Beacon’s swimmers travelled to Lewes Leisure Centre last Saturday to compete in a time-capped gala against two teams from Lewes and one from Brighton Dolphins.

Under the rules of a time-capped event, competitors in individual events must not exceed a pre-stated time.  This is designed to encourage clubs to give experience to swimmers who do not gain a regular place in their respective club’s top squads.

Unfortunately for Beacon, only 3 out of 8 individual wins qualified for maximum points as the other 5 were deducted points for being too quick!  The winners were Harrison Keith in the boys 15yrs and under 50m butterfly, Amy Allen in the girls 15yrs and under 50m backstroke and Charlotte Neeley in the girls 13yrs and under 50m breaststroke.

Beacon needed to perform well in the relay events as the time-cap rules did not apply, and this they duly did, winning 11 out of the 17 races.  The best result came from the girls 8 x50m freestyle squadron relay team, consisting of Jasmine Taylor, Izzy Groenen, Rachel Key, Rhianna Field, Stephanie Parsons, Katie Allen, Amy Allen and Izzy Boddy in a time of 4:58:54.

Even with these good results Beacon were only able to finish third with a team from Lewes taking first.

Well done all swimmers
Beacon Swimming Club