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, and Tom in 100 Free (sub 60 club).  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.