Andover Swimming and Water Polo Club held its first ever 50m swimming gala which attracted so many of club swimmers that the event had to be run over two sessions recently.

Heats were categorised by age and gender in freestyle, butterfly, backstoke and breaststroke in U12, U14, U16 and an open group for all others which generated a total of 32 races over the weekend. To make the races more competitive heats were compiled by using previous ‘personal best’ times which ensured that nearly every heat ended in a very close finish. Sixty eight members swam in the races, meaning that 218 lanes were used in total and the top six in each race received medals.

The club currently have vacancies for younger members between ages six and eight for children who can swim or would like to learn and compete.

Contact asc.swimschool @gmail.com.