3k Open Water Midlands Championships 2015

Fantastic result for me on Sunday at Bosworth Water and the Midlands Open Water Championships. It was my first time swimming 3000m and because of a change in the course, it sounds like we probably swam 3500m in the end :)

I was really pleased to see my name in 3rd place and had to look twice at my time of 42.56.02 though. I'd sort of expected a time of around 35 mins as i'd swam 2k in training and came in on 23.00.

It was sort of confirmed that the course was indeed longer than stated and many had the same opinion but to be honest, i'm not bothered as we all swam the same course and I came 3rd in my age group and 10th out of the 71 men and women that took part.

I really ought to see about a triathlon now!

Midlands Open Water Championships 2015

I got the Student Voice Leadership Award!

Last night saw South Wigston High School have their annual awards evening where various

students won awards for top effort and excelling in different areas of school.

Our school puts huge emphasis on effort, it isn't always about winning, it isn't always about how many points you get, to us it's about the effort that you put in and it's about how you conduct yourself...these awards celebrate everything that's good about our school and it's awesome students and staff!

This year i've had the pleasure of being Head Student and all the duty's that includes. It's been interesting to be a part of the engine that makes the school run and although I was asked to stand again, i've decided to focus on my school work during the next GCSE year.

Last night I was presented with the Student Voice Leadership Award for my time as Head Student It was a great night and one that I was really pleased to be part of, we've got some seriously talented students.

South Wigston High School Awards Evening 2015

My Headmaster, Mr Toward, is retiring at the end of this term so there were a couple of surprises during the evening and it was great to see him speechless for a change.

He's supported me so much and his door was always open if I needed to talk about anything, we'll all miss him and wish him well :)

English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) 2015 Result

English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) 65th Inter-Divisional Championships

Sunderland Aquatics Centre 27-28 June 2015

Just a quick update...our East Midlands squad had a good time both at the pool and "resting" in the hotel in the evening, it was good to spend some time with my mates

at night too!

I was also pleased to get a small PB on my 400 free as i'd gone slower by 3-4 secs the last two outings so i was pleased to get that monkey off my back :)

It was a tough meet with England's finest taking part so we all had a our work cut but we all swam well getting PB's

East Midlands ESSA Squad 2015 (4th row up, 3rd in from right)

Swimming related, next stop for me is the 3000m Midlands Open Water Championships at Bosworth Water on Sunday 5th July...looks like it's gonna be a scorcher so should be great!

Bosworth Water Park