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NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH SWIMMING CLUB

AGM

THURSDAY 21^ST JUNE 2018 AT 8.30PM

ATTLEBOROUGH SPORTS CLUB

MARSTON LANE, NUNEATON  CV11 4RD

• Members over the age of 16 years are entitled to vote.
• If you wish to vote on behalf of your child(ren) you must apply for adult membership.   A form is available from the Club desk.
• Annual membership is £15 per adult member.

Vote for Club Captains

• The election of Club Captains and Vice-Captains (one of each gender) will take place  on Monday 18th June at the Pingles Pool from 6.00 pm to 8.30 pm.
• All members of the Skill Development Squad, County / Midland Squad,National Squad and Club swimmers will be entitled to vote.
• These votes will be added to those taken at the AGM and the result announced at the AGM.

No member shall have more than one vote.

Coaches meeting news                                                                                   8^th June 2018

As normal at this time of year we look forwards to the next season which looks very promising.

At this time of year, the coaches make the decisions with regards to who will swim in each of the elite training squad lanes and who will swim in the club squad training lanes.

As usual we take into account age, ability, attendance, and commitment to competitions with team galas taking priority.

The criteria for each of the training squads is shown on the progression chart and whilst we have a number of swimmers with exceptional ability it is our intention once again to take only the most talented swimmers in the elite lanes.

The skills groups will also be arranged to contain the most talented swimmers likely to follow the new elite pathway whilst others will be moved to the club training lanes.

This year following the departure of Jordan and the news that Sue is leaving us we have decided to implement the group changes in August rather than September.

You will be advised during July of the squad each swimmer will join and this should give you plenty of time to adhere to the new club terms and conditions that states that changes to standing orders must be made during the month that a swimmer moves to a new group.

Terry Freeman

Sue Newman

TO VIEW A COPY OF THE NBSC PROGRESSION CHART click here

Learn-to-Swim Spaces Available Now

We now have spaces for 4 and 5 year olds on our Learn-to-Swim schemes. Our learn-to-swim schemes provide exception quality of teaching and provides easy progression without changing times or days and also fast track where possible. 

So just come down (no need to book) for your free taster session on:

Monday at 6pm at the Pingles

Wednesday at 5pm at the Bedworth

Wednesday at 6pm at the Pingles

Sunday at 4pm at the Pingles

Why not bring a friend along as well !!

   
How to Join NBSC

To download a printable copy of the voucher above click here

Do you have the next Nuneaton & Bedworth champion? We would love your child’s first club experience to be at the  swimming club so join us and see what we have to offer.

If your child is aged 4-7 years simply come along for a trial to one of our sessions:

Monday at 6pm at the Pingles

Wednesday at 5pm at the Bedworth

Wednesday at 6pm at the Pingles

Sunday at 4pm at the Pingles

Give your child an opportunity to learn skills that generations have gained with us during the last 80+ years.

The Swimming club has a team of dedicated volunteer teachers, who teach our successful swim scheme alongside a selection of young helpers who are all competent swimmers themselves.

We even offer a fast track scheme where swimmers who attend 2 or 3 times per week can really “hang on” to skills gained during previous lessons.

We offer a skill for life and a step on to the ladder of healthy living as well as a head start to schools swimming.

At swimming club the very young have the opportunity to follow the pathway from non-swimmer through to team swimmer and on to National swimming where swimmers compete at the British championships.

We also offer places to older children who can swim competently depending on the standard they have reached, please ask at our club desk next to the pool.

We are also always looking for volunteers to help in all aspects of our club and full training will be given where applicable. Simply come along for a discussion at one of our sessions mentioned above.

Nuneaton & Bedworth swimming club has several different pathways for our children to follow?

From joining as a beginner and progressing through our learn to swim bays the swimmers are truly on the road to achieving great things through swimming.

Swimmers who commit to swimming two or three times a week by the time they reach Bays 3 and 4 may be invited to follow our competitive swimmer pathway and swimmers who attend once a week are able to join our junior learner bay which leads to club swimming.

Both pathways offer a fantastic chance to keep fit and meet friends as well as gaining important lifelong skills. All groups are offered the chance to compete and gain awards to demonstrate their individual progress.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club took on the team 5k challenge for Cancer Research UK and Marie Curie so far have raised £2,651.65 Well done swimmers, parents, helpers and organisers. Come on Dolphins!!

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nuneaton-dolphins-swimathon-2018

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club recently held a Sponsored Swim at the Pingles Leisure Centre to raise money for new equipment and to support their two chosen charities.

Sixty of the clubs swimmers took part, swimming anything from half a length right up to an astonishing 14K in the 3 hour session, where a grand total of £1395 was raised for the club and its charities, by the swimmers, parents, family and friends and local businesses.

The first presentation was to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – JDRF, the world leading charity dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research.

Francesca and Jacob Paxton were on hand to present the cheque to JDRF’s Regional Fundraiser Jayme Balossino, during a club session at the Pingles Leisure Centre.

Both Francesca and Jacob have had type 1 diabetes for most of their lives and have both been members of the club since they were six years old. Their father, Steve, is secretary of the local support group, Type One Diabetes in Nuneaton & Coventry (TODINC). He said “We’re very grateful to the swimming club for helping JDRF in the very important work they do. Competing for the club has helped Francesca come to terms with her condition and JDRF are working hard to improve the lives of children like her and Jacob. The support group aims to help local families as well as arranging fun activities. The children have benefited greatly from meeting others like them.” To find out more about the support group, contact Steve on stevepaxton100@gmail.com and for more info on JDRF can be found on their website www.jdrf.org.uk.

 Francesca Paxton, Steve Paxton,  Jayme Balossino and Jacob Paxton

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club has retained its Swim 21 Essential Accreditation after an 11 month rigorous audit process covering 21 modules on all aspects on how to run a well-managed, focused and successful swimming club

The accreditation means that the Club is dedicated to creating the best possible swimming experience for all and to raising the quality of swimming provision across all areas of swimming.

It is more than a simple badge of honour.  It guarantees parents that the quality of provision of swimming for children is of the highest quality.  Swim 21 is a development that allows swimmers, teachers, coaches and those responsible for developing programmes at Nuneaton & Bedworth to continually improve and shows a club with good governance.

As a Swim 21 Club, Nuneaton & Bedworth ensures that it provides high quality, safe, effective, child friendly services for the benefit of all its swimmers and non-swimming members.  It is all about putting the swimmers first and ensuring young learners follow the pathway that the governing body the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) recognises for training and competition.

Terry Freeman added,

“This award demonstrates the hard work and dedication show by our teaching staff, coaches, committee, parents and swimmers. The award is not just given to the club it needs to be earned. This kite mark is regarded as the highest standard a swimming club can achieve, it’s awarded by our governing body the ASA.

NBSC were one of the first clubs in the country to be awarded this certification in competitive development in 2005. As the Head Coach, I am extremely proud of our club’s achievements”

Sprint Night 2018

07 Yrs/Under 25m Freestyle

Ava Hands

William Mccarron

08 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Victoria Hudson

Dilanas Satavicius

09 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Adriana Machala

Layton Brown

10 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Jessica Kahrman 

Thomas Hudson

11 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Charlotte Gledhill

Alexander Vega Flores

12 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Mia Parkes

Caleb Chittem

13 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Lucy Simpson

Kaan Temuge-Winder

14 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Evie Lynch

Alexandru Istrate

15 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Eleanor Partridge

16 Yrs/Over 50m Freestyle

Chloe Parker-Mead

Harry Puffett

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again when 30 of their elite boys and girls travelled to the Diamond Jubilee Centre for the recent Rugby Open Meet where they collected 16 Gold, 14 Silver and 9 Bronze medals.

This level 3 meet saw the swimmers compete in individual events against 413 swimmers representing 25 Clubs around the country. Five sessions were held over the Friday, Saturday and Sunday and saw events in all the main strokes over 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group.

Over 32 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 16 Gold medals for Alexander Vega Flores in the 200m Freestyle, Alexandru Istrate in the 100m Freestyle and 200m IM, Evie Hands in the 400m Freestyle, Gabriella Watts in the 100m Butterfly, Thomas Hudson in the 50m and 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 50m and 100m Breaststroke, 100m and 200m Butterfly and the 400m IM, Thomas Vince in the 100m Butterfly and William Luke in the 200m Butterfly and 400m IM.

They picked up 14 Silver medals for Alexander Vega Flores in the 50m Backstroke and 400m Freestyle, Alexandru Istrate 50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke and 200m Freestyle, Evie Hands in the 100m and 200m IM, Harry Puffett in the 100m Backstroke, Nathan Vega Flores in the 50m Backstroke, 100m Butterfly and the 400m Freestyle, Thomas Vince in the 400m IM and William Luke in the 200m IM.

They also picked 9 Bronze medals for Alexander Vega Flores 100m Butterfly and 400m IM, Alexandru Istrate in the 50m Freestyle, Amelia Bassnett in the 400m IM, Dominic Simpson in the 200m Freestyle, Ewan Pearce in the 50m Backstroke, Hannah Boyd in the 50m Butterfly, Layton Brown in the 100m Backstroke and Nathan Vega Flores in the 400m IM.

Full results from the Open meet can be found here:

http://www.rugbyswimmingclub.co.uk/

The team now look forward to the Nuneaton and Bedworth Open Meet at the Pingles at the end of March.

The Championships saw the clubs 10 year-olds and upwards compete in the programme of all 32 recognised long course events and 14 team events with all swimmers having to make the qualifying time to enter.

