Portobello Amateur Swimming Club

Please return any trophies which need to be engraved to John MacDougall by Friday,  16 January.  Trophies will be engraved centrally and returned to swimmers hopefully by the middle of February.

The morning session was for the under 11s and we had about a dozen swimmers competing. Top performer was LIALL who won 2 golds, a silver and a bronze. Best girl was TAMARA who won a gold, a bronze and a 4th place. Other top 6 places went to EMMA who won a gold as well as taking a 4th, 5th and 6th ,ZOE with a bronze and two 6th places, NICOLE with a 4th and two 6th places, CARYS with a 4th and a 6th, ROSANNA who had two 5th places, EILIDH B who had a 5th and a 6th, ANNA who had a 5th and not forgetting our youngest swimmer CAITLYN who took a 6th place in the backstroke. Finally, the realy team finished 3rd picking up bronze medals.
  The afternoon was for the 11 and overs and our big squad won a bundle of medals, led by RAQUEL who won 5 golds and three times came within half a sec of a district record. KERI had a great day with 4 golds and a silver, CHRIS with 4 golds (from 4 races), LEE with 3 golds and 2 silvers, CIARAN with 3 golds and a silver (from 4 races), RACHEL won 2 golds and 3 silvers, CAMERON won 2 golds and 2 bronzes and BENJAMIN won a gold, 2 silvers and a bronze. The list of medalists continues with KATIE winning 4 silvers and a bronze (always against Raquel), RORY M winning 3 silvers and a bronze, CLARE PB winning 2 silvers, KATHRYN, NIALL and JAMES all winning a silver and a bronze, IONA, LOUISE and ERIN each winning a silver. JENNY AND GILLIAN both won a brace of bronzes and NIEVE, SOPHIE and SCOTT each won a bronze medal.
   It was a great day for so many in the club, with a big turn-out from the parents and many of our coaches helping on poolside.

A complicated night for the adults, a fun one for the kids. The races are all completed on a handicapped basis, with the slowest swimmer starting first and the other swimmers starting at timed intervals. To make it even more complicated, the handicaps are re-calculated after each round so the better each swimmer does, the lower their handicap becomes.
   The girls event was an exciting competition, with Kenzie, Tamara, Carys and Lauren all making it to the final. The medals were decided as Gold - Lauren Tracey, Silver -  Kenzie Dampier, Bronze - Carys Hardy. In the boys event, the medals went to; Gold - Aaron Murrell, Silver - Mark McLean, Bronze - Robert Taylor.
  The 25m event was a mixed race, with the medals going to; Gold - Monica Graves, Silver - Sam Bankole, Bronze - Joanne Binnie.
  Well done to everyone and thanks to all the parents for coming along to cheer on the swimmers.