Sandbach Sharks Swimming Club

Sheffield Teaspoon Gala

Very early one damp dark September Sunday morning, a small group of sleepy Sandbach Sharks set off to make their way over the Pennine hills, battling over the misty tops of Buxton and down the other side to the city of Sheffield. There they fought long and hard in the Sheffield Teaspoon gala to produce some of the best swims of their lives..

..with a number of personal bests from Rosie Walsh, Emily Jevons, Ryan Mather, Jacob Davies, Samuel Davies, Thomas Stakes, Max Jevons, Eleanor Hesketh and Matthew Joines.

This all culminated in a number of event finalists including Sam, Eleanor and Jacob together with Phillip Davey, Alex Joines and Ben Buckley. All returning home feeling satisfied with a good days work. What a super day, lets have more swimmers representing Sandbach Sharks next year.

Extracts from the Newsletter July 2007

The year has seen numerous achievements in both team and open galas. Finalists in the Speedo league division 2 , winners of the division 3 of Deva and promotion to the second division and winners of the plain division in the peak and plain league. Open swimmers have gained numerous successes in the North Mids, Cheshires, Derby Open and many other Open galas too. We have a lot to celebrate and thank swimmers and coaches for. Special thanks goes of course to Sandy Foskett who has now moved on to St Ives, to Phil Eccles former Chairman and coach who is moving on to pursue other interests and to the rest of our dedicated coaching staff whom we rely on so heavily.

David Hyde our Head Coach is keen to continue moving the club forward in its successes. The coaches have an exciting agenda for the Autumn Term, so that when we come back relaxed from our holidays we will soon slip into our winning routines.

Some headline results from the Cheshires

Alex Joines won Bronze in both the Open Men’s 50m and 100m Backstroke, and will join George White at the ASA Northwest Region Youth Championships to be held in May

Helen Crookes won bronze in both the Open Ladies’ 50m Freestyle and 200m Breaststroke.

Tom Bottomley won bronze in the Boy’s Age Group 50m freestyle and 50m Breaststroke.

Several Sandbach Sharks parents also became involved in the County Championships, by passing the practical part of the ASA Timekeeper’s examination at the Counties, which followed on from the successful Timekeepers course run during January this year.

Head coach Dave Hyde is quoted as saying he was very pleased with the Sandbach Sharks overall Success at this years County Championships, and looks forward to more success during the upcoming Regional’s. with even more success from the younger swimmers who are looking forward to the Peak and plain league which runs during the spring, with the first home gala this coming Sunday, for most of the younger swimmers this will be their first gala.

SPEEDO final at Manchester Aquatics Centre

Thanks to the dedication of our swimmers and coaches, sharks reached the final of Division 2 of the North West Speedo League alongside other local teams Dane Valley, Crewe Flyers and Biddulph. The final was very close with Biddulph and Crewe Flyers beating us by only a few points. Congratulations to all our swimmers who came joint 7th with Dane Valley against stiff opposition.

Many trophies won at Sheffield B grade gala

Sandbach came 5th out of 56 in Sheffield on the 25th November. This was a great achievement as we had far less swimmers than many of the clubs. Many swimmers got trophies and nearly all got Personal Best times by many seconds

Fun at the November Disco

We had 'halloween' disco, combined with the AGM at the end of November. Everyone enjoyed the disco and buffet, held at the Sandbach Cricket Club.

Extra fun was added with out guess the baby competition, the chocolate race, and some very messy apple bobbing. It was a good family night out - see you all next year!