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Mar 3rd

City Make History at the Surrey County Championships …

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On Sunday 1 March at Crystal Palace the Surrey County Championships ended with Guildford City accomplishing an historic feat thought to never having been achieved before. On this final day at the relay gala, there were fourteen events in total with City literally sweeping all fourteen victories. One after the other the gold medals went to the City contingent who clearly demonstrated their immense strength in depth in race after race.

“This was truly an awesome team performance” stated Chief Coach Richard Garfield. “We are incredibly proud of the swimmers and their Coaches for this superb showing. I’ve been attending the Surreys for 26 years and I’ve never witnessed anything like it.”

Guildford won the Top Club award for the 12th consecutive year outdistancing second place Dulwich Dolphins by 1834 points.

Final Age Group Points

1. Guildford City 2533
2. Dulwich Dolphins 699
3. Kingston Royals 468.5
4. Woking 468

The Top of the Medal Table

TEAM GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL
Guildford City 115 95 78 288
Dulwich Dolphins 27 27 27 81
Woking 20 25 26 71
Sutton & Cheam 16 10 9 35
Kingston Royals 11 13 16 40

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