Saturday evening saw the final meet of the 2002 North Yorkshire League campaign were Northallerton came up against Rydale, Thirsk and Derwent at the latter club's venue.

NASC with a club record 136 points were involved in one of the closest fought contests of the year with Thirsk

White Horse, the ding-dong battle had Northallerton leading by one point after 36 events eventually settling for a commendable, second to there local rivals. With Rydale and Derwent not far behind it created an evening of tense and exciting swimming with many close and hard fought finishes to keep spectators on the edge of their seats.

An inspirational performance by all age groups saw 26 Swimmers achieve 40 personal best times . the ten-yea-old girls relay team of Laura Caygill, Laura Hugill, Emily Brayshaw and newcomer Heather Coombs winning both the medley and freestyle relays with Laura Hugill taking the individual breaststroke, and remarkably Emily Brayshaw in her first swim since breaking her arm, won the 25m backstroke in determined style. Ten-year-old boy Stephen Lane took his chance to shine by dominating the 25m backstroke winning in style.

The 12-year-old girls butterfly and backstroke was contested by Zara-Dee Hannay who narrowly hang on to victory in both events taking 3 seconds off her best time in the backstroke. Along with team-mates Biddy Atkinson Emily Shaw and Rosie Coulthard demolished the opposition in the 4x25m Medley relay. Graham Caygill clinched the boys backstroke in the same age group, while the relay team of Francesca Martin, Emily Shaw, Adele Carmichael and Jayne Truman won the 14 years medley. On his debut for NASC James Dixon swam a tremendous 100m. breast to win an exciting three-way tussle.

Super swims by Gareth Waton, emily Shaw, Stephen Lane and Ben Wilbor, brought them all new club records in their respective events to round off a successful league season for Northallerton Swimming club.