Robin Hood Meet 2010
Rotherham Metro sent a small band of merry boys and girls to compete in the Robin Hood open meet held at Ponds forge over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of October and they came back with lots of plunder consisting of gold silver and bronze. There were sixty one clubs competing from all over Britain with very sizable squads however Metro with a contingent of just over twenty swimmers managed to finish in third position overall.
Robin Hoods (Boys)
In the boys competition fourteen year-old Matthew Sotheran came away with seven medals, which consisted of Gold in the 400M Freestyle, Silvers in the 100M Backstroke and 50M Freestyle followed by Bronze’s in the 100M, 200M, Freestyle, 200IM and 200M Breaststroke. Jack McGann (10) was in outstanding form claiming Gold in the 100M Freestyle followed by Silvers in the 200M Freestyle and 50M Fly with a Bronze to round it all off in style the 50M Freestyle. In the sixteen and over age group Thomas Nelson had a very eventful meet were he claimed Silver in the 200M Backstroke followed by Bronze in the 400M Freestyle. Thomas also reached the final of the Skins where the top ten fastest swimmers compete in different 50M events with swimmers being eliminated until there are only three to contest the final. Thomas was eliminated after winning round five however when the judges realised their mistake he was reinstated and he then went on to win the Bronze medal. . James Shiel (15) produced outstanding swims to claim Silver medals in the 50M and 100M Fly, also in the 100M Fly George Russell (13) claimed the silver medal with a superlative performance while Josh Whitehurst (15) showed what a versatile swimmer he is by coming away with three Bronze medals in the 200M Breaststroke, 200IM and 50M Freestyle.
Maid Marion’s (Girls)
In the girls competition Charlotte Pearson (16) kept up her early season form by claiming Gold medals in the 50M and 100M Fly followed by Bronze in the 50M Freestyle. Eleven year-olds Alice Aucott and Holly Sotheran had a fantastic meet with Alice claiming Gold and Bronze in the 50M and 100M Breaststroke respectively. Holly went on to win six medals over the weekend consisting of two Silvers in the 100M Fly and 400M Freestyle followed by four Bronze medals in the 50M Freestyle, 200M Freestyle, 200M IM and 50M Fly. In the girls thirteen year-old age group Nicole Clarke won Bronze medals in the 400M Freestyle and 200M Breaststroke with Bethany Woodcock taking the Silver medal in the 100M Freestyle and Jessica Busby claiming the silver medal in a very tight 50M Fly competition. In the 50M Fly competitions Kelsey Longden (15) swam magnificently to claim the Bronze medal.
Other swimmers taking part were:
Ben Cliff, Connor Neal, Robert Kirk, Hannah Dannat, Rebecca Finnie, Alicia Hartley, Josh Hillman, Rebecca Britten, Abbie Hull, Shannon Eades, Laura Gillott, Emily Shone, Kimberley Bush, Thomas Gibbons Adam Parkes, Daniel McLean.