Yorkshire Senior/Junior 2010
Charlotte Pearson aged 15 from Rotherham Metro managed to secure her national time in the 100 metres Fly when she attended the British Gas Senior and Junior swimming Championships on the 6th and 7th of February at the John Charles centre in Leeds. Her winning time of 1.07.39 secured her 3rd place in the Junior’s category. Charlotte also came first in the 50 metres Fly with a time of 30.05.
There were also other successful finalists, Adam Parkes won a gold medal in the 50 metres Back Junior level. In the men’s open events, Dale Waterhouse won a Silver medal in the 50 and 100 metres Freestyle and a Bronze in the 100 metres Breast. He also came 4th in the 200 metres IM, 5th in the 200 metres Breast, 7th in the 50 metres Breast and 10th in the 100 metres Back.
Daniel Mclean finished 4th in the 100 metres Back and 50 Back, 6th in the 100 metres Free and then 8th in the 50 metres Fly. Thomas Nelson in the final event of the weekend finished 7th in the 200 metres Back.
The team’s were also very successful despite their being tough competition from the top clubs such as Sheffield and Leeds. Rotherham finished second in the 400 metres Medley team and 3rd in the 400 metres Freestyle team. The team members were Dale, Tom, Daniel and Aaron Waterhouse. Head coach Alan Kirton was immensely pleased with the teams performance he said 'due to the opening of the new pool being delayed at Maltby, our training over the past month has been disrupted, for the team to perform like this is unbelievable'.
From left to right below are Aaron Waterhouse, Dale Waterhouse, Charlotte Pearson Thomas Nelson, Adam Parkes and Daniel Mclean
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