CoPA Success at Yorkshire Open Competition

It was another successful weekend for CoPA swimmers as they competed on Sunday in the Yorkshire Open competition at Spenborough against clubs from both the North East Region and their peers from the North West.  CoPA brought home medals from 7 events:

  • Daisy took silver in the 13-15 figures
  • Leah took bronze in the 13-15 figures
  • Daisy took silver in the 13-15 solo
  • Leah took bronze for the 13-15 solo
  • Daisy & Leah also took gold as a pairing in the 13-15 duets
  • Izzy, Leah, Olivia M. and Daisy collected a silver for their 13-15 team free routine
  • Rhea and Tilly took gold for their 15-18 duet routine

We are very pleased with the progress made by all competitors from CoPA, many of whom set personal bests and placed very high in the rankings even if they didn’t quite make the podium.  Congratulations to all.

Videos of the routines will follow soon in a separate post visible to logged in CoPA members.

Lancashire Championships Results

Congratulations are due to several CoPA athletes who collected a variety of medals at the Lancashire Championships on Sunday.

  • Olivia H. took gold in the novice figures category, with Isabel G. taking silver
  • Daisy took gold and Leah took silver in the 13 – 15 solo event
  • Tilly took gold in the 15 & over solo event
  • Evie and Natasha finished third for a bronze in the 12 & under duet event
  • Leah and Daisy won gold in the 13 – 15 duet event
  • Tilly and Rhea took gold in the 15 & over duet event

The CoPA ‘Amaluna’ combination team also finished second for a silver medal whilst the CoPA free team took a silver medal.

Full results can be found here.

Congratulations to our friends from Kendal and City of Salford who also gained some impressive results and we thank them for coming along to make the event a success.

CoPA Success Continues at Beacon Games

Another successful day for CoPA at the combined Beacon Games and Leeds Open competition at Leeds today:

  • Daisy Rushton finished second in the 13-15 age figures category whilst representing England Development (and Preston!) to take a silver medal,
  • Rhea Howard finished 2nd in the 15-18 figures representing Preston in the open category to take a silver medal,
  • Leah Meyer finished 24th out of 60 competitors in the 13-15 figures.  A very pleasing result considering that most of those finishing ahead of her were members of either England Talent or Beacon Squads,
  • Natasha Howard representing Leeds Beacon (and Preston!) finished 16th out of 59 competitors in the 12 and under figures.

Congratulations girls!

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Pure Gold!

Huge congratulations to CoPA swimmers Rhea Howard, Tilly Hadcock and Shannon McGinty who took part in the Warwickshire county championships yesterday and came away with an impressive medal tally:

  • Rhea took gold for figures and also for her solo routine in the 15/16/17/18 category,
  • Rhea & Tilly took gold with their amazing duet performance in the 15/16/17/18 category,
  • Shannon took bronze for her solo performance in the champs (18+) category

The girls were competing against a number of current and former GB synchro swimmers and CoPA are very proud of their achievements.  Well done girls.

Full results:

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North West Regional Trials

Following the North West Regional trials last weekend we are pleased to congratulate CoPA girls Rhea, Tilly, Daisy and Leah on qualifying for the North West Regional Elite Squad in their age categories, and Megan, Alex, Olivia M., Olivia H. and Natasha for qualifying for the North West Regional Development Squads for their age categories.

A fantastic achievement for the girls and for CoPA; well done!

CoPA Masters Results

It was another successful day for CoPA at the ASA Masters competition at Rugby yesterday.  The team (Ellie, Eloise, Fiona, Megan & Shannon) finished third to take bronze [video], Shannon took silver for her free solo and placed third in her technical solo, Megan & Fiona placed second for silver medals in their technical and free duets, and Fiona scooped gold medals for her technical and free solos.

Fantastic results, well done ladies!

* UPDATED WITH RESULTS * – CoPA’s Winning Streak Continues at Yorkshire Competition

Team CoPA triumphed again on Sunday with all swimmers making their mark on the competition.  Results were split between the Yorkshire clubs and the invitational clubs and the results here represent the invitational clubs of which CoPA was a part.

In the 12 and under category, Daisy took gold for her figures and gold for her solo, whilst Natasha took bronze medals for both her figures and solo.  Daisy and Olivia also took a gold for their duet.  In the 13-15 category, Leah placed first to take gold in figures, with Izzy close behind to take silver.  The two girls also stood side-by-side on the podium in the solo event with Leah taking gold and Izzy silver.  Both girls cemented their partnership with their duet swim to earn themselves a gold medal.  In the 15-18 junior competitive category, Rhea took silver for figures and another silver for her solo.  Rhea and Tilly took gold for their competitive duet.

The medal count was sufficient to warrant a special award for CoPA in joint third place for the ‘most medals’ won overall in the competition.  Considering that CoPA were by far the smallest club there this is a considerable achievement and is in keeping with CoPA’s ‘quality over quantity’ ethos.  Another deserved result for CoPA swimmers.

Full results are available here.  Videos to follow soon for (logged in) CoPA members.