There were individual Gold medals and the titles of age group Warwickshire County Champion for Thomas Hudson in the 50m, 100m and 200m Freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke, 50m, 100m and 200m Butterfly and the 200m Individual Medley and for Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke and also for Eva French in the 100m Breaststroke and 200m Individual Medley.

There were individual Silver medals for Eva French in the 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke, Alexander Vega Flores in the 1500m Freestyle and Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 200m Breaststroke. There were Team Silver medals for Caleb Chittem, Dominic Simpson, Thomas Hudson and William Beardmore in both the 200m Freestyle and Medley relays.

There were individual Bronze medals for Caleb Chittem in the 50m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke, Thomas Vince in the 50m and 100m Butterfly, Alice Ball in the 100m Butterfly, Charlotte Gledhill in the 50m Backstroke, Eva French in the 50m Freestyle, Finlay Monaghan in the 50m Backstroke and for Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 100m Freestyle.

Congratulations to all those who took part at the Warwickshire County Championships this year

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Warwickshire medallists and swimmers 2018

Back: Alex Vega Flores, William Beardmore, Thomas Vince, Lucy Simpson
Middle: Layton Brown, Dominic Simpson, Thomas Hudson
Front: Nathan Vega Flores, Rufus Coppock

Eva French - Warwickshire Gold and Silver medallist 2018

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again in the Coventry & District Team Races at Coventry’s 50m pool recording 4 first, 2 second and 7 third place wins over the 32 events.

This gala saw the clubs 9 year-olds and upwards compete in team events against swimmers from Blythe Barracudas, City of Coventry, Kingsbury Aquarius, Leamington Spa, Rugby and Stratford Sharks.

Team races were held for A and B teams in both Freestyle and Medley relays with trophies for the winning team as well as medals for the top 3 teams in each of the following age bands 9, 10/11, 12/14 and the 15 years and over.

Over 32 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth 9 year old boys won all their events picking up 2 first places for the A team of Daniel McCarron, Layton Brown, Nathan Vega Flores, Rufus Coppock in the freestyle and medley relays and 2 first places for the B team of Callum Farmer, Damon Parkes, Ewan Pearce & Sam Grindal in the freestyle and medley relays. The 9 year old girls A team also picked up two second places for Alice Rymell, Alicia Beardmore, Adriana Machala & Sienna White in the freestyle relay and for Alice Rymell, Alicia Beardmore, Adriana Machala & Annabelle Cassidy in the medley relay.

The 10/11 year old boys A team also picked up two third places for Alex Vega Flores, Dominic Simpson, Mason Crabb & Thomas Hudson in both the freestyle and medley relays and the 10/11 year old boys B team also picked up a third place for Braden Crabb, Edward Grindal, Kartik Thakkar and James Ashby in the freestyle relay. The 10/11 year old girls A team picked up a third place for Abbie Robottom, Charlotte Gledhill, Eleanor Coulter & Evie Hands in the medley relay.

The 12/14 year old boys A team also picked up a third place for Alexandru Istrate, Finlay Monaghan, Kaan Temuge-Winder & Thomas Vince in the medley relay while the 12/14 year old boys B team picked up two third places for Ben Stewart, Callum Rogers, Jack Lynch & William Luke in both the freestyle and medley relays.

After a fantastic event, Nuneaton & Bedworth will now look forward to the Coventry & District Secondary gala in May.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

 9 year old boys A team Freestyle and Medley relay winners

Nathan Vega Flores, Layton Brown, Daniel McCarron and Rufus Coppock

9 year old boys B team Freestyle and Medley relay winners

Sam Grindal, Callum Farmer, Ewan Pearce & Damon Parkes

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again where they have won the Leicester Autumn League 2017 by recording a First place finish in the 3^rd and final round at Braunstone recording 17 first place wins, 19 second place wins and 9 third place wins.

The swimmers from Nuneaton and Bedworth competed in individual events and team relays against swimmers from Leicester Sharks, Melton Mowbray, Rushden, Corby, Hinckley, Burton and Leicester Neptune swimming clubs.

The final result after 49 events saw Nuneaton & Bedworth take first place with 337 points followed by Rushden (277) points, Corby (253.5), Leicester Neptune (210), Leicester Sharks (180), Melton Mowbray (172), Hinckley (169.5) and Burton (159).

Well done to all those swimmers who took part in the Leicester Autumn League 2017.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Ready for the Leicester Autumn League Final

Amelia Bassnett and Harry Puffett

Leicester Autumn League Winning Squad 2017

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have just held their Winter Open Meet at the Pingles Leisure Centre in Nuneaton where their swimmers collected 75 Gold, 53 Silver and 45 Bronze medals over the two days of swimming.

This hugely popular Level 3 meet saw the Clubs 9 years and upwards compete in individual events against 330 swimmers representing 12 Clubs from around the country. Four sessions were held over two days and saw races in all the main strokes over 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group.

Over 32 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 75 first places Gold medals for Adriana Machala, Alexander Vega Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Amelia Bassnett, Braden Crabb, Caleb Chittem, Daniel McCarron, Gabriella Watts, Harry Puffett, Kaan Temuge-Winder, Layton Brown, Lucy Simpson, Mia Parkes, Nathan Vega Flores, Olivia Poynton, Teegan Sweet, Thomas Hudson and Thomas Vince.

They also picked up 53 second places Silver medals for Alexandru Istrate, Alice Rymell, Amelia Bassnett, Braden Crabb, Caleb Chittem, Callum Rogers, Casey White, Chloe Parker-Mead, Daniel McCarron, Ewan Pearce, Finlay Monaghan, Gabriella Watts, Hannah Boyd, Harry Puffett, Kaan Temuge-Winder, Layton Brown, Lucy Simpson, Mason Crabb, Mia Parkes, Nathan Vega Flores, Olivia Poynton, Thomas Hudson, Thomas Vince, William Beardmore and William Luke.

There were also 45 third places Bronze medals for Alexander Vega Flores, Alice Rymell, Amelia Bassnett, Ben Stewart, Braden Crabb, Callum Rogers, Casey White, Chloe Parker-Mead, Dominic Simpson, Ewan Pearce, Finlay Monaghan, Gabriella Watts, Jack Lynch, Lucy Simpson, Mia Parkes, Rufus Coppock, Teegan Sweet, Thomas Vince, William Beardmore and William Luke.

After a fantastic event, Nuneaton & Bedworth will now look forward to the Spring Open Meet in the middle of March which is again tipped to be a very popular event.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again when 24 of their elite boys and girls travelled to the Harvey Haddon Sport Village in Nottingham for the recent Nova Centurion Open Meet where they collected 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 1 Bronze medal.

This Level 1 Long Course meet saw the swimmers compete in individual events against 508 swimmers representing 53 Clubs around the country. Four sessions were held over the Saturday and Sunday and saw events in all the main strokes over 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group.

Over 30 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 3 Gold medals for Thomas Hudson in the 200m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 200m Butterfly, 5 Silver medals with 4 for Caleb Chittem in the 50m, 200m and 400m Freestyle and in the 50m Breaststroke and Thomas Hudson in the 50m Freestyle and also 1 Bronze medal for Charlotte Gledhill in the 400m IM.

The swimmers now look forward to the Nuneaton and Bedworth Open Meet at the Pingles at the end of November.

Thomas Hudson with 3 Golds and one Silver Medal

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again in the Coventry & District Primaries at the Pingles in Nuneaton recording 36 Gold’s, 27 Silvers and 23 Bronze medal finishes.

This event saw the clubs 9 year-olds and upwards compete in individual events against swimmers from Blythe Barracudas, City of Coventry, Kingsbury, Leamington, Rugby, Solihull and Stratford Sharks.

Five sessions were held over three days and saw events in 50m 100m & 200m distances in all strokes with medals for the top 8 in each of the age groups.

Over 34 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 36 first place Gold medals with 9 for Thomas Hudson, 7 for Caleb Chittem, 4 each for Alexandru Istrate, Alexander Vega Flores and Kaan Temuge-Winder, 2 each for Harry Puffett and Mia Parkes and 1 each for Alice Ball, Charlotte Gledhill, Dominic Simpson and Thomas Vince.

There were 27 second place Silver medals with 4 for William Luke, 3 each for Alexandru Istrate and Ben Stewart, 2 each for Alexander Vega Flores, Charlotte Gledhill, Kaan Temuge-Winder and Thomas Vince and 1 each for Amelia Bassnett, Braden Crabb, Caleb Chittem, Casey White, Dominic Simpson, Eleanor Partridge, Gabriella Watts, Hannah Boyd and Mason Crabb.

There were 23 third place Bronze Medals with 3 for Casey White, 2 each for Dominic Simpson, Lucy Simpson, William Beardmore and William Luke and 1 each for Alexander Vega Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Braden Crabb, Callum Rogers, Chloe Parker-Mead, Evie Lynch, Ewan Cartwright, Gabriella Watts, Harry Puffett, Lauren Shakell, Thomas Hudson and Thomas Vince.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action at the Pingles where their 8 to 11 year old swimmers were split into Blue and Red teams to compete in the Harvey Novice gala against swimmers from Daventry Dolphins, Blythe Barracudas, Walsall and Kingsbury Aquarius.

This sprint meet saw the swimmers compete in individual and team races for the Harvey Novice shield.

The Blue and Red team put in a strong performance throughout the gala and in the end the Daventry Dolphins took top spot on 228 points, Blythe Barracudas 218 points, Walsall 194 points, Nuneaton & Bedworth Red 186 points, Nuneaton & Bedworth Blue 176 points and Kingsbury Aquarius 168 points.

