Junior League 2nd Round, Bramcote
25th June 2011

The second round of this year’s Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Junior Swimming League saw our youngest swimmers make the short journey down the A52 to Bramcote Leisure centre where they put in a solid performance against some strong competition to finish in third place.  Phoenix took 6 first places and 11 second places in the 47 event programme.

 Star performer for Phoenix was 11 year old Matthew Holt who took gold in both the 50m butterfly and 50m breaststroke.  In fact our 11 year olds proved to be the strongest age group on the night with Georgia Creasey taking the girls 50m butterfly and Joshua Beech the boys 50m freestyle.  There was also a fine win for the 11 year old girls freestyle relay team of Fran Harrison, Leah Beale, Maddie Taylor and Georgia Creasey.  9 year old Christopher Young was victorious in the boys 25m freestyle.

We now enjoy a summer break before the final round of this year’s league takes place in September so time to recharge those batteries and be raring to go again! Very well done to all involved and many thanks to all the poolside helpers and officials.

RESULTS
City of Derby A                  198 points
Bramcote SC                     145 points
DERBY PHOENIX              141 points
Rykneld SC                       124 points
Falcon                                83 points

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Elaine Bowler Trophy Gala, Matlock
18th June 2011

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Eccleshall Builders Trophy Gala, Repton
11th June 2011

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Junior League 1st Round, Sutton in Ashfield
14th May 2011

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Staffordshire Building Society Gala, Uttoxeter
22^nd January 2011

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The National Arena Swimming League 3rd Round, Market Drayton
12^th December 2010

After the mammoth trip to Hereford for the second round, the final round of this year’s National Arena League was, blessedly, much nearer at Market Drayton.  A good team performance by our, all home grown, talent gave us a comfortable fourth place finish which should see us safely back in Division 1 next year.  There were 9 first places and 3 second places taken by Derby Phoenix on the night.

Once again our open ladies were the star performers winning six out of their seven events.  Sasha Wisdish started the evening off in fine fashion with a win for Phoenix in the 4 x 50m individual medley and went on to take the 100m breaststroke.  Evie Keane was victorious in the 100m butterfly, 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle.  Sasha and Evie were then joined by Alex Davies and Laura Young to take first place in the open medley relay.  The girls along with Amy Ng and Louise Stephenson were just pipped into second place in the 6 x 50m freestyle relay. Richard Sellers yet again showed his quality with wins in the open men’s 4 x 50m individual medley, 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle. Laura Young was unfortunate not to at least share the win in the 15 year old girls 100m butterfly, despite finishing in a dead heat and with an absolutely identical time to the first placed Braunstone swimmer, Laura was adjudged to have finished second by the line judge. There was also a second place for Georgia Creasey in the 11 year old girls 50m backstroke.

We say it every round, but the team spirit was, yet again, amazing!  Doug was thoroughly impressed with the vocal support from swimmers, helpers, parents and coaches throughout the gala and particularly with the singing at the end!  Perhaps we ought to try for the X Factor next year – must be better than Wagner!!! (Although might be a problem as the final tends to fall on the same night as the National League Gala, so maybe not, we need you all swimming!)  Well done to everyone involved.

RESULTS

Halesowen                     229 Points
Braunstone A                 209 Points
City of Hereford              168 Points
Derby Phoenix               159 points
Ledbury                         141 Points
Mansfield                       138 Points

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Club Championships 2010
21^st November 2010

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The National Arena Swimming League 2nd Round, Hereford Leisure Pool
13^th November 2010

The second round of this year’s National Arena Swimming League saw Derby Phoenix make the long, long journey to Hereford Leisure Pool.  However, the swimmers didn’t let a long coach trip dim their enthusiasm in the pool and put in some fine performances to finish in second place to host club, Hereford taking 15 first places and eight second places in the 50 event programme.

The Open ladies were in stunning form and stormed to victory in every single one of their events.  Evie Keane took three gold medals, in the 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke.  Sasha Wisdish won the 200m Individual Medley and the 100m breaststroke.  There were also victories in the Medley Relay for Evie, Sasha, Alex Davies and Laura Young and in the 6 x 50 freestyle relay for Evie, Sasha, Alex, Laura, Amy Ng and Louise Stephenson.  Richard Sellers once again had a great night, taking the men’s open 200m Individual Medley, 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle. There were also some good wins for the 15 year olds.  Laura Young took first place in the 100m butterfly whilst for the lads, Harry Webster won both the 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke and Stephen Wyatt was victorious in the 100m butterfly.  Harry and Stephen were joined by Simon Taylor and Mark Wright to take first place in the Medley relay.

Once again the Phoenix team spirit was excellent - if there was an event for that, we would certainly have taken all six points!  Thanks to all the swimmers, helpers, coaches and parents who gave up so much of their Saturday to support the club both in and out of the water.   We must all now keep everything crossed that Round 3 (the night before the County Sprints) sees us drawn to swim in a pool much closer to home – Queen Street would be nice!!

RESULTS

City of Hereford                   208 Points
DERBY PHOENIX              197 points
Mansfield                           187 Points
Ledbury                             179 Points
Haden Hill                          168 Points
Walsall                              106 Points

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The National Arena Swimming League 1st Round, Stechford Cascades
9^th October 2010

The first round of this year’s National Arena Swimming League saw Derby Phoenix travel to Stechford Cascades for a tough first round draw which included last year’s run away winners, Boldmere.  Phoenix came away with 5^th place on the night, a good result when you consider that all the teams we were up against finished higher than us in the league last year. 

Richard Sellers was once again our star performer taking gold in the Open men’s 200m Individual Medley, the 100m butterfly and the 100m freestyle. Evie Keane took the open 100m butterfly and was just pipped into second position in both the open 100m freestyle and the open 100m backstroke.  Harry Webster won the 15 year old 100m backstroke and took second place in the 15 year old 100m breaststroke.  There was also a second place for Louise Stephenson in the 13 year old 100m backstroke. 

There was a great team atmosphere and some excellent swims, you all just kept on swimming and did your bit to ensure that we came away with pride intact and, at least, with bragging rights over our near neighbours, Mansfield.   A big thank you and well done to all our swimmers, especially the one or two who gave up their whole evening just to swim in one event for us.  You are all stars!

We now look forward to Round 2

RESULTS 

Boldmere A                    236 Points
Gloucester A                  211 Points
Worcester                      189 Points
Stourbridge A                 175 Points
Derby Phoenix                127 points
Mansfield                       110 Points

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Whiting Trophy Gala, Mansfield
25^th September 2010

The third weekend of the new season saw Derby Phoenix take second place in our first A grade competition of the season at The Whiting Trophy Gala, hosted by Mansfield SC at The Beechdale Leisure Centre, Nottingham. The programme followed the format of the National League galas, the first of which is coming up in a couple of week’s time, so is a good pointer for that.  To finish second on the night to Nottingham Leander, the strongest club in Nottinghamshire, was a great result for us and certainly no disgrace! 

We took just four first places:  Laura Young was victorious in the 15 year old 100m backstroke whilst Harry Webster took the 15 year old 100 metres breaststroke.  Richard Sellers took gold in the 100m Open butterfly and Robert Guest won the 100m Open freestyle. However, there were a fantastic 17 second places awarded to Phoenix swimmers which ultimately secured an overall second place finish on the podium for us against some strong teams. 

Chief Coach Doug Whitlam was extremely pleased with the final result and commented:

“There were some exceptional swims throughout the age groups all the way to our open swimmers.  Well done to you all”  He also urged that swimmers all now focus on their training to ensure the best possible results for the rest of the year.

RESULTS

Nottingham Leander      256 Points
Derby Phoenix              210 points
Arnold                          203 Points
Mansfield Blue              175 points
Mansfield Yellow           101 points
City of Sheffield              94 points

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Bourchier Shield Trophy Gala, Uttoxeter
18^th September 2010

The second weekend of the new season saw Derby Phoenix in action again, this time at the Bourchier Shield Trophy Gala hosted by Dove Valley at Uttoxeter.  This was again a B grade gala with cut off times and ‘speeding tickets’ for those exceeding these times. 

There were some terrific swims from Derby Phoenix swimmers with no less than 15 speeding tickets being issued to our team, indicating lots of pb’s.  So very well done to those swimmers that were issued with tickets:  India Holmes (9), Christopher Young(9), Sam Rayner (12), Craig Baxter(14), Matthew Rayner (9), Eleanor May (11)(twice), Ben Smith(14), Joseph Doherty(12), Lucy Stokes (10), Josh Beech (10), Aston Waddingham (11), Sean Bird (12)and Rebekah Miller (12). Along with our young 9 year old mixed freestyle relay team of Lucy Cummings, Christopher Young, India Holmes and Matthew Rayner who were also just too fast on the night!

In spite of the many points lost by our speedy swimmers, we still finished in second place taking 16 first places in the 52 event programme.  For the 9 year olds there were gold medals for Lucy Cummings in the 25m butterfly, Amba King, 25m backstroke and Christopher Young, 25m backstroke. The 10 year olds also won their fair share of first places with Harvey Waddingham taking the 25m breaststroke, Lucy Stokes the 25m backstroke and Matthew Rayner the boy’s 25m backstroke. There was also a win for the 10 year old mixed freestyle relay team of Danni Jackson, Harvey Waddingham, Leah Beal and Josh Beech. There was victory for the 11 year olds with Amelia Goodman taking the honours in 50m breaststroke, and both the boys and girls 50m backstroke going to Phoenix with Aston Waddingham and Eleanor May each winning their respective race. The 11 year old mixed Medley relay team of Andrew Young, Amelia Goodman, Aston Waddingham and Eleanor May also took pride of place on the podium. Joseph Doherty did his bit for the 12 year olds, taking gold in the 50m butterfly. Wins for the 14 year olds came from Amy Ng in the 50m breaststroke and Fiona Lakin in the 50m freestyle.  The mixed 14 year old Medley relay team of Ben Smith, Craig Baxter, Amy Ng and Fiona Lakin were also victorious.  Finally there was a good win for Phoenix in the first of the two canon relays.

Another good night on the road for Phoenix with many of our swimmers exceeding their coach’s expectations – well done to all those that swam and a big thank you to all the helpers.

RESULTS 

Lichfield Blue                 168 Points
Derby Phoenix               152 points
Dove Valley                   133 points
Lichfield Yellow              131 points
Leek                             130 points

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Matlock Gala
11^th September 2010

Congratulations should go to those Phoenix swimmers taking speeding tickets, you obviously swam a much better time than expected! They were: Craig Baxter, Amber King, Ben Smith, Amelia Goodman, Matthew Rayner, Alexandra Ballard, Emily Cannon, Lucy Cummings, Oliver Purgavie and the 13 year old freestyle relay team comprising Sam Bailey, Craig Baxter, Oliver Purgavie and Jed Williams.

