15 November 2010

City of Leeds’ strength in depth shines through in the sec­ond round of the North East Are­na Swim­ming League. 

On Sat­ur­day 13th Novem­ber the 8 teams from the North East of Eng­land assem­bled at the John Charles Cen­tre for Sport, Leeds, to com­pete in round 2 of the Nation­al Are­na Swim­ming League. 

Despite City of Leeds win­ning 6 of the first 10 events, the ear­ly lead­ers were once again Sheffield ​‘A’ team, with a slen­der 1 point lead after 10 events. After 18 events City of Leeds ​‘A’ had surged into an 8 point lead which they were nev­er to relin­quish. Win­ning 29 events and plac­ing in the top 3 posi­tions in 46 out of 50 events City of Leeds ​‘A’ even­tu­al­ly fin­ished 43 point ahead of clos­et rivals Sheffield ​‘A’. City of Leeds ​‘B’ team picked up their per­for­mance in round 2 and despite not win­ning any events fin­ished com­fort­ably in 3rd place, pick­ing up 2 places from the pre­vi­ous round, a fan­tas­tic performance. 

Round 1

  1. City of Leeds ​‘A’ 349
  2. City of Sheffield ​‘A’ 295
  3. Don­cast­er Dartes 260
  4. Har­ro­gate & Dis­trict 247
  5. City of Leeds ​‘B’ 238
  6. Gateshead & Wick­ham 157
  7. City of Sheffield ​‘B’ 125
  8. Tynemouth 124

Round 2

  1. City of Leeds ​‘A’ 366
  2. City of Sheffield ​‘A’ 329
  3. City of Leeds ​‘B’ 252
  4. Don­cast­er 212
  5. Har­ro­gate 205
  6. City of Sheffield ​‘B’ 166
  7. Gateshead & Wick­ham 142
  8. Tynemouth 130

Well done to every­one involved.