Rotherham Metro will once again host a number of galas at the prestigious Ponds Forge complex in Sheffield in 2008. Tthe year commences with a 2 day Long Course A/B Grade Level 3 Meet on January 19th and 20th and is followed by the Long Course Masters Meet on February 10th. On May 17th and 18th we hold our premier meet of the year, the Long Course Licensed Level 1 long course meet which includes 9 year olds and is a great opportunity for swimmers to gain National Qualifying Times. Then on July 19th and 20th we hold our Short Course Graded Level 3 Meet. We finish the year with a further short course Level 3 Graded Meet on September 20th. As details become available they will be available here .
The final read only program for the May Level 1 Meet is now available.
The read only draft program, together with an entry list by club is now available. If you have any corrections then please advise via email to John Whaling.
Gala information, entry form and Sportsys electronic entry files now available.
The club's long and short course rankings have been updated as at March 24th 2008.
Results for the February 2008 Masters Gala, held at Ponds Forge, are now available. Congratulations go to Georgie Hamilton of Barnet Copthall, competing in the ladies 65-69 Years age group, who was top female swimmer, and also to David Bower, of City of Derby, competing in the Mens 30-34 Years age group, who was top male. Congratulations also go to Elizabeth Bellinger of Northwave who set a British Masters record in the Ladies 30 to 34 years age group 50m Butterfly of 29.29s and to Hayley Bettinson of Camp Hill Edwardians who set a British Masters record of 28.96s in the Ladies 45 to 49 Years 50m Freestyle.
Entry form and Information now available for the July Graded Gala to be held at Ponds Forge.
Results from the Sheffield ASA Championships held on February 3rd at Ponds Forge are now available.
Results for the January Graded Gala are now available, together with Top Club, Boy and Girl. Congratulations to Borough of Kirklees who won Top Club, Adam Mohamed of Grimsby Santa Marina who won Top Boy and to Alexandra Batten, also of Grimsby Santa Marina, who won Top Girl. Learn how Adam has overcome a serious health problem to win the Top Boy award.
Alistair Crawford broke a long standing club record for the Mens Short Course 100m Freestyle by swimming 52.01s at the NER Short Course Championships at Middlesbrough over the weekend of Novemer 3rd/4th. Click the above link to see a full set of results.
Click the link above for the results of the meet held at Knottingley on November 3rd 2007.
The results from the September Graded meet are now available, together with Top Girl and Top Boy points tables.
Click on the above link to see information and entry forms for our January 2008 Graded Meet, February 2008 Masters Meet and May 2008 Level 1 Meet.
Click on the above link to see updated short course club rankings as at July 22nd 2007.
Click on the above link for a full set of results including Top Club, Girl and Boy. Congratulations to Warrington Warriors who made it a clean sweep with the Top Club award and their swimmers Rachel Callaghan who was Top Girl, and Damon Gamble who was Top Boy.
The results of the above are now available. Note that the main results file is a 1.5MB pdf download.
Please note that our September 22nd Graded Meet is now full and any entries received after May 3rd will have to be rejected.
Click on the above link to see a full set of results for the Masters meet held on February 11th 2007 at Ponds Forge. Congratulations to Trevor Clark of Kenilworth Masters who was top male and to Lindsey Gowland of Wolverhampton Masters who was top female. Alistair Crawford of Rotherham Metro improved his existing club record in the 50m Butterfly with a time of 25.65s.
Click on the above link to see a report on how some 60 of Metro's swimmers fared at the January A/B Grade meet held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
Click on the above link to see a full set of results for the Sheffield and District Championships held on February 4th 2007 at Ponds Forge.