Wow! The Somerset Cheetas have done it again with an apsolutely stunning performance in the Western Premiership
final held at Millfield.
The Cheetas finished a fantastic second place to Plymouth A, beating other great teams like Millfield, Cardiff 'A'
and Bournmouth.
Cheetas, seeded fourth for the finals, showed their intent by winning the very first event, The Ladies’ Open
Individual Medley, going on to achieve eleven further victories and twelve second places throughout the fifty
event final, which they even led at the halfway point.
“The team were outstanding”, proclaimed Zoe Baker, Cheetas Head Coach, “almost every swim was a personal best
time, there were no last place finishes or disqualifications and without doubt, Cheetas had the best support
of the eight teams taking part”.
First place finishes on the night came from the 10-11yr Boys Individual 50M Backstroke, Individual 50M Butterfly
& Medley Relay; 10-11yr Girls Individual 50M Butterfly; 13&U Girls Individual 100M Breaststroke; 13&U Boys
Individual 100M Breaststroke & Individual 100M Freestyle; 15&U Girls Individual 100M Butterfly & Freestyle
Relay; Ladies’ Open Individual Medley & Open Individual 100M Backstroke and the Men’s Open Individual 100M
Breaststroke.
This performance has placed the Somerset Cheetas in the Arena 2011 National A final, which will be held at
Sheffield's Ponds Forge on Sunday the 17th of April 2011. The Cheetas now ranked 4th in the country will swim
against the best. Here is the draw:
Lane 0 City of Coventry West Midlands
Lane 1 City of Leeds North East
Lane 2 Preston North West
Lane 3 Ealing London
Lane 4 Plymouth Western
Lane 5 Hatfield London
Lane 6 Cheetas Western
Lane 7 Stockport Metro North West
Lane 8 Guildford City South
Lane 9 Lincoln Vulcans East Midlands
The CHEETAS performance squad is made up of Street & District and Chard & District Swimming Clubs. We officially begin
working to together from August 23rd 2010.
Zoe Baker is the head coach of both the Street and Chard club programmes and operates a “mirror programme” at both
facilities. Zoe delivers the same programme and swim sessions at both clubs and provides the same opportunities for
everyone. Adam Parfit is assistant coach and leads the age group development squad twice a week.
Our new club has a separate committee (50% Chard and 50% Street) and operates as a combined team at the National Arena
League each year (October to December) along with combined training sessions operating at Millfield 50m Pool. Top up hours are available to swimmers using both clubs facilities.
CHEETAS performance swimmers are Regional and National level swimmers and swim under the CHEETAS squad at all these
competitions, along with selected Level 1 meets. Swimmers will represent their home club the rest of the time.
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