Results and Reports. (Several events so please scroll down)

Greater Gwent Fastwater Open 2009

The 3rd running of our joint owned open meet was again, superb with over 300 swimmers attending from across England and Wales.

In all 18 swimmers from The HVSC entered the competition all swimming brilliantly to take 50 medals and setting 78 Personal Best times.

For Aithne Harrhy, Connor Morran, Sadie Mogg and James Hunt-Cosh competing in the Junior Development meet and their first Open it was a very daunting prospect. Nevertheless they were up to the challenge with Sadie taking 4 finalist medals,  James a bronze (50Fly)  and 3 finalist medals and Connor taking 2 finalist medals. In the same category more experienced Ewan Williams took a Gold (50Fly),  2 Silvers (50free and 50Breast) and a Bronze(50Back). Aithne falling outside of the medals but setting new PBs. Well done to all.

Competing in  the Open were Amy Richards, Ellie Murray, Fred Davies, Georgia Thomas, Harriet Davies, Harry Davies,  Issie Mogg, Jack Davies, Jade Williams, Katie Hoyle, Rachel Gillett, Rebecca Evans and  Rhys Gillett.

With all of the swimmers delivering excellent performances it's hard to list any ahead of the others but here are a few of the more notable swims, in no particular order.

Amy Richards (10yrs) competing in her first 100m Fly to take Bronze and taking 20secs off her PB in the 200Breast. Georgia Thomas (11) setting PBs in a superb 100Fly (finalist medal), 400 Free and 200 Breast. Issie Mogg (11) was outstanding setting PBs in just about every event and giving spectators good value by matching Georgia stroke for stroke in the 100 and 400 free events. Newcomer Katie Hoyle (11) showed real potential in her events in particular the Free and Breaststroke. Jade Williams (11) recovering from illness going 31sec in 50Free to take silver also taking silver in the 50Fly. Rebecca Evans (11) giving everything to set a 7 sec PB in the 200Breast and take silver in the 200free. Jack Davies, Rhys Gillett and Fred Davies  swimming well and taking finalist medals in their events.

Rachel Gillett (14) swimming in a marathon 12 events taking 2 silvers, a bronze, 6 finalist medals and setting 9Pbs. Harry Davies (14) going under the minute in the 100Free to take 2 bronze,4 finalist medals and set  4 PBs. Harriet Davies (15) swimming a very good 200Free to take bronze. Congratulations to Harry on coming runner up in the 14yrs and under skins event - Ten quid in your pocket!!

Best wishes to Ellie Murray who was unwell over the weekend hope you feel better soon. 

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LLanelli Open October 09

Two HVSC swimmers Georgia Thomas and Issie Mogg (both 11yrs) travelled to Llanelli for this early season meet. Both girls delivered  good times with Issie setting new PBs in the 50 Free,  50 Fly, 50 Breast and 100back. Georgia sporting a broken finger following and accident in school the previous day, didn't quite get the times she was looking for but nevertheless made the final in a very tough 100Fly and setting times just outside her PBs in other events.  Well done girls.

Georgia Thomas : 50 Free 35.26 (9th)  50 Fly 40.63 (7th), 100Free 1:17.19 (8th),  100Fly 1.29.16 (5th)

                           100B/c 1:28.00 (10th),  100IM 1:28.72 (9th)

Issie Mogg       : 50 Free 35.49 (10th), 50Fly 43.38 (12th), 50B/c 45.39 (15th), 50Brst 50.11(17th),

                          100Free 1:19.09 (11th), 100B/c 1:32.52 (17th), 100IM 1:34.62 (15th).

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Swim Wales Summer Nationals 2009

Once again this meet was popular with a number of larger clubs from across England and Wales as such the competition was very stiff. Nevertheless The HVSC swimmers gave a good account of themselves with some very fine swims. Swimming for the HVSC  were Harry & Jack Davies, Rachel Gillett, Rebecca Evans, Jade Williams and Ellie Murray.  Jade Williams was outstanding to take Gold in the 100m Freestyle and Bronze in a very gruelling 200m Fly. Also making  finals in several events were Harry, Rebecca and Rachel.

