The 2017 Hemel Hempstead Club Championships concluded on Tuesday after 1,394 swims from 168 swimmers. We have seen 4 new open Club records and 31 age group records alongside 60 County Championship qualification times, 134 County consideration times and a race in the 1500 free in which Dylan Kennel touched out Matthew Rafiq-Craske by 2 hundredths of a second after 60 lengths! The results of the Championship competition will be announced at the awards evening in September but the top three swimmers in each category are listed below – in one of the categories just 1 point seperates first from second! Four swimmers have enjoyed the perfect championship, winning every event they entered – Mila Brooke, Alice Fender, Grace Cawley and Freya McDonagh; special mention of 8 yr olds Mila and Hugo Crowley who entered into the spirit of the competition by competing in eleven events each. Finally we must acknowledge the huge amount of work that goes into making these events run, in particular Ian Sewell whom managed the officials without whose presence these times would not count towards County qualification, meet organiser Louise Farrow, Marlize Kennell who masterminded the medals and Karrelle Perrault who managed the enormous task of collecting the trophies from last year so they can be re-distributed to this year’s winners.
Full details of the individual sessions can be found by following these links:
The top three contenders for the best individual swim and championship awards are listed in alphabetical order below, the final results will be announced at the Awards Evening on 2nd September.
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| Best individual swim | Jack Christie Josh Gaines Jack Spence |
Alice Fender Shona McKenna Georgia Purkis |
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| 50 Championship | 9-11 | Seve Carrillo de Albornoz Henry Newbury-Kemp Nathan Whiting |
Kizzie Beckwith Grace Cawley Izzy Jelfs |
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| 12-13 | Elliott Davies Ryan Godfrey Nial Marsden |
Millie Anderton Freya Beresford Millie Herbert |
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| 14-15 | Joe Coldwell Jonny Farrow Sam Gaines |
Izzy Anderton Shona McKenna Georgia Purkis |
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| 16+ | Josh Gaines Joel Green Kyle Holmes |
Alice Fender Keelin McKenna Rebecca Sewell |
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| 100 Championship | 9-11 | Seve Carrillo de Albornoz Henry Newbury Kemp Nathan Whiting |
Kizzie Beckwith Grace Cawley Freya McDonagh |
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| 12-13 | Elliott Davies Niall Marsden Justin Patrick |
Millie Anderton Freya Beresford Millie Herbert |
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| 14-15 | Joe Coldwell Jonny Farrow Sam Gaines |
Izzy Anderton Lois Emery Georgia Purkis |
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| 16+ | Josh Gaines Joel Green Kyle Holmes |
Alice Fender Keeli McKenna Rebecca Sewell |
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| 200 Championship | 9-11 | Seve Carrillo de Albornoz Finn Guest Henry Newbury-Kemp Nathan Whiting |
Grace Cawley Pippa Croucher Freya McDonagh |
There was an error in the original listing for boys in this event which ommitted Henry Newbury-Kemp |
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| 12-13 | Elliott Davies Nial Marsden Justin Patrick |
Tilly Beckwith Freya Beresford Millie Herbert |
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| 14-15 | Lewis Clark Jonny Farrow Sam Gaines |
Lois Emery Shona McKenna Georgia Purkis |
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| 16+ | Cameron Clark Josh Gaines Joel Green |
Hannah Bennett Keelin McKenna Rebecca Sewell |
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| Distance Championship | 9-11 | Seve Carrillo de Albornoz Henry Newbury-Kemp Nathan Whiting |
Grace Cawley Freya Goad Freya McDonagh Tilly Stratford |
There was an error in the original listing for girls in this event which ommitted Freya Goad |
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| 12-13 | Elliott Davies Dylan Kennell Matthieu Perrault |
Millie Anderton Freya Beresford Freya McDonagh |
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| 14-15 | Ashley Coombs Sam Gaines Mattias Morse |
Georgia Purkis Charlotte Hingston Shona McKenna |
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| 16+ | Joel Green Kyle Holmes Jack Spence |
Alice Fender Keelin McKenna Rebecca Sewell |
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