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'The Eagle House Swimming Squad Blog'
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U8/U9/U10 & U11 v Crosfields This was our first gala in the newly renovated swimming pool and many thanks must go to the parents and the EHA for their hard work in raising funds to complete stage 1 of the pools refurbishment. The pool and surround looks stunning! For such an auspicious occassion our pupils performed brilliantly and great credit should go to all our swimmers. Crosfields were exemplary guests and proved stern opposition for us and I would like to thank them for their efforts in making this such a great gala. I would also like to thank the Crosfields swimming coaches and our own coaches, Alison Hufton, Richard Barron and Brent O'Connor for their help in the running of the gala. 33 pupils from Eagle House competed and every one tried their utmost. Of course special mention will go to those who won or nearly won their races, however every pupil played their part and must share the credit for the fantastic team performances. Our teams: UNDER 8 TOBY ROBINSON, CHRISTOPHER VONCHEK, EMILY-LOUISA BRETT, JACK CARLING, CHARLIE PERRY, HARRY HOWARD, HARRY MORGAN & CAMERON FORKES UNDER 9 ALEX McCLELLAND, HARRY WATERS, DANIEL SALTER, AMYNTA RIMMER, JACK SURRALL, BEN HOWARD, FINLAY O'KANE & HENRY SOUTH UNDER 10 SYDNEY WATERS, JAIME MADRIDEJOS, ALVARO RIVAS DE ANTA, HASSAN RUBBANI, MEGAN WILKINS, CAITLYN EARWALER, BEN BARNARD & SVEN WINKLER von STIERNHIELM UNDER 11 ADAM BAILEY, TANAQUILLE MANTON-JONES, SOPHIA WALLIS (CAPT), LILY ROWLANDS, ELOISE RIMMER, CATHERINE ALLUM, NOAH WALTON & ROBIN VONCHEK Special mentions: In the Under 8's, Jack Carling was 3rd in his individual race and in both his relays making him the most successful Under 8 swimmer, while Toby Robinson was 3rd in 2 races and Harry Morgan 3rd in one race. In the Under 9's, Harry Waters won his breaststroke race and was first in both his relays, while Ben Howard, Alex McClelland and Daniel Salter were second in their individual races. In the medlay relay, Alex, Harry, Daniel and Amynta came first and in the freestyle relay, Amynta, Harry, Henry and Daniel also came first. In the Under 10's, Sydney Waters came second in both of her individual races while Sydney, jaime, Alvaro and Hassan were second in their freesyle relay. In the U11's, Sophia Wallis won both of her individual races (front crawl and butterfly) with Noah Walton coming first in breaststroke and second in butterfly and Adam Bailey coming first and Eloise Rimmer second in back crawl. In the medlay relay our teams came first and second and in the freestyle relay our teams came first and third. So the scores were: Under 8 - Eagle House 15 Crosfields 35 Under 9 - Eagle House 26 Crosfields 24 Under 10 - Eagle House 19 Crosfields 31 Under 11 - Eagle House 37 Crosfields 23 WELL DONE TO EVERYONE!
I.A.P.S. REGIONAL COMPETITION ST. JOHN'S BEAUMONT SCHOOL FRIDAY 6TH MARCH 2009
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