Club Notices
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Congratulations to Ben Legge and Ellie Jones who have been awarded the Frank Leech Memorial Trophies for the National Arena League 2012.
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Club Presentation Evening Photo's are now available in the Members area Gallery
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Fundraising
To help fund raising we have signed up to easyfundraising, this allows the club to generate much need fund's by members
searching the web via there search engine, or using the site for online shopping.
All you need to do to is sign up as a member of easyfundraising and every time you purchase from their website,
the club will get a donation from easyfundraising.
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A big thank you to Alsager Shoe Repairs, who have engraved our new trophies free of charge.
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Alsager Bridgestone Needs You
Due to the continued expansion of our swimming programme and in particular our junior squads
we are looking for motivated and enthusiastic parents to help on the pool deck at gala’s and
during training session. For those willing to commit the club can assist with acquiring coaching qualifications.
If you are keen to become involved in a fast growing club please contact:
Mike Barnes
e-mail-mbarnes873@btinternet.com
or Tel-07971504469
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Trophies
Please read this letter
from our Chair concerning trophy Sponsorship,
if you or somebody you know's would like to sponsor a trophy please speak
to a member of the committee
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Interested in Joining Alsager Bridgestone for a Free Trial?
Contact
Helen Pickford 01270 876 867
or Sue Price 01270 883 054
or Email members@alsagerbridgestoneasc.com
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Alsager Bridgestone ASC is a non-profit making organisation dedicated to the improvement and progress of competitive
swimming. We aim to encourage and develop good sportsmanship, individual integrity, team spirit and provide an environment
in which swimmers can realise their full potential at all levels.
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A small team of enthusiastic swimmers took a trip over the snowy Pennines to Leeds for the level 1 Christmas meet. This was a high
class meet, against a very strong field of competitors including a number GB athletes.
But as always, the Alsager Bridgestone swimmers were not phased by this and did the Club proud with some outstanding performances.
Swimmers Gaz Johnson, Sam Pickford, James Walker, Ben Legge, Jonny Chatten, Heather Hulme, Niamh Minton and Ellie Jones put in some
outstanding performances.
Naimh Minton took bronze in the 50m Backstroke with Sam Pickford just missing out by tenths of a second
on his 100 backstroke National time.
However the swim of the day has to go to Gaz Johnson in the 50m Butterfly.
Mike Barnes Alsagers Bridgestone Head Coach said it was an exceptional swim from start to finish. 5.45 seconds to 15metres and 22 strokes
later hitting the pads in first place in a British Gas National Championship qualifying time of 25.72 seconds and entry into the second
round of the Olympic trials.
AWESOME!
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Confidence was high amongst swimmers and supporters on the trip to Bury for the Arena League North West Division 1 Final.
After 2 superb performances in the rounds, Alsager had finished top of the league of 17 teams from throughout the Northwest.
The atmosphere was amazing with all teams bringing their bands of supporters and the teams on poolside had got their war paint
on and the sound of cheers, drums, whistles and air horns filled the air.
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The 6 strong teams battled it out throughout the evening, with very few points separating the top 3 in an exhilarating nights swimming.
In the end Alsager finished a fantastic 3 third place, to eventual winners Winsford and second place Blackpool, with only 6 points separating
the top 3.
All 20 of the squad performed at their best, with a total of 17 personal bests and 5 new club records. Head coach Mike Barnes said
"Well done to all swimmers, team managers and supporters. The gala was AWESOME."
This performance now means that Alsager Bridgestone won promotion and will be swimming in the Arena Premier League against the elite of the Northwest.
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Alsager Bridgestone swimmers are celebrating after fantastic results at the Winter North West Regionals at the Manchester Aquatics Centre on
3rd & 4th December. They were up against elite athletes from clubs throughout the North West, many who regularly swim in international events.
Ten of the Club’s swimmers qualified for a variety of events, with three members making five of the finals.
Sam Pickford medalled in 50m backstroke,
as did Gary Johnson in 50m fly.
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Alsager’s Open Men’s Relay team - from left to right: Marcus
Tyson, Gaz Johnson, Sam Pickford, Rob Gater, Michael Poynton
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Alsager Open boys swam out of their socks in the relay events, achieving a superb:
3rd in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay (Watch Lane 7. Near Side)
4th in the 4 x 100 medley relay (Watch Lane 2, Far Side)
6th in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.
Just to top the weekend – Alsager were placed as 6th Club in the North West! Well done to all concerned:
Swimmers: Heather Hulme, Katie Sutton, Kitty Price, James Walker, Matt Price, Rob Gater, Michael Poynton, Sam Pickford, Marcus Tyson and Gary Johnson.
Head
Coach: Mike Barnes
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A small team of 17 Alsager Bridgestone swimmers made the trip to Warrington for the Percy Mason Memorial Gala.
