The West of Scotland Junior Time Trials were held on Wednesday 2nd October 2019 at Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow.
25 Schools and Clubs, with just under 150 young swimmers with a Learning, Physical or Sensory Impairment gathered to try to gain a place on the West of Scotland Team competing at the SDS National Championships in November. It was a great event and was great to see some ‘new’ swimmers along with some of the more experienced ones.
A number of great performances were put in from top swimmers including Logan Smith (Clyde Valley Beavers/Motherwell & Wishaw) who has just been named in the Scottish Para Squad and Cerys McCrindle (South Ayrshire Swim Team) who is just back from winning medals at the DS European Championships in Sardina. With the SDS classification system in place there were a number of swimmers across all classifications, and plenty of competition for places in the West of Scotland Team.
The National Championships for swimmers with a Physical and Sensory Impairment will be held at Grangemouth Pool on Wednesday 6th November and for swimmers with a Learning Disability at Tollcross International Swimming Centre on Wednesday 20th November.
Thanks go to the West District Officials for their continuing support of this event, and to the staff of Tollcross for their input prior to and during the competition.
The event was supported by West of Scotland College HND Sports students (Clydebank) and their contribution was invaluable. Thanks also to all the other staff and volunteers who supported the event, and the club coaches and teaching staff for their attendance.
Schools and clubs will be notified of team selections in due course.