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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dolphins Swimming BallSaturday 13th January 2007On Saturday 13 January 2007 Witham Dolphins held the Annual Ball and Presentation Evening at Maldon Golf Club with 130 attending. We were delighted that Margaret and John Gibson were able to attend and present the James Gibson Award on behalf of our most famous swimmer so far together with our Club President Roger Alexander and Paul Robbins our Head Coach. The evening is aimed at acknowledging the achievements of our swimmers during the last 12 months with over 700 Personal Best Times achieved. During last season the club competed in the Essex Mini League, The Essex Sprint League , The Braintree and District Trophy and 10 Open Galas. Our junior swimmers performed very well but our biggest success came in the Essex Sprint League finishing runners up and promoted to Division 4 our first promotion in almost 10 years. But not only that in the first round of this years competition saw the team achieve our first gala win in this competition for over 4 years. Success came to the following swimmers who obtained National, Regional and County rankings Matt Bilbey, Myles Florey, Jordan Jowitt, Lauren Baker, Sarah Purnell, Hannah Flight, Emily Bulleid, Katie Stratton, Catherine Lumley and Hannah Ueckermann. During November the club held its club championships with the top five swimmers in each stroke and age group receiving awards. In December the club hold the Annual Ric Oram Memorial Gala which is a charity event and a sum of £100 was raised for the Great Ormond Street Hospital the charity chosen by Jacob Oram who also presented medals to the winning team. The club presents annually the James Gibson Award which is directed towards performance in Breaststroke relative to County, Regional and National standards with Margaret and John Gibson presenting Lauren Baker this year award. Achievers Awards are made on recommendations of the coaching staff based on performances. They are awarded to Junior, Senior and Masters. Swimmers this years winners are;
Endeavour Awards are recommended from the coaching staff relating to commitment to training and attitude and this years winner are;
Anyone interested in joining this very successful club should visit our website or come along to our Sunday Evening session at 5.00pm enquiries from all age groups welcome. Published in the Witham & Braintree Times. For other photographs of the event, please click HERE Please direct all enquiries to: info@witham-dolphins.org.uk |
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