Chippenham Swimming club held its second sprint night and 200 Individual medley races on the weekend of 10/11th December.
Highlight of the sprints night was an exciting “skins” contest. The top 6 swimmers go head to head over 50 meters until only one swimmer is left standing. Peter Holden held off Andrew Hare in the B final and Henry Moore beat Matt Hare in the A final. Chelsea Chard won the B final from Katie Smith, and in the A final Emma Holloway touched first just ahead of Evie Preece.
Age group winners of the sprint races - 25m freestyle (FS), 25 m breast stroke (BS), 50m butterfly (BF), 50m backstroke (BC), 100m breast stroke, 100m freestyle included:
Andrew Hare 100m FS, 50 BC, 100m BS, 50m BF, Matt Hare 100m FS, 50m BC, 100m BS, 50m BF, John Branston 100m FS, 50m BC, 50m BF, Jack Cook 100m FS, 50m BF, Lucy Featherston 100m FS, Chloe May 100m FS, 50m BC, Charity Moore 100m FS, Emma Holloway 100m FS, Matthew Hardick 50m BC, 25m BS, 25m FS, Henry Moore 50m BC, Tegan Cairns 50m BC, 50m BF, Puruvi Ruparel 50m BC, 50m BF, Chelsea Chard 50m BC, 50m BF, Evie Preece 50m BC, 100m BS, Joshua Dreelan 25m BS, 25m FS, Megan Wright 25m BS, Ellis Bailey 25m BS, 25 m FS, Gordon Elliot 25m BS, 25m FS, Jessica Bullock 25m BS, Chloe Makepeace 25m BS, 25m FS, Richard Waterfield 25m BS, Natalie Jones 25m BS, 25m FS, Peter Holden 100m BS, Matt Cruse 100m BS, Natalie Pidgeon 100m BS, Emily Daulby 100m BS, Katie Smith 100m BS, Jess Smith 25m FS, Luke Brown 50m BF, Jess Stafford 50m BF, Beatrice Moore 50m BF, Leona Lovegrove 25m FS, Shaun Cairns 25m FS
Age group winners of the 200 IM were: Luke Brown, Andrew Hare, Matt Hare, Peter Holden, Henry Moore, Natalie Pidgeon, Chloe May, Chelsea Chard and Evie Preece.
Fastest swims in the 200 IM were 2 mins 28.11 secs by Matt Hare and 2.42.85 by Chelsea Chard.