Marriott leads the way for Shepshed swim club
SHEPSHED Swimming Club (SSC) were delighted to enter seven swimmers into the Leicestershire ASA County Championships over three weekends in January and February 2023.
Ewan Brazener, Archie Bryan, Sam Hill, Florrie Marriott, Jade Needham, Rosie Rands and Ava Webb each achieved qualifying times during 2022 which gave them the opportunity to compete against other top swimmers in the county.
The top performer of the SSC swimmers was Florrie Marriott (aged 12) who came third in the girls U13 50m breaststroke – the first medallist for the club in a long time.
Florrie also achieved personal bests (PBs) in each of the 50m races in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly finishing each event just outside of the top eight times for the medal finals.
SSC also had two other finalists, Archie Bryan (16) who finished 7th in the final of the men’s open 50m butterfly and Ava Webb (10) in her first county championships who came 6th in the girls U11 50m breaststroke.
Team manager, Brillo Hill congratulated each of the finalists on their great achievements: “As the smallest competitive swimming club in Leicestershire, we are delighted to have three finalists and one medallist in the county championships. I would also like to congratulate all of our swimmers on achieving qualification times and personally succeeding by performing at their peak in all of the races swam and supporting each other throughout the championships.”
Ewan Brazener (16), Archie Bryan (16) and Sam Hill (15) all competed in the Mens Open Competition (with no upper age limit) and each smashed PBs in their many events. Ewan, the Boys Captain, competed across eight events over the three weekends and achieved PBs in most events almost qualifying for the final of the 100m freestyle.
There was great competition between Ewan, Archie and Sam in a tough open category and they challenged each other to PBs in 100m individual medley (IM), 50m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke.
For the other girls, Jade Needham (16) matched her PB in the Ladies Open 50m breaststroke, Rosie Rands (13) almost knocked a second off her PB in the girls U14 50m freestyle and Ava Webb achieved a PB in the girls U11 50m freestyle.
Shepshed Swimming Club is now looking forward to the resumption of the Winter League Swimming galas and the Diddy League galas for the younger swimmers in the Spring.
The club trains on Monday, Thursday and Friday evenings at the swimming pool on the Iveshead campus and is always looking for a new members to join the family friendly club. Swimmers must be aged 7 years or older and be able to confidently swim 25m in three strokes and will be invited for a trial if interested.
Acting Head coach, Dominic Jones said: “Te club is now looking for new members to join the current team as we look towards being more competitive in the 2024 County Championships and build on this year’s success. We are investing in our coaches to ensure that they have the best skills to assist our swimmers in their development.”
To learn more or request a trial please email headcoach.ssc72@gmail.com or visit the website www.shepshedswimmingclub.com/membership