This was the first meet of the new season for the swimmers and represented an excellent opportunity to gauge how well their training had gone during the summer break.

In the 11-and-under boys' category, Ross Geddes was on top form setting personal best times in all his events. He came first in the 50m backstroke, winning in a time of 40.49 after a good fight with Fraser Reid from Carnegie and in the 50m breaststroke Ross secured a bronze medal. In the 100 butterfly, Ross was seeded first but he needed to swim a six second personal best in order to secure a 'speeding ticket'.

This meant that although Ross had achieved the fastest time in his age group, the 1.23.09 was too fast!

For his success, Ross was presented with a marble plaque. In the final of the 100m backstroke Ross was never out of contention but was unlucky to lose third place on the touch while in the 100m breaststroke he swam two seconds faster in the final than he had in the heat, winning a silver medal in a time of 1.40.95.

Competing in the 11-years girls' age group, both Sahala Larnyoh and Hannah Milne secured finalist positions. Sahala came home sixth in the 100m backstroke, setting a new personal best time in the heats while, in the 100m freestyle, Sahala came fourth in a time of 1.15.94. This was a four second personal best.



Sahala also improved her time in the 100m breaststroke by five seconds. Hannah won a silver medal in the 50m butterfly and a 'speeding ticket' in the 50m backstroke, while in the 100m butterfly she recorded a three second personal best. She finished off the gala by securing a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke.

Scott Newell, swimming in the 12/13 age group, set personal best times in the 50m breaststroke and 100m butterfly. Indeed, in the 100m butterfly, Scott took eight seconds off his entry time and finished in eighth position. Scott was also seventh in the 50m butterfly and 10th in the 50m backstroke.

In the 14-and-over age groups, St Thomas was represented by Jason Bedford, Laura Milne, Beth Harrison, Lucy Cuthbert and Jemma Beedie. Jason won gold in the 100m individual medley, improving on his entry time by a massive 12 seconds and he was second in the 100m breaststroke. He also set a new personal best in the 100m freestyle.

Laura Milne won gold medals in the 50m breaststroke, 50m backstroke and 100m butterfly and set personal bests in the 50m freestyle and 100m backstroke securing sixth and second places respectively. She was also awarded a marble plaque for swimming too fast in the 100m individual medley and came fifth in the 50m butterfly.

Beth Harrison came third in the 50m backstroke and set personal best times in the 50m butterfly, 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly. Her 100m butterfly swim was a seven second improvement and although Beth was extremely nervous beforehand, she swam superbly to come home 10th overall.

Jemma won golds in the 100m backstroke and 50m freestyle in new personal best times and in the 50m backstroke, She also received a 'speeding ticket'. In the 100m freestyle she shared the podium with team-mate Lucy Cuthbert; with Jemma in silver medal position and Lucy in bronze. Lucy also secured a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke and won gold in the 100m individual medley in a time of 1.20.84 which represented an improvement of three seconds. In the 50m backstroke, Lucy secured seventh place.