Phoenix took 14 first places in the 49 event programme. For the 9 year olds Matthew Creasey was victorious in the 1 length freestyle whilst Chris Young took the 9 year old 1 length backstroke. The 9 year old girls freestyle relay team of India Holmes, Lucy Cummings, Clare Henley and Amber King also took gold. Oliver King was first in the 11 year old 1 length freestyle and the 11 year old girl’s freestyle team of Emily Cannon, Katy Phelps, Emily Harrison and Amelia Goodman won their race. There was just one win for the 13 year olds with Fiona Lakin taking honours in the 100m freestyle.

The 15 year olds were in fine form, winning all their relays. Craig Baxter, Alistair Noon, Oliver Purgavie and Ben Smith took the free style relay whilst Craig Alistair and Ben were helped to victory in the medley relay by Sam Bailey. The girl’s team weren’t going to be out done and Charlotte Miller, Ella Harrison, Sophie Cutts and Amy Ng were victorious in the freestyle relay with Charlotte, Amy and Sophie being joined by Katy Phelps to take gold in the medley relay. Amy Ng was a double winner taking both the 100m butterfly and the 100m freestyle for the 15 year old girls. Craig Baxter took the 100m freestyle for the boys. To round off a very successful evening for the team there was victory in the Canon relay.

RESULTS

Derby Phoenix   155 points
Matlock             153 points
Thorne Tigers     137 points
Ripley               107 points
Etwall                 95 points

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Junior League 3rd Round, Eckington
19^th June 2010

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Junior League 1st Round, Clay Cross
17^th April 2010

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Matlock Gala
6^th February 2010

Derby Phoenix came fourth place in this closely contested 49 event graded gala for 9, 10, 12 and 14 age groups (age as of the end of the year), where we took 12 first and 3 second places. There were also 6 events where swimmers produced times too fast for their events.   

For the 9 year old boys, Mathew Rayner won the 33m breaststroke event. The boys team also won both their relays. Mathew was joined by Oliver King, Adam Jennings and Oska Smith to win the freestyle relay. Cian Fox joined Mathew, Adam and Oska to win the medley relay. 

Danni Jackson won the 10 year old girls fly event.

There were also wins on the night for Joseph Doherty winning both the 100m freestyle and backstroke events for the 12 year old boys and Rebekah Miller winning her 100m freestyle event.    

For the 14 year old boys, Oliver Purgavie won the 100m fly event and Alistair Noon won the 100m breaststroke event. Oliver and Alistair were joined by Craig Baxter and Ben Willis to win both of their freestyle and medley relays. Charlotte Miller also won her 100m fly event for the 14 year old girls. 

Speed limit breaking swims were from Mathew Rayner in the 10 year old boys 33m freestyle, fly and backstroke events; Fran Harrison in the 10 year old girls 33m breaststroke and freestyle events; and Craig Baxter in the 14 year old 100m backstroke.    

There were 2 swimmers competing for the first time for the club – Adam Jennings and Oska Smith. Well done to you both.

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Staffordshire Building Society Gala, Uttoxter
23^rd January 2010

Derby Phoenix took part in this the first gala of the year; a gala for 11, 13, 15 and Open age groups, where we fielded two teams of swimmers. Derby Phoenix Green team won both the girl and boy galas with Derby Phoenix Yellow team coming second in both galas. Derby Phoenix Green took 31 first places and 6 second places in the 42 event programme. There were also 4 first places and 16 second places for Derby Phoenix Yellow.

Derby Phoenix Green

It was a clean sweep for the 11 year old boys with individual wins for Aston Waddingham in the 50m fly and freestyle, Joshua Beech in the 50m breaststroke and Christopher Martin in the 50m backstroke. For the 11 year old girls team Maddie Taylor won the 50m breaststroke, Georgia Creasey won the 50m backstroke and Francesca Harrison won the 50m freestyle events. The mixed 11 year old team also won both their relays.  Joshua, Aston and Fran were joined by Georgia to win the medley relay and joined by Maddie to win the freestyle relay.   

For the 13 year old girls Louise Stephenson took first place in the 50m fly and 50m backstroke events and Annabelle Hough won the 50m breaststroke event. Oliver Purgavie won the 50m fly and freestyle events for the boys. Oliver and Annabelle were joined by Lauren Maxwell and Luke Bunting to win the mixed freestyle relay.

Laura Young and Stephen Wyatt were both in fine form for the 15 year olds with both winning their respective 50m freestyle and breaststroke events. Jodie Minter also won the 50m fly event. The mixed 15 year old team also won both of their relays. Stephen, Jodie and Harry Hough were joined by Laura to win the medley relay and joined by Katie Selfe to win the freestyle relay.

For the Open swimmers, it was a clean sweep for the girls with individual wins for Ella Graham in the 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 50m fly events and Alex Davies in the 50m freestyle. Glenn Fowell claimed victory in both the 50m freestyle and breastroke events. Whilst Adam Cutts took first place in the 50m fly event. The open mixed team of Ella, Alex, Glenn and Adam were also victorious in both their relays.  

The first and final events of the night were the 8 x 50m freestyle relays for girls and boys respectively. Both teams had great swims taking first place well ahead of the competition. Well done to Georgia, Fran, Louise, Lauren, Laura, Jodie, Alex and Ella for the girls and Aston, Joshua, Luke, Sam Bailey, Stephen, Harry, Sean Wesselingh and Glenn for the boys.     

Derby Phoenix Yellow

Georgia Creasey took first place in the 11 year old girls 50m fly event. For the 15 year olds both Amy Ng and Jake Wesselingh won the 50m backstroke events and for the 13 year old boys George Bathurst won the 50m breaststroke event.

Well done to all the swimmers, coaches and helpers!

RESULTS

Girls
Derby Phoenix Green          96 points
Derby Phoenix Yellow             56 points         
Dove Valley White                   46 points
Dove Valley Blue                     46 points

Boys
Derby Phoenix Green          90 points
Derby Phoenix Yellow             52 points         
Dove Valley Blue                     51 points
Dove Valley White                   49 points

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Club Championships 2009
6^th December 2009

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Classic Lifesaving, Ilkeston
28^th November 2009

This was a tough competition in full Branch/Regional/Nationals format against teams who are renowned for their competition record - and we are now up there beating them!

Danni and Georgia won Gold in the U11 by a comfortable margin, with Katy and Claudia gaining a good Bronze in the U13, and only missing Silver by one point!

What was great to see was that all of the Phoenixes performed well across all of the events. What's more, they appeared to enjoy themselves and behaved very well in the process.

Your achievement is made more impressive given that we're only a year old, and have limited training time. There's still some room for improvement but we are certainly getting there quickly.

Before the competition, the Branch organisers commented how pleased they were that Phoenix were able to attend. It was clear during the competition that they were impressed with your achievements too.

Thanks as ever need to go to you, the swimmers and parents. Please join me also in saying a big thank you to your coaches. It's not always easy for 5 teenagers to forfeit their Saturday lie-in, and also their own training in order to help teach others. Achievements like this are certainly a great way to say 'thanks'.

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Bourchier Shield Trophy, Uttoxeter
21^st November 2009

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National League 2nd Round, Worcester
14^th November 2009

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National League 1st Round, Nuneaton
10^th October 2009

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Matlock Gala
26^th September 2009

Derby Phoenix came second place in this 55 event gala for 9, 10 and 11 age groups, where we took 11 first and 15 second places. For each individual event there were two races per boy and girl age group.   

For the 9 year olds Leah Beale won the 33m backstroke and Danni Jackson won the 33m freestyle. Mathew Rayner won both the 33m breaststroke and freestyle events and Timothy Stuttle won 33m backstroke. Both Mathew and Timothy were joined by Aston Waddingham and Cian Fox to win the freestyle relay.

Aston Waddingham and Cian Fox also won both their respective 33m breaststroke races for 10 year olds. A great result for Aston swimming for the first time for the club and winning in two events! 

There were also wins on the night for 11 year old Rebakah Miller in the 33m backstroke and Tanesha Chambers-Harrison in the 33m freestyle. Also swimming for the club for the first time Calvin Atkinson won the 33m breaststroke for the 11 year old boys. 

Along with Aston and Calvin, there were 5 new swimmers competing for the first time for the club – Saskia Holmes, Rachel Bacon, Andrew Young, Helena Deardon and Alexandra Ballard. Well done to you all.

Leslie Seymour Trophy, Derby
12^th September 2009

Derby Phoenix took part in this the first gala of the season; a gala for 9, 11, 13, 15 and Open age groups, where we took 15 first and 11 second places in the 52 event gala. Phoenix finished a creditable third up against some very strong opposition. 

The 9 year old girls team won both the 4 x 25m freestyle and medley relays. A great result. Well done to Francesca Harrison, Danni Jackson, Leah Beale and Lucy Stokes. 

Our 15 year old girls were in fine form with Evie Keane taking first place in the 100m backstroke and Ella Graham winning the 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle. Ella was joined by Laura Young, Sasha Wisdish and Alex Davies to win the 4 x 50m Medley relay.  

The 15 year old boys Ryan Wesselingh, Mathew Gregory, Ben Jackson and Sean Wesselingh won their 4 x 50m medley relay. 

For the Open swimmers, Evie Keane was also victorious in the 100m backstroke and Sasha Wisdish took the 100m breaststroke (both girls swimming up!). The girls were joined by Casey Baxter and Laura Young to win the 4 x 50m Open medley relay. 

Richard Sellers claimed victory in both the Open 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle events. Whilst Scott Tovell-Coleman took the Open 100m backstroke. The open men were also victorious in both their relays. Alongside Richard and Scott, Adam Cutts and Alex fish won the 4 x 50m medley relay. Simon Taylor and Glenn Fowell then joined in the action to help the lads to win the final event of the night, the 6 x 50m Open freestyle relay.  

The team spirit shown by Derby Phoenix however was excellent with swimmers being loudly encouraged on by everyone present. 

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Mary Davies Trophy, Mansfield
11^th July 2009

Derby Phoenix travelled to Mansfield Water Meadows for this last gala of the season; a graded gala for 10, 12, 14 and Open age groups, where we took 6 first and 3 second places.

Oliver Purgavie won the 12 year old 50m freestyle.

For the 14 year olds there were winning swims from Katie Selfe in the 100m I.M, Lucy Milligan in the 100m backstroke and from Lucy, Alex Davies, Diane Woods and Laura Young in the freestyle relay.

Natalie Hardy won the Open 100m breaststroke and Casey Baxter took first place in the Open 100m I.M. 

Second places were achieved by Stephen Wyatt in the Open 100m freestyle, Simon Taylor in the Open 100m backstroke and from Simon, Michael Baxter, Robert Bettison and Harry Hough in the 14 year olds freestyle relay.

There were also winning, but speed limit breaking swims from Glenn Fowell in the Open 100m backstroke, Alex Davies in the 14year old 100m breaststroke, and Lucy Blain and Craig Baxter in the 12 year olds 50m backstroke races.