Full results from Swim Wales

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HVSC Junior Closed Meet July 2009

The HVSC held it's annual closed junior meet in Nantyglo on the11th July. As usual the meet was well attended with many of the swimmers competing for the first time.  The events entered were based on the squad that the swimmers train in,  with the more advanced swimmers competing in longer distance events.

Many thanks to all parents, committee members and coaching staff for ensuring that the meet ran so well.

Medals will be presented at  our end of season social and presentation night on 26th July. For those unable to make the evening medals will be available for collection on the 26th from the club table.

Click here for full results.

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Torfaen Open June 2009

This meet is popular and regularly attended by The HVSC.. Ewan Williams, James Hunt, Connor Edwards, Rhys Gillett, Alex Gregory, Issie Mogg, Tate Jones, Georgia Thomas, Amy Richards,  Jade Williams, Rebecca Evans, Heidi Brice, Ellie Murray, Rachel Gillett and Carla Phillips swimming for The HVSC.

Click here to download full result.

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Swim Wales Junior Development Meet. June 2009

Congratulations to 9yr old Amy Richards and 11yr old Jade Williams on the winning Best Girl category in their age groups. Amy and Jade along with 9 of The HVSCs junior swimmers attended the Development meet held in the Regional  Sports Village. Newport. For many this was their first competition and despite being somewhat daunting, they gave their best and showed what the The HVSC are capable of.

Our younger swimmer displayed outstanding swimming skills winning many  events and setting many new Personal Best times. In her first open meet 8 year old Mia James displayed good potential for the future particularly in the Fly event.

In the 9 year girls category Amy Richards led the field winning 4 out of the 5 events to take the Best Girl award. In the same age group Phoebe Cuthbertson-Smith, Bradley O’Connell and Ewen Williams, some competing for the first time, delivered good performances in a very competitive age band.

In the 10year age group The HVSC’s Charlie Tate Jones, Georgia Thomas, Issy Morris and Issie Mogg were outstanding to take 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th in the best girl standings. Also in this age group saw Ben Cuthbertson-Smith compete for the first time and setting new Personal Best Times in his events.

In the 11year old category Jade Willams continues to show excellent form to take the Best girls award and Rhys Gillett improved his Personal Best times across all strokes.

Well done to all of our swimmers.Full result can be viewed by clicking on the links below.

HVSC results

Best Boy/Girl standings

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Swim Swansea Long Course Open May 2009

This years Swim Swansea Long Course Open was well represented by The HVSC with many outstanding swims over varying distances and strokes.

11yr old Rebecca Evans  swam exceedingly well to take a well deserved Bronze medal in the 400m Freestyle and 5^th in the 800m Free. Our other younger swimmers Jade Williams, Charlie Tate Jones and Issy Morris swam many new Personal Best times with Jade taking 7^th place in the 200mFree and Issy taking 6^th in the200m Backstroke. For the boys 11yr old Breaststrokers Jack Davies and Sam James swam well achieving new PBs.

Our more seasoned swimmers Heidi Brice, Ellie Murray and Heidi Brice swam well in their respective events again setting new PBs.

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Newport Spring Open meet May 2009

This years Newport Spring Open proved as popular as ever with The HVSC with 12 swimmers competing in this years competition.

In the 400mFree Rebecca Evans (20 Secs PB), Ellie Murray (15 sec PB) Issy Morris (20sec PB) and Heidi Brice (4 sec PB) all delivered very impressive swims.

The 50m Free proved very competitive with Jack Davies (3 sec PB), Rhys Gillett (4 sec PB) and Georgia Thomas (4 sec PB) all giving strong performances. The 50m Breaststroke proved interesting with Issie Mogg (5 sec PB), Georgia Thomas (5 sec PB), Grace Thomas-Parr (3 sec PB)  and  Charlie Tate Jones (2 sec PB) all achieving very credible swims. Good swims also from our older swimmers Rachel Gillett and Harry Davies.

