Cardiff …………..127
Swansea ………..93
This year’s Welsh Varsity saw the introduction of the swimming to the events. Last year, a trial competition was held, which Swansea won narrowly. However, this year, Cardiff took revenge and eventually emerged victorious.
The final score after a long and thoroughly entertaining afternoon of swimming ended with the score 127-93 in favour of Cardiff.
Cardiff got off to a great start with the first events of the day, the medley relays, and never looked back after that. Both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams managed to maintain a commanding lead over the visitors throughout the individual events.
In several races, Cardiff were able to claim both first and second┬á positions, with both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ squads outswimming Swansea’s ‘A’ team.
The afternoon finished up with the cannon relay, which, despite some apprehension, Cardiff were also able to dominate as a result of their superior strength in depth.
Men’s captain Jack Thomas was thrilled with the performance and appeared optimistic about Cardiff’s chances, already looking ahead to next year’s event.
“Congratulations to the whole team and thank you to everyone that came to support,” he said. “We look forward to defending our title next year.”
Stew Hume
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