Breifne Swim Club played host to Limavady for their third Aquasprint Gala of the season on Saturday 18 February, in the Leisure Centre in Cavan.
Once the warm up was over, both sides were eager to get started. Medley Relays were up first with both teams taking two relays each. The Group B and Group C brought victory to Breifne while the Group A and Group D succeeded for Limavady.
The first individual event was the backstroke and the Breifne side took six first place finishes, with the Group B boys taking both first and second place. This secured Breifne a lead of ten points, bringing the score to Breifne 65 points and Limavady 55 points.
The next event was Breaststroke and Breifne took four first place finishes with the Group B girls and Group C girls taking both first and second place. Breifne were still ten points ahead with the scores now at Breifne 105 and Limavady 95 points.
The third individual event of the evening was Butterfly. Here Breifne only managed three first place finishes with Group B girls, Group C girls and Group C boys. This allowed Limavady to gain an advantage, overtaking Breifne by two points. At this point scores are now Breifne 139 points, Limavady 141 points.
The final individual event of the evening was the Freestyle. Breifne took two first place finishes with the Group B boys taking first and second place and Group C boys taking first place. Limavady stretched their lead by six points going into the Freestyle Relays.
The final event of the evening is always great cause for excitement and this gala was no exception. Again each team took two relay events each, with the Group B and Group C claiming victory once again for Breifne. At the close of the gala Limavady were six points ahead.
Final scores Breifne 177 points and Limavady 183 points.
The Breifne Aquasprint team have their next gala in Cookstown on 8 April.