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Shrimps Gala

Preston Swimming Club’s youngest members – from four-year-old Olivia Clarke upwards – had their opportunity to impress a packed West View Leisure in the annual Shrimps Gala.

Preston’s head of teaching Sarah Darragh said: “These young swimmers are the lifeblood of the club. If we haven’t got children coming in to the sport at an early stage, we cannot produce competitive swimmers. The Shrimps Gala is about giving the youngsters a first taste of competitive swimming in a fun environment – but the most important thing is that they enjoy the experience.”

Also watching on and providing encouragement were club captains Dean Heaps and Stephanie Slater, both of whom started with the club at an early age and have progressed to swim at the highest level.

In the boys’ five years and under category, Lanre Okewiwi took a gold medal in the freestyle and breaststroke, with silver in the backstroke. Ben Rosbottom won the gold in the back with silver in the other events, with Faiz Patel taking all three bronze medals.
Carys Wood won all three events in the girls’ youngest age group with the other medals shared by Holly Jenson, Hannah Miller and Phoebe Webb.

Harry Robinson won gold in the freestyle and backstroke in the six-year-old age group and also took silver in the breaststroke. Shane Ward won the breaststroke gold together with silver and bronze in the other events. Marshall Wicher won silver in the backstroke and Zachary Webb won two bronze medals.
For the girls, Rebecca Dewhurst took first in the backstroke and breaststroke and silver in the freestyle, with Amelia Smith winning the freestyle. Elise Darragh won two silvers and a bronze and Gabrielle Coglan came away with two bronze medals.

In the seven-year-old age group, Aaron Lawless impressed with two golds and a silver. Daniel Sewell won the other gold and Oliver McKinson and Stewart Bennett won the other medals.
Rhianna Lowe and Megan Gallagher shared the girls’ medals, Lowe winning the backstroke and breaststroke and Gallagher the freestyle.

Alex Brown won the eight-year-old freestyle and backstroke, with Abdul Desai winning the breaststroke. Ben Renny won all three silver medals.
Kady Ward won all three of the girls’ events.

The club holds its teaching classes at Fulwood Leisure Centre on Sundays. As swimmers make progress, training extends to all days of the week at both Fulwood and West View.

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