the asa National County Team Championships 2008

Berks & South Bucks County Team manager Liz Waddy and Coach Nigel Willis headed Up North to Ponds Forge with a team of 26 swimmers to defend last year's amazing 9th place performance.  A number of key swimmers having moved off to University made this sound like a rather large challenge. Were the 2008 team up for it?

Yes they were: There were some excellent swims, lots of really good swims, and overall great team spirit. We had a good selection of top six places, and some excellent relay results. We avoided last place completely.  The 12/13 year ages group showed great strength which means that following their progress over the next few years will be exciting.

The day was highly entertaining, with a grand parade of County ASA banners at the start of the event, a mass YMCA performance at the start, and a noisy buzz during the races, as the Ponds Forge pool, splits from its normal 50m into two 25m pools, hosted Division 1 in one pool and Division2 in the second, with starts interleaving means that something was always going on. 39 teams from across the UK meant that one entire side of the spectator area was team seating with a blaze of team colours and banners.

And they were rewarded with an overall tenth placing - an really excellent result, and higher than all our neighbouring counties except Middlesex and Surrey.

Well done to you all.

We send out best wishes to our County Coach Paul Lloyd, who was unable to travel to Sheffield with us. We missed you, and wish you a speedy recovery.

County placings:

Place Team Points                               Place Team Points
1 Lancashire 480   11 Derbyshire 310
2 N & Durham 476   12 Herts 300
3 Middlesex 473   13 Sussex 294
4 Yorkshire 466   14 Kent 293
5 Cheshire 358   15 South Wales 288
6 Surrey 356   16 Wiltshire 263
7 Scotland East 352   17 Hampshire 236
8 Suffolk 337   18 Staffs 204
9 Somerset 326   19 Leics 195
10 Berks&SBucks 315   20 Warwicks 191

Team List:

12/13 Club                  Club
       
Dan Barraclough Amersham   Eleanor Dolan Amersham
Oliver Lungley Bracknell   Alanah Fillingham Bracknell
William Rea Chesham   Annabel Humphreys Bracknell
Alexander Farrell Windsor   Katherine Shaw Amersham
James Chater Tilehurst   Celeste Veronique Windsor
       
14/15        
       
Christopher Boyce Reading   Sophie Elphick Amersham
Marley Farrell Slough & Eton   Rachel Mills Reading
Richard Hau Windsor   Kathryn Willis Bracknell
Jamie Bullen Windsor   Eleanor Wood Reading
       
16/17        
       
Adam Barrett Reading   Jasmin Ballingall Chesham
Daniel Sheehy Windsor   Isabelle Brown Tilehurst
Daniel Shinnie Amersham   Naomi Herring Reading
Andrew Willis Bracknell   Lizzie Hetherington Amersham

Results:

Berks & S Bucks results from the 2008 National Inter County Gala, 19th October 2008

101 16/17 girls 100 freestyle Libby Hetherington 59.74 28.67 8th
102 16/17 boys 100 freestyle Daniel Sheehy 54.19 25.73 16th
103 12/13 girls 100m breaststroke Annabel Humphries 1.13.99 35.11 3rd
104 12/13 boys 100m breaststroke James Chater 1.12.45 33.85 5th
105 14/15 girls 100m butterfly Ellie Wood 1.07.81 31.32 18th
106 14/15 boys 100m butterfly Marley Farrell 1.00.29 28.52 8th
107 16/17 girls 100m backstroke Naomi Herring 1.10.01 34.12 18th
108 16/17 boys 100m backstroke Adam Barrett 1.01.30 29.26 14th
109 12/13 girls 100m freestyle Katherine Shaw 1.01.08 29.34 9th
110 12/13 boys 100m freestyle William Rea 57.23 27.50 8th
111 14/15 girls 100m breaststroke Sophie Elphick 1.14.87 35.32 6th
112 14/15 boys 100m breaststroke Christopher Boyce 1.13.18 33.46 18th
113 16/17 girls 100m butterfly Jasmin Ballingall 1.08.36 31.31 12th
114 16/17 boys 4 x 50m med relay Adam Barrett 28.64   11th
Jamie Shields 30.21 (manual split)
Dan Shinnie 26.56 (manual split)
Daniel Sheehy 24.46  
115 12/13 girls 4 x 50m med relay Katherine Shaw 31.88   5th
Annabel Humphries 34.87  
Alannah Fillingham 32.07  
Eleanor Dolan 28.33  
116 14/15 boys 4 x 50m med relay Richard Hau 30.66   11th
Christopher Boyce 31.94  
Marley Farrell 27.64  
Jamie Bullen 24.98  
117 16/17 boys 100m butterfly Adam Barrett 1.02.17 28.83 19th
118 12/13 girls 100m backstroke Celeste Lindeque 1.07.79 33.22 4th
119 12/13 boys 100m backstroke Alexander Farrell 1.06.97 32.44 10th
120 14/15 girls 100m freestyle Kathryn Willis 1.00.78 29.19 16th
121 14/15 boys 100m freestyle Christopher Boyce 56.35 27.08 17th
122 16/17 girls 100m breaststroke Libby Hetherington 1.16.34 36.04 10th
123 16/17 boys 100m breaststroke Jamie Shields 1.07.03 31.41 6th
124 12/13 girls 100m butterfly Alannah Fillingham 1.10.60 33.41 11th
125 12/13 boys 100m butterfly William Rea 1.06.29 30.37 12th
126 14/15 girls 100m backstroke Kathryn Willis 1.03.87 31.22 1st
127 14/15 boys 100m backstroke Richard Hau 1.04.74 31.46 18th
128 16/17 girls 4 x 50m med relay Naomi Herring 32.9   12th
Libby Hetherington 34.68  
Jasmin Ballingall 30.83  
Isabelle Brown 28.54  
129 12/13 boys 4 x 50m med relay Dan Barraclough 32.42   5th
James Chater 32.54  
William Rea 29.39  
Oliver Lungley 27.07  
130 14/15 girls 4 x 50m med relay Kathryn Willis 31.06   9th
Sophie Elphick 34.43  
Ellie Wood 30.16  
Rachael Mills 29.45  
131 Mixed 6 x 50m free relay Jamie Bullen 25.95   16th
Rachael Mills 29.39  
James Chater 27.27  
Libby Hetherington 26.97  
Eleanor Dolan 28.48  
Dan Shinnie 24.92  

 

Photos: (click to enlarge)

There are two photos - because there is always someone looking the wrong way ...!

 

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