South Woodham’s Speed Skaters have started the 2009 season in their usual, spectacular style.

To conclude an already very successful indoor season, the Team competed in the British Indoor Championships in April, where they took part in inter-club category races over various distances, with excellent results: Daniel Smith, who currently holds six British Outdoor Championship Titles, won the Junior Boys Indoor Championship Title, with teammate Robert Whiting winning the Silver Medal.

The first of two double-wins for the Club on the day. Louise Sullivan won her first British Championship Title in the Pupil Girls category, putting in a great performance to take the Gold. The second double-win for the Club was in the Mini Boys age category, and was achieved by two relatively new skaters in the Club – Jordan Stiff won Gold and his first British Championship Title, and teammate Jordan Smith took Silver.

Maya Bathgate, the youngest South Woodham skater to participate, aged 8, battled hard and took Silver in the Mini Girls race. Taylor Scott raced in the Mini Boys category and also put in tremendous effort, narrowly missing out on a medal position, finishing a very close 4th.

Also skating, in the ‘noncategory’ races was Bethany Galloway, who took part in her first ever race meeting. She skated well, and we look forward to her progression into the category racing very soon