Swindon Dolphin fly out to European Masters Championships 2007

Dolphins
will be among 100 British swimmers, synchronised swimmers and divers who compete for
honours in Kranj from 28 August to 2 September at the biggest sports extravaganza
ever held in

Slovenia

. Over 10,500 individual entries were received by the organisers for the 14 different
age groups.
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Andi Manley & Jon Audis – Defending 2005 European
Masters Titles

Chief
Coach
Andi
Manley heads up the group of Nigel
Masters, John
Drake, Jon
Audis, Steve
Cryer and Chris
Jones and with five
Dolphins named in the top three for their age group and event in the current FINA
Masters World Rankings, they have high
hopes of returning with their largest ever medal haul in international masters championships.

Jones (25)
in the 100m breaststroke, and Audis (26) in
the 50m and 100m backstroke are now both ranked number one in the world in the 25-29
year age group.

Manley has
a world ranking of two in the men’s 100m freestyle event in his age group and Cryer is
number two in the world in the men’s 200m breaststroke (40-44 years).  Nigel
Masters (36) is ranked three in the men’s 200m breaststroke in the 35-39
year age group.

Defending
titles from the 2005 European Masters Championships are Audis in
the 200m backstroke and 200m IM, Manley in
the 100m and 200m freestyle and the Men’s 4x50m medley
relay.

Swindon
Dolphin will be competing in the following events and you can keep track of the results
at www.emc2007.com

Andi

Manley: –
50m, 100m, 200m freestyle, 100m fly, 200m IM

(30-34
years)

Nigel
Masters: –
50m, 100m, 200m breaststroke, 200m IM

(35-39
years)

John
Drake: – 100m,
200m fly

(30-34
years)

Jon
Audis: –
50m, 100m, 200m backstroke, 100m fly, 200m IM

(25-29
years)

Steve
Cryer: –
50m, 100m, 200m breaststroke

(40-44
years)

Chris
Jones: – 50m,
100m, 200m breaststroke, 200m IM, 100m freestyle

(25-29
years)

Dolphin also
compete in the 4x50m freestyle and 4x50m medley relays

Source:
Swindon Dolphin Press Team