Successful Autumn for Tenby Swimmers

Large Dolphin’s
Sprints.
Entry
at
2007
Pembrokeshire
Regular readers of our Tenby Dolphins press reports will by now have
realised that we are always very keen to promote an early introduction to
competitive swimming amongst our younger club members. Last weekend
we were certainly not disappointed, because we are delighted to report
that the 2007 Pembrokeshire Sprints were extremely well attended by
Tenby swimmers of all ages.
Competition Results.
The 2007 Pembrokeshire Sprint competition took place at Pembroke
Leisure Centre on Sunday 27th May. This year the meet was held on one
day, rather than being spread over the weekend as has been the case in
previous years. The competition may have seemed rather long for some of
our younger entrants, but the overall feeling was that this was a
preferable configuration to the two day format.
A “Sprint” gala is based on short fast races. Depending on their age
group, swimmers compete over race distances of either 25 or 50m. The
competition is fast and furious, with a series of heats being followed by
various age group finals for the four stroke categories.
The five Pembrokeshire swimming clubs were well represented, but
Tenby’s entry was very encouraging, in such that we outnumbered the
combined entry of all the other clubs! In fact on the day no less than 81 of
our club members swam in one or more events!
Swimmers line the poolside during the 2007 Pembrokeshire Sprints.
The Tenby Swimmers who took part in the competition were:
Nicholas Allen, Carl Amos, Lauren Arthur, Sophie Arthur, Daniel Bakewell,
Zara Bakewell, Claudia Belli, Dominic Belli, Eleri Canton, Lewys Canton,
Dominic Ciccotti, Elena Ciccotti, Harry Cook, James Crowney-Richards,
Erinna Culleton, Bethan Davie, Gareth Davie, Matt Davie, Carys Davies,
Daniel Davies, Ffion Davies, Rhys Davies, Luke Dedoncker, Scott
Dedoncker, Lloyd Delahunty, Lottie Dessent, Millie Dessent, Lydia Dilks,
Daniel Evans, Gabriella Fecci, Nico Fecci, Samuel Foley, Hazel Fox, Jacob
Griffiths, Kira Hardy, Abigail Hicks, Kaitlyn Hicks, Edward Hurle, Tudor
Hurle, Henrik Jaakola, Jonas Jaakola, Samu Jaakola, Andrew James,
Edward James, Rebeccah James, Sophia James, Jodie Jenkins, Kieran
Johnson, Myles Johnson, Jacob Knox, Angharad Lear, Jack Lear, Coral
Lewis, Samuel Lewis, Talia Merriman, Adam Muskett, Hannah Muskett,
Mike Nicholas, Jack Parkinson, Niamh Parsons, Oliver Parsons, Casie
Paxton, Georgia Poole, Chloe Rees, Paul Rees, Safiya Rooney, Jade
Rowell, Hannah Saunders, Kezia Scaife, Kiera Slack, Niamh Slack, Josh
Thomas, Billy Truman, Hari-Llyw Truman, Matthew Veale, Madison
Vickery, Sydney Vickery, Lauren Watkins, Ashleigh Willars, Chloe Wilson
and Francesco Zeraschi.
With so many entries it is difficult to detail the results, but finalists (i.e.
