The final round of Arena League was held last Saturday and once again Long Eatons very young team stepped up and competed brilliantly. With key swimmers missing in both teams swimmers represented their club in a positive and professional manner, racing events in which they were either, competing against much older swimmers or that were not their best events, putting the team first and without complaining, turning that ME truly into a WE. Despite missing swimmers the A team came 3rd on the night and 16th in the league (a full team probably would of won the gala and the club would of finished 11th in the league in doing so) and the B team battled bravely with reports of great team spirit and a superb effort by its young boys in particular.
The dates for next years league are 14/10/2017, 11/7/2017 & 9/12/2017 I hope a years notice is enough for every swimmer in the club to keep these dates free, so we can put out our strongest teams in each round. Being selected to represent your club should be worn like a badge of honor.
