<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Romford Town Swimming Club</title> <style type="text/css"> body{ color: #0000ff; margin:0; padding:0; } h2 { margin-top: 10px; } h3 { margin-top: 15x; margin-bottom: 5px; } #maincontainer{ width: 840px; /*Width of main container*/ margin: 0 auto; /*Center container on page*/ } #topsection{ background-color: #ffcc33; height: 92px; /*Height of top section*/ text-align: center; } #topsection h1{ font: bold 50px Trebuchet MS; margin: 0; text-align: center; padding-top: 3px; } #topsection h3{ margin: 0; text-align: right; margin-right: 110px } #contentwrapper{ float: left; width: 100%; } #contentcolumn{ margin-top: 25px; margin-left: 200px; /*Set left margin to LeftColumnWidth*/ text-align: left; } #leftcolumn{ float: left; width: 200px; /*Width of left column*/ margin-left: -840px; /*Set left margin to -(MainContainerWidth)*/ xxxbackground: #ffcc33; } #subpagecontent{ font: 15px helvetica; color: #0000ff; margin-top: 5px; margin-left: 25px; text-align: left; } #comment{ clear: both; width: 100%; font: italic 15px helvetica; color: red; margin-left: 10px; text-align: left; padding: 4px 0; } #footer{ clear: both; width: 100%; color: black; margin-left: 0px; text-align: left; xpadding: 4px 0; } .innertube{ margin: 10px; /*Margins for inner DIV inside each column (to provide padding)*/ margin-top: 0; } /*Credits: Dynamic Drive CSS Library */ /*URL: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/ */ .indentmenu{ font: 13px Arial; width: 840px; xxxwidth: 100%; /*leave this value as is in most cases*/ } .indentmenu ul{ margin: 0; padding: 0; float: left; width: auto; /*width of menu*/ border: 1px solid black; border-width: 1px 0; background: blue url(../images/button_color_gold_1.gif) center center repeat-x; } .indentmenu ul li{ display: inline; } .indentmenu ul li a{ float: left; text-align: center; color: yellow; /*text color*/ padding: 7px 11px; xwidth: 88px; text-decoration: none; border-right: 1px solid black; /*divider between menu items*/ border-left: 1px solid black; } .indentmenu ul li a:visited{ color: white; } .indentmenu ul li a:hover, .indentmenu ul li .current{ color: white !important; /*text color of selected and active item*/ padding-top: 8px; /*shift text down 1px for selected and active item*/ padding-bottom: 6px; /*shift text down 1px for selected and active item*/ background: blue url(../images/button_color_gold_5.gif) center center repeat-x; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="maincontainer"> <div id="topsection"> <img src="../images/logo.jpg" alt="RTSC Logo" align = "right" /> <h1>Romford Town Swimming Club</h1> <h3><em>established 1900</em></h3> </div> <div class="indentmenu"> <ul> <li><a href="../index.htm">Home</a></li> <li><a href="../learn to swim.html">Learn to Swim</a></li> <li><a href="../squads.html">Squads</a></li> <li><a href="../masters.html">Masters</a></li> <li><a href="../fixture list.html">Club Calendar</a></li> <li><a href="../achievements.html">About RTSC</a></li> <li><a href="../locations.html">Where We Swim</a></li> <li><a href="../contacts.html">Contacts</a></li> <li><a href="../links.html">Links</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:romfordtownsc@aol.com">Email</a></li> </ul> <br style="clear: left" /> </div> <br /> <div id="contentwrapper"> <div id="subpagecontent"> <h1>RTSC Gala Reports</h1> <h2><font color="#000000"><em>15th/16th March 2008 - BWF Secondary Age Group Development Meet</font></em></h2> <p> Sandwiched between Essex Championship weekends, this annual secondary age group development meet was for swimmers who had not made Essex County qualifying times this year.<br><br /> A number of Romford Town swimmers were present to gain valuable competition experience and to check on their development. <br><br /> On the first day of competition it was 10-year-old Sam Allsop that caught the eye as he gained two gold medals in the 200 metres freestyle and 200 metres breastroke. Team mate Sam Coker managed 4th spot in the latter event, whilst Sam Allsop also got a good silver medal in the 100 metres individual medley. <br><br /> Also managing a gold medal was 13-year-old Rachel Welch who won the 100 metres backstroke in convincing fashion, whilst 13 year olds Claire Jackson and Jodie Ward did well to gain 5th and 6th respectively in the 100 metres Butterfly. <br><br /> In the boys nine-year age group Jonathon Toolis and Oliver Coles battled it out for medals as Jonathan came 2nd in the 100 metres individual medley with Oliver just behind in 3rd. Both gained top six placings in the 200 metres freestyle also, as Jonathon was 5th and Oliver 6th. Another nine year old, Conor Houlihan gained 3rd place in the 200 metres Breastroke. <br><br /> 12 years old Hannah Coles swam very well as she gained 4th place in the 100 metres Butterfly but went one better, as she gained 3rd spot in the 100 metres individual medley. <br><br /> There were also top 6th place positions for 11-year-old Aidan Jackson as he was 6th in the 200 metres freestyle and 14-year-old Sara Morris who was 5th in the 100 metres backstroke. <br><br /> Day two of competition proved just as "fruitful" for Romford swimmers as they gained further medals.<br><br /> 14 year old, Isabel Allsop trying to emulate her younger brothers achievements of the day before gained a very good 1st place in the 100 metres individual medley, but had to be content with two 4th place finishes in the 100 metres freestyle and breastroke. Her teammate Sara Morris gained 5th spot in the individual medley.<br><br /> In the nine years age group, Oliver Coles and Jonathon Toolis continued their duel from the day before as the two of them battled it out over 200 metres Backstroke. Swimming stroke for stroke, Oliver proved to be the stronger as he gained 1st place with Jonathon in 2nd.<br><br /> For the nine-year-old girls, Maddie Webber swam a terrific race to just be touched out and having to settle for the silver medal in the 200 metres Breastroke.<br><br /> Emerging talent Rachel Welch won her second gold of the weekend as she finished 1st in the 100 metres freestyle, with Claire Jackson gaining 4th spot. Claire went on to gain a good 4th spot in the 100 metres individual medley with Jodie Ward managing a good 6th place.<br><br /> In the 13 years 100 metres Breastroke Gabrielle Wallace was 4th with Claire Jackson picking up another medal as she gained 6th place.<br><br /> Sam Whitehead was another gold medallist for Romford as he won the over 15 years 100 metres individual medley and also picked up silver in the 100 metres Butterfly.<br><br /> 12 years old Lindsay Mclachlan having just missed out on a top six placing earlier in the weekend saved her best to last, as she swam to 2nd place in the 100 metres Breastroke.<br><br /> Well done to all those that competed.<br><br /> <em>Kevin Engstrom</em> </p> </div> <div id="footer"> <hr /> Last Updated: 16-Mar-2008<br /> Webmaster: Alan Ward<br /> &#169 2008 RTSC </div> </body> </html>