themselves on excellence, commitment and hard work, and after the pandemic have worked extremely hard to rebuild strength, speed and teamwork to again be able to provide their rising stars the opportunities to compete on a national stage.
And that work has paid off handsomely.
Head coach Ben Negus said “After an 18 month lockdown, a return to the pool in which we’ve not had pools on a consistent basis and we’ve had to restructure our whole programme to suit the limitations set on the club, we are delighted to see 17 of our members qualify for this summer's British and Home Nation Summer Nationals.
“The coaching team and executive committee at this club are proud of the work behind the scenes to ensure this group represents Peterborough at the highest domestic level.
“It’s a credit to their attitude and commitment and the support their teammates have given that they represent COPS on this stage.”
The British Swimming Summer championships wil be competed over 22nd -28th
July in Sheffield and the top 24 swimmers in GB in each age group get invited to this.
SwimEngland Summer Championships take place on 4th-9th August, also in Sheffield, and the top 24-44 swimmers in each age group are invited to this one while
the SwimWales Summer Championships are held 3rd8th August in Swansea which also features the top 24-44 swimmers in each age group.
The following COPs members have worked incredibly hard to achieve the qualifying times at these events: Rufus
Bennett, Orlando Dearing, Josh Sackree, Fabian Brudnicki, George Whiteman, Vanesa Cimermanova, Lilly Davis, Belle Cameron,
Megan Donovan, Lara Treharne, Jess Shaw, Hannah Willis, Harriet Salisbury, Josh Martin, Daniel Moyses,
Isabella Mahoney, Olivia Mahoney.
If you are interested in a free trial for the City of Peterborough club and you are at Swim England level seven or above please contact assistant coach Joe at Joe.middleton@copsclub.co.uk.