11 Nov 2018

Arena League Round 2

Arena League Round 2 Squad at Plymouth

Team on the way back from Plymouth - happy faces!.

Some brilliant swimming from #TeamBackwell at Round 2 of the Arena League in Plymouth on Nov 10th.  After a long journey down the M5 and A38 the team arrived raring to go and put all the hard effort during training to work.  We were up against stiff competition from Torfaen Dolphins, West Dorset, Tornadoes of South Dorset, Paignton, Carn Brea and AST Burnham.  Over the course of 2 hours, our swimmers battled for every point and, at the final reckoning #TeamBackwell finished in a very respectable 4th place overall.  This is a performance to be proud of as, compared with those clubs with whom we are competing, we are a very small club and in our first season in Division 1 of the Arena League.

Huge thanks to all the volunteers and officials that ensured the smooth running of the gala and ensured we are able to comply with the league's rules (supplying 3 fully qualified officials for each gala round requires a committed and dedicated group of parent volunteers..... and we're lucky to have them at Backwell) 

Full results and times can be found below.  An amazing 13 PBs were set including 4 new club records:  

2 for Phil D in 25+ 100m Breast and 200m IM

1 for James P in 25+ 100m Fly

1 for Molly J in 14 100m Breast

Event # Swimmer Distance Stroke Swim Time Position Round
1 Hollier, Ellie 200m Medley 02:32.88 5
2 Duma, Phillip 200m Medley 02:24.53 5
3 Rubino Ilsley, Florence
Foster, Gaby
White, Eleanor
Kambitis, Eva
200m Free 02:45.69 7
4 Evans, Max
Jackson, Oliver
Liddell, Alex
Cocks, Charlie
200m Free 02:32.37 6
5 Hollier, Becca
Cummings, Jessica
Dodd, Ash
Adams, Megan
200m Medley 02:21.90 3
6 Lenthall, Finley
Budworth, Jude
Richardson, Eddie
Cocks, Jamie
200m Medley 02:20.40 2
7 Thomas, Holly
Manners-Lolley, Daisy
Jackson, Molly
Hollier, Becca
200m Free 02:02.59 5
8 Lenthall, Reece
Richards, Daniel
Richards, Joshua
Richardson, Eddie
200m Free 01:54.22 3
9 Gooch, Rebecca
Main, Naomi
Hollier, Ellie
Rogers, Kerri
200m Medley 02:14.62 5
10 Richardson, Stanley
Duma, Phillip
Payne, James
Verkade, Guus
200m Medley 02:02.66 5
11 Foster, Gaby 50m Back DQ (Turn)0
12 Evans, Max 50m Back 00:38.00 1
13 Cummings, Jessica 100m Breast 01:31.57 4
14 Budworth, Jude 100m Breast 01:26.08 1
15 Thomas, Holly 100m Back 01:08.28 3
16 Lenthall, Reece 100m Back 01:05.63 2
17 Hollier, Ellie 100m Fly 01:10.50 5
18 Payne, James 100m Fly 01:06.29 5
19 Rubino Ilsley, Florence 50m Fly 00:43.48 6
20 Evans, Max 50m Fly 00:36.69 1
21 Hollier, Becca 100m Back 01:16.63 3
22 Lenthall, Finley 100m Back DQ (Turn)0
23 Manners-Lolley, Daisy 100m Fly 01:13.37 3
24 Richards, Daniel 100m Fly 01:17.84 6
25 Gooch, Rebecca 100m Back 01:09.96 5
26 Richardson, Stanley 100m Back 01:11.47 6
27 White, Eleanor 50m Breast 00:51.65 6
28 Jackson, Oliver 50m Breast 00:49.56 3
29 Dodd, Ash 100m Fly 01:22.37 5
30 Richardson, Eddie 100m Fly 01:15.85 3
31 Thomas, Holly 100m Free 01:05.28 5
32 Lenthall, Reece 100m Free 01:00.93 2
33 Hollier, Ellie 100m Breast 01:24.72 6
34 Duma, Phillip 100m Breast 01:14.31 5
35 Rubino Ilsley, Florence 50m Free 00:34.88 3
36 Jackson, Oliver 50m Free 00:36.78 6
37 Dodd, Ash 100m Free 01:09.50 6
38 Richardson, Eddie 100m Free 01:06.97 2
39 Jackson, Molly 100m Breast 01:23.03 2
40 Budworth, Jude 100m Breast 01:26.66 5
41 Gooch, Rebecca 100m Free 01:00.91 3
42 Verkade, Guus 100m Free 00:58.90 6
43 Foster, Gaby
White, Eleanor
Rubino Ilsley, Florence
Kambitis, Eva
200m Medley 03:13.72 7
44 Liddell, Alex
Jackson, Oliver
Evans, Max
Cocks, Charlie
200m Medley 02:57.16 5
45 Hollier, Becca
Dodd, Ash
Cummings, Jessica
Adams, Megan
200m Free 02:11.62 5
46 Richardson, Eddie
Budworth, Jude
Lenthall, Finley
Cocks, Jamie
200m Free 02:05.47 3
47 Hollier, Becca
Jackson, Molly
Manners-Lolley, Daisy
Thomas, Holly
200m Medley 02:18.25 4
48 Lenthall, Reece
Budworth, Jude
Richards, Joshua
Richards, Daniel
200m Medley 02:11.68 3
49 Gooch, Rebecca
Thomas, Holly
Hollier, Ellie
Rogers, Kerri
Manners-Lolley, Daisy
Main, Naomi
200m Free 03:00.56 0


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