Diddy League Round 3 Report
Redditch Swimming Club maintained its place in the top
division of the Nuneaton & District Junior Swimming League for next year
with another spirited performance.
As in round 2 the result was in doubt until the last
event, with four teams, including Redditch, in contention for third spot.
The mixed freestyle relay team (Lydia May, David Green, Hannah Rolls, Daniel Strange,
Elizabeth Humphreys, James Green, Danielle
Harwood and Robert Stanley) put on a great show narrowly coming
second to the gala winners Boldmere. This was enough to secure fourth place
overall just a single point behind local rivals Bromsgrove and a single point
ahead of Orion.
The close competition had earlier brought out some fine
individual and squad performances. Individual victories went to Daniel Strange in the 10yrs backstroke and Michaela Britt in the 11yrs breaststroke,
Daniel also scored second place in the 10 yrs butterfly.
There were also super swims from Amy Foster (second in 9yrs breaststroke), Danielle Harwood (second in both12 yrs
backstroke and 12 yrs butterfly), Elizabeth
Humphreys (second in 11 yrs backstroke and third in 11 yrs
butterfly) and David Green (second
in 9 yrs backstroke).
Third places went to Robert
Stanley (12 yrs backstroke), Sophie
Parkins (12 yrs breaststroke), James
Green (11 yrs fly and 11 yrs breaststroke), Hannah Rolls (10 yrs backstroke) and Emma Hardacre (10 yrs butterfly).
On the relay front the 10yrs girls squad (Flossie Eglinton, Hannah Rolls, Emma Hardacre
and Sophie Bridgman) scored second
in the medley and third in the freestyle. The 11yrs Medley team (Olivia Laxton, Michaela Britt, Elizabeth Humphreys
and Sophie Randall) also took
third place as did the mixed age girls freestyle team.
Also competing for Redditch were Phillip Gifford, Jan Freihammer, Chris Ball, Robert Newlyn,
Oliver Pleavey, Taylor Hartley, Joshua Major-Seager, Simon Hotchin, Bethany
May, Samantha Lindsay and Molly Dutton in her first Diddy League gala.
The final result was:
|
1. |
Boldmere A |
257 |
|
2. |
Camp Hill |
173 |
|
3. |
Bromsgrove |
159 |
|
4. |
Redditch |
158 |
|
5. |
Orion |
157 |
|
6. |
Chase |
152 |
This gives Redditch two fourth places and a fifth in
the league this season, our best ever performance. The club is keen to take on
more members from beginners to competitive swimmers for further information
come along to the club night at Hewell Road from 7.00pm on Wednesdays or take a
look at our web page www.redditchswim.org.uk.