WHITEHORSE LEAGUE On Saturday evening we turned in our best performance of the year in this league, still coming third but only missing the top spot by 11 points. It was a very close gala. Well done to the large number of you who performed pbs on the night under hideously hot circumstances: Ellen Scholes, Theo Haslam, Nicola Kleist, Richard Knight, Natalie French, Tanglin Ireland, Alex Din, Heather Perfect, Chloe Dobb, Henri Shorter, Cameron Butler, Gabby Eastment, and Gina Deave. A special congratulations to Oliver Lister and James Brinkley who both lowered their own club records after having spent a long day competing up at Crystal Palace and still turning out for the team in the evening. Well done chaps. Report by David Court (June 2010) --With a much improved performance in round 2, we finished 2nd on the night with a fantastic 31 top 3 finishes (65%), 9 PBs and 1 new Club Record. This pushes us up to 5th in the league this year, just 3 points behind Beckenham who are in 2nd place. Special congratulations to James Brinkley who broke the 50m freestyle club record, with a time that would qualify him for the National Championships. Congratulations to the following swimmers who won their individual events; Benedict Kelleher (50m Backstroke & 50m Freestyle), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (50m Breaststroke) and James Brinkley (50m Freestyle). Well done to both the Boys 15/U and Men's Open teams for winning their 4 x 50 m Medley events and the Ladies Open team for winning their 4 x 50 m Medley & Freestyle events. Well done also to the following swimmers that achieved a PB in their individual event; Theo Haslam (50m Breaststroke), Emma Wade (50m Butterfly), Alex Lister (50m Butterfly), Phoebe Hampson (50m Breaststroke), Isobel Vowles (50m Butterfly), Benedict Kelleher (50m Freestyle), Isobel Yewman (50m Freestyle), Gabby Eastment (50m Breaststroke) and of course James Brinkley. |