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Many congratulations to Jessica Maughan and Annabel Cooper who qualified to swim in the Northumberland and Durham County Championships at Sunderland Aquatic Centre over two weekends of 2/3rd and 9/10th February 2019. This year, these Sunderland Championships were only for “age group” swimmers (“age group” means swimmers aged between 10 and 14). Several other senior swimmers, Joseph Dobson. Thomas Power, Neve Mason and Ryan Baker have also swum County times but were too old to compete in these championships. This gala was held in a 50-metre pool so all times swam were long course (50 metre) times. Jessica Maughan swam … Read more

Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club swimmers were in action again at their first gala of the year, gaining fabulous times and earning a host of medals. The gala was held by Peterlee and Derwentside Swimming clubs at the Louisa Centre, Stanley over the weekend of 12th/13th January. A total of 15 swimmers from the club competed. Three athletes (Kieran Baker, Mia Featherstone and Owen Potter) from the Junior squad, swam their first competitive gala. Kieran Baker competed in the 50m freestyle (free) and 100m breaststroke, taking 27 seconds off his entry time for this event. Mia Featherstone swam 3 events … Read more

A couple of Juniors from Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club together with five Seniors recently competed in the Middlesbrough Christmas Gala held at the Neptune Centre, Middlesbrough on Sunday 9th December 2018. Nicole Walker won a silver medal in the 100 metres freestyle (free) and this was the first time that she has ever competed at this distance. Nicole also won a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke, taking 7 seconds off her previous personal best (pb). She also narrowly missed out on a medal, coming 4th in the 50m backstroke. Adam Readman, also a Junior, swam pbs in the … Read more

Over the weekend of 2-3 December 2017, 14 swimmers from Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club (WVASC) competed in the Derwentside Christmas Cracker Meet held at the Louisa Centre, Stanley. The WVASC swimmers won a total of 6 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze medals. Forty-seven personal best (pb) results were also achieved. From the senior squad, Madison Peveller (12) won a gold in the 12/13 year 100m fly, taking 6 seconds off her pb to win in a time of 1.14.27. Madison also won gold in the 12/13year 50m backstroke and secured a place in the open final, winning a … Read more

Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club (WVASC) swimmers were very excited to witness a World Downs Junior Record set in the 100m Individual Medley (IM) by visiting swimmer Harvey Stonebank (14) from Richmond Dales swimming club. Harvey also swam European Junior Downs Records in the 200m freestyle (free) and in the 100m butterfly (fly) very many congratulations Harvey! At the same Wear Valley Gala, a fantastic total of 15 gold, 15 silver and 11 bronze medals, together with 42 personal bests (pbs) were won by WVASC swimmers. The gala took place at Woodhouse Close Leisure Centre, Bishop Auckland over the weekend … Read more

The North East Regional Short Course (25m) swimming gala was held at Pond’s Forge, Sheffield over the weekend of 3rd/4th November 2018. A total of six swimmers from Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club qualified and every athlete achieved at least one personal best (pb). The competition was between swimmers representing teams including Sheffield, Leeds and Hull, to name a few. Our swimmers swam extremely well competing against some of the fastest swimmers (in their age group) in the country. It was a wonderful return to form for Neve Mason who achieved a pb in the 100m breast stroke in a … Read more

Five swimmers from the Senior Squad at Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club swam a fantastic Level 2 gala at the Neptune Centre, Middlesbrough, over the weekend of the 20/21st October 2018. The squad swam some fabulous personal bests (pbs) and all gained at least one of the wonderful Halloween medals. Other teams competing included Aer Lingus from Dublin, Sunderland, Derwentside, Billingham, Darlington, Loftus, Stokesley and Middlesbrough. Thomas Power won second place in the 100m and 200m breaststroke with pbs in both of these events and a 6 second pb in the 200m breaststroke, together with a new time of 2.57.65. … Read more

Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club had a great start to the new swimming season with some fantastic personal bests (pbs) and medals won in the Billingham ASC Autumn Meet held on 22/23rd September 2018. Jessica Maughan swam pbs in each of her 5 events. Highlights included a 6 second pb in her 200m breaststroke, with a new time of 3.02.61 and a 2 second pb in the 50m back. Emily Whitton also swam lots of great pbs, gaining 7 out of 8 possible pbs. Emily took 7 seconds off her 200m breaststroke and 5 seconds off the 200m freestyle (free) … Read more

Many congratulations to Madison Peveller who has secured a place in the 2018 Swim England National Championships to be held in July/August. This is an incredible achievement as only very few swimmers qualify for these championships. Madison had a fantastic gala, swimming a time in the 200m backstroke which was ranked fast enough to be invited to swim in this national event. Madison won a bronze medal in this event achieving a personal best time of 2.30.20 in the final. Together with this, Madison also reached 3 other finals in the 100m backstroke, 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke. Two other … Read more

Madison Peveller (12) achieved an incredible 11th place in the 200m backstroke, at the Swim England National Summer Meet held at Pond’s Forge, Sheffield from 31st July-4th August 2018. Everyone at Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club is extremely proud of Madison’s achievements in both gaining a place in the National Championships and also going into the competition ranked 17th and finishing 11th with a time of 2.31.64. The competition was fierce but Madison held her nerve in what was her first (of hopefully many) National Championships. Very many congratulations Madison!