Nuneaton Diddy League Round One 25^th April 2009

B Team Report

The Team

Boys                                                                 Girls

Lewis Moreton                                                  Charis Hipkiss

Dominic Rhoden                                                Kelsey Dimmock

Matthew Hickman                                             Claudia Sketchley

Oliver Povey                                                     Casey Kirkham

Jarred Whitehouse                                             Jessica McEwan

Thomas Parker                                                 Alicia Watton

Robert Chandler                                                Sophie Donaldson

Adam Hunt                                                       Grace Fellows

Ryan Sharpe                                                     Sarah Green

Sam Matthews                                                  Amelia Faulkner                                                                       

Jacob Anson                                                     Hannah Irwin

Adam Fisher                                                     Megan Dudley

Greg Dimmock                                                  Becky Bradley

James Stevenson                                               Beth Henderson

                                                                        Emily Bennett

                                                                        Kay Bennett

 

Round one of the Nuneaton Junior Diddy League Division 3 and Stourbridge B had a tough draw against amongst others, Oldbury and Worcester and to make matters worse, a number of regular swimmers were unavailable due to school PGL activities. Such is the depth of swimmers at the club now, we were able to give some of our younger swimmers the opportunity to compete and as such were able to field a full squad.

Jessica, Jarred, Charis and Lewis were first to swim, and 2^nd places from Jarred and Charis gave us some good points on the board. Hannah and Ryan put in good times in the backstroke taking 2^nd and 3^rd and then a close finish saw Thomas take 2^nd place in his breaststroke event.

We had to wait till event 15 before we got our first win courtesy of Megan who swam a stunning two lengths to take the butterfly event by just 0.3 secs. Well done Meg. This was followed by Grace taking a superb second place in a photo finish in the 11 yrs backstroke. Time for the 12 year olds again and this time it was Becky and Jacob who won their breaststroke events showing good technique to come home in front in two very close races.

At the half way stage the points were;

                                    Worcester                     122

                                    Oldbury                        121

                                    Warley                         92

                                    Stourbridge                 91

                                    Broadway                     75

                                    Perry Beaches              48

A good performance by Lewis was rewarded with 2^nd place in the one length butterfly. Well done Lewis. Beth and Adam followed with two 2^nd places in the freestyle event. Charis made it two 2^nd places from two events with a good swim in the 9 yrs freestyle followed by our 12 year olds taking two 2^nd places in the boys and girls freestyle relays. Robert showed good strength with 1^st place in his breaststroke event by just over a second. Well done Robert.  Grace also made it two races and two 2^nd places, only missing out on the win in her freestyle event by just 0.2sec!! Hannah, Becky, Megan and Beth finished 1^st in the medley relay and Ryan swam a superb backstroke leg to help the boys take 2^nd in their medley relay. At the end of the gala the points were;

                                    Oldbury                        222

                                    Worcester                     214

                                    Warley                         174

                                    Stourbridge                 172

                                    Broadway                     135

                                    Perry Beaches              83

Well done to all the swimmers, particularly those who swam for the team for the first time. Unfortunately we incurred six disqualifications during the gala and only five wins. With another tough draw in the next round it is important that we score points in every event, so there is lots to work on in training before the next round.

 

Every swimmer put in 100% effort so well done everyone and see you for Round 2.