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Northumberland & Durham County Age Group Championships
The club has 3 qualifiers for the N & D Age Group Championships: Robert Carr in the 13 years 100m breaststroke, Fraser Garland in the 10 years 50m breaststroke, and Bethany Stout in the 9 years 50m breaststroke. Congratulations to all 3 on their excellent achievement.
Robert competed on the first weekend of the Championships, and had a fabulous swim, taking 2.16 seconds off his 100m breaststroke pb, and finishing in 9th position, missing the final by only 0.13 seconds.
Fraser and Bethany both competed during the second weekend. Fraser swam a creditable race, just about matching his personal best time. Bethany overcame her nerves to swim a new pb and finish in 15th position.
Derwentside Developmental Graded Meet
A squad of younger swimmers attended this meet for 9 - 12 year olds on Sunday 24th February. Results for Morpeth swimmers were very encouraging, with excellent swims in particular for novice competitors Gregory Parker and Bethany Stout, who both took second place in the 9 years 50m breaststroke. Alex Garland had a successful competition, coming away with second place finishes in the 12 years 100m freestyle and breaststroke, and younger brother Fraser took third place in the 10 years 50m backstroke. Top 8 finishes were also achieved by Jane Booth, John Kelly, and Hannah McMahon.
We had a disappointing number of disqualifications, with both Gregory and Alex being disqualified in their 200m breaststroke for illegal turns, a blow for the pair of them as both had the fastest finishing time in the event, and John also being disqualified for an illegal turn in the 100m butterfly. This emphasises the need for all swimmers to turn properly at every turn in every training session so that it becomes second nature, and mistakes don't creep in in competitions.
Full results can be found here
Northumberland & Durham County Championships (Open and Youth)
Alasdair Inverarity was the only swimmer representing Morpeth at this qualifiers only meet at Darlington. He competed in the 50m, 100m, 200m breaststroke, and the 100m butterfly, and put in creditable performances in all his swims, particularly the 200m breaststroke where he swam a good pb and finished in 10th position in the Open, and 5th in the Youth category.
Recent Competitions
Swimmers have recently competed at the Wear Valley meet, the Blyth gala (the first gala to be held in the newly refurbished Blyth pool), the Peterlee gala, and the Newburn Graded meet. Only a handful of Morpeth swimmers attended, and the club is keen to see an increase in children taking part in these competitions. The competitions are very carefully chosen by the competition secretary and the club coach to be at the right level for our swimmers, so please keep an eye on the noticeboard at the pool and consider signing up for the next gala.
Results were encouraging at all the above meets, with a number of swimmers winning medals of all colours, particularly at the Blyth meet, where out of 34 swims, 27 new personal best times were set. The team came back with 4 individual golds (Joe Short and Alasdair Inverarity in breaststoke; Ashley in backstroke; John Kelly in butterfly), 6 silvers (Rob Carr in freestyle, breaststroke, and butterfly; Thomas Oman and Alasdair in butterfly; Fraser Garland in backstroke), 2 bronze (John in breaststroke; Alex Garland in backstroke) and 13 minor place medals, as well as a silver and a bronze for our one relay team. Rob Carr also got his N&D time for 100 breaststroke, taking 1.71 seconds off his pb. Link to full results
More N&D times were achieved at the Newburn graded meet where Alasdair Inverarity achieved the 100 butterfly time to add to the 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke times he already has, and Fraser Garland got his 50 breaststroke time. Link to full results
2007 Club Championships
Tiger Sharks (Advanced Development squad): Miriam Inverarity
Killer Whales (Skill Development squad): Hannah McMahon
Tadpoles (Teaching squad): Tyne Jenkinson
Friendly galas v Ponteland and Ashington
The club has recently taken part in friendly competitions aganst Ponteland (home) and Ashington (away). Both galas were very close and saw a number of individual winners from the Morpeth team. The final results saw the away team coming out on top in both events, with a win for Ponteland (255 points v 232 points) and then a win for Morpeth. Congratulations to all the swimmers who took part in these two exciting competitions.
PORTOBELLO GALA
Well done to all those swimmers who took part in the gala against Portobello on Sunday 16th September. Although Morpeth was beaten by the visiting team, there were some excellent individual swims from Morpeth swimmers, both from our more experienced swimmers, and from those children who had never competed in a gala before. The coaches have noted various points of competition skills and technique that need working on (particularly starts, turns and relay takeovers), so if everybody works hard over the next month, then next time we compete (October 12th against Ponteland), we can expect an even better performance from the team.
Ashington Invitation Meet, July 2007
A total of 12 Morpeth swimmers competed at the Ashington Invitation Meet at the Willowburn Sports Centre in Alnwick on 14th July 2007. Morpeth swimmers took 7 gold medals, 8 silvers, and 2 bronzes, as well as 14 medals for the minor placings from 4th to 6th. It was the first competitive gala for a number of our younger swimmers and it was good to see them having success in the water, and enjoying the event.
Click here for full results from this meet.
South Tyneside Spring Graded Meet 2007
A squad of 9 swimmers went to the South Tyneside Graded Meet at the end of April. They were very sucessful, with a total of 43 new personal best times from the 46 events swum. Morpeth swimmers took 22 medals, shared as follows:
Alasdair Inverarity added to his medal success with qualifying times for the North East Region Championships in Sheffield in June in both the 100m and 200m breaststroke.
Robert Carr was just out of the medals after having moved up an age group very recently, but both he and Catriona Inverarity achieved pb's in all their swims.
Click here for full results from this meet.
2006 Club Championships