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Latest Club News on Saturday 28th of January 2012

Three More Qualify For Olympic Trials! Close >

City of Derby Open Meet 14th-15th January 2012

Over the weekend of 14th-15th January three more City of Birmingham swimmers dipped under the the qualification standards for the Olympic Trials, ensuring they will be racing at the London Aquatics Centre this March. Dan Ruckwood (200bk), Dan Evans (100brst) and Givenchy Sneekes (100fr) qualified in style, all 3 were lifetime bests and Givenchy's time of 58.00 in the 100 freestyle was also a Warwickshire Junior Long Course record.

As well as the qualification success for Olympic Trials, Birmingham swimmers also racked up a whole host of Medal winning performances as well as several swimmers acheiving new National Age Group and National Youth Championship qualifying times, some for the first time. City of Birmingham also again finished as top West Midlands club in the final 'Top Club' standings.

Swimmers will now turn their attentions to the upcoming Central Zonal Championships, Midland Distance Swimming time trials and of course March's Olympic Trials.

Plymouth Leander Open Meet - 16th-18th December 2011 Close >

City of Birmingham SC took 37 of its swimmers to the annual Plymouth Leander Open Meet at Millfield School, Somerset.

While some swimmers were experiencing their first high quality Open Meet like this with the City of Birmingham's performance squad, some of the club's older swimmers were using this meet as a yardstick of their progress towards the Olympic Trials in March. Several of the squad's swimmers are already qualified for the Olympic trials, which will be the inaugural meet held at the new London Aquatics Centre in the Olympic park, but several more will be looking to get their shot at the trials by qualifying over the next 5 weeks.

City of Birmingham, lead by Head Coach Carl Grosvenor and Assistant Coach Adam Taylor, came away from the meet with the Top Visiting Club award as well as many Personal Best swims and new National Championship Qualifying times.

Swimmers and Coaches will now be working hard through Christmas and New Year with the focus now on continuing the young swimmers' excellent progress as well as challenging the best in Britain at the Olympic Trials.

Open Meet 2012: Change to Programme of Events Close >

Please note that there has been a change to the event numbering on Monday of the meet - the amended version of the Programme of Events is available to download HERE and on the Open Meet 2012 page.

2011 Midland Short Course Championships Close >

City of Birmingham SC sent its 17 qualifiers to the Midland Short Course Championships (3rd/4th December) at Corby International Pool. Despite not being fully rested for the meet the City of Birmingham squad were in record breaking form. As well as picking up 4 Gold, 9 Silver and 5 Bronze medals Birmingham swimmers broke 4 all time West Midland records, 7 all time Warwickshire records and 2 all time Worcestershire records. As well as this Bradley Lynch also won Junior Male 'performance of the meet' award.

Congratulations to all who competed, especially medal winners and record breakers. Hard work always pays off!

British Gas ASA National Age Group Synchronised Swimming Championships Close >

The Synchro Section had a tremendous weekend at Gloucester’s GL1 Leisure Centre competing in the British Gas ASA National Age Group Synchronised Swimming Championships. The event included an exciting performance by the GB Synchronised Swimming Team who will compete in the Olympics next year.

Our first group, swimming on the opening day of the competition, was the 13/14 team who won gold in the Recreational Free Combination competition with a score of 58.620 earned by their best ever performance of this year's routine.

The 12 & under team opened the final day and won a well deserved bronze medal against stiff opposition. Finally, in an thrilling climax to the weekend, our 19 & Under team secured a gold medal with a score of 62.350 awarded for their lively and fun routine.

All of these winning routines will be performed at our Christmas Display at Stechford Cascades on 18th December along with the other routines on which the girls and coaches have worked so hard this year.

2011 Midlands Synchro Championships Close >

City of Birmingham SC Synchro Section enjoyed success at this year's Midlands Championships. Superb performances secured 9 gold, 9 silver and 5 bronze medals.

Birmingham made a clean sweep of the Championship Solo competition with Jessica Campbell taking gold, Lucy Ridge silver and Katie King bronze. Jessica and Lucy also took gold in the Championship Duet.

