Thursday, April 27, 2017

Swimmers Nominated for Commonwealth Youth Games

Nine swimmers have been nominated for the Commonwealth Youth Games

Scottish Swimming has nominated nine swimmers for the Commonwealth Youth Games, taking place in the Bahamas in July. Nominations were submitted to Commonwealth Games Scotland earlier today and were based on performances at the Scottish National Age Group Championships in Aberdeen and most recently the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield.

Name	Club	Coach
Emma Harvey	Millfield School	Euan Dale
Scott McLay	Perth City	Ann Dickson/Elaine Johnston
Sophie Smith	Arbroath St. Thomas	Scott Haxton
Roisin Ramsay	Warrender Baths Club	Kostas Kalitsas
Archie Goodburn	Warrender Baths Club	Kostas Kalitsas
Tom Beeley	Patrick Miley	University of Aberdeen Performance
Luke Robins	Millfield School	Euan Dale
Isabel Jones	Millfield School	Euan Dale
Anna Fleming	City of Glasgow	Ian Wright

National Coach, Alan Lynn, said of the nominations,

“We are delighted to nominate these swimmers to Commonwealth Games Scotland. Swimming in the Commonwealth is a challenge with several of the world’s leading swimming nations to compete against. Racing in the Bahamas will be tough and we look forward to seeing these young swimmers learn from the experience and, hopefully, transition to Scottish and British senior teams in the future.”

Any appeals should be made by Monday 1^st May 2017, to which Scottish Swimming will respond by 5pm on Tuesday 2^nd May, 2017.

The selection policy for the Commonwealth Youth Games can be found here