Sprints Gala - 03-10-2011

Success for Sevenoaks at Sprints Trophy Gala.

The Sevenoaks team were on top form last Saturday on home ground when they successfully won The Sprints Trophy Gala.

Sevenoaks were consistently steady in their swims all evening battling it out with their closest rival Beacon S.C. Tension and excitement then took over as they realised they were pulling ahead and the team, in an all out effort, put everything into the last few events. The teams held their breath as the final results were announced with a win for Sevenoaks by a close 6 points ahead of Beacon.

In the 10/U girls Hannah Reid Dick and Abigail Johnstone were placed 2nd in the feestyle and backstroke and Issy Childs gained a 3rd in the Fly and a 4th in the breastroke. The boys 10/U gave a 1st place in the freestyle to Ben Channon and a 3rd to Ben Fleet in the backstroke.

The 12/U boys and girls put in some good swims with Tom Coote winning first place in the breastroke and 2nd in the fly. Max Murray was 3rd in the backstroke with a very good PB and Jared Whiting was 4th in the freestyle. In the girls, Stephanie Mullin-Henderson took 2nd in the backstroke and 3rd place in the fly, with some good PB’s in both events. Annie Blundell was 2nd in her breastroke event and Fionna Potter took 3rd place in the freestyle.

The Girls and Boys 14/U age group put in some steady but pleasing swims ensuring we continued to notch up valuable points. In the Girls team Jess Guy pulled of a 2nd in the freestyle and a 3rd in the fly. In the Boys, Callum Brophy also was 3rd in the fly and a 4th in the freestyle. Molly Payne’s 2nd in the backstroke event gave her a new PB, with a 3rd for Sam Hayes. In the breastroke events Ellie Reynolds was 4th and David Wilson swimming up an age group also took 4th in the breastroke.

The 16/U team were strong and did some motivated swimming. Ben Van Leuween took 1st in the freestyle and 2nd in the backstroke. Alex Tucker also took the 2nd place in the fly event with Frankie Batchelor 5th in the breastroke. In the Girls Cecilia Fenner swimming up an age group took 1st in the fly with an exciting swim and 5th in the breastroke. Laura Phillips was also on top form with a 1st for the backstroke and a 3rd in the freestyle.

The Open age group also produced some excellent swims from the older swimmers. Excellent results from James Manning’s win in the freestyle event and Angus Wyatt’s 1st in the breastroke and 2nd in the fly. Mark Phillips gave a 3rd place in the backstroke. The girls Open events saw Tasminder Marsh with a 3rd in the backstroke and a 5th in the fly and Sophie Simpson with a 3rd in the breastroke and a 5th in the freestyle.

The relay events were mixed events with 2 girls and 2 boys in each relay. These produced some exciting results with a 1st for the 10/u freestyle relay by nearly 3 seconds, but an unfortunate DQ in the medley relay. The 12/u teams were 1st in the freestyle relay by a touch and 3rd in the medley. The 14/u’s took 3rd place in both relays and in the 16/u group there was a 2nd for the freestyle missing out on 1st by a touch and a 3rd in the medley just missing 2nd by one second. The Open relay swimmers were hard fought and just reaching 1st in the freestyle with a heroic last minute push by Mark Phillips in the last leg and 2nd in the medley just beaten to a first position again by a touch despite an amazing swim by James Manning in the final leg.

The final squadron relay event was a very close and exciting 2nd place for the mixed team again just missing 1st by a touch with again an inspired swim by James Manning in the final leg but all the squadron giving their very best for this final event.

There was excellent team spirit amount the team members which added to the satisfaction of the final result.

Final results were Sevenoaks with 202 points, Beacon, 196 points, 1066 with 184 points, Edenbridge with 174 points, TASS with l64 points and Chislehurst Millenium with 93 points.