N&D Teams Day
09 Mar 2020
Tynemouth swimmers returned to the Sunderland Aquatic Centre recently for the Northumberland & Durham Teams Day, combining their respective talents to win more medals and breaking a number of club records to boot.
The 13/14 female 200 free team, consisting of Arianna Stokes, Lauren Heppell, Emily Hedley and Eva Clapperton, won gold to become the new county champions in that event, setting a new club record in the process.
There was a silver medal for the 9/10 female 200 free team of Freya Beach, Annabel Cowans, Hannah Gray and Abby Coventry, with the same line-up also securing bronze in the 9/10 200 medley.
Another silver arrived in the girls’ 11-14 200 free for Erin Jones, Anna Carr, Ava Perkins and Arianna Stokes.
The boys got the day off to a flying start with bronze in the 11-14 200 free, Oscar Makepeace, Jamie Beach, Jack Kelso and Calum Robson teaming up to good effect.
There were two more bronze medals, the first in the 13/14 female 200 medley, secured by Emily Hedley, Maddie Wilson, Arianna Stokes and Lauren Heppell, and another in the 11/12 male 200 medley thanks to the efforts of Oscar Makepeace, Jasper Hall, Jamie Beach and Sam Morton.
There were also new club records set in the 13 & over female 200 medley (by Amy Heron, Katie Stobbs, Arianna Stokes and Lucy Hedley), in the open female 400 medley (Amy Heron, Katie Stobbs, Ella Took and Lucy Hedley), and the open male 400 free (Jack Ashurst, James Hayes, Luke Baker and Myles Harding).
