News, October - December 2014

Arena Final, 13 Dec 2014

PRESCOT SC competed in the Division One final of the National Arena League North West. The final consisted of the top six of 17 teams in the division, with the top three earning promotion to the Premier division.

The calibre of opposition was underlined by the presence of Isle of Man, Swim Trafford, Carlisle Aquatics, Leyland Barracudas and Wigan as the opposition.

This was Prescot’s first time in the promotion final but the performance of the team showed no sign of nerves with highly competitive racing from the start to finish.

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With such a fantastic performance from the whole squad it would be hard to single out individuals but club captain, Alex Dunk led from the front with three first places from as many races and Charlotte Dodson following on from her great start to the year with some fantastic individual and team performances.

The support and noise made by the parents and other team members made for a fantastic atmosphere and earned the club the President’s trophy for the best turned out and supported club.

The final result leaves things a little in the balance because Prescot earned a much deserved joint third place with Leyland, from Isle of Man who took top spot and Swim Trafford in second. The decision on third place promotion will have to wait on results from the premier division.

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Final League Table

Chloe and Alex with the Presidents Cup

Success in Percy Mason, 29th/30th Nov 2014

Prescot swimmers had a successful time at Warrington's popular Percy Mason Memorial meet.

Best boy of the gala (based on points tally) was Daniel Cheshire and there was lots more success besides

Daniel Johnson 4 PBs
Daniel Cheshire 7 1st places, 3 2nd, 6 PBs
Ellena Daly 4 3rd, 5 PBs
Emily Fairhurst 5 PBs
Emily Lowrie 1 3rd
Emma Farrugia 1 1st, 1 2nd, 2 3rd, 6 PBs
Jess Deeley 2 1st, 3 2nd, 5 PBs
Katherine Cheshire 1 3rd, 4 PBs
Katie Rawnsley 3 PBs
Kathryn Schofield 8 PBs

Well done to all of you

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Dan with trophy

Neil leads Liverpool & District team to victory in Inter-Associations, 22nd/23rd Nov 2014

Neil Wylie was named boys captain for the Liverpool & District team at the Inter-Association meet.

The team stormed to victory with a dominant performance

(Thanks to Liverpool & District Swimming & Water Polo Association for the photo)

Liverpool & District North Lancs
Cumbria
Bolton & Manchester
Central Lancs
North Mids		 920
581
507
482
368              352		  
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 Neil with girls captain Tori Allsop

Kathryn gets triathlon award, Nov 2014

Kathryn Schofield received a special  award at the Triathlon England North West awards night.

It was a certificate of achievement for finishing 12th in the North West after racing 10 events in the junior series.

Her certificate was presented to her by Katie Hewison (the European duathlon champion)

Many congratulations Kathryn from all here at Prescot.

Arena Gala 2, 8 Nov 2014

An epic performance on Saturday night saw Prescot storm into their first ever National League First Division final.

At some points during the evening the Prescot swimmers dominated proceedings - all of them swam out of their skins and we won what looked like on paper a very tough gala.

Alex Dunk once again got 3 wins despite not having trained all week due to a field trip, Elizabeth Hurst won both the 15 & under and the Open 100m Backstroke events. Emma Farrugia got a win as did Neil Wylie, Cameron Dunk, Ryan Tarbuck, Finley Hampson and Dan Cheshire.

The 15 & under boys (consisting of Finley Hampson, Neil Wylie, Cameron Dunk and Daniel Clark) won  both of their relay events again and the Open girls (Chloe Middleham, Courtney Dodson, Charlotte Dodson, Elizabeth Hurst - Medley and Katherine Cheshire - Freestyle) matched them in their 2 relays. The other win was registered by the Boys Open Medley Relay team (Jake Simm, Daniel Cheshire, Tom Hughes and Alex Dunk).

