Swimming success for St Bede's

The Senior St Bede's squad made the long journey to compete in the three day Bath Long Course Grand Prix. Despite the seasonal "bugs" that were doing the rounds, the team swum well and many personal best times and even some National Qualifying times (NQT) were achieved.

Medal winning performances were as follows:
Girls
Cristina Richards (age 13) Bronze 200m Fly 2.47.03, 200m Breaststroke 2.59.78; Harriet Lambourne (15) Silver 200m I.M. 2.32.25, 50m Fly 30.24, 200m Fly 2.26.15 (NQT), Bronze 100m Fly 1.05.98 (NQT), 400m I.M. 5.24.43; Stephanie Ketley (15) Silver 400m Freestyle 4.39.94, Bronze 200m Back 2.26.23, 200m Freestyle 2.12.38, 100m Freestyle 1.00.54 (NQT), 50m Back 32.00

Boys
Michael Faber (16) Gold 50m Freestyle 24.75 (NQT), Silver 1500 Freestyle 17.43.08, 100m Freestyle 54.41 (NQT), 400m Freestyle 4.18.91; Ben Jones (14) Silver 800m Freestyle 9.46.05; Anthony White (17) Gold 800m Freestyle 9.07.56; Andrew Horsfall-Turner (14) Bronze 100m Back 1.08.95; Nick Ayers (17) Silver 800m Freestyle 9.44.60, Bronze 200m Back 2.22.44.

The squad is now training hard over the Christmas period to prepare for 2009. Head Coach Kevin Ayers is pleased with the efforts being made and is looking forward to the New Year competitions.