The competition requires each swimmer to race all four strokes in individual medley order – 50m for the 9 to 10-year-olds and 100m for the 11 years and above.
Those making it to the final have to compete over 100m and 200m respectively.
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ots of personal bests (PBs) were achieved as well as some county and regional times and some club records.
Full results follow:Ben Kelly, nine: 11th place in the 50m fly (PB 52.55), 8th in the 50m backstroke (PB 47.13), 4th in the 50m breast-stroke (PB 50.57) and 6th in the 50m freestyle (39.82). Ben qualified for the 100m individual medley final and came in 2nd place (PB 1:38.05).
Connor McDougall, nine: 2nd place in the 50m fly (PB 45.27), 9th in the 50m backstroke (PB 48.87), 7th in the 50m breast-stroke (PB 53.93) and 10th in the 50m freestyle (PB 42.92). Connor went through to the 100m individual medley final and came in 4th place (PB 1:41.97).
Joseph Dobbins, 10: 6th place in the 50m fly (PB 47.52), 3rd in the 50m backstroke (44.39), 2nd in the 50m breast-stroke (48.34) and 3rd in the 50m freestyle (38.85). Joseph came in 3rd place in the 100m individual medley final (PB 1:36.13).
Jenny Hubbard, 10: 12th place in the 50m fly (PB 51.40), 9th in the 50m backstroke (47.45), 13th in the 50m breast-stroke (PB 55.61) and 10th in the 50m freestyle (PB 42.25). Jenny qualified for the 100m individual medley final and came in 7th place (PB 1:45.32).
Iain Rennie, 10: 8th place in the 50m fly (47.79), 11th in the 50m breast-stroke (1:01.38) and 11th in the 50m freestyle (44.86). Iain swam in 6th place in the 100m individual medley final (PB 1:47.86).
Sam Cross, 11: 7th place in the 100m fly (PB 1:25.25), 10th position in the 100m backstroke (PB 1:23.33), 12th in the 100m breast-stroke (PB 1.39.85) and 9th in the 100m freestyle (PB 1:11.08). In the 200m individual medley final, Sam swam in first place (PB 2:51.53).
Ryan Thorne, 11: 9th place in the 100m fly (PB 1:27.22), 5th position in the 100m backstroke (PB 1:20.76), 16th in the 100m breast-stroke (PB 1.44.66) and 11th in the 100m freestyle (PB 1:13.52). In the 200m individual medley final, Ryan swam in second place (PB 3.02.69).
Ryan Duncan, 12: 8th place in the 100m fly (PB 1:26.72), 9th position in the 100m backstroke (PB 1:23.06), 5th in the 100m breast-stroke (PB 1.33.88) and 7th in the 100m freestyle (PB 1:10.55). In the 200m individual medley final, Ryan swam in first place (PB 2:52.85).
Alice Hall-Thomas, 12: 21st in the 100m fly (PB 1:42.67), 22nd in the 100m backstroke (PB 1:33.09), 36th in the 100m breast-stroke (PB 1.53.15) and 30th in the 100m freestyle (PB 1:25.64). Alice came in 6th place in the 200m individual medley final (PB 3:22.03).
Nicholas Goulden, 13: 5th place in the 100m fly (PB 1:23.27), 11th position in the 100m backstroke (1:23.63), 8th in the 100m breast-stroke (PB 1.34.30) and 6th in the 100m freestyle (PB 1:09.32). In the 200m individual medley final, Nicholas swam in first place (PB 2:52.81).
Andrew Hubbard, 13: 13th place in the 100m fly (PB 1:36.03), 13th position in the 100m backstroke (1:27.73), 9th in the 100m breast-stroke (1.35.85) and 10th in the 100m freestyle (PB 1:12.32). In the 200m individual medley final, Andrrew swam in third place (3:05.79).
Alix Eastham, 14: 2nd place in the 100m fly (PB 1:10.99), 2nd position in the 100m backstroke (PB 1:15.15), 3rd in the 100m breast-stroke (PB 1.27.93) and 5th in the 100m freestyle (PB 1:06.81). In the 200m individual medley final, Alix swam in second place (PB 2:40.65).
Erin Smith, 14: 17th place in the 100m backstroke (PB 1:26.73), 4th in the 100m breast-stroke (PB 1.28.21) and 16th in the 100m freestyle (1:17.38).
Rebecca Barwise-Munro, 16: 1st place in the 100m fly (PB 1:10.02), 1st position in the 100m backstroke (1:12.79) and 1st in the 100m freestyle (PB 1:03.88). In the 200m individual medley final, Rebecca swam in first place (2:36.91).
2010 N&D (county) times were achieved by Sam Cross in the 200m IM and Ryan Thorne in the 100m backstroke.
2009 N&D (county) times were achieved by Sam Cross in the 100m fly, back, breast and front crawl, Ryan Thorne in the 100m fly, front crawl and 200m IM, Ryan Duncan in the 100m breast, front crawl and 200m IM and Connor McDougall in the 50m fly, breast and 100m IM.
A 2010 NER (regional) time was achieved by Alix Eastham in the 200m IM.
2009 NER (regional) times went to Sam Cross in the 100m front crawl and 200m IM and to Ryan Thorne in the 100m backstroke and 200m IM.
Club records went to Sam Cross in the 200m IM Age on the Day category, Alix Eastham in the 100m fly as at 31/12 category, Ben Kelly in the 50m backstroke as at 31/12 and in the 100m IM as at 31/12 and Age on the Day and Connor McDougall in the 50m fly as at 31/12 and Age on the Day.
Head coach, Bill Cunningham, said: "I have never known a day in Alnwick Dolphins' history when so many swimmers gave so much effort time and time again over a long day, doing four swims (either 50m or 100m) in IM order for the 'reward' of then doing either a 100m or 200m IM and knowing that eight swimmers still had to do a medley relay.
"They were all fantastic and the future of the club is in good hands just so long as we can give them and the even younger ones time and room to develop."
It was a brilliant day – the Dolphins landed 76 PBs between the 14 swimmers attending the gala. Four trophies and five medals were won and they came second in the medley relay.
