Four Points from Victory

Barrow Swimming Club took part in the Grand Final of the Cumbria Diddy League at Carlisle on Sunday 30^th September 2007. The event featured swimmers aged 9 to 12 years. This was the culmination of three previous rounds, with the top six clubs in the county taking part. The other clubs competing in the event were the City of Carlisle, Copeland, Kendal, Ulverston and Workington. The event was keenly contested throughout. From the start City of Carlisle took the lead with the other clubs chasing hard. The Barrow team produced some fine performances in both the individual and relay events to push the Carlisle team all the way. Barrow swimmers achieved 10 outright wins from the 43 events. The Barrow swimmers also achieved a massive 57 new personnel best times between them. When the final points were added up Barrow, 190 pts, finished in second place only 4 points behind City of Carlisle 194, with Kendal 163 pts third and Ulverston 157 pts fourth. To great applause and cheers from their team mates and the spectators, including the Barrow mums with their red and black pom poms, the Diddy League captains, Andrew Kerr and Rebecca Reid, received the second place trophy. This was an excellent result for the Barrow team. Great credit must go to all of the swimmers and the coaches for the hard work and dedication that they have put in this year to achieve the clubs best ever finish in this event. The club would also like to thank Peter McDowell from Barrow Central Joinery Ltd, for supplying red hoodies to the swimmers and polo shirts to the coaches.