Congratulations to Kaitlin and Evie, CoPA Water Polo and Synchro swimmers of the year!

Congratulations to Kaitlin and Evie, CoPA Water Polo and Synchro swimmers of the year!

CoPA had a great weekend at the National Age Group Championships in Gloucester this weekend with some outstanding swims and figure results. The highlights of the weekend were Rhea finishing 9th in both her figures and solo routine, and Leah and Rhea qualifying in the top twelve to swim their duet, eventually placing 10th overall.
CoPA results are as follows:
Evie – 38th
Natasha – 83rd
Chloe – 69th
Rhea – 9th
Leah – 59th
Rhea – 9th
Rhea & Leah – 10th
Well done to all our girls and special thanks to coaches Pam and Fiona, and Camilla and Deborah who were working at the event as judge and athlete services volunteer on behalf of Swim England.
Full results from the competition will be available on the Swim England web site in due course.
Congratulations to Rhea on a superb 9th place result in both her figures and her solo routine today in day 1 of the National Age Groups in Gloucester. Rhea and Leah have also qualified to swim duet tomorrow. Good luck girls! Follow the live scores here: https://t.co/0Mhde4qMyM
— Preston Synchro (@COPAsynchro) November 24, 2018
It was a tremendous day for CoPA yesterday as their synchronised swimmers won top medals at the Swim England North West Regional Championships at Irlam on Sunday. CoPA entered swimmers for the figures, solo and duet events and every swimmer won a medal for one or other of these categories.
Photos and videos can be found here for logged in CoPA members.
Team CoPA were also heavily represented in the organisation and running of the event with Deborah responsible for managing the event on behalf of Swim England NW, Pam and Fiona in attendance as coaches, Camilla and Sarah judging, Alison as Clerk of Course, and Colin manning the door.
Congratulations and thanks to our friends from City of Salford, Stockport Metro, Trafford Synchro and Warriors of Warrington on their own results and for taking part and making the event a great success.
CoPA results were as follows:
12 & Under Figures (17 swimmers):
13-15 Figures (27 swimmers):
15-18 Figures (14 swimmers):
12 & Under Solo
15-18 Solo
12 & Under Duet
13-15 Duet
15-18 Duet
Full results can be found here.
Congratulations to the following CoPA synchro girls who were successful at their grading day on Saturday:
Grade 1:
Grade 2:
Grade 3:
Grade 5:
Great work girls!
City of Preston Aquatics’ synchro girls produced another fine performance today as they competed at the 2018 Lancashire Championships against our friendly rivals, City of Salford and Kendal synchronised swimming clubs.
The girls came away with an impressive set of medals:
Full table of results can be found here.
Videos of the routines can be found here for logged in members.
Please see the updated event page for details of the timetable and order of swim for this weekend’s Lancashire Championships.
Congratulations to Deborah who recently passed her level 2 synchro coaching qualification. Deborah’s newly affirmed talents are already helping to propel CoPA onwards and upwards!

NW Region Beacon Trophy Winners 2018
City of Preston Aquatics were one of 3 synchro clubs constituting the North West region’s newly formed synchro Beacon Squad to successfully represent the North West region today at the Beacon Games. The Beacon Games are an annual competition to showcase the synchro figure skills of elite swimmers on the Swim England talent programme and 2018 sees the formation of a regional beacon squad for the first time in the north west.
The games were hosted this year at K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley by Rushmoor Synchronised Swimming club and 14 swimmers from City of Preston, City of Salford and Stockport Metro made the 6 hour coach journey to take part in their first ever Beacon tournament. Their commitment was rewarded as the North West power house stormed to victory by winning outright the 2018 Beacon Trophy, based on the combined score of their top 10 swimmers, versus that of other regions.
Individual medals were won by the following north west swimmers:
For the region to form its own beacon squad and scoop the national Beacon Trophy in the same year is nothing short of a magnificent achievement for synchro in the north west and is testament to the skill and dedication of the individual club coaches and the Swim England North West Athlete Development team, not to mention the artistry and hard work of the individual athletes in their pursuit of excellence. CoPA is very proud of all our North West athletes. Well done girls!