October News 2007

5th October 2007 - The club has been busy once again. We have competed in 2 Pocklington Times galas, where we have finished in 4th place both times, but that said, there were many personal bests achieved by our young swimmers. We have also swam in a North Yorkshire Gala and results will appear here soon.

Adam Harvey swam in the Masters Regional Swimming Championships held in Harrogate on the 22nd September and he came away with a Gold medal in the 200m Freestyle winning in 2:06.59 and picked up a bronze medal in the 100m Freestyle in a time of 58.98. Going for a hat-trick of medals he was unfortunately disqualified at the start during the 100m Butterfly, in an event he probably would have taken the Gold medal.

Results from our Pocklington Times gala held on the 16th and 23rd of September can be found below, as can the earlier galas. The results so far are:

This league is certainly a strange one with teams such as Hull occasionally putting in a weak team, followed by a very strong one, and a team as big as Wakefield, where you would expect more. We have now finished out campaign for this season.

With one gala left, the likely outcome is that we will finish in 4th place in the league and just avoid relegation to division 2. South Holderness would have to win the final gala which is being held in Hull to miss relegation.

The only scenario for us to be relegated would be: 1st South Holderness, 2nd Wakefield, 3rd Hull 4th Askern

On Saturday night (6th October) our big Ridings Gala will be held at the Indoor Pool starting at 1830. With 2 wins under our belt, a third victory should see us crowned as Premier League Champions.

Why don't you have a look at the league table to see the state of things at the moment.

7th October 2007 - SCARBOROUGH CROWNED CHAMPIONS! A wonderful team display from Scarborough Swimming Club saw them top the Ridings Premier League when they empathically won their home gala at the Indoor pool last night. All the team put in a fine performance which saw them reach a commanding position after 8 events, on 27 points, South Holderness 23 points, Kingfishers 20 points and Thirsk bringing up the rear with 10 points. The gala saw the return of ex Scarborough Swimmer JJ Wilkinson who swam for the Kingfisher team. He was however, to make no impression on a rampant team performance who have now become the first Premier League Champions with one league gala remaining at South Holderness on the 20th October. The lead was never in danger throughout the gala and focus now was on who would come 2nd in this enthralling gala. At the halfway stage, South Holderness held a narrow lead over Kingfishers with 63 and 61 points respectively. Scarborough were by this time out of sight with 76 points. With a few good swims coming from the final relays, it was Kingfishers, last year's division 1 champions, who finally secured second place with 127 points.
This was a polished performance from the Young Scarborough Squad and the whole team can be proud of their part in a magnificent gala and to totally eradicate the disappointments of last year. Well done to the CHAMPIONS!

Final Gala Result:

1st Scarborough 150pts, 2nd Kingfishers 127pts, 3rd South Holderness 121pts, 4th Thirsk 78pts

1st	Scarborough SC	450pts	12pts
2nd	Kingfishers SC	364pts	08pts
3rd	South Holderness SC	360pts	07pts
4th	Thirsk SC	260pts	03pts

Scarborough are now crowned Premier League Champions with Thirsk relegated to the 1st Division. The club would also like to thank everyone involved especially officials and helpers who made the gala most enjoyable. The final gala will be at South Holderness on the 20th October - 1730 for 1800 start.

19th October 2007 - Could I remind all readers of this website that the webmaster does try to ensure the accuracy of the results and reports which appear and any mistake is regrettable and purely unintentional. Any inaccuracies can be reported to myself, Paul Yeoman and I will try my best to correct the error.

Our club has had a wonderful Winter Yorkshires over last weekend, where 16 swimmers made the qualifying standards to compete. They did not disappoint with the youngsters winning 4 medals and fighting their way through to 17 finals. The names of the qualifying swimmers are: Jack Colley, Robert Harvey, Jace Cappleman, Yuko Crawford, Nymph Sweeney, Chloe Pattison, Samantha Gibson, Rebecca Cox, Hannah Broadley, Luke Goodall, Callum Moverley, Sam Broadley, Jordan Doubtfire, Ben Moverley, David Couch and Gareth Mills. The successful medal winners with Gareth Mills, David Couch, Jace Cappleman (1st Yorkshire Medal) and Nymph Sweeney. Well done to them and all the other swimmers for making the club the most successful in the region once again. A more detailed report will appear soon.

The club now turns its attention to the final Gala of this year's Ridings Premier League with takes place at South Holderness on Saturday evening (20th) The club only needs 1 point to take home the New Premiership Trophy and be justifiably crowned the first Premiership Champions! Well done to everyone at the club for making this year's Ridings such a overwhelming success. The club would also wish the English Rugby World Cup Squad much success when then entertain South Africa in tomorrow night's final - Come on you England!

English Schools Swimming Association Championships 2007

Three Scarborough swimming club members have qualified to compete at this month English Schools Inter-Divisional Championships at Manchester Aquatic Centre on the 26th and 27th October. The boys producing impressive swims during the individual qualifying stage of the competition held at Ennerdale Leisure Centre in Hull.

16 year old Laurence Mills of Scarborough Sixth Form College won both his qualifying events, he took first place with a comfortable lead in the Senior boys 200 metre Individual Medley in 2.13.19 and then went on to claim another victory in the 100 metre backstroke coming home first in 1.02.44 to secure his place in the championships.

14 year old Ross Glegg of Scarborough College secured his Championship place with a convincing win in the intermediate boys 100m backstroke in a time of 1.04.54. He gained a third place in a tight race in the 100 metre freestyle in a time of 58.48

St Augustine's pupil, 13 year old Jack Colley swam in two junior events and finished in third position in the 100 metre breaststroke in a time of 1.24.11. In the boys 100 metre freestyle Jack finished in second place just behind winner Aaron Tomasz of Hull in a time of 1.03.16. Jack was delighted to be selected to join team mates Laurence and Ross in Manchester later this month.

George Pindar Community Sports College were represented at the Division Three Individual Championships by 14 year old Gareth Mills and 12 year old Ben Moverley. Gareth swam in the intermediate boys in the 100m Butterfly finishing 3rd in a time of 1.05.19.and battled in a very close race in the 100 meter freestyle finishing 5th in 58.67. Ben swam in the Junior age group in the 100 metre backstroke in a time of 1.19.95 finishing 4th and the 100 meter freestyle Ben competed against older swimmers to achieve a creditable 1.08.26 finishing in 6th place.

Jessica Couch of Graham School was thrilled with her first English Schools bronze medal which she claimed after a strong swim in the 100 metre Breaststroke, the 12 year old competed in the junior girls event in a time of 1.29.80.