West Norfolk swimmers are top dogs at meeting

West Norfolk Swimming Club scooped trophies for Top Boy (Den Vojevoda), Top Girl (Valeria Soldatihhina) and Top Club for the most points scored at Dereham Leisure Centre.

Vojevoda won gold in the 100m freestyle, 50m breaststroke, 50m fly, 200m IM, 50m freestyle and 100 butterfly and silver in the 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 200 freestyle.

Soldatihhina was victorious across all her races, gaining gold and achieving personal bests throughout.

Among the West Norfolk swimmers were representatives from the Masters squad.

Philip Baxter (48) achieved silver in the over 16s for 200m breaststroke and 50m backstroke and bronze in the 100m backstroke and 200m IM.

He was swimming alongside his son Jack Baxter (9) who won gold in the 50m butterfly and 200m breaststroke and silver in the 50m breaststroke and 200m backstroke.

Other Master swimmers also swimming at the meet with their own children were Will Wakefield (34) with son Freddie (11) who took gold in the 100m butterfly.

Lucy Chadderton was fourth in the over 16s for 200m freestyle whilst daughter Nellie (10) took home silver in the 200m freestyle and 200m IM and bronze in the 50m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 50m and 100m freestyle.

Younger daughter Mabelle (9) bagged bronze in the 50m backstroke.

Masters swimmers Emma Simmonds (50) swam well for fourth in the 100m butterfly and Samuel Rose (20) topped the leaderboard with three golds for the 50m butterfly, 100m & 200m backstroke, silver for the 100m butterfly and 200m IM and bronze in the three freestyle races.

Other outstanding results from the weekend saw Ashton Busby and Arabella Bishop, both 13, achieving 9 medals.

Busby medalled all his races; 5 Golds for 200m, 100m & 50m butterfly, 100m backstroke & 200m freestyle and 4 Silver for 100m & 50m freestyle, 100m breaststroke & 200m IM.

Bishop won silver for 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke and bronze in the 50m and 100m backstroke, 200m IM and 100m butterfly.

Harry Clark and Lexie Foster, both 11, claimed seven medals each, as did Andrej Talapins (12).

Clarke took home three golds for the 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly and 200m breaststroke and four silver in the 50m and 100m breaststroke, 50m backstroke and 200m freestyle.

Talapins’ 50m butterfly and 200m IM races gained him golds along with silver in the 100m breaststroke and backstroke and bronze in the 50m and 100m breaststroke and 50m freestyle.

Erin Lovelock (12) medalled in all her five events, which included her winning gold in the 100m and 200m butterfly.

Other medal winners were David Roczniak (13), Daisy Covell (13), Samuel Liddel (12), Adam Jackson (13) and Joshua Norris (10).