Swimmers and parents from Ashbourne Swimming Club attended the annual Club Presentation Disco following the recent Club Championships.  Swimmers from across all age groups, from 7 years of age to adult masters swimmers, participated in the event which was run across three evenings at Ashbourne Leisure Centre.  All coaches and teachers at the club were delighted with the progress made by the swimmers.

Results

Also competing in the championships were Sacha Doran, Molly Gorman, Melissa John, Hannah Bailey, Alaina Weir, Anna Williams, Holly Lakin, Molly Walker-Sharp, Charlotte Heaney, Stephi Weir, Joe Baynes, Joe Cox, Joe Moore, Thomas Lakin, Mark Limer, Joshua McFall, Connor Sherry, William MacDonald-Lowe, Elise Heaney, Maisie Walker-Sharp, Emily Lakin, Eva Gorman, Kira Watson and Evie Cantellow.

The club now looks forward to a short break over Christmas followed by a busy couple of months of training and competition with the first round of the 4-Towns League on Saturday, 2 February, followed by Melton Mowbray Open Meet on Saturday, 16 February and the Derbyshire County Championships on 1 & 2 March and 8 & 9 March and 15 &16 March 2008.

Anybody interested in joining the club can come down to the pool on a Wednesday evening between 6pm and 8.30pm or can contact the club for further information via e-mail on info@ashbourneswimclub.org. 

Submitted by: Sarah Brandrick – Head Coach

Date:  17-12-07

Press Release

Swimmers from Ashbourne Swimming Club have put in strong performances at two recent events – the Belper Marlin B Grade Open Meet at the end of October and the Derbyshire Long Course County Championships at Ponds Forge, the 50m pool in Sheffield in November.

Participating in the Belper Marlin event were Victoria Cox, Sacha Doran, Kirsty Durose, Jasmin Ford, Libby Ford, Joe Haswell, Tom Haswell, Charlotte Higton, Amy Poynton, Jonny Riley, Rachel Ripley, Caspar Tynan and Rebecca Wright.  Club Captain, Kirsty Durose put in a strong performance to win 2 golds (100m backstroke & 100m breaststroke), and a bronze in 100m butterfly.  Jasmin Ford came in the top 10 for all her events, with bronze and a personal best time in 100m backstroke. Jonny Riley and Caspar Tynan also finished in the top 10 for all events.  Jonny came away with silver in 100m backstroke.  Other swimmers with top 10 performances were Joe Haswell, Tom Haswell, Rachel Ripley, Caspar Tynan and Rebecca Wright.  This was the first Open Meet for Libby Ford and Sacha Doran. All swimmers performed well, with many knocking seconds off their previous best times.

The same can be said for the 22 swimmers participating in the Derbyshire County Championships at the 50m Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield, with 11 swimmers finishing in top 10 positions.  Stephen Hughes won gold in 50m freestyle in a time of 24.64 secs.  Kirsty Durose put in good performances to win silver in 50m freestyle and bronze in 50m backstroke, 4th in 50m butterfly and 6th in 50m breaststroke.  Heidi Durose swam well in the 50m breaststroke and won the silver medal.  Callum Broom won bronze in the 50m freestyle.  Completing the medal haul for these championships was Caspar Tynan with bronze medal in 50m butterfly and top 10 swims in his other events.  Other swimmers finishing in the top 10 were Nicole Bailey (4^th, 7^th & 7^th), Alice Bancroft (7^th), Jasmin Ford (10^th), Tom Haswell (10^th), Jonny Riley (7^th) and Ellen Roberts (9^th).

 Also competing in the championships were Lydia Cox, Victoria Cox, Libby Ford, Tom Gadsby, Joe Haswell, Paul Heaney, Charlotte Higton, Amy Poynton, Rachel Ripley, Georgia Roberts, Ellen Ward and Rebecca Wright.

 “We are all delighted with the performance of the swimmers in the recent competitions.” commented coach, Sarah Brandrick.  “The personal best times and the top 10 results come as a result of weeks of hard work by the swimmers.”


Submitted by: Sarah Brandrick – Head Coach

Date:  27-11-07

October 2007

Nail-biting one-point win for town swimmers

ASHBOURNE Swimming Club were in action at Uttoxeter pool and finished off the 2007 Four Towns Team event with a rousing performance.

It was a tense evening from the start but Ashbourne finally triumphed to win the last round with a total of 102 points - only one ahead of their nearest rivals Leek.

There were many memorable swims and several personal best times - even though the swimmers had to perform without the customary starting blocks - Dove Valley had had new blocks installed only that week but had to remove them at the last minute for safety reasons.

The team had 11 first place finishes from Rachel Ripley, Johny Riley, the mixed 12 years medley relay team, the mixed open medley relay team, Nicole Bailey, Rebecca Wright, captain Kirsty Durose, the mixed 14 years medley relay team, Casper Tynan, Georgia Roberts and the mixed open freestyle relay team.

