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Swimming Over the last ten years swimming has become stronger and for this academic year swimming seems to have gone up another gear, proving and demonstrating that Bromsgrove Preparatory School is the strongest school in the Midlands for swimming, and most certainly within the top five Prep Schools in the country. The girls demonstrate depth and quality in all age groups with more swimmers coming through the lower age groups. The boys are also starting to prove themselves with team members being excellent role models for our swimmers of the future.
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At the Years 5 and 6 House swimming gala, there were a number of new records achieved: Katherine Morrice, 25m freestyle – new House and School record; Euan Vaughan-Hawkins, 25m backstroke – new House record; Year 5, 4x25m medley relay (Darby) – new House record (Gemma Calthorpe, Oliver Walker, Luke Warren and Ethan Hales). The Preparatory School hosted the Invitational Swimming Relays for the U11 and U13 age groups at Worcester Central Pool. Six gold medals out of the eight events were won by Bromsgrove, leaving all twenty six schools who attended this event in their wake. Later in the term, nine of our top swimmers competed at the ESSA Finals achieving a top three position in the finale, taking them through to the National Final at Ponds Forge in Sheffield where the U11 girls became English Schools National Champions in both the medley and the freestyle relays.
The team substantially broke the School record in both the heats and the finals. Never before have the U11 girls won either race or become National Champions. The U11 boys’ 4x25m medley relay team did very well to win the B final and were ranked 8th overall in England which was an unexpected bonus. S Camden Awards Senior (Years 7 and 8) Most Outstanding Boy: Tristan Bland Most Outstanding Girl: Niamh Donovan Most Improved Boy: Daniel Webber Goldsby Most Improved Girl: Lorna Tyrrell Half Colours: Aled Luckman, Harry Liversidge Senior Colours: Eleanor Childs, Talia Mitchell, Abigail Saker, Rachel Weller, Niamh Donovan, Tristan Bland, Sergey Marchenko, James Bromley, James Cuthbert, Samuel Osborne Juniors (Years 5 and 6) Most Outstanding Boy: Euan VaughanHawkins Most Outstanding Girl: Katherine Morrice Most Improved Boy: Nicholas Jacobsen Most Improved Girl: Ruvarashe Madzingo Half Colours: Jake Palmer-Reid, Jack Scott Junior Colours: Alice Oliver, Catrin Carter, Nicole Green, Kitty Luscombe, Freya Harper, Katherine Morrice, Euan Vaughan-Hawkins, Pearce Childs
Photo Credit: Eddie Rolmanis