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  Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club swimmers enjoyed early festive cheer with a haul of 37 medals and 33 personal best times. The team of 12 athletes from the WVASC Junior and Senior squads competed at  the Louisa Centre, Stanley, over the weekend of 4th/5th December 2021. The gala was well attended by County Durham teams and there was an added incentive of a Christmas chocolate box for the fastest competitor in each heat! Both Lola Copeland and Isobel Micklethwait gained personal best (pb) times in each of their 3 events. Lola took 10 seconds off her 200m freestyle (free) … Read more

Many congratulations to all 7 of the Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club athletes who both qualified and competed in the Swim England North East Region 25m Championships held over the weekend of 6th/7th November at Pond’s Forge, Sheffield. The squad, ranging in age from 11 to 17, raced against swimmers from approximately 50 teams from across the region including Sheffield, Leeds and Newcastle. All 7 swimmers competed in 2 to 5 events each and obtained at least 1 personal best (pb). This was very impressive given that 4 of the swimmers have never swam in such a high level gala … Read more

Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club enjoyed another spooktacular gala over the weekend of 30th/31st October, hosted by City of Sunderland Amateur Swimming Club in the 25 metre pool at the Aquatic Centre. Ava Race smashed all of her 8 events, achieving personal bests (pbs) in each race and 3 bronze medals for her age category in the 50m butterfly (fly), 100m and 200m breaststroke. Ava took 14 seconds off her 100m breaststroke time (1.34.91). Another set of incredible performances from Josh Whitton resulted in pbs in each of his events, together with a silver medal in the 200m freestyle (free) … Read more

Huge Congratulations to Ross Canning who won a bronze medal in the Swim England National Swimming Masters Competition held at Ponds Forge Sheffield over the weekend of 29th to 31st October 2021.  The Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club member swam a time of 5.26.69 in the 400m Individual Medley which secured him a bronze medal. The gala attracted top class swimmers of all ages from across the country. Well done Ross!!  

Wow what a gala! What an amazing set of results for Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club (WVASC). A total of 11 swimmers between the ages of 11 to 17 competed on the weekend of 15/16/17th October 2021 in a gala organised by the Borough of Stockton Swim Scheme (BOSSS) at the Billingham Forum. There were many notable performances. Four swimmers, Emily Whitton, Ava Race, Daisy Mulholland  and Romilly Staines gained their first regional qualifying times. Emily gained a silver medal in the 200m Individual Medley (IM) and a 10 second personal best (pb) with a new time of 2.35.73. Emily … Read more

Five intrepid senior swimmers from Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club set off for their first gala in 18 months and returned with some fantastic results. The event was held at the 50m pool in Sunderland Aquatic Centre and included swimmers from across the Northumberland and Durham Counties. The gala was held under strict Covid guidelines. The team coached by Head Coach Angela Callan swam against 15 to 18 and over aged swimmers on the afternoon of 24th July and the morning of 25th July. Emily Whitton swam 3 new personal best swims (pbs) in the 100m butterfly (fly) with a … Read more

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Many congratulations to all of the 26 Wear Valley swimmers who competed recently at their home ‘May Meet’ at Woodhouse Close Leisure Centre, Bishop Auckland over the weekend of 18/19 May. Lots of medals were won and some huge personal bests (pbs) obtained. Swimmers from 10 other clubs also took part including as far as Harrogate, Oswestry and Richmondale. From the Junior and Dolphin squads Adam Readman achieved a bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke. Annemarie Kelley took 16 seconds off her 50m butterfly (fly) entry time and also swam some other pbs. Beatrice Forsyth won a bronze medal in … Read more

Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club’s Senior squad enjoyed a very competitive Level 1 gala called the National Qualifier, held at Sunderland Aquatic Centre over the weekend of 22-24 March 2019. Teams from Manchester, Lincoln and Ellesmere College were in attendance together with many other more local teams including Newcastle and Sunderland. The Wear Valley squad were represented by 8 swimmers, all swimming results are recorded in Long Course (50m) times. Jessica Maughan gained long course personal bests (pbs) for each of her 3 events, which were the 100m and 200m breaststroke, and the 100m freestyle (free). Jessica took 7 seconds … Read more

A total of 20 Wear Valley swimmers from the “Dolphin” and “Junior” squads gained some fantastic results at a recent gala held at the Louisa Centre, Stanley over the weekend of 2/3 March 2019. For 10 of these swimmers, it was their first inter-club competitive gala and they were delighted with their results when compared with their entry times. Some also gained their first medals with medals being awarded to the top 6 swimmers in each age group. Annemarie Kelley and Beatrice Forsyth both took over 10 seconds off their entry times in the 50m backstroke (back) and 50m breaststroke … Read more