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Dartford Centenary Open 6th November 2011

Three strike gold at centenary open 

Faversham Swimming Club made waves at the recent Dartford District Swimming Club Centenary Year Open, held at Medway Park Sports Centre, Gillingham.

Faversham entered no less than 23 of their finest swimmers, they wowed the crowd with some impressive swims and returned home with an avalanche of medals.

Twelve year old Rebecca Crouch kept the throttle to the floor and scooped gold with her impressive swim in the girls 100 metre backstroke, stopping the clock in a time of 1.24.05.

Eleven year old Molly McKenna claimed gold in the girls 100 metre freestyle in a time of 1.16.10, whilst eleven year old Blaine Ramsden held his head high and collected gold for his winning performance in the boys 100 metre freestyle in 1.18.37.

Swimmers snatching silver trophies were Emily Holt in the girls 9 years 50 metre backstroke (49.88), Nicola Crouch girls 9 years 50 metre breaststroke (53.26), Olivia Hawkins girls 11 years 100 metre backstroke (1.30.53), Flora Westlake girls 12 years 100 metre breaststroke (1.35.32) and Lydia Scott girls 100 metre breaststroke (1.31.33).

Bronze trophy winners were Joe Wall in the boys 10 years 50 metre breaststroke (49.32), Richard Catton boys 10 years 50 metre freestyle (36.83), Alice Searley girls 11 years 100 metre breaststroke (1.46.97), Molly McKenna girls 11 years 50 metre butterfly (43.31), Marty Boorman boys 13 years 100 metre breaststroke (1.33.80) and Ben Collins boys 14 years 100 metre individual medley (1.20.54).

Swimmers snatching 4th place were Molly Stemp girls 10 years 50 metre breaststroke (50.67), Rebecca Crouch girls 12 years 50 metre butterfly (41.27), Joanne Hawkins girls 14 years 100 metre backstroke (1.24.28) and 50 metre butterfly (41.48), Ben Collins boys 14 years 100 metre backstroke (1.20.54).

5th place medal winners were Harry McKenna boys 9 years 100 metre individual medley, Joe Wall boys 10 years 100 individual medley (1.38.69), Richard Catton boys 10 years 50 metre breaststroke (51.66), Molly McKenna girls 11 years 100 metre backstroke (1.32.24), Rebecca Crouch girls 12 years 100 metre individual medley (1.29.02), Joanne Hawkins girls 14 years 100 metre  freestyle (1.16.57), Ben Collins boys 14 years 100 metre freestyle (1.09.89) and 100 metre breaststroke (1.36.30).

Swimmers claiming 6th place were Emily Holt girls 9 years 50 metre freestyle (41.54), Nicola Crouch girls 9 years 50 metre butterfly ( 51.63), Harry McKenna boys 9 years 50 metre breaststroke (59.55), Joe Wall boys 10 years 50 metre freestyle (36.83) and 50 metre butterfly (47.12). Olivia Hawkins girls 11 years 100 metre freestyle (1.21.99), Keeley Wrench girls 11 years 100 metre individual medley (1.35.67) and Marty Boorman boys 13 years 100 metre individual medley (1.28.18).

Faversham’s other elite swimmers entering the open and producing some remarkable swims were Lauren Scott, Emily Ing, Jasmine Locke, Poppy Boorman, Jessica Hawkins and Lily Jarvis-Keysell.

Swimming Clubs participating were Margate, Maidstone, Dartford, Faversham, Greenwich, Dover, Saxon Crown, Petts Wood, Black Lion, Killerwhales, Gravesend, RTW Monson, Canvey Island, Folkestone and Beachfield.
Age Group Championships 2011 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tim Boorman   
Thursday, 09 June 2011 14:31

Multi-stroke knockout is a hit

Faversham Swimming Club held their annual Indoor Age Group Championships this month, with over forty of the clubs swimmers taking part.

Faversham’s home crowd of spectators enjoyed some astonishing performances during the evenings events. Races were swam over 25 metre, 50 metre and 100 metre distances with some of the clubs younger swimmers entering races for the first time.

The feverish multi-stroke knockout skins competition had the spectators on their feet. In the girls event elite swimmers Joanne Hawkins and Lydia Scott were locked in battle during the final heat with both girls swimming a blistering pace. In the last length it was Lydia that surged forward to claim the winners podium.

Hotshots Tom Pearce and Ben Collins both had their throttles to the floor and again gave onlookers a race to write home about, both boys gave great performances which ended with Tom taking gold medal position.

First place winners in the girls events were Kia Drake in the 8yrs 25mtr breaststroke, freestyle and backstoke, Nicola Crouch 9yrs 50mtr breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley, Emily Holt 9yrs 50mtr freestyle, Molly Stemp 10yrs 50mtr breaststroke, backstroke and individual medley. Dervla Murphy 10yrs 50mtr freestyle, Lauren Scott 10yrs 50mtr butterfly, Keeley Wrench 11yrs 100mtr breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley, Alice Searley  11yrs 100mtr freestyle, Georgia Collins 11yrs 100mtr backstroke.

Flora Westlake  12yrs 100mtr breaststroke, Rebecca Crouch  12yrs 100mtr freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley, Lydia Scott 13yrs 100mtr breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley. Joanne Hawkins 14yrs 100mtr breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and individual medley, Jasmine Locke 14yrs 100mtr butterfly, Jessica Smith 15yrs 100mtr breaststroke, freestyle and individual medley, Holly Smith 15yrs 100mtr butterfly and backstroke, Emily Westlake 16yrs 100mtr breaststroke, freestyle, buterfly, backstroke and individual medley.

First place winners in the boys events were William Guthrie 8yrs 25mtr breaststroke and freestyle, Jack Wimble-Roberts 8yrs 25mtr backstroke, Harry McKenna 9yrs 50mtr breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly and backstroke, Oliver Nye 9yrs 50mtr individual medley. Richard Catton 10yrs 50mtr breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley, Blaine Ramsden 11yrs 100mtr breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and individual medley. James Guthrie 12yrs 100mtr breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and individual medley, Marty Boorman 13yrs 100mtr breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley, Tom Guthrie 14yrs 100mtr breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and individual medley, Ben Collins 14yrs 100mtr butterfly, Tom Pearce 17yrs 100mtr breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and individual medley.
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