14th January 2006 - Droitwich
Redditch Swimming Club held its first gala of the year
at Droitwich on Saturday 14th January. The presence of local teams
and new nine year old swimmers led to a packed spectator area and a very noisy
event. Congratulations to Caitlin Green,
Charlotte Hooper, Nicola Moss, Emma Higham, Christopher Sutton-Smith, Daniel
Bridgman, Arran Holmes
and William Fidoe who all made
their first appearance in a “Diddy” gala.
The competition was very strong from the other teams
but there were some good performances and 22 personal best times were achieved.
Individual first places went to David Green in the boys 10years freestyle and Michaela Britt
in the girls 12 years breaststroke.
William Fidoe
took second places in the 9year old boys backstroke and breaststroke, Amy Foster second in the 10 years breaststroke
and third in the freestyle. Lydia May
was second in the 10 year girls backstroke and Elizabeth
Humphreys was second in the 12 years girls backstroke.
Further third place went to Nichola Moss, 9years breaststroke, Daniel Bridgman, 9 years freestyle and Hannah Rolls in the 11 years backstroke.
The relay squads also took three third places. These
went to 10 years boys freestyle (Joshua Major-Seager, Ben Young, Arran Holmes, David Green),
the mixed age boys relay (William Fidoe, Daniel
Bridgman, David Green, Taylor Hartley, Oliver Plevey, Jack Nash, Luke Young,
James Green) and the mixed age girls (Nichola Moss, Charlotte Hooper, Lydia May, Amy Foster, Hannah
Rolls, Sophie Bridgman, Michaela Britt, Elizabeth Humphreys).
The other swimmers competing for Redditch were Chris Ball, Sasha Knibbs, Clara Parker, Emma Hardacre and Olivia Laxton.
1st Camp Hill 207
2nd Perry Beeches SSS 201
3rd Worcester 199
4th Stourbridge 170
5th Redditch 139
6th
Droitwich 133