Braintree & Bocking

Braintree and Bocking Swimming club were represented at the DSE Short Course National Championships at Sheffield on the 26^th/27^th November by Scarlett Merrell.  Scarlett swam in the 100m backstroke, 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle events . Swimming in the very competitive S10 class, Scarlett swam personal bests in all her events achieving   4^th, 7^th and 8^th place.

The November Junior Swimmers of the Month are Annabelle Kitching and Myles English. Junior Coach Mike Woods says, 

Annabelle has trained very well recently, always shows enthusiasm which often brushes off on the other swimmers.  She swam well at the Braintree 200 meet and also the Club Championships and has gained a number of County times.

Myles attends most training sessions and also shows enthusiasm for the sport.  Again during the Braintree 200 meet and Club Championships he gained several County times.

Well done to you both !  It was a difficult decision to make as there is such great enthusiasm in the Junior section of the club at present.  Keep working hard and listening hard and next month it could be you !

Braintree and Bocking Swimming Club were superbly represented at the Essex Winter Championships in Basildon by Grace Hellier, Isabella Salthouse, Joe Hellier and Sophie Howard.

A number of fantastic personal best times were achieved by all four swimmers over the weekend, with a stand out performance accomplished by Joe Hellier.

Joe entered his 100m freestyle heat ranked 27^th in the open category and 13^th in the junior category (16 & under). He swam a new personal best time of 57.55 (long course), to claim a place in the final qualifying 7^th. This was Joe’s first county final and he didn’t disappoint, holding onto 7^th place overall in the open category and 2^nd overall in the junior category, to claim a well deserved silver medal.

Well done to all four swimmers!

The Stroke Trophy session which was due to take place this Thursday (15th December) has been cancelled, training will be as normal.