Report by Anne Smyth
We had a strong team of five swimmers representing Vikings at the Manly BPS Meet held at Abbotsleigh Pool in Sydney on Sunday 19 August 2012. The team included Richard Flockart, David Bale, Caroline Makin, Philippa Rickard and Anne Smyth.
The team performed well finishing in 9th place overall in the Point Score, and were pretty happy with their swims with some impressive PB’s swum by a few, despite some rather excessive partying the night before! Anne was feeling the effects after catching up with friends and Caroline and Philippa had a big night celebrating Philippa’s imminent return to the UK and Caroline’s husband’s Scott’s birthday!
Results:
Caroline Makin 40-44
- 200m Backstroke – 3:10.69 – 3rd
- 50m Backstroke – 39.28 – 2nd
- 100m Individual Medley – 1:25.31 – 3rd
Anne Smyth 50-54
- 200m Backstroke – 3:17.44 – 1st
- 50m Butterfly – 40.93 – 2nd
- 100m Individual Medley – 1:29.05 – 2nd
David Bale 35-39
- 100m Butterfly – 1:21.09 – 1st
- 50m Butterfly – 35.39 – 2nd
- 100m Individual Medley – 1:21.84 – 2nd
Richard Flockart 55-59
- 100m Butterfly – 1:24.19 – 1st
- 100m Individual Medley – 1:27.75 – 6th
- 50m Butterfly – 36.24 – 2nd
Philippa Rickard 40-44
- 100m Freestyle – 1:06.50 – 1st
- 50m Butterfly – 32.74 – 1st
- 50m Freestyle – 30.57 – 1st
200m Mixed Medley Relay 160+
David Bale, Philippa Rickard, Caroline Makin, Richard Flockart – 2.35.95 – 1st
In their respective age categories Caroline finished 4th, Anne and David 3rd and Richard 7th. Philippa finished her Australian Tour with a fitting 1st place. That was Philippa’s last Australian meet and it was nice to see her farewelled at the end of the meet by the Sydney Clubs. Well done to all!
Full results are available.
