Thame makes a splash at County Swimming Championships

THAME Swimming Club continues to go from strength to strength as evidenced with the massive 101 entries for the Oxon & North Bucks County Swimming Championships this year – that’s a 25% increase on last year.

Overall the club came 11th out of 15 overall, with the most number of points ever having been won by the club. Club spokesperson, Helen Williams, said: “All of the 29 swimmers were on fire with fantastic personal bests being achieved across the championships, inspired by Head Coach Ian Blyth throughout each of the galas.”

Finalists awards were achieved by 11 of Thame Swimming Club’s entrants: Marcus Birmingham, Harry Block, Hallam Cozier, Laura Creswell, Jo Hewett, Elizabeth Humphreys, Rory Pridmore, Elliot Riley-Brown, Sam White, Ben Williams and Josh Williams.

A couple of notable call-outs:

Jo Hewett: for winning 4 x 1st place trophies and 1 x 2nd place trophy in the Girls Multi-Disability events and great PBs too.
Josh Williams: for winning 11 Finalists plaques overall, the most ever achieved at Counties by one person for Thame and gaining 5 x Regional Accepted Times too
Sam White: the youngest of the boys representing the Club in individual events, and getting 2 x Finalist plaques.
Elizabeth Humphreys, Marcus Birmingham, Harry Block and Elliot Riley-Brown for achieving Regional Accepted Times.

Full Squad:
Marcus Birmingham, Harry Block, Lucy Block, Maya Camp, Zoe Cooke, Hallam Cozier, Laura Creswell, Lydia Devitt, George Finch, Jo Hewett, Elizabeth Humphreys, Katie Livingstone, Dominic Loughran, Laura Nobes, Oscar North, Martha Pearson, Katelin Phillips, Magnus Pridmore, Rory Pridmore, Maisie Randall, Elliot Riley-Brown, Alexander Russell, Ella Simms, Tally Simms, Murray Wakefield, Sam White, Ben Williams, Josh Williams and Louis Withers.