Arena League Round 1
Kay Hamilton
St Ives Swimming Club participated in the first round of the Arena National Swimming League on Saturday 12 October at Dereham in Norfolk. It was a tough first round of competition with St Ives, Dereham, Norwich, Lowestoft and Oulton Broad and Wisbech Swimming Clubs battling hard throughout. At the end of the competition Dereham were the outright victors with 178 points, 8 points separated 2nd to 4th with Norwich 0n 154, Lowestoft and Oulton on 149, St Ives on 146 and Wisbech in 5th with 121 points. A close fought competition throughout with the 3 middle positions changing a host of times as the event progressed throughout the night. St Ives Claiming 12 first places, 8 second places and 8 3rd places from the 50 events swum.