Dyce Hunting Trophy Meet, Westhill, 26th March 2011

Eight swimmers from South Mainland ASC took part in the Dyce Hunting Trophy Meet last Saturday in Westhill near Aberdeen, and all performed well, achieving many PBs, several top ten placings and additional success for three of the team by the winning of a medal.

Ten year old Erraid Davies had a tremendous race in her heat of the Girls 10/11 years 100m butterfly, winning it in an excellent time of 1.31.46, a new Shetland Age Group record for 10 year old Girls. However, a girl in the previous heat had swum a fraction faster, placing Erraid in silver position. Her 100m backstroke produced another PB with a 1.30.10 and a 5^th place and a further PB was achieved in the afternoon in the 100m freestyle where she finished 10^th in a time of 1.20.92.

It was in the Boys’12/13 years 100m freestyle that SMASC swimmers James Morris 13, and Scott Riise 12, each gained a medal. The best pals battled it out in adjacent lanes in the fastest heat.  Both gained superb PBs - James with a 1.10.20 came second, closely followed by Scott in a 1.11.36 for third place.

James had earlier broken his 200IM time by 6 seconds with a 2.54.21 and his 100m breaststroke by one second to finish in 6^th place. In the last event of the day, the 100m IM he finished off by successfully gaining a PB of 1.23.71.

Scott also achieved a PB in his breaststroke with a 1.42.64 and was just outside his entry time in backstroke. Swimming in the same age group was Philip Hilditch, 13, who had a most successful meet, producing PBs in all but one race. In his first competition south, he got underway by knocking a massive 10 seconds off his 200m IM  for a 3.04.25 and then a took second off his 100m breaststroke to finish 10^th. In the 100m freestyle he smashed his entry time by 3 seconds with a 1.12.25 to finish 6^th overall. The afternoon session saw him achieving his fourth PB in the 100m backstroke with a time of 1.31.11.

In the Girls 12/13 age group, Vhairi Davies, 12, swam 100m in each stroke, finishing close to entry time in backstroke and fly, but gaining a PB in freestyle with a 1.18.24 and with a 1.44.20 made a very good 4 second improvement in Breaststroke. Cara Steven, 12, swam extremely well in her three races. Two seconds were knocked off her breaststroke for a 1.37.19 and she then lowered her freestyle time by a brilliant 5 seconds with a 1.18.69, and backstroke by over 4 seconds with a 1.29.27. 

In the Girls 14/16 age group, Morven Davies, 14, achieved very good PBs as well. Both her events showed a similar improvement with 3 seconds drop on her entry times for a 1.16.67 in freestyle and 1.34.77 in backstroke.

Kirsty Laurenson, 15, swam every event in the meet. She was within a second of entry time in backstroke, where she came 8th and her 100m IM was also just outside her time. Her highest place was achieved in the 100m freestyle where a time of 1.09.89 was only a 1/100 of a second away from her very recent PB and earned her 5^th place.

South Mainland ASC would like to thank, Mainlands, Freefield Pharmacy and Northlink for their support.

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.