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Killerwhales were represented at the 6^th Ipswich SC Licensed Open Meet on Saturday 22^nd Jan by swimmers selected mainly from the Intermediate Squad.

All swimmers performed extremely well many setting very impressive new personal best times over a spectrum of races distances of 50m, 100’s, 200’s & 400’s.

In the medals was Robyn Beadel who looked an extremely competent breaststroker in her 200m race where she claimed a very creditable bronze medal. In the strength sapping  200m butterfly she looked very strong and managed to hold her form right up to the end, when she not only claim another bronze medal but recorded another new personal best that was within the Southern Counties qualifying time. Competing in the same 12/13 year age group was Katinka Merchan who also swam impressively to claim 6^th place in same 200m butterfly event.

Another girl making her mark in the butterfly events was Julia Braybrooke, who, in the 16years and over age group managed to take two medals, a great silver in the 100m was followed with a bronze in the 200m.

Another Killerwhale to make an impact in the butterfly events was Daniel Bleach. He came home strongly to take bronze in the 12/13 years 200m event and just missed out on repeating the feat in the 100m to take 4^th.

The rest of the clubs trophy’s for the gala came from the breaststroke swimmers. 14 yr old Henny Andrews competing in the 14/15 age group grabbed a brace of place finishes when she followed up taking a hard fought 50m bronze medal with a 4^th place in the 200m. Young Lewis Clifford-Stephenson in the 11yr and under section took a bronze in an highly competitive 50m breaststroke race. It was in the same age group but in the girls events that Jodie Momodu managed a pair of high finishes, she took 4^th in the 200m event followed with a 5^th over the 50m distance. Alice Scott also managed a 5^th place in the 50m event in the 16 year and over group.