Can Grantham do it again? Surely swimmers made a strong statement this weekend. We showed determination, motivation and ability to give everything, which is what was needed to build such a lead.
It was a tough gala as a big number of swimmers either were ill or were recovering from being ill.
Molly Colbert set a great example to the rest of the team mates and showed resiliance and maturity. Our club captain won with a stunning time in 200 free and 400 free and came second in 200 breastroke.
Hayley Milne surely showed how to handle the pressure. After a great swim in 100 butterfly Hayley not only set a new British record but also bettered the old one by stunning 4 seconds!
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Hayley Milne is the only swimmer in the club's history to break a British record. In 2014 Hayley set a new British record in 200 breastroke.
Joshua Clarke was one of the brightest swimmers of the day. Joshua, only 9 years old, showed no fear and raced strong all the way achieved new club records in splits in 400m and 800m free. His time in 1500m is also a new club record and third fastest achieved in Britain in his age group.
It was the last meet for swimmers to qualify for the 2018 County Championships. Ava Reed was the last swimmer from Grantham to qualify for Counties making our total number of qualified swimmers of 56, exceeding our target by 1 swimmer.
It was another successful day of our club champs. Big congratulations to Emily Parkins and Thomas Perks for qualifying for the first time ever for the county championships!
Feed back from our recent club champs event......
"Hi Zoe I just wanted to pass my own personal thanks to you and the team for running such a professional gala. It is amazing to see how smoothly all events run at Grantham and I know this is down to you and team. It really does make coming over so enjoyable because everything has been accounted for. I am sure people are quick to moan and criticise but from me a massive thank you. Will"
The first Club Champs was our first major gala to showcase the benefits of the new season of training.
Beccie Bailey was the only Grantham swimmer competing in this year's Masters National Championships in Sheffield.
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Abby Farkas, Maddie Barnes, Jemma Housego, Abbie Philips, Kendall Wilkins, Thomas Lewis, Iona, Freya and Molly Colbert represented Lincolnshire in the Inter Counties Championships.
It is still early to swim fast in the long course but some swimmers recorded very valuable times. Billy Reed improved his 200 free by a respectable solid 3 seconds and set a new club record in 200 IM.
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