Swimmers competing were:

Issie Mogg, Issy Morris, Georgia Thomas, Grace Thomas-Parr, Jack Davies, Rhys Gillett, Rebecca Evans, Ellie Murray, Harry Davies, Heidi Brice, Rachel Gillett and Charlie Tate Jones.

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Welsh National Age Group & Youth Championships 2009

Qualifying times for this years championships were as tough as ever, nevertheless 9  swimmers from The HVSC qualified and took part in the championships.

14yr old Alex Gregory was once again outstanding to claim the mantle of Welsh champion in both 100 & 200m Breaststroke events (1:12:09 & 2:36:22). Alex also took Silver in the 200IM (2:24:05) in a new Personal Best time and 4th in the 400IM (5:12:53).

14yr old Harry Davies returning to better form took Bronze in the 100m Breaststroke (1:16:14) and set new PBs in the 100Fly (1:08:93) and 100mBack (1:13:69).

Competing in the championships for the first time was 10yr old Georgia Thomas swimming in the 100mFly. Not the easiest of events to debut in, Georgia gave it her best shot to swim a new personal Best time of 1:35:32. Also competing for the first time was 11yr old Jade Williams who continues to show considerable promise by making the finals in 100Fly (1:23:91) a 6second PB  and 100Free (1:11:51) a 2 second PB. Jade also set a 4 second PB in the 100Back (1:31:00)

11yr old Rebecca Evans made excellent progress in her events. Making the Finals in  100Back (1:24:60)  setting a 3 second PB, 200Free (2:34:74) a 7sec PB, 200IM (2:58:51) a 3sec PB and swimming superbly in the 400Free (5:25:76) setting a massive 15sec PB. Rebecca also competed in the 200Back (2:56:44) just missing out on a place in the final.

11yr old Jack Davies showed good technique in the 100Breaststroke  (1:37:36) setting a 4sec PB and 200Breaststroke (3:28:47). Drawn as Alternate in many events 12yr old Heidi Brice swam very well in the  in the 200Breaststroke (3:26:39) to set a new Personal Best time.

In the older girls events 14yr old Rachel Gillett set a 12 second PB in the 400IM (5:39:37) and made the finals in the 100 & 200 Breaststroke events (1:23:45 & 2:57:34). 13yr old Leah Durham showed a hint of previous form with fair swims in the 100Back (1:16:90), 100Breaststroke (1:28:72)and 100Free (1:07.72)

For full results go to http://www.nofiocymru.co.uk/results/welsh/easter/index.htm

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Celtic Tri-Nations February 2009

The HVSC were represented at the Celtic TriNations Championships held in the Welsh National Pool in Swansea.

Apart from the Commonwealth Games, the Celtic Tri Nations is the only event in which Welsh swimmers can compete as a nation, and the event gave all athletes and spectators the opportunity to see some of the best Swimmers from Wales, Ireland and Scotland.

Alex Gregory and Harry Davies also representing  the South East Wales Regional squad were accompanied by Rachel Gillett and Rebecca Evans representing The HVSC. It is perhaps fair to say that preparation going into this event was not as we would have liked with training interrupted by snow and swimmers suffering illness. Nevertheless the fearless four gave it their best effort, knocking up some credible swims.  Alex was as usual, outstanding, displaying his mastery of all strokes in the 400IM to take a well fought for Silver medal in a new Personal Best time of 5:05.79. As expected Alex also delivered superb swims in the 2 Breaststroke events taking Gold in the 200 and Silver in the shorter event again setting 2 new PB's.  Harry still struggling with form gave it his best shot and  whilst the resulting  times were short of his PBs (apart from the 100Free) they were nevertheless quite respectable. Rachel, suffering from illness, and Rebecca also swam very well delivering respectable times in their events although again short of their PBs. Well done  to the four of you.