Special thanks to Oliver King, Charlie Newcombe, Callum Newman, Sam Bailey, Robert Bettison, Alex Phelps and Elizabeth Ellis for competing for Derby Phoenix for the very first time – well done to them!

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Junior League 3rd Round, Eckington
21^st June 2009

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Novice Gala, Matlock
4^th June 2009

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Junior League 2nd Round, Hucknall
17^th May 2009

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Frank Wright Trophy Gala, Ashbourne
16^th May 2009

Derby Phoenix won comfortably at this gala for 9, 10, 12, 14 and Open age groups, taking 22 first and 10 second places in the 44 event programme.

The mixed 9 year old team won all of their 3 relays. Well done to Joshua Beech, Danni Jackson, Christopher Martin and Maddie Taylor!

Oliver Purgavie took first place in the 10 year old 25m Fly event, and, swimming up a year, Joshua Beech won the 10 year old 50m Freestyle.

It was a clean sweep for the 12 year old girls with Annabelle Hough winning the 50m Breaststroke and Amy Ng winning the 50m Fly, Freestyle and Backstroke events. For the 12 year old boys, Jake Wesselingh won the 50m Freestyle and Backstroke events. Annabelle and Jake were joined by Lauren Maxwell and Oliver Purgavie to win both of the mixed relay events.

The 14 year old girls also had a clean sweep with Ella Graham taking first in the 50m Backstroke and Breaststroke and Laura Young taking first in the 50m Fly and Freestyle events. Sean Wesselingh won the 50m Breaststroke and Freestyle  for the boys. The 14 years old were joined by Michael Baxter and Alex Davies to win both of the mixed relay events.

The evening was completed with an emphatic win in the last race, the Canon. Well done to all the swimmers, coaches and helpers!

RESULTS

Derby Phoenix               137 points
Ashbourne                     104 points
City of Derby                 101 points
Etwall                           95 points

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Junior League 1st Round Results, Heanor
5^th April 2009

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Cheadle Swimming Club Gala
21^st February 2009

Our first trip to Cheadle this season saw Derby Phoenix fielding two teams of swimmers in this age on day gala for 10, 12, 14 and Open age groups. This was a closely fought competition which was not decided until to the last race!

Derby Phoenix Green took 19 first places and 15 second places in the 51 event programme. There were also 2 wins and 5 second places for Derby Phoenix Yellow.

For the 12 year olds, Craig Baxter was first in the Breaststroke and Jake Wesselingh won the freestyle. The boys were joined by Oliver Purgavie and Thomas Watson to win both of their relay races.

It was a clean sweep for the 14 years old boys with individual wins for Ben Jackson in the Butterfly, Sean Wesselingh in the Freestyle, Ryan Wesselingh in the Backstroke and Matthew Gregory in the Breaststroke. The boys also won both of their relay races.

It was almost a clean sweep for the 14 year old girls too, with wins for Laura Young in the Butterfly, Alex Davies in the Freestyle and Evie Keane in the Backstroke. Along with Ella Graham the girls also won both of their relay races.    

For the Phoenix Green Open swimmers there were individual wins for Rachel Jones in the Backstroke and Alex Fish won the Freestyle for the boys. Alex, along with Gye Whitlam, Adam Cutts and Darren Hodgett also won the Open Medley relay.

The Open boy swimmers were having their own competition and James Shand of Phoenix Yellow triumphed to win the Backstroke and, with the help of Scott Tovell-Coleman, Zak Hurt and Alex Fish, the Open Freestyle relay.

The penultimate race saw a win for the Phoenix Green boys, Joseph Doherty, Sean Bird, Craig Baxter, Jake, Sean and Ryan Wesselingh, Alex Fish and Gye Whitlam in the Canon. This left us one point clear of the Cheadle A Team!

In the final mixed Canon race the Cheadle A Team was just too strong and led most of the way. Phoenix Green finished a close second which meant the competition was tied

Well done to all the helpers -  it was no easy task getting all those relay swimmers into place and to the swimmers who all made this a very exciting night! 

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Staffordshire Building Society Trophy, Uttoxeter
7^th February 2009

The girls came second and the boys won, see the points. Overall from the 44 event programme we were first in 18 and second in 13 events. Top winner on the night was Evie Keane winning the girls 15/u Back, Free and Fly. Double winners were Ryan Wesselingh boys 15/u Back and Fly, Amy Ng girls 13/u Back and Free.

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Leeds Classic Lifesaving, John Charles Centre Leeds
17^th January 2009

Three teams from Derby Phoenix Lifesaving took part in their first ever competition in full House colours wearing the Phoenix hats with pride.

In the 15–17 age group category, Phoenix Ice comprising Alex Phelps, Natasha Lawrence, Diane Woods and Hannah Ellis took part in both the Incident and Speed sections of the Leeds Classic Lifesaving competition at the John Charles Centre for Sport, competing against teams from across the UK, including Blythe in the North East to Rochester in Kent.  The four intrepid adventurers were last out in the Incident section which meant a nervous hour locked away in isolation awaiting their turn to complete in front of a crowd of around 200 people.  The Incident comprised of a number of casualties that all needed rescuing because “a party by a lake had all gone wrong”.  On the side there was a girl who had cut her arm on a glass bottle, an unconscious casualty that required being put into the recovery position and a non breathing manikin that required CPR, all this was left for Hannah and Alex to tackle while Diane and Tasha rescued everyone from the water.  There were about 7 people in the water, 2 were accessible from the side by using a safe reach rescue, however the others needed to be rescued by somebody going to fetch them.  Tasha entered the water and headed straight for a giant blow up crocodile, which she made all the casualties hold on to, she then towed them all to the side.  Diane assisted Tasha and then when all the people were safely on the side she went to check for any submerged manikins.  She found one but she had just reached the side when they blew the whistle for the end of the three minute incident. 

Overall the incident required a number of separate rescue techniques and casualty identification and priority along with aftercare requirements to a total of eleven casualties.  The team performed very well by all accounts ( I missed it because of regular training at Derby which went down well!) and Hannah received a number of compliments on the strength and clarity of the captaincy helping Tash, Alex and Diane to calm their nerves and complete well, achieving a 7^th position out of 10 teams taking part.  The Incident section was won by a team from Blythe Lifeguard and Swimming Club from the North East.

In the Speed section Phoenix again completed in the 15 – 17 age group category with Phoenix Fire, Simon, Jake, Claudia and Lauren and Phoenix Flame, Stephen, Charlotte, Harry and Annie taking part in the very competitive 12 – 14 age group against a total of 16 clubs.

The events comprised the following:
1.         Rescue Tow Relay:   Each team member swims a 50m length towing each other using a torpedo rescue tube.
2          Rescue Medley Relay:  1 length each of front crawl, front crawl with fins swim with torpedo buoy, 1 length tow with fins and torpedo.
3.         Manekin Relay:  25m each towing a full/half dull manekin.
4.         Rope Throw Relay:  Each member takes turn to throw out the rope and rescue a team member inside 2-minute maximum.

All the teams showed great promise, with a number of heat wins and the following positions achieved in the final standings. 

One of the highlights of the day was to hear the announcer on heat one of the “Leeds Classic Challenge”, where all four swimmers complete 1 width of breast stroke legs whilst holding onto each other then reverse with a “chin tow” technique commented “Derby Phoenix appear to have this heat well and truly wrapped up”.

So, our first competition came to an end, no medals to bring home this time but all the teams showed great promised and with a little more work on technique it won’t be long until we are seriously pushing for some silverware. A very weary, but happy, squad headed South on the M1, hopefully looking forward to our next outing for the RLSS speed nationals at the end of February. 

A big thank-you to everyone that took part and helped in any way, including transport to and from Leeds, training on a Saturday, administration, web site etc, and an especially big thank-you to Louise Wells and her team at Leeds Lifesaving for putting on a great competition.

National League 3rd Round, Leamington Spa
13^th December 2008

Our final round in this year’s National League galas saw Derby Phoenix in action at Royal Leamington Spa.

A great team performance resulted in 11 first places and 13 second places for the team in the 50 event gala, which left us comfortably in second place on the night.  This should mean that we finish in 8^th position overall in Division 1, a very healthy position for a club of our size.

There were wins on the night for 13 year olds Laura Young in the 100m butterfly and Matthew Gregory in the 100m breaststroke. Matthew was joined by Simon Taylor, Stephen Wyatt and Jake Wesselingh and together the boys claimed victory in the 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay.

Our 15 year olds were in fine form with Evie Keane taking the 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle whilst Ella Graham was victorious in the 100m breaststroke(both girls swimming up a year).  The girls were joined by Ellie Taylor and Sasha Wisdish to take gold in the girls 4 x 50m Medley relay.  Robert Guest was a winner for the lads in the 100m Freestyle.

Richard Sellers continued his awesome run, winning the 200m Individual Medley, the 100m butterfly and the 100m freestyle for the open men.  He remains unbeaten in any individual event in this year’s competition.

All in all another good night for the club and a big thank you to all swimmers who turned out even though it did mean missing the X Factor final!  Luckily by virtue of modern day technology we were kept updated with results as they happened on the long journey back!

RESULTS

Stourbridge A                              232 points
Derby Phoenix                            206 points
Nuneaton & Bedworth                  185 points
Leamington Spa                          168 points
Walsall                                       136 points
Braunstone                                 120 points

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Club Championships 2008
7^th December 2008

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National League 2nd Round, Stetchford Cascades
8^th November 2008

Derby Phoenix were back at Stechford Cascades for the second round of this year’s National Swimming League.  Our ‘reward’ for performing so well in the first round was a very tough draw that saw us having to compete against both City of Coventry and a very strong Boldmere team. 

Phoenix battled away however to take four 1^st, three 2^nd and eleven 3^rd places In the 50 event programme and to finally finish in fourth position. 

Richard Sellers was again our star performer, taking three first places in the Open 200m individual medley, 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle. Robert Guest also took gold for Phoenix in the 15 year olds 100m breaststroke.  

The open men’s team of James Shand, Glen Fowell, Richard Sellers and Alex Fish were initially disqualified in the open 4 x 50 m medley relay but were later re-instated and given 2^nd place when it was realised that the referee had confused the 5m flag for a 15m flag! The open men also took second place in the last event of the evening, the 6 x 50m freestyle relay, with Robert Guest, Alex Fish, Gye Whitlam, Glen Fowell, Adam Cutts and Richard Sellers involved.  There was also a silver for Sasha Wisdish in the 15 year olds 100m breaststroke event.

Our air horns obviously bring good luck to all that use them. After being confiscated from the Phoenix swimmers they somehow ended up in host team Boldmere’s possession and were used to celebrate their many great swims which even saw them overcome City of Coventry to take first place on the night. Well done Boldmere but you might have left us some gas in our horns for the last round!!!! 

