Great afternoon at McMillan Gala Huyton
16 Jun 2013
The Otters
team put in a sterling performance at todayÆs Liverpool Penguins MacMillan
Invitation Gala held at Huyton leisure center.( thanks to all dads that
attended too with it being FatherÆs day!)
There
were six teams in total including Liverpool Penguins, Bootle & North,
Garston, Prescot, and Halton .
The team
put in some fantastic relay and individual swims and the competition was
fierce. Several swimmers had to really step up the mark when we had an injury
in the boys 11/12 age group and they offered their services without hesitation.
I would like to thank Adam Jones, Joshua Maitland and Joseph Marshall for their extra swims and fantastic æcan do approachÆ.
Despite
this gala being a friendly gala, there were some excellent races and very tough
competitions. In the individual races there were 11 personal best times.
Girls: Elizabeth
McEvilly (9) in her 25 meters breaststroke ,Kathryn McEvilly (12) in her 50
meters freestyle, Rhiannon Pellow (9) in her 25 meters backstroke, Eleanor Rea (11) 50 meters backstroke and Freya
Woods (9) in her 25 meters butterfly.
Boys: Jack Boswell (9) in his 25 meters freestyle,, Adam
Jones (12) in 50 meters breaststroke, Adam Scrutton (9) in his 25 meters
breaststroke and Shaun Walker (10) in both his 25 meters butterfly and 50 meters
freestyle..
However Garston
performance was excellent on the day and took away both cannon trophies, for
the girls and boys and won the overall gala.
Please
note when looking at times, all personal records are updated and team results
on members page under æothers galas tabÆ
Please note
all 2nd and 4thplaces in relays were shallow end starts
with no diving allowed, hence slightly slower times.
Also on swimmers individual times, to see relays you must use the drop down on
the left hand side to include relay times.