This was a great first Gala for our 8 year olds who look forward to more racing in the coming months.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again with one of its elite swimmers competing at the National Championships.

The entry into the Championships were only for the top swimmers in each age group and event for the Swim England Summer Nationals.

David Broadbent qualified for two individual competitions at Ponds Forge in Sheffield where David swam in the over 18 years age group in the 400m Individual Medley finishing 6^th in the heats in a time of 4:45.83 making it through to the final where David finished in Bronze medal position in a time of 4:42.08. David also swam in the 200m Butterfly where he finished 13^th overall in a time of 2:13.47.

Well done and congratulations to David who qualified and swam at Nationals this year, this is a credit to all his hard work and dedication to reach this very high level in swimming.

Head Coach Terry Freeman added, today has been one of those special moment in a coaches career. David’s dedication to training, trust in his coach, his drive and ambition has been rewarded today. Well done David you did your club proud.

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again where three one of its elite swimmers competing at the Welsh National Championships.

The entry into the Championships were only for the top swimmers in each age group and event for the Swim Wales Summer Nationals.

Jack Moulton qualified for 50m Breaststroke at the Welsh National Pool in Swansea where he qualified for the final and finished in 5^th place with a time of 31.97.

Jamie Black qualified for both the 50m and 100m Freestyle where he finished 10^th in the 100m Freestyle and he finished 5^th in the 50m Freestyle final with a time of 24.76.

Thomas Vince qualified for the 100m Freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke and the 50m Butterfly.

Well done and congratulations to Jack, Jamie and Thomas who qualified and swam at Welsh Nationals this year, this is a credit to all their hard work and dedication to reach this very high level in swimming.

Jack Moulton

Jamie Black

Thomas Vince

This Level 3 Meet saw the swimmers compete in individual events against 312 swimmers representing 15 Clubs. Two sessions were held on the Saturday and Sunday and saw events in all the main strokes over 50m, 100m and 200m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group.

Over 28 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 5 Gold medals for Alice Rymell in the 200m Breaststroke and Eva French in the 50m, 100m and 200m Freestyle and the 100m Breaststroke. They picked up 3 Silver medals for Layton Brown in the 50m and 200m Backstroke and the 100m IM and they picked up 3 Bronze medals for Daniel McCarron in the 100m Breaststroke and 100m Freestyle and Neve Masters in the 200m Freestyle.         

The swimmers now look forward to the Nuneaton and Bedworth Open Meet at the Pingles at the end of November.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Eva French and Daniel McCarron

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again when 31 of their swimmers travelled to the Coventry’s 50m Pool for the recent Graham Sykes Memorial Open Meet where they collected 23 Gold, 19 Silver and 13 Bronze medals.

This Level 3 Sprint Meet saw the swimmers compete in individual events against 292 swimmers representing 23 Clubs. Two sessions were held on the Saturday and Sunday and saw events in all the main strokes over 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group.

Over 30 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 23 Gold medals for Amelia Bassnett, Ben Stewart, Braden Crabb, Caleb Chittem, 2 for Casey White, 3 for Charlotte Gledhill, Daniel McCarron, 2 for Dominic Simpson, 2 for Ethan Barnes, Jessica Kahrman,  Mason Crabb,  Mia Parkes,  Nathan Vega Flores and 3 for Thomas Vince 19 Silver medals with 2 for Alexander Vega Flores, 2 for Amelia Bassnett, 2 for Braden Crabb, Callum Rogers, 3 for Casey White, 3 for Dominic Simpson, 2 for Gabriella Watts, Jessica Kahrman, Lucy Simpson, Teegan Sweet and Thomas Vince and 13 Bronze medals for Abbie Robottom, 2 for Adriana Machala, Alexander Vega Flores, Ben Stewart, Braden Crabb, Charlotte Gledhill, Daniel McCarron, Mia Parkes, 2 for Nathan Vega Flores, Neve Masters and Thomas Vince.

The swimmers now look forward to the Nuneaton and Bedworth Open Meet at the Pingles at the end of November.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Casey White, Ben Stewart, Alex Vega Flores and Kaan Temuge-Winder

Ben Stewart, Alex Vega Flores and Kaan Temuge-Winder

Mia Parkes, Neve Masters, Casey White and Lucy Simpson

Mason Crabb, William Beardmore and Braden Crabb

Abbie Roebottom and Dominic Simpson

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again when 8 of their younger boys and girls travelled to the Braunstone Leisure Centre for the recent Sprint Open Meet where they collected 1 Bronze medal.

This Level 3 Sprint Meet saw the swimmers compete in individual events against 266 swimmers representing 15 Clubs. Two sessions were held on the Sunday and saw events in all the main strokes over 50m as well as 100m Freestyle and 100m IM with medals for the top 3 in each age group.

Over 12 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 1 Bronze medal for Harry Robinson in the 50m Backstroke.

The swimmers now look forward to the Nuneaton and Bedworth Open Meet at the Pingles at the end of November.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club have just held their “End of Season” June Open Meet at the Pingles leisure centre in Nuneaton where their swimmers collected 49 first, 53 second and 31 third place wins.

This hugely popular Level 3 meet saw the Clubs 9 years and upwards compete in individual events against 370 swimmers representing 27 Clubs around the country.

Four sessions were held over two days and saw races in all the main strokes over 50m, 100m and 200m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group. There was also a skins event for the top 8 boys and top 8 girls in the 100m IM.

Over 32 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 49 first place Gold medals for Caleb Chittem, Harry Puffett, Thomas Hudson and Thomas Vince in the 100m Backstroke, Alice Ball, Charlotte Gledhill, Caleb Chittem and Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 100m Breaststroke, Alice Ball, Caleb Chittem, Dominic Simpson, Jamie Black, Thomas Hudson and Thomas Vince in the 100m Butterfly, Caleb Chittem, Jack Lynch and Thomas Hudson in the 100m Freestyle, Alice Ball, Caleb Chittem, David Broadbent, Thomas Hudson and Thomas Vince in the 100m IM, Alexander Vega Flores, Dominic Simpson, Jamie Black and Thomas Hudson in the 200m Backstroke, Amelia Bassnett, Charlotte Gledhill, Dominic Simpson, Kaan Temuge-Winder and Thomas Hudson in the 200m Breaststroke, David Broadbent, Eleanor Coulter, Joshua Atkins and Thomas Hudson in the 200m Butterfly, Caleb Chittem, David Broadbent, Dominic Simpson and Thomas Hudson in the 200m Freestyle, Caleb Chittem and Thomas Hudson in the 50m Backstroke, Caleb Chittem, David Broadbent and Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 50m Breaststroke, Caleb Chittem, Jamie Black and Thomas Hudson in the 50m Butterfly, Caleb Chittem and Jamie Black in the 50m Freestyle.

They also picked up 53 second place Silvers medals for Charlotte Gledhill, Alexander Vega Flores, Finlay Monaghan and Jack Lynch in the 100m Backstroke, Amelia Bassnett, Eleanor Coulter, Lauren Salt and Jack Moulton in the 100m Breaststroke, Gabriella Watts, Joshua Atkins and William Luke in the 100m Butterfly, Alice Ball, Charlotte Gledhill, Alexandru Istrate, Dominic Simpson and Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 100m Freestyle, Charlotte Gledhill, Alexandru Istrate and Dominic Simpson in the 100m IM, Charlotte Gledhill, Gabriella Watts, Mia Parkes, Alexandru Istrate, Harry Puffett and Thomas Vince in the 200m Backstroke, Evie Hands, Lauren Salt and Callum Rogers in the 200m Breaststroke, Casey White, Lucy Simpson and Jamie Black 200m Butterfly, Callum Rogers and Jack Lynch in the 200m Freestyle, Charlotte Gledhill, Gabriella Watts, Alexandru Istrate, Harry Puffett, Layton Brown, Thomas Vince and William Beardmore in the 50m Backstroke, Amelia Bassnett, Jessica Kahrman, Jack Moulton and Thomas Hudson in the 50m Breaststroke, Charlotte Gledhill, Gabriella Watts, Mia Parkes, David Broadbent, Dominic Simpson and Joshua Atkins in the 50m Butterfly and Daniel McCarron, Dominic Simpson and Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 50m Freestyle.

There were also 31 third place Bronze medals for Gabriella Watts in the 100m Backstroke, Thomas Hudson and Dominic Simpson in the 100m Breaststroke, Charlotte Bulpitt in the 200m Breaststroke, William Luke in the 200m Freestyle, Adriana Machala in the 50m Butterfly, Harry Robinson in the 100m Freestyle, Mia Parkes in the 100m Breaststroke, Rufus Coppock, Ben Stewart and William Luke in the 200m Breaststroke, Finlay Monaghan and Joshua Atkins in the 200m Backstroke, Daniel McCarron and Finlay Monaghan in the 50m Backstroke, Hannah Boyd in the 200m Butterfly, Daniel McCarron and Harry Robinson in the 100m IM, Chloe Parker-Mead in the 50m Backstroke, Alexander Vega Flores in the 100m Butterfly, Alice Ball in the 50m Breaststroke, Ben Stewart and Harry Robinson in the 100m Backstroke, Teegan Sweet and Mia Parkes in the 100m Butterfly, Callum Rogers and Daniel McCarron in the 50m Breaststroke, Charlotte Gledhill and Jessica Kahrman 50m Freestyle and Mia Parkes and Finlay Monaghan in the 50m Freestyle.

In the Skins events where a swimmer was eliminated after each round, Alice Ball managed to get to the Final and came second in the girls event and for the boys David Broadbent and Harry Puffet managed to get to the final three with Harry coming third and David finishing second in an exciting event for the both the girls and boys.