first 5) and medal winners were as follows:
Girls First:- Ffion Davies, 1st 8/U 25m Freestyle, 2nd 8/U 25m Backstroke,
2nd 9/U 25m Butterfly; Talia Merriman, 4th 8/U Backstroke; Rebeccah
James, 4th 8/U 25m Freestyle; Hannah Saunders, 1st 9/U 25m
Breaststroke, 3rd 9/U 25m Butterfly, 5th 9-10 25m Backstroke; Madison
Vickery, 2nd 9/U 25m Breaststroke; Jodie Jenkins, 2nd 9-10 25m Freestyle;
Niamh Slack, 4th 10-11 50m Butterfly; Bethan Davie, 1st 10-11 50m
Breaststroke (New Record), 2nd 10-11 50m Butterfly, 2nd 11-12 50m
Freestyle, 4th 11-12 50m Backstroke; Sydney Vickery, 2nd 11-12 50m
Backstroke, 2nd 10-11 50m Breaststroke, 3rd 10-11 50m Butterfly, 5th 1112 50m Freestyle; Eleri Canton, 3rd 11-12 50m Freestyle; Kira Hardy 3rd
11-12 50m Backstroke, 4th 12-13 50m Breaststroke; Lauren Arthur, 3rd
12-13 50m Breaststroke, 4th 11-12 50m Freestyle, 5th 11-12 50m
Backstroke; Elena Ciccotti, 1st 13-14 50m Freestyle, 2nd 12-13 50m
Butterfly, 2nd 12-13 50m Breaststroke, 2nd 13-14 50m Backstroke; Sophie
Arthur, 2nd 15/O 50m Backstroke, 2nd 14-15 50m Butterfly, 2nd 15/O 50m
Freestyle, 4th 14-15 50m Breaststroke, Coral Lewis, 1st 15/O 50m
Freestyle, 1st 14-15 50m Butterfly, 1st 14-15 50m Breaststroke, 1st 15/O
Backstroke.
Ffion Davies (1st) and Rebeccah James (4th) with Isabelle Davies (Fishguard), Kelsey
Williams (H’west) and Nancy John (Fishguard), collecting their medals for the 8/U 25m
Freestyle.
Hannah Saunders and Madison Vickery battle for the lead in the 9/U 25m Breaststroke
Final.
The Boys results were as follows:- Billy Truman, 2nd 8/U 25m Backstroke,
2nd 8/U 25m Freestyle, 4th 9/U 25m Breaststroke, 4th 9/U 25m Butterfly;
Jonas Jaakola, 4th 8/U 25m Backstroke; Gareth Davie, 5th 8/U 25m
Backstroke; Daniel Davies, 1st 9/U 25m Breaststroke, 4th 9-10 50m
Freestyle, 5th 9/U 255m Butterfly; Edward Hurle, 5th 9-10 50m Freestyle;
Henrik Jaakola, 3rd 9-10 50m Freestyle, 4th 10-11 50m Butterfly, 4th 9-10
50m Backstroke; Josh Thomas, 4th 10-11 50m Breaststroke, 5th 10-11
50m Butterfly; Paul Rees, 5th 10-11 50m Breaststroke; Sam Lewis 1st 1011 50m Breaststroke, 1st 10-11 50m Butterfly, 2nd 11-12 50m Backstroke,
3rd 50m 11-12 Freestyle; Samu Jaakola, 2nd 12-13 50m Breaststroke, 4th
5th 12-13 50m
11-12
50m Freestyle, 4th 11-12 50m Backstroke,
st
Butterfly; Lloyd Delahunty, 1 11-12 50m Backstroke, 1st 12-13 50m
Butterfly, 1st 11-12 50m Freestyle, 5th 12-13 50m Breaststroke; Jack Lear,
1st 12-13 50m Breaststroke, 3rd 12-13 50m Butterfly, 4th 13-14 50m
Freestyle; Matt Davie, 2nd 13-14 50m Freestyle, 2nd 14-15 50m
Breaststroke, 3rd 13-14 50m Backstroke, 3rd 14-15 50m Butterfly; Lewys
Canton, 1st 13-14 50m Backstroke, 1st 13-14 50m Freestyle, 2nd 14-15
50m Butterfly, 4th 14-15 50m Breaststroke; Andrew James, 1st 14-15 50m
Breaststroke (New Record), 1st 14-15 50m Butterfly, 4th 15/O 50m
Backstroke, 4th 15/O 50m Freestyle; Carl Amos, 3rd 16/O 50m Butterfly,
4th 16/O 50m Breaststroke, 5th 15/O 50m Backstroke, Matt Veale 2nd 16/O
50m Butterfly, 3rd 16/O 50m Breaststroke, 3rd 15/O 50m Freestyle, 3rd
15/O 50m Backstroke; Mike Nicholas, 1st 15/O 50m Backstroke, 1st 16/O
50m Butterfly (New Record), 2nd 16/O 50m Breaststroke, 1st 16/O 50m
Freestyle.
