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Press article - www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/junior-sport/swimming-girl-power-propels-southport-11059549 Some outstanding swims by Southport swimmers at the Prescot/Everton Open Meet that took place at Knowsley Leisure Centre over the weekend of Saturday/Sunday 12th & 13th March. A lot more North West qualifying times were acheived at the meet. The club now has 46 swimmers qualified for the North West Championships (12yrs – open). Please find full results below. Results TopBoy TopGirl Prescot/Everton Meet Top Club Award 1 Southport 1006 2 Co Liverpool 421 3 Winsford 310 4 Co Manch Aq 287.5 5 Bolton Metro 263...
At the recently held Lancashire County Championships over two long weekends 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st January 2016, at the Commonwealth Pool in Manchester Southport came runners up in the Top Club award. Again this was fantastic a achievement against the big city clubs and Metropolitan areas. Firmly placing our small club as one of the top teams in the North West of England. The club had one of the larest contingents of swimmers competiting at the championships, with the majority of the swimmers doing personel bests. Southport swimmers won...
So far the 2016 season has been one of the most successful for Southport Swimming Club. This has been shown by the amount of qualifiers that the club has competing, at the second biggest Age Group and Youth swimming championships in the Country, only behind the National Championships. In total in 2016, Southport has 50 qualifiers, 12 more than any previous years (ages 12 – open). They will be competing against the top swimmers from the Scotish boarder down the Pennines to the North Midlands. Southport will have one of...
Southport Swimming Clubs Junior Team again did the club and town proud by becoming for the second year in succession the forth top team junior in the country. The final held at Corby in the Midlands on Sunday 29th November was the clubs 8th time in 9years of making to this level. Swimming against the other top 7 Junior teams in the country – City of Guildford, Stockport Metro, City of Leeds, City of Norwich, Gateshead &Wickham, Plymouth, Northampton. The swimmers did the club proud and did far better than...
Last Sunday 15th October 2015 The Clubs Junior (9-12yrs) retained the Echo Cup for a resounding 12th year in succession. In the final was the other top seven teams from the Wirral, Cheshire, West Lancs and Mersyside. The Echo cup is the nosiest event of the year with a full capacity of around 500 spectators and and over 250 swimmers crammed into Everton Park Sports Centre.. Southport dominated the gala from the first race to the last. The first eight races being relay events, the clubs swimmers gained first place...
Southport Swimming Clubs Junior Team competed in the North of England Junior Final on Sunday 4th October. Swimming against some of the top teams in the North at the Stechford pool in Birmingham. This closely fought gala throughout the 48 events, with the top four teams going forward to the National Final in Corby at the end of November. The towns team easily managed to reach the National final with some determined swims by the young swimmers. As the final points were read out it was a close encounter. Stockport...
The club wishes to congratulate Southport Swimming Clubs ambassador Holly Hibbott on her fantastic achievement winning gold in the 800m Freestyle. Holly Hibbott stormed to 800m freestyle gold after a nail-biting final at the Baku 2015 European Games. The 15-year-old kept pace with the rest of the field for much of the race before pulling clear in the final 100m. She held off Russia’s Anastasiia Kirpichnikova in the final few metres to win gold in 8:39.02. Holly said: “I didn’t really expect to win gold but I was hoping that...
Today Holly Hibbott has been selected by the British Olympic Association to swim for Team GB in the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan between 12th – 28th June 2015.The games consist of 13 sports and 19 disciplines and British Swimming are taking a strong 24 competitors to compete against 50 other European Nations. Later in the year in August, Holly has been selected with a much smaller squad to compete in the World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore with a holding camp in Thailand prior to the Championships. I’m sure...
All the swimmers that competed at the NW Championships over the last three tiring, weekends have done themselves and the club proud. Competing At the Liverpool Aquatic Centre and The Commonwealth Pool Manchester in the second biggest competition in the age group/youth swimming calender in the country. The club finished in forth spot, only behind Stockport Metro, City of Liverpool and City of Salford. All of which pull swimmers from many smaller clubs. Behind Southport were some other big City and Metropolitan professional outfits made up of swimmers from smaller...
