What a fantastic start to the season we have had !!!
Our swimmers competed in the first competition of the season – NUEL SC meet held at London Aquatic Centre over last weekend – Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 October .
There were some fantastic performances , tons of PBs, over a hundred medals and six new Club Records -all but one set by Edward Henwood ( 16 years ) in the following events :
50 backstroke in a time of 28.49
50 freestyle – 25.12
100 backstroke – 1.00.77
100 IM – 1.02.67
100 freestyle – 54.75
Elspeth Baumann ( 9 years ) added to the Club Records tally in 100 breaststroke event in a time of 1.39.87
We have won 107 medals overall : 39 GOLD – 35 SILVER – 33 BRONZE
Special mention must go to four swimmers who just between them ” collected ” 40 medals :
Josh O’Donnell ( 13 years age group ) -12 : 6 GOLD – 3 SILVER – 3 BRONZE
London Violet Payler ( 10 years ) – 11 : 3 – 2 – 6
Orin Lee – Megwan ( 10 years ) – 8 all GOLD !!!
Evan Sochovsky ( 14 years ) – 9 : 3 – 2 – 4
Other multiple medallists ( winning 4 or more medals ) were :
Alex Filyov ( 15 years ) – 8 : 3 – 4 -1
Emma Gordon ( 15 years ) – 7 : 3 – 3 – 1
Edward Henwood ( 16 years ) – 7 : 4 – 3 – 0
Bruno Zbierski ( 15 years ) – 6 : 1 – 2 – 3
Lena Jovanovic ( 13 years ) – 5 : 2 – 1 – 2
George Harvey ( 16 years ) – 4 : 1 – 3 – 0
Sam Liau ( 13 years ) – 4 : 1 – 2 -1
Bastiano Atti ( 16 years ) – 4 : 0 – 1 – 3
Huge congratulations to ALL swimmers !!!
And a massive thank you to our Team Managers and officials for dedicating their time to help running the meet smoothly and efficiently .
We could not do this without you !