Lisburn City Swimming Club

Lisburn City  v Banbridge

A New Season a New Team…...  Lisburn City Swimming Club started their Teletots campaign at Home on Sunday evening under  new Captains’ Zoe Smyth and Cameron McAteer.

Their first meet was against newly promoted Banbridge who had joined Division 1. With lots of trepidation the young swimmers entered into the unknown but were up for the challenge and prepared for the night ahead.

First up was the Medley Relay events, and Lisburn in all four races got 1^st place earning full points. Some super swimming took place with these relay teams and Lisburn were just too strong for Banbridge. Group D  swimmers  made up of Zoe Smyth, Alex Walker, Alexandra Hunter and Cameron McAteer touched in a super fast time of 1.06.87.

Then it was time for the individual events starting with Backcrawl. In the A Group boys a new swimmer to the team Jamie Allison secured 1^st place in his swim with a great time of 23.35 followed closely by squad mate Nathan Doak who got a 2^nd place. Rachel Bethel helped to keep the Lisburn points rising by getting  1^st in the Group B girl’s event. Amy Seawright in ’99 age group also lifted 1^st place in a time of 18.84. In the C Group boys Neil Saulters got full points in a time of 18.52. In the boys event, Lisburn Group  D took full points with Cameron McAteer finishing 1^st with a time of 17.13 followed closely by Alex Walker in a time of 17.63. Only 8 points separated the Backcrawl event. At the end of two events the scores on the doors were 72 to Lisburn 48 to Banbridge.

Time for the Breaststroke…..Lisburn A Group swimmer Nadine Pollock got 1^st place along with Namona Teggart for B Group girls. In the boys C Group event it was 1^st, 2^nd for Lisburn, Kyle Logan and Neil Saulters while Nikhita Dowie got 2^nd place. In the ’98 boys  Lisburn  Captain, Cameron McAteer  got 1^st with Jonny Stewart close behind having a great swim getting  2^nd place in a time of 19.38 and a new personal best. Both teams were evenly matched in the Breaststroke event with each securing  40 points.

The Butterfly…………Going into the Fly event Lisburn were overall ahead by 24 points. Our youngest swimmers, Nadine Pollock and Cameron Loan had to be happy with 2^nd place. The B Group girls dominated their event with a 1, 2 from Rachel Bethel and Rebecca Clarke, super swimming from these two young girls, whilst Andrew Edgar got 1^st with a time of 20.86.  The ‘99 girls were equally as strong  Amy Seawright and Rebecca Sands with a 1..2.. again, full points for Lisburn .   Keelan Logan had a strong fly race and picked up 1^st with a time of 18.01. In the D Group,  Lisburns swimmers were strong collecting vital points for their team.  Zoe Smyth got a 2^nd place in a time of 16.50  and a new personal best and her training partner Alex Walker dominated his event in a time of 15.74 a new personal best for him. Jonny Stewart secured 2^nd place points with a time of 19.46 and a new personal best. Again a close event with only 4 points separating the teams in the Fly event. However, the gap was increasing between the two competing teams and going into the Freestyle event, the scores were Lisburn 159 – Banbridge 121.

The Freestyle event saw strong swimming from the Lisburn team in all of the age Groups, 1^st place went to Nadine Pollock, Rachel Bethel, Amy Seawright, Keelan Logan, Alexandra Hunter and Cameron McAteer and many personal bests were recorded. 2^nd place and important points for the Lisburn side were taken by Rebecca Woods, Daurish Abelekhoob, Neil Saulters and Alex Walker.

Going into the last event and on home turf Lisburn secured 1^st place in all of the Freestyle relays, strong performances by all these young kids. The visiting ’98 team were no match for the home side made up of Zoe Smyth, Alex Walker, Alexandra Hunter and Cameron McAteer. They again swam a superb event breaking the minute in a time of 59.65 some 6 seconds ahead of their competitors.

It was all over,  Lisburn’s first TELETOTS meet of the season, a valiant performance by Banbridge,  but Lisburn were just too strong for the visitors, and the final score was Lisburn 232 –  Banbridge 168.  Banbridge were gracious in defeat and it was a pleasure for Lisburn to host the visitors who are new to the Division.

 Well done to the team……

 Next TELETOTS Meet – AWAY to Templemore 27th March at Robinson Centre – Watch out for Team Selection

Teletot Team 2010