Practice outing brings promise.

From: Harborough Mail (Market Harborough, England) | Date: April 11, 2008 | Copyright information

MARKET Harborough Diddies had a practice run for their important first round of the Nuneaton Diddy League on Saturday when they swam a similar programme in a trophy gala at Braunstone.

They came in third behind a strong winning Penguins squad, with Melton just beating them into third place. Coalville were fourth.

Each of the four teams swam two lanes, which gave them plenty of scope to try out swimmers on different strokes.

The Harborough squad cloc...

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