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, 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

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.