Leeds Victorious in Arena Junior Inter-League Competition

Yes­ter­day, City of Leeds stomped to vic­to­ry in the Are­na Junior Inter-League Final for the first time in their history. 

After set­ting off in decid­ed­ly chilly con­di­tions, which pre­vent­ed City of New­cas­tle trav­el­ling, the team and sup­port­ers arrived at the Inter­na­tion­al Pool in Cor­by for the final. 

After the for­mal­i­ties were com­plet­ed, the swim­ming start­ed and City of Leeds got off to their now tra­di­tion­al strong start, win­ning the first four events to take an ear­ly lead. City of Leeds were instant­ly pegged back and the com­pe­ti­tion began to hot up. At the first points check City of Leeds held a slen­der 20 point lead over near­est rivals Hilling­don Bor­ough with City of Liv­er­pool close in 3^rd. The com­pe­ti­tion con­tin­ued with teams trad­ing race vic­to­ries and fight­ing hard for every point. By the half way stage City of Leeds had extend­ed their lead to 43 points with Hilling­don and Liv­er­pool tied in 2^nd place. 

City of Leeds were nev­er to lose this lead and ran out even­tu­al win­ners with 16 race vic­to­ries and 39 fin­ish­es in the top 3 positions. 

City of Leeds vic­to­ry was the prod­uct of an excel­lent team per­for­mance and out­stand­ing sup­port, with our colour­ful and vocal sup­port­ers cheer­ing the team all the way. 

Kiani Camp­bell-Grady and Liam Bir­rell won best in age group awards and Liam Bir­rell picked up the top over­all boy trophy. 

Well done to swim­mers, coach­es and sup­port­ers for a fan­tas­tic event and an out­stand­ing victory. 

Pro­fes­sion­al pho­tos tak­en at the event are avail­able to pur­chase at pho​to​box​gallery​.com/​j​u​n​i​o​r​i​n​t​e​r​f​inals. Note the pass­words for the ​‘Pre­sen­ta­tions’ and ​‘Are­na Junior Inter League Finals’ gal­leries are ​‘pre­sent­fi­nal’ and ​‘sw1mfinal’ respectively.