The Swim England Artistic Swimming National Championships 2024 took place at the Harvey Hadden Sports Village in Nottingham over the weekend of the 27^th and 28^th April 2024.

The competition was attended by three North West clubs; City of Preston Aquatics, City of Salford Synchronised Swimming Club and Trafford Artistic Swimming Club.

Day 1 – Saturday 27^th April 2024

The first day proved to be very successful for the North West teams, with medals being won in a number of events, including the Technical Solo, Acrobatic Team, Technical Duet and Free Team.  The headline news for the first day of competition was City of Salford making history by taking the Gold medal for the first time, in the Free Team event – full write up for Day 1 can be found here

Day 2 – Sunday 28^th April 2024

The second day was just as successful, with medals being won by City of Salford in the Free Solo and Technical Team events.  The North West club added to their first ever Free Team title the previous day, with a win in the Technical Team event, resulting in the club being awarded the ‘Redwood Trophy’.  The Redwood Trophy is awarded to the club that achieves the highest total score for the Technical and Free Team events.  We are sure you will agree that this is an amazing achievement, both for the club and the athletes involved.  Resulting in the Club winning this prestigious award for the first time.

There was further success during day 2 of the competition, as City of Salford Synchronised Swimming Club athlete, Sophie Flemming was also awarded the ‘Holland Cup’.  The Holland Cup is awarded to the athlete with the highest total score achieved from the 7 events available over the weekend – Sophie competed in 6 of the 7 available events, achieving fantastic results in each.  Team-mate, Sophie Rowney finished in second place overall. Full write up for Day 2 can be found here

It was great to see our 3 North West Teams competing at this event and achieving a wide range of outstanding results.

Results for the North West Clubs:

Junior Technical Solo:

• 3rd Sophie Rowney – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 6th Sophie Flemming – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 8th Natasha Howard – City of Preston Aquatics
• 17th Marisa Whitehurst – City of Preston Aquatics
• 18th Chloe Hawksworth – City of Preston Aquatics

Senior Technical Solo

• 2nd Aimee Lawrence – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 4th Sophie Rowney – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 8th Sophie Flemming – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 10th Natasha Howard – City of Preston Aquatics
• 20th Marisa Whitehurst – City of Preston Aquatics
• 21st Chloe Hawksworth – City of Preston Aquatics

Senior Acrobatic Team

• 2nd – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club

Junior Technical Duet

• 1st Rowney / Flemming – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 3rd Howard / Hawksworth – City of Preston Aquatics

Senior Technical Duet

• 1st – Rowney / Flemming – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 4th – Howard / Hawksworth – City of Preston Aquatics

Senior Free Team

• 1st – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 6th – City of Preston Aquatics
• 14th – Trafford Artistic Swimming Club

Junior Free Solo

• 2nd Sophie Flemming –  City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 7th Natasha Howard – City of Preston Aquatics
• 8th Sophie Rowney – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 14th Marisa Whitehurst – City of Preston Aquatics

Senior Free Solo

• 2nd Aimee Lawrence – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 3rd Sophie Flemming – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 8th Natasha Howard – City of Preston Aquatics
• 9th Sophie Rowney – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 14th Marisa Whitehurst – City of Preston Aquatics

Senior Free Duet

• 4th – Howard / Mayer – City of Preston Aquatics

Senior Technical Team

• 1st – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club

Holland Cup

• 1st Sophie Flemming – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 2nd Sophie Rowney – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club
• 8th Natasha Howard – City of Preston Aquatics

Redwood Trophy

• 1st – City of Salford Synchro Swimming Club

Full scores for all events can be found here

The Swim England North West Regional Board of Directors, Office Staff and Artistic Swimming Management Board would like to pass on our congratulations to all the North West Athletes and Coaches, involved at this event – showcasing the hugely talented athletes from the North West Region in Artistic Swimming.

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