RESULTS

1.            Boldmere A                                    234 points
2.            City of Coventry A                           222 points
3.            Chase                                            180 points
4.            Derby Phoenix                                152 points
5.            Chesterfield                                    140 points
6.            Haden Hill                                       120 points

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Belper Marlins Silver Jubilee Open Meet
26^th October 2008

A small team of 4 boys and 4 girls attended this B Grade Open Meet held at Queen Street Leisure Centre. The event was a great success and the swimmers did the club proud by bringing home 22 trophies between them including 6 first places. There were also Speeding tickets for Jake Taylor and Oliver Purgavie.

Congratulations to Harry Hough who was top boy in the 12yrs Age Group and runner up in the top boy of the competition and Alex Davies who finished second in the girl’s Open Age Group category.

Phoenix finished 8^th in the Top Club competition out of the 22 competing clubs

RESULTS

GIRLS

11 Years Age Group
Annabelle Hough
1^st 100m Individual Medley
5^th 200m Freestyle
6^th 50m Butterfly
Katy Phelps
6^th 100m Individual Medley

Open Age Group
Alexandra Davies
1^st 100m Freestyle
1^st 100m Individual Medley
4^th 100m Butterfly
5^th 100m Breaststroke
5^th 50m Freestyle
6^th 100m Backstroke

BOYS

11 Years Age Group
Jake Taylor
3^rd 50m Freestyle
Oliver Purgavie
3^rd 100m Individual Medley
4^th 50m Backstroke
5^th 50m Freestyle

12 Years Age Group
Harry Hough
1^st 100m Backstroke
1^st 100m Individual Medley
3^rd  100m Butterfly
3^rd  100m Breaststroke
3^rd  50m Freestyle
3^rd 100m Freestyle

13 Years Age Group
Simon Taylor
1^st 100m Backstroke
5^th 100m Breaststroke

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National League 1st Round, Stetchford Cascades
11^th October 2008

The first round in this year’s National League Gala, West Midlands Division 1 saw Derby Phoenix travelling to Stechford Cascades and putting in a magnificent team performance to finish in first (Yes first!) place.

In the 50 event programme Phoenix took no less than 11 first and 13 second places.

Our star performer of the evening had to be Richard Sellers who had travelled back from Bath University to swim for his home club.  What a great night he had – taking first in the open men’s 4 x 50m Individual medley, 100m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle and just to round the evening off in style he achieved a stunning 23.06 seconds for his 50m freestyle leg in the open men’s 6 x 50m Freestyle relay event.

Whilst Richard led the way, there were some great swims right across the board.  For the 11 year olds, Louise Stephenson won the 50m freestyle and was helped into first place in the girls Medley relay by Annabelle Hough, Lara Wisdish and Katie Phelps.

Matthew Gregory was a double gold winner for the 13 year old lads taking both the 100m breaststroke and 100m backstroke.

Not to be outdone, the 15 year olds put in some fine performances with Evie Keane winning the 100m backstroke and Ella Graham taking the 100m breaststroke (both girls swimming up a year!)

Robert Guest was victorious in the 100m Freestyle for the lads.

Although only 14 years old, Sasha Wisdish put in a wonderful effort to take gold in the ladies open 100m breaststroke.

The fantastic team spirit along with the air horns, clappers, blowers, voices and superb supporters undoubtedly helped the team to achieve some great swims and times against strong opposition resulting in a deserved victory for all those taking part.  We now look forward to round two.

RESULTS

Derby Phoenix            205 points
Halesowen                 193 points
Chesterfield                179 points*
Gloucester City          179 points
Walsall                      162 points
Leek                          126 points

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Rykneld C Grade Open Meet
5^th October 2008

Katy Phelps and Sophie Cutts represented the club at the Ryknled C Grade Open meet at Sharley Park at the beginning of October. The girls swam really well and picked up a fantastic 9 trophies between them, including a first in the 100m Individual Medley for Katy.

Well done girls!

RESULTS

11 Years Age Group
Katy Phelps
1^st 100m Individual Medley
2^nd 50m Breaststroke
6^th 50m Backstroke
6^th 50m Butterfly
6^th 50m Freestyle

12 Years Age Group
Sophie Cutts
2^nd 100m Individual Medley
3^rd 100m Backstroke
5^th 100m Freestyle
6^th 100m Butterfly

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Bill Brake Trophy Gala, Burton
20^th September 2008

This win gave the Trophy to Phoenix for the seventh time in 8 years.

RESULTS

Derby Phoenix             84 points
Broadway                    55 points
Burton                         41 points

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Muriel Blaydon Trophy, Cheslyn Hay
06^th September 2008

Derby Phoenix finished in a creditable third place in the Muriel Blaydon Trophy Gala at Cheslyn Hay leisure centre which was hosted by Chase Swimming Club. This was our first competitive outing of the new season and we certainly found ourselves up against some very strong opposition.

Phoenix took 9 first places and 6 second places in the 48 event programme.

For the 11 year olds, Craig Baxter was first in the 50m breaststroke.

The 13 year olds brought home three golds with Ella Graham victorious in the 50m backstroke and the 50m breaststroke and Matthew Gregory taking the 50m backstroke.

For the 15 year olds, Evie Keene took first place in the 50m backstroke with James Shand taking the same event for the lads.

For the open swimmers, Joanne Reeks won the 50m butterfly whilst Richard Sellers took both the 50m butterfly and the 50m freestyle.

Well  done to all the swimmers who took part, as you can see every point counted, with us just pipping Phoenix Youth into 3^rd place. 

RESULTS

Chase SC                  207 points
Stourbridge                202 points
Derby Phoenix           181 points
Phoenix Youth           180 points
Kingsbury                  126 points
Bromsgrove                107 points

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City of Derby B Grade Open Meet
05^th July 2008

Seven girls and two boys took part in the City of Derby Level 3 Licensed ‘B’ Grade Open Meet, taking home 20 medals between them, including 8 first and 6 second places. Laura Young and Stephen Wyatt also notched up speeding tickets. A special mention must go to 10 year old Oliver Purgavie who was taking part in a competitive Open Meet for the first time and brought home 4 medals including a first and a second place!

RESULTS

10 Years Age Group
Oliver Purgavie
1^st 100m Individual Medley
2^nd 50m Butterfly
4^th 50m Backstroke
5^th 50m Freestyle

11 Years Age Group
Louise Stephenson
4^th 100m Butterfly

12 Years Age Group
Charlotte Miller
1st 100m Breaststroke
4^th 100m Butterfly
Stephen Wyatt
1st 100m Butterfly

13 Years Age Group
Alexandra Davies
1^st 100m Backstroke
1^st 100m Individual Medley
2^nd 100m Butterfly
2^nd 100m Freestyle

14 Years Age Group
Natalie Hardy
1^st 100m Butterfly
1^st 100m Individual Medley
2^nd 100m Breaststroke
2^nd 100m Backstroke
2^nd 100m Freestyle

15 Years and Over Age Group
Victoria Hardy
1^st 100m Backstroke
3^rd 100m Freestyle
3^rd 100m Individual Medley

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Peter Haynes Trophy, Uttoxeter
23^rd February 2008

Amethyst Trophy, Uttoxeter
26^th January 2008

City of Derby Open Meet, Ponds Forge
12th/13th January 2008

National League 3rd Round, Pingles, Nuneaton
8^th December 2007

Club Championships 2007
3^rd December 2007

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National League 2nd Round, Stetchford Cascades
10^th November 2007

There was an excellent atmosphere at Stetchford Cascades for the second round of the West Midlands National League Division 1 gala.  With both City of Derby and Derby Phoenix competing it was always going to be a noisy night and so it proved to be!

As the evening progressed the gala almost became two different competitions.  A strong City of Derby team led from the outset and became something of an irrelevance to the other teams as Phoenix and Boldmere went into battle for second position with Chase, Shrewsbury and Worcester all strongly contesting 4^thplace.

There were some great performances for Phoenix resulting in eight wins in the 50 event gala.  Richard Sellers taking the Open Men’s 4 x 50m individual medley and the Open Men’s 100m butterfly.  Ellie Taylor took gold in the 15 year olds 100m breaststroke. For the 13 year olds, there were wins for Evie Keane and Ryan Wesselingh in their respective individual 100m backstroke events. Evie along with Ella Graham, Sasha Wisdish and Laura Young then took the 13 year olds Medley Relay whilst Ryan was helped to victory in both the 13 year old Medley and Freestyle Relays by Sam Bunting, Matt Gregory and Sean Wesselingh.

Phoenix and Boldmere were neck and neck throughout the evening and by the time we reached the final event, the men’s open 6x50m freestyle relay it was impossible for those on poolside to know how the points total stood. The atmosphere for the last race was electric with everybody in the building (or so it seemed!) shouting their team on.  Phoenix finished this race in third position with Boldmere coming in sixth.  Unfortunately this wasn’t going to prove to be enough as Boldmere took second place on the night by just two points.

The team spirit shown by Derby Phoenix however was outstanding with every Derby Phoenix swimmer in every race being loudly encouraged on and the singing certainly outperforming all the other teams. A great night! Bring on round 3!

RESULTS
City of Derby A              242 points
Boldmere                      190 points
DERBY PHOENIX          188 points
Chase                           145 points
Shrewsbury                   142 points
Worcester                     139 points

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Belper Marlins Open Meet
28^th October 2007

Eight girls took part in the Belper Marlins 24^th Open Meet, taking home 13 trophies between them. They also finished 5^th in the Top Club competition for Girls events out of the 22 competing clubs.

All swimmers gained PBs including the two ten year old swimmers Beth Ward and Katy Phelps who were taking part in a competitive Open Meet for the first time.

RESULTS

12 Years Age Group
Chloe Hithersay
4^th 100m Butterfly
4^th 100m Freestyle
5^th 100m Backstroke
7^th 50m Freestyle
7^th 100m Individual Medley
10^th 100m Breastroke

13 Years Age Group
Alexandra Davies
1^st 100m Individual Medley
4^th 100m Butterfly
4^th 100m Freestyle
5^th 50m Freestyle
6^th 100m Backstroke
Lucy Milligan
9^th 100m Backstroke
Natalie Hardy
1^st 100m Breaststroke
3^rd 100m Individual Medley
4^th 100m Backstroke
6^th 100m Butterfly
8^th 100m Freestyle
10^th 50m Freestyle
Tania Pearson
5^th 100m Butterfly
8^th 100m Individual Medley
10^th 100m Breaststroke

Open Age Group
Amy Ward
7^th 100m Butterfly10^th
10^th 100m Backstroke
 

National League 1st Round, Cheslyn Hay
13^th October 2007

9 - 1st places, 13  - 2nd's, 11 - 3rd's. The standard was very high once again with our swimmers breaking 6 club records on the way - Mathew Gregory 12 year boys Breaststroke, Evie Keane 13 year girls Front crawl and Backstroke, Ellie Taylor 14 year girls Breaststroke, Joanne Reeks 16 year girls Butterfly and Richard Sellers men's open Butterfly. Richard's time for the 100 Butterfly has also broken his own Men's Open County record.

