Romford Town Swimming Club
established 1900
RTSC Gala Reports
24th/25th November 2007 - Essex Special Age Group Relays
Romford win the top team trophy, for the 9/10 and 11/12 year old relays
Romford Town demonstrated its strength in depth as at the same time the club were winning the overall
Senior & Junior Essex title; its youngsters were winning the top team trophy, for the 9/10 and 11/12
year old relays. Having set the benchmark in recent years by winning this trophy, three times in the
last five, they were picking it up again this year.In competing in seven out of the eight finals
contested it was this consistency that helped them gain the trophy again.
The 11/12 year old boy’s led the way as twelve year olds Joseph Stamp and Alex Goodacre were joined by
two eleven year olds, Harry Coker and George Ellis as the quartet swam to 3rd place in the 4 x 50
metre medley relay and freestyle relays.
The 11 / 12 year old girls team, disappointed at missing out on the freestyle relay, in being 1st
reserve for the final, took a good 4th place in the medley relay with Claire Jackson swimming the
Backstroke leg, Bethany Hall, Breastroke, Elena Sheridan Butterfly and 11 year old Sophie Thompson
swimming the final, freestyle leg.
On the following days competition, it was the turn of the younger 9/10-year olds:
Swimming in the boys relay team were ten year olds, Sam Bishop, Luke Sheridan, Sam Hollington and
nine year old Frank McGuirk as they were 2nd in the 4 x 50 metre medley relay and gained another medal
in the freestyle relay, where the quartet managed 3rd place.
Nine year olds Sophie Ward and Bethany Moore joined ten-year-old Victoria Christmas and Ellie Pereira
as the quarter gained 4th place in the freestyle relay. Megan McAuliffe replaced Bethany Moore in the
medley relay, where the team gained another good 4th place finish.
The overall scores from of the top four clubs from the relay competition:
- Romford Town 38
- London Borough of Redbridge 33
- Epping Forest 32
- Runnymede 30