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KILLERWHALES ESSEX LEAGUE DIV II ROUND 4.
Whales finish in creditable 3rd place.

Killerwhales ended their 2006 Essex League Gala Division 2 season with a very creditable 3^rd place after two unfortunate disqualifications gave local rivals Romford B second spot by just one point.

Boys captain Dan Hime got Killerwhales first win of the evening in race 4 with a storming 50m fly, he then went on to win the 100m Breaststroke in equally impressive style. Girls captain Laura Andrews also showed the way with a superb 100m freestyle performance. There were further wins in the open section for both the boys and girls 4 x 1 length Medley Relay quartets for the boys Tom Bircham (back), Adam Conway (breast), Dan Hime (fly) & Ben Clifford-Stephenson (free) and for the girls Kirsty Forbes (back), Henny Andrews (breast), Lauren Andrews (fly) and Laura Andrews (free). Both foursomes combined in the 4 x 50m freestyle relays and both again were victorious. Dean Smith and Kirsty Forbes were both second in the 100m Open backstroke. Ben Clifford-Stephenson was 3^rd in the Open 100m freestyle as was Lauren Andrews in the Open 50m butterfly.

In the under 15 years age group their were wins for the Robyn Beadel in the 100m backstroke, Lauren Rouffe in the 100m freestyle and Dean Smith in the 100m breaststroke. Dean also swam the breaststroke leg of the 4 x 50m medley relay were he joined forces with Dan Bleach (backstroke), Johnny Congdon (breaststroke) and Scott Jackson (freestyle) who brought the boys home first in fine style. The same 4 lads combined in a different order in a thrilling 4 x 50m freestyle relay where they played catch-up against an impressive Becontree Bees quartet, both team were judged to have the same time but the gala referee judged Killerwhales the winners. Dan Bleach continued his recent run of good form taking two second places in the boys 50m butterfly and 100m backstroke. Kalei Andrews another whale showing good recent form swam very strongly to claim 3^rd place in the girls 50m butterfly. Johnny Congdon also finished in 3^rd place in the 100m freestyle.

The under 13 years boys and girls teams also took vital points in their races. Jodie Momodu won the girls 50m breaststroke, as did Lewis Clifford-Stephenson in the boys version. Lewis went on the take further 1^st place in the 50m butterfly. He combined with Toby Andrews, Tom Webb and Tom Skingsley to take 2^nd place in the 4 x 50m freestyle relay. The same four were to come home second in the medley relay but disqualified for a faulty start. Tom Webb produced a powerful display to take second in the 50m freestyle. There were 3^rd places for Heather Wilson and Toby Andrews in the 50m backstroke and Jodie in the 50m freestyle. Jodie and Heather joined with Georgia Beadel and Molly Sparks to finish in 4^th place in both relay events.

In the under 11 years age group Cassie Beadel swam to a fine 3^rd place in the 50m backstroke, she also took 4^th place in the 50m breaststroke. Molly Sparks swam two individual races finishing 5^th in both the 1 length fly and 50m freestyle. For the boys George Crow swam to 4^th in the 50m backstroke, Aiden Robinson also took 4^th in the 50m freestyle and then took 5^th in the 50m breaststroke which was the same position for Sean Houlihan in the 1 length fly. The boys combined to finish superbly well in 2^nd place in the 4 x 1 length freestyle relay. Not to be outdone the girls quartet had also secured 2^nd place. The two quartets went on to record the same results in their respective 4 x 1 length medley relay races where both finished 3^rd.

In the final event the squadron relay the Killerwhales team of Molly Sparks, George Crow, Jodie Momodu, Lewis Clifford-Stephenson, Lauren Rouffe, Dean Smith, Kirsty Forbes and Dan Hime were in a battle to keep pace with the other teams but strong and determined individual  performances brought the eight home in third place and secured the squads overall 3^rd place.  

Many congratulations to the evening and overall league winners Runneymede SC who are promoted to division 1 for next season. Well done to all other teams for making this years League competition an interesting and competitive challenge.

Round Four Points Tally as follows: