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Yorkshire Swimmers at the British Open Water 5km and National Age Groups Championships Holme Pierrepont — Saturday 27th August 2005
The National Water sports centre in Nottingham was the venue for this year's British Open Water 5km and National Open Water Age Group Championships. Yorkshire swimmers enjoyed great success with 20 year old Aaron Yeoman, Scarborough, winning the Bronze medal in the 5km race and was runner up and leading Englishman in the British Open Water `Grand Prix' competition, and which saw the Yorkshire team take the Bronze medal in the Age Groups event.
Over one hundred and fifty young swimmers from 24 different Counties and Scottish districts took part, with both Scottish East and Western districts represented in the North, down to Devon in the Southwest, and swimmers also coming from Wales.
Three swimmers, 20 year old Aaron Yeoman and 21 year old Adam Harvey, both from the Scarborough club, along with 19 year old Omar Hussain, tackled the British 5km Championships, which also in-cooperated this year's Open Water `Grand Prix' Final. In this year's competition Yeoman was lying in overall second place with 52 points and Hussain one point behind in third place. In recent years, all three senior swimmers have represented England at Open Water events throughout Europe.
With the weather near perfect, the male and female swimmers lined up for the massed start of the 5km race. Durham's David Proud forged ahead into an early lead with Glasgow's Jamie Forrest, and Coventry's Adam Desmond in hot pursuit. Yeoman found himself in 4th place leading the chasing pack of five swimmers, which included both Hussain [6th] and Harvey [7th].
At the halfway stage, it was clear that Desmond was finding the elements difficult to contest with, and after a further 500 metres, dropped out of the race, leaving Yeoman now in third place, chasing Forrest, who enjoyed a 100 metre lead over the Yorkshireman., with Proud leading the race virtually assured of first place barring a mishap. Hussain found himself embroiled in the chase with Southend's Daniel Mason, with Harvey now some 50 metres adrift of the pack.
The race concluded with a victory for Proud in 59:06, with Forrest claiming the silver medal in 1:02:50, and Yeoman taking the Bronze medal with a good time of 1:03.47. Hussain was 5th in 1:05.05, and Harvey 6th in 1:05.53.
Yorkshire were represented in the Age Groups by Jennifer Clegg, 17, Holly Williams, 16, Stephanie Clegg, 15 Lauren O'Neill, 16 and Joelle O'Neill, 13 from Halifax. With 17 year old Sarah Roberts, Amii Pettitt, 16 Marc Slack, 13, and 14 year old Emma Couch coming from Scarborough, and newcomers Rachel Jack, 16, from City of Leeds, and 13 year old Heidi Kearsey from the City of Sheffield.
During the Age Group competition, it is the fastest swimmer to finish from each age group that will count towards the Inter-County medals.
In the 2000 metre 17/24-year old age group, Jennifer Clegg finished in third place in a time of 28:23, with Sarah Roberts coming home in 6th in a time of 30:42. Rachel Jack had a close finish with Scottish swimmer Jo-Anne McGarvey during her 1750-metre race during the 15/16 age group, but the Leeds swimmer held her nerve and won the age group in 23:36, with McGarvey coming home second in 23:37. Holly Williams and Stephanie Clegg finished in 9th and 10th place respectively recording times of 25:57 and 25:59. Amii Pettitt was not far behind in 12th place coming home in 26:13, and 16th place went to Lauren O'Neill in 26:51.
Marc Slack came home in 9th place in a time of 25:43 for the 1500 metres in the 13/14 years age group, with Heidi Kearsey finishing 11th during the girl's 1500m event in a time of 24:10. Emma Couch was 13th for the same distance in 24:37, and Joelle O'Neill finishing in 26:13 to claim 18th place. The awards ceremony was presented by the Amateur Swimming Association's President, Mrs. Ann Clark, who awarded Aaron Yeoman with his bronze medal for the 5km race, and also presented him with a cheque for £200 for runner-up in the Grand Prix competition. Omar Hussain was also awarded with a cheque for £75 for finishing in 4th place during the Grand Prix.Northumberland & Durham were victors in the Inter-County championships, with Scotland's Western District claiming the silver medal, with Jennifer Clegg, Rachel Jack and Heidi Kearsey receiving the Bronze medals for Yorkshire.
