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City of Liverpool emerge as top club after a successful outing at Rother Valley
July 27, 2025City of Liverpool emerged as the top club at the GoCardless Swim England Open Water National Age Group Championships 2025.
After a successful outing at Rother Valley Country Park, the club from the North West took home a total of three medals – two golds and one silver.
It was a strong start, with two podium finishes within the first two races of the day, the Open/Male and the Female 16 years 7.5k events.
Ollie Lambert opened City of Liverpool’s account after an extremely close finish between three swimmers.
After a final push down the home straight and a photo finish, Lambert was awarded the silver medal with a time of 1:28.16.
Maidenhead’s Lucas Bryant took the spoils in that one to earn gold, with Newcastle’s Aidan Turner receiving the bronze medal.
Taking the first gold for City of Liverpool was a surname synonymous with the city, as Amelia Gerrard made sure the lead didn’t slip away in the final moments of her race as she went on to secure victory in a 1:33.52.
Newcastle’s Katy Otterson and Sophie King of Swindon Dolphins completed the podium in second and third place respectively.
Securing the top club title for City of Liverpool was Thomas Rickels in the Open/Male 14 years 5k race.
The result meant the youngster has claimed a quadruple of distance medals as he added his gold in the 5k to his first place finishes in the 400m, 800m and 1500m events at the Speedo Aquatics GB Next Gen Championships earlier in the week.
Rickels recorded a time of 55:31 in the open water event, with Jack Waterson the next to finish. A tie for bronze saw both Archie Ainslie and Joshua Hutchinson collect a medal.
You can find all the results from this year’s GoCardless Swim England Open Water National Age Group Championships here.
Full roll of honour for the GoCardless Swim England Open Water National Age Group Championships 2025
Open/Male 16 years 7.5k
Lucas Bryant, Maidenhead, 1:28.16
Ollie Lambert, City of Liverpool, 1:28.16
Aidan Turner, Newcastle, 1:28.16
Female 16 years 7.5k
Amelia Gerrard, City of Liverpool, 1:33.52
Katy Otterson, Newcastle, 1:33.55
Sophie King, Swindon Dolphins, 1:34.12
Open/Male 17/18 years 7.5k
Samuel Williams, Wycombe District, 1:24.11
Joshua Keogh, Bolton Metro, 1:24.43
Adam McCauley-Wright, Portsmouth Northsea, 1:25.05
Female 17/18 years 7.5k
Ave Cook, City of Sheffield, 1:31.03
Megan Cumner, Mount Kelly, 1:34.51
Amelie Bodmer, Bristol&SGlo, 1:35.22
Open/Male 19+ years 7.5k
Jack Booth-Rudd, Portsmouth Northsea, 1:24.24
Daniel Moyses, City of Peterborough, 1:27.19
Ashley Hogg, City of Manchester Aquatics, 1:27.37
Female 19+ years 7.5k
Talia Staines, N & D PP SC, 1:28.02
Emily Forwood, Swansea Uni, 1:28.45
Nicole Ryan, Maidenhead, 1:29.20
Open/Male 14 years 5k
Thomas Rickels, City of Liverpool, 55:31
Jack Waterson, Middlesboro, 56:26
Archie Ainslie, City of Sheffield, 57:25
Joshua Hutchinson, Woking, 57:25
Female 14 years 5k
Lydia Shipley, Middlesboro, 57:36
Viyana Seifi, City of Salford, 57:41
Summer Smith, Basildon Phoenix, 58:11
Open/Male 15 years 5k
Aiden Anderson, UoAPS, 53:22
Zac Baughan-Withington, KingstonHull, 54:38
Charlie Morgan, Teddington, 55:32
Female 15 years 5k
Darcey Arnold, Woking, 58:10
Molly Burton, East Grins’d, 58:16
Phoebe Lawton, City of Coventry, 58:51
Open/Male 13 years 3k
Daniel Lawrence, Staines, 35:38
Dexter Akehurst, City of Sheffield, 35:49
Sebastian Garnham, Teddington, 35:52
Female 13 years 3k
Tyla-Jade Thomas, Medway Maritime, 34:50
Annie Falkous, Morpeth, 36:32
Mia Wilson, Basildon Phoenix, 37:19
