Rotherham Metro will once again host a number of galas at the prestigious Ponds Forge complex in Sheffield in 2009. The year commences with a 2 day Long Course A/B Grade Level 3 Meet on January 17th and 18th and is followed by the Long Course Masters Meet on February 8th. On May 23rd and 24th we hold our premier meet of the year, the Long Course Licensed Level 1 meet which includes 9 year olds and is a great opportunity for swimmers to gain National Qualifying Times. Then on July 18th and 19th we hold our Short Course Graded Level 3 Meet. We finish the year with a further Short course Level 3 Graded Meet on September 19th. As details become available they will be available here .
Tremendous performances and a bagful of medals for Rotherham Metro Masters swimmers at the Yorkshire Masters.
The final read only session programs for the July Level 3 meet are now available.
Despite some stiff competition Metro swimmers brought the club home in 8th place in the top clubs list.
The results from the May Level 1 meet are now available, including BAGCATs and Top Club List. Congratulations to Loughborough University who won the Top Club award with Barnet Copthall in a close second place. Photographs are available from D.E. Photo, please follow this link, create your account details and logon with Username metro and password whaling to access photos for the May Level 1 Gala event.
Metro came away with Top Club from the gala held on May 10th.
The trip to Sunderland was highly successful for Dale Waterhouse and several other Metro swimmers.
Information and entry forms for our September 19th Graded Meet are now available..
Excellent performances again from many of Metros swimmers at the Stocksbridge Sprints, held on April 26th.
Have a look at our first Newsletter of the year!
Dale Waterhouse and Daniel Mclean achive National Times.
The latest club rankings as at April 12th 2009 are now available.
A full summary of all our Yorkshire Age Group Championships finallists.
Read all about our trip to Torremolinos through the diary of a swimmer, a coach and the organiser. Complete with photographs!
Apologies for the delay but the results are now available.
The annual Metro Masters meet was held at Ponds Forge on February 8th and saw a new British and European record achieved.
A highly successful two weekends of swimming in Leeds and Sheffield saw a Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals plus a totsl of 26 top ten places.
Alistair Crawford and Dale Waterhouse led the way as Metro had a successful weekend in Leeds.
Gala information and Sportsys entry file are now available. Note that in accordance with new licensing guidance from the ASA this event now has qualifying times.
The results of the February 9th 2009 Long Course Masters Gala held at Ponds Forge are now available.
Details for the March 2009 AGM are now available.
Congratulations to Holly Sotheran who won Top Girl at our Graded Gala!
Congratulations to Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe who won Top Club, Holly Sotheran of Rotherham Metro who won Top Girl, and to Kieran Skinner of Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe who won Top Boy. Event Results are now available - apologies for the delay. Note results corrected for Event 10 on January 25th 2009.
Have a look at what's going on in and around the club.