Mel Marshall of City of Derby picked up the top gong at the annual British Swimming Coaches Association awards in Leeds last night as she was named Coach of the Year on the back of a stellar 12 months for her young charge Adam Peaty.
It was Britain’s most successful European championships ever as the team brought home 24 medals from the pool in Berlin. Bob and Katie join Steve once again to discuss a great week in Germany for the British team.
Twenty four medals in the pool in Berlin tell their own story – this was quite a performance from Britain’s swimmers at the European Championships. Topping the medal table by a street and securing the best ever medal return at this level made it the perfect cherry on top of the cake baked at the … Continue Reading→
It's been quite a meet for Great Britain so far - after a tough Commonwealth campaign only a few weeks ago nobody really knew what to expect coming to Berlin, to a meet which is the main focus for just about everyone else attending. And yet the mid point of the meet sees the GB … Continue Reading→
After Steve Parry had gotten the monkey off British Swimming’s back with bronze in the 200m butterfly, the team had then gone through the rest of the meet to the final night with no further podium success. As the final night of finals loomed the unassuming David Davies was realistically Britain’s last hope