In the latest round of the Spring Minor Gala Competition held at Hucknall Leisure Centre on January 29th, Falcon faced a stern test of their credentials as they came up against strong opposition in Leander A, Calverton and Bingham A and Sherwood. The locals got off to cracking start with some impressive swims and by the half way mark found themselves lying in second place behind leaders Leander A and with a four point advantage over third placed Calverton and Bingham. It was evident as the races went by, that second place was going to be difficult to hang onto as both Leander and Calverton's swimmers turned in some fantastic swims. Falcon's younsters gave their all, right down to the final race, but it proved not to be good enough on the night and were finally edged into third place overall,a result which should secure Falcon's place in the 'A' Final which takes place at the end of March.

Victories on the night were achieved by Megan Geoghegan in the 13 & under 50m Backstroke, Kirsten Gilding in the 12 & under 50m Breaststroke and Amelia Sale in the 11 & under 50m Butterfly for the girls. For the boys the only individual success was Prentice Dawn in the 13 & under 200m Freestyle.

Second places for the boys were achieved by Josh Pearson in the 10 & under 2x25m Back\Breast, Rhys Taylor in the 11 & under 50m Butterfly and Prentice Dawn in the 13 & under 50m Butterfly.For the girls Jessica Howarth in the 9\10 yrs 50m Freestyle, Megan Geoghegan in the 13 & under 50m Butterfly and Amelia Sale in the 11 & under 50m Breaststroke.

Relay second places were achieved for the boys in the 13 & under 4x1 Freestyle and 4x1 Medley,  the team consisting of James Terry\Joe Lidgett\Kieran Davies and Prentice Dawn, for the girls the 13 & under 4x1 Freestyle team of Kirsten Gilding\Libby Straw\Megan Geoghegan and Rhiannon Taylor and the 11 & under 4x1 Freestyle team of Amelia Sale\Megan Miles\Sophie Melvin and Jessica Howarth.

Head coach Callum Lawson commented after the gala " that the result in the end was what he had expected on the night but again the swimmers can be proud of their performance and to push CABS so close was a credit to the club".

Full Result: Leander A 248 PTS, Cabs A 205 PTS, FALCON 185 pts, Sherwood 136 pts, Kimberley 118 pts, Sutton 108 pts.