1 HYTHE AQUA PRESENTATION EVENING 2015 A very big welcome to Hythe - PDF document

1 HYTHE AQUA PRESENTATION EVENING 2015  A very big welcome to Hythe Aqua’s 39th annual awards evening. Welcome to you all and thank you for attending our awards evening We are here tonight to celebrate another successful Hythe Aqua year and to share in the success of all the prize-winners. Tonight we will be presenting the medals won in the Championships and also presenting the annual awards for all the other sections of the club. . All sections of the club have performed well this year with club records being broken, more swimmers qualifying at higher levels, excellent Masters and Open Water achievements, continued success at high levels for both synchro and water polo. We are starting with the learn to swim scheme awards. We have a very successful learn to swim scheme that provides the majority of our competitive swimmers. The scheme is nationally recognised and has received Swim21/Clubmark recognition. The scheme is totally run by hardworking qualified volunteers, who give up many hours to teach children to swim Teaching Group Merit Awards The teaching section regularly produces very good competitive members for the various sections of the club and is a major asset to the club. The Swimming Teachers also recognise that their pupils work very hard as they develop them from the learner pool, improving their skills until they pass onto the competitive sections of the club. The teachers have awarded Merit Awards to the following for their commitment and interest shown in swimming. Please come forward: Herbie Stewart, Gemma and Chloe Malcolm, Ellen Rose, Hannah Boniface and Emma Howes-Lawrence. Moving on now to the competitive swimming age group awards. Our competitive swimmers have had a very successful season, with qualifiers at all levels. We have had one of our best ever years at East Invicta and Kent level as part of the Shepway Club initiative. We have an excellent and growing coaching team under the direction of our Head Swimming Coach Tim Wiseman, who all spend many hours, coaching, preparing sessions. We also have an excellent and also growing poolside gala team led by Kim and Cheryl well done to them all. Tim has asked me to pass on his thanks; all the parents that support, help, cheer, drop off, pick up etc, Its not easy with so many other options available but I am sure the swimmers appreciate the efforts all their families make. Special thanks from me to Kim, Gavin, Paul, Kevin, Helen, Mick for their poolside skills. We have ha d a successful year at East Invicta’s. Kent’s, Kent Junior League and the Arena League which are all great competitions but to get entry times I appreciate that the endless stream of open events are draining on funds and energy and we would love to get back to club galas allowing all to race. Also a big thanks to all our swimmers who actually make coaching enjoyable – you are not a bad bunch. Before we start the presentations I want to take an opportunity to say thank you to a few squad swimmers. There are a lot of competitive swimming competitions during the year and squad members get many calls to swim for the club. The following swimmers

2 have managed to attend over 80% of the events that they have been requested to swim by the Team Manager, so I would like to take this opportunity just to say a BIG thank you for your commitment to the club. Well done and thank you from the Coaches and Team Managers to: Finn & Evie Wood, Marcus Williamson, Ben Walker, Leon Santer, Ella Samson, Joe Robinson, Eleanor Priestley, Abbie & Harry Oakes, Rico Newman Morgan, Catrina/Libby McArthur, Sofia Herwin Benito, Tom Dixon, Emily Chambers, Tristan/Ema Calvo and Evelyne Carter – well done and thank you 8 YEARS & Under The swimming age group presentations start with the 8yrs and under. Some of these talented youngsters are from the Teaching Groups and swam excellently during the championships, with some of them competing for the first time. Can the following girls & boys please come forward: Congratulations to :  Eleanor Cameron-Brookbank - Bronze medal in 25m Butterfly )  Megan Hadaway – Silver Medal in 25m Backstroke and Champion in 25n Butterfly and Freestyle  Eva Ling – Bronze medal in 25m Breaststroke and Backstroke  Chloe Voyle Bronze Medal in 25m Freestyle  Ruby Stonestreet - Champion in 25m Backstroke, Breaststroke, Silver in 25m Freestyle  Rudi Mingo – Silver medal in 25m Freestyle )  Daniel Baigent – Bronze medal in 25m Freestyle and Champion in 25m Breaststroke Theodore Roper – Silver medal in 25m Backstroke and Champion in 25m Butterfly  Freddie Newton – Champion in 25m Backstroke and Freestyle 9/10YEARS GIRLS Can the following girls and boys please come forward: Congratulations to :  Imogen Fox - Bronze medal in 50m Backstroke, Butterfly  Sandra Vroeman – Bronze medal in 50m Freestyle  Catriona Macarthur - , Bronze in 50m Breaststroke and 100 IM  Ema Calvo - Silver Medal in 50m Backstroke, Butterfly. Freestyle and IM. Champion in 50 m Breaststroke  Amelia Priestley - Silve r medal in 50m Breaststroke and Champion in 50m Backstroke, Butterfly and Freestyle and IM ) 9/10 YEARS BOYS .Congratulations to:,  Jacob Hadaway - Bronze medal in 50m Backstroke, Breaststroke & Freestyle & Butterfly

