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TOM HOLLINGSWORTH showed no signs of a Commonwealth Games hangover as he took nine open titles at this year's Guernsey Electricity Island Championships.

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TOM HOLLINGSWORTH showed no signs of a Commonwealth Games hangover as he took nine open titles at this year's Guernsey Electricity Island Championships. He set new championship records in the 100m individual medley, 100m backstroke and 200m butterfly, despite being slightly outside his personal best times.

In total, Beau Sejour Barracudas broke 26 records and the Guernsey Swimming Club played their part, winning 39 gold, 39 silver and 34 bronze medals.

Out of the 34 fastest swim trophies to be won, 15 were claimed by three of the senior GSC swimmers, Ben Lowndes, Christine Hume and Jo Laine.

Hume took clean sweeps in the breaststroke and the individual medley, winning all three distances.

Nearest rival Laine took four trophies, claiming the 400m freestyle by an impressive 13 seconds.

Robyn Le Friec won four titles and dominated the butterfly to become island champion in all three distances.

She set a new mark in the 50m of 30.78sec. and the 100m with 1-07.19. She also won the 200m freestyle with an excellent swim, more than two seconds inside her previous best.

Lowndes set new age group records in the 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle en route to his five trophies.

His other titles came courtesy of the 100m and 200m freestyle and the 50m breaststroke.

Hannah Lamb sprinted her way to become women's champion in 100m and 50m freestyle, recording 1.02.56 and 28.68 respectively. Her time in the 100m was a lifetime best.

Jonathon Le Noury became island champion in the 400m freestyle, with Masters swimmer Chris Adkins winning the 200m backstroke.

Luke Winberg was awarded the GSC Perpetual trophy for his 10 new age group records he set in the 9-10 year age group, while Ellie Ogier won the Guernsey Electricity Trophy for the most points accumulated without a win.

Twelve-year-old Victoria Parfit broke nine records in the 11/12 age group, eight of which were previously held by Gail Strobridge, and won 13 events in completely dominating the group.

Because of this she was awarded the GSC Perpetual trophy for best female performance of the championships. She also received the junior championship trophy for the 100m individual medley.

Kristina Neves stole the show in the 9/10 age group, winning eight events, including an amazing seven records.

In the 200m freestyle and 200m individual medley she slashed 13 seconds from the existing records.

In the same age group Lotte Parfit set new championship records in the 100m and 200m breaststroke and 100m backstroke, her time in the backstroke being eight seconds inside her previous best time.

Two other GSC swimmers set new age group records.

Matt Butt was the clear winner in the 10-14 year old 200m butterfly beating his nearest rival by 19 seconds.

Nicole Hewlett, swimming in the 9-10 year old age group, set a new record for the 50m breaststroke.

In the 13/14 age group Gemma Nicolle stormed to victory in nine events out of the 15 she contested.

In the 12 years age group David Hall won eight gold medals and won all the freestyle and backstroke events, as well as the 200m individual medley and 50m butterfly.

Jeremy Osborne placed first in seven events in the 15/16 age group, namely the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle, 50m butterfly, 200m individual medley and 50m and 100m breaststroke.

In the same group, Alexander Beaton won the 50m and 100m backstroke and the 100m butterfly.

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