PERSHORE’S small team of eight came away with five gold medals from the competitive level two Gloucester Open.
They added three silvers, two bronzes, a Midlands qualifying time and 29 personal bests against big city clubs such as Bristol and Cardiff.
Head coach Tom Naughton said: “This is one of the tougher meetings on the calendar and attracts strong competition from the bigger clubs in the south-west and the Midlands.
“To come away with so many podiums, personal bests and another swimming with a Midlands time is a fantastic result.”
Isabella Woodcock was again a force to be reckoned with in the 10-year-old girls’ breaststroke, winning a 50- metre gold in a pb of 41.18 seconds and a 100m silver in one minute 30.03 seconds for her first Midlands qualifying time.
She also produced pbs in the 50m backstroke (40.53) and 200m individual medley (3.15.63).
Younger sister Hannah Woodcock was third in the nine-year-old 50m breaststroke in 50.26 as well as setting pbs in the 50m backstroke (42.62) and 200m individual medley (3.31.06).
Naomi Marsden was again dominant in the 10-year-old backstroke and hopes to chase a medal at the forthcoming Midland Championships.
She won golds in the 50m and 100m events, swimming 37.46 and 1.20.25 respectively.
William Gearey won two golds, two silvers and a bronze as well as producing eight pbs in all his boys’ 10- year-old events.
His best performance came in the 400m, winning in 5.23.23 and taking 11 seconds off his previous best.
Gearey took gold in the 50m freestyle in 32.08, silvers in the 200m backstroke (2.56.50) and 200m individual medley (3.02.22) and bronze in the 200m breaststroke (3.35.93).
Patrick Heeks produced two fine swims in the nineyear- old events, finishing sixth in the 50m freestyle in 39.02 and fifth in the 50m backstroke in 43.38.
Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Vizard set pbs in the 50m freestyle (32.32), 200m freestyle (2.30.76), 200m breaststroke (3.02.78) and 400m individual medley (5.50.95).
Younger brother Chris produced a new pb in the 11- year-old 100m freestyle in 1.15.78. Isobel Cumming, 10, recorded pbs in the 50m (37.34) and 200m freestyle (2.56.42), 50m (44.22), 100m and (1.33.48), 200m backstroke (3.14.69) and 200m individual medley (3.25.88).
Marsden will be joined by Simon Sweatman and Isabella Woodcock at the Midland Age Group Championships in Coventry next month.
Sweatman has six qualifying times in the 10 to 11- year-old category and will be gunning for gold in the 100m backstroke which he is rated number one in for his age group in the UK.
