ROUND 3 DIDDY LEAGUE A TEAM @Leamington 27.06.09
We travelled to Leamington with four key swimmers unavailable due to illness/injury. With just 26 of the 30 used in the previous two rounds, many young swimmers found themselves swimming numerous relays and individuals, some up in age. For our 12 year olds it was their final Diddy Gala.
Tonight’s Team:-
| G I R L S |
| 9 's | Ellie Childs | 10's | Bethan Walters | 11's | Chloe Lowe | 12's | Katie Jones |
| | Rochelle Edwards | | Rhiannon Cutler | | Aimee Sanders | | Emma Pay |
| | Katie White | | Olivia Naylor | | Jordan Ingamells | | Nat Dingley |
| | | | | | Rosie Buswell | | Shannon O'Brien |
| B O Y S |
| 9 's | Jake Buswell | 10's | Aaron Costigan | 11's | Joe Hamilton | 12's | Adam Horton |
| | Tom Martin | | Michael Sedgley | | Edward Povey | | George Hammersley |
| | Finley Cook | | Ashley Smith | | | | Myles Pountain |
| | Edward Maycock | | | | | | |
Event 1 & 2 - 10y free. Bethan great pb and 5th place. Michael a good 4th.
Event 3 & 4 - 9y breast. Katie & Edward. Not Katie’s usual stroke but a did a great job to get 4th. Edward a brilliant 2nd .
Event 5 – 11y Girls medley relay. Great swims from all 3rd .
Event 6 –11y Boys medley relay. An excellent 2nd with Michael & Aaron both swimming up.
Event 7 & 8 12y back. Katie 3rd & Adam 4th excellent times from both..
Event 9 & 10. 10y breast. Rhiannon great effort 6th place. Aaron 1st place over 3 seconds ahead. Brilliant.
Event 11 & 12. 9y medley relay. Boys WOW over 4 seconds clear what a win. Girls a clear 2nd No points though as we declared the overage swimmer.
Event 13 & 14 11y freestyle relay. 3rd again for the girls Great splits from all. 2nd again for the boys Ashley joining Aaron to swim up in this one.
Points so far Stratford 56
Solihull 54
Stourbridge 51
Event 15 & 16 12y fly. Nat 1st.Battled all the way to win it on the touch. A great time from George with a 2nd place. Well done both
Event 17 & 18. 10y medley relay. 4th Girls , 2nd for the Boys with Jake swimming up
Event 19 & 20 11y back. Aimee, unwell but a great effort for 3rd. Michael swimming up to take 5th place
Event 21 & 22. 9y freestyle relay. Girls a clear 2nd again. Boys 1st - first time in four years at this club that I have seen a 9 year old boys team win not one but TWO relays. The smiles on their faces just showed how proud they were. Well done lads.
Event 23 & 24. 12y breast. Emma- A clear winner. Brilliant technique. Adam another great swim. This time 3rd place.
Event 25 & 26. 10y freestyle relay. Girls always strong in this one a great 2nd place, Boys just touched into 3rd. Jake swimming up.
Event 27 & 28 11y fly. Chloe fly tonight delivered the goods again with a great 2nd place Joe destroyed the field with a great pb and 6 points.
Event 29 & 30 9y fly. Ellie C - another win from our little flyer. Jake unlucky to get 3rd just 0.3 sec separating the 1st three. .
Event 31 & 32 12y free. Nat 2nd another great performance. Myles - foot slipped on turn but still managed to get a 4th
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.& Bethan, both 4th places in very quick races..
Event 36 & 37 9 yr free. Tom a cracking start in a great time 4th. Ellie C just touched into 2nd place. Great swims from both.
Event 38 & 39 12y freestyle relay. 2nd place for both teams. Excellent splits from all involved Event 40 & 41. 11y Breast. Aaron 1st place - unbelievable result considering he was swimming up. Rosie 6th in good time.
Event 42. Boys 8x1 freestyle relay. Finley,Ashley & Ed Povey joining the usual members to gain a great 2nd place.
Event 43 & 44. 10y fly. Olivia unlucky to get 3rd 0.3 sec separating first three. More excellent points from Aaron in the boys 2nd.
Event 45 & 46. 9y Back. Rochelle 5th, Jake 4th tough opposition for both tonight.
The lead had been changing hands all night between the top three teams and at this stage we were one point behind Stratford and one point ahead of Solihull.
Event 47 & 48. 11y Free. Jordan - her first individual in this league - after last weeks excellent swims. A great pb and 3rd place. Joe once again a clear winner, outstanding swimming tonight Joe
Event 49 12y Girls Medley Relay. Never any doubt about the outcome. A comfortable win for this girls quartet.
Event 50 12y Boys Medley Relay. Brilliant swims by all four almost catching Stratford! 2nd.
Event 51. The Cannon. Neck and neck all the way between the top three teams An exciting race. 2nd place.
FINAL POINTS:-
1st Stourbridge 211 points
2nd Stratford 207 points
3rd Solihull 201 points
4th Phoenix Youth 157 points
5th Oswestry Otters 136 points
6th Haden Hill 125 points
Over the three rounds we have not once incurred a DQ showing the high standard and concentration that all our swimmers have attained.
Special thanks must go to those dedicated swimmers who have turned up knowing they will only swim relays. They are as important as any other team member once again proving a valuable asset to the overall result.
I don’t usually do swimmer of the night, as it’s a Team effort. But a special mention tonight goes to Joe Hamilton for his margins of victory and Aaron Costigan (AZZA) for his two wins in the breastroke 10’s & 11’s. Team of the night has to be the 9-year-old boys. Simply brilliant.
Once again I would like to thank Chris for Judging, Mark Sedgley & Colin for Timekeeping and Paula Pay, Alex Thom, Lauren Sanders, Jason, Stew & Marc for their valuable help on poolside.
This result leaves us 8th in the League of 24 Teams on the same league points as Solihull who finished 6th and have reached the final. We have achieved everything we could have and more in each of the three rounds showing the strength and talent of these young swimmers in Stourbridge Swimming Club. An easier draw in rounds 1 & 2 may have enabled us to reach that final.
WELL DONE EVERYONE.
John.
Junior A Team Manager