Luke Dedoncker (L2), Myles Johnson (L4) and Jacob Knox (L5) start their 9/U 25m
Breaststroke heat.
Well done to all the medallists and in particular to Mike, Andrew and
Bethan for setting new Championship Records. Also, well done to Coral for
her clean sweep of Golds.
More details of the results will be available to view on the notice board
and on the club web site in due course.
As you can see from the above there was a great deal of success for the
Tenby contingent in terms of reaching the finals and winning medals.
However, there were also some exceptionally good efforts by many firsttime competitors and younger swimmers, who were brave enough to
come and have go. We are very proud of how you all did, and really hope
you enjoyed the experience!
Amy Kendal (H’West) with Elena Ciccotti, Lauren Arthur and Kira Hardy. Medallists for the
12-13 50m Breaststroke.
Sam Lewis (L3) and Lloyd Delahunty (L1 – nearest) battle for the lead in a heat of the 50m
Breaststroke, whilst Head Coach John Amos looks on.
Sam Lewis, Josh Thomas and Paul Rees, with Patrick Bunker (Pembroke) and Michael Hire
(Milford). Medallists in the 10-11 50m Breaststroke.
Just as a note of encouragement, if you finished a little way down the
order after the heats, or were unfortunate enough to be disqualified for a
rule infringement, don’t loose heart. You should remember that in
swimming as in many other sports, athletes develop at different rates and
success may come later for some. Also, everyone makes mistakes at
times, and without exception, all of our top swimmers have been DQ’d
from time to time. You just put it behind you and move on. Keep training
hard, listen to what your coaches are telling you, and we guarantee that
the improvement in results will definitely come!
Anyone who was there at the weekend will have seen that there were
some fine performances by Tenby swimmers at the Pembrokeshire
Sprints, so Team Manager Steph Amos will surely have a lot to think
about when making team selections for forthcoming events.
Forthcoming Events
9th June
Amman Valley Sprints. Llanelli. Good luck to those who
have entered.
18th/19th June
Last Chance qualifier at the WNP Swansea. Those near
the mark will be giving it one last big try.
23rd June
Dyfed Junior League Round 2, Tenby.
1st July
Dyfed Junior League Final, TBA.
23rd-26th July
ASA Age Group National Championships, Sheffield.
27th- 1st Jul/Aug
ASA Youth National Championships, Sheffield.
2nd-5th Aug
Welsh Summer Nationals, WNP, Swansea.
This is the last chance to post a good and get yourself
up the rankings before the Welsh Squads for
2007/2008 are announced. Check to see if you qualify
and go for it!
As always keep checking the notice board regularly for more details, and
always ask for advice if you are not sure what to enter.
Last year, we were all thrilled when World and Olympic medallist David
Davies came to Tenby for a special swimming workshop at the club. Now
we can reveal the exciting news that later this summer another swimming
superstar is hopefully pencilled in for a visit. We wont tell you who it is
just now, but as a clue, all you aspiring breaststrokers should take note!
Watch this space for more news as the time approaches!
Club News
In the last report we mentioned that there are 4 swimmers from
Pembrokeshire who have achieved National Qualifying times for the Age
Group and Youth Championships times this year. However, your reporter
made something of a blunder and we offer our apologies to local
swimming star Danny Brown who of course has also made the grade once
again, but was inadvertently omitted from the list. Oops! Danny actually
attends Kelly College in Devon, but has been a great servant of the club
and Pembrokeshire over the years, and is also a current member of the
South West Wales Regional Squad. Naturally we wish Danny the very best
along with our other qualifiers.
Due to their overwhelming popularity the original batch of our new design
of club backpacks sold out in record time. However, we are pleased to
inform you that our new order will shortly be delivered. To avoid
disappointment this time please see Pam at the club shop to purchase
yours!