Abingdon Vale Comes Through

Abingdon Vale Swimming Club headed to Leamington Spa on Saturday night for the final Round 3 of the National Arena Swimming League competition.

Swimming against teams from Stratford (hosts), two from Leicester, Hereford and Belper Marlins, the Abingdon squad overcame missing senior swimmers to pull out winning swim after winning swim - a total of 13 in the 50 event gala, to win overall by 19 points.

Final Result:
Abingdon Vale:   198
Leicester Sharks  179
Leicester Penguins 172
City of Hereford  170
Belper Marlins  156

Stand-out individual wins came from Lottie James(11) (50m Backstroke, 50m Fly), Caitlin Wheatley(18) (100m Fly), Daniel McNamara(13) (100m Backstroke), Sam Cruttenden(11) (50m Breaststroke), Max Bolcato(13) (100m Fly),  Yasmin Tajalli(14) (100m Freestyle)  & Tappy Ross(13) (100m Freestyle).   But it was the team efforts in the Relays that made the difference with every swimmer fighting for every place and several younger swimmers 'swimming up' to compete in older age groups - Cameron Bullock(13),  Max Bolcato(13), Oliver Hodgson(14) and Will Devetta(15).

The result means Abingdon secured their position in the Premier Division of the competition for 2016, finishing mid-way in the 24-team West Midlands League.  Awesome swimming.  #goavsc  twitter.com/AVSCSwimming 

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About  Abingdon  Vale  Swimming  Club

Abingdon Vale, a Swim 21 accredited club, has been a competitive swimming club since 1993. As one of the most successful clubs in the County, we were crowned Sports Club of the Year and Coach of the Year in 2011. The club continues to build on this and is growing in numbers, being based out of Abingdon and Radley Pools.  We now have more swimmers than ever before who are winning County and Regional medals and qualifying for the British and National Championships