Star man Hubert flying high

WITH more than 250 swimmers from 11 UK and Channel Island clubs, the Beau Sejour Barracudas contingent of 32 swimmers enjoyed a string of successes at the AIB Tigers Open Swim Meet staged in Jersey and returned with a host of medals and personal best times.

The event, staged at Les Quennevais Sports Centre, provided early season competition on the doorstep and gave swimmers the opportunity to see how their preparations were going in readiness for forthcoming major competition.

Many had their sights set on securing Hampshire County qualifying times - one of the first events in the 2010 swimming calendar.

Man of the match was undoubtedly Island Games medallist Ian Hubert, who dominated the butterfly events in the senior age group winning gold in the 50, 100 and 200 fly, producing a personal best in the 50m distance of 26.72sec.

Ranked first in the 50 and 100 freestyle events, he won the shorter distance in a time of 24.60 ahead of Llantrisant's Ellis Davis, but after having put everything into the 200 butterfly and with little recovery time before the 100 freestyle, he was unable to hold on to his first place ranking with Davis and Tiger's Tom Gallichan pushing him into third place.

Showing early season promise, 11-year-old Chloe Tostevin and 13-year-old Miles Munro both received best girl and best boy award in their respective age groups for their performances in the 50 butterfly and 400 freestyle respectively, based on the highest scoring GB points in those events.

Tostevin also claimed gold in the 50 butterfly and 100 breaststroke in addition to four silver and a bronze to add to her outstanding performance.