Date: 15th &
16th December
Venue: Link
Centre,
(25m)
Event: 2007
Annual
Dolphin ASC Club Championships
The
2007 Swindon Dolphin Club Championships, held for the first time in the club’s illustrious
55 year history away from its home pool at
, came to a successful conclusion at the Link Centre on Sunday evening. The
annual event proved to be an excellent opportunity for swimmers, ranging in age from 8
to 70 and of all abilities to evaluate their progress, test their skills and gain
valuable race practice in a competitive and friendly atmosphere in the midst of a
partisan home crowd.
Jon
Audis and Kath
Baker emerged as the gala’s top swimmers – Audis lifting
nine Senior Championship titles and Baker claiming
eight. Junior Olympic Squad star, Samantha
Berry, was victorious
on more occasions than any other competitor winning eleven gold medals across most
stroke disciplines and distances. In
the Masters’ 50m sprints Richard
Fouracre and Shaun & Paul
Matthews were jointly the highest male achievers while
in the women’s Masters’ events Liz
Matthews and Kath
Baker were unsurpassed.
Meanwhile, Joe
Grant, Adrienne
Southern, Alexander
Johansson-Brow, William
Pilsworth, Gemma
Lucas and Rebecca
Matthews shared the main honours in the Swim Channel
14 years and under, 50m sprints.
The
‘Mystery Medley Skins’ finals on Saturday, won by Jon
Audis and Tilly
Gray turned out to be a firm favourite with the swimmers
and a real crowd pleaser too. Younger
participants also got some amusement and satisfaction from witnessing two of the club’s
more experienced swimmers, Jon
Audis and Cathal
Westman, miscounting their lengths in the 200m breaststroke.
Special
thanks goes to all the officials, organisers and helpers who generously gave their
time and expertise to make the event possible, to the spectators for encouraging,
and to all the swimmers poolside who played such a big part in making the occasion
special by supporting their team-mates.
Jack Janicki (10 Yrs) – in Top Form
Results
Summary:
Senior
Championships:
J
Audis – 200m
IM, 400m IM, 200m fly & bk, 100m IM, bk, brs, frs, & fly, 50m frs
K
Baker – 200m
IM, 400m IM, 200m brs & bk, 100m IM, bk, brs, & frs
C
Jones – 100m,
200m & 400m frs, 100m brs
J
Prunty –
200m, 400m & 880 yds frs
T
Gray – 100m
& 200m fly, 50m frs
C
Westman –
200m brs
N
Southern –
1650 yds frs
Junior
Chanpionships:
J
Prunty –
200m, 400m frs, 200 & 400IM, 200brs
C
Westman –
200m brs, 200 IM, 50 frs
N
Southern –
200m & 400m frs
T
Gray – 200m
fly, 50m frs
J
– 400m
IM
M
Jones – 200m
bk
A
Bilko – 200m
fly
J
Kerslake –
200m bk
A
Waite – 50m
frs
Top
Achievers per age group in Open Events
10
yrs – L Matthews
& J Janicky
11
yrs –
& M Sambrook
12
yrs –
& J Clark
13
yrs – M Jones
& J Kerslake
14/15
yrs – J Prunty
& C Westman
16/18
yrs – T Gray
& Matt Rose
Open –
K Baker & J Audis
Rebecca Matthews (8 Yrs) – A Winner
Awards
will be presented to the successful swimmers at the club’s presentation night on 19th January
2008 –
http://www.swindon-dolphin.org.uk/sections/Social/2007/ClubPresentationNight2007.aspx
Source: Swindon Dolphin Press Team
