SWIMMING: Youngsters to the fore (From Witney Gazette)

SWIMMING: Youngsters to the fore

9:25am Wednesday 10th October 2007 in Sport

Witney's youngsters took full advantage of the opportunity to show their skills in the Autumn Trophy gala at Wellingborough on Saturday.

There were plenty of encouraging performances throughout the evening with virtually all swimmers posting personal best times.

Andrew Tivey's storming swim in the boys' freestyle earned him the club's swimmer-of-the-match award - the runner up vote going to Skye Tanner following her excellent freestyle in the nine-year-old girls' group.

Result: 1 Rushden 194pts, 2 Wellingborough 182, 3 Witney 145, 4 Kettering 139, 5 Modernians 113, 6 Deeping 100.

OTHER WITNEY WINNERS

S Bark (butterfly), P Bennett (backstroke), J Kendall (breaststroke), O Beland (freestyle), A Tucker (butterfly), B Locke (breaststroke), A Headley (backstroke).

WITNEY PERSONAL BESTS

J Kinahan (freestyle), R Prosser (backstroke), D Frost (breaststroke), S Bennett (butterfly), H Blackford (butterfly), N Piper (backstroke), C Moss (breaststroke), N Anstee (freestyle), O Sharpin (backstroke), J Parry (backstroke), M Prosser (breaststroke), E Buchanan (backstroke), M Sulley (butterfly), A McLennan (breaststroke), D Pratley (butterfly), C Buchanan (backstroke), R Hoare (freestyle), L Whitehill (breaststroke), and K Hoare (freestyle).