Thank you for supporting this year’s Derbyshire Junior Grand Prix series, I hope you and your swimmers enjoyed the experience. I was very pleased to see so many of our young swimmers from round the County taking part, it’s great to see them in the water after such a hard time through the pandemic.
It was also great to have Olympians Jacob Whittle and Abbie Wood support the galas.
The results from last night are already on Rankings.
I’m pleased to announce the following results for the Top 3 swimmers:
9 year olds
1st boy – Stephen Iankov (Derby Phoenix) 32 points
2nd boy – Tyler Shaw (City of Derby) 28 points
3rd boy – Fraser Pyefinch (Long Eaton) 15 points
1st girl – Madeline Heron (City of Derby) 28 points
2nd girl – Esmae Irons (Rykneld) 21 points
3rd girl – Ava Carter (Belper) 19 points
10 year olds
1st boy – David Smurawa (Rykneld) 33 points
2nd boy – George Cotton (City of Derby) – 30 points
3rd boy – Harley Short (City of Derby) – 27 points
1st girl – Isla Johnson (Ripley) – 48 points
2nd girl – Connie Bunhejee (Ripley) – 37 points
3rd girl – Isabel Plummer (Long Eaton) – 27 points
11 year olds
1st boy – Eden Saint (Belper) – 41 points
2nd boy – Finlay Bird (Long Eaton) – 38 points
3rd boy – William Atkin (Ripley) – 29 points
1st girl – Emma Jane Rantzen (Belper) – 29 points
2nd girl – Lydia Cordle (Repton) – 23 points
3rd girl – Evelyn Connor (Ripley) – 20 points
Many congratulations to these swimmers – medals will be presented at the long course County Championships in December at Ponds Forge. I realise the 9 years olds may not be there, so please let me know if they aren’t going to be there, so we can figure out how to get their medals to them. All swimmers will receive a Certificate of Participation.
If you have any feedback about the 3 galas, please do let me know. We’ve tweaked the order of events and venue over the years, and I’m always willing to listen if you have any thoughts!
Good luck to your swimmers for the rest of the season.
Kind regards
Babs
