Crusaders win the day
Town club are area swim champs
Linslade Crusaders Swimming Club secured another convincing victory in the second round of the Milton Keynes and District Junior League on Saturday.
The team finished with a massive 61-point lead after winning 27 first places – more than half the events in the contest - which featured five other teams from around the area.
The win follows the juniors' earlier success in round one of the league in Wellingborough last month, and gives them a good chance of a high place finish in the final round of the competition in the autumn.
Early wins in the first relays set the standard and the youngsters, all aged 9-12, kept up the winning streak right to a thrilling conclusion.
Team manager Debbie Jennings congratulated the swimmers, saying: "This 2010 Junior League is turning out to be very exciting for the club and all swimmers demonstrated great effort and skill.
"I'm very proud of everyone and now it's all about keeping up the momentum for the final round and hopefully gaining another win."
The win at the Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre has crowned a memorable season for Crusaders who also took home the Leighton Buzzard Trophy a week earlier. The team now takes a well deserved summer break before the new season begins in September.
Final score: Linslade Crusaders 242, Ealing B 181, Leighton Buzzard 153, Staines B 143, Chesham 140, Flitwick 131.
Linslade individual first places: Boys 10yrs 50m breastroke: Miles Drabwell; Girls 11/U 50m back: Anna Henderson; Boys 11/U 50m back: Owen Drabwell; Girls 12/U 50m butterfly: Lillie Molyneaux; Boys 9yrs 25m breastroke: Connor James; Girls 10yrs 50m back: Daisy Saunders; Boys 10yrs 50m back: Daniel Hill; Girls 11/U 50m butterfly: Finnley Whitbread; Girls 12/U 50m free: Isobel Jones; Boys 9yrs 25m back: Miles Drabwell; Girls 10yrs 25m butterfly: Daisy Saunders; Girls 11/U 50m free: Anna Henderson; Boys 11/U 50m free: Owen Drabwell; Girls 12/U 50m breastroke; Girls 9yrs 25m butterfly: Alissa Denniston; Girls 11/U 50m breastroke; Girls 12/U back: Isobel Jones.
Relay first places: Girls 12yrs medley relay: Anna Henderson, Finnley Whitbread, Lillie Molyneaux, Isobel Jones; Boys 10yrs medley: Daniel Hill, Connor James, Tom Pickering, Joe Talbot; Girls 11yrs free: Anna Henderson, Daisy Saunders, Finnley Whitbread, Tyla Danskin; Boys 11yrs free: Owen Drabwell, Billy Woolhead, Cameron Manley, Nick Kent; Boys 9yrs special: Miles Drabwell, Connor James, Tom Pickering, Ryan Connew; Girls 10yrs free: Daisy Saunders, Victoria Sanderson, Ellie Woolhead, Daisy Molyneaux; Girls 11/U medley: Tyla Danskin, Finnley Whitbread, Daisy Saunders, Anna Henderson; Boys 11/U medley: Owen Drabwell, Nick Kent, Cameron Manley, Billy Woolhead; Girls 12/U free: Lillie Molyneaux, Anna Henderson, Finnley Whitbread, Isobel Jones; Girls & Boys free: Cannon relay: Alissa Denniston, Ryan Connew, Daisy Saunders, Daniel Hill, Anna Henderson, Cameron Manley, Isobel Jones, Owen Drabwell.
The Leighton Buzzard Swim Club squad, pictured right, won three of the 49 events on the day and came second in seven others.
In the individual events Leon Crick took two race wins for backstroke and freestyle, and the team event win was achieved by Leon, Harry Faulkner, Joel Morris and Jack Wears in the Boys 12/U freestyle relay.
New personal best times were achieved by Jemima Hughes, William Shaw, Kayleigh Parker, Lauren Wright, Kiera Rogers and Elise Crick.
In the final event, the 'cannon relay' - which involved eight swimmers from each squad - the LB side fought hard for glory but in a close race were just pushed into third place.
LB head coach, John Honey, said: "The swimmers who took part all did very well, but the end result was effected due to several key swimmers not being available on the day. In the circumstances, coming third was a good result."
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