National Swimming League

 The Winning Team

Report on National Swimming League Round 3

“Victorious Hoddesdon Secure 9th Position in Division ONE”

Hoddesdon swimming club travelled to the Woodside Leisure Centre Watford on Saturday 13^th December 2008 for the final round of this year’s National Swimming League competition. The team, having previously missed out of finishing in the top eight of the 24 teams of Division 1 by a narrow margin were in enthusiastically high spirits hoping to finish the final gala in first place, thus assuring the club of ending the 2008 season in 9^th position of Division 1.

Individually, the team got off to a flying start with Lucy Charles winning the ladies Open individual medley in fine style and going on to win the girls U/15 years 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle races. This was followed by Karl Batorski who got second place in the men’s individual medley and then went on to achieve first place in the men’s Open 100m breaststroke. Tomas Stevens won the boy’s 10-11 years backstroke and Ben Mason won the men’s Open 100m backstroke and 100m Freestyle races. Hayley Warrington gained first place in the girl’s 10-11 years 50m breaststroke race and came third in the 10-11years 50m butterfly. Kiera Sullivan was in a close race to win the girl’s 13/U 100m butterfly she also got second place in the 13/U 100m backstroke event. Emma Warrington won the ladies 100m Open breaststroke and then went on to win the girls 15/U breaststroke and Annie Groome took 3^rd place in the ladies Open 100m backstroke event.

In the girls relay events the 10-11 year team came in second place in the 4x2 Freestyle and Medley relays. In the girl’s 15/U year 4x2 Freestyle and Medley relays, they came in first. In the Ladies Open 4x2 Medley and 6x2 Freestyle relay the girl’s were narrowly beaten into second place. In the Men’s Open 4x2 Medley relay the team stormed home to take first place, a feat which they almost repeated in the final event of the gala when they came third in the Men’s Open 6x2 Freestyle race.

In the individual events there were 15 new PB’s set by : Sydney Crouch, Tomas Stevens, Hayley Warrington, Annie Groome, Paul o Doherty (CR), Kiera Sullivan, Ben Mason, Karl Batorski (CR), Amy Riddick, Micky Waters, Ryan Wolfe, Josh Arnold and Nicole Abertyn. 

Swimmers of the gala awards were presented to Hayley Warrington and Ben Mason.

Well done to all members of the team, it has shown once again that even though we are a relatively small club compared to some of our rivals we can present a very strong team of talented swimmers who can more than hold their own in a very competitive sport. Congratulations to everybody from the Team Manager, Head Coach, Team Captain and Support Staff, it was a job well done!

Results of the Gala: 1^st place Hoddesdon 266 points, 2^nd place Watford 260 points, 3^rd place Harrow& Wealdstone 241 points, 4^th place Anaconda 234 points, 5^th place Teddington 206 points, 6^th place Griffins of Enfield 205 points, 7^th place Runnymede 191 points, 8^th place West Suffolk 188 points.

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 Report on National Swimming League Round Two

Hoddesdon Swimming Club maintained their great start in Division One of the National Swimming League with another impressive 3rd place team finish against formidable opposition in the second round at Watford Leisure Centre on Saturday 8^th November 2008. This team form, if it can be repeated in the final round of the competition gives the club a good chance of finishing as one of the top eight clubs in the London Division of the National Swimming League table.

Flora Hanson got the club off to a strong start with an impressive win setting a new personal best in the Ladies Open 200m Medley race. She was narrowly beaten into second place later in the girl’s 15/U 100m backstroke race when she set another personal best time,

Lucy Charles gave the club its second individual win of the gala finishing first in the girl’s 15/U 100m butterfly race, she followed this up later in the evening with second place finish in the girl’s 15/U 100m Freestyle race and a third place in the Ladies 100m Backstroke.

Hayley Warrington set a personal best time being narrowly beaten into second place in the girl’s 10-11 years 50m butterfly race, but got her reward later with a win in the girl’s 10-11 years 50m breastroke.

Emma Warrington achieved second places in the Ladies Open 100m Breastroke and the 15/U 100m Breastroke races whilst Annie Groome got third place in the Ladies Open 100m Backstroke.

Karl Batorski gained third place in the Men’s Open 100m Butterfly and 100m Breastroke race, whilst Tomas Stevens got a second place in 10-11 years 50m Backstroke and a third place in the 10-11 years 50m Butterfly race.

In the girl’s team relays races 6 new club records were set. Starting with the 10-11 year girl’s 4x2 Freestyle and 4x2 Medley events swam by Sydney Crouch, Shona Costello, Amy Riddick and Hayley Warrington.

