This round of the North Lancs League was another stern test for our swimmers with many of our usual ones unavailable. This put pressure on the team, some of who had to swim up to eight races. Many swimmers had to swim up an age group and for some swimmers even two age groups. However, they were up to the challenge and swimmers such as Isaac are building a reputation for taking on the older boys.
Our experienced national and regional swimmers led by example and this helped the younger team members focus on maximising points without wasting energy on lost causes. This achieved an important result finishing 17 points ahead of Burnley which is likely to be significant at the end of the season. There were some creditable first places for Marlins swimmers and many other notable performances. Such as Maddie Kennedy who got a second after not being able to train for almost a month and also the Arcangelo sisters Millie and Amelia, their performance was so seamless you could almost believe that they were the same person. But the most phenomenal performance was by our youngest swimmer (according to Mary's sheet D.O.B. 18/10/08) Anna Doughty- truly phenomenal in the open age group. The only real concern for the team was the standard of the start in the girls 12/u 50 fly. However, once Lizzie had found the right end of the pool she put on a good performance. Well done to: The 12/u's - Lizzie Woodcock, Maddie Kennedy, Milly Arcangelo, Katie Doughty, Isaac Brennand, Luka Hyam, Callan Sharples, Liam Hardman The 14/u's - Chloe Cottam, Ellie Anwyl, Alex Highcock, Jack Hardman, Bradley Astles, Jordan O'Hara Open- Anna Doughty, Tom Gibbs, Ben Gibbs, Jack Dandy, Elliot Smallwood
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Well done to all swimmers who competed at the Microleague gala in Southport this Saturday . It was always going to be a tough challenge competing in the top division with some of our regular swimmers unavailable. However, this gave opportunities to our up and coming swimmers, some who were competing for the first time- and they did not disappoint us. The effort they put in ensured that we gained points in heats against very strong opponents. Swimming for the girls: Lizzie Woodcock(captain), Milly Arcangelo, Anika Anderson, Katie Doughty, Holly McHugh, Katie Henry, Kiera Dunstan, Kate Eastwood, Georgia Ashton, Mia-Louise Pilkington, Emma Baker, Rachel Parr, Ellie Hancock, Lucy Goldthorpe, Jemmima Stubbs and Imogen Blackwell. Swimming for the boys: Luka hyam(captain), Isaac Brennand, Liam Hardman, Liam Donahoe, Scott Paynter, Joe Arcangelo, Alex Fitzpatrick, George Wilson, Daniel Caley, Lucas Brennand, Jayden Lowe, Callum Ward and Joe Parkinson Special mention goes to those who had to 'swim up' against older opposition, namely: Isaac Brennand, Scott Paynter, Liam Hardman, Liam Donahoe Also those who won their heats: Lizzie Woodcock(12yr) 50 free+ 50 fly Georgia Ashton(10yr) 50 back Joe Arcangelo(10yr) 50 free Isaac Brennand(11yr) 50 fly+50 breast- he won the 11yrs 50m fly just 6 races after winning the same event in the 12 yrs age group. Against swimmers a whole year older! Another mention goes to a potential future captain, Imogen Blackwell(9yr), who spotted one of the poolside helpers sending one of her teammates to get changed when they still had another race- well done Imogen!
There were a lot of highlights as well as winning best visiting club we achieved the following: Jack Hardman - Best 14 year old Boy Isaac Brennand - Best 10 year old boy Chloe Cottam - Best 12 year old girl Individual Achievments.Chloe Cottam: 1st - 200 IM, 1st - 100 Fly, 2nd - 50 Free, 3rd - 50 Back, 1st - 50 Fly, 2nd - 100 Free. Lizzie Woodcock: 2nd - 100 Fly, 1st - 50 Free, 1st - 50 Back, 2nd - 50 Fly, 2nd - 100 free. Jack Hardman: 2nd - 100 Fly, 2nd - 100 Back, 2nd - 100 Free, 1st - 200 IM, 2nd - 50 Back, 2nd - 50 Fly, 2nd - 50 free. Isaac Brennand: 1st - 100 IM, 1st - 50 Breast, 1st - 50 Back, 1st - 50 Free. Alex Highcock: 1st - 100 Breast, 3rd - 200 IM, 1st - 50 Breast. Mariette Braithwaite: 2nd - 100 Fly, 1st - 50 Fly. Eleanor Anwyl: 3rd - 50 free, 2nd - 50 Back. Callan Sharples: 3rd - 100 Fly. Scott Paynter: 2nd - 50 Breast. Sarah Glen: 3rd - 100 IM. Anika Andersen: 3rd - 50 Back. PDF Results Below:
Well Done to all the swimmers who took part in our second round of the 2014 NW Micro League competition. We finished a very credible 3th place on the night with a healthy 107 points, Great Job everyone.
Well done to all that supported the club at the opening round of the 2014 North Lancs league at Blackpool. we expected a tough round which since getting promotion to the top flight last year, and we were'nt disapointed. Although the opposition was tough we did extremely well as we were missing some of our top swimmers for the event. download the pdf below for race to race results.
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