Doncaster Dartes Minster Meet  February/March 2010

April 18th 2010

Beverley Sports Complex.

Scunthorpe Anchor Coach Dave Leeman took a select group of his swimmers to the popular Minster Meet hosted by local rival club Doncaster Dartes.  This was held in Beverley on 18^th April.  As this is a B/C grade meet with cut off times, it allows swimmers to compete for both awards and speeding tickets in all 4 strokes and the 100 metre Individual Medley.  There were swimmers from 33 clubs in total and as there was also a top club award every point counted.

9 year old Travis Johnson was to prove himself the boy racer of the meet, securing 5 out of 5 speeding tickets and 5 brilliant pb’s much to his coaches delight.  Every swimmer achieved good personal best times.  Special mentions must go to Finley Fox and Scott Strong who finished as top boys in their respective age groups.   Finley achieved his position with two 1^st places, one 3^rd place and two speeding tickets.  Scott achieved his position with one 1^st place, two 2^nd places and two 4^th places.  A massive achievement to both boys against some strong competition.

 Adam Vaughan narrowly missed out of a  3^rd place in the 50 butterfly event but soon made up for the disappointment by gaining a 1^st place in the breaststroke event and 3^rd in the backstroke. Jonathan Manchester’s hard work in training paid off with a first in the individual medley and 3^rd in the back. Ryan Johnson also had a fantastic day with a 1^st, 3^rd and a speeding ticket all with huge P.B’s. Rhiannon Haber was also on the receiving end of awards for her performances in the back, free and I.M finishing 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd respectively.  India Cowell and Jack Christer both newcomers to open events had brilliant swims each earning two speeding tickets.  Lauren Callaghan had a clean sweep of P.B’s which gave her four out of five speeding tickets narrowly missing out of a 3^rd place finish in her fifth event, for sister Yasmin two further speeding tickets and a 2^nd place finish.  Young swimmer Amy Baker has been working hard in training and this resulted in two speding tickets for her.

Regular announcements of points showed how close the points tally was between the clubs and the last event of the day saw valuable points from Francis Moir who finished 1^st in the 50 breaststroke.  A 4^th place for Shannon Johnson in the same event added to the points total and helped secure our position as top club overall.

Anyone wishing to have a trial to join Scunthorpe Anchor swimming club who train at Riddings Pool, Scunthorpe please visit the website – Scunthorpe-anchor.org.uk for contact information.