Barnsley Minor League Gala

February 13^th, Knottingley Sports Centre

The first round of the Barnsley Minor League saw us take our team to the Knottingley Sports Centre and we were to be competing against Knottingley, Chapeltown, Sheffield and CADS.  We proved to be a strong team after seeing us taking part in the relays we achieved some great finishes, notably the 12 year old boys Nathan East, Ryan Johnson, Sven Schygiol and Nahum Klos earning 1^st places in both the medley and free.  The 12 year old girls were not to be outdone though and Amy Tarpy,  Anya Snow, Francesca Maw and Yasmin Callaghan were to finish 1^st in the medley and 3^rd in the free.  The girls 10 and under team were also showing their strength as a team which consisted of Lauren Gwynne,  Amy Baker, India Cowell and Lauren Jacklin achieving 2^nd and 3^rd places.  This position was also mirrored in the girls 15 and over team of Alicia Snow, Becci Baker, Emma Sanderson and Rhiannon Haber.

After the exciting relays it was now time for some individual swims and here we saw a clean sweep of 1^st places for Amy Baker in both the back and fly events.  Ben Cantrill also swam a great race in the 50 breast earning a 1^st place and a massive 3.72 P.B since club champs.  Nathan East then swam the 50 back, his number one and brought home maximum points and yet another P.B for him.  Brother William East looks to be following in his brother’s footsteps also taking part in the back and 3^rd place for him after a great swim.  In the freestyle individuals Adam Vaughan knocked a second off his previous time and achieved a new time of 33.39.  Tom Spencer swam in the 15&O and a brilliant time of 26.62 gave him a well deserved 1^st place. Francesca, Nahum, Travis, Rhiannon, Lauren Gwynne and Lauren Callaghan were also Stuart’s choice for the free event.  Finley Fox swam to a new P.B in the 50 fly with a time of 37.31 which saw an improvement of 1.23 seconds in two weeks!!  Shannon Johnson and brother Travis also swam the fly and maybe sibling rivalry took place with new P.B’s for both.  Emma Sanderson and Allan Snowden achieving 3^rd and 2^nd place finishes also in the fly.  We were then back to the breaststroke with Steve Vaughan showing how its done with an incredible 35.27 and 2^nd place.  Ellie Taylor had an amazing swim in the 50 breast knocking 4.59 seconds off her previous time.  Alicia Snow returned to the club and took part in the 50 back and shows she still has what it takes finishing in 2^nd position with 35.61, 2^nd position also mirrored by Scott Strong with more than a second P.B and a time of 34.05.  Ryan Johnson and Lauren Jacklin took part in the 50 breast with a first place finish for Ryan and 3^rd for Lauren with both swimmers achieving new P.B’s.  Finally in the individuals Amy Tarpy  swam to a great P.B in the 50 back and a 3^rd for her.

The final event of the day was the cannon and with all to play for we went out strong with Lauren Gwynne and Travis, the next leg fell to Yasmin and Sven with the penultimate leg in the capable hands of Scott Zimmerman and Shannon Johnson who handed over to Emma Sanderson and finally bringing us home in 3^rd position, Trevor Zimmerman.

Final points on the day were as follows:

SHEFFIELD    CHAPELTOWN    SCUNTHORPE    KNOTTINGLEY    CLEETHORPES

    85                    188                  154                     119                  90

 The next round takes place at Ponds Forge, Sheffield on March 6^th.