Well done to small group of our Performance squads swimmers who competed at the NUEL SC National Qualifier Open meet held at London Aquatic Centre first weekend of April .
14 medals : 6 Gold – 6 Silver – 2 Bronze and 6 new Club Records were the overall success tally of the meet .
The new Club Records have been set by :
Giles Cunningham ( 17&over age group ) in a 50 and 100m backstroke events in times of 28.70 and 1.02.72 respectively
Oliver Cunningham ( 16 years ) also in a 50 and 100m backstroke events in times of 29.96 and 1.05.24 respectively
Virgile Alexandre ( 16 years ) in 200m freestyle in a time of 2.02.91
Edward Henwood ( 14 years ) in 50m backstroke in a time of 30.72 ; on top breaking this Club Record Edward won 8 medals – 4 GOLD : in all backstroke events – the 50 , the 100 and the 200m as well as in 100 butterfly , 3 SILVER : in 50 and 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle , 1 BRONZE in 200IM .
Our other multiple medallists were Ernie Hill who won both the 800 and the 1500m freestyle in the 14 years age group and Virgile Alexandre who won 3 silvers in the 200 , 400 and 1500m freestyle in the 16 years age group .
Huge congratulations to all swimmers and the very best of luck at the London Region Championships this and next weekend !!!
