Dyce Hunting Trophy Meet, Westhill, March 2010

South Mainland ASC took nine of their swimmers to compete in the Dyce Hunting Trophy Meet at Westhill last weekend giving them all the opportunity to race in 100m events in their age groups. A great number of personal best times were achieved and two of the team brought home medals.

Scott Riise, 11, swimming in his first competition south for a year, was last of the South Mainland swimmers to race in the morning, but was first to win a medal, by taking bronze in the boys 10/11 years 100m backstroke with an excellent 5 seconds pb of 1.28.12. In the afternoon session, he then won gold in the 100m freestyle with another pb time of 1.18.09 and finished his successful day with the 100m breaststroke where he equalled his pb.

James Morris,12, swam all 4 races in the 12/13 year age group, but started his busy day competing in the Open 200m IM, which he swam extremely well for a 7 second pb of 3.03.84. His best swim of the day was in the 100m backstroke where he had a brilliant 3 second improvement on his time, finishing in silver place with a 1.21.37. James also gained pbs in the 100m freestyle with 1.15.06 and the breaststroke with 1.39.09. His time for the butterfly was on pb pace.

Jason Riise, 13, also swam 5 events. In the open 100m IM he had a pb of 1.28.32. In his age group events he managed a further 3 pbs which included a tremendous 6 seconds off his entry time with a 1.13.40 for the freestyle and a most impressive 7 second improvement in breaststroke with a 1.31.46. In both these events he came 5th.

Lucy Morris, 12, swam two events in the 12/13 year girls. Her backstroke was on her pb and she had a super 5 second pb in freestyle with a time of 1.21.60.

Four of the South Mainland girls competed in the 10/11 year age group. Vhairi Davies, 11 had a chunky 5 seconds pb for a 1.30.83 in the backstroke where she came 4th, only missing out on a medal by less than a second. Her breaststroke was also a good 3 second pb with 1.50.48, and both freestyle and butterfly finished on entry times.

Curstaidh Mackay, 11, got off to a fantastic start to the day in the 100m butterfly. Seeded only as reserve, but given the chance to swim, she dropped her entry time by 13 seconds to finish in a 1.48.43. In backstroke and breaststroke, her times were just outside entry times, but another fabulous pb was achieved by knocking almost 7 seconds off her freestyle with a 1.20.07.

Cara Steven, 11, competing south for the first time in two years, also had a good pb in her freestyle, improving on her time by 3 seconds for a 1.25.48, with her swims in breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly close to entry times.

Ten year old Sophie Morris, swimming for the first time south at this level of competition, had brilliant swims in all three of her races. Her butterfly resulted in an excellent 1.37.01 to finish well up the rankings in 6th place. In backstroke, too, she finished 6th with a pb of 1.32.40 and then finished off her day with a massive 6 second pb in the freestyle for a 1.21.48.

Youngest of the SMASC swimmers was Erraid Davies, 9, who swam two races in the 9 year age group. Her breaststroke showed good improvement with a 3 second pb for a 1.53.74 and a 5th place, and her backstroke was also swam well.

The club would like to thank Northlink and Mainlands for their support.