Opens and Galas Results
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Sussex League Round 4 - Eastbourne December 2011
1st Place Beacon
2nd Place Hailsham
3rd Place Eastbourne
4th Place Lewes
5th Place 1066
6th Place Atlantis
A really good result for Lewes with quite a few of our regular team not available. Making their debut in the team were: Boden Simpson-Maher, Mark Jackson, Tiggy Rose & Jessica Busk.
Our Novices Jessica, Boden, Mark and Carenza gained a well-deserved 3rd place on their Freestyle relay. Ian Jones had an impressive 1st Place on his 50m Freestyle, while Jade Smart came 2nd in the Breaststroke, George Richenberg was 2nd in the Backstroke and Vincent Langley was 2nd in the Individual Medley.
For full results of the gala click here
Sussex League Round 3 - Worthing Aquarena - 18th June 2011
Worthing 1st 412, Bognor 2nd 323 Lewes 3rd 265.
Interestingly our swimmers swam generally better than the other two rounds even though the competition last night was definitely tougher!
We gained our highest number of points yet and more 1st places than we have before.
It was good to see Moana Muller and Casey Coats making their Team Debut, and particular congratulations go to Isabelle Flower for a total of 100m of Butterfly.
For full results of the gala click here and for updated league standings click here
1st and 2nd places:
100m | Breaststroke | 1st | Vincent Langley | | | |
100m | Backstroke | 1st | Lukas Hobden | | | |
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Girls U/16 | Freestyle 4x1 Relay | 1st | Alice Fouch | Chloe Brooks-Carter | Abigail Jaques | Lillian Acker |
Girls Open | Medley 4x1 Relay | 1st | Adele Sandalls | Sarah Nisbet | Jade Smart | Nastassya Muller |
Girls U/16 | Medley 4x1 Relay | 1st | Abigail Jaques | Alice Fouch | Chloe Brooks-Carter | Lillian Acker |
Boys U/16 | Medley 4x1 Relay | 1st | Nic Cole | Vincent Langley | Lukas Hobden | Isaac Flower |
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100m | Backstroke | 2nd | Chloe Brooks-Carter | | | |
2L | Freestyle | 2nd | Isaac Flower | | | |
100m | Freestyle | 2nd | Chloe Brooks-Carter | | | |
100m | Backstroke | 2nd | Jade Smart | | | |
2L | Breaststroke | 2nd | Isaac Flower | | | |
100m | Breaststroke | 2nd | Alice Fouch | | | |
4 x 1L | Individual Medley | 2nd | Vincent Langley | | | |
100m | Freestyle | 2nd | Lukas Hobden | | | |
100m | Butterfly | 2nd | Vincent Langley | | | |
2L | Backstroke | 2nd | Christina Jaques | | | |
Vanessa Knight Memorial Meet - Bognor Regis - 28th May 2011
This competitive open meet saw the following results for a small band of Lewes swimmers whose results are below:
B Grade 2nd Alex Cragg 50m Free 35.72
C Grade 3rd Alex Cragg 50m Fly 47.42
B Grade 4th Alex Cragg 50m Breaststroke 48.92
B Grade 3rd Alex Cragg, 50m Backstroke 41.45
B Grade 4th Alex Cragg, 100m Medley 1:32.02
B Grade 3rd Oliver Guile 50m Backstroke 46.31
B Grade 7th Oliver Guile 50m Breaststroke 57.48
C Grade 1st Oliver Guile 50m Fly 53.72
B Grade 4th Oliver Guile 50m Free 42.09
B Grade 9th Oliver Guile 100m Medley 1:48.24
B Grade 3rd Tina Jaques 50m Free 34.96
C Grade 3rd Tina Jaques 50m Fly 43.24
C Grade 1st Tina Jaques 50m Breaststroke 45.01
B Grade 5th Tina Jaques 50m Backstroke 39.95
B Grade 5th Tina Jaques 100m Medley 1:27.73 B
A Grade 4th Alice Fouch 50m Free 31.59
C Grade 3rd Alice Fouch 50m Fly 38.18
A Grade 1st Alice Fouch 50m Breaststroke 39.07
B Grade 2nd Alice Fouch 100m Medley 1:20.91 B
Eastbourne SC Masters Open Gala - 15th May 2011
The Masters section continued their recent run of form at this competitive event - six individual medals were won and we came pretty close in a relay too. The standout performances came from Margaret Cragg who came away with two AG golds in the 50m & 100m Backstroke and Andrew Seivewright who won AG gold in the 100m Freestyle. The two of them combined with Graham Mortimer and Sarah Nisbet and missed out on bronze in the 120+ Freestyle Relay by just 9/100ths of a second.
