Echo Cup First Round 2013
31 Aug 2013
The
Otters team performed at todayÆs first round of the 2013 Echo Cup at Everton
Park.
In this yearÆs
competition there are 13 teams taking part. There were six teams in our round today
including Bootle & North, Garston, Hoylake, Everton ,Birkenhead , Ormskirk :
Bridgefield did not take part in this round.
The team
put in some fantastic relay and individual swims and the competition was
fierce. However there were some careless mistakes with incorrect starts and
incorrect turns leading to us 4 disqualifications and losing vital points.
There were some errors too with the 9 year old swimmers that were given the benefit
of the doubt and luckily no further points were deducted. Several swimmers had
to really step up with swimmers being missing due to holidays. There was some disappointing behavior poolside and lots of noise. This is not acceptable and at the next round I expect better behavior and less noise from all swimmers.
I would like to thank Adam Jones, Lucy and
Jack Boswell and Elizabeth McEvilly for coming straight from their holidays to
the gala û airports and motorways thankfully on time: and Annabelle Corlett for
sacrificing a party.
Despite the
high level of competitors, there were some excellent races and very tough
competitions. In the individual races there were 6 personal best times.
Girls: , Annabelle Corlett (10) in her 50 meters backstroke,
Katelyn Quirk (12) in her 50 meters butterfly , Libby Maitland (10) in her 50 meters free and Freya
Wissett (9) in her 25 meters butterfly.
Boys: Adam Jones
(12) in 50 meters breaststroke and Josh Maitland (12) in his 50 meters backstroke.
However HoylakeÆs
performance was excellent on the day and they stormed ahead leading all the
way: final points
Hoylake 252 points
Everton
246 points
Garston
184 points
Ormskirk
152 points
Birkenhead
85 points
Bootle
North 72 points
Bridgefield Did not swim 0 points
Next round is Saturday 28thSeptember and we have the 1pm draw. Invites to follow shortly. Teams drawn against Bootle North, Halton ,Everton, Southport, Crosby, Ormskirk and Bridgefield. Please save the date in your diary.