<p>Worthing Swimming Club Press Release 16/06/2014:</p><p>Attached photo: Holly Stoner (Girls Under 14 Individual Medley Winner)</p><p>“Worthing faced stiff competition in rother league round 2 ” ======</p><p>On Saturday 14th June 2014, 29 Worthing swimmers headed to Godalming for the 2nd round of this Year’s Rother League. There is a new structure for Rother League in 2014, with a new, East / West Division. The 2nd Gala was the West Division in a relay format involving Worthing, Godalming, Wey Valley, Farnham and Leatherhead. </p><p>Worthing made a solid start in the 2 swimmer relays, with mixed results in the first 16 races, including 5 race wins placing us 2nd overall, just 2 points ahead of Godalming in 3rd. This Gala is a mix of relays, with some being 2 swimmers in each race as well as traditional 4 swimmer relays. </p><p>The 1st wave of 4 swimmer relays saw Worthing drop to 3rd place, just 5 points behind Godalming, with leaders Leatherhead some way ahead. Godalming and Worthing were swapping places regularly throughout the evening and just 4 races later, we were back in 2nd place. </p><p>There are only 2 individual races in this gala, with the under 14’s swimming individual medley’s. Holly Stoner was 1st in the girls race picking up an award for her efforts. </p><p>With 11 races to go, Worthing were still in 2nd place, but with Godalming just 7 points behind. </p><p>The final results were as follows : 1st Leatherhead 203, 2nd Godalming 167, 3rd Worthing 160, 4th Wey Valley 137, 5th Farnham 87 </p><p>Race winners were as follows : </p><p>Ben Curtis & Ellis Bubb - Open 2 * 50m Breaststroke, Daisy Hazeldine & Michelle Hepworth - Under 16 - 2 * 50m Butterfly, Ben Curtis & Archy Burnell – Under 16 - 2 * 50m Butterfly, Ellis Bubb & Jacob Nash – Open - 2 * 50m Freestyle, Elliot Parkman & Ben Curtis - Under 16 - 2 * 50m Backstroke, Holly Stoner Under 14 Individual Medley, Michelle Hepworth & Daisy Hazeldine – Under 16 – 2 * 50m Freestyle, Katie O’Hara & Talisa-Mae Marsh – Under 14 – 2 * 25m Butterfly. </p><p>Squad in Full: Rosie Windslow, Caitlin Silk, Grace Byford, Maisie Standen, Maisie Perry, Thomas Day, Ben Bolton, Joshua Coulson, Matthew MacDonald, Katie O’Hara, Talisa-Mae Marsh, Isobel Gee, Holly Stoner, Oscar Silk, Lucas Bubb, Tim Hartnell, Michelle Hepworth, Annah Bowles, Lauren McIlrath, Hannah Dunn-Coleman, Rebecca Dunn-Coleman, Daisy Hazeldine, Petrina Marsh, Elliott Parkman, Archy Burnell, Ben Curtis, Ellis Bubb, Jacob Nash, Joshua Urben. </p><p>======Matthew Laker Media Secretary Worthing Swimming Club Website: www.worthingswimmingclub.org</p>