The City of Chester Swimming Club has battled the odds to complete a very successful Cheshire County Swimming Championships, led by acting head coach Nick O’Boylan at their City Baths.

The Championships bring together the best swimmers in Cheshire once a year to compete against one another in Macclesfield. In total 15 medals were won, and 40 personal best times achieved from a total of 15 swimmers competing for the Club in Individual events. Chester also showed their strength in depth by fielding 12 relay teams.

Frankie Docking-Smith won three Gold medals in the Boys 14 years age group (50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke), four Silver medals ( 50m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle,, 100m I.M, 100m Butterfly, 100 I.M and 200 I.M), and three Bronze Medals (50m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle). Frankie also placed 4th in the SKINS event.

The rest of the medals went to India Nelist (16 yr age group); Silver (50m Butterfly) , Bronze (100m Butterfly), Leah Gough (17 and over); Bronze (200m Butterfly), Isabel Gelder (17 and over) Bronze (800m Freestyle) and Conor Hone (16 yr age group) Bronze (200m Butterfly

Coach O’Boylan said: "I think this is something we can all be proud of. I truly believe that this is the starting point for a fantastic future. Looking at the current generation, and also the future generation, there are exciting times ahead. We had three nine-year-olds holding their own against 12-year olds in a relay which really is a sign of incredible talent in the younger group."

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