{"id":13519,"date":"2023-10-02T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/?p=13519"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T12:26:16","slug":"bes-swimmers-target-place-in-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/bes-swimmers-target-place-in-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"BES Swimmers Target Place in Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/swimmers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/swimmers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/swimmers-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bridgnorth Endowed swimmers celebrate performance at English Schools qualifier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to our top team of swimmers who came second in the West Midland Qualifiers held at Malvern College last Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four boys and four girls produced some excellent performances in the medley and freestyle relay events and it&#8217;s hoped that the boys\u2019 times could take them to the English Schools National Finals in Birmingham next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As members of Northgate Swimming Club, the elite swimmers are used to competing regularly and put in plenty of practice with at least five two-hour sessions a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PE teacher, Miss Rock, said: \u201cWe\u2019re waiting with bated breathe to hear whether the boys have secured a place in the ESSA Secondary Schools&#8217; Team Championships.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt would be a fantastic opportunity for them to experience Birmingham&#8217;s Commonwealth Aquatics Centre and compete against the top swimmers in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Back Row: Alfie Berry, Isaac Gibbard, Reagan Haden and Dewi Arch<br>Front Row: Lois Marshall, Izzy Homer, Martha Gibbard and Daisy Berry<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our top team of swimmers who came second in the West Midland Qualifiers held at Malvern College last Tuesday. The four boys and four girls produced some excellent performances in the medley and freestyle relay events and it&#8217;s hoped that the boys\u2019 times could take them to the English Schools National Finals in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/bes-swimmers-target-place-in-nationals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BES Swimmers Target Place in Nationals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[2,157],"class_list":["post-13519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news","tag-bridgnorth-endowed-school","tag-swimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}