Otters achieve 2nd place in Burnley- Micro League
15 Jun 2013
Today was
our third Micro League meet of the season. It started off with most Otters setting
off from Park Pool on a coach where lots of fun was had!
Our 9 -12
year old age groups put in a fantastic effort at St Peters Leisure Centre in
Burnley.
Congratulations
to the 11 year old girls and boys who won their first freestyle relays, todays
competition was tough with everyone fighting for vital points at this stage of
the season. The other teams Fleetwood, Lancaster and Burnley obviously also put
forward their strongest teams available. At more than once during the day the teams were drawing and it was a
tough battle.
Again we
would especially like to thank all those swimmers that competed in swims above their
age group. This is always difficult however they performed really well. We continue
to be committed to taking the strongest team available on the day and this was
reflected as some of the races were very tight. There were one or two swimmers
missing due to other commitments but the swimmers did not let this deter them.
The
individual races had 7 wins even with todayÆs competition being high, Annabelle
Corlett (10) Eleanor Rea (11) winning their 50 meters backstroke, Eoin OÆConnor (11) winning his 50 meters fly & 50
meters freestyle , Georgia Thompson (9) winning her 25 meters backstroke and Freya Wissett (9) winning her 25 meters fly and Jake Wissett (11) winning his 50 meters
breaststroke .
Fantastic
results especially from the 9 years OldÆs, well done.
There
were also 13 personal best times achieved in the individual races!
Girls: Annabelle
Corlett (10) in her 50 meters breaststroke, Hannah Jones(11) 50 meters freestyle,
Eleanor Rea (11) 50 meters backstroke, Katie Robinson (12) 50 meters
backstroke Molly Sharrock 25 meters
breaststroke and Georgia Thompson in her 25 meters backstroke .
Boys: Jack Boswell (9) in his 25 meters breaststroke , Sam
Ellis (9) in both his 25 meters freestyle and in his 25 meters backstroke ,Adam
Jones (12) in both his 50 meters freestyle and in his 50 meters breaststroke, Ethan Sanders(11) 50 meters backstroke and
Jake Wissett (11) in his 50 meters breaststroke.
The team succeeded
in the final victory of the day in the cannon which the swimmers put in an
overwhelming performance and on this occasion deservedly came in first place
This gala
again will be very important as we need to try to gain maximum points here at Wigan to avoid potential swim off at the
end of the season. Two of the teams at this meet will be fighting for promotion
so points will be hard to come by.
If
swimmers are selected for the team we would really appreciate their attendance
in order to secure all important points needed.
Please
note when looking at times, all personal records are updated and team results
to follow later members page under Micro League tab: all 2nd and 4thplaces
in relays were shallow end starts with no diving allowed, hence slightly slower
times( and all boys in cannon start shallow end hence slightly slower times)
Final
Result 1st Lancaster A 138pts , 2nd Ormskirk 133pts, 3rd Fleetwood A 128 pts, 4thBurnley 82pts.
In particular we would like to mention the girls 10 year group and boys 12 age
group..
Well done to everyone who took part and we look forward to the next and final gala
in July at Wigan.
Also on swimmers individual times, to see relays you must use the drop down on
the left hand side to include relay times.