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Bill Brake Trophy Gala, Burton
22^nd September 2007

Phoenix won comfortably at this gala for ages 10, 12, 14 and open, the evening lacking in atmosphere due to only three teams being entered.

The event was quickly over with boys and girls races being swum alongside one another. Phoenix took 46 first places in the 54 event programme.

This win gave the Trophy to Phoenix for the sixth time in 7 years.

RESULTS
Derby Phoenix             151 points
Burton                          93 points
Broadway                     80 points

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Leslie Seymour Memorial Trophy Gala, Long Eaton
15^th September 2007

The gala for ages 9,11,13, 15 and open was won by the "A" team of Long Eaton Swimming Club. Phoenix came second out of five teams (two teams were entered by the newly combined Long Eaton clubs). 

In the 49 event programme Phoenix took almost twice as many first places (23) as last year, but was unable to back these up with with second places, losing by 9 points to the more evenly balanced Long Eaton "A".

RESULTS
Long Eaton A              195 points
Derby Phoenix             186 points
Ripley Rascals            150 points
Dronfield Dolphins        120 points
Long Eaton B                70 points

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Notts and Derby Junior League 3rd Round, Clay Cross
24^th June 2007

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Staffordshire Building Society Trophy Gala, Uttoxeter
09^th June 2007

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Notts and Derby Junior League 2nd Round, Hucknall
20^th May 2007

The second round of this years’ Notts and Derby Junior League saw Derby Phoenix involved in another very closely fought competition.  Although Chesterfield were clear winners there were just two points separating second, third and fourth places.  This time however, Phoenix did enough to take second place in the gala held at Hucknall.

Phoenix took 9 first places and 11 second places in the 41 event programme.

There was a double win for Phoenix swimmer Matthew Gregory who took the 50m breaststroke and the 50m backstroke for the 12 year old boys. Matthew was joined by Harry Hough, Simon Taylor and Stephen Wyatt and went on to win both the freestyle and the medley relays.

There were also wins for 10 year olds’ Louise Stephenson in the 50m freestyle and Annabelle Hough in the 50m breaststroke. Louise and Annabelle teaming up with Lucy Blain and Lara Wisdish to take the medley relay.

Laura Young was victorious in the 12 years 50m butterfly and was helped to gold in the medley relay by Daisy Bowen, Alice Southall and Katie Selfe,

RESULTS
Chesterfield A              151 points
Derby Phoenix             132 points
Bramcote                    131 points
Calverton & Bingham    130 points
Belper                           64 points

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Ashbourne Frank Wright Trophy Gala
12^th May 2007

Derby Phoenix put in an excellent performance to earn a comfortable victory at this friendly gala hosted by Ashbourne Swimming Club.

In the 44 event programme Phoenix took no less than twenty two firsts and fourteen second places.

For the ten year olds, Louise Stephenson was victorious in the 50m freestyle and there were first places for Amy Ng in the 50m backstroke and Eleanor Spare in the 50m breaststroke. Craig Baxter took honours in the 50m breaststroke. There were wins for the 10 year olds in both the mixed freestyle relay and the mixed medley relay.

The 12 year old boys were in good form with Ryan Wesselingh, a double winner, taking the 12 year olds 50m breaststroke and 50m backstroke whilst brother, Sean was first in the 50m butterfly.  Again there were wins in both the mixed freestyle relay and the mixed medley relay.

Swimming for the 14 year olds, there were victories for Rachel Jones in the 50m backstroke and Victoria Hardy in the 50m breaststroke.  There was also a win for the 14 year old mixed freestyle relay team.

In the open section there were firsts for Joanne Reeks in the 50m butterfly, Sarah Keaney in the 50m backstroke, Glen Fowell in the 50m freestyle and Darren Hodgett was a double winner taking the 50m butterfly and 50m breaststroke. The open swimmers also took both the medley and the freestyle relays.

There was a slight moment of panic for the final event of the night, the canon relay, when it was realized that the last Phoenix swimmer had gone AWOL. (Mentioning no names Darren!)  Fortunately he reappeared as the penultimate swimmer took to the water, managed to scramble on his goggles and go on to win the race for us so no harm done – except for a few more grey hairs for the poolside helpers and coaches!

All in all another great evening for Derby Phoenix.

RESULTS
Derby Phoenix          146 points
Etwall                      103 points
City of Derby            102 points
Ashbourne                 86 points

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Rykneld B Grade Open Meet
5^th May 2007

Three girls took part in the Rykneld Open Meet at Sharley Park on Saturday 5^th May. Between them took home 11 trophies and a speeding ticket. Congratulations to Casey Baxter who won the Top Girl of the meet award.

RESULTS

12 Years Age Group
Alexandra Davies
1^st   4x1L I.M.
1^st  100m Butterfly
3^rd  50m Freestyle
5^th  100m Freestyle
Chloe Hithersay
5^th  4x1L I.M.
6^th  100m Butterfly

15 Years/Over Age Group
Casey Baxter
1^st  100m Butterfly
1^st  100m Backstroke
2^nd  4x1L I.M
2^nd  100m Freestyle
3^rd  50m Freestyle

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Notts & Derby Junior League 1st Round, Eckington
22^nd April 2007

Derby Phoenix put in a good performance in the first round of this years Notts and Derby Junior League.  In a closely fought competition Phoenix ended the night in third place but there were just three points separating the top three teams at the gala hosted by Eckington.

Phoenix took 13 first places and 8 second places in the 41 event programme.

For the 10 year olds, Louise Stephenson won both the 50m freestyle and the 50m backstroke whilst Annabelle Hough took the 50m breaststroke.  Louise and Annabelle were then helped to victory in the medley relay by Lara Wisdish and Lauren Maxwell.

Amy Ng took gold for the 11 year olds in the 50m backstroke.

The 12 year olds were in great form with Laura Young victorious in both the 50m butterfly and 50m freestyle and Katie Selfe winning the 50m backstroke.  Laura and Katie were then joined by Alice Southall and Daisy Bowen and went on to win both the medley and freestyle relays.  For the boys, Matthew Gregory took honours in the 50m backstroke and the 50m breaststroke and helped by Stephen Wyatt, Simon Taylor and Harry Hough took first place in the medley relay.

There was an excellent team spirit amongst the swimmers, several of whom were making their debut appearances for the club and we go in to the next round in great shape.

RESULTS
Chesterfield A              151 points
Eckington                    150 points
Derby Phoenix             148 points
Ilkeston                        95 points
Matlock                        60 points

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Uttoxeter Gala
24^th March 2007

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Matlock Gala
10^th February 2007

Fielding a depleted team due to half term holidays and illness which meant a record 18 invited swimmers were unable to compete we turned up at Matlock with 22 swimmers, instead of the normal 32, even after some last minute replacements. This meant that half of them had to swim 6 times to cover all the relays.

Overall we finished a surprising second behind Ripley.

Double winners on the night were Craig Baxter boys 12yrs 100 Breaststroke and Butterfly and Daisy Bowen girls 12yrs 100 Freestyle and Backstroke. There were also wins for Alex Davies girls 14yrs 100 Fly, Natalie Hardy girls 14yrs 100 Breaststroke and Joshua Shilling 14yrs boys 100 Breaststroke and. Also picking up a first place was the 10yr boys Medley relay team of Joshua Marklew, Michael Horsley, Ashley Ault and Craig Baxter and freestyle relay team of Michael, Ashley and Craig who were joined by Joseph Doherty.

RESULTS
Ripley             221
Derby Phoenix 187
Treonte          179
Matlock         152
Radford         148
Thorne          120

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Rotherham Metro A & B Graded Open Meet, Ponds Forge
20/21^st January 2007

The following Phoenix swimmers competed at this event:

Casey Baxter 2^nd 50 Fly
Craig Baxter 10 years - 1^st 200 F/c
Michael Baxter 12 years – 1^st 200 B/c, 2^nd 100 B/c
Ben Jackson 12 years - 1^st 200 F/c, 4^th 100 Fly, 2^nd 200 B/c, 4^th 100 B/c, 1^st 200 Fly
Mathew Gregory 11 years - 1^st 200 B/c, 6^th 50 Fly

Whitby Trophy Gala, Cheadle
20^th January 2007

Derby Phoenix’s first outing of the New Year saw them take the Whitby Trophy in fine style at a gala aimed at 9, 10, 11 and 12 year olds hosted by Cheadle Swimming Club at South Moorlands Leisure Centre. Phoenix’s younger swimmers – five of whom were making debut appearances for the club – certainly put in some confident swims and it was a comfortable win for the club.

In the 51 event programme Phoenix took 23 1^st places and 15 2^nd places.

For the 9 year olds, Annabel Hough and Jake Taylor both won their respective breaststroke events with Michael Horsley taking the butterfly  The girls relay team of Lauren Maxwell, Lara Wisdish, Annabel Hough and Louise Stephenson also won both the freestyle and the medley relays.

There were relay wins for the 10 year olds, with Claire Stoll, Eleanor Spare, Amy Ng and Lucy Blain victorious in the Medley Relay and Jake Taylor, Ashley Ault, Thomas Watson and Jake Wesselingh taking honours in the freestyle relay.

The 11 year old girls almost swept the board, with Laura Young winning both butterfly and freestyle and Katie Selfe taking the backstroke.  Laura and Katie were joined by Alice Southall and Amy Ng to win the freestyle relay and Alice and Eleanor Spare helped them to victory in the medley relay.  For the boys, Simon Taylor took honours in both the butterfly and freestyle and was joined by Stephen Wyatt, Adam Wisdish and Harry Hough to win the medley relay.

The 12 year olds won all of their relays,  Alex Davies and Tania Pearson being joined by Laura Young and Katie Selfe to claim honours for the girls in both freestyle and medley relays. Whilst Ryan and Sean Wesselingh and Simon Taylor  were helped into first place by Stephen Wyatt in the freestyle relay and by Harry Hough in the medley relay.  There were also individual wins for brothers Sean and Ryan with Sean taking the freestyle and Ryan the backstroke.

To complete a very successful evening there were wins for Derby Phoenix in both the Boys and the Mixed Canon Relays.

RESULTS
Derby Phoenix                          248 points
Cheadle A                                219 points
Etwall Eagles                            207 points
Wombourne                             197 points
Cheadle B                                 88 points

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Club Championships 2006 Presentations
13^th January 2007

Mike Fogg Cup - Girls Best Standard

Ellie Taylor

At the recent club Championships she set 5 championship records, earlier in the year at the Midland District Championships won a gold medal in 100 Fly, 4^th place in the 200 IM, 100 Freestyle, 200 Fly, and 6^th in the 100 Breaststroke. Qualified for the National championships 200 Br/s, 100/200 Fly. 200/400 IM.

