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Tyldesley Swimming and Water Polo Club held its 36th Annual Mini Gala before
honoured guests: Richard and Dawn Daley and Mrs Mavis Bent President of Tyldesley S&WPC. Richard is the Managing Director
of Hemsec Ltd and is one of the club’s sponsors.
Club members were divided into two age groups 10 years/under and 8 years/under
with many of the youngsters enjoying their first taste of competitive swimming. All swimmers were able to demonstrate their
skills to family and friends in backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle over 25 m with the older age group also participating
in the 25 m butterfly.
Jessica Sloan scored maximum points in the 8/under girls to collect the top
girl award. 2ndand 3rd places went to Robyn McLean on
11 pts and Hayley Price on 9pts.
The 10/under girls was the closest fought age group; after four races Jessica
Sloan and Leah Statham were tied on 17 pts. This required a 4 x 25m IM swim off in which Leah emerged as the top girl. 3rd
place went to Jodie Alder on 13 pts.
Alex Ratcliffe and William Lynch both scored 7 points in the 8/under boys age group. As
neither swimmer had competed in the 25 m breaststroke, Alex Ratcliffe was declared top boy as he had the better aggregate
time for the freestyle and backstroke swims. 3rd place went to Jordan
Lee the winner of the 25 m freestyle on 5 pts. Disappointingly there were no competitors in the 8 year boys 25 m breaststroke.
Adam Toone scored maximum points in the 10/under boys to collect a top boy
award for the 4th year running. 2nd and 3rd places went to Patrick Rowland on 12 pts James
Chadwick on 11 pts.
