A huge well done to our Arena Team who swam amazingly last night in the B Final at Macclesfield!

We totally smashed what would always have been a difficult gala - with illness & injury meaning we had a flurry of last minute team changes who totally stepped up & swam their hardest.   We came a creditable 7th place, with a few extra points lost along the way which was unfortunate, but that’s swimming!

We had amazing team spirit & the team fought for their places in some tight finishes with wins for Davey in 100 Fly, Tom in 100 Free (sub 60 club) & Mostafa in 100 Fly.  There were breakthrough PBs for Rosie in 100 Breast, Ella in 100 Breast, Luca in 100 Fly, James in 100 Back & Jessica in 50 Back with Sophia, Ethan, Emily & Mollie posting some rapid relay times with all the chasing!!  We need a special shout out to our youngest team member, Adam, who filled in at the last moment & absolutely wowed us all with his races

We said a sad good bye to two of our most special & longest standing members who have decided to hang up their goggles  . Club Captain Michael Wu, who has swum at every level at the Club and has been a fantastic role model and team mate; his dedication to perfecting the pacing of a 200 Free will be a key legacy for me.  And Frankie, a very popular team member and an absolute lynch pin in the team who always delivers the goods, technically great & super fast; Frankie has swum some of the most impressive 50 Fly races I’ve had the pleasure of watching. Thanks to both of you for your commitment and for bringing so much to the Club over the years. We will really really miss you

Thank you to Jennie M for organising all the galas behind the scenes, being in charge of printing & sorting out coach travel so that everyone could travel as a team, & for team managing every round.  Thank you to Ian for being a fantastic Team Manager, motivating the swimmers & doing a fantastic job of “herding cats” to races & around the venue Thank you to Tess, Felicity & James who were our excellent Officials, to Helen, Jo & Jennie B for volunteering to do the door & to Coach Leah for bringing the best sparkly Xmas hats.