Swimmers return with a haul of medals – and speeding tickets! Swimmers from Ashbourne & District Swimming Club put in a great performance at the recent Melton Mowbray Open Meet. The annual outing resulted in an overall position of third for the club from a total of 10 competing teams. Swimmers returned home with a total of eleven first places. Jonny Riley, 14, put in several outstanding performances. He swam in five events during the day and can home with four firsts (100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 50m fly and 100m individual medley). With tough competition he gained third place in the 100m freestyle. Club Captain Kirsty Durose also put in a strong performance returning home with two firsts (100m freestyle and 100m individual medley). She also gained second place in 100m breaststroke and her time of 1.14.03 for 100m backstroke gained her a speeding ticket. Not letting the side down, sister Heidi Durose led the way to victory in the 100m breaststroke. Georgia Roberts did two fantastic swims which gained her a speeding ticket in the 50m backstroke with a time of 43.68 and a second place in the 50m breaststroke. Also gaining a speeding ticket was Emily Bailey who put in an outstanding performance in the 50m fly with a time of 42.16. Her 50m backstroke also saw her gain first place and this was followed by fifth place in the 50m freestyle. Victory was also enjoyed by Club Coach Sarah Brandrick who came home with first place in the 100m backstroke and 100m fly. She also walked away with second place in the 100m freestyle. Boys Club Captain Tom Haswell also performed well and came away with a first place in the 100m breaststroke and a second place in the 100m freestyle. Following in his brother’s footsteps Joe Haswell scoped four second places in the 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 100m freestyle and 100m individual medley. Jasmin Ford also put in a strong performance which resulted in second place in the 100m backstroke, third place in the 100m breaststroke, fourth place in the 100m freestyle, fifth place in the 100m individual medley and sixth place in the 100m fly. Nicole Bailey achieved second place in the 100m fly, third place in the 100m backstroke, third place in the 100m individual medley and sixth place in the 100m freestyle. Lydia Cox returned home with second place in the 50m backstroke, third place in the 100m individual medley, fourth place in the 50m freestyle and fifth place in the 50m fly. Third place was gained by Robert Wheeler in the 50m fly and this was followed by fourth place in the 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle and 100m individual medley. Jacob Holmes showed true fighting spirit which allowed him to achieve personal bests in all his events; 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 100m individual medley and 100 freestyle in which he achieved a time of 1.13.56. Paul Heaney finished the day with a third place in the 100m breaststroke. He also put in a strong performance in the 100m individual medley, 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke. Rebecca Wright also achieved several personal best times in the 100m backstroke, 50m fly, 100m freestyle and 100m individual medley. This was the first time at Melton Mowbray for Harriet Wheeler who put in an amazing performance and swam her way to seventh place in the 50m freestyle and she also put in a strong performance in the 50m freestyle.
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