Press Article for Block B and Block C County Results for Runnymede Swimmers

The swimmers from Runnymede Swimming Club participating in the Essex County Championships achieved outstanding results again in the recent Block B and Block C meets across two recent weekends.

The swimmers continued their recent success maintaining superb performances despite serious competition from across the county. They were proud holders of many medals are putting in some fantastic personal best times!

Top performer across both weekends was Ellie Pirrie in the 11 year old age group after notching up no less than 2 gold medals for 200 breaststroke, and 200 individual medley, 2 silver medals for 100 individual medley and 800 freestyle and 4 bronze medals for 100 Backstroke, 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle and 200 backstroke proving that she really is a top all round swimmer. Chloe Davis in the 15 year old age group continues a great season with 4 silver medals in 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 freestyle and a bronze medal for 100 individual medley and fourth and fifth placings for the longer distance freestyle events of 800 and 1500ms. Rory Geoghegan in the 12year old age group has really come on this year with silver medals for 100 individual medley and 100 breaststroke and two 7^th placings, and James Winnell in the 14 year old age group achieved a bronze medal for 100 butterfly, and two 4^th and a 5th placing for other events.

Ellie Mitchell continues her first season with another fantastic performance in the 200 freestyle achieving a 6^th place and in the 400 individual medley achieving 8^th place.

Other notable achievements from both weekends include Charlotte Davis achieving 5^th places for 100 butterfly and 10^th place for 200 freestyle, Mark Greenbaum reached 10^th place in the boys 100 butterfly, Melissa Knighton reached 10^th place for 200 breaststroke, and Murphy Talbot reached 7^th place for 1500 freestyle, a closely fought race and a remarkable result, and 10^th place in the 800 freestyle showing he really is a long distance swimmer.

A further 8 swimmers from the swimming Club took part in the Championships having reached the necessary Essex County qualifying times. All swimmers gave fantastic performances on the day with many reaching personal best times across the events.

All the swimmers are now training hard in preparation for Block D of the championships due to be held on 28^th and 29^th March at Blackshots Leisure centre, Grays.

Runnymede Comic Relief Fun Event

The Runnymede Swimming Club embraced Comic Relief day with a fun packed evening for all the swimmers and parents! A fantastic time was had by all with the many games and activities available, such as the old favourite of pinning the swimming float to the swimmer to name just one, plus the children’s favourite of a ‘fancy dress fun swim’ – it was not an evening for training hard, the emphasis was about getting in to the spirit of the event and proved to be a huge success with a massive £150 raised for Comic Relief. Committee Chairman Andy Clarke said ‘the evening has been a great success with the children really having a great time – it’s definitely something will we do next year”