For a full list of results click here.
Sussex County League - 2nd April 2011, Crowborough (NEW!)
Another good set of results on Saturday 2nd - please use the link above to view in full.
Below is list of all swimmers gaining individual 1st to 3rd Places - a really great achievement at this high level of competition.
Final Points were Hastings 458, Hailsham 300, Lewes 247.
Well done to all who participated!
| Event | Name | Place | Time |
1 | 100m Individual Medley | Vincent Langley | 1st | 01:11.46 |
2 | 100m Backstroke | George Richenberg | 2nd | 01:12.90 |
3 | 50m Breaststroke | Samuel Flower | 2nd | 00:47.93 |
4 | 100m Breaststroke | Sarah Nisbet | 2nd | 01:28.69 |
5 | 50m Breaststroke | Alice Gordon | 2nd | 00:46.42 |
6 | 50m Breaststroke | Isaac Flower | 2nd | 00:42.15 |
7 | 100m Butterfly | Alice Fouch | 2nd | 01:25.38 |
8 | 100m Butterfly | Vincent Langley | 2nd | 01:16.46 |
9 | 50m Freestyle | Kieran Cheney | 2nd | 00:38.09 |
10 | 100m Breaststroke | Vincent Langley | 2nd | 01:24.47 |
11 | 100m Individual Medley | Alice Fouch | 3rd | 01:21.25 |
12 | 100m Individual Medley | Christina Jaques | 3rd | 01:30.29 |
13 | 100m Individual Medley | Sarah Nisbet | 3rd | 01:18.06 |
14 | 50m Freestyle | Jack Robinson | 3rd | 00:34.07 |
15 | 100m Breaststroke | Lucy Nisbet | 3rd | 01:32.05 |
16 | 100m Freestyle | Lillian Acker | 3rd | 01:12.43 |
17 | 100m Backstroke | Lucy Nisbet | 3rd | 01:20.63 |
18 | 50m Breaststroke | Christina Jaques | 3rd | 00:46.51 |
19 | 100m Butterfly | Lillian Acker | 3rd | 01:26.94 |
20 | 100m Freestyle | Nastassya Muller | 3rd | 01:10.75 |
21 | 100m Freestyle | Ian Jones | 3rd | 01:04.13 |
Sussex County Championships - 19th/20th March 2011
Lukas, Alice, George and Nick returned for the second round of the County Champs. Results are as follows:
Boys 15y 100m Freestyle - Nick Cole - 1:11.83
Boys 15y 200m Freestyle - Nick Cole - 2:43.43
Girls 15y+ 100m IM - Alice Fouch - 1:20.22
Boys 15y 400m Freestyle - Nick Cole - 5:47.12
Boys 13y 100m Backstroke - Lukas Hobden - 1:10.77 (qualified for final)
Boys 14y 100m Backstroke - George Richenberg - 1:12.63
Boys 15y 100m Backstroke - Nick Cole - 1:22.17
Lukas came fourth in his 100m Backstroke heat which qualified him for the 12/13 yrs final where he again finished in fourth in a time of 1:11.38
Well done to all four swimmers.
