10 swimmers took to the pool this weekend at the Chester le Street Junior Gala. Emma Price, Chloe Harding, Thomas Curran, Ewan John, Robert Price, Jake Andrews, Mateusz Wilczynski, Matthew Wimbury, Oliver Turnbull and Lewis Turnbull competed for the club, taking part in 44 swims between them and bringing home 12 medals. Emma Price took gold in the 400m free, 200m free and 200m back, silver in the 200m IM and 50m free and bronze in the 50m fly. Thomas Curran took silver in the 50m fly. Ewan John took bronze in the 50m fly. Jake Andrews took bronze in the 50m back. Mateusz Wilczynski took bronze in the 200m breast and gold in the 50m fly. Matthew Wimbury took bronze in the 50m breast. 25 personal best times were swam at this meet and all 10 swimmers achieved fantastic new personal best times and represented the club superbly.
As well as great results from the junior swimmers, one of our senior swimmers also had a magnificent weekend. Matthew Bradley has just returned from competing in the British National Masters at Sheffield. All of Matthew’s swims were personal best times and he took gold in the 200m free and silver in the 100m back. This is a truly amazing result as he fits training around his full time job.