It was a very busy weekend at a couple of National Events for our Artistic Swimmers – see below for further information:
Artistic Swimming – Combo Cup 2024:
Saturday 6th July saw 4 North West Regional Artistic Swimming Teams head to Sheffield for Combo Cup 2024 where 800 swimmers from 33 clubs around the country took part.
The first session saw City of Salford win the Division 1 (13-18yrs) by more than 10 points! This was swiftly followed by Stockport Metro winning the 15 & Under Division 1 event and Denton Artistic Swimming teams having great swims, finishing 5th and 10th in the same event.
Session 2 saw City of Salford victorious again in the Division 2 – 15 & Under category. Salford then won the Division 1 – 12 and Under event with Trafford Artistic Swimming finishing 11th. In the Division 2 – (13-18yrs) section Stockport Metro finished 6th, Denton Artistic Swimming 11th and Trafford Artistic Swimming 17th.
In the final event of the day the Division 2 – (15-18yrs) event City of Salford finished in bronze medal positions.
In the overall Combo Cup competition City of Salford finished 2nd having gained 33 points from their four events.
Congratulations to all our North West swimmers and thank you to all the Coaches and Team managers who were supporting them at the event. A big thank you also goes to all the volunteers from the North West region who volunteered supporting the running of the event.
Artistic Swimming – Swim England Masters Championships 2024
Sunday 7th July saw Masters swimmers from 3 North West Clubs take part in a wide variety of events at the GoCardless Swim England Artistic Swimming Masters Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.
Athletes from 18 to 60 years of age took part in the competition It was a fantastic day and it was amazing to see so many masters entries making it very competitive!
Results from the North West teams were as follows – well done to all that took part:
Preston:
- Solo 18-24 – Natasha 1st, Leah 13th
- Duet 18-24– Leah & Natasha 2nd
Trafford:
- Solo 18-24– India 17th
- Solo 30-39 – Jess 3rd
- Duet 25-29 – Eleanor & Fiona 2nd
Denton:
- Solo 18-24 – Aimee 16th
- Solo 40-49 – Tina 4th
- Team: Elizabeth, Sue, Lesley, Aimee, Sarah, Vic and Tina – 4th