Full results can be found on the Swim Wales Results page:

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South East Wales Regional Championships 2009

Well done to all HVSC swimmers who competed at this years South East Wales Regional Championships setting many new championship records and personal best times. Many thanks to Xcav8 Limited for providing the club Tshirts for the meet.

Representing the HVSC were:

Charlie Tate Jones, Issy Morris, Rebecca Evans, Georgia Thomas, Hannah Beetham, Jade Williams, Heidi Brice, Kate Ingram, Ellie Murray, Molly Beetham, Rachel Gillett, Rhianon Yeates, Carla Phillips, Rhian Jones and Caitlin Jehu. Jack Davies, Daniel Atkinson, Macauley Probert.  Harry Davies and Alex Gregory. 

Daniel Atkinson continues to impress taking 6 Gold medals and 4 championship records. Issy Morris and Charlie Tate Jones also continue to improve both taking 2 Gold medals and a championship record.   Georgia Thomas took a well earned silver in the 100Fly and Rachel Gillett took Gold in the 100and 200 Breaststroke events. For the boys Alex Gregory took Gold in 100Breast and silver in the 200Breast. Harry Davies took Bronze in the 100Breast and Jack Davies Bronze also in the 100Breast.

In the relay events, the 13 and under girls took Bronze in both Medley and Freestyle medals and our older girls took Bronze in the 14and over freestyle relay. The 14 and under boys team took Gold in the 4*100 medley and bronze in the 4*100 free.

Full report to follow once results are published..

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Swim Wales Dragon Meet 2009

This years Dragon Meet proved as tough as previous years with a large number of English clubs competing and setting a very high standard. As such medals were very hard to come by.

In the Youth events Alex Gregory (1:12.50/2:34.17).and Rachel Gillett (1:21.43/2:5517)made Finals in the 100 and 200m Breaststroke events with Alex winning the B final in the 200m event 

The Age group events proved just as tough to make finals, but Daniel Atkinson (1:28.71/3:05.02) continued to swim well to make the final in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke events. Daniel also swam a very good 100Free (1:08.96) taking 4sec off his PB and 200IM (2:46.03) taking 9 sec off his PB. Jack Davies qualifying for the meet for the first time swam a good 200m Breaststroke (2:26:26) taking 6secs off his PB. In the girls 200m Backcrawl  Hannah Beetham(2:55.05) and Rebecca Evans(2:55.46) had a very close race with only 4tenths of a second separating them and both taking over 5secs off their PBs. In the 100Fly Molly Beetham (1:18.39) swam brilliantly to take 4secs off her PB.

Swimming for the HVSC were Rebecca Evans, Hannah Beetham, Molly Beetham,Emily Atkinson, Jack Davies,Daniel Atkinson, , Harry Davies, Alex Gregory, Lloyd Meredith and David Meredith.

Full results can be found on the Swim Wales Competition Website Dragon Meet

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Newport Xmas Cracker December 2008

Congratulations to Tate Jones and Hannah Beetham on winning Best Girl trophies in the 9 and 10year old age groups in this year Xmas Cracker sprint meet.

The HVSC were well represented and despite several children suffering from colds the swimmers swam exceptionally well winning many medals and achieving many new personal best times.

Swimmers competing were: Amy Richards, Issy Morris, Tate Jones, Ewan Williams, Hannah Beetham, Rebecca Evans, Issy Mogg, Georgia Thomas, Jade Williams, Jack Davies, Alex Mogg, Molly Beetham, Heidi Brice, Lucy Cross, Leah Durham, Ellie Murray, Harry Davies, Carla Phillips and Nathan Jones.

Full results to follow.

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Swim Wales Winter Open and Welsh Schools championships 2008.

For the first time the Welsh schools and Swim Wales Winter meet were run as a single event for Welsh school swimmers only.

