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Caraline stars at Reading
4:49pm Wednesday 3rd October 2001
Members of the Sharks Swimming Club from at the Eric Liddell Sports Centre returned from the Reading National Championships with a superb haul of individual and relay medals.
Among those taking part was Mottingham's Caraline Thompson.
She won a super double gold in the 50 metres breaststroke and backstroke races, plus a bronze in the medley relay.
Another Mottingham girl, Kate Sheridan, won an excellent hat-trick of silver medals in the 50 and 100 metres backstroke finals and the 50m freestyle, plus a bronze in the medley relay.
Jason Hills, from Beckenham, was another to win double gold with great swims in the 50m backstroke and freestyle, in addition to winning bronze in the medley and freestyle relays.
Chislehurst's Laura Mit-chell was another to stand proudly on top of the podium after winning gold in the 50 freestyle, as well as a bronze in the 100m breaststroke.
Grove Park's Billy Morgan is a prolific medal-winner in these type of galas and he came away with three bronzes in the 50m backstroke, plus medley and freestyle relays.
The Sharks Swimming Club caters for people with all forms of disability or learning difficulty and meets for training at the Eric Liddell Sports Centre, in Mottingham, on Mondays evenings. If you are interested in joining, call coach Kay Instrell on 020 8857 3854 for more details.
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