b"THE ELLESMERIAN159Director of Swimming, Alan Bircher The season was cruelly cut short for the class of 2019-20 and this was tough to take for a fantastic group of athletes and people. Every one of the athletes had given everything up until the closure and I personally had great expectations for what the Olympics season could hold for this group. I can only thank each and every one of them for the effort they have put in for this great program.Its now time for the young Titans to refocus and be ready to take the mantels set by this group of truly brilliant people. We move forward and we go harder.Stay PositiveAB The Tally (December 2019) Titans dedicated one of their training sessions before Christmas to swimming every recognised Olympic swimming event instead of one of their normal sets to help raise money for the Level Water charity. A national charity, Level Water exists to provide 1:1 swimming lessons for children with disabilities.Ranging in difficulty from Bronze (all events up to the 800), Silver (all events up to 400 plus the 1500), Gold (all individual evets), to Goat level (all the Olympic Events including relays), the Titan 'goats' were awesome and encouraged a whopping 377 in donations.Well done to the swimmers and a huge Thank You to all of the Titans family that supported this great cause.Manchester Snow Pen (December 2019) Ten swimmers nipped up to Manchester for their final gala of the short course season in December and simply dominated the meet. Between them, the ten Titans won a staggering 69 medals and achieved a medal conversion rate of 88%.Bristol Open Meet (December 2019) Rounding off the Age Squad Christmas meets, Junior Aspinall continued his excellent form at Stafford, by winning 8 of his 9 events to top the Titans medal table.Edinburgh, Scottish Short Course Nationals (December 2019) NMD finished December by travelling to Edinburgh to compete in the Scottish Short Course Nationals. In a top-quality meet, they won 23 medals, with Freya Anderson yet again stamping her authority on a meet. Congratulations to Amelia Rodd for her Gold and three Bronze, to Lauren Wetherell for her two Silvers and two Bronze, and also to the other seven Titans who medalled.Adam Metcalf continued his record-breaking form, this time setting four new records and leading a cluster of Titans who raised the bar to new heights. Together they claimed 11 new records and took the tally of new records to over 50 for the season so far. In the record-breaking posse were Charlie Hutchison, Joel Thompson, Lauren Wetherell, Maia Hall, and Stephen Taylor."