From
the
Advertiser, first published Wednesday 8th Feb 2006.
Dolphin produced an awesome set of results at
in last weekend’s county sprint championships, the third block of the Wiltshire County
Championship.
Their medal
tally reached a staggering 123, surpassing last year’s record breaking total to extend
their lead at the top of the medal table.
And the Dolphin
club, competing on home territory, relished the sprint challenge and underlined their
strength in depth across all age groups with 14 swimmers competing in 26 finals.
Arguably the
highlight for Dolphin in a weekend of high performances came in the men’s category
with the club making a clean sweep in the medal stakes with a 1-2-3 in every final.
In terms of
senior championship gold medals the club won six out of a possible eight.
However, Dolphin’s
success was not just confined to senior individual level, with the collective efforts
of swimmers bringing just reward in relay competition.
In the open
mixed 8 x 1 medley relay, Dolphin A and B teams claimed gold and silver respectively
with third spot going to Tigersharks with Dolphin C fourth.
In the junior
championship medley relay, Tigerharks A took gold but Dolphin again showed strength
in depth with the A and B taking silver and bronze.
And there
is plenty of promise among the junior ranks with Dolphin claiming nine out of the
14 new age group best times that were set.
In the final
of the men’s breaststroke sprint, Dolphin swimmers occupied all five starting blocks
with Commonwealth Games swimmer Chris
Jones receiving the perfect send-off by claiming his
second gold ahead of Nigel
Masters and Andi
Manley.
Results
summary.
Championship
Finalists: Kath
Baker (breaststroke 2nd); Kimberley Fisher (free 2nd,
back 4th); Andrea
Alleyne (breaststroke and free 1st, fly 4th); Kathryn
Rees (breaststroke 5th); Katie Hall (free 3rd); Tilly
Gray (fly 3rd); Jon Audis (back 2nd, fly 3rd, breaststroke
4th); Mark
Tanner (free 2nd, fly 4th); Dan Rose (breaststroke); Nigel
Masters (breaststroke 2nd); Andi
Manley (back and free 1st, fly 2nd, breaststroke 3rd); Richard
Fouracre (free 3rd); Chris
Harber (back 4th); Chris
Jones (breaststroke and fly 1st, back 3rd, free 4th).
Dolphin
swimmers set nine Wiltshire age group best times, they were: Tom
Iles (2), Cathal
Westman (2), Mark
Tanner, Katie Carter (2), Charlotte
Pitts, Tilly
Gray.
They also
completed a 1-2-3 in a total of 13 events.
MEN.
19yrs+ and
backstroke final: Andi Manley, Jon Audis and Chris Jones.
Fly final:
Jones, Manley and Audis.
19yrs + breaststroke:
Jones, Manley and Nigel Masters Breaststroke final: Jones, Masters and Manley.
Freestyle
final: Manley, Mark Tanner and Richard Fouracre.
WOMEN.
Freestyle
final: Andrea Alleyne, Kimberley Fisher, and Katie Hall.
19yrs + back
and fly: Sarah Lock, Kathryn Rees and Louise Maynard.
GIRLS.
12yrs fly:
Rosie Wells, Hayley Innes and Charlotte Logan.
16yrs breaststroke:
Katie Hall, Kimberley Fisher and Emily Bathe.
16yrs free:
Hall, Fisher and Hannah Chapman.
16yrs fly:
Fisher, Hall and Chapman.
From
the
Advertiser
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk
© Newsquest Media Group 2006