Don Collins Cup – Boys Best Standard

James and Gye Cup – past club captains

Joseph Keane

He was a member of the Great Britain 4 x 200 Freestyle relay squad who gained a creditable 5^th place in the European Junior Championships in Palma de Mallorca. The youngest member of the team he notched a personal best of 1-54.06.

Jones Award – Girls Special Merit

Rebecca Pratt

A competitive member of the club for nearly 10 years, qualified lifeguard and assistant teacher. Has been working on the poolside with the young swimmers from the teaching section and C/D squad for a couple of years and is currently a swimmers representative on the clubs committee.

Gordon Peach Shield – Boys Special Merit

Peter Stephenson

He has been a long time member of the club and a regular trainer who has had only limited opportunities to compete for the club. He has often been to galas to help on the poolside even when not competing himself.

Team Captains for 2007

Club – Gye Whitlam
Senior Boys – Richard Sellers
Senior Girls – Rebecca Pratt
Junior Boys – Mathew Gregory
Junior Girls – Laura Young

Long Service

Gye Whitlam

20 years a competitive member of the club, swam his first club championships before any other current competitive member of the club who competed in the club champs was born. He has helped on the poolside as covering lifeguard with John Mosley on Mondays, as well as coaching on Thursdays at Moorways for a number of years. Has been swimmers rep on the committee and current club captain.

Championship Trophy Winners 2006

Whitlam Cup 8 year & under      Girls – Maddie Taylor
Whitlam Cup 8 year & under      Boys – Joseph Doherty
West Shield 9 years                   Girls – Louise Stephenson
Nigel Ault Shield 9 years            Boys – Jakob Taylor
Leek United Shield 10 years       Girls – Amy Ng
Leek United Shield 10 years       Boys – Craig Baxter
Brock Shield 11 years                Girls – Laura Young
Brown Shield 11 years               Boys – Mathew Gregory
Catherine Hemsworth Shield 12 yrs Girls – Evie Keane
Davies Shield 12 years               Boys – Ryan Wesselingh
Turner Shield 13 years              Girls – Ellie Taylor
Wolverson Trophy 13 years       Boys – Jake Blount
Anne Hayward Shield 14 years   Girls – Victoria Hardy
Calladine Shield 14 years           Boys – Adam Cutts
Committee Shield 15 years        Girls – Joanne Reeks
George Fretwell Shield 15 years Boys – Darren Hodgett
Southwell Shield 16 years          Girls – Dominique Fox
Chambers Shield 16 years          Boys – Scott Sellers
Louise Bell Shield Open             Girls – Rebecca Pratt
Andrew Bell Shield Open           Boys – Joseph Keane
Championship Salver Girls Championship      Maddie Taylor, Laura Young, Ellie Taylor, Joanne Reeks.
Nigel Rushton Cup Boys Championship          Mathew Gregory, Ryan Wesselingh, Jake Blount, Darren Hodgett, Scott Sellers

Wolverhampton Swimming Clubs Crystal Open Meet
7th January 2007

City of Derby Open Meet Ponds Forge
6/7th January 2007

The following swimmers took part in the City of Derby Open Meet Ponds Forge over 6/7^th January. In a very high quality meet a number of PB’s were gained even though for some swimmers they competed straight after a two week break from training due to pool closure. Top results for the weekend included below:

Mathew Gregory
Simon Taylor
Ryan Wesselingh 6^th 12yrs 100 backstroke
Sean Wesselingh
Evie Keane 4^th 12yrs 200 IM, 1^st 200 butterfly & 100 backstroke, 3^rd 100 freestyle & 200 freestyle
Rachel Jones
Craig Baxter 3^rd 10yrs 50 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke
Laura Young
Sasha Wisdish
Ellie Taylor 4^th 13yrs100 breaststroke, 3^rd 50 breaststroke, 2^nd 100 butterfly
Michael Baxter
Ben Jackson
Jake Wesselingh

Chesterfield Christmas Open Meet
17h December 2006

Four girls took part in the inaugural Chesterfield Christmas Festival ‘B’ Meet at Eckington Pool on Sunday 17^th December. Between them they notched up 13 medals including 4 first and 5 second places.

RESULTS

12 Years Age Group
Alexandra Davies
1^st  100m Butterfly
2^nd  100m Freestyle
2^nd  100m Backstroke
Chloe Hithersay
5^th 100m Backstroke

13 Years Age Group
Rachael Jones
1^st 200m Individual Medley
2^nd 100m Freestyle
3^rd 100m Breaststroke
3^rd 100m Backstroke
5^th 100m Butterfly

14 Years Age Group
Casey Baxter
1^st 200m Individual Medley
1^st 100m Backstroke
2^nd 100m Freestyle
2^nd 100m Butterfly 

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West Midlands League 3rd Round, Coventry
9th December 2006

Derby Phoenix put in another magnificent performance in the final of the West Midlands National League, Division 1.  Phoenix went to the final, held in Coventry, ranked sixth but finished the evening in third place behind City of Coventry and Perry Beeches. This is the highest ever finish for Phoenix in the first division.

In the 50 event programme Phoenix took 8 first places and 9 second places.

The 13 year old girls had a great night with Ellie Taylor taking the 100m Butterfly and Evie Keane the 100m Backstroke.  Ellie and Evie then teamed up with Sarah Wise and Sasha Wisdish to take both the freestyle and medley relays.

For the 15 year olds, there were wins for Joanne Reeks in the 100m Butterfly and Darren Hodgett in the 100m Breaststroke.

Joe Keane was a double winner on the night taking both the Open Men’s 100m Backstroke and Freestyle.

Chief Coach Doug Whitlam was delighted with the result and commented: “This result is down to a tremendous effort from the whole team on the night, as each and every swimmer stepped up to the mark. Team spirit along with support from non swimming team members and supporters who travelled with us on the night was vital. Typical of the commitment shown were Alex Fish, Adam Fulford and Gye Whitlam who each gave up their Saturday evening to take part in one event, the Open Men’s 6 x 50m relay, having to wait until the very last event of the evening for their swim”

Derby Phoenix now have to wait to see whether the team swam fast enough to be ranked as one of the top 20 teams to compete at the National finals in April at Ponds Forge.

RESULTS
City of Coventry A                   215 points
Perry Beeches A                     196 points
Derby Phoenix                        168 points
Leicester Penguins                  164 points
Boldmere A                             158 points
Nuneaton & Bedworth A           147 points

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Club Championships 2006
3rd December 2006

County Sprints, Ponds Forge Sheffield
12th November 2006

West Midlands League 2nd Round, Mansfield
11th November 2006

Belper Marlins Open Meet
29th October 2006

West Midlands League 1st Round, Coventry
14th October 2006

Leicester Penguins Open Meet
7 - 8th October 2006

Whiting Trophy Gala, Mansfield
30th September 2006

Bill Brake Trophy Gala, Burton
23rd September 2006

Leslie Seymour Trophy Gala Queen's Leisure Centre, Derby
16^th September 2006

Rachael Bennett Trophy Gala, Eckington
9th September 2006

Derby Phoenix House Gala 2006, West Park, Long Eaton
1st July 2006

Notts & Derby Junior League Final, Clay Cross
25th June 2006

Notts & Derby Junior League Practice, Lonsdale
18th June 2006

Calverton Annual Trophy, Mansfield
17th June 2006

Elaine Bowler Trophy Gala, Matlock
10th June 2006

Mansfield Gala
27th May 2006

Ashbourne Gala
20th May 2006

Notts and Derby Junior League 2nd Round, Eckington
7th May 2006

Notts and Derby Junior League 1st Round, Eckington
9th April 2006

Burton Gala
25th March 2006

Trident Open Queen's Leisure Centre, Derby
29th January 2006

Treonte Junior Gala Queen's Leisure Centre, Derby
28th January 2006

National League 3rd Round, Cheslyn Hay
10th December 2005

DASA County Sprints and Open 100m Championships, Sheffield
13th November 2005

National League 2nd Round, Coventry
12th November 2005

35th Club Championships
6th November 2005

Belper Open Meet
30th October 2005

Bill Brake Trophy Gala, Burton
15th October 2005

DERBY PHOENIX  travelled to Burton Meadowside Leisure centre for the Bill Brake Trophy gala and for the fourth time in 5 years came away winners, with a total of 30 first places and 13 second places out of 54 races.

Winners on the night in the 10 years age were Stephen Wyatt in the  25m backstroke, Simon Taylor 25m butterfly and Matthew Gregory  25m breaststroke in the girls events Katie Selfe took the  25m backstroke and Laura Young took honours in the 25m butterfly.

The 12 years age group saw Ellie Taylor take the 50m breaststroke Laura Young the 50m butterfly and for the boys Ryan Wesselingh won the 50m backstroke.

In the 14 years age group Sarah Keaney was a double winner in the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke along with Emily Pratt who took both the 50m butterfly and 50m breaststroke.

Open age group winners where Adam Fulford in the 100m butterfly and Oliver Froud the 100m freestyle and in the ladies events. Joanne Reeks took the 100m breaststroke and Dominique Fox the 100m backstroke.

RESULTS
DERBY PHOENIX      229
BROADWAY              168
BURTON                     156
SWADLINCOTE            137
TREONTE                    119

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National League 1st Round, Nuneaton
8th October 2005

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Uttoxeter Graded Gala – Provincial Trophy
24th September 2005

Host - Dove Valley 

Results:
Dove Valley                 124
Derby Phoenix             117
Hadden Hill                  106
Rykneld                       100 

There were 40 individual races as well as several relays.  Each individual swim produced a new individual PB.  This was a brilliant effort!  Maximum points on the night were won in the following races: 

Name                             Age                     Distance        Stroke         Time
Lara Wisdish                  9 years                25                 Fly              26.41
Lauren Maxwell             9 years                25                 Free            22.79
Luke Baradell                 9 years                25                 Free            19.77
Candice Green               10 years              25                 Back           23.52
Matthew Gregory           10 years              25                 Breast         24.41
Chloe Hithesay               11 years              50                 Back           46.77
Stephen Wyatt               11 years              50                 Free            38.10
Abbey Corden               14 years              50                 Free            33.20

There were 14 speeding tickets awarded to Phoenix swimmers on the night.  These went to:

Matthew Gregory
Lucy Milligan
Stephen Wyatt
Rachael Jones
Leigh Davies
Abbey Corden
Simon Taylor
Alister Cope
Casey Baxter
Ben Jackson
Elizabeth Hill
Jake Blount
T Pearson
Chris Cope.

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Leslie Seymour Trophy Gala Queen's Leisure Centre, Derby
19th September 2005

Derby Phoenix took part in their first gala after the summer break with excellent results.

