ROUND 2 DIDDY LEAGUE   A TEAM @WYNDLEY 09.05.09
 
Another tough draw for this round.   Up against Coventry – 2006 league winners, Northampton 2007 league winners, a very strong Wyre Forest team and Northgate and Orion making up the other two. We were once again in for another competitive evening of swimming.
 
It’s very difficult to pick a team but going on the impressive swims from the last round some changes were made on those performances.
 
The following swimmers earnt individual swims this time – Rochelle Edwards, Noah Swartz, Rosie Buswell, Edward Povey & Myles Pountain.
 
 
 
Event 1 & 2 - 10y free. Rhiannon, strong swim just missing out on 4th place. Noah, great effort tied up on the last 10m but gave a great effort.
Event 3 & 4 - 9y breast.  Ellie A & Edward.  Excellent 4th for Ellie and  a superb swim from Edward just being touched out to 3rd.  Well done.
Event 5 – 11y Girls medley relay. Great swims in each stroke, a good 4th place.
Event 6 –11y Boys medley relay. A good 5th place.  Aaron  swimming up.  Well done lads.
Event 7 & 8 12y back. Katie a good 3rd, Adam 5th well done both.
Event 9 & 10. 10y breast.  Jordan. A good 4th in her favourite stroke. Aaron gaining 3rd place in a very tight race.
Event 11 & 12. 9y medley relay. Both 2nd to Northampton.  Girls 6 secs ahead of 3rd, Boys 11 secs ahead of 3rd place.
Event 13 & 14 11y freestyle relay. Didn’t expect 2nd from the girls tonight having tough opposition in that age group. Boys hung on to 5th place.
Event 15 & 16 12y fly. Nat  3rd. George 5th. Great efforts from both in tough races
Event 17 & 18. 10y medley relay.  Fine swims from both teams. Both 4th places.
Event 19 & 20 11y back. Aimee a close race. 4th Edward a little nervous doing his first individual did a good job – a well earned point.
Event 21 & 22. 9y freestyle relay.  Girls 2nd, Boys 3rd. Once again proving what fine swimmers they all are. Girls an amazing 17 secs ahead of 3rd place
Event 23 & 24. 12y breast. Emma 4th Adam 5th. Against Strong opposition
Event 25 & 26. 10y freestyle relay.  Both 3rd places to Northampton & Coventry Excellent swims all round.
 

POINTS SO FAR:- 

                                    1st         Northampton     146      
                                    2nd        Coventry           106
                                    3rd        Wyre Forest     90
                                    4th        Stourbridge      84
                                    5th        Northgate         72
                                    6th        Orion                47
 
Event 27 & 28 11y fly. Aimee  pushed all the way. Great 2nd place. Joe a strong 4th.
Event 29 &  30 9y fly. Ellie C & Jake  Brilliant technique by both.  Ellie gaining our only 1st place of the night. Jake a fantastic 2nd Well done.
Event 31 & 32 12y free.  Nat 4th close race.  Myles first individual for the club, stormed away for a length and a half tied up on the last 10 m pipped into 4th place. 0.3 secs off 2nd place, super swim Myles.
Event 33 Girls 8x1 freestyle relay.   Once again fantastic swims by all eight girls involved a great 2nd place.
Event 34 & 35 10y back. Michael.4th. Bethan, keeps telling me she doesn’t like back stroke, With a great 2nd place, maybe she’ll start to believe in her ability in this stroke.  Excellent technique & turns from both.    
 Event 36 & 37 9 yr free. Tom – Big improvement from a nervous first round 1 sec separating 2nd to 5th Fought all the way excellent 3rd place. Ellie C. once again another excellent swim 2nd place.   Well done.
Event 38 & 39 12y freestyle relay.  Both teams swam Brilliantly in close races both 4th
Event 40 & 41. 11y Breast.  Aaron swimming up gaining 5th place the extra point proving valuable.  Rosie earnt this individual after impressive relay swims in both rounds.  Tough race 6th place. Well done both.

Event 42.  Boys 8x1 freestyle relay.   Great swims all round. 3rd.

Event 43 & 44. 10y fly. Olivia  & Aaron. Great determination with both gaining 3rd  place.
Event 45 & 46. 9y Back.  Rochelle, another one gaining their first individual after impressive previous performances a great 4th place.  Jake 2nd again I’m sure that 1st place will come – you deserve it.
Event 47 & 48. 11y Free. Excellent finish from Chloe to hold 4th place.  Joe 5th.
Event 49 12y Girls Medley Relay.  Less than 1 sec between 1st & 3rd unfortunately we got 3rd   Great effort from an excellent quartet.
Event 50 12y Boys Medley Relay. Brilliant swims by all four another well deserved 3rd place.
 
Going into the last race we were on equal points with Wyre Forest. 
 
Event 51. The Cannon. Every swimmer gave it their all. An excellent 3rd place.  By beating Wyre Forest in this race we achieved 3rd place overall in the gala.  Well done everyone.
 
                                    1st         Northampton                       287 points
                                    2nd        Coventry                             203 points
                                    3rd        Stourbridge                        177 points              
                                    4th        Wyre Forest                       176 points
                                    5th        Northgate                           129 points
                                    6th        Orion                                  92 points
 
Once again an outstanding result for the Team with some of our younger and less experienced swimmers growing in self-confidence.    Well done.
 
I would like to thank all parents for their support and getting there well in time.  Chris for Judging, Mark Sedgley & Colin for Timekeeping and Paula Pay, Becky Dingley, Lauren Sanders & Marc for their valuable help on poolside.
 
Round 3 takes us to Leamington Spa where we are up against Solihull, Stratford Sharks, Phoenix Youth, Haden Hill and Oswestry Otters. Lets see if we can make further improvements both as a team and individually to better our two excellent 3rd places in Rounds 1 & 2.
 
 
 
 
John.

Junior A Team Manager