The swimmers performed brilliantly once again and came away with an impressive medal haul of
6 Speeding Tickets, 7 Gold's, 5 Silver and 3 Bronze.
There were many impressive performances with every swimmer achieving at least 1 personal best in their races.
Well done to
Tom Bloor - 1 Speeding Ticket, 2 Gold Medals
Olivia Capper - 1 Bronze Medal
Cameron Emery-Hyson - 1 Bronze
Medal
Maddison Emery-Hyson - 2 Speeding Ticket
Micheal Goodby - 1 Speeding Ticket, 1 Gold Medal
Isabella Harris - 1 Speeding Ticket, 2 Gold Medals
Beth Hitchen - 1 Gold and 4 Silver Medals
Olivia Lengyel - 1 Speeding Ticket, 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
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Conner Riley - 1 Silver Medal
Many thanks to all swimmers and supporters who made the journey.
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A strong team of 16 swimmers made the trip to Wolverhampton for the Chase Open Meet for a fantastic weekend of swimming against some very strong opposition.
There were some amazing swims from those involved with 33 Personal Bests and a brilliant 13 new Club Records out of the 72 swims.
Over the weekend the swimmers achieved 30 top 3 places with 7 Gold, 8 Silver and 15 Bronze medals.
Special mentions to Ben Legge (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze), Olivia Lengyel (3 Gold, 2 Bronze), Niamh Minton (2 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze) and Sam Pickford (3 Silver, 4 Bronze).
Also special congratulations to Kitty Price who set 5 new club records.
All big well done to all swimmers involved.
Jonathan Chatten, Simon Corbishley, Jack Fox-Marrs, Beth Hitchen, Oliver Holmes, Heather Hulme, Gary Johnson, Ben Legge,
Olivia Lengyel, Toby Lengyel, Niamh Minton, Sam Pickford, Kitty Price, Matt Price, Katie Sutton, Isabel Turnock
A big thanks to the coaches and parents for their usual fantastic support.
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Twenty one of our swimmers competed at Fenton, between them they had 107 swims winning a plethora of medals
and more importantly getting PB’s, what can we say other than well done.
What a “fantabulus” set of results there were many medals but most of all there were loads of PB’s.
In summary the Alsager Bridgestone swimmers achieved:
67 – PB’s
11 – Gold medals
5 – Silver medals
4 – Bronze medals
Totally awesome!!!!
Olivia Capper, Madison Emery-Hyson, Bella Harris, Bethany Hitchen, Jodie Hulme, Jessica Jones, Olivia Lengyel, Isabelle Morrey and Amy Wyatt.
Josh Bevan, Tom Bloor, Alex Corbishley, Simon Corbishley, Cameron Emery-Hyson, Jack Fox-Marrs, Oliver Holmes, Matthew Johnson, Toby Lengyel,
Ross Preston, Connor Riley and Jack Wyatt.
Josh Bevan – 4 PB’s from 5 races
Tom Bloor – 3 PB’s, 3 golds and 1 bronze from 4 races
Olivia Capper – 7 PB’s from 8 races
Alex Corbishley – 2 PB’s from 2 races
Simon Corbishley – 3 PB’s, 3 Golds from 3 races
Cameron Emery-Hyson – 5 second PB in the 200M freestyle
Madison Emery-Hyson – 2 PB’s, 1 Gold and 2 Silver medals
Jack Fox-Marrs – 3 PB’s from 4 races
Bella Harris – 4 PB’s, 2 Bronze medals from 4 races
Bethany Hitchen – 5 PB’s
Oliver Holmes – 5 races, 5 PB’s
Jodie Hulme – 2 races, 2 PB’s
Matthew Johnson – 4 PB’s
Jessica Jones – 2PB’s
Olivia Lengyel – 8 races, 7 PB’s, 4 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 bronze medals.
Toby Lengyel – 3 PB’s two of which were 20 Seconds quicker than his previous best
Isabel Morrey – 3 PB’s
Connor Riley – 3 PB’s
Amy Wyatt – 2 PB’s, 13 seconds quicker on her 200M backstroke
Jack Wyatt – PB for his 50M butterfly
Special Thank You goes to all of the poolside helpers, without your assistance we would struggle.
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The intrepid weekenders put their lives and money in other people’s hands, all you could see was Alsager Bridgestone dads
carrying shopping bags during the day and lifting pint pots at night….
For those who went by train it ran like a dream, well that is until a jobs worth challenges your ticket…
What an absolutely fantastic performance from 20 swimmers who represented Alsager Bridgestone at this gala.
We had 34 finalist, 11 teaspoons of which 2 were gold, 2 silver and 7 bronze (more washing up). More importantly
there were many, many PB’s. Not bad considering the swimmers have only been back in training for a few weeks after
a nice summer break.
