A group of 7 swimmers from BRSC gained a fantastic 17 trophies at the Thomas Handley Open Meet held at the King Alfreds Swimming Pool in Hove.

Beverley Voller (9yrs) Jacob Lovemann (10yrs) and George Smith (10yrs) were the youngest representatives from the club and all gained valuable experience in a high class event with competitors coming from as far afield as Ipswich.  Jacob gained pb’s in the 50m freestyle and 100m breaststroke events and George swam an excellent race in his 200m backstroke event to take second place in a new personal best time.  His brother Jack (12yrs) had a superb weekend taking seconds off his previous best times.  He dominated his age group winning the 100m and 200m backstroke, 100m butterfly, and 200m IM events, he also came second in the 200m butterfly.

Elanor Loveman (12yrs) continues to out perform the rest of the field in the 100m and 200m breaststroke races where she put in strong swims to easily gain victory with pb’s in both events and south east area qualifying times. Her 200m butterfly event was also a pb which was an excellent achievement as she had very little rest from her previous swim.

Harriet Lambourne (13yrs) had an excellent meet where she was virtually unbeatable in her age group.  She was placed first in six events and second in one event. Her dominance was further confirmed in the 100m butterfly, 200m freestyle, 100m and 200m breaststroke events where she was the fastest swimmer from all the age groups. She gained South East qualifying times in all her events and a national qualifying time in the 200m freestyle event.

Katie Addison (14yrs) was one of the busiest competitors from the club swimming in 8 events during the weekend. Her hard work paid off as she gained four personal best times in the 50m and 200m freestyle, 200IM and 200m backstroke events.  Although she just missed out on the trophies in two of her events she was thrilled to gain second place in the backstroke event in a south east area qualifying time.

The next major competition is the Sussex Counties at the K2 pool in Crawley in February and March. The club has a record 16 swimmers who have qualified in over 150 different events.

Well done to everyone.