Worcester Winter League Round 2, Redditch - Saturday 18th March
Final point scores were Redditch 183, Halesowen 166, Pershore 163, Orion 134, Haden Hill 106, Stourbridge B 78.
On Saturday 18th March Halesowen swimmers travelled, with vocal support, to Redditch for the second round of the Worcester Winter League. Early results pointed to a two horse race with Redditch & Pershore battling it out whilst Halesowen trailed in third. With 4 races to go Halesowen were still back in third, then came the final four relays… 2 wins and 2 second places propelled Halesowen just above Pershore to a well fought 2nd place on the evening.
Individual winners on the night were: Ryan Larkin (15 & under) in both 100m breaststroke & 100m butterfly, Tegan Turley (11 & under) in the 50m freestyle, Mark Laing (open age group) & Euan Vaughan-Hawkins (15 and under) both won their 100m backstroke whilst Emma Osborne and Jack Simpson produced a clean sweep in the open age group 100m freestyle.
The relay teams were superb; in 8 races the teams achieved 3 wins, 4 second places and a third - highlighting the team spirit that embodies Halesowen Swimming Club. The winning relay teams included many of the individual winners but also: Emma Bird, Amber Robbins and Jakob Baker in the mixed open medley relay; Paige Robbins joined her sister to win the 15 & under mixed freestyle relay alongside Olivia Jay, Sam Bailey and James Perry; the final event of the night, the mixed open freestyle relay finished in dramatic fashion with James Cuthbert anchoring the team home to win by fractions of a second, he was joined by Emily Jay and a host of other event winners.
National League Round 3, Droitwitch - Saturday 9th December