Neves breaks own club all-time record in 100m IM

THE first of the Guernsey Swimming Club's 100m championships saw Kristina Neves set a new club all-time record in the 11-and-under age group. Neves's individual medley time of 1min. 16.23sec. erased nine seconds off the previous championship best set by Elizabeth Falla in 1999.

The GSC all-time record was Neves's own set in 2006, which was improved on by a further second. Courtney Chapman collected the silver behind Neves with Alex Butt winning the bronze.

In the 12-13-year-old girls' event, 0.18sec. separated the gold and silver medallists.

Sophie Lythgoe finished first in 1-21.93 from Ellie Ogier, who clocked 1-22.11. Nicole Hewlett won the bronze in 1-25.45.

The battle in the 14-15-year-old girls was for the silver and bronze medals as Amelia Ingrouille took second in 1-23.73 and Haylie Mahieu came home third just 0.24sec. further back.

Heather Chapman was a clear winner in 1-16.49.

Christine Hume pulled ahead of the field during the breaststroke leg to win the 16-and-over event in a time of 1-13.37. Alison Cann claimed the silver.

With a new swim calendar year beginning, competitors saw themselves against newcomers in their age groups.

Nine swimmers competed in the 11-and-under boys' age group, but only four survived the scrutiny of the judges.

The first leg of the individual medley - the butterfly - saw four of the disqualifications.

Jay Mason won gold less than a second ahead of Marco Petralia with Alexander Batiste collecting the bronze.

Luke Winberg moved out of the 11-and-unders into the 12-13 age group and won gold ahead of James Hewlett.

Daniel Brittain fought off Pierce Gregory, another swimmer moving up an age group, to secure the bronze.

Matt Butt continues to shine and won the event by a comfortable margin from second-placed Stewart Hume.

An under-par Adam Norman swam three seconds outside his personal best but managed to win the bronze.

There were no surprises in the 16-and-over boys with Ben Lowndes continuing to produce good swims in the run-up to the Island Games.

He won the event five seconds ahead of Craig Angell with Martin Chapman taking the bronze.

Results below