Competing from the HVSC were Hannah Beetham, Heide Brice, Molly James, Rachel Gillett, Emily Atkinson, Rhiannon Yeates, Jack Davies, Daniel Atkinson, Harry Davies, Alex Gregory, Lloyd Meredith and David Meredith.

In the Year 7to9 age groups Alex Gregory won the 100m Free(59.91) 100mBreastsroke(1:12.89) and 200m Breaststroke(2:37.27) events. Rachel Gillett to Silver in the 100m Breaststroke (1:19.85) and 200m Breaststroke (2:51.59). Harry Davies took Bronze in the 100m Breaststroke (1:19.38) and Emily Atkinson took Bronze in the girls 100Breaststroke (1:20.13). Daniel Atkinson swam very well to make the final in the 200m Breaststroke (3:05.36).

In the Year 10plus events David Meredith won the 100m Breaststroke (1:13.96) and made the final in several other events. 

For full results visit the Swim Wales Competition Website Winter Championships

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South Wales Sub Regional Championships 2008.

Well done to all HVSC  swimmers who entered the inaugural South East Wales Sub-Regional Championships. The meet provided swimmers with the chance to obtain qualifying times for the Regional championships next February and many HVSC swimmers took the opportunity to compete in some events for the first time and set new championship records.

Carla Phillips opened the medal tally by taking an early silver medal in the 50free followed by gold in the 100 and 200 back and silver in the 100free and 200IM.

Many of our younger swimmers took the opportunity to compete in longer events giving them the chance to learn to pace  themselves over the distance. Sisters Hannah and Molly Beetham competing in  the 800m Freestyle and setting very respectable times taking a gold and silver respectively. Rebecca  Evans competing in the 400IM for the first time swam very well to take gold.

Tate Jones (2golds, a silver and bronze) swam outstandingly in the backstroke events setting excellent times whilst Amy Richards (2 silvers) continued to improve her times swimming very well in the 100free. Georgia Thomas (1gold, 2 silver and a bronze) showed good promise particularly in the Fly and Jade Williams took a brave silver in the 200Fly in a very respectable time. Sisters Issy and Alex Mogg continue to improve with Issy taking her first medal (Bronze) in the 100Free making it a 1-2-3 for HVSC. In the 13yr age group Kate Ingram (2silvers) swam very well to set new PB’s in all her events. Similarly Ellie Murray made big improvements in her f/c times.

Swimming for the boys were Jack Davies (1silver and bronze) and Macauley Probert competing in the 800 free for the first time to take bronze.

The 9-12 yrs girls relay quartet of  Jade Williams, Amy Richards, Georgia Thomas and Tate Jones excelled themselves to take silver in a very close freestyle relay and bronze in the medley. Well done girls.

HVSC Results

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Greater Gwent Fastwater Open 2008

Congratulations to all HVSC swimmers for their successes at this years Greater Gwent Fastwater Open. It was good to see the swimmers performing well against larger clubs from across Wales and England. The number of swimmers achieving new Personal Best (PBs) times were too numerous to list, but taking a look at the results indicates a massive improvement in times for many swimmers. Well done to everyone who took part.

In the Age group event 24 swimmers from HVSC took part in the competition delivering excellent performances. Daniel Atkinson leading the way for the boys by winning 6gold and 3 silver medals in very impressive times. With both Harry Davies and David Meredith not at their best due to illness leading to retirement  from several events, Harry took a Gold and Silver and David a Gold and  Bronze in the events they competed in..  Jack Davies took  2 Bronze medals The girls events were also hotly contested with Emily Atkinson taking 3 Golds, Leah Durham 2 Golds and 4 Silvers, Rebecca Evans and Rachel Gillett both winning a Silver and Bronze, Jade Williams a Gold, Silver and Bronze and Rhiannon Yeates a Gold and 2 Silvers.

