Celebrations and fun for Thame Swimming Club

MEMBERS of Thame Swimming Club have been celebrating a constellation of successes and achievements over the past year, with Guest of Honour, Linda Emery, the Mayor or Thame, who opened the club’s special evening and presented the awards.

Club spokesperson, Helen Williams, said: “The event was held at Lord Williams’s Lower School which again seemed to be the perfect location to host our annual event. The food was delicious and plentiful and the atmosphere was buzzing!

“The evening was about our amazing swimmers and it started with a review of the key highlights from 2016 covering local galas, open water events, Counties, Regionals and Nationals; charity events such the Swimathon and Santa Sleigh; fun events like the Aquathlon and Thame Town Carnival and another successful swim camp to Torremolinos.

“The coaches then presented the swimmers with their achievement plates from Club Champs. Helen Birmingham presented the Tom Birmingham Skins awards, in memory of coach Tom Birmingham, to the winners Elizabeth Humphreys and Ben Williams. Team GB were then presented their awards and prizes by David, Caroline and George Finch, as winners of the Will Finch Breaststroke Canon Relay, in memory of Will Finch who passed away in 2015. Well done to Martha Block, Thomas Collins, Lucy Block, Dominic Loughran, Flora Kershaw, Josh Williams, Laura Creswell, Harry Block, Ellen Ludlow and Will Simpkins.”

The Coaches awards for the Top Boy and Top Girl in each Group were awarded to:

UCare Most Committed Award: awarded to Louis Withers for continuing to swim with a smile despite challenging times.
Rob Brooks Most Improved Award: awarded to Lucy Block with a 7.63% improvement, followed by Oscar North and Jacob North.
Simon Burnett Most Competitive Award: awarded to Josh Williams with a whopping 726 points followed by Ben Williams and Elizabeth Humphreys.