After a fantastic event, Nuneaton & Bedworth will now look forward to a summer break before the next swimming season in September. Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Dominic Simpson

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club’s junior swimmers have been in action where after three great rounds, the Nuneaton and District Junior Swimming League 2017 comes to a close.

Nuneaton finished the year two places off making the final where Leamington Spa will take on Leicester Sharks, City of Coventry, Worcester, Boldmere and Northampton in the final on Saturday 9th September.

Gala results:

The final table after three rounds:

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club was in action again where they recorded a third place finish in Round 2 of the Mercian Summer League Gala at the Pingles Leisure Centre in Nuneaton

The gala saw the clubs 10 year-olds and upwards compete in individual events and team relays against swimmers from Boldmere, Coventry, Kingsbury, Ludlow and Worcester.

The final result after 50 events saw Coventry finish on (254 points), Worcester (211), Nuneaton and Bedworth (194), Kingsbury (167), Boldmere (134) and Ludlow (82).

Nuneaton & Bedworth now look forward to Round 3 of the Mercian Summer League on Saturday 8^th July.

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again where 23 of its elite swimmers competed in the West Midlands Championships at the Coventry Sports & Leisure Centre.

The entry into the West Midlands Championship was tougher than ever this year and saw the 23 swimmers aged 11 to 20 achieve their individual Midland times allowing entry into the Championships for individual.

There were individual achievements this year for Alex Vega Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Alice Ball, Amelia Bassnett, Ben Stewart, Caleb Chittem, Charlotte Gledhill, Chloe Parker-Mead, David Broadbent, Finlay Monaghan, Gabriella Watts, Harry Puffett, Harry Robinson, Jack Moulton, Jamie Black, Jessica Sutton, Joshua Atkins, Kaan Temuge-Winder, Lauren Shakell, Mia Parkes, Thomas Vince, William Beardmore and William Luke.

After some tough heats there were finals for Alice Ball in the 200 and 400m IM, Caleb Chittem in the 50, 100 and 200m Freestyle, Chloe Parker-Mead in the 50 and 100m Backstroke, David Broadbent in the 200m Freestyle, 200m Butterfly, 200m IM and 50 and 200m Breaststroke, Harry Puffett in the 100m Backstroke, Jack Moulton in the 50m Breaststroke, Jamie Black in the 50, 100 and 200m Freestyle and 50 and 100m Butterfly, Jessica Sutton in the 100m Backstroke, Joshua Atkins in the 200m Butterfly, Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 50, 100 and 200m Breaststroke, Lauren Shakell in the 100m Butterfly and William Luke in the 200m Butterfly.

There were individual Bronze medals for Alice Ball in the 200m and 400m IM, Jamie Black in the 100m Freestyle and David Broadbent in the 200m Butterfly. There was an individual Silver medal for Jamie Black in the 50m Freestyle and an individual Gold medal and the title of West Midlands Champion for Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 50m Breaststroke.

There were Team Bronze medals for Jamie Black and David Broadbent in the 400m Freestyle relay and for David Broadbent in the 400m Medley relay and a team Gold Medal for Jamie Black and David Broadbent in the 800m Freestyle relay.

A massive well done and congratulations to all Nuneaton & Bedworth swimmers achieving Midlands times this year and to Kaan Temuge-Winder on becoming West Midlands Champion for 50m Breaststroke. 

Kaan Temuge-Winder - West Midlands Champion for 50m Breaststroke

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club was in action again where they recorded a first place finish in Round 1 of the Mercian Summer League Gala at the Snowdome Leisure Centre in Tamworth

The gala saw the clubs 10 year-olds and upwards compete in individual events and team relays against swimmers from Haden Hill, Perry Beeches, Bromsgrove, Tamworth and Ludlow.

The final result after 50 events saw Nuneaton & Bedworth (242 points), Haden Hill (197), Perry Beeches (173), Bromsgrove (167), Tamworth (127), and Ludlow (120).

Nuneaton & Bedworth now look forward to Round 2 of the Mercian Summer League on Saturday 10^th June.

Sprint Night 2017

07 Yrs/Under 25m Freestyle

Time

Victoria HUDSON 19.72

Marco MACHALA 26.02

08 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Time

Adriana MACHALA 38.14

Nathan VEGA FLORES 39.25

09 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Time

Jessica KAHRMAN 37.74

Thomas HUDSON 32.65

10 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Time

Charlotte GLEDHILL 33.13

Harry ROBINSON 33.19

11 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Time

Casey WHITE 33.15

Caleb CHITTEM 31.08

12 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Time

Mia PARKES 30.84

Kaan TEMUGE-WINDER 30.17

13 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Time

Lauren SHAKELL 30.13

Thomas VINCE 29.07

14 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Time

Amie LUDGATE 30.65

Alexandru ISTRATE 28.26

15 Yrs 50m Freestyle

Time

Chloe PARKER-MEAD 30.15

16 Yrs/Over 50m Freestyle

Time

Alice BALL 28.43

Jamie BLACK 24.42

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again when 42 of their elite boys and girls were at the Pingles Leisure centre for the first Team Mercia Open Meet where they collected 25 Gold, 28 Silver and 25 Bronze medals.

Team Mercia was formed to create a pathway of opportunity for talented swimmers to train and compete together at Regional and National level and is made up of Blythe Barracudas, Kingsbury Aquarius, Leamington Spa, Nuneaton & Bedworth, Rugby and Stratford Sharks swimming clubs.

This level 3 meet saw the swimmers compete in individual events against 337 swimmers representing 21 Clubs around the country. Four sessions were held over the Saturday and Sunday and saw events in all the main strokes over 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group. Over 32 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 25 Gold medals for Alexander Vega Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Charlotte Gledhill, Finlay Monaghan, Kaan Temuge-Winder and Lauren Shakell.

They picked up 28 Silver medals for Alexandru Istrate, Amelia Bassnett, Ben Stewart, Caleb Chittem, Charlotte Gledhill, Chloe Parker-Mead, Dominic Simpson, Eleanor Partridge, Finlay Monaghan, Hannah Boyd, Jack Moulton, Lauren Shakell, Thomas Hudson and Thomas Vince.

They also picked 25 Bronze medals for Alexander Vega Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Amelia Doughty, Ben Stewart, Caleb Chittem, Callum Rogers, Charlotte Gledhill, Chloe Parker-Mead, Dominic Simpson, Eleanor Partridge, Gabriella Watts, Jack Moulton, Lynden Holtom-Stott, Mia Parkes, Thomas Hudson, Thomas Vince, William Luke.

Top medal winner was 10 year old Charlotte Gledhill who collected 13 medals in total, 9 Gold, 3 silver and 1 Bronze medal.

The swimmers now look forward to competing with Team Mercia at the West Midlands Championship in May.

Top medal winner Charlotte Gledhill

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again when 40 of their elite boys and girls travelled to the Diamond Jubilee Centre for the recent Rugby Open Meet where they collected 12 Gold, 23 Silver and 17 Bronze medals.

This level 3 meet saw the swimmers compete in individual events against 430 swimmers representing 18 Clubs around the country. Five sessions were held over the Friday, Saturday and Sunday and saw events in all the main strokes over 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group. Over 32 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 12 Gold medals for Alexander Vega Flores, Charlotte Gledhill, Harry Robinson, Jack Moulton, Lauren Shakell, Thomas Hudson and William Luke.

They picked up 23 Silver medals for Alexander Vega Flores, Amelia Bassnett, Ben Stewart, Caleb Chittem, Chloe Parker-Mead, Gabriella Watts, Harry Robinson, Joshua Atkins and Thomas Hudson and William Luke.

They also picked 17 Bronze medals for Ben Stewart, Charlotte Gledhill, Dominic Simpson, Gabriella Watts, Hannah Boyd, Jack Lynch, Lauren Shakell, Thomas Hudson and William Luke.

The team now look forward to the Nuneaton and Bedworth Open Meet at the Pingles at the beginning of April.

Andrew Eales with his County Squad
Back Row Left to Right:
Neve Masters, Alex Vega Flores, Kaan Temuge-Winder, Joshua Atkins, Caleb Chitten, William Beardmore, Tori Craddock
Front Row Left to Right:
Charlotte Gledhill, Lucy Simpson, Amelia Doughty, Mason Crabb and Harry Robinson

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again in the Warwickshire County Championships at Coventry’s 50m pool collecting a total of 34 medals - 8 Gold, 11 Silver and 17 Bronze with 81 swimmers making event finals.

This gala saw the clubs 10 year-olds and upwards compete in the programme of all 32 recognised long course events and 14 team events with all swimmers having to make the qualifying time to enter.

There were Gold medals and the titles of Warwickshire County Champion for Caleb Chittem in the 100m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly, 200m IM, 100m Breaststroke and the 200m Freestyle, Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 50m and 100m Breaststroke and Alexander Vega Flores in the 200m Butterfly.

There were individual Silver medals for Alexander Vega Flores in the 200m Backstroke, Caleb Chittem in the 50m Breaststroke, David Broadbent in the 100m Breaststroke, Finlay Monaghan in the 200m Butterfly, Jack Moulton in the 50m Breaststroke, Charlotte Gledhill in the 100m Backstroke and in the 200m Freestyle, David Broadbent in the 400m IM and Team Silver medals for Caleb Chittem, Harry Robinson, Thomas Hudson and William Luke in the 200m Medley relay, Caleb Chittem, Kaan Temuge-Winder, Thomas Hudson and William Luke in the 200m Freestyle relay and Harry Puffett, Lynden Holtom-Stott, David Broadbent and Jamie Black in the 800m Freestyle relay.