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Belper Marlin SC Friendly Gala
16th July 2005

Derby Phoenix took part in their last gala of the summer season with a trophy win at Belper Leisure Centre.  Phoenix took 12 individual victories and finished the gala 6 points ahead of host club Belper A.

In the 9 and under age group Stephen Wyatt claimed the 50m Freestyle in a time of 39.72s.

In the 11 and under category James Palmer took the 50m Breaststroke in a time of 49.07, Ben Jackson claimed the 50m Butterfly in 42.45s and Michael Baxter claimed the 50m Backstroke in 42.09s whilst Hannah Wisdish took the 50m Backstroke in 39.19s and Laura Young the 50m Butterfly in 41.98s. 

The 13 years age group saw Adam Cutts claim the 50m Breaststroke in 42.40s. 

The Open swimmers claimed 5 victories, William Rothwell took the 50m Breaststroke in 37.55s, Daniel Corden the 50m Freestyle in 29.98s, Paul Donald the 50m Backstroke in 33.37s, Samantha Barlow the 50m Butterfly in 35.53s and Rebecca Pratt took the 50m Backstroke in 38.39s. 

RESULTS
1.  Derby Phoenix 217
2.  Belper A 211
3.  City of Derby 182
4.  Ripley 167
5.  Belper B 102
6.  Belper C 33
 

City of Derby B Grade Open Meet
9th July 2005

At the recent City of Derby B Grade Open Meet held at Queen's Leisure Centre, all Phoenix swimmers had excellent swims resulting in numerous PBs and many top three finishes.

RESULTS
15 Years Age Group
100 Individual Medley  -  2nd place Scott Sellers
100 Butterfly  -  1st place Scott Sellers
100 Freestyle  -  2nd place Scott Sellers
100 Backstroke  -  3rd place Scott Sellers

13/14 Years Age Group
100 Breaststroke  -  3rd place Adam Cutts
100 Freestyle  -  2nd place Adam Cutts

11/12 Years Age Group
100 Butterfly  -  2nd place Sean Wesselingh
100 Freestyle  -  2nd place Max Barlow
100 Breaststroke  -  2nd place Ryan Wesselingh
100 Backstroke  -  1st place Ben Jackson

10 Years Age Group
50 Butterfly  -  1st place Laura Young
50 Freestyle  -  3rd place Laura Young

This completes a very successful season for Derby Phoenix swimmers, beginning with our first ever National League Division One final at the first attempt, excellent performances were also given at the Derbyshire Long Course Championships and Derbyshire County Championships.
 

Notts and Derby Junior League Final, Mansfield
26th June 2005

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Mick Burns Memorial Trophy Gala, Ilkeston
21st May 2005

Phoenix won this graded gala, with an excellent all round performance. Matt Brown won the 25 back for the 10 year old boys; in the 11 years age
group Chris Bell (50 back) and Rachael Jones both won (50 free).  Adam Cutts won the 50 breast for the 13 years age group.  In the 15 years age
group, the boys won two races with Glen Fowell in the 50 breast and Ashley Stevenson in the 50 free; Rosie Spencer won the 50 back.

The open swimmers then produced wins in the 50 free and fly (Paul Donald), 50 back (Kim Bell), 50 back and breast (Gye Whitlam) and 50 breast
(Francesca Palmer).

RESULTS
Derby Phoenix 166
Ilkeston 158
Kimberley 132
Arnold 145
Radford 95
 
Speeding tickets were handed out to Jake Blount, Lucy Milligan, Matt Gregory, Michael Baxter, Chloe Hithersay, Adam Cutts and Stephanie Ward.
These must be PBs!.

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The second round of the Notts and Derby Junior League took place at Eckington on Sunday 8th May.  Derby Phoenix swimmers put in an excellent team performance to finish in 2nd spot to Nottingham Leander.

Out of a 41 race programme Phoenix swimmers claimed 1st or 2nd place in 23 races.  This included 7 victories of which 3 were relays and 4 individual wins, giving Phoenix a good solid performance.

Winners on the day were Laura Young in the 10 years age group taking the 25m Butterfly in a time of 20.06.   Evie Keane   claimed a double victory in the 50m Backstroke in 38.22s and 50m Butterfly in 35.90s in the 11 years/under category whilst Sasha Wisdish won the 50m Breaststroke in 42.57s.

RESULTS
1.  Notts Leander 191
2.  Derby Phoenix 174
3.  Rykneld 156
4.  Falcon 146
5.  Dronfield 86
6.  Belper 81

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Derby Phoenix paid a second visit of the year to Cheadle Swimming Club and this time finished second to host club Cheadle.

In a close run gala Phoenix had 21 wins, 13 individual and 8 relay victories.

Winners for the 11 years and under age group Laura Young took the 1 length Butterfly and Alexandra Davies claimed the 1 length Backstroke.

In the 13 years category Ellie Barlow was a double winner in the 1 length Freestyle and 1 length Butterfly.  Emily Pratt claimed the 1 length Breastsstroke whilst James Shand won the 1 length Backstroke.

The 15 years and under age group saw Sarah Keaney claim the 1 length Backstroke and Paul Donald the 1 length Freestyle.

The open swimmers added to the points tally for the night with Richard Sellers claiming a double victory in the 1 length Breaststroke and 1 length Butterfly, Ellie Barlow took the 1 length Butterfly whilst Kim Bell and Gye Whitlam both won the 1 length Backstroke.

RESULTS
1.  Cheadle Blue 158
2.  Derby Phoenix  153
3.  Boldmere  133
4.  Cheadle White  56

 

Derby Phoenix started their 2005 Notts and Derbyshire Junior League campaign with excellent results.  The first round saw Phoenix finishing in second place to a strong Nottingham Leander team at Mansfield.

Phoenix took 10 victories, 9 individual wins and 1 relay victory. 

In the 10 years age group Simon Taylor and Laura Young both claimed the 25m Butterfly.  Simon won in a time of 20.32s and Laura 19.88s. 

Double winners came from the 11 years category, with Evie Keane taking the 50m Backstroke in a time of 37.28s, 50m Butterfly in a time of 36.04s,  whilst Ryan Wesselingh took the 50m Breaststroke finishing in 47.50s and 50m Backstroke with a time of 40.49s, Sasha Wisdish claimed the 50m Breaststroke in 42.41s and Sean Wesselingh took the 50m Freestyle in a time of 36.48.  Ellie Taylor was victorious in the 12 years age group and won the 50m Butterfly in a time of 31.55s. 

This was an excellent team performance from Phoenix swimmers and everyone is looking forward to the second round.

RESULTS
1.  Nottingham Leander  198
2.  Derby Phoenix  168
3.  Falcon  147
4.  Chesterfield   114
5.  Ilkeston  113
6.  Etwall  106

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Derby Phoenix made an excellent start to the second round of the Notts and Derby Junior League. Host club Derby Phoenix finished a creditable third behind Notts Leander and City of Derby. 

Eve Keane won the 10 years 50m Backstroke in a time of 41.49 and finished second in the 50m Freestyle in a time of 34.27. Sasha Wisdish claimed second spot in both the 50m Breaststroke in a time of 46.33 and 25m Butterfly in a time of 19.40.

Also on the day PB's were achieved by:

During the final weekend covering gala's 13-16, a total of 41 swimmers took part in 52 events, winning 2 Golds, 3 Silvers and 2 Bronze's and achieving 37 personal bests (71%) on Saturday 20th March. Sunday 21st was relay day.

On Sunday 21st, Derby Phoenix swimmers competed in all 13 relays achieving 3 Gold's, 4 Silvers and 3 Bronze medals.

Swimmers from Derby Phoenix also achieved:

(only 14 of the events could count for Midland District times as rest were 100 IM's)

Midland District Times:

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Another excellent set of results were achieved by Derby Phoenix swimmers at gala's 7-12 of the 2004 Derbyshire county championships.

During this weekend, a total of 43 swimmers took part in 170 events, winning 18 Golds, 10 Silvers and 15 Bronze's and achieving 125 personal bests (74%). Swimmers from Derby Phoenix also achieved:

National Qualifying Times:

Competition Best Times:

Midland District Times:

Gold medals Winners:

The competition continues....

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Derby Phoenix swimmers made an outstanding start in the first 6 gala's of the 2004 Derbyshire county championships.

A total of 46 Derby Phoenix swimmers took part in 168 events, winning 18 Gold's, 17 Silvers and 14 Bronze's and achieving 136 personal bests ( 81%). Swimmers from Derby Phoenix also achieved:

National Qualifying Times:

Competition Best Times:

Midland District Times:

Gold medals Winners:

The competition continues....

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Derby Phoenix finished their National League campaign in style this weekend at Leamington Spa. For the first time in the clubs history Phoenix made the finals of Division Two and finished the gala runners-up to gain promotion to Division One. 

In an exciting and closely contended gala, Derby Phoenix finished on 190 points only 4 points behind winners Ludlow. Derby Phoenix swimmers gave an outstanding team performance with many swimmers attaining personal best times. Supporters gave loud and vocal support throughout the gala which added to the excitement of the night. 

Richard Sellers, Joseph Keane and Oliver Froud were double winners on the night. Richard won the Mens Open 100m Individual Medley in a time of 1.04.45 and the 15/u 100m Butterfly in a time of 1.02.99. Joseph Keane claimed the 15/u 100m Freestyle with a time of 56.78 and the 100m Backstroke in a time of 1.05.71 whilst Oliver Froud took the 13/u 100m Freestyle with a time of 1.01.61 and the Backstroke in 1.09.41. Emily Pratt added to the points tally by claiming the 13/u 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1.26.07. 

Head coach Doug Whitlam said "This has been the team performance of the year and we are looking forward to the challenge of Division One next year". 

Another excellent team performance was given by Derby Phoenix Swimming Club in the 2nd round of the National League, Division 2 held at The Dolphin Centre, Bromsgrove this weekend. Phoenix finished in second spot with a total of 10 victories on the night. Phoenix finished the gala on 195 points, winners on the night were Luton 'A' with 201 points.

Oliver Froud was a double winner in the 13 year age group taking the 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke whilst Dominique Fox claimed the 100m Backstroke.

In the 15 years category Emma Ryde claimed the 100m Backstroke whilst Richard Sellers took the 100m Butterfly and Joseph Keane the 100m Backstroke.

Rebecca Ward was another winner on the night in the Ladies Open 100m Freestyle. This completed a highly competative and successful night of swimming for Derby Phoenix.

The 2003 Derby Phoenix Club Championships went with a bang this year, with a total of 20 club records smashed, and many PB's gained. In the initial race, Batman, Robin, Superman, Spiderman, Wonderwoman and Catwoman put on an impressive show and showed all of the club members how it should be done. Well almost all eh Doug!!!

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Host club Derby Phoenix made an excellent start in their National League Division Two campaign at Queen Street with a total of 13 individual victories and winning the 1st round in a confident and good all round team performance. Phoenix finished the gala on 239 with Perry Beeches claiming second spot.

