The Bob Daplyn Trophy 2009

Ten Hoddesdon swimmers, five girl’s and five boy’s all under the age of 14 years represented the club for the Daplyn Trophy on Saturday the 5^th of December. It was a very close competition with everyone trying to gain maxim points for their club. The first event was the girl’s 100metre IM this was swum by Rebecca Freestone the youngest member of the Hoddesdon girl’s team she swam an excellent race coming 9^th with a new PB for her efforts. Chris Smith swam well in the second event which was the boy’s 100metre IM coming 6^th and achieving a new Pb. In the 3^rd event which was the girl’s 50metre backstroke Sydney Crouch also swam well coming in 8^th place. Another good swim in the boy’s 50metre backstroke by Albert Johnson secured a very good 3rd place. In the girl’s 50 metre breaststroke a strong swim by Hayley Warrington was rewarded by the team’s only 1^st place of the night.

The boy’s 50metre breastroke was swum by Luke Broughal who swam well coming in 10^th place. In the girls 50metre Butterfly event another impressive swim by Kirstin Meikle secured a 2^nd place for the team. Kane Hagley-King put in a strong performance in the boy’s 50metre Butterfly event to come 4^th. The girl’s 50metre Freestyle was swum by Amy Riddick who put in a good performance to come 10^th. In the boy’s 50metre Freestyle event Harry Spicer also swam well securing a 10^th position for the boy’s team.

In the relay events the girl’s 4x50M Freestyle team came 6^th out of 21 teams competing and in the boy’s 4x50M Freestyle event the team came 5^th out of 18 teams competing. The final team relay events of the night were the girl’s 4x50M and boy’s 4x50m Medley events. The girl’s coming 3^rd out of 20 teams competing whilst the boy’s 4^th out of 18 teams competing.

The gala was won by Watford A, second place went Herpenden and there was only 2 points separating the next 4 teams with Hoddesdon sharing equal 5^th place with Cheshunt Black. Considering that there were 21 teams in the girl’s section and 18 teams in the boy’s section both Hoddesdon teams swam well, it was a great performance, well done everybody!!.

Eric Eady Trophy Gala 2009

The new swimming season started well for Hoddesdon swimming club last Saturday. They travelled to Southbury Road hoping to retain the trophy they won last year. The competition started well for Hoddesdon as they won 11 races out of the first 16 putting them in first place by 5 points and they stayed there until half way through the Gala. A very strong challenge by Edmonton Phoenix gave them the lead in the second half of the gala despite a gallant effort from Hoddesdon they held on to it until the end. It was very close contest with every swimmer giving their very best effort. In the open events Hoddesdon Boys and Girls won every one of their individual and relays races. Everyone in the team swam brilliantly from the youngest upwards. Hoddesdon had 23-first places,9 second places,3 third places,15 new personal best times, 29 new relay times and 3 new club records set in the gala. Two of the new club records came from Karl Bartorski beating his own 200m IM and 100m Breastroke times. Young Jack Freestone set the third club record in boys under 10 years 50m Freestyle race.

Boys Swimmer of the gala award went to Jack Freestone for his efforts throughout the night and Girl's swimmer of the gala went to Hayley Warrington for getting a great personal best time the 100m butterfly and for her efforts swimming up in all the relay events.

The team manager, Mark Charles wishes to express his thanks and congratulations to every member of the team for a job well done. Every member gave 110% effort and even though they were narrowly beaten on the night it looks very promising for the coming season.

The results of the gala were: first place Edmonton Phoenix 346 points, second place Hoddesdon 320 points, third place Anaconda 291 points, fourth place Cheshunt 235 points, fifth place Clissold 195 points, sixth place Ware 190 points and seventh place Fast Fins 133 points.

Hoddesdon Win The George Edwards Gala 2009

Hoddesdon swimmers were at Haileybury on Saturday 28th March 2009 to compete in the above gala. The team included several new young swimmers some of whom were getting their first experience competing against swimmers from other clubs. The gala was a thoroughly enjoyable event which brought out some very impressive individual and team performances from Hoddesdon swimmers. The new young swimmers will have benefited greatly from the experience and will no doubt be looking forward to the next gala with eager anticipation. Hoddesdon recorded first place in a gala against teams who are renowned for providing formidable opposition and it was a well deserved result which pleased the team manager and the coaching staff.

