national ARENA swimming league SOUTH

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS! Another great team performance in the final play-off round of the National Arena Swimming League South saw us win Division 2 East with maximum points.

It was a very exciting and close gala, which saw us in 2nd place after 10 events, but with a string of great individual swims in the middle section of the gala by the end of the individual events we had clawed our way to 1st place. However, RTW Monson closed the gap during the relays and with 2 events to go they were back in front by 1 point. Our ladies open team then bought us back level by winning the 6 x 50 m freestyle relay in a club record time. So it all came down to the final event and our men's open team didn't disappoint. They lead from start to finish, winning us the gala by a single point, fantastic!

On the night we had 14 individual & 8 relay winners, 38 top 3 finishes and 14 PBs, of which 3 were new club records, brilliant.

Congratulations to the following swimmers for winning their individual events; Gina Deave, Alexander Din, Benedict Kelleher, Hannah Daley, Theo Haslam, Victoria Ward, Jamie Phillips, Oliver Reynolds, Georgina Taylor, Felicity Hamilton-Cox, John Furness and Tommy Scopes.

Special congratulations to Felicity Hamilton-Cox for breaking the 100m Breaststroke club record and Hannah Daley for breaking the 100m Butterfly & 100m Freestyle records.

Well done also to the following swimmers that achieved an individual PB: Taylor McCarthy, Ellen Scholes, Victoria Ward, Thomas Hamilton-Cox, Oliver Reynolds, Megan Barnes, Natalie French, Tommy Scopes, Lucy Morgan and James Lockwood.

Congratulations to everyone that has swum in the National Arena league this year; it has been a great team performance and well done Dave.

Thank you to all the coaches, poolside helpers and club officials that have helped in the league this year, particularly Joann Din our gala secretary. Thank you also to all parents and swimmers that came to cheer the team on from the balcony.

DIVISION 1 HERE WE COME.

Report by Steve Reynolds (December 2009)

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Another great team performance in the second round of the National Arena Swimming League South has maintained our position at the top of Division 2 East with maximum points. We won the gala comfortably, achieving 18 PBs, 2 new club records, 21 individual & 11 relay winners (64%) and 48 top 3 finishes, fantastic.

For the full details see the attached result sheet and NASL website www.nationalswimmingleague.org.uk

Congratulations to the following swimmers for winning their individual events; Gina Deave, Oliver Reynolds, Alexander Din, Lucy Morgan, Benedict Kelleher, James Brinkley, Theo Haslam, Victoria Ward, Jamie Phillips, Jessica Findlay, Harry Clarke, Georgina Taylor, Isobel Vowles and James Lockwood.

Special congratulations to Felicity Hamilton-Cox for breaking the 100m Breaststroke club record and Hannah Daley for breaking the 100m Freestyle record. 

Well done also to the following swimmers that achieved an individual PB: Taylor McCarthy, Megan Barnes, Cameron Butler, Chloe Dobb, Henrietta Shorter and Tommy Scopes.

We have now qualified for the swim-off gala in the final round, where the teams that finish in the top three will win promotion to Division 1 East.

Providing we can swim our best team in the final gala we have a very good chance of winning promotion back to Division 1. So please add Saturday 12th Dec to your calendars and why not come and support your club.

Report by Steve Reynolds (November 2009)