FIVE Tavistock swimmers took control of the boys' open events at the Carn Brea Open Meet. It started with an impressive gold for Mark Hennessey and silver for Richard Freedman in the 100m backstroke.
Chris Ralph followed in the 200m breaststroke to take bronze. James Lake paced his 100m fly superbly to take gold. Mathew Lake took silver in the 100m breaststroke just touching out Mark who took bronze.
The 50m freestyle gave James his second gold and Mark a second silver and the 100m freestyle was taken by Mark for his second gold.
The final event of the day, the 100m IM, was spearheaded by the Tavistock boys. It saw a battle between James and Mark, James just touching for gold, Mark the silver and Mathew taking bronze. A great result to finish a tough day of swimming dominated by Tavistock Swimming Clubs senior boys.
At the Coventry Sprint Open Meet, Mark Hennessey went to fly the flag for Tavistock. Some great results in the individual rounds qualified Mark into the top eight for the final 100m IM event. At only 16 years old he achieved a superb second overall place against top quality opposition.
LEFT: Head coach Paul Chinn with swimmers Richard Freedman, Mark Hennessey, James Lake, Matthew Lake and Chris Ralph.