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October 2005

Round-up for October 30

Boston Swimming Club members travelled to Peterborough to compete for Speedo League points.

And it proved to be a difficult evening of action against King’s Lynn, Norwich A and B teams, Louth and host club City of Peterborough.

As things turned out, it was the first time Boston had beaten King’s Lynn and Louth in this league. But they made hard work of achieving third spot as they trailed in sixth place after 18 events.

But then Katie Bell secured Boston’s first heat win of the evening in the girls 10/11 years 50m butterfly to help spark a recovery. Next Elvijs Roberts finished third in the equivalent boys event to see the team draw level on points with King’s Lynn and sit five points behind Norwich B.

Heat 22 saw Ben Pogson win the boys 13/U 100m backstroke to lead King’s Lynn by six points and cut the deficit on Norwich B to only three points. Ose Ikhena was the next Boston swimmer to win a race when he touched home first in the boys 10/11 years 50m breaststroke marginally ahead of his King’s Lynn rival. Two races later brother Patrick finished second in the boys 13/U 100m butterfly to see Boston draw level with Norwich B, one ahead of Louth and seven points ahead of King’s Lynn.

Mixed fortunes then saw Boston, Louth and Norwich B swap places several times until a victory for the boys 9/11 years medley relay team of Ose Ikhena, Joshua Teague, Elvijs Roberts and Frazer Overton finally saw Boston clear in third place.

Final points: Norwich A 249, City of Peterborough 218, Boston 149, Louth 147, King’s Lynn 135.

Elsewhere, a weekend of action at the Ponds Forge international pool at Sheffield saw Boston swimmers competing in the Sherwood Colliery annual open meeting.

And the Boston male contingent, in particular, enjoyed a successful weekend as they returned with the award for the top boys team.

Ben Pogson must have been the happiest of them all after landing a six-trophy haul. All were achieved in the 13-year-old category. He won the 100m backstroke, the 100m freestyle and the 200m individual medley. He was also third in the 50m freestyle, fourth in the 50m butterfly and fifth in the 50m breaststroke.

George Dix (15 years age group) also returned with six trophies — securing fourth place in the 50m and 200m backstroke, fifth in the 50m breaststroke, and sixth in the 200m IM, 50m butterfly and 100m breaststroke.

The Ikhena brothers brought home a total of 10 trophies. In the 10 years age group Ose was second in the 50m and 100m butterfly, third in the 100m freestyle and 50m breaststroke and fourth in the 200m IM and 50m freestyle. Meanwhile Patrick, in the 11 years age group, finished second in the 100m freestyle, fourth in the 100m butterfly and 200m freestyle, and sixth in the 50m backstroke.

Rhys Cox, swimming in the 14 years category, won the 50m butterfly and 50m backstroke, second in the 50m freestyle, third in the 200m backstroke, and fifth in the 100m butterfly. Sam Wright won four trophies in the 13 years age group with a third place in the 200m backstroke, and fourth place in the 400m freestyle and 50 and 100m breaststroke.

There were three trophies each for Nathan Sargeant (second in the 14 years 50m backstroke, third in the 100m backstroke and sixth in the 200m backstroke) and Henry Careless (fifth in the 10 year old 200m backstroke and sixth in the 100m backstroke and freestyle events).

Zak Lomas won two fourth place awards in the 12 years 50m and 100m backstroke events and Frazer Overton , in the 10 year category, secured fifth in the 100m freestyle and sixth in the 50m freestyle.

And there was one trophy each for Joshua Van Haren (fifth in the 15 years 400m freestyle), Michael Craven (sixth in 10 years 200m backstroke) and Joseph Howe (fourth in 10 year old 100m breaststroke).

For the girls Laura Swain returned with three trophies, finishing second in the 10 years 50m breaststroke, and third in the 200m IM and 100m freestyle. Jessica Murfin claimed fourth place in the 12 years 100m butterfly and younger sister Amelia finished sixth in the 10 years 200m breaststroke. And Katy Thorn finished sixth in the 14 years 200m breaststroke.

Round-up for October 16

The Geoff Moulder Leisure Pool hosted the Anglian Swimming League final with Boston’s A team competing against Wisbech, City of Norwich and Peterborough. In the final count-up, the home contingent finished in runners-up spot.

Rebecca Price got Boston’s first heat win of the evening in heat two, the girls open age group 100m individual medley. But then eventual winners City of Norwich chalked up eight consecutive heat successes to see them open up a 13-point lead over Boston after 11 events.

Jessica Murfin managed a first place in the girls’ 15/u 100m freestyle in a race that saw the Norwich swimmer disqualified. The 15/u 200m IM events were both won by Boston swimmers – Sam Wright and Leah West, by which point Boston were trailing Norwich by 12 points. Hollie Featherstone then went on to win the girls 13/u 100m butterfly and Rhys Cox won the boys open age group 50m breaststroke but they were still 12 points behind the leaders.

Boston finished the evening with wins in the final two races. Jemma Tointon winning the girls’ 13/u 100m breaststroke and the relay team consisting of Katy Thorn, Rhys Cox, Eleanor Reed, Ben Pogson and Rebecca Price.

Final points: City of Norwich122, Boston A 109, Peterborough 100, Wisbech 91.

Meanwhile, on the same night the B final was taking place at King’s Lynn with Boston B competing against Downham, St. Ives, Norwich Swans and King’s Lynn. The home side dominated the evening but four Boston swimmers managed heat wins as the team earned third place in the final points tally.

First of these was Ruth Singleton in the girls’ 15/u 100m butterfly. Conor Murphy was a double winner in the boys’ 13/u 100m backstroke and breaststroke events. Kayleigh North gained the other heat success for Boston in the girls’ 13/u 100m butterfly.

Final points: Kings Lynn 126, St. Ives 109, Boston 101, Norwich Swans 72, Downham 52.

Boston Swimming Club’s annual meeting will be held on Friday November 11 in the Conference Centre at Pilgrim Hospital in the room next to Social Club, 8pm. All members are welcome.