National Youth & Junior Disabled Championships - 26th/27th February 2011
Nick Cole attended this top-level meet at the Ponds Forge International Pool in Sheffield and came away with a gold medal in the 100m Butterfly - full results are below and congratulations to Nick. Possibly Lewes SC's first ever national champion??
S9 100m Freestyle - 1:14.60 - 5th
S9 400m Freestyle - 5:50.49 - 4th
SM9 100m IM - 1:42.60 - 6th
S9 100m Backstroke - 1:27.62 - 6th
S9 100m Butterfly - 1:41.40 - 1st - National Champion!!!
S9 50m Freestyle - 34.63 - 5th
Sussex County Championships - 19th/20th February 2011
Four swimmers attended the first round of the county championships - results are as follows:
Boys 13y 400m IM - Lukas Hobden - 5:55.48 (PB)
Boys 13y 50m Backstroke - Lukas Hobden - 33.74
Girls 15y+ 100m Breaststroke - Alice Fouch - 1:27.41
Boys 13y 200m Backstroke - Lukas Hobden - 2:37.75 (PB)
Boys 13y 100m IM - Lukas Hobden - 1:17.99
Boys 15y 100m IM - Nicholas Cole - 1:30.75
Boys 14y 50m Freestyle - George Richenberg - 29.46
Congratulations to all swimmers and good to see more qualifying and attending this event - the next round takes place over the weekend of 19th/20th March.
Brighton Team Gala - Saturday 5th February 2011
A great performance from Lewes swimmers at the Brighton Dolphins Team gala and very close between second and third. The results were as follows:-
1st Worthing 191 Points, 2nd Eastbourne 162 Points, 3rd Lewes 161 Points, 4th Brighton SC 154 Points, 5th Beacon 132 Points, 6th Brighton Dolphins 91 Points.
There were a total of 14 first places for Lewes, with individual first places for:
George Richenberg (x2), Ian Jones (x3), Sam Flower, Lukas Hobden (x2), Chloe Brooks-Carter (x2), Isaac Flower
Relay team first places were also achieved by:
Ben Ledingham, Adam Lansley, Alex Cragg, Lukas Hobden
Lukas Hobden, George Richenberg, Ian Jones, Nic Cole
Lukas Hobden, Nastassya Muller, George Richenberg, Jade Smart
South East Region Masters Long Course Champs - 29th/30th January 2011 - K2 Crawley
Some excellent results from the growing Masters section of the club at this annual regional competition which is open to any swimmer over the age of 18.
With British, European and World Records tumbling around them Andrew Seivewright, Graham Mortimer and Graham Faultless all put in good performances individually with Catherine Harker, Margaret Cragg and Dave Shephard joining to make up relay teams.
The highlight was a silver medal position for the Men's 160+ team in the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay.
Click here for a full round-up of the results.
Sussex County League Gala - 29th January 2011 (Click here for team results)
Eastbourne 1st, Chichester 2nd, Lewes 3rd.
Well done to all the swimmers at the County League gala tonight it was especially nice to have such a happy team supporting each other so well.
This is a higher level of gala than we usually attend, however we gained 3 First Places, 11 Second Places and 21 Third Places which shows that our swimmers are certainly up to competing at this level.
Special well done to: Samuel Flower – 1st 50m Breaststroke, Josh Nisbett – 1st 100m Breaststroke, Vincent Langley – 1st 100m Breaststroke.
Also to the following swimmers who gained second place
In the individual events: Vincent Langley (x2), George Richenberg (x2), Sarah Nisbet (x2), Isaac Flower and Alice Fouch.
In the relay events: George Richenberg, Luke Staples, Nic Cole, Lukas Hobden, Jonathan Richenberg, Josh Nisbett, Ian Jones, Daniel Robinson, Alice Fouch, Abigail Jaques, Lillian Acker and Chloe Brooks-Carter.
