Blog 966: Neils long swim

I received this report from Graham Meadows on his sons race at Coniston water. I know alot of you do other events and are very good at them so if it is swimming related (open water, Tri etc) please send me a report and I will post it on here, we as a club are proud of all our members achievements.

On Sunday 17 July Neil entered his first long (ie. over 3 k) swim-the Coniston Senior Championship over the 5.5 mile course from top to bottom of Coniston.Aiming for a time of sub two and three quarter hours, Neil finished in 2 hrs and 28mins to take 3rd place out of 19 starters in the Mens category and to also receive the coveted Arthur Ayres trophy "for endeavour".Also his time automatically qualified him for entry in the 10.5 mile Winderemere BLDSA event next year.

It was gratifying to have 5 LESC entrants in the Midlands Open Water championships at Bosworth Water on 10 July.