James Shand claimed the 10/11 years 50m Backstroke whilst in the 13/under category Dominique Fox and Oliver Froud were double winners. Dominique took the 100m Backstroke and the 100m Freestyle, whilst Oliver Froud won the 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle. Joanne Reeks claimed 100m Butterfly and Adam Fulford the 100m Butterfly. 

In the 15/under age group Richard Sellers celebrated a double victory in the 100m Butterfly and Breaststroke. Joseph Keane took the 100m Backstroke and Emma Ryde claimed the 100m Backstroke. 

In the Open team Rebecca Ward won the 100m Butterfly and Michael Cheek the 100m Freestyle. The evening was completed with Phoenix taking 10 relay victories. 

An all round strong performance saw Derby Phoenix retain the Bill Brake Trophy at a gala held by Burton Swimming Club at Burton Leisure Centre Saturday 20th September. With 25 victories, 17 individual and 8 relay, Phoenix were outright winners on the night with 158 points, their closest rivals Broadway finishing second with 151 points.

In the 10 years category, victories came from Emily Machin in the 25m Breaststroke and Eve Keane in the 25m Freestyle. 

Joanne Reeks was a double winner in the 12 years age group in the 4 x 1 Individual Medley and 50 Butterfly, whilst Eleanor Barlow took the 50m Freestyle and Emily Pratt the 50m Breaststroke. 

The 14 years age group saw another double winner with Joseph Keane taking the 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke. Dominique Fox claimed the girls 50m Backstroke. 

A strong performance by the Open swimmers saw double victories from Richard Sellers in the 4 x 1 Individual Medley and 100m Freestyle and Rebecca Ward in the 100m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle. Meryl Spencer took the 4 x 1 Individual Medley followed by Rob Flynn in the 100m Butterfly, Gye Whitlam in the 100m Backstroke and James Moseley in the 100m Breaststroke. 

During the final weekend of the  2003 Derbyshire county championships, Derby Phoenix swimmers again excelled by gaining more new PB's than in the previous 2 weeks.

A total of 43 Derby Phoenix swimmers took part in 53 events, winning 1 Gold, 5 Silvers and 7 Bronze's and achieving 45 personal bests ( 85%).

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Derby Phoenix swimmers put in another storming performance during gala's 7-12, at the second weekend of the 2003 Derbyshire county championships.

A total of 44 Derby Phoenix swimmers took part in 179 events, winning 11 Gold's, 12 Silvers and 9 Bronze's and achieving 133 personal bests ( 74%). 12 Midland & District Qualifying times were also achieved!!

The competition continues....

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Derby Phoenix swimmers made an excellent start in the first 6 gala's of the 2003 Derbyshire county championships.

A total of 48 Derby Phoenix swimmers took part in 187 events, winning 6 Gold's, 16 Silvers and 14 Bronze's and achieving 137 personal bests ( 73%). 11 Midland & District Qualifying times were also achieved along with 2 Competition Best times.

The competition continues....

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Sixteen individual victories saw Derby Phoenix triumph and retain the Peter Haynes trophy.

Their closest rivals were Burton who finished 28 points behind Phoenix at the Meadowside Centre Burton on Saturday 22nd February.

The 11/under age group saw victories from James Shand in the 25m Backstroke and Emily Machin in the 25m Breaststroke. Dominique Fox led the way for the 13/under category by claiming the 50m Freestyle, Rosie Spencer took the 50m Breaststroke whilst Oliver Froud won the 50m Freestyle.

For the 15/under age group Charlotte Reeks and Joseph Keane took the 50m Freestyle. Emma Ryde and Paul Donald the 50m Backstroke, Francesca Palmer the 50m Breaststroke and Richard Sellers the 50m Butterfly.

Finally the Open age group added to the points tally with Rebecca Ward claiming the 100m Freestyle, James Mosely and Meryl Spencer the 100m Breaststroke, Emma Ryde the 100m Backstroke and Rob Flynn the 100m Butterfly.

Derby Phoenix put in a good performance against good opposition in the Trophy Gala held by Eckington Swimming Club at Eckington on Saturday 15th February.

Dronfield were winners on the night with 254 points Eckington second and Derby Phoenix finished the gala third.

Winners on the night for Derby Phoenix were Eleanor Barlow in the 12 years 50m Backstroke and Joanne Reeks in the 50 Breaststroke. Both girls also helped the 12 years 4 x 1 Freestyle Relay team to victory along with Victoria Hardy and Eleanor Reed. Rebecca Ward claimed the Ladies Open 100m Freestyle. This was an excellent performance by a young Phoenix team.

In a close run inter club gala, a narrow victory saw Derby Phoenix triumph over Matlock A at Matlock Lido on Saturday 8th February.

With a total of 10 individual victories, Phoenix won with 189 points, 2 points ahead of Matlock A who finished on 187 points.

In the 9 years age group Max Barlow claimed a double victory in the 1 length Backstroke and Freestyle with Matthew Brady taking the 1 length Butterfly, whilst Emma Stoll claimed the 1 length Backstroke.

In the 12/under category James Shand won the 3 lengths Backstroke and James Brooksby the 2 lengths Butterfly. Scott Sellers claimed the 3 lengths Backstroke in the 14/under age group whilst Oliver Froud claimed victory in the 3 lengths Breaststroke and Holly Parker the 3 lengths Backstroke.

Derby Phoenix claimed 12 individual and 8 relay victories to win the Belper Marlin A grade trophy gala held at Heanor Leisure Centre on Saturday 25th January. Phoenix finished on 207 points, eleven points ahead of closest rivals Adwick, who finished on 196 points.

Phoenix put in a very good team performance with victories on the night from the 10/u age group with Victoria Hardy claiming the 25m Freestyle and Emily Machin in the 25m Breaststroke.

In the 12/u age group double wins came from Adam Fulford in the 50m Breaststroke and Butterfly and Oliver Froud in the 50m Freestyle and Backstroke. Dominique Fox was another winner in the 50m Backstroke. For the 14/u category Richard Sellers claimed the 50m Backstroke and Joseph Keane the 50m Freestyle.

Three victories in the Open age group from Meryl Spencer in the 50m Breaststroke, Gye Whitlam in the 50m Backstroke and James Mosley in the 50m Breaststroke completed a very successful night of swimming for the club.

Derby Phoenix put in another top performance against strong competition in the McDonalds Trophy gala, held at the Dolphin Centre, Bromsgrove on Saturday. Derby Phoenix finished in third place, winners on the night were Phoenix Youth with Haden Hill taking second spot.

Richard Sellers claimed a double win in the 100m Freestyle and Butterfly in the 16 & under age group, whilst Emily Pratt claimed the 12 & under girls 50m Breaststroke. In the 14 & under category Oliver Froud took the 100m Backstroke and Suzy Brady claimed the 100m Butterfly.

Derby Phoenix put in a top performance in the last round of the National League, held at the Dolphin Centre, Bromsgrove on Saturday.

Phoenix finished in first place on 223 points, 9 points ahead of their closest rivals Brierly Hill who finished on 214 points.

The 13 & under age group were top individual winners on the night with Suzy Brady claiming a double win in the 100m Butterfly and Breaststroke, whilst Kim Bell claimed the 100m Backstroke. Oliver Froud claimed another double victory in the 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle. Paul Donald claimed another victory in the 100m Butterfly.

Suzy Brady and Kim Bell also helped their relay teams to victory in the Medley and Freestyle along with Dominique Fox and Rebecca Pratt. Oliver Froud and Paul Donald also helped with relay victories in the Medley and Freestyle relay along with Adam Fulford and David Brooksby.

With 6 individual wins and 7 relay wins, this made for a successful night for Derby Phoenix with many personnel bests being attained.

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Derby Phoenix put in another excellent performance by finishing 3rd in the 2nd round of the National League, Division Two at Sharley Park on Saturday 9th November.

Phoenix finished on 187 points, 5 points behind 2nd place Falcon, winners on the night were Chesterfield with 203 points. Many of the Phoenix swimmers swam personal best times and claimed 10 second places.

Winners on the night were Jacob Kean in the 10-11 years 50m Butterfly and a double win from Joanne Mather in the Ladies Open 100m Backstroke and Freestyle.

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Derby Phoenix claimed third place in the first round of the National League, Division 2 held at The Dolphin Centre, Bromsgrove.

Winners on the night were Eleanor Barlow in the 10/11 years 50m Freestyle and Joanne Reeks in the 50m Butterfly.

Joanne Mather also took top honours in the ladies open 100m Backstroke and Freestyle. On the night Phoenix swimmers gave a good overall performance, 
taking many top three places.

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Derby Phoenix claimed 12 individual and 7 relay wins to place them second to Dronfield A in the Leslie Seymour memorial trophy gala held by Treonte SC at Queen Street on Saturday 14th September.

The 12 year age group took top honours on the night with 6 victories. Oliver Froud and Rosie Spencer both took victory in the 50m Backstroke, whilst Jacob Kean and Eleanor Barlow claimed the 50m Freestyle, Joanne Reeks took the 50m Breaststroke and Adam Fulford the 50m Butterfly.

In the 10/under category, Adam Cutts took the 50m Breaststroke and Joseph Kean the 50m Butterfly.

For the 14/under age group Francessca Palmer won the 50m Breaststroke and Richard Sellers the 50m Backstroke.

16 year old's Nathan Croot and Merryl Spencer both claimed the 50m Breaststroke, ending a night of good performances for Phoenix swimmers, many swimming personal best times.

Derby Phoenix made a good return after the summer break by finishing second to Stourbridge SC. in the Brian Mee Trophy gala held by Belgrave SC at
Melton Mowbray on Saturday 7th September, 2002.

Winners in the 11/under age group were Jacob Kean in the 50m Freestyle, James Brooksby 50m Breaststroke and Joanne Reeks in the 50m Butterfly.

Nathan Croot claimed victory in the 15/u 100m Backstroke along with Richard Sellers in the 100m Butterfly.

The points tally was added to by the Open swimmers, James Moseley who took the 100m Breaststroke and Joanne Mather the 100m Freestyle.

Derby Phoenix win the Bramcote Trophy

Derby Phoenix notched up 14 individual victories to win the Bramcote Trophy Gala held at Bramcote Leisure Centre.

Derby Phoenix gave a good performance in the 2nd round of the Notts and Derby Diddy League held at Eckington. Phoenix finished in 4th place behind host club Eckington, Radford A and winners Notts Leander.

In the 11 years age group Jacob Kean claimed victory in the 50m Freestyle and also claimed a 2nd place in the 50m Butterfly. Emily Pratt clinched gold in the 11 years 50m Breaststroke. Emily also helped the 11 years Medley Relay team to victory along with Sarah Keaney, Joanne Reeks and Abbey Corden.

In the 12 years category Oliver Froud took the 50m Freestyle.