Hatfield Swimmers Head to Winter Nationals

This week, those Hatfield swimmers who have qualified will head off to Ponds Forge in Sheffield to compete at the GoCardless Swim England National Winter Championships. This is the biggest English meet of the winter and is held in a 25m pool format. Winter Nationals showcases some of Britain’s top swimmers, a number of whom have just returned from European Aquatics Short Course Championships so it is sure to be a fast and exciting meet.

The event will be live streamed so everyone will have a chance to follow our swimmers and support them as they race. Heats sessions are in the morning followed by finals in the evening. The competition runs over four days and begins on Thursday. The full schedule is available on the Swim England website.

This year Hatfield have eight qualifiers for the Championships. Six of these, Ever Ives, Daniel Belsey, Alexandra Nurney, Caitlin Hartley, Ashley Ransome and Oliver Baskerville are all currently training in Vampire+. Two others, Charlotte Williams and Lucas Hartley, are away swimmers as they are attending university at Surrey and Birmingham respectively. The events each will be competing in are as follows:

Oliver Baskerville – 50m, 100m, 200m backstroke

Daniel Belsey – 200m, 400m, 800m freestyle

Caitlin Hartley – 50m, 100m, 200m breaststroke

Ever Ives – 200m, 400m freestyle

Alexandra Nurney – 50m, 100m freestyle, 100m, 200m backstroke, 50m butterfly, 100m Individual Medley

Ashley Ransome – 50m, 100m breaststroke

Charlotte Williams (Surrey University) – 50m backstroke, 50m, 100m butterfly, 100m Individual Medley

Lucas Hartley (University of Birmingham) – 50m, 100m freestyle, 50m, 100m butterfly, 50m breaststroke, 100m Individual Medley

Good luck to all our National swimmers! We’re very proud of their achievements and wish them every success in all their races in Sheffield.