Of the other HVSC swimmers falling outside of the top 3,  Heidi Brice, Harriet Davies, Kate Ingram, Molly James, Caitlin Jehu, Rhian Jones, Lloyd Meredith, Alex Mogg, Issy Mogg, Ellie Murray, Nicky Pepper, Carla Phillips, Macauley Probert and  Josh Thomas-Parr enjoyed competing in the competition and achieved many new PBs.

In the Junior Event 9year old Tate Jones dominated the girls events winning 3 Golds and 2 Silvers and taking the best girl trophy in the age category. Georgia Thomas swam well taking a Gold, Silver and Bronze, Harle Howells took a Silver and Sam James 2 Silvers and a Bronze. The other junior swimmers competing, Amy Richards, Grace Thomas_Parr, Charlotte Godding, Morgan Probert, Ewan Williams and Rhys Gillett also gave excellent performances again achieving many new PBs.

Age Group Results

Junior Results

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Llanelli Open - October 2008

A small group of HVSC swimmers travelled to this years Llanelli open. 10 year old Hannah Beetham dominated her age group winning 4 gold medals. In the same age group Rebecca Evans was close on Hannah’s heels taking 2 silver and 2 bronze medals whilst Georgia Thomas swam very well falling just outside the medals but swimming many new Personal Best times.

Of the HVSC older girl competitors, in the 15yr old age group Rhianon Yeates won 3 gold medals and Carla Phillips 2 silvers and a bronze. In the 12 year old age group Molly Beetham took 2 bronze medals and Kate Ingram a single bronze. 12yr old Ellie Murray outside of the medals showed good improvement setting new personal best times. 13 year old Molly James also showed good form to win 2 silver medals whilst our youngest swimmer 9year old Morgan Probert showed good promise and will undoubtedly gain from the experiences of the day.

In the Boys category 10 year old Sam James took won a Gold and Silver medal and 12year old Macauley Probert took 2 silvers and 3 bronze medals.  Attending coach Lee Probert commended the swimmers on their achievements and sportsmanlike behaviour on the day – well done all.

Results:

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Swim Wales Summer Nationals – August 2008

Once again a number of HVSC swimmers qualified for and competed in the Swim Wales Summer National Championships held in the Welsh National Pool Swansea.

This year saw a large number of English clubs competing with teams attending from the City of Leeds, Salford and Ferndown providing stiff competition for the HVSC swimmers as well as other Welsh clubs.

In the 12-13 years girls events Emily Atkinson delivered a blistering performance to take Gold in the 100m Breaststroke setting  a new championship record and Bronze in the 200m Breaststroke. In the 13-14yrs boys  Harry Davies swam an outstanding race to take Gold in the 200mIM whilst in  the 15-16yrs boys age group David Meredith continued his good form to take Silver in the 100m Breaststroke and Bronze in the 200m Backcrawl and 200mIM also making the final of the 100m Backcrawl.

Other finalists were 11yr old Daniel Atkinson (100m & 200m Breaststroke) 10yr old Hannah Beetham (100m Back), 11yr old Heidi Brice (200m Back)  and 17yr old Caitlin Jehu (200m Back).  Good swims also from 11year old Jack Davies in the breaststroke events, swimming in his first championship, 10yr old Rebecca Evans, 12yr old Molly Beetham, 13yr old Molly James and 14yr old Lloyd Meredith.

 Full Results:

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Cardiff Bay Sprint & South East Wales Development meet - July 2008.

A small team of HVSC swimmers competed in the inaugural Cardiff Bay Sprint meet in the newly opened Cardiff International Long Course Pool.

Tate Jones was outstanding in the 9and under girls category winning Gold and 1 Silver (plus a gold in the kick race). In the same age group Amy Richards and Grace Thomas-Parr also gave good performances with Amy taking a well earned Bronze medal in the Breaststroke event.  Good swims also from Ellie Murray and Molly James in the older girls category..

In the Boys events Sam James and Josh Thomas-Parr swam well with Sam taking a Gold medal in the 50Breast and a Silver and two Bronze medals in the other events. 

