Short Course NERs

The YCBC swimmers competed at Ponds Forge over the weekend of the 4th and 5th of November 2023 at the Swim England North East Short Course Regional Championships.

The championships were split into two separate pools (Age Group swimmers aged 11-14 years and Youth / Senior swimmers aged 15 years and over).

Across the two pools, there were 119 swims for the YCBC swimmers of which 67 swims were personal best times. Seven swimmers were on the podium and won twelve medals in total, nine in the age group competition and three in the youth/open competition. Alex Tew and Megan Mills achieved further winter national qualifying times.

The short course racing season starts to heat up now with three competitions in the lead up to Christmas. The Club Championships are next, followed by the York Winter Extravaganza in Leeds and finally three YCBC swimmers (Raya Harrand, Megan Mills and Alex Tew) will compete at the Swim England Winter Nationals in Sheffield.

Please see a summary of the competitions below:

Age Group

68 Swims
44 PBs
65% PBs

9 Medals

3 Silver
Samantha Taylor (50 Butterfly and 100 IM)
Zachary Fidan (100 Back)

6 Bronze
Alex Tew (200 Free and 800 Free)
Annabel Edwards (200 Breaststroke)
Zachary Fidan (200 Backstroke)
Eve Parkin (100 Backstroke)
Charles Tremayne (50 Freestyle)

2 New Winter National Times
Alex Tew (800m and 1500m Freestyle)

Youth / Open

Heats

51 Swims
23 PBs
45% PBs
14 Finals

Finalists

Raya Harrand (5)
Megan Mills (5)
Emmie Horwell (3)
Callum Aitken

Finals

14 Swims
9 Conversions (64%)
5 PBs (36%)

Medals

1 Senior Medal
1 Bronze – Megan Mills (100 Breaststroke)

2 Junior Medals
1 Silver – Megan Mills (100 Breaststroke)
1 Bronze – Megan Mills (50 Breaststroke)

1 New Winter National Time
Megan Mills (100 IM)