Le Noury tops the pile as Barracudas excel
THERE were over 1,600 entries in this year's annual postal swim, staged by the British Long Distance Swimming Association.
THERE were over 1,600 entries in this year's annual postal swim, staged by the British Long Distance Swimming Association.
The event attracts swimmers from around the world where swimmers aim to swim as far as possible in one hour in their 'home pool'.
The Barracudas excelled, winning no fewer than 12 gold, seven silver and five bronze medals.
A superb gold medal winning performance came from distance specialist Jonathon Le Noury (pictured), who covered the longest distance overall for the men with his swim of 4,935m in the 20-24 year age group.
The women's longest distance went to Melissa Clapperton of the Manchester Tri Club.
Le Noury was joined by Matthew Allen and Joshua Lewis, who went on to take the open team gold for the Barracudas with a distance of 14,125m.
Allen placed third in his age group to also win an individual bronze.
Fellow Island Games distance swimmer Ross Yeates also secured gold in the 25-29 age group with a distance of 4,515m, with Ian Hubert taking silver.
Yeates and Hubert were joined by Marcus O'Neill to take the team gold in their age group, completing 12,550m.
