As our sport becomes more diverse and we have swimmers stretching themselves in terms of ability and distance, the club is pleased to announce some new records created following recent achievements.

Lottie Haworth-Blomfield represented the club at the SE NE Regional Championships last month. She is an S9 multi-classification (MC) swimmer and took part in both the 400m freestyle and 50m backstroke events. Lottie is the first female MC swimmer to have represented the club in competition having had great success with two male swimmers in the past. Her time for 400m freestyle was 6:55.74 and for 50m backstroke was 44.73, setting herself good targets for the next time she competes.

The club’s other new record was created as a result of Lily Cattlin achieving a time of 41:12.7 in the 3k open water swim at the SENW/SENE Championships at the weekend. Lily already holds the under 15 record in the same event but now she’s a little older, has had the chance to set the record for the open age group.

Well done to both girls!

Esme Beevers is a new name we can add to the club record lists following an outstanding swim at the Yorkshire Championships last weekend.

Esme represented the club in the 1500m freestyle achieving a time of 18:19.39. This knocks over 30 seconds off the previous record set by Lily Cattlin in May last year.

Esme was also awarded the silver medal alongside this long course club record for the under 15 age category.

Well done Esme and keep up the great work!

48th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – ROTHERHAM METRO SWIMMING CLUB
19th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – ROTHERHAM METRO LTD
Sunday 16th March 2025 at 10.15 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 23rd
February 2025
Nominations for the Management Committee must be in the hands of the Secretary no later than
Sunday 23rd February 2025. 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:-

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

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

It is the Yorkshire Swimming Championships this month starting this weekend so this is a great opportunity to share some fantastic news about one of our swimmers.

Back in December, Oscar Gavelle represented the club at the Swim England National Winter Championships. He had a superb swim in the 800m freestyle achieving a time of 8:23.46. This was enough to put him in the Yorkshire record books so he now holds the junior short course record in this event.

The records can be found here: https://yorkshireswimming.org/speed-swimming/records/

Well done to Oscar!

Lily Cattlin is unstoppable at the moment, yet again breaking her own junior record in the short course 1500m freestyle. Her latest record was set at the Scarborough Winter Open Meet last weekend. Her time was 18:11.40, 14 seconds faster than time set in Nottingham just last week.

Wow Lily, you are on fire at the moment!

Lily Cattlin was again back to breaking her own records at the NOVA Centurion Open Meet in Nottingham last weekend. She knocked another 4 seconds from a record she only set at the SENER Championships just two weeks ago!

Her time for the short course 1500m freestyle is now 18:25.51.

Fantastic swimming yet again!

Lily Cattlin was back to breaking her own records at the SENER Age Group Championships last weekend. She knocked around 17 seconds from a record she set in Scarborough this time last year.

Her time for the short course 1500m freestyle is now 18:29.79.

Keep up the great work!