by admin | Dec 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
Those of you who have been following James’ career closely will know that he is the undisputed ‘King of Short Course’ (the 25m pool) ! With FOUR CONSECUTIVE World Short Course Titles to his name over the 200m butterfly distance, James was very...
by admin | Dec 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
It just wasn’t to be for James at the Athens Olmpics, although it wasn’t for lack of trying. Having set a new Personal Best of 52.79 at the Olympic Trials in Sheffield to claim his place on the team, James stepped forward in Athens with a new found...
by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
Friday 20th / Saturday 21st August Waking up on Friday meant having to put the disappointment of not having made the 100m fly final very much behind me. There was a team to think of now and we were really “up” to give it our best in the 4×100 medley...
by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
The world’s biggest public art event kicked off in Manchester on 14th June when more than 100 artificial cows were moooved (groan !) on to the streets of the city. As part of the event, five sporting cows were herded into the Arndale Centre including such stars...
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
With just weeks to the Athens Olympics here’s what training I have left. Returning from a very successful training in camp in Cyprus, conditions there mirror the conditions in Athens, I have a couple more weeks hard endurance training. It’s not all...
by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
The final domestic preparation event for the Athens Olympics took place at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in July. The English National (long course) Championships are a regular fixture in the swimming calendar at this time of year and for James it represented one of...