Bronze for town swimmers (From Redditch Advertiser)

Bronze for town swimmers

11:00pm Tuesday 26th February 2008

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REDDITCH Swimming Club came in third at the John Vaughan Trophy B-team gala in Wolverhampton, picking up two wins.

Sophie Bridgman won the 15yrs butterfly with Adam Watson taking the honours in the 11yrs backstroke.

There were second places for the 11-year-old boys medley (Watson, Braiden Hartles, Stephen Dear and Lewis Barnes); Nicola Moss in the 11-year-old butterfly; the 13-year-old girls medley relay team (Brittany Rhodes, Clara Parker, Bridgman and Emma Hardacre); the nine-year-old mixed freestyle relay team (Eve Parker, Jack Harding, Caitlin Britt and Will Moss); and Michaela Britt in the 15yrs breaststroke. The nine-year-old girls mixed stroke relay team (Isobel Griffiths, Megan Moss, Parker and Caitlin Britt) and 11-year-old girls medley (Madeleine Rhodes, Caitlin Britt, Nicola Moss and Amelia Tompkin) claimed third places along with Luke Young in the 15yrs boys' fly. Young also took fourth in the 15yrs 50m backstroke with personal bests in both events.

Chris Ball added another third in the 15yrs backstroke with Gareth Ravenhill bagging another bronze and further third places going to the boys 11 years freestyle relay (Hartles, Dear, Watson and Barnes), the 13-year-old girls freestyle relay (Hardacre, Clara Parker, Brittany Rhodes and Nicola Moss) and the open age girls freestyle relay (Suzie Britt, Emma Anderson, Michaela Britt and Lisa Newport).

Redditch hosted their own B gala at Droitwich and came home third.

The gala was closely contested with speeding tickets issued for swimmers bettering the limit time for each event. Anant Kapoor, Isobel Wilson, Abigail Humphreys, Francesca Phillips, William Hitchins, Charlee Churchill, Watson and Hardacre (two) were in receipt of these.

Redditch wins came from nine-year-olds Caitlin Britt (butterfly), James Coward (freestyle), Griffiths (backstroke) and Harding (backstroke).

The nine-year-old boys medley relay team, Harding, Kapoor, Oliver Thomson and Coward also took first place. Ten-year-old firsts were scored by Edward Randall in the breaststroke and Thomson in the butterfly. Hartles (breaststroke) and Ben Young (freestyle) added wins in the 12-year-old categories. The girls mixed age relay (Humphreys, Caitlinn Britt, Tompkin, Phillips, Abigail Enston, Churchill, Lucy Corden, Hardacre) completed the victory count.

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