Also in held in July was another inaugural event the first South East Wales Junior development meet. As usual the HVSC were well represented and won many individual and team medals. Swimming for the girls were Hannah Beetham, Jade Williams, Heidi Brice, tate Jones, Issy Morris and Georgia Thomas and for the boys, Nicholas Pepper, Ewen Williams and our youngest competitor Jacob Beetham.  Full results can be viewed by clicking HERE.

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26 swimmers from The HVSC attended this years Torfaen Open meet held in the Regional  Pool Newport. David Meredith and Caitlin Jehu dominated their age groups winning Best Boy and Girl in their respective age groups. David also winning the 13-14yrs and overall Dash for Cash event. Jade Williams coming second in the 10yrs category of this event. Well done both.

For Danny Figueroa, Ewan Williams, Morgan Probert, Josh and Grace Thomas-Parr competing in their first open meet this was quite a daunting challenge. Nevertheless, they gave it their all, achieving many new personal best times.

Our more seasoned swimmers, Amy Richards, Hannah Beetham, Rebecca Evans, Tate Jones, Issy Morris, Issy Mogg, Georgia Thomas, Jade Williams, Ellie Murray, Ellis Davies, Rachel Gillett, Molly James, Rhian Jones, Caitlin Jehu, Rhys Gillett, Sam James, Jack Davies, Harry Davies, Alex Gregory, Lloyd Meredith, David Meredith and Nathan Jones took it in their stride winning 10Gold, 14Silver, 10Bronze and 13 Finalists medals..

In the 10 and under girls 100IM event  Hannah Beetham, Jade Williams, Tate Jones and Rebecca Evans gave an outstanding  display of skills to take 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th places. 

Swimming in the 100Breaststroke event for the first time 8yr old Amy Richards and 9yr old Issy Morris showed what they are capable of by swimming very credible times in this demanding event. Also swimming this event was the more experienced Rebecca Evans who again delivered a good performance.

In the 13 to14 year old boys 100m Breaststoke final The HVSC trio of David Meredith, Alex Gregory and Harry Davies once again showed why they are the best in Wales to take the top 3 places some 10 secs ahead of the competition.

In a very exciting Cannon event The HVSC team of  Jade Williams, Rhys Gillett, Rebecca Evans, Jack Davies, Ellie Murray, Alex Gregory, Rachel Gillett, David Meredith, Caitlin Jehu and Nathan Jones swam brilliantly to take second place behind the Torfaen team.

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Report Amman Valley June 2008

Amman Valley held their annual sprint meet with all competitors swimming all 4 strokes with those with the most points at the end of the day swimming in the 100mIM final.

Seven of our younger swimmers attended the event and once again represented the HVSC to the best of their abilities with three making the final in their respective age groups. 10 year olds Rebecca Evans and Jade Williams swam superbly to win Silver and Bronze overall. In the individual events Jade won  the 50mFly and was third in the Free and Rebecca 2^nd in the Free. In the 9 years and under age group Tate Jones, Issy Morris, Georgia Thomas and Amy Richards all swam outstandingly achieving new PBs in many events. In the individual events Tate was third in the 50Free and 50Back and 4^th in the Final.

13 yr old Molly James took second in the 50Back and achieved enough points in the other events to make the final but was unable to swim.

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Swim Swansea Long Course Open 15-17th May 2008

Excellent swims from the HVSC secure 2 Gold, 4 Silver and 3 Bronze medals at this years Swim Swansea Long Course Open.

Molly Beetham opened the medal count with a gutsy swim to take Silver in the Girls 12-13yrs 1500m Free. Emily Atkinson swam superbly to take Gold in the 12-13yr 100m Breaststroke and Silver in the 200m Breaststroke closely followed by Rachel Gillett taking Bronze medals in both events. David Meredith and Harry Davies continued the good form in the boys 13-14yrs Breaststroke events with David taking Gold and Harry Silver in the 200m event and David taking Silver in the 100m event. Not to be outdone Nathan Jones took Bronze  in the 17 & over 100m Breaststroke event. 

