Breifne Swim Club had their second Aquasprint Gala of the season on Saturday 11 February 2017, when they played host to Larne Swimming Club in the Leisure Complex in Cavan.

Once the team photos and warm up were complete, the young swimmers were ready to hit the water and commence the gala.

The first four events were the Medley Relays, which consist of a team of four swimmers, swimming each stroke, the backstroke, followed by the breaststroke, followed by the butterfly and finishing with the freestyle.  The Breifne swimmers got off to an incredible start by winning all four of the Relay events and starting the gala with an incredible lead of 16 points.

After the Medley Relays comes the individual events and first up was the backstroke.  With the Breifne swimmers excited by their relay success, they were keen to continue this winning streak.  The Girls Group A finished in first and second place along with the Boys in Groups B and C.  Along with two other first place finishes, saw Breifne stretch their lead by 32 points.

The next event was the breaststroke and again the Breifne swimmers didn’t disappoint.  They took an incredible 4 first and second place finishes by the Boys Group A, Boys Group B, Girls Group C and Boys Group C.  With another first place finish in this event, the Breifne lead was extended by 46 points.

The butterfly event saw the Breifne team take another 3 first and second place finishes by the Group A Boys, Group B Boys and Group C boys.  The two sides were now divided by 60 points.

The final individual event was the freestyle.  Again the Breifne side excelled themselves, by taking 4 more first and second place finishes.  The winning groups here were the Girls Group A, Boys Group B, Boys Group C and Girls Group D.  There was one other first place finish, securing Breifne with a massive lead of 78 points going into the final event, which was the Freestyle Relays.

The Freestyle Relay events always cause great excitement and this evening was no different.  The Breifne side were fired up and ready to go.  They comfortably won the first three relays races and just lost the fourth by over a second.

A great evening of swimming and the final score was Breifne 243 points and Larne 157 points.

The Breifne Aquasprint team are swimming again on Saturday 18 February, when they will play host to Limavady Swimming Club in the Leisure Complex in Cavan