Congratulations and keep it up
Swimmers
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Jonathan Chatten
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Olivia Capper
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Simon Corbishley
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Ellie Jones
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Gary Johnson
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Jessica Jones
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Matthew Johnson
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Isabella Harris
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Ben Legge
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Bethany Hitchen
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Sam Pickford
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Heather Hulme
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Joshua Priestman
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Niamh Minton
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Connor Riley
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Kitty Price
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James Walker
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Katie Sutton
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Isabel Turnock
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Amy Wyatt
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The Biddulph Open Meet was the final competition of the season, and what an amazing way to sign off in what has been a fantastic year
for Alsager Bridgestone. Led by Head Coach Mike Barnes & Junior Coach Gary Johnson, Alsager had 43 swimmers making the short trip to
Biddulph.
In the mornings were the heats... filled full of PB’s, club records and fantastic swims to reach the finals. Alsager had a massive 27
swimmers who qualified for the finals. The support shown in every final during the afternoon was something to be proud of! Alsager’s
swimmers and even the parents gave all Alsager swimmers a standing applause as the swimmers marched round the pool proudly wearing
the Alsager colours.
The support from such a well supported club rubbed off on the swimmers breaking 6 ‘Biddulph Open Meet Records’, picking up a
HUGE total of 21 Gold Medals, 15 Silver Medals, 14 Bronze Medals and 24 4th,5th & 6th place medals.
After what was a memorable final competition of the season, Alsager Bridgestone finished 2ND BEST CLUB of the competition and
there were special awards for...
Euan O’Neil (Top Boy 9/u)
Niamh Minton (Top Girl 11/u & Top Girl Overall)
Heather Hulme (Top Girl 15/Over)
A fantastic well done to every swimmer who competed over the weekend, a huge thank you to all coaches/poolside helps for their time
and for parents for your great support.
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On a hot summer’s day Alsager Bridgestone youngsters (some of the competing for the first time) competed at the Winsford Junior
Development Meet. Alsager’s swimmers swam fantastically well smashing PB’s in every race and picking up a staggering
10 Gold Medals, 12 Silver Medals & 9 Bronze Medals.
Beth Hitchen was the star of the competition picking up 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze.
Well done and fantastic efforts to all the swimmers that took part. The future looks bright for our young swimmers!
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Alsager Bridgestone travelled to North West Regional Age Groups lead by Head Coach Mike Barnes. The competition was over 2 back to back
weekends at Manchester Aquatics and was Long course (50m). Alsager had 4 Regional Age Groupers proudly representing the club. Ben Legge & Niamh Minton were
competing for their 2nd time at the Regional’s after competing last year and newcomers Jonathan Chatten & Lydia O’Neil.
Niamh Minton competing in 10 Events ranging from the 400I.M to the 200Fly over the weekends, tough going! Niamh narrowly missed out on
PB’s and finals, the closest she came was making reserve finalist for the 400I.M. Ben Legge & Jonathan Chatten swam the freestyle events 100,200,400,1500m Freestyle. Jonathan rose to the occasion and
knocked a massive 16 Seconds off his 1500m PB and finished a fantastic 6th place. Lydia O’Neil competing in the breaststroke events
(100/200m) narrowly missed out on the 100m Breaststroke final, finishing 9th (1st Reserve for the final) but finished with a 2 second PB.
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At Last! Alsager Bridgestone were crowned Champions of the Peak & Plain League. In a remarkable
turnaround, it’s taken 3 years to come from the bottom of the Plain league to the top of Peak League.
Alsager can now finally take the trophy home to its rightful place.
The celebration gala welcomed back everyone that had previously achieved swim out’s as there were
medals up for grabs for the winners! Alsager missing a handful of swimmers due to school trips and
exams meant that swimmers had even more swims to contend with.
Alsager finished a fantastic 2nd place closely behind Trafford. Alsager swimmers picked up a
Whopping 42 medals! The team spirit of Alsager shone throughout the whole competition
on poolside, especially at the celebration. Covered in war paint, hooters and air horns Alsager
young guns cheered and chanted every single race.
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MOMENT OF THE GALA: The 8x25m Freestyle Cannon. Olivia Capper, Euan O’Neil, Olivia Lengyel,
Michael Goodby, Ellie Jones, Cameron Emery-Hyson, Helen Paxton & Tom Bloor. The 10/u lead right
from the start and maintained the lead right through to the Open, brought home in fantastic style
by Tom Bloor and all picking up medals for their efforts.
Thank you to Coach Gary Johnson, Team Manager Andrew Harris, too all swimmers that have represented
Alsager Bridgestone ASC in the Peak & Plain League, a MASSIVE thank you to parents and everyone that
has helped make it such a successful campaign
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A small band of Alsager swimmers travelled a few short miles to the Welsh border town of
Wrexham at the Weekend to swim at the Cath Ankers Meet.
