Author: Vall Wells

Diss Otters welcomed swimmers from North Norfolk Vikings at our Summer Splash Gala last weekend. Being a development gala means that the event is aimed at the less experienced swimmers within the Junior squads, and it gives them the chance to get races and times under their belts away from the bigger Open Galas which in the future they will progress to. Competing across all strokes in 25M and 50M together with a 100M Medley race it truly was a great evening.

Many parents and older swimmers gave up their time to volunteer with various tasks, in addition to the ever-supportive band of race officials, which saw the gala run smoothly. As always we are extremely grateful to those individuals, if you would like to know more about the opportunities to help your club in various roles please do make yourself known.

Our squad consisted of 28 swimmers, competing in 136 individual swims, they achieved a staggering 118 Tops 8 places, 52 medals and 85 PBs which is an absolutely outstanding result for all that took part.

Abigail Fletcher, Ameilia Bailey, Ananya Chaudhary, Ashleigh Fall, Beatrice Ellenor, Connie Ellingham, Daisy Lewis, Ella Norton, Emilia Clifford, Erin Kennedy, Ethan Bailey, Eugene Munday, Frances Guerin, Henry Hewitt, Hollie Richards, Leah Spinks, Lola Day, Nia Jones, Olivia Brewer, Oscar Rush, Otto Wathen, Pascal van Enckevort, Peter Florian For, Poppy Carle, Rebecca Fletcher and Tayla Goodswen.

 

100M Individual Medley age group medallist's - GOLD went to Ethan Bailey, Amelia Bailey, Hollie Richards and Emilia Clifford. SILVER went to Tayla Goodswen and BRONZE went to Abigail Fletcher.

25M Freestyle age group medallist's – GOLD went to Oscar Rush, Peter Florian For, Leah Spinks and Hollie Richards. SILVER went to Henry Hewitt and BRONZE went to Eugene Munday and Beatrice Ellenor

25M Butterfly age group medallist's – GOLD went Otto Wathen, Amelia Bailey, Hollie Richards and Emilia Clifford. SILVER went to Oscar Rush and Rebecca Fletcher and BRONZE went to Henry Hewitt and Abigail Fletcher.

25M Breaststroke age group medallist's – GOLD went to Peter Florian For, Leah Spinks and Emilia Clifford. SILVER went to Oscar Rush and Beatrice Ellenor and BRONZE went to Henry Hewitt and Poppy Carle.

25M Backstroke age group medallist's – GOLD went to Eugene Munday, Peter Florian For, Leah Spinks, Hollie Richards and Connie Ellingham. SILVER went to Oscar Rush, Beatrice Ellenor and Olivia Brewer and BRONZE went to Henry Hewitt, Poppy Carle and Ashleigh Fall.

50M Freestyle age group medallist's – GOLD went Ethan Bailey, Otto Wathen, Amelia Bailey, Hollie Richards and Taylor Goodswen. SILVER went to Oscar Rush, Peter Florian For, Emilia Clifford and Connie Ellingham. BRONZE went to Henry Hewitt, Pascal Van Enckevort, Erin Kennedy and Abigail Fletcher.

50M Butterfly age group medallist's – GOLD went to Ethan Bailey and Emilia Clifford.

50M Breaststroke age group medallist's – GOLD went to Ethan Bailey, Otto Wathen, Amelia Bailey, Hollie Richards, Erin Kennedy and Abigail Fletcher. SILVER went to Peter Florian For, Leah Spinks, Beatrice Ellenor, Poppy Carle and Ashleigh Fall and BRONZE went to Tayla Goodswen and Frances Guerin.

50M Backstroke age group medallist's – GOLD went to Otto Wathen, Amelia Bailey, Hollie Richards and Tayla Goodswen. SILVER went to Eugene Munday, Poppy Carle and Ananya Chaudhary and BRONZE went to Emilia Clifford and Lola day.

 

 

 

 

 

Holly Gregson and Paulus Maukonen from our Masters’ squad took on the East Region Open Water Championships at Whitlingham Country Park 10^th July 2022 with great success.

In their respective age groups Holly took first place in the 2K swim and Paulus took first place in the 3k swim.

Its really great to see our swimmers taking on additional challenges outside of the pool.

Diss Otters would like to say a massive congratulations.

We took a squad of 21 swimmers to the City of Norwich Swimming Club Midsummer Madness LC gala held at the UEA Sports Park 9^th – 10^th July 2022.

Our squad was made up of Ethan Bailey, Noah Blair, Olivia Brewer, Grace Cook, Ben Eastwood, Connie Ellingham, Liz Ferrier, Jessica Freeman, James Guerin, Forbes Irvine, Seren Jones, Roman Joseph, Damian Lemke, Daisy Lewis, Fin Neve, Donald Perrin, Laurie Shearer, Mya Sidwell, Sasha Spinks, Ella Townsend and Pascal van Enckevort who competed across 111 individual events.

