Yorkshire Senior/Juniors 2009
Local student Dale Waterhouse who has swam for Rotherham Metro for 10 years achieved brilliant results in the Yorkshire Senior/Junior event at the John Charles Pool in Leeds on the 7th and 8th of February.
Dale, aged 17, won a silver medal in the 100 metre Breaststroke with a time of 1.11.16 and silver in the 200 metres Breast with a time of 2.37.77. He also achieved a national time of 25.48 in the 50 metres Freestyle, narrowly missing his 100 Freestyle national time. His brother Aaron aged 15 was the Junior Bronze winner of the 50 metres Fly with a time of 29.85. Alistair Crawford, aged 23, won gold in the 50 metres Fly in a time of 25.62 and a further gold in the 50 metres Freestyle with a time of 23.95. All the club's swimmers performed well despite their training being disrupted, due to the bad weather in the previous week. The Mens 200 freestyle team came 2nd with a time of 1.40.96, taking part were Dale, Alistair, Andy Butterfield and Steve Millican. The team also came 2nd in the 200 IM team with a time of 1.54.23, with Simon Worne replacing Steve Millican.
Other finalists were Simon Worne, Daniel Mclean, Andy Butterfield, Ben Bainbridge, Tom Nelson, Claire Short and Charlotte Pearson.