There were individual Bronze medals for Thomas Hudson in the 200m Backstroke, Alice Ball in the 100m Butterfly, Charlotte Gledhill in the 200m Backstroke, Jamie Black in the 50m & 100m  Butterfly, Mia Parkes in the 50m Freestyle, Thomas Vince in the 100m Backstroke, William Luke in the 200m Butterfly, Alexandru Istrate in the 50m Backstroke and in the 50m & 100m Freestyle, Alice Ball in the 200m IM, Jamie Black in the 50m & 100m Freestyle, Lauren Shakell in the 50m Butterfly and Team Bronze medals for Harry Puffett, Ethan Barnes, David Broadbent and Jamie Black in the 400m Freestyle relay and Harry Puffet, David Broadbent, Jamie Black and Lynden Holtom-Stott in the 200m Medley relay.

The additional swimmers making finals were Charlotte Gledhill, Gabriella Watts and Chloe Parker-Mead in the 50m Backstroke, Thomas Hudson, William Luke, Finlay Monaghan, Alexandru Istrate and Harry Puffett in the 100m Backstroke, Alice Ball in the 200m Breaststroke, Harry Robinson, Joshua Atkins and Thomas Vince in the 50m Butterfly, Charlotte Gledhill and Mia Parkes in the 100m Free, Charlotte Gledhill in the 50m Freestyle, Ben Stewart, Callum Rogers, Alexandru Istrate and Jack Moulton in the 100m Breaststroke, Alice Ball in the 200m Backstroke, David Broadbent in the 200m Butterfly, Callum Rogers in the 50m Breaststroke, Jamie Black in the 200m Freestyle, Casey White, Lauren Shakell and Hannah Boyd in the 100m Butterfly, Mia Parkes and Gabriella Watts in the 50m Butterfly, William Luke, Thomas Vince and David Broadbent in the 100m Butterfly, Casey White and Lucy Simpson in the 200m Butterfly, Lauren Shakell in the 50m Breaststroke and in the 100m Breaststroke, Kaan Temuge-Winder and Ben Stewart in the 200m Breaststroke, Harry Robinson, Thomas Hudson and Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 50m Freestyle, Harry Robinson, Thomas Hudson and Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 100m Freestyle, Thomas Hudson, Ben Stewart, Finlay Monaghan, Thomas Vince and Harry Puffett in the 50m Backstroke, Finlay Monaghan in the 200m Backstroke, Mia Parkes, Chloe Parker-Mead and Alice Ball in the 100m Backstroke and Ben Stewart and Harry Puffett in the 200m Backstroke.

Warwickshire swimmers William Beardmore, Braden Crabb, Mason Crabb, Lucy Simpson, Charlotte Gledhill, Neve Masters and Lauren Shakell

Warwickshire swimmers William Luke, Caleb Chittem, Alex Vega Flores and Mia Parkes

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again where they recorded a second place finish in the 3^rd and final round of the Leicester Autumn League at Braunstone recording 15 first place wins, 8 second place wins and 8 third place wins.

The swimmers from Nuneaton and Bedworth competed in individual events and team relays against swimmers from Leicester Penguins, Leicester Sharks, Corby, Rushden, Burton, Rugby and Leicester Neptune swimming clubs.

The final result after 49 events saw Rushden take first place with 307.5 points followed by Nuneaton & Bedworth (293.5) points, Leicester Sharks (268), Corby (265), Leicester Penguins (174.5), Burton (156), Leicester Neptune (153.5) and Rugby (143).

Well done to all those swimmers who took part part in the Leicester Autumn League 2016.

 Leicester Autumn League Runners-Up 2016

7/Under 25m Freestyle

Victoria Hudson / William McCarron

Junior Novice

Paige Winfield / George Hilton

Age Group Winners

8 years Adriana Machala / Daniel McCarron

9 years Elana-Rose Fereday / Kartik Thakkar

10 years Charlotte Gledhill / Caleb Chittem

11 years Mia Parkes / William Luke

12 years Ella-Mae Fereday / Finlay Monaghan

13 years Gabriella Watts /Alexandru Istrate

14 years Phoebe Quirke  / Jacob Woolley

15 years Chloe Parker-Mead / Thomas Smith

16/over Alice Ball / David Broadbent

Endeavour award

Adriana Machala / Thomas Hudson

James Faulkener (most improved)

Charlotte Gledhill / David Broadbent

John Norton trophy (Club Boy)

Jack Moulton

Gordon Baxter trophy (club girl)

Cerys Farmer

Under 1 minute trophies  none

Under 2 minute trophy

David Broadbent 1:59.63 on 9/10/2016

National Cup

David Broadbent

National times awards

David Broadbent and Ella-Mae Fereday

National relay awards

Jamie Black and David Broadbent

Last year of Diddys (no captains)

Gabriella Watts

Amelia Hobrow

Emma Ashby

Ella-Mae Fereday

Hannah Boyd

Mia Marshall-Pierce

Evan Jones

Finlay Monaghan

Jack Lynch

Thomas Vince

Ben Stewart

Mason Barnes

Finlay Turner

Luke Wilkin

Lucas Morton

Harry Watkins

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again where they recorded a first place finish in Round 2 of the Leicester Autumn League at Hinckley’s new pool recording 33 first place wins, 9 second place wins and 3 third place wins.

The swimmers from Nuneaton and Bedworth competed in individual events and team relays against swimmers from Knighton Fields, Leicester Sharks, Nene Valley, Rugby, Hinckley and Swadlincote swimming clubs.

The final result after 49 events saw Nuneaton & Bedworth claim top spot on (316) points ahead of Rugby (250), Nene Valley (232), Hinckley (205), Leicester Sharks (147), Swadlincote (123) and Knighton Fields (63).

Well done to all those swimmers who took part, Nuneaton and Bedworth swimmers are now looking forward to Round 3 on December 10th.

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have just held their Autumn Open Meet at the Pingles Leisure centre in Nuneaton where their swimmers collected 21 Gold, 16 Silver and 15 Bronze medals over the two days of swimming.

This hugely popular Level 2 meet saw the Clubs 9 years and upwards compete in individual events against 236 swimmers representing 21 Clubs from around the country. Four sessions were held over two days and saw races in all the main strokes over 100m, 200m and 400m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group.

Over 32 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 21 first places with Caleb Chittem collecting ten Gold’s, Lucas Williams five, David Broadbent three, Alexander Vega Flores two and one for Charlotte Gledhill.

They also picked up 16 second places with both Jamie Black & Harry Robinson collecting three, Lucas Williams and Joshua Atkins collecting two and Thomas Vince, Caleb Chittem. William Beardmore, David Broadbent, Cerys Farmer and Harry Puffett all collecting one Silver medal each.

There were also 15 third places with Charlotte Gledhill collecting four medals,  Thomas Vince collecting two medals and Jamie Black, Caleb Chittem, William Beardmore, Alexander Vega Flores, Chloe Parker-Mead, Dominic Simpson, Eleanor Coulter, Finlay Monaghan and Thomas Hudson all collecting one Bronze medal each.

There were also four British short course records broken by Paralympic swimmer Eleanor Robinson in her first swim meet since returning from the Paralympic Games in Rio.

After a fantastic event, Nuneaton & Bedworth will now look forward to the Spring Open Meet at the beginning of April which is again tipped to be a very popular event.

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again in the Coventry & District Primaries at the Pingles in Nuneaton recording 34 Golds, 36 Silvers and 35 Bronze medal finishes.

This event saw the clubs 9 year-olds and upwards compete in individual events against swimmers from Blythe Barracudas, City of Coventry, Kingsbury, Leamington, Rugby, Solihull and Stratford Sharks.

Five sessions were held over three days and saw heats and finals in 50m & 100m distances in all strokes and heat declared winner events for 200m & 400m distances with medals for the top 8 in each of the age groups.

Over 34 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 34 first place Gold medals with 9 for Caleb Chittem, 6 for David Broadbent, 3 each for Alex Vega Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Cerys Farmer and Mia Parkes, 2 for Kaan Temuge-Winder and 1 each for Alice Ball, Amelia Bassnett, Harry Puffet, Jack Moulton and William Beardmore.

There were 36 second place Silver medals with 5 each for Jamie Black and Mia Parkes, 4 for Charlotte Gledhill, 3 each for Caleb Chittem and Gabriella Watts, 2 each for Alex Vega Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Casey White, Cerys Farmer, David Broadbent, William Luke and 1 each for Callum Rogers, Chloe Parker-Mead, Hannah Boyd, Jack Moulton and Thomas Smith.

There were 35 third place Bronze Medals with 3 each for Alexandru Istrate, Harry Puffet and Harry Robinson, 2 each for Casey White, Charlotte Gledhill, Chloe Parker-Mead, Finlay Monaghan, Gabriella Watts, Hannah Boyd, Thomas Smith and William Luke and 1 each for Alex Vega Flores, Amelia Bassnett, David Broadbent, Jack Lynch, Jamie Black, Kaan Temuge-Winder, Lynden Holtom-Stott, Thomas Vince and William Beardmore.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again where they recorded a first place finish in Round 1 of the Leicester Autumn League at Braunstone Leisure Centre recording 25 first place wins, 12 second place wins and 5 third place wins.

The swimmers from Nuneaton and Bedworth competed in individual events and team relays against swimmers from Braunstone, Leicester Sharks, Leicester Penguins, Rugby, Kettering, Nene Valley and Daventry swimming clubs.

The final result after 49 events saw Nuneaton & Bedworth claim top spot on (340) points ahead of Rugby (297), Leicester Penguins (274), Nene Valley (233), Leicester Sharks (193), Braunstone (201), Kettering (96) and Daventry (38).

