The weekend of 20-21 May saw twenty-nine Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club members aged 9 to 16 visit Basildon Sporting Village for the BPSC Spring Meet 2023. Over the two days, the swimmers took part in 120 swims, with nearly 70% of swims resulting in personal best times. 19 swimmers won a grand total of 53 ice-cream themed medals – 24 gold, 13 silver and 16 bronze. Top marks to BPSC as usual for creative seasonal medal theming!
Special mention must go to Robert Gor and George Grimwood, who achieved PBs and medals in all of their races. Congratulations also go to Isobel Lucas, Kenny Millsom, Olivia Hawker, Lois Fields and Lauren Gore, who achieved personal best times in all of their races.
There are plenty more meets and galas to look forward to; Peanuts League Rounds 2 and 3 are coming up over the next month, along with a visit to Sportspark UAE in Norwich for the Boudicca Long Course Open Meet, Harlow for the Hoddesdon Summer Sprint Open or Hatfield for their Winter National Qualifier and a trip to the Olympic Park for Newham & University of East London Swimming Club’s Joy Atotileto Memorial before a well-deserved summer break.
Full medal results by age group are given below.
9 year olds: Harrison Dodwell (Bronze 50m Freestyle); Kenny Millsom (Bronze 200m Breaststroke)
10 year olds: Noah Conroy (Bronze 100m Butterfly and 400m Freestyle); Isabella Crotty (Bronze 100m Freestyle)
11 year olds: Lois Fields (Gold 100m Backstroke, Bronze 50m Fly); Guy Spearman-Baines (Bronze 200m Individual Medley)
12 year olds: Elliot Hall (Gold 100m Freestyle, 100m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly and 200m Individual Medley)
13 year olds: Bobbie MacDonald-Williams (Silver 100m Freestyle, Gold 200m/400m Freestyle, Bronze 100m Butterfly); Zoe Opiyo (Gold 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly)
14 year olds: Beau Reilly (Gold 100m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke, Bronze 200m Freestyle and Silver 50m Butterfly); Erin Matthews (Silver 50m/100m Freestyle, Bronze 50m Butterfly); Felice Chan (Bronze100m Butterfly); Freya Hadnutt (Gold 200m Backstroke, Silver 100m Backstroke, Bronze 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly); Robert Gor (Gold 200m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley, Silver 100m/400m Freestyle and 200m Breaststroke, Bronze 50m/100m Breaststroke)
15 year olds: Brandon MacDonald-Williams (Gold 200m/400m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 400m Individual Medley, Silver 50m Freestyle, 50m/200m Backstroke and 200m Individual Medley); Imogen Tang (Gold 50m/100m Freestyle, Silver 200m Individual Medley); George Grimwood (Gold 100m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley); Keira Shaw (Bronze 200m Freestyle)
16 year olds: Lauren Gore (Gold 100m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle)