 During the gala Hoddesdon team achieved 12 individual 1st places, 8 individual 2nd places and 4 individual 3rd places. The relay teams recorded 11-1st places, 2-2nd places and 3-3rd places. There were 21 new personal best times set over the course of the gala and although it would be nice to mention every swimmer that achieved a first, second or third place because there are so many it is not really practical to do so. However, the swimmers who exceeded their previous best performance and gained one or more new individual Pb’s are as follows:

Cerys Edwards, Ben Warrington, Katherine Wolfe, Shona Costella, Harry Spicer, Molly Muzzlewhite, Philip Wistow, Georgina Fisher, Ben Scott, Micky Waters, Sydney Crouch, Matthew Hallam, Ben Hunt, Luke Boroughal, Brooke Morris, William Turner, Charlie Stevens, Hayley Warrington, Kane Hagley-King.

Swimmer of the gala awards went to: Brooke Morris and Luke Broughall.

The Team Manager, Head Coach and all the Supporting Staff would like to say, “Well Done” to all the Hoddesdon swimmers who took part in the gala, each and every one of you gave 110% effort and it was due to your outstanding performance that the club achieved a well deserved victory.

Results of the gala were as follows:

 1st place Hoddesdon, 107 points, 2nd place Hertford 121 points, 3rd place Hemel Hempstead 161 points, 4th place Hatfield 184 points, 5th place Cheshunt 231 points and 6th place Letchworth 265 points.

Superb Performance by the Team at the Bob Daplyn Trophy 2008

The Bob Daplyn Trophy Junior Inter-Club competition was held on the 6^th December 2008 at Woodside Leisure Centre Watford. Teams from 15 Clubs in Hertfordshire entered the competition, some clubs entering more than one team. Each team, consisted of ten swimmers 5 girls and 5 boys, each team member was allowed to compete in one individual race and up to two relay races. Swimmers entering the competition had to be less than 14 years of age on the 31^st December 2008.

Hoddesdon entered one girl’s and boy’s team comprising: Jess Waters, Emma Riddick, Kiera Sullivan, Kirstin Meikle, Hayley Warrington, William Yates, Albert Johnson, Tomas Stevens, Chris Smith and Kane Hagley King.

The team swam brilliantly in all their individual events every member setting a new personal best time starting off with a great race from Jess Waters in the girl’s 100m IM. This was followed by another very good swim from Albert Johnson in the boy’s 100m IM. Kirstin Meikle recorded the first Hoddesdon win of the competition swimming a fantastic 50m backstroke. This was followed by William Yates who also swam a great race to win the boys 50m backstroke. The girl’s 50m breast stroke was swam in great style by Hayley Warrington where she recorded equal first place. Another great swim by Chris Smith kept the boy’s team in close contention. The girl’s 50m butterfly was a closely contested race where Kiera Sullivan won her heat but was just beaten into second place by a faster time in the next heat. Tomas Stevens kept the boys in close contention with a good 50m butterfly race. Emma Riddick swam brilliantly to give the girl’s their 3^rd win in 50m freestyle. Kane Hagley-King also swam a fine race in the boy’s 50m freestyle. On completion of the individual races Hoddesdon girl’s team led the competition and Hoddesdon boys were in second place with just two relay events to go.

The excitement was mounting as the first of the relays got underway; this was the girl’s 4x50m freestyle. The Hoddesdon team stormed into the lead and maintained this position to finish in first place. The 4x50 girl’s medley relay proved an even more exiting climax to the girl’s events and although the Hoddesdon team swam brilliantly they were just beaten into second place.

The boy’s 4x50 freestyle and medley relays teams proved just as exiting as the girls and the final medley relay race had the spectators on their feet so close was the race for 1^st 2^nd and 3^rd place. Despite a sterling effort from the boys they were just beaten into 4th place. The final points total at the end of the competition resulted in a thoroughly well deserved competition win and the Bob Daplyn Trophy for the Hoddesdon girl’s team. The boy’s team ended up with most commendable competition third position. Head Coach Janet Warrington was delighted with the performance of each member of the team; she said the outcome of the competition was every thing she could have hoped for. Well done to everybody who took part you were just the greatest. The official results have now been received and can be seen via this link;

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