Well done to all those swimmers who took part, they now are now looking forward to Round 2 on November 12th.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action at the Pingles where their 8 to 11 year old swimmers were split into Blue and Red teams to compete in the Harvey Novice gala against swimmers from Kingsbury Aquarius, Hinckley Hornets, Blythe Barracudas and Camp Hill Edwardians.

This sprint meet saw the swimmers compete in individual and team races for the Harvey Novice shield.

The Blue and Red team were neck and neck throughout the gala and in the end the Red team won by three points taking first place on 214 points, Nuneaton & Bedworth Blue 211 points, Kingsbury 194 points, Blythe Barracudas 191 points, Camp Hill 157 points and Hinckley 127 points.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Nuneaton & Bedworth Red Team

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action in Coventry where 16 of their county level boys and girls travelled to the City’s 50m pool for the Coventry Sprint Open Meet where they collected 7 first, 13 second and 6 third place wins and came home with seven finalist trophies.

This sprint meet saw the swimmers compete against 290 swimmers representing 18 Clubs around the region in individual 50m sprint events in all four main strokes.

The top eight in each age group then battled it out with a final 200m Individual Medley swimming all four strokes together.

After four sprint races each Thomas Hudson and Alexander Vega-Flores topped the medal haul with four, closely followed by Kartik Thakkar and Eleanor Coulter both with three each, Lynden Holtom-Stott with two and Lucy Simpson and Alexandru Istrate with one medal each.

In the finals it was a super 1-2-3 finish for the 9 yrs boys with Thomas Hudson, Kartik Thakkar and Dominic Simpson all picking up trophies and Eleanor Coulter picking up a second place trophy for the 9 yrs girls.

Alexander Vega-Flores had a clear win and picked up a first place trophy for the 10 yrs boys, Lucy Simpson picked up a third place trophy for the 11 yrs girls and Lynden Holtom-Stott picked up a third place trophy for the 15 yrs boys.

Coach Sue Newman was extremely pleased with this year’s performance showing that their hard work and dedication is being rewarded by some superb results.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club are now recruiting 4-7 year olds onto their learn-to-swim programs, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Alexander Vega-Flores, Lucy Simpson and Dominic Simpson

Kartik Thakkar, Eleanor Coulter and Thomas Hudson

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again with five of its elite swimmers competing at National Championships.

The entry into the Nationals were only for the top swimmers in each age group and event for the British Summer Championships and ASA Summer Nationals.

First, Ella-Mae Fereday competed in the National Open Water Championships at Rother Valley Country Park in Sheffield in the 12 years category finishing this 1500m open water swim in 25^th overall in the country.

This was followed by David Broadbent and Jamie Black who competed for Team Mercia in the British Summer Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield in the 17 years and over 4x200m Freestyle relay team finishing 27^th overall.

Finally there were individual competitions for David Broadbent and Lucas Williams at the ASA National Swimming Championships again at Ponds Forge in Sheffield where David swam in the 18 years and over in the 400m Individual Medley finishing 12^th overall and also the 200m Butterfly making the final where he finished 8^th in a time of 2:16.29.

Lucas Williams swam in all three Backstroke events in the 17 years age group. First was the 50m backstroke where he finished 13^th overall. Then Lucas made both finals for 100m Backstroke finishing 7^th with a time of 1:00.58 and then the 200m Backstroke finishing 2^nd and picking up a Silver medal with a time of 2:08.03.

Well done and congratulations to all Nuneaton & Bedworth swimmers who qualified and swam at Nationals this year, this is a credit to all their hard work and dedication to reach this very high level in swimming.

Lucas Williams, Jamie Black, David Broadbent and Ella-Mae Fereday

Lucas Williams with his Silver Medal for 200m Backstroke

As the swimming season draws to a close we have four Nuneaton and Bedworth swimmers competing at National level over the next few weeks.

First we have Ella-Mae Fereday competing in the ASA National Open Water Championships. This 1500m open water swim takes place this Sunday 24th July at Rother Valley Country Park in Sheffield.

Then we have David Broadbent and Jamie Black competing for Team Mercia in the British Summer Championships. This team 4x200m Freestyle relay takes place next Friday 29th July at Sheffield's Ponds Forge pool.

After this David Broadbent and Lucas Williams will be competing at the ASA National Swimming Championships. David swims in the 400m IM on Monday 1st August and the 200m Butterfly on Thursday 4th August. Lucas swims in all the Backstroke events starting with 50m Backstroke on Wednesday 3rd August followed by the 100m Backstoke on Thursday 4th and finishing with 200m Backstoke on Friday 5th August.

Please look on the website for these national competitions as live streaming is available for some of these events.

NBSC wish all 2016 National swimmers all the best in their event #GoDolphins #Nationals2016 #SwimFast

Lucas, Jamie, David and Ella-Mae in their National kit

Congratulations to Ella-Mae Fereday on her recent Open Water swim.

Ella-Mae’s time gained her a place at the 2016 British Championship Competition.

The pictures show Ella-Mae at the start and finish of her Event.

Well Done Ella-Mae we are proud of you.

May 2016

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again in the Coventry & District Secondaries at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Centre in Rugby recording 31 first, 26 second and 22 third place wins.

This event saw the clubs 9 year-olds and upwards compete in individual events against swimmers from Blythe Barracudas, City of Coventry, Kingsbury, Leamington, Rugby, Solihull and Stratford Sharks.

Four sessions were held over two days and saw events for 50m, 100m & 200m distances in all strokes as well as 100m & 200m Individual Medley and 400m freestyle events with medals for the top 8 in each age group.

Over 30 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 31 first place Gold medals for Amie Ludgate, Ben Stewart, Charlotte Gledhill, Chloe Parker-Mead, Hannah Boyd, Lucas Morton, 2 for Alexander Vega-Flores, 2 for Amelia Bassnett, 2 for Kaan Temuge-Winder, 2 for Lynden Holtom-Stott, 2 for William Luke, 3 for Lauren Shakell, 3 for Mia Parkes, 4 for Thomas Vince and 5 for Caleb Chittem.

There were 26 second place Silver medals for Alexander Vega-Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Amie Ludgate, Caleb Chittem, Casey White, Charlotte Gledhill, Jack Lynch, Jack Moulton, 2 for Ben Stewart, 2 for Hannah Boyd, 3 for Lauren Shakell, 3 for Lynden Holtom-Stott, 4 for Mia Parkes and 4 for William Luke.

There were 22 third place Bronze Medals for Alexander Vega-Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Amie Ludgate, Charlotte Gledhill, Evie Lynch, Hannah Boyd, Jack Lynch, James Kahrman, Joshua Atkins, Lauren Shakell and Lynden Holtom-Stott, 2 for Ben Stewart, 2 for Ella-Mae Fereday, 2 for Lucas Morton, 2 for William Luke and 3 for Casey White.

There were 81 fourth to eight place medals for Abbie Robottom, Alexander Vega-Flores, Alexandru Istrate, Amelia Hobrow, Ben Stewart, Casey White, Charlotte Gledhill, Chloe Parker-Mead, Dominic Simpson, Eleanor Coulter, Ella-Mae Fereday, Evie Lynch, Hannah Boyd, Harvey Matkin, Jack Moulton, James Kahrman, Joshua Atkins, Kai Farmer, Lucas Morton, Luke Wilkin, Lynden Holtom-Stott, Mia Horesley, Mia Parkes, Tegan Kettle, Thomas Vince, William Beardmore and William Luke.

After a fantastic event, Nuneaton & Bedworth will now look forward more team races in the next few weeks.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Lucas Morton, Casey White, Thomas Vince, William Beardmore and Ben Stewart

Cov & Districts new swimmer Dominic Simpson with his 4 medals

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club have just held their “End of Season” June Open Meet at the Pingles leisure centre in Nuneaton where their swimmers collected 25 first, 21 second and 11 third place wins.

This hugely popular Level 3 meet saw the Clubs 9 years and upwards compete in individual events against 327 swimmers representing 16 Clubs around the country.

Four sessions were held over two days and saw races in all the main strokes over 50m, 100m and 200m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group. There was also a skins event for the top 8 boys and top 8 girls in the 100m IM.

Over 32 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 25 first place Gold medals for Alice Ball in the 100m Breaststroke & 100m Butterfly, Ben Stewart in the 200m Breaststroke, Caleb Chittem in the 50m, 100m & 200m Breaststroke, 50m & 100m Butterfly, 100m IM and the 50m, 100m & 200m Freestyle, Casey White in the 200m Butterfly, David Broadbent in the 100m Breaststroke & 100m Butterfly, Gabriella Watts in the 50m Backstroke, Harry Puffett in the 100m Backstroke, Jamie Black in the 50m Freestyle, Lucas Williams in the 200m Freestyle, 100m IM, 50m Backstroke & 50m Breaststroke and Thomas Vince in the 50m & 100m Backstroke.

They also picked up 21 second place Silvers medals for Alice Ball in the 100m IM, Caleb Chittem in the 100m Backstroke, Cerys Farmer in the 100m & 200m Freestyle, Charlotte Gledhill in the 200m Backstroke, David Broadbent in the 200m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle & 100m IM, Finlay Monaghan in the 50m Freestyle, Gabriella Watts in the 100m & 200m Backstroke, Harry Puffett in the 200m Backstroke, Jack Moulton in the 50m Breaststroke, Jamie Black in the 100m Butterfly, Joshua Atkins in the 200m Backstroke, Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 50m Breaststroke, Lucas Williams in the 50m Butterfly, Lynden Holtom-Stott in the 100m Backstroke and Thomas Vince in the 200m Backstroke.