Our medallists were Ethan Bailey 50M Backstroke (B). Noah Blair 50M Breaststroke (B), 50M Backstroke (B) and 50M Freestyle (B). Ben Eastwood 100M Backstroke (S), 100M Butterfly (G), 50M Butterfly (G), 100M Breaststroke (B) and 50M Freestyle (B). Jessica Freeman 50M Freestyle (B), 50M Breaststroke (S), 100M Breaststroke (B) and 50M Butterfly (B). Donald Perrin 50M Freestyle (B).

Ethan, Noah, Grace, Ben, Jess, James, Forbes, Damien, Fin, Donald, Laurie, Mya, Sacha, Ella and Pascal achieved a combined 52 top 8 finishes.

There were so many great performances over the weekend by all of our swimmers including Olivia Brewer and Connie Ellingham who took off over 3 seconds against their accepted entry times on the 50M Breaststroke and 50M Backstroke accordingly.

Daisy Lewis had a fantastic swim in her 50M Breaststroke taking off over 5 seconds. James Guerin achieved a great new PB on his 100M Backstroke taking off 14 seconds and Grace Cook came away from the weekend with a great 10 second PB in her 400M Freestyle event.

Roman Joseph delivered in his 200M Freestyle taking off 16 seconds. Ben Eastwood was on fire smashing his 200M Freestyle by 54 seconds to make it into the top 8.

Jess Freeman put in an amazing swim on her 200M Individually Medley take off a whopping 39 Seconds. Fin Neve, Donald Perrin and Mya Sidwell also had success in the 200M Individual Medley dropping 12 seconds, 18 seconds and 16 seconds accordingly and Sasha Spinks had a great 200M Breaststroke swim taking off 3 seconds against her PB and finishing in the top 8.

 

 

Adam and Sally Lelean were in action again at the British Master’s Long Course Championships 2022 held in Aberdeen 17^th to 19^th June 2022.

Sally put on a master class taking GOLD in 200M Breaststroke, SILVER in 100M Breaststroke and 50M Breaststroke and BRONZE in 200M Backstroke and 50M Backstroke.

Whilst Adam took on some of the toughest events in the programme. He came away with SILVER in 400M Individual Medley, SILVER in the 200M Butterfly and BRONZE in the 1500M Freestyle.

We took a squad of 14 swimmers who had qualifying times to the Norfolk County Challenge gala held in Dereham across the weekend 25th & 26th June 2022.
Our squad consisted of Ben Eastwood, Daisy Lewis, Donald Perrin, Liz Ferrier, Ella Goodswen, Ella Townsend, Emillia Clifford, Ethan Bailey, Grace Cook, Hebe Shearer, Hollie Richards, Jessica Freeman, Laurie Shearer and Mya Sidwell. Competing 66 individual swims they achieved 23 medals, 54 top 8 finishes and many more PBs.

50M Backstroke age group medallists were Jessica Freeman SILVER, Ella Townsend SILVER, Ben Eastwood GOLD, Donald Perrin BRONZE
50M Freestyle age group medallists were Ben Eastwood SILVER, Ella Townsend SILVER
50M Breaststroke age group medallists were Jessica Freeman BRONZE
50M Butterfly age group medallists were Ben Eastwood SILVER, Donald Perrin BRONZE
100M Backstroke age group medallists were up Ben Eastwood GOLD, Hebe Shearer BRONZE
100M Breaststroke age group medallists were Donald Perrin BRONZE, Ella Goodswen BRONZE
100M Freestyle age group medallists were Ben Eastwood SILVER, Donald Perrin BRONZE
100M Individual Medley age group medallists were Grace Cook SILVER, Ella Townsend BRONZE
200M Backstroke age group medallists were Laurie Shearer SILVER, Ella Goodswen GOLD, Ella Townsend BRONZE
200M Freestyle age group medallists were Ella Goodswen BRONZE, Grace Cook GOLD
200M Breaststroke age group medallists were Liz Ferrier BRONZE

We took a squad of 11 swimmers to the Warwick Thompson Memorial Gala 2022 held in Thetford 21^st – 22^nd May 2022.

Our squad consisted of Ethan Bailey, Ben Eastwood, Lily Ellis, Liz Ferrier, Eleanor Godbold, James Guerin, Adam Lelean, Hollie Richards, Emily Rose, Sasha Spinks and Pascal van Enckevort. Competing across all disciplines they achieved 36 Top eight finished and many more PBs.

200M Individual Medley age group medallists were Ben Eastwood GOLD, Adam Lelean GOLD, Emily Rose GOLD

100M Backstroke age group medallists were Ethan Bailey GOLD, Pascal Van Enckevort SILVER, Hollie Richards GOLD, Emily Rose GOLD, Lily Ellis BRONZE.

