RUNNYMEDE S.C.

Runnymede’s 10/12 years Girls Relay Team were in outstanding form at this years Southern County A.S.A Youth Championships at Crystal Palace on Sunday. The Medley Team, comprising of Sarah Wright (Back) Samantha Knight (Breast) Charlotte Davis (Fly) and Verity Goodey (Free) finished in an amazing 7^th Place in a time of 2.24.65, all of the girls managed to produce personal best times in a 50m Pool. This was an amazing achievement for Runnymede who were probably one of the smallest clubs competing against some of the biggest and best clubs in the South of the Country covering Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire.

The girls also did extremely well in the Freestyle Relay Competition finishing in 13^th Place in a time of 2.09.01. With a slight change to the team, Georgie Hunt swimming instead of Samantha Knight they again managed to produce personal best times. Coach Paul Eveleigh was delighted with their performances and this excellent result.

The girls have had an excellent season so far with numerous individual Southern County qualifying Times between them together with several medals from this years County Championships.

The boys teams competed in both competitions and did well against some tough opposition. They finished in 19^th Place in the Medley and 25^th in the Freestyle. The boy’s team consisted of George Smith, Alex Delicata, Elliot Eveleigh, William Muggleton and Hugh Smith.

Alex Delicata (Boys 10 Years) did well in his individual 400m Freestyle race held on the same day and finished in 25^th place, he was the only qualifier from Essex to compete in this event.

Turning to Runnymede’s other teams, the Mini League Team had an excellent result in round 3 finishing in 1^st Place and beating the current League Champions. Assistant Coach Kay Goodey was extremely pleased with this result and said that all of the team swam brilliantly.