There were also 11 third place Bronze medals for Alice Ball in the 100m Backstroke & 100m Freestyle, Cerys Farmer in the 50m Freestyle, David Broadbent in the 200m Backstroke, Hannah Boyd in the 50m Freestyle, Harry Puffett in the 50m Backstroke, Jack Moulton in the 100m Breaststroke, Jamie Black in the 100m IM, Joshua Atkins in the 50m Butterfly, Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 100m Breaststroke and Lucas Williams in the 100m Freestyle.

In the Skins events where a swimmer was eliminated after each round, Alice Ball managed to get to the last three and came third in the girls and for the boys it was a Nuneaton final between Jamie Black and Lucas Williams with Jamie just piping Lucas to the finish line in an awesome event for the both the girls and boys.

After a fantastic event, Nuneaton & Bedworth will now look forward to a summer break before the next swimming season in September.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Caleb Chittem with his 9 Golds and 1 Silver

May 2016

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club were in action again where 13 of its young elite swimmers competed in the Age Group West Midlands Championships at the Coventry Sports & Leisure Centre.

The entry into the West Midlands Championship was tougher than ever this year and saw the 13 swimmers aged 11 to 13 achieve their individual Midland times allowing entry into the Championships for individual events against 373 swimmers from 49 swimming clubs around the West Midlands.

There were individual achievements for Alexandru Istrate in the 50m Backstroke, Amelia Bassnett in the 800m Freestyle, Ben Stewart in the 50, 100 & 200m Backstroke and the 200m Breaststroke, Ella-Mae Fereday in the 50m Breaststroke, Evan Jones in the 200m IM, 200m Breaststroke, 100m Butterfly, 100 & 400m Freestyle and the 100 & 200m Backstroke, Evie Lynch in the 50m Backstroke, Finlay Monaghan in the 50, 100 & 200m Butterfly, 50 & 100m Freestyle and the 100m Backstroke, Gabriella Watts in the 50, 100 & 200m Backstroke, Hannah Boyd in the 50m Freestyle, Jack Lynch in the 50m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle, Lauren Shakell in the 50 & 100m Butterfly and the 100m Breaststroke, Mia Parkes in the 50m Freestyle and Thomas Vince in the 200m Backstroke.

After some tough heats Gabriella Watts made the final of the 100m Backstroke, Finlay Monaghan made the final of the 200m Butterfly, Evan Jones made the final of the 200m IM, 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 200m Backstroke coming first and collecting a gold medal and taking the title of West Midland Age Group Champion in all four events. Evan also made the final of the 100m Butterfly and came 3^rd collecting a Bronze medal and came 2^nd in the 400m Freestyle and collected a Silver medal.

A massive well done and congratulations to all Nuneaton & Bedworth swimmers achieving Midlands times this year and to Evan Jones with his collection of 6 medals and 4 West Midlands Age Group Championship titles.

Finlay Monaghan, Evan Jones and Jack Lynch 

West Midlands Age Group Champion Evan Jones

Ben Stewart, Thomas Vince, Evie Lynch, Hannah Boyd  and Amelia Bassnett 

Saturday 14^th May 2016

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club’s junior swimmers have been in action where they claimed a third place finish in round 2 of the Nuneaton and District Junior League and a third place finish in round 2 of the Leicester and District Junior League.

The gala saw the A Team compete against swimmers from Boldmere, Northampton, Bilston, Lichfield and Cannock Phoenix swimming clubs at Worcester and the B Team compete against swimmers from Leicester Neptune, Corby, Rushden, and Oadby & Wigston swimming clubs away at Wigston.

After a total of 51 events the final results saw Boldmere take first place on 224 points, Northampton 217 points, Nuneaton & Bedworth 208 points, Bilston 170 points, Lichfield 130 points and Cannock Phoenix 115 points.

After another great round, both teams now look forward to round 3 of the Junior Leagues on 25^th June.

Saturday 9^th April 2016

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club’s junior swimmers have been in action where they claimed a third place finish in round 1 of the Nuneaton and District Junior League and a third place finish in round 1 of the Leicester and District Junior League.

The gala saw the A Team compete against swimmers from Pershore, Wombourne, Wyre Forest, Leicester Sharks and Worcester swimming clubs at Worcester and the B Team competed away at Loughorough.

After a total of 51 events the final results saw Leicester Sharks take first place on 248 points, Worcester 223 points, Nuneaton & Bedworth 198 points, Wombourne 149 points, Wyre Forest 148 points and Pershore 94 points.

After a great start, both teams now look forward to round 2 of the Junior Leagues on 14^th May.

This hugely popular Level 3 meet saw the Clubs 9 years and upwards compete in individual events against 430 swimmers representing 20 Clubs around the country.

Four sessions were held over two days and saw races in all the main strokes over 50, 100m and 200m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group 9/10, 11/12, 13/14 and the over 15’s.

Over 32 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 18 first place Gold medals for Alice Ball in the 50m breaststroke & 200m IM, David Broadbent in the 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke & 200m IM, Finlay Monaghan in the 200m butterfly, Jamie Black in the 50m & 100m freestyle & 50m butterfly, Jessica Sutton in the 50m & 100m backstroke, Lucas Williams in the 50m & 100m backstroke, 50m breaststroke & 200m freestyle, Mia Parkes in the 50m & 100m butterfly and Thomas Vince in the 200m backstroke.

They also picked up 18 second place Silvers medals for Alexander Vega Flores in the 200m backstroke, Alice Ball in the in the 100m & 200m breaststroke & 200m backstroke, Cerys Farmer in the 200m freestyle, David Broadbent in the 50m butterfly & 50m freestyle, Harry Puffet in the 200m backstroke, Jamie Black in the 100m butterfly, Jessica Sutton in the 100m freestyle, Lauren Shakell in the 50m & 100m butterfly & 100m breaststroke, Lucas Williams in the 200m IM, Mia Parkes in the 50m & 100 freestyle & 200m IM and Thomas Vince in the 100m backstroke.

There were also 11 third place Bronze medals for Alexander Vega Flores in the 200m butterfly, Alice Ball in the 100m butterfly, Ben Stewart in the 200m breaststroke, Cerys Farmer in the 100m freestyle, Charlotte Gledhill in the 200m backstroke, Gabriella Watts in the 50m & 200m backstroke, Lauren Shakell in the 50m breaststroke, Lucas Williams in the 100m freestyle and Mia Parkes in the 50m backstroke & 200m freestyle.

After a fantastic event, Nuneaton & Bedworth will now look forward to team swimming leagues starting in the middle of April.

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again in the Warwickshire County Championships at Coventry’s 50m pool collecting a total of 33 medals - 5 Gold, 10 Silver and 18 Bronze with 67 swimmers making event finals.

This gala saw the clubs 10 year-olds and upwards compete in the programme of all 32 recognised long course events and 14 team events with all swimmers having to make the qualifying time to enter.

There were Gold medals and the titles of Warwickshire County Champion for Evan Jones in the 100 and 200m backstroke, Lucas Williams in the 50 and 100m backstroke and William Luke in the 200m Butterfly.

There were individual Silver medals for David Broadbent in the 100m Butterfly, Evan Jones in the 50m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle, Lucas Williams in the 200m Backstroke, Mia Parkes in the 100m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly, Thomas Smith in the 100m Butterfly and 400m IM and Team Silver medals for Lucas Williams, Lucas Williams, Lynden Holtom-Stott and David Broadbent in the 400m Freestyle and Medley relays.

There were individual Bronze medals for Alexandru Istrate in the 50m Backstroke, Alice Ball in the 400m IM, Amelia Bassnett in the 400m IM and 800m Freestyle, Caleb Chittem in the 100m Freestyle, Casey White in the 200m Butterfly, David Broadbent in the 400m IM, Evan Jones in the 50m Butterfly, 200m IM and 200m Freestyle, Gabriella Watts in the 50m and 200m Backstroke, Jamie Black in the 50m Butterfly, William Luke in the 50m Butterfly, 200m IM, 200m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke and the 200m Backstroke.

Head Coach Terry Freeman added:

“I have had one the best Warwickshire Championships for many years producing a solid performance in all age groups. The town of Nuneaton and Bedworth should be very proud of our swimmers.

 Championship Medallists Caleb Chittem, Lynden Holtom-Stott and William Luke

Well done to all those who took part in this years Sprint Night.

This years are group winners are:

Full results can be found in the Competition Results section.

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again where they recorded a first place finish and won the Leicester Autumn League at Braunstone Leisure Centre Leicester recording 22 first place wins, 9 second place wins and 5 third place wins.

After winning previous rounds at Hinckley and Burton, the club made it through to the 8 team final with its 10 year-olds and upwards competing in individual events and team relays against swimmers from Kettering, Leicester Sharks, Leicester Neptune, Rushden, Leicester Penguins, Daventry and Melton swimming clubs.

