Oscar Gavelle and Lily Cattlin took part in the Yorkshire and Regional Open Water Championships in Sale, Greater Manchester at the weekend. Each swam the 3000m in the boys and girls categories respectively.

They each achieved new club records in the process; Oscar beating his own record from last year setting a time of 35 min 28 sec. Lily set a new record as she is the first Metro girl to have taken part in such an event and her time was 39 min 12 sec.

Both came 2nd place in their respective age groups and proudly took home silver medals.

Well done to both swimmers for this exceptional achievement!

Our swimmers were again in action at the Barnsley Minots Sprint League at the weekend. The report from James Guy can be seen below:

Another great afternoon of Sprint Racing.

Result

1st: Metro-146

2nd: CoSSS-133

3rd: STOCKSBRIDGE-118

4th: Adwick-92.

Well done to all and thanks for all who helped at event and those who helped to get team together

Let’s go Metro.

Lily Cattlin continued her great form in the long distance events smashing again her own record in the under 15 girls long course 1500m freestyle. Her record time is now 18:52.76 and was achieved at the North East Regional Championships last weekend. Keep up the great work, Lily!

Luke Booth and Lily Cattlin were again in record breaking form at the weekend, each breaking records they had previously set themselves.

Luke knocked almost 5s of his own record in the 800m freestyle at the GB Aquatics Championships in London with a time of 8:25.87.

Lily knocked time from her own 1500m freestyle record at the Derby Excel April Meet going under 19 minutes for the first time with a new record of 18:59.35.

Well done to both swimmers!

Both Oscar Gavelle and Lily Cattlin were back in record-breaking form at the weekend each breaking the junior long course club record in the 1500m freestyle in the open and female categories respectively.

Oscar was first shine in Manchester acheiving a time of 17:10.08 winning the gold medal in the process. His time knocks a whopping 12 seconds off the record previously held by Luke Booth set in February 2020.

Lily then went on to break a much newer record, one held by Amelia Stratford for only two months. 2024 will no doubt continue to be a tussle between Lily and Amelia to keep hold of this record. Lily’s new time is 19:03.47 almost 6 seconds faster than the previous record.

Amelia Stratford was in fine form again at the weekend knocking over 9 seconds from her own 1500m freestyle club record at the Yorkshire Championships in Leeds. She breaks her own record with a time of 19:09.07, a record she only set last month at the Derby Excel meet at Ponds Forge.

Well done Amelia and keep up the great work!

47 th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – ROTHERHAM METRO SWIMMING CLUB
18 th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – ROTHERHAM METRO LTD
Sunday 10th March 2024 at 10.15 am.
The meeting will be held at Maltby Leisure Centre.

Any motion for discussion must be received, in writing, by the Secretary no later than Sunday 18th
February 2024
Nominations for the Management Committee must be in the hands of the Secretary no later than
Sunday 18th February 2023. All nominations must have the signature of the PROPOSER,
SECONDER and the NOMINEE, who must all be paid up members of the Club.
Only members having attained their 16th Birthday will be entitled to vote, nominate or second.
Only members aged 18 years and over may be elected to the Management Committee.
Management Committee positions to be filled are:-

Club Chair
Competition Secretary
Membership Secretary
Swimming Secretary
Club Shop & Kit Secretary
Education Secretary
Open Gala Secretary
Fund Raising Secretary
Public Relation Officer
Masters Secretary
Welfare Officer

Secretary: Sally McGrother
27 Broomfield Grove
Rotherham
S60 2SY
Email:slmcgrother@gmail.com

Amelia Stratford was again on top form at the weekend in the 1500m freestyle. This time it was the long course junior record she broke knocking over 6 seconds off the previous record, a record that had been held by Nicole Clarke since June 2010. Amelia set the record at the Derby Excel meet held at Ponds Forge. Well done Amelia and keep up the great work!

Both Ollie Davis-Tootill and Maddie Johnson were yet again in record-breaking form at last week’s Swim England Winter National Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.

Ollie achieved his first open record after only turning 15 in July. In the 200m backstroke, he knocked around 4 seconds off a time set by Paul Mannifield 26 years ago. Ollie’s fantastic swimming means that the record now stands at 2:08.74.

In contrast, Maddie broke a much newer record, one she only set just three months ago. She smashed her time by over three seconds. Her time now for the 200m butterfly now stands at 2:17.04.

What a great way to end a record breaking year for both swimmers.

We had a big group of our younger swimmers at the seaside last weekend taking part in the Scarborough Winter Open. Lily Cattlin focussed on just one event, the 1500m freestyle, and this paid off for her as she achieved a new club record bettering one that was only set three weeks ago!

Lily’s time was 18:46.53 so she now holds the under 15 record and is another new name to add to the records list. Well done to Lily!