In the men’s individual competition two Bluefins finished in the top ten places – Spencer Turner in 6th and Dave Davenport in 7th out of 80 men.  In the women’s competition Michelle Matson narrowly missed out on 1st place by 3 points with Amy Cantelo (6th) and Rachel Campbell (8th) also finishing inside the top 10 out of 63 women. 

Only gold was good enough for Dave Davenport – winning 7 races out of 7 and Noreen Wise winning 4 races out of 4!

There were many excellent performances and the entire team rose to the occasion. Some (of many) highlights were:

• The first event, the 200m Freestyle, got the team off to an amazing start with all 12 Bluefins entrants claiming medals!  6 golds, 5 silvers and a bronze earned the team 41 points.
• Brendan Giltinane, 24, broke a meet record in the 100m Butterfly.  Bluefins won a further 4 golds and 1 silver in this event.
• In the relays Bluefins entered 5 teams competing over 3 age groups.  The 72+ years team of Michelle Matson, Aaron Boyd, Brendan Giltinane and Rachel Campbell claimed 2 silver medals with the other teams performing well against tough competition.

Coach Neil was on holiday taking a well deserved break, but still found time to send “motivational” messages to the team via e-mail and text!

Roll of Honour

Michelle Matson:  8 GOLDS (200m Freestyle, 25m Backstroke, 50m Backstroke, 25m Butterfly, 50m Butterfly, 25m Breaststroke, 50m Breaststroke, and100m I.M.) + 4 SILVERS + 1 BRONZE

Dave Davenport: 7 GOLDS (25m Freestyle, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 25m Butterfly, 50m Butterfly and 100m Butterfly)

Rachel Campbell: 4 GOLDS (25m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 25m Butterfly) + 2 SILVERS + 2 BRONZES

Noreen Wise: 4 GOLDS (25m Freestyle, 50m Freestyle, 25m Backstroke and 25m Butterfly)

Joanne Postins: 3 GOLDS (50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle and 200m Freestyle) + 1 SILVER and 1 BRONZE

Eileen Hayward: 3 GOLDS (50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle and 200m Freestyle) + 3 SILVERS

Amy Cantelo: 2 GOLDS (100m Breaststroke and 100m Butterfly) + 5 SILVERS + 1 BRONZE

Brendan Giltinane: 2 GOLDS (50m Butterfly and 100m Butterfly) + 2 SILVERS

Aaron Boyd: 2 GOLDS (25m Breaststroke and 50m Breaststroke) + 1 SILVER

Morris Dick:  2 GOLDS (25m Breaststroke and 50m Breaststroke)

Tony Scott: 1 GOLD (50m Backstroke) + 5 SILVERS

Zoë Sadler: 1 GOLD (100m Butterfly) + 2 SILVERS + 2 BRONZES

Mark Straw: 1 GOLD (100m Butterfly) + 1 SILVER + 4 BRONZES

Brian Boyd: 1 GOLD (200m Freestyle) + 1 SILVER + 2 BRONZES

Colin Dew: 1 GOLD (50m Breaststroke) + 1 SILVER + 3 BRONZES

Jean Hanna: 1 GOLD (50m Butterfly) + 2 BRONZES

Spencer Turner: 7 SILVERS and 3 BRONZES

John Moon: 2 SILVERS and 2 BRONZES

Andy Cackett:  2 SILVERS and 1 BRONZE

Pete Healy: 2 SILVERS and 1 BRONZE

Ken Haines: 1 SILVER and 1 BRONZE

Neil Mitchell: 3 BRONZES

72+ years Medley and Freestyle relay teams (Michelle Matson, Aaron Boyd, Brendan Giltinane and Rachel Campbell) – 2 SILVERS