NECASA OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS incorporating the British Open Water Grand Prix, 2nd/3rd July 2005
Yorkshire swimmers were in Evidence at this year's North Eastern Counties Open Water Championships held at the Wykeham Lakes near Scarborough. Ideal conditions greeted the swimmers, with the event taking on something of an International flavor, with swimmers coming from Australia and Scotland, with many of the leading Open Water swimmers from across the country competing.
Twenty year old Aaron Yeoman from Scarborough, and nineteen year old Omar Hussain, City of Bradford, were strong contenders for the Gold medal in the Senior Men's event, which would be decided from a 4.6 Km swim on Saturday, and a 1500m race on Sunday, with the overall time added together to obtain a result.
Sarah Roberts, 17, was Scarborough's only representative in the Senior Ladies competition. In the Junior competition, Scarborough's Emma Couch,14, again was the sole competitor from Yorkshire. There were two swimmers from the Scarborough club taking on Hatfield's raising star, Matt Vyse, coming in the form of James Sowersby, 15, and Marc Slack, 13.
The winner of the Men's Senior race was Glasgow's Jamie Forrest who won in a combined time of 1:11.37, but the silver Medal was a very close affair between the two Yorkshire swimmers, with Hussain enjoying a nine second lead after the first event, and with Yeoman needing to make up this time in the 1500m swim. As the race neared its conclusion, it was apparent that both swimmers were giving it their all, and as the finishing buoy loomed, it was Yeoman that raced home in 16:22 to claim second place, in a combined time of 1:12.53, and touched home with a 10.3 second lead over the hard chasing Hussain. Hussain took some consolation from the race in the form of the Bronze medal and 16 points for the Grand Prix, and recorded a overall time of 1:12.55
Sarah Roberts could not make an impression on the leaders of the Senior Ladies event and finished some 12 minutes adrift of the Gold medal winner, Erica Brown, to finish in 5th place overall in 1:25.30.
Emma Couch dominated both her events and Claimed the Gold medal for the 2.3 Km and 1.5 Km races in 55:44, with Cannock's Laura Wood winning Silver in 56:31.
The junior Men's event also produced a clear winner from the City of Hatfield Matt Vyse winning Gold in the combined time of 43:21. James Sowersby was a clear Silver medalist coming home with a combined time of 45:07, and a good 1500m time of 16:35. It was Marc Slack that benefited from the withdrawal of Australian swimmer, David Watts, to move up from 4th place after the first event to take the bronze medal in 63:03. LEN European Cup and British 10km Championships 11th June 2005 - Royal Albert Docks, London
A festival of International Open Water swimming recently took place at the Royal Albert Docks in the heart of the Docklands in London, where Three Scarborough Swimming Club Open Water Swimmers swam against a Strong International Opposition from all over Europe.
Twenty year old Aaron Yeoman, who has represented England, was competing in the League of European Nations [LEN] European Cup, which also incorporated the British Ten Kilometre Championships, with Sarah Roberts, 16, and James Sowersby, 15, competing in the Junior 3km International event, where many of the top British and European swimmers were in attendance.
Yeoman, who has finished in the top five British swimmers for the past two seasons, found himself outside the leaders for most of the race, and did well to finish in 10th place in the European competition, moving up from 19th place from last season and once again, achieved 5th place in the British Championships, recording a 2:18.33 for the 10 Km event, a full three minutes faster than last year.
ASA 3km International Open Water Event 12th June 2005 - Royal Albert Docks, London
James Sowersby found himself chasing a number of South African swimmers, and once again, was rubbing shoulders with 16 year old Nick Shields, City of Glasgow, who Sowersby did well to beat last year. With the medal winners already decided, the race was on for the remainder of the top ten places. It was Shields who finished in 7th place in 39.48 with Sowersby coming home in 8th place in 40.15.
Sarah Roberts, 16, competing in her first 3km International, was also in the chasing pack, but could not make an impact on the leaders and finished just outside the top ten in 13th Place with a time of 42.42. |
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