Farnham finish third again in Speedo Gala

Farnham swimmers came third at the recent National Speedo Round 2 Gala on Sat 12th November at Southampton.

Other participating clubs were Guernsey, Gosport, Locks Heath, Isle of Wight and West Wight. To save travel time and expense Guernsey swam back at their home pool with their swimmers time announced prior to each race giving the 5 swimmers in the pool a tough target to beat.

Once again Farnham's effort was spearheaded by their pair of U14 girls, Sarah Taylor and Adenais Vachon who were both in unbeatable form all night ! Farnham fought hard throughout and there were some brilliant successes and some strong swims. Farnham's individual victories came from Sarah Taylor (U14 & U16 100m Breaststroke) and Adenais Vachon (U14 100m Butterfly, U14 100m Freestyle). There were good second places from Fleur Robertson (U16 100m Backstroke), Stacy Gibbons (Open 100m Butterfly) and David Smith (U16 100m Breaststroke). Bronze medals went to Charlotte Teague (U12 50m Butterfly), Marco Astin (U12 50m Butterfly), David Pallant (U16 100m Butterfly), Rosie Webster (U12 50m Breaststroke), Sarah Fox (U16 100m Freestyle), Paul Roberts (Open 100m Freestyle), Richard Hall (U16 100m Freestyle) and Rhiannon Davies (Open 100m Freestyle). Farnham's team of U14 and U16 girls picked up great victories in both the 4X1 Freestyle and Medley relays. Congratulations to Sarah Taylor, Katherine Browne, Adenais Vachon and Freya Robertson for the U14's and Sarah Taylor, Fleur Robertson, Sarah Fox, Adenais Vachon and Emily Webster for the U16's. The ladies open freestyle squadron also cruised to an easy victory - well done to Rhiannon Davies, Stacy Gibbons, Emily Webster, Sarah Fox, Adenais Vachon and Fleur Robertson.

This was a high quality gala and Farnham swam well for their 3rd place.

Their coach Dirk Cox is starting to see some good results for the hard work his swimmers have put in.