Tom Handley L2 Open Meet - 15th/16th January 2011 - Prince Regent, Brighton
Well done to our two swimmers who attended this tough meet which required qualification times to enter.
Boys 13yrs 100m Butterfly - Lukas Hobden - 1:27.74 8th/8
Girls 14yrs 50m Freestyle - Chloe Brooks-Carter - 33:00 30th/32
Eastbourne U16 Gala - 27th November - Eastbourne Pool
Final points:
1st Eastbourne A – 350
2nd Beacon – 333
3rd Lewes – 218
4th Hailsham – 203
5th 1066 – 178
6th Eastbourne B – 156
All our swimmers did really well.
Well done to George Richenberg who came 1st on the 50m Backstroke and Vinnie Langley who came 1st on the 50m Breaststroke.
Also our older girls Jade Smart, Lillian Acker, Alice Gordon and Christina Jaques swam multiple events, given we had so many unwell and unable to attend, but still managed some really superb swims. Well done!
Sussex County Development Meet Sessions 3 & 4 - 14th November - Prince Regent Pool, Brighton
The second round of the Development Meet saw another good batch of swims - click here for the results.
Sussex County Development Meet Sessions 1 & 2 - 31st October - Prince Regent Pool, Brighton
Some excellent performances came from this small squad of swimmers. Full results from the first two sessions can be found here.
Sprint Meet 16th October 2010, Ringmer Pool
This event was an ideal opportunity for all swimmers to get some experience of swimming under gala conditions and also to gain some up-to-date times. Swimmers from Brighton Dolphins also took part to add a bit of extra competition. Well done to all swimmers - some great performances!
South East Region Masters Champs (Short Course) - 2nd October - Guildford Spectrum
Three swimmers attended this competition from the clubs Masters section. Please see results here.
Littlehampton Open Gala
Lewes were invited to attend Beacon International team gala on the 4th September. This gave a group of Lewes swimmers the chance to swim not only against other local teams but also against two teams one from Germany and one mixed German and English team. Lewes gained 4th place overall in the gala. Well done to all the team.
1st Lewes 188 Points; 2nd Bexhill 187 Points; 3rd Brighton Dolphins 170 Points
A HUGE WELL DONE TO ALL SWIMMERS.
The PB’s and first places are too numerous to mention. But a special well done to those who
had little or no experience of gala swimming but did so well. Namely; Grace Valentine,
Georgia Cudby, Dayna Mitchell, Isabel Davis, Giacomo Luke and Matthew Hooper.
Final Points: 1st Crawley, 216 Points; 2nd Marlins, 197 Points; 3rd Beacon, 186 Points; 4th Littlehampton, 162 Points; 5th 1066, 149 Points; 6th Brighton, 122 Points;
7th Lewes, 111 Points; 8th Eastbourne, 92 Points
We had some good swims including 62 PB’s from the split times I was able to take.
Apologies to those who I didn’t get the times for.
Well done especially to:
Girls Open Breast stroke team – Sarah Nisbet, Jade Smart, Lucy Nisbet and Alice Fouch who got 2nd Place.
Girls 14&U Breaststroke team – Alice Fouch, Chloe Brooks-Carter, Lillian Acker and Alice Scott who got 3rd Place.
Individual swimmers who swam particularly well included:
Lukas Hobden, George Richenberg, Carla Sandalls, Nic Cole, Jack Robinson, Alice Gordon, Jade Trill, Kate Vessey, Charlotte Burden, Isabel Davis, Emily Burden and Dayna Mitchell.
We had an amazing total of 63 PB’s. Especially good swims from George Richenberg , Abigail Jaques, Nic Cole and Toby Baker. We also had a number of swimmers placed in the top three.
