Ely Barracudas swimmers claimed the title of ‘Top Visiting Club’ at Newmarket for their ‘Advent Open’ swimming gala held over 2 days on Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December. City of Ely also claimed the prizes for Top Boy (11 year old James Clarke) as well as Top Girl (12 year old Zoe Thompson), all this despite a strong home team from Newmarket & District club and plenty of competitors from around the region, with other swimming clubs attending including St Neots Swans, Huntingdon Piranhas, Bottisham, Deben (Woodbridge) and Mildenhall Sharks.
Across the weekend, Ely’s swimming team brought home more than 120 medals across all the different events and age groups, the grand totals achieved being 43 Gold, 41 Silver and 40 Bronze. There were several young swimmers setting times in their first competitive swimming event, including some just 10 years old. Across the club, an amazing 165 new Personal Best times were recorded, in an outstanding collective effort recognising the hard work which all the swimmers and the club’s coaching team put into weekly training sessions at The Hive in Ely.
Some of the squad stood out for their exceptionally high achievements during the Newmarket gala:
Florence Law with a superb 5 golds (+3 silver & 1 bronze) at just 10 years old; 13 year old Alex Pashley with an outstanding 7 gold medals (& a silver) including golds across all 4 swimming strokes; Cillian O’Brien bringing home 5 golds in the 50/100/200m breaststroke events, 200m individual medley and the gruelling 200m Butterfly (also 2 silvers & 2 bronze) in the 16 & over entry; Jake Dunham with an impressive 4 gold medals in all 3 Butterfly distances and the 200m individual medley; Gabriel Kim standing out in the particularly competitive 12 year old boys age group with 2 golds, 4 silvers & a bronze; Lauren Turnock with a hard fought 7 silver medals (and 3 bronze too) in the 15 year old girls; and 14 year old Olivia Dsouza achieving 5 silvers and 4 bronze.
Particular congratulations to Top Boy James Clarke for his haul of 5 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals and to Top Girl Zoe Thompson with a quite exceptional set of results which earned her 7 gold medals, 4 silver medals and a bronze.
The full list of Ely’s medal-winning swimmers was as follows: Alex Pashley (7 gold, 1 silver), Alice Robinson (2 bronze), Cillian O’Brien (5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze), Edward Gates (2 silver, 1 bronze), Emily Daybell (1 bronze), Emily Dsouza (1 gold, 2 bronze), Erin Latimer (1 bronze), Erin-Mae Carey (1 silver), Eryn Pashley (1 bronze), Felicity Gates (1 bronze), Florence Law (5 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), Gabriel Kim (2 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze), Immy Ryan (1 gold, 1 bronze), Isabella Beardmore (1 silver, 1 bronze), Issy Stevens (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), Jacob Hipkin (1 gold, 2 bronze), Jake Dunham (4 gold), James Clarke (5 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze), Kai Dhamari (2 bronze), Lauren Turnock (7 silver, 3 bronze), Lola Carey (1 gold, 1 bronze), Mark Hipkin (1 gold, 1 bronze), Maddie Pillow (1 gold), Norah Daniels (1 silver, 1 bronze), Olivia Dsouza (5 silver, 4 bronze), Rosa Hague (1 silver), Steph Birkwood (1 gold), Stephanie Lakinger (1 silver), Wilf Sole (1 bronze), Will Clarke (2 silver, 4 bronze), Zach Woods (1 bronze) and Zoe Thompson (7 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze).
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6 December 2024
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