Norwich Swan Swimming Club

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.


Name - Olivia Wicks
 
Squad - Regional Age
 
Reasons for Nomination - 

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