Other highlights included golds for Phoebe Bradley Smith in both the 13-14 figures and solo events; gold for the 15-17 team routine; silver for Jodie Norton in the 12 & Under Figures; silver for Melanie Whitburn in the 12 & Under Solo and silver for Melanie Whitburn in the 12 & Under Solo.

Full results can be found HERE and more photos are available HERE.

19th City of Birmingham SC Easter Open Meet 2012 Close >

Full details of the 2012 City of Birmingham Swimming Club Open Meet (6th - 9th April 2012) are now available. The closing date for entries is midnight on Friday the 2nd March 2012. Please use the 'Open Meet 2012' link on the right of this page to access more information.

Water Polo: Worthing Win Thriller Against Exeter Read More >

Undefeated Caledonia will progress to Championship 2 alongside Exeter, Worthing, Birmingham and South Derbyshire after the Division One finale at Walsall (15/16 October).

There were close matches involving the top sides. Worthing and Exeter reached 13-13 in a game that had been even all the way before Elan Stark claimed the winner for Worthing with 34 seconds remaining. Andy Margetts scored eight for Exeter.

Caledonia trailed early on against Birmingham and the match was all square at 6-6 at the halfway stage. Then Caledonia took control, easing clear to win 12-9, including three goals by Mark Speed.

At the other end of the table, Otter recorded an exciting first win - 12-11 against fellow strugglers Swindon Dolphin. It was 8-8 after three periods. Otter then raced into a 12-8 lead, only for Swindon to play catch-up in the late stages. Their final goal - from four-goal Matt Elliott - came a minute from the end.

Water Polo: Caledonia, Birmingham Lead Championship Qualifiers Read More >

Caledonia, Birmingham and Exeter are guaranteed top five places and progression to Championship 2 in the second half of the season following the latest Division 3 weekend at Walsall (1 October).

Worthing will join them if they take one more point in their remaining matches against University of Bristol and Exeter, leaving South Derbyshire and the University to contend the final place.

Caledonia comfortably maintained their 100 per cent record at Walsall. They hammered Worthing 6-1 in the final quarter to win 16-9, with Alasdair Campbell (5), Callum Fraser (4) and Andrew Woodall (3) the main scorers. Then Alasdair Campbell bagged six more against Exeter, who went down 13-8.

Birmingham also have a perfect record after five games. Ben Cartwright and Gary Tonks claimed hat-tricks in a 13-9 defeat of University of Bristol. It was far from straightforward against South Derbyshire, who led 10-9 in the third period but then subsided and were beaten 15-11. Our picture shows Rob Williams, of South Derbyshire, battling for possession with Birmingham's Gary Tonks.

Andy Margetts scored six in Exeter’s 16-7 success against Otter.

Aquaforce Award for CoB SC Chairman Dave Corbett Read More >

At Boldmere's 2011 Club Championships at Stechford on 24th September, long-serving stalwart of swimming in Birmingham and the West Midlands - and current Chair of City of Birmingham - Dave Corbett was (re)presented with his 2011 Aquaforce for Outstanding Contribution at Regional/County Level by Boldmere Paralympian Star, Ellie Simmonds. To accompany the award, Boldmere also asked Ellie to present Dave with a framed copy of the citation which the club compiled after consulting distinguished and established Warwickshire County and West Midlands Regional representatives. A copy of the citation which summarises some of Dave's attributes can be viewed HERE.

Congratulations Dave - and Thanks!. The award and framed citation are a small recognition of the commitment you have shown to the sport in our region for over 30 years.

UK School Games 2011: 2nd - 4th September Read More >

City of Birmingham swimmer Bradley Lynch has just returned from a successful UK School Games where he won 3 Bronze Medals while representing England Central. Bradley's 3 Bronze Medals came in the 400m Freestyle, 4x100 Freestyle Relay and 4x200 Freestyle Relay.

Bradley's 400 Freestyle time was superb considering how early this meet is in the season and once again saw him dip under the Olympic Trials Qualifying time.

Bradley helped England Central (253 points) on their way to winning the Competition just ahead of England South (249 points).