CASA
Swimming Starlets Shine in Lincs Junior League
Round two of the Lincs Junior Swimming League was held at Scartho Pool on Saturday 16th May and the youngsters of Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe Aquatics (CASA) B were hoping for a repeat of the victory they achieved in the first round. A win would see them reach the league final which will be held in September. Five teams were competing on the night; City of Lincoln Pentaqua, Trenton Dolphins, CASA A, CASA B and Louth.
From the start CASA B showed their intentions and scored four straight victories in the opening events to establish a lead that they never lost. There were some very close races throughout the gala, particularly with the Louth and CASA A teams, but CASA B proved far too strong on the night and ended up dominating the event scoring 35 victories and 11 second places out of 49 events. Louth recorded 9 victories, Trenton Dolphins 3 and CASA A 2.
This now sets up a final showdown with Lincoln Vulcans in September where the CASA team will be hoping to repeat last years league victory when they won the title, the first time a team outside Lincoln had won the league in its 27 year history.
Chief Coach, Dan Higgon was delighted with the team’s performance on the night and said “There were some great performances from our swimmers tonight and nearly everyone recorded personal best times. Both CASA teams looked strong and it is a good sign for the future of swimming in the area that we have such a good bunch of youngsters coming through.”
Final points scored were:
CASA B 225
Louth 167
CASA A 140
Trenton Dolphins 139
Lincoln Pentaqua 23
Individual CASA winners were:
Grace Lister girls 9 yrs 25 m front crawl
Harrison Caton boys 9 yrs 25m front crawl
Molly Over girls 11 yrs 50m front crawl, 50m back crawl
Callum Gladding boys 12 yrs 50m butterfly, 50m back crawl
Amy Baker girls 9 yrs 25m breaststroke
Alfie Dawson boys 9 yrs 25m breaststroke, 9 yrs 25m butterfly
Sam Legge boys 10 yrs 50m back crawl
Holly Williams girls 11 yrs 50m butterfly
Oliver Webster boys 12 yrs 50m front crawl, 12 yrs 50m breaststroke
Josh Capes boys 9 yrs 25m back crawl
Sophie Thompson girls 10 yrs 25m butterfly
James Clayton boys 10 yrs 25m butterfly
Charlie Spencer boys 11 yrs 50m front crawl
Caitlin Bower girls 12 yrs 50m breaststroke
Lily-May Wishart girls 9 yrs 25m fly
Bryony Bower girls 10 yrs 50m front crawl
Sophie Cragg girls 11 yrs 50m breast stroke
Savannah Cheung girls 12 yrs 50m back crawl, 12 yrs 50m front crawl