Final Scores: 1st: Prescot (195 points), 2nd: Leyland Barracudas "A" (191), 3rd: Horwich LC (184), 4th: Everton SA (174), 5th: Halton (166), 6th: Hoylake (138)

Squad: Jessica Berry, Charlotte Clark, Jessica Deeley, Emily Fairhurst, Emma Farrugia, Joe Burns, Ryan Clarke, Ryan Tarbuck, Adam Cunningham, Ellis Kenny, Ellena Daly, Elizabeth Dowding, India Hurst, Georgia Simm, Peter Hill, Ryan Puxley, Sam Puxley, Katherine Cheshire, Charlotte Dodson, Jessica Hardman, Elizabeth Hurst, Emily Lowrie, Daniel Clark, Cameron Dunk, Finley Hampson, Neil Wylie, Courtney Dodson, Chloe Middleham, Daniel Cheshire, Alex Dunk, Tom Hughes, Jake Simm.

We have finished in 4th position in the table so have one of the centre lanes for the final in Horwich on the 13th December.

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M&D Gala 1, 1 Nov 2014

It was hard going at the first Merseyside & District gala of the season. The league has been brought up to strength again with the promotion of Halton back to the first division and we were short of several swimmers due to holiday and illness.

First places were gained by Finley Hampson in the 50m Breaststroke, Jessica Deeley (50m Backstroke & 25m Butterfly), Elizabeth Hurst & Daniel Clark (50m Backstroke), Charlotte Dodson & Neil Wylie (50m Butterfly), Cameron Dunk (50m Freestyle), Dan Cheshire (100m Breaststroke) and Jake Simm (100m Backstroke & a very close call for 1st/2nd in the 100m Freestyle).

The 15 & under boys only! got a 1st and a 2nd in their relays so I not going to mention them this week! The Mens Open Relay team did do the double however.

Amelia Chipchase, Jack Greenhalgh and Michael Brussels made their debuts for Prescot so many congratulations to them.

Final Scores: 1st: Everton SA (172 points), 2nd Halton (165), 3rd: Crosby (160), 4th: Garston (158), 5th Prescot (144)

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Arena, 11 Oct 2014

Missing seven regulars a smaller but perfectly formed Prescot team descended on Irlam and Cadishead Leisure Centre for this seasons first Arena League gala.

With so many missing some swimmers had to do extra swims to fill the spaces and the standout performer for Prescot was Charlotte Dodson who swam 7 events, and did not finish out of the top 3 in any of them winning 2 events, 2nd in 3 and 3rd in the remaining 2.

For the boys Alex Dunk maintained his dominance in the division registering 3 wins.

Other winners were Elizabeth Hurst, Emma Farrugia (possibly twice - it was close!) and Matthew Lamb.

The 15 & under boys (this time consisting of Matthew Lamb. Neil Wylie, Cameron Dunk and Daniel Clark) did yet another relay double winning both events and the 15 & under girls (Amy Johnson, Jessica Hardman, Charlotte Dodson and Katherine Cheshire) matched them this time in the Medley relay.

We finished on 191 points in 3rd place which is a very healthy place to be in and we will go to the next round on the 8th November (Worsley, 5pm warm up) in high spirits.

1st: Leyland Barracudas "A" (217 points), 2nd: Halton (198), 3rd: Prescot (191), 4th: COSACSS (189), 5th: Hoylake (131), 6th: Oswestry Otters (117)

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Wirral Metro

Prescot SC had 12 swimmers competing this weekend at the Wirral Metro October meet, held in Europa Pool in Birkenhead. Everyone swam extremely well and produced excellent results. There were PB’s and impressive performances across the group –   well done to you all. Each swimmer was given feedback after their swims along with congratulations. Each swimmer can now put into place the feedback from the coaches.

The swimmers were: Daniel Clarke, Jessica Deeley, Charlotte Dodson, Cameron Dunk, Finley Hampson, Thomas Hughes, Elizabeth Hurst, Mathew Lamb, Emily Lowrie, Georgia Simm, Jake Simm, and Neil Wylie.

Jess got a bagful of medals, Neil won 4 golds and a few others, Finn grabbed a couple of golds, Daniel Clark got a gold in the 50m and went sub 1 minute for the first time for 100m Freestyle and Jake, Georgia, Elizabeth and Matthew also got on the rostrum.

Thanks must also go to the poolside coaches Tony Wylie, Simon Deeley and Kevin Dunk who offered their time and energy throughout the weekend. Please remember they are all volunteers so any support you can give if you are not already involved, would be very much appreciated. We also saw and heard strong support from the swimmer’s families who attended the gala over the weekend - thanks to you as well.

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