The 22 swimmers performed magnificently, swimming 79 races between them, with personal bests coming thick and fast,
with a stunning total of 65 achieved at the meet.
There were too many excellent swims to mention, with every swimmer achieving at least one personal best and 13 out of the
22 swimmers achieving the maximum of one in every race they competed in! However, Pb’s of the day must go to Rebecca Holmes
and Jodie Hulme, who knocked around 36 seconds off their 100m I.M’s!!!!!!
Big thanks to Gaz, Kevin and Mark Holmes for their help on poolside and to all parents for making the trip to Wrexham so
that the swimmers could take part.
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The swimmers were:
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Ruby Bailey
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Olivia Capper
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Jack Fox-Mars
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Ellie Frampton
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Michael Goodby
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Beth Hitchen
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Oliver Holmes
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Rebecca Holmes
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Jodie Hulme
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Heather Hulme
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Matthew Johnson
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Jessica Jones
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Alice Lovatt
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Luca Martinez
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James Moorhouse
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Izzy Morrey
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Josh Priestman
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Adam Puttick
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Connor Riley
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Katie Turner
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Molly Vokes
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Amy Wyatt
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Steve Kirkam complete the 1 mile Salford open water meet in 30:31.
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Alsager Bridgestone sealed the Peak & Plain Championship with another victory – This time at Sandbach – which means we were undefeated at all 4 Rounds we participated at!!
All swimmers once again showed the pride and the passion required representing the club. Bella Harris got us off to a flying start winning the 25m Fly and we never surrendered the lead after that.
Pb’s were once again in abundance – with 19 in total and there were 19 race victories during the event and another 9 swimouts – which means we amassed an amazing 30 over all the rounds.
Special mentions to Connor Riley and Matthew Johnson who looked like they were in David v Goliath races when they stepped up to blocks in the 50 m Open Free and Back races – but were not phased by it at all.
Well done to all our younger swimmers who have stepped up to the blocks during the season and provided us with some magnificent moments and some amazing support – we are used to the complaints about our volume and we don’t care!
Final results were
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Points
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1st |
Alsager |
999 |
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2nd |
Knutsford |
881 |
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3rd |
Trafford |
822 |
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4th |
Nantwich |
738 |
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5th |
Sandbach |
706 |
A big thanks to all the swimmers, coaches, helpers and parents who helped it happen.
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Alsager was once again well represented at the COSACSS Y2K Meet, with 21 swimmers representing the club.
The standard at the meet was high but the swimmers involved did the club proud achieving a superb 35 Pb’s
and setting an amazing 14 new Club Records.
Special mentions go to Niamh Minton (6 Pb’s & 4 Club Records), Kitty Price (5 Pb’s and 3 Club Records)
& Ellie Jones (3 Pb’s & 3 Club Records)
Well done to all our swimmers who achieved 25 top 3 finishes and a further 28 top 6 finishes.
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Swimmers representing Alsager Bridgestone Amateur Swimming Club lined up along side British Internationals at the North West Regional
Swimming Championships over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Club Captain, Gary Johnson, lead the way by collecting a silver medal in the 50m fly event and Sam Pickford also pocketed 2 silvers in 50m breaststroke
and 100m backstroke before being crowned as the Junior Regional Champion in the 50m backstroke event, ranking him with the top in the country.
There were other great individual performances from Rob Gater (100m freestyle & 50m fly), Katie Sutton (200m breaststroke), Kitty Price (400m Individual Medley)
and Heather Hulme (50M Freestyle, 50m & 200m fly), whilst the Men’s Open Freestyle Relay Team (Gary Johnson, Rob Gater, Sam Pickford and Simon Rigby) powered
home to take overall 9th in the Region.
Alsager Bridgestone Club finished a fantastic 18th place in the Region, which comprises 125 Competitive Swimming Clubs.
Well Done!
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Left - Right: Sam Pickford, Kitty Price, Katie Sutton, Heather Hulme, Gary Johnson
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Well done to the 15 swimmers who represented Alsager Bridgestone at the recent Satellite Open Meet at Macclesfield.
It was once again a great showing from the club with a magnificent with 21 finalists, who collected a total of
18 medals – 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 4 Bronze – with a further 7 swimmers narrowly missing out on a medal but achieved a brilliant 4th place finish.
Special mentions for Simon Corbishley (Gold, 2 Silvers and a Bronze) and Sam Pickford (3 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze).
Well done to all the swimmers who achieved 40 Pb’s at the meet.
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Swimmers were:
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Jonathan Chatten
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Simon Corbishley
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Cameron E-Hyson
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Madison E-Hyson
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Jack Fox-Marrs
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Oliver Holmes
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Heather Hulme
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Ben Legge
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Olivia Lengyel
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Toby Lengyel
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Niamh Minton
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Sam Pickford
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Katie Sutton
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Isabel Turnock
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James Walker
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