Event: Wiltshire
Masters Championships 2007 – Rd 3
Venue: Five
Rivers Leisure Centre,
Date: Saturday, 6th October
2007
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Swindon
Dolphin secured
the 2007 Wiltshire Masters Championship, winning the ‘Top Team’ prize with 27
points to spare over second place
and 198 points ahead of local rivals, Swindon Area Masters, who finished in third
place.
The
third and final round of the competition was held at the Five
Rivers Leisure Centre in
last Saturday night and saw Dolphin bring home a total of 34 gold, 26 silver and 14
bronze medals in an exciting contest involving 13 teams from across the county.
Dolphin’s John
Drake won the men’s under 40’s championship and Brian
Davis only missed out on the over 40’s title by a single point.
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No
fewer than 15 county masters’ records tumbled on the night with Dolphin claiming 9
of them. Leading the way amongst the
record breakers was Brian
Davis in
the 70-74 year age group in the 100m individual medley, 50m breaststroke & 25m
butterfly, and Chris
Lock (60-64years)
in the 25m backstroke.
Head
Coach, Andi
Manley established
new county records in the 30-34 year age group for the 100m
individual medley & 50m freestyle, while Jon
Audis (25-29
years), John
Drake (30-34
years) and Sarah
Lock (35-39
years) also set new county individual best times.
Head Cup Winners: Martin Hayward, Jose
Adam, Sarah
Lock & Andi Manley
One
of the highlights of the evening was the prestigious Head Cup, mixed relay event. In
this 4 x I length freestyle race, the Swindon Dolphin B quartet of Andi
Manley (25-34
yrs), Sarah
Lock (35-44
yrs), Martin
Hayward (45-54
yrs) & Jose
Adam (55
yrs+) took the trophy in a thrilling finish, ahead of the Dolphin A foursome made
up of Chris
Lock, Helen
Hanks, Sarah
Kelly and Gary
Southern.
Afterwards
a delighted Dolphin Masters’ Secretary, Dean
Fouracre,
said “though mindful of the strength of the
team, especially in their home pool, we were quite confident going into the final
round of the competition having overturned a 70 point deficit in the second round
in June. Our Masters team continues to
go from strength to strength and I would like to thank all the swimmers for taking
part”.
Results:
TeamResults2007.pdf
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IndividualResultsR3.pdf
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Source: Swindon Dolphin Press Team
