Members of Ryde Swimming Club have been presented with the haul of medals attained at the Isle of Wight Club Championships, where swimmers from Ryde, Seaclose and West Wight competed against one another.
Ryde’s swimmers attained over 100 medals overall, with a mixture of gold, silver and bronze.
At a presentation event on 22nd December, Councillor Michael Lilley and the club’s Chairman, Todd Miller, presented the awards to the swimmers, which was followed by male, female and master swimmer of the year presented by Headh Coch Donna Adams.
Todd Miller says:
“The swimmers did tremendously well at IW Champs, with the majority of swimmers attaining significant personal best times! We are proud of all of our swimmers, and it was great to see the team spirit they display when they are at competitions”
The club recently attained sponsorship from Wightlink which will make attending mainland competitions a lot more accessible for its swimmers.
Following the awards ceremony, the club members participated in a Swimathon, with swimmers in 5 separate teams taking it in turns to complete as many lengths as they could in 75 minutes! The winning team completed over 200 lengths and the event raised over £500 for the club, which will go towards upskilling its volunteers.
