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!

Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club was in action again at the Gateshead and Whickham Summer Meet held at Dunston Leisure Centre on the weekend of 13th to 15th July 2018. A total of 17 other North East swimming clubs were also competing. Wear Valley sent a squad of 13 swimmers and over the weekend, 7 gold medals, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals were won, 28 short course Personal Bests (PBs) gained and Wear Valley swam in 8 finals. James Holliday swam six Personal Bests and won a gold in the 200m breaststroke, a bronze in the 200m Individual Medley … Read more

A total of 14 swimmers from the Dolphin, Junior and Senior squads of Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club competed in the 9th Annual Derwentside Charity Gala. All money raised has been donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Society and the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Ward 9 at the RVI Hospital Newcastle. The gala was held at the Louisa Centre, Stanley in their 25m. pool over the weekend of 9/10th June. All personal bests (pbs) recorded are for short course (25m) times. Nicole Walker and Oliver Sommerville had several very good first swims. This was their first gala. James Holliday achieved … Read more

The Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club May Level 3 Meet welcomed 8 new competitive swimmers from our club. The gala, held on 12/13 May 2018, at Woodhouse Close Leisure Centre in Bishop Auckland saw our team of 22 swimmers from Wear Valley compete against 15 other teams including Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Sunderland. Highlights include a total of 34 medals, plenty of personal bests (pb) and fantastic first swims enjoyed by the new competitive swimmers. The debutants were Katie Brooks-Shea, who swam in the 50m free and 50m back, Joseph Brown who came 9th in his age category for the 50m … Read more

A set of fantastic results were achieved by seven swimmers from the junior and senior squads of Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club who recently competed at the Richmond Dales April Fool Gala. The gala was held in Leeds at the John Charles Aquatic Centre in a 50m pool on the 28/29 April 2018. Some of the athletes competed in events for the first time and were very pleased with their times. The swimmers also had a wonderful time staying overnight in a hotel with their parents and enjoyed their Saturday night meal together. Ella Sowerby achieved 5 pbs which included … Read more

Some fantastic results were achieved by the young swimmers at Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club. Ten swimmers competed at the “National Qualifier” held at Sunderland Aquatic Centre on the weekend of 23-25th March 2018. The standard of swimming was extremely high with our ten swimmers competing against other clubs from Manchester, Ellesmere College and Wigan, together with more local clubs including Newcastle. The gala was held in a 50m. pool and it was Lucy Randall’s first-time swimming events in a 50m. pool. Lucy achieved 3 personal bests (pbs) in her 50m free, 50m fly and 100m free, taking 3 seconds … Read more

Eight Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club swimmers achieved times to enable them to enter the County Championships held recently in the 50m pool in Sunderland. The championships took place over two weekends, 3rd/4th February and 9-11th February. It was medals galore for Madison Peveller (12) who won a gold in each of the three backstroke events. Madison was delighted with her gold medals and also won a silver medal in the 50m freestyle. Together with her medals, Madison achieved five new pb (Personal Best) times and competed in eight finals. Jessica Maughan (12) also achieved a pb in her 200m breaststroke … Read more

Four swimmers from the Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club senior squad competed at the 50 metre Sunderland New Year Meet, held over the weekend of 13/14 January 2018. The standard of competition was very high with teams from as far afield as Edinburgh University, Orkney, Lincoln, Bradford and Ulverston amongst many others also competing. Joseph Dobson (14) achieved three Personal Bests (PBs). Joseph swam a PB of 29.27 seconds in his 50m free which he was delighted with. Jessica Maughan (12) gained a three second PB in her 50m breaststroke with a time of 42.74. Madison Peveller (12) won two bronze … Read more

Wear Valley Amateur Swimming Club were in action again at the New Year Meet 2018 hosted by Peterlee and Derwentside Swimming Clubs on 6-7 January 2018. Some fantastic PBs (Personal Bests) were won together with medals. Huge congratulations to Neve Mason (15) who swam competitively for the first time in 2 years. Neve, who has undergone extensive back surgery won a bronze medal in the 50 back with a time of 34.08 and just missed out on a medal with a 4th place in the 100m back. Both swims were fantastic achievements for her after such a long absence from … Read more