100M Breaststroke age group medallists were James Guerin GOLD, Emily Rose GOLD, Lily Ellis BRONZE.

100M Freestyle age group medallists were Ethan Bailey GOLD, James Guerin GOLD, Adam Lelean GOLD, Liz Ferrier BRONZE, Lily Ellis BRONZE.

200M Backstroke age group medallists were Pascal Van Enckevort GOLD.

50M Breaststroke age group medallists were Ethan Bailey GOLD, James Guerin SILVER.

50M Backstroke age group medallists were James Guerin GOLD.

50M Freestyle age group medallists were Ethan Bailey SILVER, James Guerin SILVER

100M Individual Medley age group medallists were Ethan Bailey GOLD, James Guerin GOLD

50M Butterfly age group medallists were Ethan Bailey GOLD

Our top 2 Performance squad swimmers had the fantastic opportunity to swim at the City of Sheffield No Frills LC 2022 Meet held at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre 21^st to 22^nd May 2022. This is one of the largest swimming complexes in the country, the 25m warm up pool being the same length at the width of the 10 lane competition pool! All our swimmers thoroughly enjoyed the experience and have a lot of positive take aways from the weekend.

Our squad consisted of Grace Cook, Amber Daly, Ella Goodswen, Forbes Irvine, Finley Neve, Olly Shadbolt, Laurie Shearer, Mya Sidwell, Matthew Tatum and Ella Townsend.

Swimming in 46 events across all disciplines the team achieved 11 Top eight finished, 36 PBS and brought home 6 medals.

It was an exiting and action packed weekend. A dead heat between Finley and Matthew in the 50m Freestyle both coming in at 27.55! Everyone getting PBs and some all important fast licensed times in the bag ready for 2023.

Matthew Tatum achieving SILVER medals in the 50M Backstroke, 200M Backstroke, 100M Backstroke and Bronze in the 200M Individual Medley.

Finley Neve achieving GOLD in the 50M Breaststroke and BRONZE in the 50M Butterfly.

Diss Otters is extremely proud of Finley Neve, who due to his hard work and dedication qualified for the Swim England East Region Long Course Regional Championships this year.

Competing in the 200M Individual Medley, 50M, 100M and 200M Freestyle and the 50M, 100M and 200M Breaststroke he had an action-packed weekend.

Finishing with a time of 2.32.26 in the 200 Individual Medley he had a hard bought race.

He finished with a time of 28.02 in his 50M Freestyle, 1.00.18 in his 100M Freestyle and made the final in the 200M Freestyle with a time of 2.12.41 finishing in 7^th place over all.

He gave a master class in Breaststroke with a time of 35.50 in his 50M and made the finals in both the 100M and 200M Breaststroke events. Finishing in 8^th place overall in the final of the 100M with a time of 1.16.13 and absolutely smashing his PB in the 200M finishing in 5^th place overall with a time of 2.47.00.

He represented our club to the highest standard and we all say a massive well done!

This is certainly an event all our swimmers can aspire to.

 

 

Diss Otters took a very excited squad of 11 swimmers to the Team Waveney Development Meet 30^th April 2022.

Being a development gala, this event is aimed at the less experienced swimmers within our junior squads and is the perfect platform for them to practice their racing strategies and gain times away from the bigger Open Galas, which in the future they may wish to progress to. Races took place over all strokes at 50Ms.

Our squad consisted of 11 swimmers aged between 8-15, competing in 52 individual swims. They achieved 17 top 8 places, 5 medals and 32 PBs. Our squad members were Amelia Bailey, Ethan bailey, Millie Clifford, Ashleigh Fall, Liz Ferrier, Nia Jones, Seren Jones, Roman Joseph, Daisy Lewis and Hollie Richards.

Roman Joseph dropped over 10 seconds on his 50M Breaststroke to finish well inside the top 8. Daisy Lewis dropped over 3.5 seconds on her 50M Breaststroke and Hollie Richards dropped over 5 seconds on her 50M Freestyle to finish in the top 8.

50M Backstroke age group medallist Ethan Bailey taking the GOLD

50M Breaststroke age group medallists were Ethan Bailey (BRONZE), Millie Clifford (GOLD) and Hollie Richards (GOLD)

50M Butterfly age group medallist Ethan Bailey taking the GOLD with a massive 11 second PB.

Diss Otters is extremely proud of Matthew Tatum, who due to his years of hard work and dedication qualified for the Swim England East Region Long Course Regional Championships this year,

Competing in the 100M and 200M Backstroke he fought hard in these 2 very demanding events.

Finishing with a time of 1.05.73 in the 100M and with a time of 2.21.35 in the 200M he represented our club to the highest standard and we all say a massive well done!

This is certainly an event all of our swimmers can aspire to.