Swimming club holds final in-house championships

There was a very good entry from club members especially in the beginner’s half-length event where the girls had to have three heats to determine the fastest swimmer.

The records which the Dolphin members have created over the last 28 years are of such a high standard that a present member has to be in top form during the evening to have a chance of recording a new fastest time in any of the events.

However, one record was broken on the evening when nine-year-old Aaron Smith entered the record books for the 50m butterfly.

The old time had been set in 2001 and Aaron beat that six-year-old mark by a clear one-and-a-half seconds. In a 50m swim that is a large time difference - probably a metre in distance.

Only one record but lots of personal best times were achieved. It seems as if a contest against a fellow training partner is the catalyst for outstanding effort.

Many of the mums and dads of the present Dolphin swimmers were once members themselves and several were looking keenly at the cups to see if they could find their name and date of winning!

The Lincolnshire Age Group Championships, which are held at Grantham annually in March, are competitions for each age group in all strokes over most distances.

There are strict entry times for competing in these age groups so these in-house championships gave the Dolphin swimmers a chance to achieve those entry times.

The presentation of all the trophies and medals were made by Trenton Dolphins club president Clifford Haw and his wife June (both very loyal founder members of the club).

Results (*indicates new record): Boys half-length beginners - 1 Bailey Revill, 2 Louis Holmes, 3 Liam Aisthorpe; boys 6yrs 25m backstroke - 1 Emily Page, 2 Lauren Peacock, 3 Lauren Smith; girls 6yrs 25m backstroke - 1 Katie Binden, 2 Neve Rainsforth, 3 Charlotte Hubble-Simpson; girls 7yrs 25m backstroke - 1 Hollie Watkins, 2 Lydia Waring, 3 Aysha Simpson; girls 8yrs 25m backstroke - 1 Tia Johnson, 2 Charlotte Smith, 3 Emily Toward; boys 7yrs 25m front crawl - 1 Matthew Overton, 2 Lawrence Hepton, 3 Ewan McKay; boys 8yrs 25m freestyle - 1 Mitchel O’Connor, 2 Keir Horton, 3 Jack Williams.

Boys 12yrs 100m freestyle - 1 James Smith, 2 David Trickett, 3 Ben Dalton; boys 13yrs 100m freestyle - 1 Rupert Hepton; boys 14yrs 100 freestyle - 1 Oliver Lumley; boys 15yrs 100m freestyle - 1 Peter Trickett, 2 Thomas Smith; boys 16/O 100m freestyle - 1 William Jolly, 2 Neil Jupp, 3 Matthew Lumley; girls 11yrs 100m butterfly - 1 Jaymie Conran, 2 Kate Jolly, 3 Allecia Haw; girls 12yrs 100m butterfly - 1 Robyn Dand; girls 13yrs 100m butterfly - 1 Megan Stevenson; girls 16/O 100m butterfly - 1 Emily Wright; boys 9yrs 50m butterfly - *1 Aaron Smith, 2 Jake Ollerton; boys 10yrs 50m butterfly - 1 Jack Boulton, 2 Christopher Gillyett, 3 Alex Stevenson.

Men’s championship 50m butterfly - 1 Neil Jupp, 2 William Jolly, 3 Thomas Smith; girls 9yrs 50m breaststroke - 1 Robyn O’Connor, 2 Chloe Gilmour, 3 Hannah Richardson; girls 10yrs 100m breaststroke - 1 Amy Evans, 2 Shanie Johnson, 3 Isobelle Cawthorne; girls 11yrs 100m breaststroke - 1 Jaymie Conran, 2 Kate Jolly, 3 Allecia Haw; ladies championship 50m breaststroke - 1 Emily Wright, 2 Chloe Thompson, 3 Robyn Dand; boys 9-11 200m breaststroke - 1 Aaron Smith, 2 Jack Boulton, 3 Kieron Ferry; men’s championship 200m breaststroke - 1 Matthew Lumley, 2 William Jolly, 3 James Smith; girls 9-11 200m freestyle champ - 1 Jaymie Conran, 2 Kate Jolly, 3 Amy Evans; ladies championship 200m freestyle - 1 Robyn Dand, 2 Emily Wright, 3 Katie Blades.