National Arena Swimming League 2009

Report on Third Round of the 2009 National Arena Swimming League

The third and final round gala of the 2009 series was held on Saturday 12th December 2009 at Woodside Pool Watford. It was inevitable that being the final round the competing clubs would be entering their strongest teams and this promised to provide a gala filled with excitement and drama.True to form the night lived up to its promise resulting in many outstanding performances from the more experienced swimmers which provided an inspiration to the younger members of the teams who in turn swam up to and, in some cases exceeded expectations. This level of enthusiasm and competitiveness resulted in a most enjoyable evening for the spectators and provided a fitting end to this year’s National Arena League fixtures.

Hoddesdon swimmers performed well securing 4 -1st places, 5-2nd places and 3 -3rd places on the night. There were 11 new Pb’s set which confirms that the club swimmers are improving and will no doubt continue to do so. The team manager and coaching staff were well pleased with enthusiasm and team spirit shown and the manager’s comments were that the gala was very close overall and the club could have come 5th on another day.This has been another year where we have maintained a good division one place Well done to all!!

On an individual basis, Lucy Charles had 3 -1st places in the Open 200m IM, 100m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle. Emma Warrington had 1- 1st place in the Open 100m Breastroke. Becky Freestone came 2nd in U12 50m Breastroke, Kaitlyn Walsh came 3rd in the U12 50m Butterfly and Hayley Warrington came 3rd in U14 100m Freestyle. In the boy’s events Chris Smith came 2nd in the U14 100m Breastroke, Chris Stevens came 2nd in the U16 100m Breastroke and Craig Ross came 3rd in the Open 100m Freestyle.

There were individual Pb’s in the girl’s events for: Lucy Charles in the Open 200m IM, Kaitlyn Walsh in U12 50m Butterfly, Becky Freestone in the U12 50m Breastroke and Kirstin Meikle in U14 100m Butterfly.

In the boy’s events there were Pb’s for Chris Smith in the U14 100m breastroke and 100m Butterfly,Tomas Stevens in U14 100m Backstroke,Tom Scott in the U12 50m Breastroke, Kane Hagley-King in U14 100m Butterfly and Chris Stevens in the U16 100m Freestyle and U16 100m Breastroke.

In the relay events the girl’s U12 4x2 medley team came 1st, the girl’s U12 4x2 Freestyle team came 2nd and the girl’s open Medley team came 2nd. 

Swimmer of the gala awards went to : Kirstin Meikle for a great PB in the 100m Fly and very good relay swims. Chris Smith for more P’b’s in the 100m Breastroke and Fly and his short notice swim up in U16 Fly and Open relay.

Results of the gala: 1st place Greenwich BM, 2nd place Edmonton P, 3rd place Bishop Stortford, 4th place Colchester, 5th place Wandsworth, 6th place Teddington, 7th Hoddesdon and 8th Harrow.

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         Hoddesdon Team National Arena Round 3

Report on Second Round of the 2009 National Arena Swimming League

The second round gala was held at Woodside Pool Watford on Saturday 14th November. As in the first round Hoddesdon were drawn against some of the largest and strongest teams in division 1. Every member of the Hoddesdon team swam well setting 14 new individual Pbs and 2 club records. They were rewarded for their sustained efforts by finishing the gala in 5th place which was a good results considering the quality and tenacity of the opposition which they faced.

There was two 2nd places for Georgina Fisher,second places for Lucy Charles and Emma Warington and 3rd places for Lucy Charles, Hayley Warrington and Tomas Stevens. The new club records were set by Craig Ross in the boys open 100m Freestyle and by the boys U14 4x2 Medly relay team.

New Pb’s were set by: Lucy Charles, Paul O’ Doherty(2), Georgina fisher(2), Kane Hagley King, Craig Ross , Becky Freestone, Hayley Warrington, Keira Sullivan, Emma Warrington and Chris Smith.

Swimmer of the gala awards went to Kaitlyn Walsh and Kane Hagley King.

Well done to every swimmer who took part in the gala, your efforts and enthusiasm are certainly appreciated by the team manager,coaching and support staff. Keep up the good work and this will ensure that the club maintains its position in Division One.

Results of Round 2 of the Arena National League:

1st place, Hatfield 358 points, 2nd place Ealing 328 points, 3rd place Watford 230 points, 4th place Wandsworth 219 points, 5th place Hoddesdon 182 points, 6th place Anaconda 179 points, 7th place Runnymede 160 points and 8th place Costa 141 points.

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Report on the First Round of the 2009 National Arena Swimming League

The start of the 2009 season began for Hoddesdon with a trip to Southbury Road pool where they were drawn against some of the best teams in the league. From the start the atmosphere was electric and the pace at which the events took place was very impressive. Every team taking part were soon aware that this was going to be a tough night of competition and fast times with swimmers from team Ipswich and Ealing setting a red hot pace from the outset. Hoddesdon swimmers were keen to get in the mix but with so many problems leading up to the gala due to illness and then on the night there was more sickness they were unable to achieve their best performances. Despite these setbacks the team did their best as usual and we still managed to beat two of the teams and maybe with all fit and on form we could have beaten another two. It is not surprising that on the night there were not many Pb’s but the next round should produce better results with fingers crossed for a full fit and healthy squad. Well done everybody you showed great spirit and determination, the team manager and coaching staff were pleased that as usual you all gave 110% effort.

Swimmer of the gala awards went to:

 Boys- Chris Smith for two more Pb’s and great relay swims (swimming up in U16 as well).

Girls- Emma Warrington and Lucy Charles, Pb’s for both of them and a National Time for Emma ( if it had been a licensed meet) and our only first place for Lucy.

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Results: 1st Ipswich 355 points, 2nd Ealing 311points, 3rd Greenwich 248 points, 4th Edmonton 226 points, 5th Teddington 181 points, 6th Hoddesdon 179 points, 7th Griffins 156 points and 8th St Albans 140 points

    link to Swimming League Results Page: http://www.speedoleague.org.uk/?l=3&p=6

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