The First Weekend – 26th/27th
February 2005
During the first weekend of the Worcester County
Swimming Association 2005 Championships Redditch SC scooped 14 Gold medals, 11
silver and 8 bronze!
Dan Ruckwood was in sensational form, winning 5 gold medals in all his 12 year old
age group events, while butterfly specialist Paul
Wilkes won both the 50m and 100m fly events for his age group
and the County Champion titles too.
Eleven
year old Danielle Harwood claimed 3 golds in her age group, while for the nine
year olds Hannah Rolls and Daniel Strange, competing in their first
County Championships, there was a gold apiece.
Silver
medals went to Laura Cranshaw and Nicola Strange,
while Lucy Knibbs, James Green, Sam Holtom
and Stuart Mackay were all awarded
bronzes.
A further 33 top ten finishes went to Jamie Mackay, 10 year olds Elizabeth
Humphreys, Michaela Britt and Olivia Laxton,
11 year old Robert Stanley, 12
year olds Emma Green and Suzanne Britt, 13 year olds Jessica Nice and Lucy Edwards and 14 year old Vicki
Crisp.
Earlier
in the month there was success for Jamie Mackay and Stuart Mackay
in the long distance Championships held at Hereford. Jamie and younger brother
Stuart won both their 1500m and 800m freestyle age groups. Sam Holtom scooped
a silver in the 14 years 800m free with a 4th place for Jessica Nice in
the 13 year old girls 800m and two 5th places for Suzanne Britt in the 12 year old girls 800m
and 1500m free.
Redditch
SC travelled to Wolverhampton for the second weekend of the WCSA 2005
Championships and came away with another bagful of medals. In all 18 Gold, 10
Silver and 10 Bronze medals were awarded to swimmers from the club.
Gold
medal winners were Dan Ruckwood
(7), Danielle Harwood (5), and Nicola Strange (2) with one each for Lucy Knibbs, Laura Cranshaw, Jamie Mackay and Paul
Wilkes.
Winners
of silver medals were Daniel Strange, Hannah
Rolls, Vicki Crisp and James Green
while amongst the bronze medallists were Elizabeth
Humphreys, Lucy Edwards, Sam Holtom and Stuart Mackay.
Another
successful weekend saw many swimmers finish in the top ten for their age
groups. Among them were Sophie Bridgman,
competing in her first County Championships, Michaela
Britt, Olivia Laxton, Suzanne Britt, Emma Green, Pasanan Locke, Robert
Stanley and Jessica Nice.
Some
of the swimmers achieved the qualifying times needed for the Midland District
Championships and will compete at Coventry in May and June.