A seasonal story by Maurice McCrohan. It was Christmas week and I was feeling ratty.The shopping centres were packed. There was stress and car park rage and not just at Westwood! In my local shopping “[...]“.
Words: Head Coach Alan Turner Images: Brian Whelan.
“…Well done to Andy on this brilliant achievement.
It’s even more remarkable when you consider the previous record stood for 23 years. Ironically it was held by an ex-Aer Lingus swimmer, Ken Turner. Andy set the new time by swimming the race in a negative split (the second 400m was faster than the first 400m). Andy’s time was an impressive 8 mins plus he broke the record during an early-morning event, never an easy thing to do.
Well done to all our swimmers who took part in the last short course meet of the season, roll-on the long course season!…”
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