A trip to our local rivals and by the looks main competition this year Halesowen starts this years Worcester Winter League campaign.
With Halesowen on home turf this would not be easy and especially as we had several key swimmers missing (Lauren,Zoë,Charlotte and Ant.)However we have strength and depth in our squads and a couple of new faces.
As we are defending Champions it would be nice to get off to a good start.

 6.00pm came and as usual the poolside atmosphere was electric with our hosts Halesowen,Worcester,Haden hill and Redditch all looking for that same good start.  Worcester would draw first blood with the first race victory.
 Point at event 10
 HALESOWEN 49
 STOURBRIDGE 47
 WORCESTER40
 HADEN HILL 33
 REDDITCH     31

 At this point just 2 wins from our younger swimmers holding us in here Sam And Ant.Well done to you both.Two more Indy's for this pair later.
 Points at event 20
 Halesowen 92
 Stourbridge 91
 Worcester 84
 Haden Hill 75
 Redditch 58

 Three wins Nick(how does he do it )Cruchley.Becky Evans back in top form and the new guy Jack Henderson a fine debut and victory in
 the Worcester winter league for Stourbridge.Ant picked up a 2nd place and should have won died in last 5 metres denies him a
double.Lauren also picks up a 2nd. Just one point in it and that's close the last 5 metres are costing  us.
 Points at event 30
 Stourbridge 136
 Halesowen 130
 Haden Hill 122
 Worcester 117
 Redditch 91

 Another three wins.Sam makes it a double ,G looks very strong, 13 medley team victory.Two second places Anna and Joe.Halesowen had no wins in this section and we gained those vital points.
 Final points at event 40
Stourbridge 183
 Halesowen 175
 Haden Hill   161
 Worcester   157
 Redditch     120
 Ross       DNS

 Last year we romped home to victory in round one dropping only a handful of wins.This year was to prove much harder as you can see
 from the points.There are some great young faces spread out between the clubs over the county.Which is great news for the County.
 The Winter league will be tough to win again this year as always and I am sure Halesowen and Worcester will be there again hopefully
 with ourselves.
 Thanks to our hosts Halesowen and all the officials.
 Special thanks to Steve,Bob and Jeff.

 There is always a chance the A team may draw the B team in round 2.
 Now that could be very interesting as the B team are looking good too.

 Lets hope everyone is ready for the next round fighting fit and available to swim for the club whether it A or B team.

 Finally,swim of the night this goes to Sam Tromans for a great double and a fine pose at the end of his second swim.He saw Nick do
 it and I suggested he did it too.I hope you all saw.It was hilarious.(oh no that's Stew talking)

Team of the night 13s with a fine double relay victory.Well done.The 15 lads deserve a mention too for there attitude towards others.

 That's it check out the result sheet for all positions.

 Jason

Worcester Winter League Rnd1