Leighton Buzzard Swimming Club

Massive Gala Win By Leighton Buzzard Young Swimmers!
 
Around thirty five young swimmers from Leighton Buzzard Swimming Club travelled over to Aylesbury on Saturday to swim in the Aylesbury & District SC C Grade Gala at the Aquavale pool – and they won by a massive margin of over 50 points! The LBSC squad were swimming against teams from Henley, Tring, Luton and two teams from Aylesbury.
 
In the 49 event gala, LBSC swimmers amassed no fewer than 14 firsts and 13 second places! Those winning individual events were: Will Abbott (50m breaststroke), Eden Horwood (50m freestyle), Sascha Embury (50m breaststroke), Jemima Hughes (50m breaststroke), Lauren Wright (50m butterfly) and Connor Ferguson (50m butterfly). Eight team events were won and these were by: Sascha Embury, Tom Faulkner, Keiran Hawkes and Jake Bulmer (12 year boys medley relay), Alfie Lay, Filipe Davies, Conor Ferguson and Hamish McDonald (boys 10 years medley relay), Will Abbott, Harvey Williams, Conor Ferguson and Tom Faulkner (boys 11 years freestyle relay), Kayleigh Holroyd, Chloe Harding, Lucy Keith and Sophia Tilling (girls 9 years special medley), Alfie Lay, Will Abbott, Hamish McDonald and Conor Ferguson (boys 10 years freestyle), Filipe Davies, Tom Faulkner, James Cripps and Harvey Williams (boys 11 years medley), Megan Desmond, Jemima Hughes, Jadzia Morgan and Zoe Bisby (girls 12 years freestyle) and Fraser Hughes, Kieran Hawkes, Filipe Davies and James Cripps (12 years freestyle).
 
Swimmers achieving those valuable second places in the individual events were: Freya Payne, Adam Sandford, Zoe Bisby, Alfie Lay, Megan Desmond, Sasha Embury, Chloe Harding, Filipe Davies, Lauren Faulkner and Maddie Van der Hoven.
 
The 19 swimmers achieving new personal best times (‘PB’s’) were: Freya Payne, Lucy Keith, Will Abbott (2), Alfie Lay (2), Zoe Bisby, James Cripps, Ella Hallwood, Holly Lane, Jadzia Morgan, Sascha Embury (2), Lauren Wright, Filipe Davies, Alicia Anderhub, Harvey Williams, Jemima Hughes, Eden Horwood, Hamish McDonald, Maddie Van der Hoven and Frazer Hughes.
 
Lesley Cox-Smith, Chair of LBSC, was over the moon with the result and said “This was the first gala for many of the swimmers and they really all rose to the occasion. It was a magnificent result and I’m so pleased for them.”
 
The final result was: Leighton Buzzard: 1st on 175 points, Aylesbury ‘Yellow’: 2nd on 124 points, Henley: 3rd on 123 points, Team Luton: 4th on 108 points, Aylesbury ‘Blue’ 5th on 90 points and Tring: 6th on 79 points.
 
If you are interested in your child joining LBSC to learn to swim or participate in training for galas please email the club at LBSwimmingClub@aol.com for details.

LBSC Youngsters make huge effort in Milton Keynes Junior League Gala

On Saturday Leighton Buzzard Swimming Club hosted the third and final round of the Milton Keynes Junior League at Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre in Leighton Buzzard. LBSC were swimming against strong opposition from Flitwick, Maxwell (Aylesbury), Newport Pagnall and Witney.

Highlights of the gala wer the two relay and four individual events won by members of the LBC team and several swimming gaining new personal best times (PB’s).

The relay wins were achieved by the boys 11 and under freestyle team consisting of Jacob Murtagh, James Cripps, Tom Faulknerand George Carter and the girls 10 year old freestyle team of Lucy Keith, Amy Edwins, Maisie Rose and Lauren Faulkner. The four individual events won were by Lauren Grice in the girls 12 years and under 50m butterfly event, Bethany Twitchell in the girls 9 years 25m breaststroke, Elise Crick in the girls 50m butterfly and Bethany Tritchell in the girls 9 and under 25m butterfly.

Eleven new PB’s were achieved on the evening, these by Lauren Faulkner (2), Connor Ferguson, Tom Crowther (2), Maisie Rose, Will Shaw, Kiera Rogers, Lauren Grice and Elise Crick (2).

Graeme Bell, the LBSC Junior Coach was delighted with the way the team performed and said ‘So much effort was made by the swimmers and the closeness of the end result shows the potential we have for the future’.

The final result for the gala was: 1st Witney, 2nd Maxwell, 3rd Flitwick, 4th Leighton Buzzard and 5th Newport Pagnell.