14 September 12
Trafford Metro Swimming Club was awarded the Club of the Year at the 2012 Trafford Sports Awards. The Awards, now in the 11th year are organised and run by Trafford Community Leisure Trust in association with Trafford Sports Council and recognise sporting excellence throughout the Borough.
Trafford Metro were up against stiff competition from the short listed clubs Skillz FC and the Children’s Synchronised Ice Skating Team .The award is testament to a lot of years of hard work by committees coaches and most importantly, the swimmers.
Fifteen year old Youth Squad swimmer Craig McNeil was awarded the Disabled Sports Achiever of the Year. Craig has swum with the Club since he was 8 years old. He was the top boy at the North West disability championships and competed in the UK School Games finishing 6th in the 200 metres Individual Medley and 4th in the 100 metres Butterfly. Craig’s dedicated efforts have earned him a place on the Trafford Roll of Honour displayed in Stretford Leisure Centre.
The Masters section of the Club were also recognised for their fantastic achievements during the last year as 9 swimmers were inducted into the Roll of Honour for breaking 3 world relay records. The Womens team of Emma Ross, Rebecca Lennon, Laura Bowden and Lucy Lloyd Roach competing at the British National Masters Long Course Championships in May won the 4x200m Freestyle relay event for the combined age of 160+ setting a new world record of 9:23.78 and paring 15.18 seconds off the previous record mark. Earlier in the year they broke the European short course record narrowly missing out on the world record. In the same age category, but at the North West Masters short course championships, the womens medley relay team of Helen Sadler, Jo Bolton, Lucy Lloyd Roach and Sandra Skellern set a new world record of 4:47.76. Helen and Lucy were also part of the Mixed 160+ years 4x100 Freestyle relay team that included Steve Harding and Alec Johnson. Collectively they set a new world record at the Long Course Championships of 4:35.43 smashing the previous mark by 27.69 seconds.
4x100 Womens medley world record holders 160+ combined age- Lucy Lloyd Roach, Helen Sadler, Jo Bolton and Sandra Skellern
4x200 Womens Freestyle 120+ combined age world record holders - Rebecca Lennon, Laura Bowden and Lucy Lloyd Roach ( Emma Ross 4th member)
Bob Bolton and Mark Redman accepting awards on behalf of Club
Trafford Metro Swimming Club is a Swim 21 ASA accredited club. As such its intake of swimmers starts at around 8 years of age with the Mini Mets swim scheme. Swimmers progress through the Age Group squads and at 18 years swimmers are eligible to move into the Masters group. This incorporates a main competitive training squad with a growing improver section for adult swimmers looking to improve their technique and confidence before potentially moving into the competitive arena. The Club celebrates its centenary in 2013. Further details of events will be posted on the club website www.tmbsc.co.uk and past members are most welcome to rekindle their old associations with the club.
