Date: Saturday 14 July 2007
Location: Link Centre
Event: Moonraker Summer League Round 3
Tigersharks A won the third round of the Moonraker Summer League with 17 points to spare over Swindon Dolphin A at the Link Centre on Saturday Night; Trowbridge A were third and Swindon Dolphin B finished fourth.
With most of the National qualifiers and European bound masters away in Millfield School for the long course training camp and a few other regulars from both teams unavailable, there was an unfamiliar look to the Dolphin A and B team sheets. However, this was seen as a golden opportunity for some of the younger and less experienced swimmers to demonstrate their ability and they all played their part in a memorable gala.
Zoe Pattenden & Jade Cholod enjoying the Moonraker gala
There were first places for Jon Audis (men’s open 4x1 IM, 100m fly & 100m bk), Tom Iles (boys’ u14 50m brs & 50m fly), Charlotte Pitts (girls’ u12 brs), Charlotte Gardo (girls’ u12 50m fly), Joe Kerslake (boys’ u14 50m bk) and Nigel Masters (men’s open 100m brs).
The A team also had relay victories in the boys’ u12 & u14, 4x1 frs, and the men’s & women’s open 4X1 frs.
Niall Westman (boys’ u12 50m brs) was the sole winner for the B team but there were creditable seconds for Ben Clark (boys’ u14 50m brs) and the men’s open freestyle relay team of John Drake, Richard Fouracre, Sam Wells and Paul Kirk.
Result: Tigersharks A - 157 points, Dolphin A - 140 points, Trowbridge A - 139 points, Dolphin B - 63 points.
Meanwhile in Division 4, Dolphin C finished in third place behind Wootton Bassett and Warminster in a closely fought gala. Matilda Meers, Matt Rose, Louise Cullen and Andy Bilko were individual winners. There was also a win for the girls’ u12 4X1 frs relay quartet of Niamh Montague, Matilda Meers, Emma Prunty & Michelle Bilko.
Result: Wootton Bassett - 161 points, Warminister - 150 points, Dolphin C - 131 points.
Source: Swindon Dolphin Press Team