There were individual first place wins for Jessica Sutton and Jamie Black in the 100m freestyle, Kaan Temuge-Winder in the 25m breaststroke, Mya Aitken in the 50m butterfly, Hannah Boyd in the 50m freestyle, Lucas Williams in the 100m backstroke, Mia Parkes and William Luke in the 25m butterfly, Thomas Smith in the 100m freestyle, Alice Ball and David Broadbent in the 100m breaststroke, Caleb Chittem in the 25m freestyle, Lauren Shakell in the 50m breaststroke, Jamie Black in the 100m butterfly with team first place wins for Mia Parkes, Casey White, Charlotte Gledhill and Mia Horsley in the 10/u freestyle relay, Kaan Temuge-Winder, William Beardmore, Alex Vega-Flores and Caleb Chittem in the 10/u freestyle relay, Gabriella Watts, Evie Lynch, Amelia Bassnett and Hannah Boyd in the 12yrs freestyle relay, Jack Lynch, Atticus Walton-Hayfield, Finlay Monaghan and Thomas Vince in the 12yrs freestyle relay, William Beardmore, Kaan Temuge-Winder, William Luke, and Alex Vega-Flores in the 10/u medley relay, Finlay Monaghan, Lucas Morton, Luke Wilkin and Atticus Walton-Hayfield in the 12yrs medley relay, Jessica Sutton, Alice Ball, Jessica Payne and Cerys Farmer in the open medley relay and Mia Parkes, Caleb Chittem, Evie Lynch, Jack Lynch, Megan Higginson, Thomas Smith, Alice Ball and Ethan Barnes in the freestyle cannon.

There were also individual second place positions for William Luke in the 25m backstroke, Lauren Shakell and Thomas Smith in the 50m butterfly, Finlay Monaghan in the 50m freestyle, Jessica Sutton in the 100m backstroke with team second places for Jessica Payne, Jessica Sutton, Cerys Farmer and Alice Ball in the open freestyle relay, Ethan Barnes, Samuel Oliver, Harry Puffet and Lynden Holtom-Stott in the open freestyle relay, Charlotte Gledhill, Casey White, Mia Parkes and Mia Horsley in the 10/u medley relay and Gabriella Watts, Ella-Mae Fereday Lauren Shakell and Amelia Bassnett in the 12yrs medley relay.

There were individual third place wins for Mia Parkes in the 25m breaststroke, Gabriella Watts and Thomas Vince in the 50m backstroke with team third places for Chloe Parker-Mead, Ella-Mae Fereday, Mya Aitken and Amie Ludgate in the 14yrs medley relay and Harry Puffet, Lucas Williams, David Broadbent and Lynden Holtom-Stott in the open medley relay.

The final result after 49 events saw Nuneaton & Bedworth claim top spot on (317) points ahead of Rushden (301), Daventry (245), Leicester Neptune (228), Leicester Penguins (206), Leicester Sharks (204), Melton (136) and Kettering (114).

Well done to all those swimmers who took part.

Captains Cerys Farmer and Jamie Black collecting the Trophy

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have been in action again in the Coventry & District Primaries at the Pingles in Nuneaton recording 29 Golds, 35 Silvers and 32 Bronze medal finishes.

This event saw the clubs 9 year-olds and upwards compete in individual events against swimmers from Blythe Barracudas, City of Coventry, Kingsbury, Leamington, Rugby, Solihull and Stratford Sharks.

Five sessions were held over three days and saw heats and finals in 50m & 100m distances in all strokes and heat declared winner events for 200m & 400m distances with medals for the top 8 in each of the age groups.

Over 34 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 198 medals in total. here were 29 first place Gold medals with 8 for Jamie Black, 5 for Thomas Smith, 3 each for David Broadbent and Mia Parkes, 2 each for Lucas Williams and Gabriella Watts and 1 each for Thomas Vince, Lauren Shakell, Jack Moulton, Lynden Holtom-Stott, Amelia Hobrow and Harvey Matkin.

There were 35 second place Silver medals with 4 for Lucas Williams, 3 each for David Broadbent, Gabriella Watts and Harry Puffett, 2 each for Mia Parkes, Thomas Vince, Lauren Shakell, Jack Moulton, William Luke and Luke Wilkin and 1 each for Jamie Black, Thomas Smith, Chloe Parker-Mead, Lucas Morton, Kaan Temuge-Winder, Ella-Mae Fereday, Finlay Monaghan, Ben Stewart, Alex Lynch and Evie Lynch.

There were 32 third place Bronze Medals with 5 for Gabriella Watts, 4 for William Luke, 3 each for Lucas Williams and Thomas Vince, 2 each for Lauren Shakell, Chloe Parker-Mead, Lucas Morton, Kaan Temuge-Winder and Jack Lynch and 1 each for Mia Parkes, Luke Wilkin, Jamie Black, Ella-Mae Fereday, Finlay Monaghan, Amie Ludgate and Ethan Barnes.

The boys also collected Eight out of Nine trophies available for the fastest boy in 200m and 400m events, Jamie Black collected 3, Lucas Williams collected 2 and David Broadbent, Jack Moulton and Lynden Holtom-Stott each collected one trophy.

Back row: Jamie Black, Jack Moulton, Lynden Holtom-Stott, Gabriella Watts, Luke Wilkin
Middle/Front row: Amie Ludgate, Casey White, Megan Higginson, Chloe Parker-Mead,

Tegan Kettle, Ella-Mae Fereday, Amelia Bassnett, Hannah Boyd and Emma Ashby

To view current club records click here

Nuneaton and Bedworth Swimming Club were in action in Coventry where 16 of their county level boys and girls travelled to the City’s 50m pool for the Coventry Sprint Open Meet where they collected 7 first, 7 second and 4 third place wins and came home with four finalist trophies.

This sprint meet saw the swimmers compete against 160 swimmers representing 14 Clubs around the region in individual 50m sprint events in all four main strokes.

The top eight in each age group then battled it out with a final 200m Individual Medley swimming all four strokes together.

After four sprint races each Lynden Holtom-Stott topped the medal haul with four, closely followed by William Luke and Joshua Atkins both with three each, Caleb Chittem with two and Luke Wilkin and William Beardmore with one medal each.

In the finals Lilly-Ella Bentley-Green and Caleb Chittem both picked up second place trophies for the 9 yrs girls and 9 yrs boys. William Luke had a clear win and picked up a first place trophy for the 10 yrs boys and Lynden Holtom-Stott picked up a second place trophy for the 14 yrs boys.

 Lilly-Ella Bentley-Green 2nd place in 9 yrs girls 200m IM

Joshua Atkins, William Beardmore, William Luke and Luke Wilkin

 Caleb Chittem

William Luke 1st place in 10 yrs boys 200m IM

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club have just held their Autumn Open Meet at the Pingles Leisure centre in Nuneaton where their swimmers collected 12 Gold, 14 Silver and 18 Bronze medals over the two days of swimming.

This hugely popular Level 3 meet saw the Clubs 9 years and upwards compete in individual events against 240 swimmers representing 21 Clubs from around the country. Four sessions were held over two days and saw races in all the main strokes over 100m, 200m and 400m distances with medals for the top 3 in each age group.

Over 25 events, Nuneaton & Bedworth picked up 12 first places with Evan Jones collecting four Golds, Lucas Williams three, David Broadbent and Thomas Smith collecting two Golds each and one for William Luke. They picked up 14 second places with Evan Jones collecting three Silvers, Atticus Walton-Hayfield, Jamie Black, Lucas Williams and Lynden Holtom-Stott all collecting two Silver medals each and Alice Ball, David Broadbent and William Luke all collecting one Silver medal. They also picked up 18 third places with Lynden Holtom-Stott and William Luke collecting three Bronze medals each, David Broadbent collecting two and Atticus Walton-Hayfield, Chloe Parker-Mead, Evan Jones, Gabriella Watts, Harry Puffett, Jack Moulton, Jamie Black, Kaan Temuge-Winder, Mia Parkes and Thomas Smith all collecting one Bronze medal each.

After a fantastic event, Nuneaton & Bedworth will now look forward to the Spring Open Meet at the end of March which is again tipped to be a very popular event.

 Swimmers Atticus Walton-Hayfield, William Luke, Ben Stewart and Lucas Morton

Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club’s junior swimmers have been in action competing in the Nuneaton and District Junior League Division 1 final.

The final saw the clubs swimmers compete against swimmers from Boldmere, Leamington Spa, Leicester Sharks, Northampton and Stourbridge swimming clubs at Wolverhampton Central Baths.

There were individual wins for Evan Jones in both the 11/u backstroke and the 12/u backstroke and an individual win for Caleb Chittem in the 9 yrs freestyle.

There were team second places for Evan Jones, Harry Beverley, Luke Wilkin and Finlay Monaghan in the boys 11/u medley relay and William Beardmore, Alex Vega Flores, Joshua Atkins and Caleb Chittem in the boys 9 years medley relay.

There were individual third places for William Beardmore in the boys 9 yrs breaststroke, Gabriella Watts in the girls 11/u backstroke, Joshua Atkins in the boys 9 yrs butterfly, Lauren Matkin in the girls 10 yrs backstroke, Mia Parkes in the girls 10 yrs butterfly and Evan Jones in the boys 11/u freestyle.

There were team third places for Evan Jones, Harry Beverley, Jack Lynch and Finlay Monaghan in the boys 11/u freestyle relay and William Beardmore, Joshua Atkins, Ethan Woodward and Caleb Chittem in the boys 9 years freestyle relay.

After a total of 51 events the final results saw Northampton take first place on 236 points, Leicester Sharks 189 points, Boldmere 188 points, Leamington Spa 183 points, Stourbridge 139 points and Nuneaton & Bedworth 124 points.

All junior swimmers are now looking forward to next year’s Nuneaton & District and Leicester & District swimming leagues where they hope to build on this year’s success.

Nuneaton and Bedworth are always looking for the swimming talent of the future and volunteers, so come and visit our website www.nun-bed-sc.co.uk for more information on our club and learn to swim schemes.

Junior League Final Team 2015

Congratulations Harry Puffet and Cerys Farmer on becoming Club Captains and to Thomas Vince and Amelia Bassnett  on becoming Club Vice Captains.