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PERSONAL BEST TIMES GALORE
Junior Killerwhales swim to fantastic new best times.

Eleven Killerwhales from the Junior Squad went to Copthall Pools to swim in Barnet Copthall SC’s 100m Sprints Meet and all came away with some very impressive new best times.

Ten year old Grace Jolly swam had three very encouraging swims whilst not competing in the butterfly, she managed two new best times in the 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke where she finished an excellent sixth and seventh place respectively.

Eleven year old Georgia Beadel swam to new best times in all four disciplines taking a whopping 20 seconds off her previous 100m butterfly time and finishing ninth, not only did she keep her form throughout she also had enough in the tank to sprint the final 25m. It would seem there is more to come for future butterfly events. Another 11 yr old, Molly Scott had a best finish of 7^th in her preferred breaststroke and fine 8^th place in the freestyle, it was in the latter event that her technique looked much improved and could be another area where with practice she could achieve a good standard. Both events and her 100m backstroke were in new best times. Heather Wilson, also competing in the 11 year age group had a superb butterfly swim and posted a great time to match, unfortunately an eagle eyed judge notice uneven hands at one of the turns resulting in disqualification, a tough lesson to learn but a great swim should give her confidence for next time. A new best time in the 100m breaststroke gave some consolation.

Twelve year old Kate Dampster looked very powerful in her three swims, she not only recorded new best times in the 100m breast, free and backstroke she also recorded new best times for the respective 50m split times. Unfortunately she transgressed somewhere in the breaststroke and was disqualified, but in the other events she finished both in 7^th place. Annabelle Jolly swam well in her four races was rewarded with seven new best times, 4 improvements in the 100’s and 3 new 50m improvements in her splits for back, fly and free. However it was the 100m breaststroke that saw her improve her time by over 10 seconds.

The boys faired just as well as the girls. Eleven year old Lawrence Halsey did not compete in the butterfly but his stroke in the 3 other races looked very good. He set new best times in the breast, back and free and in the latter two he also recorded two new best 50m times. Tom Skingsley was another eleven year old to improve on his previous times, by 3 seconds in the backstroke, 7 seconds in the freestyle and a mighty 11 seconds in the breaststroke.

12 year old Joe Sissons and Michael Walsh had a good gala. Joe swam in all four events, his butterfly was very impressive taking 20 seconds off his previous time and finishing fourth. 11 seconds were knocked off his backstroke time and 3 seconds off both his breaststroke and freestyle. Michael did not swim the fly but did reduce his personal best time in a well controlled backstroke (finishing 8^th) and a good breaststroke (8^th).

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