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Swimmers from Warrender Baths Club are celebrating this week after retaining the Top Club Trophy at the British Gas Scottish National Age Group Championship in Glasgow from the 7-10th April. The Top Club Award was very closely contested, with the result coming down to the very last relay of the night, the Boy’s 4 x 100 Medley relay. The younger boys (11-14 years) secured a fantastic silver medal behind a strong team from South Aberdeen, whilst the senior boys (15-18 years) blitzed the field from the start to take the Gold.

The Warrender team was spearheaded by Scottish Institute of Sport swimmers Dan Wallace and Craig McNally and Scottish Youth Squad swimmer Craig Benson, who won 12 gold medals between them. Wallace won both the 200 and 400 medley events, the 200 and 400 Freestyle, and the 200 Butterfly, and finished second in the 100 Butterfly and 1500 Freestyle. McNally took gold on the 100 and 200 Backstroke events, silver on the 200 medley and bronze on the 100 Freestyle. Craig Benson broke his own 16 year old British Age Group Record to take gold on the 100 Breaststroke in a time of 1:03.01, and won a second gold ahead of team mate Chris Kerr on the 200 Breaststroke. Benson was fittingly awarded the best swim for a Junior Male at the meet for his performance on the 100 Breaststroke.

Breakthrough swims came from youngster Daniel McGregor, taking gold at this level for the first time in the 14 year old 1500 Freestyle on the first day. He added to his medal haul with silver on both the 400 and 800 Freestyle events. It was pleasing to see the continued progress of Daniel Lim and Alistair Crichton, who added to the medals they won at this level last year. Lim won the 15 year old 100 Breaststroke and came second in the 200 Breaststroke, whilst Crichton finished with silver in the 13 years 100 Breaststroke event, but was named Scottish Champion due to first place going to an English swimmer.

12 year old Elizabeth Lim and 17 year old Jennifer Dobson were the individual female medallists at the meet with Lim storming to a bronze medal in the 400 Individual Medley on the last day and Dobson taking a pair of bronze medals on the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Backstroke.

It was fantastic to see the improvement made from swimmers who have worked tirelessly throughout this season and many more before it, with standout performances from Shona Lambert in the 16-18 years 200 Backstroke; Iain Rose in the 14 years 100 Breaststroke (second) and Matthew Anderson in the 15 years 1500 Freestyle (third). Another swimmer who has improved immensely this season is 17 year old Chris Kerr who won bronze on the 100 Breaststroke and silver on the 200 Breaststroke, setting a fantastic new lifetime best in the later.

The system for scoring the Top Club Award was changed in 2011 to ensure that the team which won displayed the most depth across all events and all age group. The implication of this meant that each individual swimmer could only score once on each day. For Warrender, this meant that the size and depth of our team was an advantage to us, with 16 golds, 15 silvers and 12 bronze medals coming from our 48 competing swimmers. In total we had 125 finalists across the four days, including the medal winners listed above.

Many swimmers contributed to the success of the Warrender Team at this meet, with many gaining places in finals for the very first time at this level. With a very young team contributing to the overall point score, it was a great achievement to retain the Top Club Trophy. The coaching staff was very proud of the overall professionalism displayed by the team, as well as the strong level of team support and encouragement that prevailed throughout the four day meet.

Swimmers will now refocus and reassess their goals for the remainder of the season where we look forward to seeing them swim even faster!

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The Top 6 Clubs:
1. Warrender Baths Club 631 points
2. City of Aberdeen Swim Team 621 points
3. F.I.R.S.T 514 points
4. Carnegie 501 points
5. East Lothian 443.5 points
6. Borders Elite Swim Team 272 points

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Medal Winners:

GOLD

Daniel McGregor Boys 14 yrs 1500 Free 17:16.59*
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 400 Free 4:08.05
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 800 Free 8:27.36*
Daniel Lim Boys 15yrs 100 Breast 1:08.93*
Dan Wallace Boys 16-18 200 Fly 2:05.50*
Dan Wallace Boys 16-18 400 IM 4:31.75
Dan Wallace Boys 16-18 200 Free 1:52.86*
Dan Wallace Boys 16-18 400 Free 4:01.54*
Dan Wallace Boys 16-18 200 IM 2:05.99
Craig Benson Boys 16-18 200 Breast 2:20.04*
Craig Benson Boys 16-18 100 Breast 1:03.01*(British Age Group Record)
Craig McNally Boys 16-18 100 Back 56.76
Craig McNally Boys 16-18 200 Back 2:04.73
Boys ‘A’ 15-18 yrs 4x200 Free 7:51.67
Boys ‘A’ 15-18 yrs 4x100 Free 3:36.17
Boys ‘A’ 15-18 yrs 4x100 Medley 3:53.23

SILVER

Alistair Crichton Boys 13 yrs 100 Breast 1:15.60*
Daniel McGregor Boys 14 yrs 400 Free 4:26.06*
Daniel McGregor Boys 14 yrs 800 Free 9:09.48*
Iain Rose Boys 14 yrs 100 Breast 1:12.17*
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 200 Free 1:58.27*
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 200 IM 2:14.72
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 200 Back 2:12.13
Daniel Lim Boys 15 yrs 200 Breast 2:32.68*
Dan Wallace Boys 16-18 1500 Free 16:04.55*
Dan Wallace Boys 16-18 100 Fly 56.91
Chris Kerr Boys 16-18 200 Breast 2:21.84*
Craig McNally Boys 16-18 200 IM 2:09.39*
Boys 11-14 yrs 4x200 Free 8:49.39
Boys 11-14 yrs 4x100 Free 4:03.35
Boys 11-14 yrs 4x100 Medley 4:35.49

BRONZE

Matthew Anderson Boys 15 yrs 1500 Free 17:11.99 *
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 200 Fly 2:14.25
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 100 Free 55.97*
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 400 IM 4:50.11
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 100 Fly 1:01.15*
Daniel Lim Boys 15 yrs 800 Free 9:01.93*
Craig McNally Boys 16-18 100 Free 53.61*
Chris Kerr Boys 16-18 100 Breast 1:04.82
Elizabeth Lim Girls 12 yrs 400 IM 5:36.69*
Jennifer Dobson Girls 16-18 200 IM 2:22.29*
Jennifer Dobson Girls 16-18 100 Back 1:06.86
Boys ‘B’ 15-18 yrs 4x200 Free 8:10.92

FINALISTS (not including those already listed above) 

