Neves, 10, continues her record-breaking ways

TEN-YEAR-OLD Kristina Neves continues to rewrite the record books in Guernsey swimming. Winning all five of the events in the 11-and-under age group, she set new records in all of them in the Guernsey Swimming Club's Porpoise Gala.

In the 50m butterfly, Neves erased a mark that had stood since 1981. The previous joint holder, Andrea Luscombe, now has her own children in the swimming club.

Neves was a clear winner in all five events, with Alex Butt collecting the silver medal every time.

Bronze were shared, with Anna Moore showing excellent strength and improvement to win it in the 50m butterfly.

Courtney Chapman collected two in the 100m individual medley and the 50m breaststroke. Leah Winberg and India Lanyon won one apiece in the freestyle and backstroke respectively.

Neves' outstanding swims in the Maubrook Jewellers Ltd-sponsored event saw her collect the Lee Trophy for best performance of the gala and the Alice Collins Trophy for best in her age group.

In the boys' 10-11-year-old age group, honours were shared.

Marco Petralia was first in the freestyle and his preferred event of butterfly.

Jay Mason won the backstroke, breaststroke and IM, which saw the pair battling it out, with the lead changing throughout the race.

In winning that gold, Mason accumulated enough points to claim the Butt Trophy.

There were strong performances in this age group from William Kaines and Alexander Batiste, who was a year younger than his main rivals.

The eight-to-nine-year-old boys saw another battle for points to win the Brunswick Trophy.

Callum Penney secured the overall win with gold medals in the breaststroke, backstroke and IM events while Louis Falla won the butterfly and freestyle.

There were 19 entrants in this age group and those winning medals behind Falla and Penney were Brett Hewlett in the freestyle, butterfly and IM, Harry Bushby in the breaststroke and Lewis Winberg in the backstroke.

The standard of swimming technique displayed in the girls' eight-to-nine age group was of a very high standard. This is a reflection of the coaching and teaching given by the volunteers from the GSC.

Annabelle Goubert recorded the only other record of the meet in winning the 100m IM.

That first place, along with gold in the breaststroke, silver in the freestyle and bronzes in the backstroke and butterfly, gave her enough points to win the Boram Trophy.

Katie Marquand won the 50m backstroke by more than a second from Shannon Gavey.

The 25m butterfly was a very close affair, with the first four girls all touching the wall in less than a second of each other. Georgette Fletcher was the winner with Marquand taking silver.

Fletcher also claimed the honours in another extremely close finish in the 50m freestyle. She touched first in 39.10, Goubert second in 39.29 and Gavey third in 39.39.

Eight-year-old Georgina Tapp had an excellent gala, showing great potential with her technique.

She was rewarded with the bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke.

In the seven-and-under girls, Lana Mason completed a clean sweep, winning the 25m backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle and thereby the Norbrees Trophy.

Those who won medals behind her were Chloe Montgomery and Isabelle Gaudion.

The Tiverton Trophy for the overall winner in the boys seven and under went to Jonty Carnachan who won the backstroke and the freestyle.

Liam Lanyon, who won two silver medals, was runner-up. Peter Holmes took the bronze in the freestyle and Sam Ferry the bronze in the backstroke.

Along with action in Beau Sejour's main 25m pool, there were also races in the smaller one.

All races were swum over one length of the pool equating to 10 metres.

Judging was strict, with anyone putting his or her feet on the bottom of the pool disqualified. Bethany Ferry was the winner of the Collingwood Trophy for girls under five with Alex Tapp winning the boys' equivalent age group.

Yasmin Lesbirel won the Norman Trophy for girls six and over and Joe Wilson the Kneebone Trophy, the boys' equivalent.

Maisie Andrews was the winner of the Curr Cup, a trophy that was almost as big as the young recipient.

The cup has a long history within the GSC and dates back to swimming in the Vallette bathing pools. It is awarded to the youngest swimmer to swim 10 metres legally.

* THE Annual Junior Meet will be held at Beau Sejour tomorrow.