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News From 2007
MIDDLESEX COUNTY SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS
1st - 2nd December 2007.
Well done to our team of 11 swimmers (Brett McLean, Wayne Lock, Leo Kirby, Dominic McLoughlin, Charlotte Larner,
Clare Walton, Mei Corbett, Jessie Baker, Samara Williams, Kathleen Bartha and Harley Greer) who competed at the Middlesex
County Championships at Southbury Road last weekend.
Anaconda came home with 6 medals - 1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze, with some closely-fought 4th and 5th places too!
Brett McLean won a fantastic Gold in the open men's 200m Butterfly in a new club record time of
2.12.65. Brett took out the race from the beginning and finished convincingly many seconds ahead of his nearest rivals! He
also took bronze in the 100m Fly (1.00.68); 5th place in the 200m Freestyle (2.04.16) and 7th in both the 50m &
100m freestyle (26.35 / 56.94). Brett broke 4 club records altogether in 100 & 200m fly; 200 & 400m freestyle
(4.28.43).
Clare Walton (13) won Silver in the Girls 14 and Under 100m Individual Medley in
a finals time of 1.15.99. She followed this up with a tough 4th place in the 200 Individual Medley in a new personal best
time of 2.39.08 and was made "first reserve" for the exciting "fast-skins" swim-off competition! Clare also reached the Open
Women's final in the 50 backstroke finishing 4th in the U/14 category (35.35); 5th in the 100m Backstroke (1.14.06);
6th in the 50m Freestyle (31.19) and 7th place in both the 50m & 100m Breaststroke (40.30 / 1.26.68).
Wayne Lock won bronze in the Open Men's 50m Breaststroke in 32.63 following his fast heat time of 33.15.
He fought an unlucky 4th in 50m Butterfly in a time of 27.96 and took 5th place in the final of the 50m Freestyle (25.78).
The Girls 13 and Under Medley team of Kathleen Bartha (Backstroke), Mei Corbett,
(Breaststroke), Clare Walton (Butterfly) and Harley Greer (Front crawl) won a bronze
medal, posting the excellent time of 2.25.95. Three events later Harley set a storming PB (32.05) to
lead off the 4 x 50m freestyle relay and the girls came home with another bronze medal, making it two within
fifteen minutes!
Dominic McLoughlin (12) swam a mammoth 11 individual events setting 5 new club records in the process! The
new 12 year old records are 50m freestyle (29.65); 200m Freestyle (2.22.57); 400m Freestyle (5.03.42); 50m Butterfly
(35.09) and 200m Backstroke (2.42.20). Well done Dominic!
Other PB highlights were Mei Corbett 50m breaststroke (40.97) which won 8th place for U/14 category
and 50m backstroke (37.41). Jessie Baker took 6 seconds off her PB for the 200m freestyle (2.26.85) in
a confident swim which lead the heat from start to finish. Jessie also finished 8th place in th U/14 400m freestyle in the
time of 5.18.99. Samara Williams took 6 seconds off her 400m freestyle finishing 9th in a time of 5.22.91.
Leo Kirby set a new PB of 1.02.09 for 100m Freestyle and equalled his best time in the 50m Breaststroke
(37.95). Charlotte Larner, Kathleen Bartha and Harley Greer each posted excellent times in the freestyle
events, with 32's all round in the 50 metres and consistent 1.10 / 1.11's in the 100m.
JOHN WATSON TROPHY GALA
PARK ROAD POOL 3rd NOVEMBER 2007
Another great result for Anaconda with loads of pb's and two more club records for Morgan.
See results
Middlesex Development gala
Leo Kirby, 15,
won an amazing haul of 8 medals at the Middlesex Development gala at Southbury Road on 27th October 07. He won five gold
medals in 100m and 400m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley and three silver medals
in 100m breaststroke, 200m backstroke and 200m freestyle.
Dominic McLoughlin,
13, won two gold medals in 100m breaststroke and 200m backstroke and received the coveted yellow speeding tickets for unexpectedly
swimming faster than the permitted time in five events: 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle, 200m individual medley and 100m backstroke.
Fred Cornwell, 9, won gold for 200m individual medley and three speeding tickets for 200m backstroke, and 200m and 800m freestyle.
Gabriel Cramer,
14, won gold for 100m and 800m freestyle. Jessie Baker,13, won gold for 200m and 800m freestyle and bronze for 200m backstroke.
Andrew Bartha, 10, won silver for 50m backstroke and two bronze medals, Kathleeen Bartha, 12, won silver for 100m backstroke,
Padraig Lynch, 11, won bronze for 100m butterfly and Mei Corbett, 13, won silver from 100m breaststroke and bronze for 200m
breaststroke. Several other swimmers, including Joseph Heekin, Roisin Heekin, Jodie Sees and Samuel Dixon won rosettes and
set new personal best times.
Speedo 13th Oct
Anaconda swimmers set three tremendous new Club
records in an excellent team effort in the first round of the Speedo league gala at Southbury Road Pool, Enfield, on Saturday. Competing against the best clubs in the London
Region, Morgan Mockler set a new Club record of 38.00secs when she came third in the 10-11 year olds 50m butterfly. Josh Wright,
16, set a new Club record of 66.10 secs, coming fifth in the 100m open backstroke. The under-14 team of Andrew Boadi, John
Rivers, Daniel Melville and Dominic McLoughlin set a new 4x50m freestyle record when they came fourth. The Open relay squad
of Brett McLean, Cal McLean, Leo Kirby, Hayden Thomas, Josh Wright and Wayne Lock equalled the Club record set at last year’s
Speedo when they powered their way to third in the 6x50m freestyle. They also came third in the medley relay.
Brett McLean took a superb second place in the
open 100m breaststroke and swam with great determination to take fourth in the 4x50m individual medley in a new personal best
time. Other individual achievements against the exceptional opposition included Dominic McLoughlin, coming third in the under-14
100m freestyle, Abigail McNeill, third in the under-16 100m breaststroke, Leo Kirby fourth in under-16 100m butterfly and
freestyle events and Clare Walton fourth in under-16 backstroke. Anaconda’s small squad swam 24 individual personal
best times and continue to pursue their goal of keeping their place as one of the 24 teams in London Division 1. The 9-11
year old girls Holly Harbour, Isabel Patrick, Naomi Jeffs and Morgan Mockler showed
great promise taking fourth place in their medley and freestyle relays. The next Speedo league gala will be in November.
The final points score was Camden Swiss 357, Ealing
339, Runnymede 219, Westminster 217, Hemel Hempstead 186, Anaconda 184, Acton
did not show.
Speedo Oct 07 Results
News
Anaconda
and Clissold Partnership announcement, 26 June 2007
In order to offer additional opportunities for both Clubs and their swimmers, Anaconda
and Clissold have agreed to extend their partnership activities and develop short and longer term proposals for joint training
and other activities. The first project will be to establish a joint training programme
for a Speedo squad made up of members of both clubs to provide the Anaconda team at the 2007 Speedo league, with the aim of remaining in Division 1. Clissold’s Head
Coach, Greg McNeill will undertake the role of overseeing the Speedo squad and their training.
We anticipate that the detailed arrangements for the joint training programme will
be finalised by the end of July for implementation in September.
Note: Current joint activities include:
· Offering access to training sessions for members of the partner club
· Sharing a team coach at galas, including Middlesex events
· Opportunities for members of Anaconda to access water polo training and diving
lessons provided by Clissold
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