Swindon Dolphin steps up it’s game at the Scottish Short Course Nationals

Date:13-15 Jan 2007 Location: Glasgow , Scotland Event: Scottish short course nationals

Swindon Dolphin bring home the medals after an extremely successful trip to Scotland . The weekend of the 13th/14th/15th January saw Swindon Dolphins take a small group of 10 swimmers up to Glasgow to compete in the Scottish short course nationals. Accompanied by three coaches and a team manager, for many this was the furthest they had travelled for a competition. Flying from Bristol Airport there was uncertainty from the beginning if the team would even make the starting blocks.

Day one saw most of the team in action with 5 swimmers reaching A or B finals and Hannah Chapman taking part in a nerve racking swim-off for a place in the B final for 50m backstroke. Tilly Gray achieved her national qualifying time for 200m butterfly as she finished just outside the medals in fourth place in the A final. Kath Baker faced some stiff competition as she finished 10th in the A final of the 100m Breaststroke behind three of Scotland </