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22 July 2008:  HARROGATE District Swimming Club will this year send a team of 12 swimmers to the National Championships.  This is the largest group of swimmers the Club has ever sent to this level of competition.

 

The Championships will be held in Sheffield between 24 July and 2 August.

 

Harrogate Borough Council's Head Swimming Coach, Bill Evans says these young people have already shown their worth by beating off hundreds of other hopefuls to qualify for the Championships.  "Although they are obviously the cream of our crop, over 60 per cent of our top training squad will this year be swimming at national level. 

 

"We also have three relay teams that have qualified to swim at national level.  This is the first time we have had a boys' team at this standard and to get three there in one season just goes to show the level of talented swimmers we have coming through our swimming development scheme.  They are a joy to take on this sort of trip and everyone back at the Harrogate Hydro will be rooting for them all."

 

The finalists are:

 

Jordan Emsley, Kent Sampson, Jack Mc Bride, Charlie Lonsbrough, Leonie Chan, Ellen White, Matthew Rider and Jordan Foster.

 

Lucy Budimir, Joe French, Alasdair Holden and Dmitry Kadochnikov.  ENDS

 

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l-r  Bill Evans ( Head Coach); Lucy Budimir; Alasdair Holden; Charles Lonsbrough; Dmitry Kadochnikov; Jordan Emsley; Jordan Foster; Jack McBride; Matthew Rider; Kent Sampson; Leonie Chan; Joe French; Ellen White; Diane Binns (coach)