Brodie Savage Boys 12 yrs 100 Breast 1:25.43*
Evan Curtis Boys 12 yrs 100 Back 1:16.37*
Alistair Crichton Boys 13 yrs 100 Free 1:00.42*
Alistair Crichton Boys 13 yrs 400 IM 5:24.58*
Alistair Crichton Boys 13 yrs 200 Breast 2:48.92
Alistair Crichton Boys 13 yrs 200 IM 2:33.96
Alistair Crichton Boys 13 yrs 100 Fly 1:10.89*
Alasdair Lambert Boys 13 yrs 200 Back 2:30.87*
David Colley Boys 14 yrs 1500 Free 18:00.75*
David Colley Boys 14 yrs 200 Breast 2:46.21
David Mulligan Boys 14 yrs 1500 Free 18:51.12*
David Mulligan Boys 14 yrs 200 Fly 2:17.73*
David Mulligan Boys 14 yrs 200 Back 2:25.99*
David Mulligan Boys 14 yrs 100 Fly 1:03.19*
Daniel McGregor Boys 14 yrs 100 Free 58.33
Daniel McGregor Boys 14 yrs 400 IM 5:07.51*
Daniel McGregor Boys 14 yrs 200 Free 2:07.64
Daniel McGregor Boys 14 yrs 200 IM 2:24.27
Daniel McGregor Boys 14 yrs 200 Back 2:24.97
Murray Blair Boys 14 yrs 100 Breast 1:15.81*
Daniel Lim Boys 15 yrs 1500 Free 17:20.68*
Daniel Lim Boys 15 yrs 400 IM 4:59.77*
Daniel Lim Boys 15 yrs 100 Fly 1:03.81*
Matthew Anderson Boys 15 yrs 200 Fly 2:19.20
Matthew Anderson Boys 15 yrs 400 IM 4:59.08*
Matthew Anderson Boys 15 yrs 200 Breast 2:43.41*
Matthew Anderson Boys 15 yrs 400 Free 4:26.53*
Matthew Anderson Boys 15 yrs 200 IM 2:22.14*
Matthew Anderson Boys 15 yrs 800 Free 9:04.70*
Simran Wilks Boys 15 yrs 100 Breast 1:15.55*
Oliver Bitowt Boys 15 yrs 100 Back 1:04.21
Connor Wilson Boys 16-18 1500 Free 17:13.26
Craig Benson Boys 16-18 200 Fly 2:13.19
Murray Lawrence Boys 16-18 400 IM 4:47.31*
Murray Lawrence Boys 16-18 200 Breast 2:29.50
Murray Lawrence Boys 16-18 100 Breast 1:09.54
Murray Lawrence Boys 16-18 200 IM 2:14.80
Craig McNally Boys 16-18 200 Free 1:56.39*
Connor Wilson Boys 16-18 200 IM 2:15.19
Connor Wilson Boys 16-18 200 Back 2:19.29
Dan Wallace Boys 16-18 200 Back 2:08.71*
Emma Chittleburgh Girls 12 yrs 100 Breast 1:27.54*
Emma Chittleburgh Girls 12 yrs 200 Breast 3:03.39*
Elizabeth Lim Girls 12 yrs 200 IM 2:40.53*
Elizabeth Lim Girls 12 yrs 200 Back 2:42.03*
Elizabeth Lim Girls 12 yrs 100 Fly 1:15.62*
Elizabeth Lim Girls 12 yrs 200 Fly 2:41.75*
Elizabeth Lim Girls 12 yrs 200 Free 2:26.28
Elizabeth Lim Girls 12 yrs 400 Free 5:05.67*
Katie Stark Girls 12 yrs 100 Free 1:05.52*
Megan Briggs Girls 14 yrs 400 Free 4:44.73*
Megan Briggs Girls 14 yrs 100 Back 1:08.86
Megan Briggs Girls 14 yrs 200 Back 2:25.13*
Megan Briggs Girls 14 yrs 100 Fly 1:08.28*
Megan Briggs Girls 14 yrs 200 Fly 2:30.41*
Tiffany Bachelet Girls 14 yrs 100 Breast 1:23.70
Tiffany Bachelet Girls 14 yrs 100 Fly 1:09.86
Megan Wilson Girls 15 yrs 200 IM 2:32.56
Megan Wilson Girls 15 yrs 100 Back 1:12.07
Megan Wilson Girls 15 yrs 800 Free 9:31.38*
Megan Wilson Girls 15 yrs 200 Back 2:26.48
Megan Wilson Girls 15 yrs 400 IM 5:16.26*
Kate Forbes Girls 15 yrs 200 Free 2:14.21
Jennifer Dobson Girls 16-18 400 Free 4:34.69
Jennifer Dobson Girls 16-18 200 Fly 2:26.92
Jennifer Dobson Girls 16-18 400 IM 5:11.60
Jennifer Dobson Girls 16-18 200 Free 2:10.03
Shona Lambert Girls 16-18 100 Back 1:09.37*
Shona Lambert Girls 16-18 200 Back 2:25.22*
Shona Lambert Girls 16-18 400 IM 5:16.14*
Camille Brash Girls 16-18 100 Back 1:09.00
Camille Brash Girls 16-18 200 Back 2:29.56
Camille Brash Girls 16-18 100 Fly 1:08.92
Kirsty Elliott Girls 16-18 200 Back 2:30.50
Rachael McQueen Girls 16-18 400 IM 5:16.32
Rachael McQueen Girls 16-18 200 Breast 2:51.03
Boys ‘B’ 15-18 yrs 4x100 Free 3:46.98
Boys ‘B’ 15-18 yrs 4x100 Medley 4:03.57
Girls 11-13 yrs 4x100 Medley 5:03.28
Girls ‘A’ 14-18 yrs 4x100 Medley 4:36.88
Girls ‘A’ 14-18 yrs 4x200 Free 8:51.50
Girls ‘A’ 14-18 yrs 4x100 Free 4:10.05

*Denotes Personal Best time obtained