Staffs League Round 3 – October 2019: Times and Report

Cannock Leisure Centre  – 5th October 2019

On the Saturday evening the 2019 Staffs League continued on its annual route to finals in November. We all know by now that this league is a difficult league with 3 levels of standard. In round 1 we had again swam in level 2 – which in truth is the level we are at now. In round 2 we had a swim in level 3, we entered as clear favourites and won at a canter – this lead us back to level 2 for the 3^rd round.

The draw put BASC against Bilston B. Chase B, Stafford Apex, Wombourne and Cannock Phoenix A. The gala format is all races and legs are over 50m – and we get mixed relays rather than the usual all girls or boys.

A very tough draw with us going in seeded 5^th and likely to be with Bilston for 5^th or 6^th place.

4 First Places

Lana Clamp – 50m Back – age 11

Finley Brown – 50m Fly – open age

Matt Gates – 50m Breast – open age

Bella Smith – 50m Breast – age 11

6 Second Places

George Greener – 50m Fly – age 15

Ella Cooper – 50m Fly – age 13

Connor Small – 50m Fly – age 13

Matt Gates – 50m Free – open age

Dylan Campbell – 50m Fly – age 11

Jack Ward – 50m Back – open age

12 Third Places

Tom Mitchell – 50m Breast – age 15

Harrison Jones – 50m Back – age 13

Jaina Muogbo, Bella Smith, Dylan Campbell & Josh Cooper – age 11 free

Ella Cooper – 50m Free – age 13

Harrison Jones – 50m Free – age 13

Sophie Fowkes, Adam Doughty, Finley Brown & Paige Colling – open medley

Dylan Mitchell, Bella Smith, Lana Clamp & Lucas Joubert – age 11 medley

Sophie Fowkes – 50m Back – age 15

George Greener – 50m Back – age 15

Lana Clamp – 50m Fly – age 11

Charlotte Breeze – 50m Free – age 15

Matt Appelbee – 50m Free- age 15

The overall result scoring 6 points for a win :-

So an amazing 4^th place – all teams winning races in a very tight competitive gala – the swimmers gaining 33 PB times on the night.

STAR SWIMMER – shared by Lana Clamp and Bella Smith – both gained individual wins plus highly placed relay team swims in a very high standard

STAR RACE – shared by Matt Gates and Finley Brown – both won races by fair margin on the night

All the age 9 kids did themselves proud – the smiles on their faces as they came back to the team base was fantastic

Special thank you to Bev Doughty, Jo Bolton, Martin Brown and Karen Cooper for officiating, to Colin, Simon and Dominic for relay timing, and Simon & Ian for all the coaching and advice on the night.