Rounds 3 and 4 of the Sussex County Championships delivered yet more success for the St Bede’s swimming squad. There were some superb swims with the whole squad making personal best times and trying desperately to hang on to first place. At the end it wasn’t to be, but nevertheless it was a brilliant achievement for St Bede’s to finish second overall against a club many times larger. The boys took first place in both the Open Men’s and Junior Boys with the girls finishing second in the Open Women’s and Junior Girls. Head Coach Kevin Ayers could not stop smiling and was full of praise for his swimmers, “they were all simply outstanding! What a championship! For only a handful of swimmers to challenge at this level means we’ve got something right!

Evan Draper deserves a special mention as in only his first season with St Bede’s he won the overall 13 year old boy title and has put a tremendous amount of hard work into achieving this result.

Point scoring positions as follows:

Tom Lamb (17): 1^st 200m Breast, 200m IM; 3^rd 100m Breast; 4^th 800m Free, 50m Breast, 100m IM, 50m Fly

Alex Fenwick (16): 4^th 200m IM; 6^th 100m Breast, 400m Free; 8^th 100m IM

Andrew Horsfall-Turner  (15): 1^st 400m Free; 2^nd 200m IM; 3^rd 800m Free, 100m Free; 4^th 100m Breast; 7^th 200m Breast

Ben Jones (15): 2^nd 800m Free; 3^rd 100m Breast, 400m Free; 5^th 200m IM; 8^th 200m Breast

Will Condron (14): 3^rd 400m Free, 200m Breast; 4^th 100m Free; 5^th 200m IM; 6^th 800m Free

Evan Draper (13): 1^st 100m Free, 400m Free, 200m IM; 3^rd 100m Breast

Will Brown (12): 3^rd 100m Breast; 4^th 200m IM; 5^th 200m Breast; 6^th 100m Free; 7^th 400m Free

Stephanie Ketley (17):  2^nd 1500m Free, 200m Back, 200m Free; 3^rd 100m Back; 4^th 50m Back, 50m Free

Mary Carless (15): 1^st 200m Free

Rebekah Chapman (14): 1^st 200m Back; 2^nd 1500m Free, 100m Back, 200m Free; 5^th 400m IM

Amelia Mitchell (14): 6^th 200m Free; 7^th 100m Fly; 8^th 1500m Free

Cristina Richards (14): 3^rd 400m IM, 200m Fly; 5^th 200m Back

Jasmine Brennan (14): 1^st 100m Fly; 8^th 100m Back

Eve Carless (13): 1^st 200m Free; 4^th 1500m Free

Katherine Horsfall-Turner (12): 1^st 400m IM, 100m Fly, 200m Fly; 2^nd 200m Free

Charlotte Chapman (11): 2^nd 400m IM, 200m Free; 3^rd 100m Back; 4^th 200m Back