Excellent swims also from Daniel Atkinson, Leah Durham, Molly James and Rebecca Evans falling outside of the medals on this occasion.

Well done to Harry on achieving his Regional qualifying time in the 200m Breaststroke.

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Swansea Valley Open 10-11th May 2008

The HVSC swimmers travelled to Neath to once again compete in the Swansea Valley open. As in previous years the club was well represented winning many medals and achieving new Personal Best times. 13yr old Emily Atkinson delivered some blistering times in the 100 & 200m Breaststroke events winning Gold in both. 13 yr old Molly James, coming back to form after injury, took Gold in the 100m Backcrawl event. 10yr old Hannah Beetham continued recent successes by taking Gold in the 200m Individual Medley and 200m Freestyle events, taking a massive 26secs off her PB, and Bronze in the 200m Breast.  10yr old Rebecca Evans swam out of her socks to take Gold in the 200m Breast taking 20secs off her PB and Silver medals in the 200mIM and 200M Free.  11yr old Heidi Brice continues to swim well taking Bronze in the 200m Breast and finishing just outside the medals in her other events. In the boys competition  11yr old Daniel Atkinson took Bronze in the 100m Freestyle and 12yr Old Macauley Probert Bronze in the 400m Free also finishing just outside the medals in the 100m Free. Well done to all our swimmers.

Full Results.

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Newport Open Meet May 2008

Well done to all HVSC competitors who took part in the City of Newport Spring open meet. Once again the HVSC swimmers displayed outstanding skill and determination to win many medals, set new meet records  and set personal best times. Well done to Jade Williams and Georgia Thomas competing for the first time in an open meet.  Special congratulations to Harry Davies on achieving national qualifying times in the 100 & 200m Breaststroke events.

The HVSC once again dominated the Breaststroke events. In the boys category Harry Davies delivered an unexpected but thrilling performance to win Gold in the  12-13yrs 100m and Bronze in the 200m open, achieving national qualifying times in both. Daniel Atkinson took Gold in the 11 yr old 50m event and David Meredith Gold in the 14-15 yrs 100m event. Sam James won Silver and Jack Davies Bronze in the 10yrs 50m event. In the girls events   Emily Atkinson won Silver in the 13-14 yrs 100m, . Tate Jones Bronze in the 9yr 50m and  Rhiannon Yeates took Bronze in the 200m open.

In the other strokes Leah Durham won Gold in the 100m Free. Jade Williams competing in her first open meet showed excellent potential taking Silver in the 50mFree and 50m Fly, in the girls 10year age group. Daniel Atkinson was on top form  in the 50m and 200m Free events,whilst Lloyd Meredith swam outstandingly in the  400m and 200m free.

Brilliant swims from Issy Morris, Rebecca Evans and Lloyd Meredith getting through to finals in one or more events.  Good swims also from Georgia Thomas, Issy Mogg, Ellie Murray, Ellis Davies and Molly James.

Full results:

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Swim Wales Welsh national Youth and Age Groups 2008

18 Swimmers from The HVSC entered the Wales National Age Group and Youth Championships in the Welsh National Pool in Swansea but due to the high volume of entries  3 swimmers were rejected and did not have one or more swims. For a relatively small club our swimmers proved what they are capable by achieving 13 A Finals, 8 B Finals and 21 top ten finishes including  31 swims producing times better than their entry time.

David Meredith won the clubs only Gold in the 100m Breaststroke, Emily Atkinson, Nathan Jones and Alexander Gregory winning Silver medals and Emily Atkinson,  David Meredith and Rhiannon Yeates winning  Bronze. -  There were seven withdrawals due to illness/injury.

Congratulations to Emily Atkinson on achieving the Regional qualifying time on the 200m Breaststroke.

Full Results