Junior League Final - The Pods, Scunthorpe 10th Sept 2011

Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe Aquatics held their first gala at the Pods on Saturday 10th September. The club has trained regularly at the new venue since it opened but to be holding our first event was an exciting time for us all.  The gala was the final of the Lincolnshire Junior League and we knew that we would have to work extremely hard as currently Lincoln Vulcans and ourselves were in joint 1st place.  The winners would be going through to the Northern Area final in Newcastle, a very prestigious event and a massive achievement should we win.  CASA swimmers were off to a great start with numerous first places and with swimmers also swimming up in to the next age group achieving 2nd places we started to wonder at the half way point were we going to be the new champions ?  Amy Baker swam to a new pb in her individual backcrawl with team mate Lauren Gwynne successfully swimming two new pb's in her individual breaststroke and butterfly events earning her a much deserved 1st place finish in the breastroke.  Younger swimmer Lauren Jacklin swam a closely fought breaststroke and her hard work paid off with another 1st place for the team.  So the girls had shown some fantastic results in their individual swims so could the boys continue our successes and help us strive forward to be the champions ?  Lee Parrott was first to swim and had a fantastic swim in the backcrawl and yet another 1st place finish.  Nathan East swam a magnificent freestyle and alongside his 1st place a great pb.  Liam Stillyards and Jonathan Manchester who are relatively new swimmers in gala events both swam two individual races and four pb's between them shows how their dedication to training has paid off. Travis Johnson, Finley Fox and Ben Cantrill also swam for their respective age groups adding to the points tally which by now was accumulating well. 

The final events of the evening saw the relays which yet again saw us earning maximum points and finally the mixed cannon which was an exciting finish and closely fought by all teams involved.  As the excitement built all teams were wondering who would be crowned champions and as it flashed up on the new electronic scoreboard at The Pods we were delighted to be the winners. 

Final points on the night were as follows:

Scunthorpe Anchor swimming club trains at The Pods, Scunthorpe and Riddings Pool, Scunthorpe. Anyone who is interested in joining Scunthorpe Anchor should check the website www.scunthorpe-anchor.org.uk for further details.