STOURBRIDGE AT THE MIDLANDS

 

A total of 17 Stourbridge swimmers took to the water in the Midlands Championships over 3 weekends in May and June.  The standard to achieve the qualifying times is incredibly high but between them they made a staggering 60 entries, with many more qualifying times being achieved:

 

Jack Henderson – 7 events

Becky Spoor – 7 events

Becki Cole – 6 events

Nat Dingley – 6 events

Adam Horton – 6 events

Richard Spoor – 4 events

Tom Burchell – 3 events

Graham Harrington – 3 events

Ellie Lord – 3 events

Harry Lord – 3 events

Sophie Page – 3 events

Aaron Costigan – 2 events

Sam Tromans – 2 events

Beth Davies – 1 event

Philip Harrington – 1 event

Joe Horne – 1 event

Sam Rowbotham – 1 event

 

Plus a relay team.

 

Swimmers from all over the East and West Midlands compete in these Championships and it is an incredible testament to the standard of swimming within Stourbridge Club that 30% of the swims resulted in top 10 place finishes – congratulations go to Tom Burchell, Becki Cole, Nat Dingley, Philip Harrington, Jack Henderson, Joe Horne, Harry Lord and Richard Spoor for this amazing result.

 

A special mention must go to Richard Spoor who gained medals in every event he swam in – an amazing 3 gold and 1 bronze.  Congratulations must also go to Tom Burchell for achieving a bronze medal on the 50m Fly.

 

3 of the swimmers – Richard Spoor, Harry Lord and Becki Cole will now go on to compete in the National Championships in Sheffield in July. We wish them all the best in their swims.