The last weekend in April delivered outstanding results for CoPA as they competed in the UK National championships and came away with medals in almost every event. This top-level competition is the pinnacle of Artistic Swimming in the UK and is attended by the sport’s top athletes who compete to be crowned the best artistic swimmers in the UK.
The first medal was a bronze for Rhea who finished third in the Technical Solo category. Natasha also finished a very credible 5th in this category. Rhea’s solo prowess was cemented further with another 3rd place finish in the free solo event, earning her a bronze medal. Natasha again finished in 5th place in this event too.
CoPA’s acrobatic team (Rhea Howard, Natasha Howard, Leah Meyer, Chloe Hawksworth, Jess Lockett, Olivia Higham and Nema Dawkins) delivered their brilliantly executed routine with an astonishing array of lifts and somersaults and stormed to a second place finish, collecting a silver medal for each of them.
The technical duet event saw CoPA sisters Rhea and Natasha Howard swim together in a beautiful and sharp routine which earned them a third place finish and a bronze medal.
The CoPA technical team event saw CoPA narrowly miss the medal table with a superb swim which earned them a 5th place finish.
Another team event – the free team routine – saw CoPA’s swimmers finish in a respectable 8th place.
On the second day of the event, Natasha and Leah finished a well deserved second place to collect a silver medal, and they were beaten to first place only by swimmers from the GB team swimming a GB duet routine. Rhea and Chloe also competed in this event and finished in 9th place.
As if the medal haul was not enough for CoPA, our swimmer Natasha took the prestigious trophy for the most points scored by any swimmer in the whole event.
We are immensely proud of all our swimmers who have proved without doubt that CoPA is one of the top artistic swimming clubs in the UK.
