A record number of 16 Bognor swimmers qualified for the Sussex swimming championships held at the K2 pool in Crawley over two weekends. The swimmers all performed magnificently and came away with honours in the form of personal bests, rosettes, medallists, junior and senior champions, overall best age group swimmers and second best club in  Sussex in the open ladies championships losing by only 2 points to Crawley Swimming Club.

Youngsters Beverley Voller age 9 and Darcy Cunningham Stockdale age 10 were competing in their first county championships with Beverley coming 5^th in the 200m backstroke and Darcy very close to regional times in 2 events, they both gained valuable experience and personal best times.

Abby Rowe also aged 10 was competing for her second time and achieved a 5^th and 8^th place and a regional time in the 200m breaststroke. George Smith aged 10 was virtually unbeatable in his age group smashing his personal bests and coming away with 6 gold medals 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal as well as winning the BAGCAT (best overall swimmer in his age group).

Jacob Loveman aged 10 swam excellently throughout the competition gaining huge improvements on his times and gaining regional qualifying times in 3 events and a silver in the 400mIM and bronze in 200m breaststroke.

Nick Salerno aged 11 demonstrated just how hard he has been training throughout the year to record some magnificent times and become county age group champion in 3 events. He was placed second in the Bagcat competition narrowly losing out to a swimmer from Shiverers Club. He is now within reach of gaining some national times.  Jack Smith aged 12 swam with real determination despite being unwell and gained several personal best times as well as 3 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.

Sam Webb was superb in the backstroke and freestyle events recording significant improvements on his times. Georgina Highfield, Rosie Miller and Elanor Loveman were a strong trio in the 12year age group with Rosie and Georgina being placed in the top 8 in several events with some excellent swims. Elanor was in fantastic form and is county champion in the 100m and 200m breaststroke events and 400m IM event and second in the BAGCAT competition. She also got several regional qualifying times.

Harriet Lambourne 13 years won 8 golds and 1 silver, including becoming the junior 100m IM champion and the junior and senior champion in the 200m butterfly event where she also recorded a national time. Harriet was also the BAGCAT champion for her age group.

Becky Newman and Katie Addison aged 14 competed in several events with Becky gaining a bronze in the 100m butterfly and Katie gaining a bronze in the 200m backstroke event. Katie was also part of the open medley relay team with Harriet, Elanor, and Sophie who gained a fantastic bronze medal. Sophie Trotter aged 17 was in fine form over the two weekends with notable performances in the 100m and 200m breaststroke and 100m and 200m IM events where she is the county open champion, she also recorded an excellent time in the 400m IM to be placed in the silver medal position.

Coach Chris Adams was thrilled with the performances and will now be busy preparing the swimmers for the South East  Regional Championships.