LAST weekend three swimmers from Gainsborough Dolphins competed at the Midland Youth Championships at the 50m Coventry International Pool. With the qualifications times for this years event as tough as ever the standard of swimmers was of the highest quality from the Midland region. Unfortunately the notoriously slow pool lived up to its reputation with all swimmers times outside life time bests and this was no different for the Dolphins trio. In her only event 14 year old Robyn Dand had a valiant attempt at the 50m backstroke to finish in 14th place in her age group. Qualifying for two events 16 year old James Smith claimed an impressive 11th place in the 15/O age group in the 100m breaststroke, finishing just under a second outside his personal best. In the 400m freestyle James found it tough going as did many of the other competitors to place 27th in the same age category. 15 year old David Trickett qualified inside the required times in all three breaststroke events, the 50m, 100m and 200m. Unfortunately he too found it hard going in the 15/O age group as he recorded 14th, 14th and 18th in the respective events. The experience in the 50m pool will have given these three some invaluable insight before further competitions at both Midland and National level over the next few months. For more information on the Club please visit www.gainsboroughdolphins.co.uk.
