The first round of the Lincs Senior League took place on January 29th 2011 at Riddings pool, Scunthorpe for CASA green. CASA green consisted solely of Scunthorpe Anchor swimmers and we were competing against CASA red, South Lincs and Louth. We were off to an exciting start with Scott Strong swimming the 100 freestyle open and knocking yet another second off his previous time with an impressive 57.53.

Jasmin Kirk then achieved our first victory of the afternoon just pipping Louth in a very close race! The 10 and under boys consisting of Liam Stillyards, Conrad Lewandoswki, Micah Klos and Lee Parrot swam a fantastic race in the freestyle relay finishing in 1st place with a massive four second lead. Liam was on form for a successful afternoon then taking part in two individual events, 50 freestyle and 50 backstroke and achieving two further 1st places for the team. The winning spirit obviously rubbed off as Conrad also went on to achieve a 1st place finish in the individual 50 butterfly. The 14 years girls relay team of Holly Williams, Lauren Callaghan, Eleanor Chafer and Jess Skinn were swimming as a newly formed team and proved it was a good choice from the coach after finishing 1st in the freestyle relay and 2nd in the medley relay. Holly Williams also continued her good form and went on to achieve two first place finishes in the individual 100 metre butterfly and backstroke. Lauren and Eleanor swam the individual freestyle and breastroke also claiming new P.B's.

The boys 14 years relay team also saw some impressive times and Jack Newton, Charles Kenny, Edward Kenny and Ryan Johnson achieved 2nd place finishes in both the medley and freestyle event. Charles was the coaches choice for the 100 back and 100 freestyle and had two closely fought races and was just touched out for second place by Louth, but had fantastic swims after recently been crowned Most Improved Boys Swimmer at the club. Ryan Johnson then took part in the 100 breaststroke in the same age group and knocked a massive 4 seconds off his previous time only set in November. Jack Newton took part in one of his favourite individuals, 100 fly and after a textbook swim achieved a new P.B.

The points were accumulating well for us and at the half way point we were in 2nd place with only 3 points between us and 1st placed Louth.

Lauren York was untouchable in her 100 metre breastroke finishing in 1st place by a massive 7 seconds on her nearest rival. Lauren and Jasmin were part of the open free and medley relay team with Rhiannon Haber and Melanie Calder achieving 2nd and 3rd place respectively. An excellent performance from Rhiannon swimming under 30 seconds in the 50 freestyle for the first time, so an extra special P.B for her. The girls 12 year team had some great individual swims with Lauren Gwynne and Amy Baker both achieving new P.B's and first place positions in the 50 butterfly and freestyle events. Yasmin Callaghan finished 2nd in the 50 breaststroke and keeping up the 12 year teams good work with yet another P.B. Nathan East showed how his hard work in training was paying off finishing 1st in the 50 back and 2nd in the 50 free. Nathan then joined his team of Scott Zimmerman, Ben Cantrill and Harrison Caton to take part in the relay events in which the team were to finish in 3rd place. Lauren Jacklin took to the water for seven events, including three individuals in which she brought home maximum points in two out of the three. Laurens team mates in the 10 years girls relays saw Grace Whomersley, Abbie Cantrill and Holly Gwynne joining her for a nail-biting medley relay just losing out on the touch giving them a 3rd place finish. Adam Vaughan competed alongside dad Steve in the open relays and the sibling rivalry must have paid off when Adam achieved a new P.B hitting a consistent 30 seconds in both 50 freestyles. Kieran Skinner was also to have a busy afternoon taking part in 100 fly and back individual events alongside his team relays. Kieran pulled off consistent good performances and brought home more points for the team.

After a closely fought competition Louth were the overall winners on the night by just one point over the CASA green team. It looks set to be a close competition and we look forward to the next round on April 9th.