Swimmers Swimmer of the Year 2022
The Winner of this years award was..... Charlotte Smith! Well done to Charlotte and to all of those who were nominated.
This year we had 31 nominations, for 18 swimmers, from across the squads for the Swimmers Swimmer of the Year 2022 award. The nominees are:
Name - Senudi Ratnayake
Squad - County Age
Reasons for nomination -
She came back from a broken arm, watched her twin sister get moved up and still kept on swimming, trying her best every session.
Name - Ruth Dye
Squad - County Age
Reasons for nomination -
She’s an amazing person and she’s helped me to be more confident.
She’s very resilient and hardworking!!
Name - Mischa Oakley
Squad - County Age
Reasons for nomination -
I am nominating Mischa because she is a really good friend to me and she is a great swimmer.
Name- Daniel McGrath
Squad - County Age
Reasons for nomination -
Such impressive improvement this year for his age
Name - Mia Edwards
Squad - Regional Age
Reasons for nomination -
An amazing breaststroker (and in general an amazing swimmer) and a very nice person.
Name - Freya Cox
Squad - Regional Age
Reasons for nomination -
Always improving and doing her best in training every session
Name - Jess Pugh
Squad - Regional Age
Reasons for nomination -
Because she has worked really well this season and is AMAZING.
After a setback from an injury, she has come back with an incredible attitude to swimming. At galas, Liv is supportive, kind and a great swimmer to be around!
Name - Lily Herring
Squad - Regional Junior
Reasons for nomination -
Her hard work is a true inspiration to me.
Lily is a really friendly and inclusive member of Norwich Swan. She works really hard in training to improve her speed and technique. Lily has set the county record for the 400m freestyle for swimmers of the same classification. She also qualified for the nationals for multiple events.
Name - Mwaba Mkwasa
Squad - Regional Youth
Reasons for nomination - For working hard in all her meets and for getting to compete in the Commonwealth Team GB test games.
Name - Silvia Napalcov
Squad - Club Squad
Reasons for nomination - She is a really good friend and always tries her hardest
Name - Phoebe Howard
Squad - Performance
Reasons for nomination - for persevering through set backs and still being so positive:)
Name - Charlotte Smith
Squad - Performance
Reasons for nomination -
Hard worker, throughout all seasons
Double National Champion
2 x British Champion
British champion twice
Extreme hardwork, progress and determination. She’s defied all our expectations and made the club proud :)
She has achieved awesome results this year at nationals and always works hard at training and is kind and friendly to everybody - she deserves this award, she’s a National Champion
Great swims at nationals
For your great achievement at the British Nationals
Worked hard to gain 2 golds at British champs and is a great role model for the rest of us.
Charlotte has had such a fantastic season! She is amazing 🤩 👏🏻🏊🏻♀️⭐️
Name - Amara Addison
Squad - Performance
Reasons for nomination - For your great achievement at the British Nationals
Name - Isla Hamilton
Squad - Performance
Reasons for nomination - I would like to nominate Isla Hamilton because she is such a great swimmer who works so hard in training and she keeps going when things are tough, and seeing her grow so strong this year and swim in the nationals is really inspiring to me.
Always works very hard in training
Name - Finlay Arnup
Squad - Performance
Reasons for nomination - Goes under the radar quite a bit, always puts top effort in (on the grind)
Name - Thomas Small
Squad - Performance
Reasons for nomination -
Tom Small is a great man, works the hardest and delivers on the big occasion 🦡he’s handsome and perfect.
Attitude and work ethic
I’ve not seen someone grind like that in a long time
Name - Louis James
Squad - Performance
Reasons for nomination - Encouraging and friendly