First Place
Sarah Nisbet Open 100m Breaststroke
Second Place
Alice Fouch U/16 100m Breaststroke, Hayley Bennett Open 100m Backstroke
U/14 Freestyle Relay: Lukas Hobden, Luke Staples George Richenberg & Toby Baker
Open Medley Relay: Lucy Nisbet, Alice Fouch, Sarah Nisbet & Lillian Acker
U/16 Medley Relay: Adele Sandalls, Alice Fouch, Hayley Bennett & Chloe Brooks-Carter
Third Place
Lukas Hobden U/14 50m Backstroke, Lucy Nisbet Open 100m Backstroke,
George Richenberg U/14 50m Freestyle, Sarah Nisbet Open 100m Butterfly,
U/14 Medley Relay: Lukas Hobden, Luke Staples, George Richenberg & Toby Baker
U/12 Medley Relay: Charlotte Burden, Charlie Moderski, Jenny Cornish & Kate Vessey
U/12 Medley Relay: Scott Staples, Toby Baker Kieran Cheney & Oliver Guile
Open Freestyle Relay: Sarah Nisbet, Lucy Nisbet, Lillian Acker & Carla Sandalls
Open Freestyle Relay: Josh Nisbett, Raph Harrison, Vincent Langley, Graham Mortimer
Open Medley Relay: Raph Harrison, Ian Jones, Josh Nisbett, Graham Mortimer
U/12 Freestyle Relay: Jenny Cornish, Kate Vessey, Charlie Moderski & Erin Long
U/12 Freestyle Relay: Kieran Cheney, Scott Staples, Adam Lansley & Toby Baker
Squadron Relay: Charlie Moderski, Toby Baker, Abigail Jaques, Lukas Hobden, Hayley Bennett,
Ian Jones, Sarah Nisbet, Josh Nisbett
Well done to ALL our swimmers.
Well done to all our swimmers, especially those who were swimming in a gala for the first time.
We hope you enjoyed the evening.
In total there were a fabulous 54 PBs.
The final result was: 1st Mid Sussex Marlins 237 points, 2nd Lewes 208 points, 3rd Brighton 186 points,
4th Brighton Dolphins 148 points, 5th Worthing 136 points, 6th Eastbourne 110 points.
Special mention to Hayley Bennett, James Worby and Nathan Worby
who swam extremely well and it is great to see them as part of our team.
Also to the following swimmers, who achieved one or more first places: Hayley Bennett (2), Laura Bennett(4), Chloe Brooks-Carter (3), Alice Fouch (3), Lukas Hobden (2), Abigail Jaques, Christina Jaques (2), Vincent Langley, Emily Lyth, Charlie Moderski (3), Lucy Nisbet (2), Alice Scott (2), Luke Staples (2) and Nathan Worby.
In total, there were a magnificent 44 PBs
Well done to the seven Lewes swimmers who took part in this Littlehampton Open meet.
Between them they gained 16 Medals and 12 Ribbons!
The final result was Eastbourne 354, Lewes 292, Hailsham 274, Bexhill 248 & Eastbourne (B) 208. Very well done to all swimmers, especially the following who gained first place: Alex Beck (2),
Chloe Brooks-Carter, Alice Fouch (5), Ian Jones (4), Vincent Langley (4), Nastassya Muller, George Richenberg (2), Alice Scott (2), Jade Smart, Luke Staples and Alice South (2).
Two very successful days for Lewes swimmers.
On 1st Nov, Luke Staples & George Richenberg braved the 200m Fly and Alex Beck & Lucy Nisbet gained 2010 County Championship qualifying times.
On 15th Nov, Kieran Cheney made his Open and County debut with two of his swims placed in the top six. Vincent Langley also had some impressive swims and achieved four County qualifying times.
Over the two days of the Development Gala, Lewes had 7 First places and 33 Top-Six places.
Some really great swims from all our swimmers.
A special well done to Chloe and Jenny as it was their first open meet. Many congratulations to Lucy Nisbet who set a meet record for the Girls 16&Over 100m Breaststroke.
Well done to our 9/10 yr Girls team who beat Brighton's A & B team.
Here are some of the swimmers, posing beautifully.........
