On 11 May we had 10 swimmers entered for the NW Regional Gala in Liverpool for a full day of events. The team amassed a wonderful 4 gold, 3 silver, 6 bronze, 6 PBs between them, and the female relay team secured a gold medal. Medals were presented at a celebration social event the following Friday, hosted by Ruben Reuter and his parents at Shabang in Slaithwaite. Each swimmer also received an “Inspirational Swimmer Award” for their achievements over the past year.
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Eight members of the squad travelled to Beverley for the Y&H Special Olympics regional competition on 2 March. The event was excitedly anticipated due to the fact that para gold medalist Ellie Simmonds was attending, and it was also our newest member of the squad, Waleed’s, first competitive event. What a great day we had. Ellie was more than happy to pose for photos and talk to the swimmers (more questions about Strictly Come Dancing than swimming!). As for Waleed’s swims – he performed like a “pro” winning gold medal in both his 25m races, and then swam the first […]
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8 October, Ponds Forge Written by Suzanne Smelt Performance Squad swimmer, Daniel Jackson, was selected to represent Yorkshire at the annual County Championships, a great team event which is fun but highly competitive, with each English county vying for the number 1 spot! Yorkshire did not disappoint, claiming the victory, with Daniel helping his county in its success with a tremendous 100 breaststroke race, coming 7th and with a superb pb that would have earnt him a BOK record had he been representing BOK!
Read more →7-8, 14-15 October, John Charles Centre for Sport written by Suzanne Smelt The Yorkshire Winter Championships were the first high level meets of the season for BOK, and the representation who raced from BOK across all age groups was excellent. There was a record number of qualifiers from our Performance Programme, including some children swimming at the ‘Yorkshires’ for the first time. Very well done to all who qualified (please see below). Qualifiers Tilly Appleton (11), Oliver Ballard (10), Zach Beattie (16), Thomas Brooks (15), Ellie Bellhouse-Smith (16), Paige Borland (11), Sam Burtonwood (13), Astrid Carroll (S13 and age 14), […]
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Ten swimmers attended the Special Olympic Gala in Blackpool and came away with 4 gold, 11 Silver, 3 bronze and 7 personal best times between them. As always, very proud of our swimmers, Team Managers and parental support.
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written by Suzanne Smelt As part of the qualification procedure for the national events, the next ranked swimmers, following after the British qualifiers, were invited to compete at the Swim England National Summer Meet (August 2-6). All swimmers performed to the best of their ability and were an absolute credit to this club. BOK is hugely proud, that the following swimmers qualified to race in these individual events English Nationals Qualifiers Rory Bryant 400 free Astrid Carroll MC 100 fly Maisie Catt MC 50, 100 and 400 free and 200 IM Evie Lambert MC 400 free, MC 100 breast, MC […]
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written by Suzzane Smelt BOK took this top-level meet by storm, ramping up their number of entries and final places from 2022, and even earning well-deserved podium positions! BOK was ranked as 8th Best Club based on the number of pbs per ratio to swimmers taking part. What an incredible achievement. These Performance Squad swimmers had qualified, being ranked within the top 24 in their age-group events, based on their performances at level 1 meets from March to May. British Championships Qualifiers Steph Booth MC 100 free MC 100 back Astrid Carroll MC 50, 100 and 400 free, MC 100 […]
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written by Sandy Watkins BOK Swimmers from a variety of squads took part in the Salford Summer Spectacular Gala on the 15th and 16th July with what will be their final gala of the season. There were 63 swimmers competing with many gaining personal bests and setting County and Regional Times for the forthcoming Winter 2023 Events in addition to plenty Top Ten Finishes. Congratulations to all our swimmers, we hope enjoy the summer break which is very much well deserved. GoldJack Wade 400M Free, 200M Free,100M Breast Alfie Newiss 50M Free, 200M Free, Henry Priestley 200 IM, 100M Free, 200M Breast, […]
Read more →Written by Suzanne Smelt Three of BOK’s top junior para swimmers took to the water in this annual high-level meet, aimed at increasing participation and providing talent development opportunities for young disabled swimmers. They certainly put BOK on the map with some very strong swims and excellent results. Daniel Jackson (S10), Isaac Johnstone (S6) and Evie Lambert (S9) swam to beat their pbs in events across the board and also returned home with some well-deserved medals! Dan swam in 2 events, achieving pbs in both, and took off 4 seconds from his previous 100 free time! Isaac swam in 3 […]
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