Swansea Stingrays Gala 2008 - Penlan, Swansea 12/04/08

We took nine of our swimmers to the Swansea Stingrays Swimming Gala held at Penlan Leisure Centre in Swansea on Saturday April 12th. The gala was split into two sections with a novice event taking place first, which one of our swimmers Sophie Hodges featured in, and a main event later which the other eight competed in.

The squad was

Novice Gala:

Sophie Hodges

Main Gala:

Patrick Alabaster

Bethan Eke

Jonathan Eke

Nathan Eke

Emily Gait

Megan Jones

Philip Lowman

Laurence Perks

There was a competitive debut for the Dragons from Emily Gait who swam in two events, the 50m Freestyle and 50m Breaststroke.

It was a very long day with quite a bit of waiting around so the swimmers all did very well to again put in some impressive times.

The results of our swimmers were as follows:

Patrick Alabaster			Emily Gait
50m Freestyle	1:04.22		50m Freestyle	1:57.33
50m Backstroke	1:07.50		50m Breaststroke	1:11.35
100m Backstroke	2:53.08
			Sophie Hodges
Bethan Eke			25m Freestyle	2:53.58
50m Freestyle	55.93		25m Backstroke	2:13.64
50m Breaststroke	1:13.05
50m Butterfly	1:03.23		Megan Jones
100m I.M.	2:11.80		50m Freestyle	1:30.35
			50m Backstroke	DQ
Jonathan Eke			50m Breaststroke	DQ
50m Freestyle	41.16
100m Freestyle	1:31.72		Philip Lowman
400m Freestyle	6:51.73		50m Freestyle	47.14
100m I.M.	1:58.49		50m Backstroke	59.76
			50m Breaststroke	55.41
Nathan Eke			100m Breaststroke	1:59.89
50m Freestyle	42.14
50m Backstroke	45.89		Laurence Perks
100m Backstroke	1:43.91		50m Freestyle	1:11.46
50m Butterfly	DQ		100m Freestyle	2:46.46
			50m Backstroke	1:22.04
			100m Backstroke	3:06.19