1066 Flying High!!

The recent Alice Dauncey Trophy held at the K2 Crawley proved a good test for 1066 Swimmers against some of Sussex's larger and more renowned clubs with the local club finishing a respectable third.

East Grinstead came first with 134 points; Crawley 'A' scored 115 with 1066 Swimmers coming 3rd with 104 points and Crawley 'B' in 4th place with 92 points. In a keenly contested gala, the positions during the evening changed rapidly with only 16 points between all four teams at one point.

The squad notched up 32 individual PBs during the evening, with some 13 swimmers only just missing out by a few hundredths of a second, and 33 relay splits were faster than previous swims.

Notable improved swims came from Katie Batkin, Megan Hawkesley, Cassie Matthews, Ruby Hammond, Molly Paulin, Daniel McKenna, Liam Coleman, Harry Dyer, Ben Coles, Jordan Harris, Lucy Howes, Matthew Kennedy, Dan White, Robert Barnett, Catherine Welford, Ben King, Billy Matthews, Alex Mileham, Alice Smith, Jess Honeysett, Lydia Harrison and Lucy Puddefoot.

The squad, whose numbers were reduced due to the unavailability of some swimmers, missed out on vital points as they were unable to swim relay teams in the boys lower two age groups. Yet despite this setback all swimmers excelled themselves and team spirit was exceptional.

Lead Coach Phil Benton said "Although we finished third the swimmers enjoyed the evening and the personal results showed how much they have improved."

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