04 Nov 2018

The Wilmslow Scorpions Performance Squad (previously known as Scorpions Elite Squad)

Background

Some time ago, Hilary Centeleghe (our home Referee, Racecraft coach and now Team Manager) and Paul Ibeziako (the clubs previous Chairman) talked about moving our swimmers up a gear to compete at higher level galas than they were currently and to ultimately achieve Paul’s dream of getting a Wilmslow Scorpions swimmer to the Olympics! But let’s not get ahead of ourselves, and so Hilary had the ambition to take a number of swimmers to the County Championships. She has identified a number of swimmers from the recent Club Champs that she would like to help develop into a high performance competitive squad, with an initial target of competing at the Cheshire County Championships, but then progress to Regional's and potentially National's.

The Performance Squad

Under Hilary’s direction a number of swimmers were identified and categorised as having potential by the following classifications:

County Squad (those who already have times that would qualify for the Cheshire’s in that particular age group)

County Potential Squad (those that are very near the qualifying time)

Futures Squad (these are some of the current 9-year olds showing potential)

These squads fall under the banner of the Performance Squad.

The introduction of these squads is very exciting for the club and this needs the collaboration of all the coaches, the swimmers and parents as it requires coordinated commitment. It also featured in the clubs 3 year strategic document produced in 2016, which coaches, parents and members all wanted for the club.

Joining the Squad

At each club champs or indeed any other gala we will try to identify potential swimmers to add to the squad.

The Cheshire County - qualifying galas

After a brilliant start at the North Midlands gala we’re already achieving so much more than anticipated with the following swimmers gaining Cheshire County qualifying times - Joseph Mortlock (50 fly & 100 breast), Oliver Mortlock (100 breast), Heidi Stansfield (100 IM, 50 Free & 50 Fly) and Susie Moores (50m Free & 50m Fly) and some very near Cheshire County Championship Qualifiers (just pipped due to the newly announced age restriction/eligibility).

The next meet to target is the Satellites Last Chance Qualifier on the 9th & 16th December

http://swimsatellite.com/satellites-last-chance-county-qualifier-2018/

Please email [email protected] if you’d like to know more about this

And finally if you’ve got any questions about the performance squad please email Hilary on [email protected]

Please note we’re now changing the name of the Elite Squad to SCORPIONS PERFORMANCE SQUAD

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