3  Samuel Thorpe – Silver Medals in 50m Backstroke, and Breaststroke & Freestyle & IM  Harry Oakes – Bronze Medal in 100 IM  Rico Newman-Morgan - Champion in Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle & IM 11/12 YEARS Can the following girls & boys please come forward: - Congratulations to:  Libby Macarthur - Bronze Medal in 100m Backstroke and Silver Medal in 100m Butterfly  Erin McDowell Austin – Bronze Medal in 100m Breaststroke , Silver Medal in Backstroke  Lucy Mai Helliwell - Bronze Medal in 100m Butterfly and 200m IM  Ellis Stewart - Silver medal in 100m Freestyle  Eleanor Priestley – Bronze medal in 100m Freestyle and Silver Medal in 100m Breaststroke  Evie Wood – Champion in 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle and 200m IM  William Cavanagh - - Bronze medal in 100m Backstroke & Silver medal in 100m Breaststroke  Joseph Partner – Bronze Medal in 100m Breaststroke, Freestyle, Silver Medal in 100m Butterfly  Leon Santer - Silver Medal in 200m IM  Ben Mills - Bronze Medal in 200m IM .  Toby Yemm - Bronze Medal in 100m Butterfly & Silver medal in 100m Backstroke and Freestyle  Tristan Calvo – Champion in 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle and 200 IM ) 13/14 YEARS Can the following girls and boys please come forward: Congratulations to 13/14 Girls:  Saphia Streek - Bronze Medal in 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke. Butterfly, Freestyle and 200m IM  Daisy Tanner – Silver Medal in 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and 200 IM  Evelyn Carter – Champion in 200m IM  Emily Chambers - Champion in 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle -  Jack Sansom – Bronze Medal in 100m Breaststroke, Butterfly and 200m IM –  Joe Robinson - Bronze Medal in 100m Freestyle  Nathaniel Parmenter – Silver Medal in 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Freestyle and 200m IM  Joseph O’Connell – Bronze Medal in 100m Backstroke  Jack Nash – Champion in 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle and 200m IM

4 15/16 YEARS (GIRLS) Can the following girls and boys please come forward:  Ysabelle Roper – Silver Medal in 100m Breaststroke and Freestyle  Jessica Helliwell – Champion in 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle and 200m IM )  Saul Owen – Silver Medal in 100m Backstroke, Freestyle and 200 m IM and Champion in 100m Breaststroke Finn Wood – Silver medal in 100m Breaststroke and Champion in 100m Backstroke, Butterfly and Freestyle and 200 IM OPEN AGE GROUP AWARDS 100m Events  Ellie Burch – Bronze Medals in 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke , Butterfly 3  Evelyn Carter – Bronze Medal in 100 IM  Evie Wood – Bronze Medal in 100m Freestyle  Emily Chambers – Silver Medal in 100m Backstroke, Butterfly and Champion in 100m Breaststroke  Vanessa McDowell - Silver Medals in 100m Breaststroke and 100 IM. Champion in 100m Backstroke, Butterfly and Freestyle .  Grace Walker, Champion in 100 IM  Jack Nash Bronze Medal in 100m Backstroke  Saul Owen – Bronze Medal in 100m Freestyle and 100 IM, Silver Medal in 100m Backstroke and Champion in 100m Breaststroke .  Finn Wood – Silver Medals in 100m Breaststroke & IM, Champion in 100m Backstroke, Butterfly and freestyle  Ben Walker - Silver Medals in 100m Butterfly and Freestyle and Champion in 100 IM. OPEN LONG DISTANCE AWARDS These awards are also for the hard long distance events from 200m upwards. Can the following Ladies and Girls please come forward: Congratulations to  Evelyn Carter – Bronze Medal in 200m Backstroke and 200 IM -  Emma Yates – Bronze Medal in 200m Butterfly .  Isabel Goldsmith – Silver Medal in 200m Butterfly  Vanessa McDowell – Bronze Medal in 200m Breaststroke, Silver Medals in 200m Freestyle and 200 IM  Emily Chambers – Bronze Medal in 200m Freestyle, Silver Medal in 200m Backstroke, Breaststroke and Champion in 200m Butterfly. )  Grace Walker - – Champion in 200m Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle and 200 IM Freestyle.