The Shetland Junior Age Group Championships was a great success for the youngest of the South Mainland swimmers, with the trophies for the top girl and boy in the 8 years and younger going to Erraid Davies and Seumas Mackay. Both won all 4 of their 25m races, and they also achieved first place in the 9 & under 50m freestyle events. Nine more youngsters took part in the gala, some winning medals, and all having super swims.
Competing in the Girls eight and under age group were Jasmin Smith, Kirsten Keay, Sarah-Marie Riise and Ruth Morris. Jasmin won the silver medal in the breaststroke and bronze in the butterfly. She came 4th in the backstroke, 5th in freestyle and 8th in the 50m freestyle. Kirsten also won 2 medals, a silver for butterfly, bronze for breaststroke and came 6th in freestyle and 8th in backstroke, with a very good 5th for her 50m freestyle.
Sarah-Marie was just below medal places with 4th in butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle and a 5th in backstroke. In the 50m freestyle she came 9th. Ruth swam good races to come 5th in the butterfly, 6th in backstroke and 7th in breaststroke and freestyle with a 10th place for the 50 freestyle.
Sophie Black swam in the 9 year age group and came home with a silver medal in butterfly and bronzes for backstroke and freestyle, and just missed a medal with her 4th place finish in breaststroke. She finished 6th in the 50 m freestyle.
In the 10year age group, Sophie Morris had a very good day. Swimming 50m in all her races, she produced excellent times to gain silver medals in the butterfly and backstroke, and made bronze for the freestyle. In the breaststroke she came 5th.
Rachel Keay also swam in this age group. Having only recently returned to the pool due to injury, she too produced good swims in the 50m events with a 6th place in the backstroke and 7th in breaststroke and 11th in the freestyle.
The youngest of the boys competing for South Mainland was Dylan Black. He won silver medals in the backstroke and the freestyle came 4th in breaststroke. Bobby Laurenson was also a medallist. In the 9 year age group he won silver for breaststroke and bronze for the butterfly and came 4th in the backstroke and freestyle with 5th place in the 9 and under 50m freestyle.
All swimmers were a credit to the club, their coaches and their parents.
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