The team also clocked up five swims which were "too fast" from Nicole Bailey, Joe Haswell, Casper Tynan, Robert Wheeler and Jasmin Ford. It was altogether a very satisfactory evening for Ashbourne Swimming Club finishing overall in Third place for the year 2007. It was also Linda French's last evening in charge of the team and she would like to say a very big well done to the swimmers and also a huge thank you to everyone who has made her time at the club so enjoyable

July 2007

Ashbourne Swimming Club has recently had 2 very busy weekends competing in the 3rd round of the 2007 4 Towns Competition and the annual Belper Marlins Open Meet held at the City of Derby Pool.

The 4 Towns event proved to be a very tight competition with all teams finishing very close in the final points total. Ashbourne were especially unfortunate as they had no fewer than 9 swims from Jasmin Ford, Jonny Riley, Rachel Ripley, Casper Tynan, Kirsty Durose, Joe Haswell, Tom Haswell and Ellen Roberts which were “too fast” and therefore did not receive any points. This is good news for the club as it shows the considerable improvement shown by many of the swimmers. There was however also 12 first place finishes from Amy Poynton, James Waterhouse, Nicole Bailey, Tom Haswell, Tom Gadsby, Georgia Roberts, Ellen Roberts, 14yrs medley relay team, and Kirsty Durose. The final points total for the evening was Dove Valley 111pts, Leek 110 pts, Ashbourne 102 pts and Matlock 66 pts.

On the following weekend (7 July) 17 swimmers from Ashbourne competed in the annual City of Derby Open Meet with numerous personal best times and fantastic performances. First place finishes were achieved by Heidi Durose (100m Br/s), Kirsty Durose (100m bk/s, 100m br/s) Joe Haswell (100m f/s) and Sarah Brandrick (100m fly, 100m f/s). Kirsty Durose, Jasmin Ford, Rebecca French, Tom Haswell, Paul Heaney, Jonny Riley and Ellen Roberts also all achieved top 3 finishes in their respective events which again shows the depth and improvement in the Ashbourne squad. Personal best times and good performances were also recorded by Demi Buxton, Charlotte Highton, Rachel Ripley, Georgia Roberts, Ellen Ward, Rebecca Wright and Robert Wheeler

The club will now revert to “summer training” of only 2 nights per week (Monday and Wednesday) for the main squad. and will look forward to various competitions taking place after the school summer holidays
 

Press Release – Ashbourne Swimming Club – 4 December 2006

Swimmers and parents from Ashbourne Swimming Club attended the annual Club Presentation Disco following the recent Club Championships.  Swimmers from across all age groups, from 8 years of age to adult masters swimmers, participated in the event which was run across two Wednesday evenings at Ashbourne Leisure Centre.  All coaches and teachers at the club were delighted with the progress made by the swimmers.

 Results

The club now looks forward to a short break over Christmas followed by a busy couple of months of training and competition with the first round of the 4-Towns League on Saturday, 3 February, followed by Melton Mowbray Open Meet on Saturday, 10 February and the Derbyshire County Championships on 24/25 February, 3/4 March and 10/11 March.

Anybody interested in joining the club can come down to the pool on a Wednesday evening between 6pm and 8.30pm or can contact the club for further information via e-mail on info@ashbourneswimclub.org. 

Ashbourne Swimming Club – Competition Report (26-11-06)

Swimmers from Ashbourne Swimming Club have put in strong performances at three recent events – the Rykneld C Grade and Belper Marlin B Grade Open Meets in October and the Derbyshire Long Course County Championships at Ponds Forge, the 50m pool in Sheffield on 12 November.

 

The Rykneld competition was the first open meet for three swimmers – Georgia Roberts, Nicola Wetton and Demi Buxton, who all performed well.  Other swimmers participating in this event were Jessica Austin, Robert Wheeler, Stephanie Wetton, Ellen Roberts, Rachel Keeling and Jonny Riley with many of them smashing their previous personal best times.  Jonny Riley came away with a silver medal in 100m backstroke, Robert Wheeler with bronze in 100m freestyle and Jessica Audit with a bronze in 100m breaststroke.  Swimmers just outside of the medal positions in 4^th place were Jonny, Stephanie and Jessica.

 
The Rykneld event was followed by the Belper Marlin Open Meet.  Again a strong representation from Ashbourne Swimming Club.  Participating in this event were Ellen Roberts, Jonny Riley, Robert Wheeler, Rebecca Wright, Jasmin Ford, Alice Bancroft, Kirsty Durose and Rachel Keeling.  Kirsty put in a strong performance to win 2 golds (100m freestyle & 50m freestyle), silver in 100m breaststroke and bronze in 100m backstroke.  Jonny Riley came away with gold in 100m freestyle and bronze in 50m backstroke and 50m breaststroke and Jasmin Ford won bronze in 100m freestyle.  Again, all swimmers performed well, with many knocking seconds off their previous best times.

The same can be said for the 16 swimmers participating in the Derbyshire County Championships at the 50m Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield.  Against strong competition, Kirsty Durose continued her winning ways with 2 gold medals (50m butterfly and 50m freestyle), silver in 50m backstroke and bronze in 50m breaststroke.  Callum Broom equalled Kirsty’s medal tally with 2 golds in 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke, silver in 50m fly and bronze in 50m breaststroke.  Completing the medal haul for these championships was Heidi Durose with bronze medal in 50m breaststroke.