Wiltshire County Championships off the mark

Event: Wiltshire County Championships Distance Freestyle Venue: Bath University Date: 2nd February 2013

The Wiltshire County Championships got underway last weekend with the distance freestyle events at Bath University’s long course (50m) pool.

In the girls’ 800m event, Dolphin enjoyed a clean sweep of gold, silver and bronze in the junior championships and went one better in the senior championships by winning the top four places.

The boys also dominated the 1500m overall results with top 2 places in both the junior and senior championships.

Championship Results

Girls 800m Freestyle Junior Championship 1Lauren Matthews15Swindon Dolphin09:47.482Georgina Pitts15Swindon Dolphin09:52.063Danielle Lewis15Swindon Dolphin09:52.164Megan Reckless13Bradford on Avon09:55.245Rebecca Cook14Tigersharks09:56.756Bethany Wakefield14Tigersharks10:03.757Victoria Tainty14Swindon Dolphin10:24.478Rebecca Maddocks13Tigersharks10:26.04

Girls 800m Freestyle Senior Championship 1Charlotte Pitts16Swindon Dolphin09:30.402Lauren Matthews15Swindon Dolphin09:47.483Georgina Pitts15Swindon Dolphin09:52.064Danielle Lewis15Swindon Dolphin09:52.165Megan Reckless13Bradford on Avon09:55.246Rebecca Cook14Tigersharks09:56.757Emma-Louise Hill17Trowbridge10:01.828Bethany Wakefield14Tigersharks10:03.75

Boys 1500m Freestyle Junior Championship 1Liam Jefferies15Swindon Dolphin17:31.842Adam Coleman15Swindon Dolphin18:05.633Sean Purvis14Tigersharks18:17.614Benjamin Edwards15Tigersharks18:27.745James Chapman15Salisbury18:50.456Daniel Shepherd14Trowbridge18:57.297Edward Austin12Warminster19:18.078Matthew Hare15Chippenham19:39.61

Boys 1500m Freestyle Senior Championship 1Mathew Sambrook17Swindon Dolphin17:17.532Liam Jefferies15Swindon Dolphin17:31.843Thomas Howitt18Tigersharks18:00.294Adam Coleman15Swindon Dolphin18:05.635Sean Purvis14Tigersharks18:17.616Jonathan Brend16Corsham18:26.027Benjamin Edwards15Tigersharks18:27.748Jake Hancock16Tigersharks18:49.79