Barnsley Minors November 2010
A small team of Rotherham Metro’s younger girl swimmers competed at the Barnsley Minors gala, held in Knottingley on the 6th November. This gala is over 50 meters and is one of the first steps for many young swimmers to gain valuable experience in competitions and is contested in heats with the fastest six swimmers in each age group going onto the finals.
In the ten year-old age group Rebecca Durn was in outstanding form winning Gold medals in the Backstroke, Butterfly, Freestyle and Bronze in the Breaststroke. Abbie Ackroyd ten also came away with four medals, which were, Gold in the Breaststroke followed by 4th in the Backstroke, 5th in the Freestyle and 6th in the Butterfly. In the eleven year-old age group Rebecca Bamber claimed Bronze in the Backstroke and was 5th in the Breaststroke, Rebbeca Finnie also eleven claimed Bronze in the Freestyle and was 5th in the Butterfly and finally in the thirteen year-old age group Rebbecca Britten was placed 6th in the backstroke.
Also competing were: Megan Lowe, Lucy Fenwick, Ellisia Dawson, Kayley Britten, Hannah Burgess, Fiona Connel, Heather Wellings, Marissa Clark, Lucy Handley, Robyn Hartley, Caitlin Wallis, Katie Pollard, Holly Fenwick