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Darmstadt 2010Posted: 27th Jul 2010 Middlesex County ASA sent a team of 30 swimmers and 6 staff to the 47th ‘Internationales Schwimmfest’ in Darmstadt held on 8th to 11th July 2010. The team was drawn from across the County and saw a mixture of ages from 13years upwards. The swimmers met a selection criteria which was based on the GB long course rankings up to 1st June. A range of experience covered first time National Qualifiers right through to seasoned international competitors. The competition had 48 clubs in all taking part from all over Europe and USA. The weather was phenomenal! The temperature on Saturday was about 38 degrees and not much cooler Friday or Sunday. Swimmers had to deal with the extreme temperature and bright sunlight – something the backstrokers had to cope with very quickly. The facility was large and did offer some shade. The meet was held in an outdoor 10 lane 50m pool with an additional outdoor 20m warm-up pool as well as an indoor 8 lane 50m pool which was available throughout the meet for warm-up/warm-downs The meet was well organised and run very efficiently. What else would you expect? – we were in Germany! On Friday we trained in the morning for approx 60 mins; the pool was available to us for 2 hours in four lanes if we required it. The meet started on Friday afternoon (1530 warm-up) with some HDW events and 50m heats for the Saturday evening final Every event had a start time, which was rarely adrift. Results were available promptly and, with great relief, virtually everybody spoke English. The team finished the meet as the TOP CLUB as well as having the top female meet performance (Katerina Avramova – 100m back) plus three new meet records including both the female 4 x 100 relay events. Overall the team won 15 gold, 18 silver and 16 bronze medals. The team gained valuable experience both for the swimmers and team staff. The Team consisted of:-
Swimmers: Katerina Avramova, Bogac Ayhan, Leon Berchie, Lauren Chapple, Melako Coker, Ted Elson, Ramsey Haroon, Sarah Harrington, Georgina Heyn, Isabella Hindley, Kelly Hookway, Rosie Hughes, Leo Jaggs, Alex Mackay, Tamsin McKinnon, Tariq Miller, Erin Mabney, Danny Nelson, Adam Plavsic, Sarah Proctor, Aaron Pullen, Devon Robins, Felix Samuels, Louis South, James Stanhope, Charlie Turner, Jenna Turner, Lauren Turner, Olivia Willis and Adam Wood
Senior Coach: Allan Thornton Coaches: Samir Ahmed, Julie Hobbs, Bram Montgomery, Marc Spackman Team Manager: Pam Crofts
Middlesex County ASA congratulates all those that took part – our performance in beating teams from as far afield as Egypt and the USA bodes well for the future.
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