1066 Swimmers Bag Gold

 

1066 Swimmers came away with a clutch of medals and a total of 16 PBs at the recent Atlantis Spring Open held at Horsham.

12-year-old Lucy Howes led the 1066 medal table with 3 golds, all in personal best times, and followed that with a 4th place in the keenly-contested 100m backstroke. Billy Matthews came storming home to take gold in the 13-year-old boys 100m breaststroke, knocking 4 seconds off his previous time.

Josh Bishop, the 'old man' of the squad at 14, gained creditable silver in the boys 50m breaststroke in a personal best time and rounded off a successful day with 4th, two 5th and a 6th placing in his other swims.

11-year-old Molly Paulin was up against a strong field of swimmers but achieved 4th, 5th and 6th place ribbons for the 1066 squad. Molly achieved the highest number of PBs during the day, improving her times on every swim.

9 year old Cassie Matthews knocked 16 seconds off her previous best time in the 200m breaststroke. Other strong performances were put in by Amelia Markfort, Harry Markfort and Ryan Lee.

As some of the swimmers had been competing the previous evening in the Andy Holden Trophy at Crowborough, every swimmer needs to be congratulated on superb swims.

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