Last week’s British Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge last week saw more records broken by our club captains.

Luke Booth started the week breaking his own 400m freestyle record with a time of 4:04.94. He followed this up by again breaking his own record in the 800m freestyle with a time of 8:30.22.

On the same day, Mollie Fisher broke her own club record in the 400m freestyle with a time of 4:30.33.

Well done to both swimmers!

Oliver Davis-Tootill excelled again at the second Derventio open meet of the year by again breaking his own club record for the 100m backstroke in the Boys Under 15 Long Course category with a time of 1:02.44. Well done to Ollie and I’m sure we’ll see more records broken before his birthday in July.

Male Club Captain Luke Booth again breaks his own long course record for the 800m freestyle.

His previous time was 8:37.30 and he finished his most recent swim at the Yorkshire Championships in Sheffield in a time of 8:34.21, picking up the gold medal along the way.

Well done Luke.

Oliver (Ollie) Davis-Tootill pulled out a fantastic swim in the 100m backstroke at the Yorkshire Championships last weekend with a time of 1:03.07. Not only did this beat his previous PB set just last month by 3 seconds, it also broke a club record that has stood for almost 10 years. This junior boys record was previously held by Robert Pearson with a time of 1:03.31 set in May 2013.

Many congratulations to Ollie for achieving his first club record – let’s hope it’s the first of many.

46 th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – ROTHERHAM METRO SWIMMING CLUB
17 th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – ROTHERHAM METRO LTD

Sunday 19 th March 2023 at 10 am.

The meeting will be held at Maltby Leisure Centre.

Any motion for discussion must be received, in writing, by the Secretary no later than Sunday 26 th
February 2023
Nominations for the Management Committee must be in the hands of the Secretary no later than
Sunday 26 th February 2023. All nominations must have the signature of the PROPOSER,
SECONDER and the NOMINEE, who must all be paid up members of the Club.
Only members having attained their 16th Birthday will be entitled to vote, nominate or second.
Only members aged 18 years and over may be elected to the Management Committee.
Management Committee positions to be filled are:-

Club Secretary
Competition Secretary
Membership Secretary
Swimming Secretary
Club Shop & Kit Secretary
Education Secretary
Open Gala Secretary
Fund Raising Secretary
Public Relation Officer
Masters Secretary
Welfare Officer

Secretary: Sally McGrother
27 Broomfield Grove
Rotherham
S60 2SY
Email:slmcgrother@gmail.com

The first weekend of the Yorkshire Championships have realised much success for the club as a whole. Yet again, our Club Captains have broken their own records. Mollie Fisher started the weekend setting a time of 4:30.63 breaking a record she set this time last year. Luke Booth quickly followed the same day with a time of 4:07.67 breaking a time he had previously set in May. Congratulations to both swimmers!

For 2023, Rotherham Metro are proud to welcome JM Ross Construction of Rotherham (https://www.rotherhamwindowfitter.co.uk/) in sponsoring our Top Boy, Top Girl and Top Visiting Club trophies. Many thanks to the Ross family for their generosity and photos of our winners will follow on our social media outlets after the conclusion of tomorrow’s events.

The Swim England Winter Championships were three times lucky for Luke Booth as he continues to break records. Three swims and three records broken:

800m Freestyle: 8:08.39

1500m Freestyle: 15:30.07

400m Freestyle: 3:54.33

These were all his own records he has broken having only previously set them last month.

In the 400m Freestyle, he also achieved the silver medal. Congratulations!

The Stockport Metro Open meet last weekend was the last opportunity for our swimmers to shine before next month’s Winter Nationals and our Club Captains were again in record-breaking form.

Luke Booth started the weekend with a time of 8:11.86 in the 800m Freestyle breaking George Russell’s short course record from November 2015.  Luke then showed his mettle in the 400m IM with a time of 4:32.85 breaking a record that had been held by Joe Roebuck for 22 years.  He finished the weekend breaking Dale Waterhouse’s record from November 2009 with a time of 1:53.02 in the 200m freestyle, obtaining another National qualification in the process.

Mollie Fisher added to the record tally breaking two of her own records.  She knocked a huge 36 seconds from the 1500m freestyle time she had previously set in January this year with a time of 17:14.61.  She also broke the 200m freestyle record that she had held for three years with an improved time of 2:05.70.

Well done again to both our captains!