British Swimmers Belgium Bound
16th January 2013
Britain’s young swimmers will start the new year with a competition in Antwerp, Belgium on the 19th and 20th January.
The team of 48 swimmers, predominantly on the development programme, will be taking part in the Flanders Speedo Cup as they get the 2013 season up and running.
Amongst those selected are World Junior Champion, Rachel Kelly and European Junior Champions Joseph Patching, Elena Sheridan, Molly Renshaw and Matthew Johnson.
Olympians Liam Tancock, Fran Halsall and Amy Smith will also travel out with the team to race for the first time since they joined the National Sprint Group under Coach James Gibson.
And Ciaran O’Brien, the Team Leader for the event says it will be a great way for the youngsters to blow away the Christmas cobwebs and focus on the new season ahead.
He said: “The Flanders Cup will provide a quality racing opportunity against an international field, including some World Class competitors.
“We are travelling with a large team who will take a no compromise approach to the event, maximising the benefits of racing tough at this stage of the season as part of the preparation for opportunities and challenges that lie later in the year and throughout the quad cycle to Rio 2016.”
The British Gas GBR Swimming team is:
DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
Thomas Allen British Gas Swansea ITC
Lewis Coleman City of Sheffield
James Guy Millfield School
Calum Jarvis British Gas Bath ITC
Matthew Johnson City of Sheffield
Jack Marriott Oxford University
Joseph Patching Plymouth Leander
Adam Peaty City of Derby
Russell Smith British Gas Stockport ITC
Thomas Sunter City of Sheffield
Jessica Fullalove City of Manchester Aquatics
Georgia Hohmann Loughborough University
Karley Mann Hillingdon
Lauren Quigley City of Manchester Aquatics
Molly Renshaw Derventio
Elena Sheridan Romford Town
Lucy Spencer City of Sheffield
Sophie Taylor City of Leeds
ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS
Adam Barrett Loughborough University
James Broady Loughborough University
Jonathan Carlisle British Gas Bath ITC
Melako Coker Ealing
Nicholas Grainger City of Sheffield
David Gregory City of Sheffield
Kane Haggett Derventio
Alfie Howes British Gas Bath ITC
Sam Horrocks City of Manchester Aquatics
Max Litchfield Doncaster Dartes
Stephen Milne Perth City
Alex Murphy Abingdon Vale
Ben Proud Plymouth Leander
Braxston Timm City of Sheffield
Lucy Charles Hatfield
Georgina Evans City of Liverpool
Isabella Hindley Chelsea Westminster
Emily Jones Garioch
Rachael Kelly Loughborough University
Shauna Lee Hatfield
Danielle Lowe Middlesborough
Libby Mitchell Swansea University
Corrie Scott University of Edinburgh
Grace Vertigans Plymouth Leander
Rachael Williamson Kingston upon Hull
Rebecca Turner City of Sheffield
Eleanor Faulkner City of Sheffield
Liam Tancock National Sprint Group
Francesca Halsall National Sprint Group
Amy Smith National Sprint Group