In the 15/U Freestyle relay race a new club record was set by Flora Hanson, Annie Groome, Holly Gannon and Lucy Charles. In the Ladies Open 4x2 Medley relay race a new club record was set by Annie Groome, Emma Warrington, Lucy Charles and Nicole Albertyn. In the final girl’s 15/U 4x2 Medley relay race the club record was set by Flora Hanson, Emma Warrington, Holly Gannon and Lucy Charles. The Ladies Open 6x2 freestyle relay race club record was set by Nicole Albertyn, Emma Warrington, Annie Groome, Holly Gannon, Flora Hanson and Lucy Charles.

In the last 6x2 relay race of the evening a new men’s club record was set by Paul O Doherty, Stuart Clarke, Anthony Hodges, Sam Hill, Ben Mason and Karl Batorski

Girl’s Personal Best Times were recorded by: Flora Hanson, Sydney Crouch, Hayley Warrington, Kiera Sullivan and Emma Riddick

Boy’s personal best times were recorded by Chris Smith, Ryan Wolfe and William Yates.

Girl swimmer of the gala was awarded to Flora Hanson and boy swimmer of the gala was awarded to Anthony Hodges.

Once again a big “Thank You” and well done to every member of the team, your participation and enthusiasm is essential and really appreciated.

Results of the Gala: 1^st Team Ipswich 378 Points, 2^nd Romford Town 293 Points, 3^rd Hoddesdon 228 Points, 4^th Watford 223 Points, 5^th Anaconda 209 Points, 6^th Colchester 182 Points, 7^th RTW Monsoon 173 Points and Cheshunt 112 Points   

• Report on National Swimming League Round 1

The Club got off to a promising start in the first round of the 2008 National Swimming League at Southbury Road on Saturday 11th October. They lived up to the team manager and coach’s expectations by achieving a well earned 3^rd position in the company of some very strong opposition from most of the other seven competing teams. Our swimmers faired well in almost every event recording 6 first, 7 second, 6 third and 12 fourth places. Considering that in the women’s open events our regular swimmers were unable attend and our 15/U girls had in addition to their own events to swim up, this was a commendable achievement. As we have come to expect from this league, each club has to fight hard to retain its position in Division 1 and on Saturday this was no exception. Three of the teams competing in the gala had finished above Hoddesdon in the 2007 League Table and it is to the team’s credit that the club finished above them on this occasion. This is a positive sign that if the team can maintain this form the club should improve on its 2007 league position of twelfth place.

The first Hoddesdon winner of the evening was Karl Batorski in the 200m IM and he followed this up later with a win the 100m breastroke. The third and fourth wins of the gala were achieved by Tomas Stevens in the 50m backstroke and the 50m butterfly. Not to be outdone, the girls recorded their wins in the 50m breastroke where Hayley Warrington stormed to a decisive victory and Lucy Charles made it the sixth win in the 100m freestyle. The seven second places were achieved in the boy’s 10-11years freestyle and medley relays, men’s open medley relay, girl’s 15/U medley relay and the men’s open 6x2 freestyle relay. Individual second places were achieved by Emma Warrington in girl’s 15/U and the ladies open 100m breastroke events.

Outstanding Individual performances on the night resulted in 15 new personal best times being set, 4 of which were also club records. The relay teams also recorded 3 new club records. It is important to note that all swimmers who competed swam well to form being close to achieving their previous personal best times. The swimmers who attained new personal best times were:

Lucy Charles in the 200m IM + CR, Karl Batorski in the 200m IM + CR and 100m breastroke +CR, Chris Smith in the 100m breastroke and 100m butterfly, Hayley Warrington in the 50m butterfly and 50m breastroke + CR, Charlie Stevens in the 50m breastroke, Kiera Sullivan in the 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly, Ryan Wolfe in the 100m backstroke, Chris Stevens in the 100m butterfly, Chris Smith in the 100m butterfly, Shona Costello in the 50m freestyle, Josh Arnold in the 100m breastroke and Annie Groome in the 100m freestyle.

The relay teams who set new club records were: girls 10-11yrs 4x2 Freestyle relay, girl’s 15/U 4x2 Freestyle relay, girl’s 15/U 4x2 Medley relay, Ladies Open 6x2 Freestyle relay and Men’s Open 6x2 freestyle relay.

The swimmer of the gala awards went to Hayley Warrington and Chris Smith. Team Manager Mark, Head Coach Janet and team Captain Stuart wish to say congratulations to all members of the team for a job well done.

The Results were as follows:

1^st Camden Swiss Cottage 359 points, 2^nd Shiverers 273 points, 3^rd Hoddesdon 248 points, 4^th Teddington 226 points, 5^th West Suffolk 218 points, 6^th Harrow and Wealdstone 215 points, 7^th Stevenage 154 points and 8^th Westminster 81 points.

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

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