SWIMMING: Witney seal fine victory (From Witney Gazette)

SWIMMING: Witney seal fine victory

9:19am Wednesday 24th February 2010 in Sport

WITNEY’S A team won the second round gala of the Home Counties League competition at Dunstable.

Drawn against old rivals Luton A, and for the second time against Witney’s own B team, there were plenty of tight races, and a few surprises throughout the evening.

None more so than in the opening men’s event where 17-year-old Daniel Harkin, from Witney B, touched out his more illustrious opposition.

Witney A’s 11 & under girl’s squad continued their imp-ressive development with a clean sweep in all their individual and relay events following excellent efforts from Larissa Dalgarno, Phoebe Moss, Imogen Pitson and Abigail Patrick, who took the club’s swimmer-of-the-match award following a victory in the butterfly.

The runner-up vote was shared between Heidi Brooke-Little (winner of the 15 & under girl’s butterfly and runner-up in the breaststroke and Elliot Jozwin who did the same in the boys events.

The B team’s swimmer-of-the-match award went to ten-year-old Harry Watkins following a fine display in the 11 & under butterfly.

Result: 1 Witney A 255pts, 2 Luton A 244, 3 Linslade 181, 4 Dunstable 167, 5 Witney B 139, 6 Houghton Regis 58.

Other Witney A winners: Y Speare (IM), C Clavaud (backstroke), C McLean (backstroke), J Bark (butterfly), N Harkin (backstroke), G Cable (breaststroke), T McLean (freestyle).

Witney personal bests: A Felstead (backstroke & butterfly), K Hoare (freestyle), M Sulley (freestyle), L Hatton (breaststroke), B Kinahan (buttefly), M Colling (freestyle), J Parry (backstroke), J Marinho (butterfly), R Frost (backstroke), F Dawkins (backstroke & butterfly), K Johnson (freestyle), G Kendall (backstroke).