Swimming Club Takes Home Trophy
Trophy news from Solihull, UK
Solihull Swimming Club made it three championship trophies in a row with a storming trophy win in the final of the Mercian Summer League at Pingles Pool in Nuneaton, overtaking Leamington in the final stages to finish just 7 points in front.
The league format produces very close racing in the final and this year was true to form with Leamington eking out a narrow lead in the early events, closely followed by Solihull and Nuneaton.
Walsall made an early impression with three first places in the first ten events, but after getting their noses in front, faded to finish an eventual 4th. Never more than ten points ahead, Leamington edged ahead after the initial group of relay swims but could not break away and were slowly reeled in during the middle section with individual wins for Solihull by Owen Hastings, Shabnam Golestani, Sam Bennett, Aslan Lewis, Claire Haines, Rebecca Harris, Hannah Quibell (swimming up against girls a year older) and Ross Felton making a strong comeback breaking his arm in May.
By the start of the final relay section Solihull were only two points behind and the atmosphere was deafening as SSC turned the deficit around with a win and second place in the 10 and under medley relays to take the tiniest of leads. This was the start of a purple patch of nine events with eight of them in first or second place that Leamington simply could not match, giving Solihull an unbeatable eight point lead going into the final men’s freestyle relay.
In a blanket finish, the judges just gave Leamington the touch, but the single point they regained was not enough to deny Solihull the champions swimming trophy.
Originally written by the Solihull Times staff
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