Millfield represented the English Schools Swimming Association in Palma, Mallorca in the ISF Swim Cup competition 2005. Nineteen countries took part in the competition in the event that comprised of 50m individual events and a 4 x 50 Medley and 6 x 50 Freestyle relay. The competition took place on Friday and Saturday and there were cultural trips on the Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday with the closing ceremony on the Sunday evening.

With many of the team having never competed in an outdoor facility before, nearly all the swimmers improved their pre event ranking after the heats. Sebastian Fellows, Peter Hall, Bryony Dunne and Chris Gabbett all made individual finals and after the first day the boys were lying 3^rd and the girls 7^th. On the Saturday morning the finals and relay swims took place. Sebastian finished 8^th in the 50m Free Final and then secured and excellent 3^rd place in the 50m Backstroke. Peter finished 8^th in the same final. Chris Gabbett was placed 6^th in the 50m Fly final and Bryony Dunne finished an exceptional 3^rd place (from the outside lane!) in the 50m Breaststroke. In the relays the girls finished 5^th in the freestyle and 6^th in the Medley relay. The boys finished 4^th in their medley and 3^rd  in the freestyle relay.  With all the points added the girls finished a credible 7^th (out of 18 teams) in their competition and the boys a magnificent 3^rd (behind Germany and the Peoples Republic of China, out of 16 teams).

The team all enjoyed the experience of representing the National Schools Team and the opportunity given to meet competitors from other countries from around the world.

Thanks to Lin Skirton from Millfield, and to Liz Hartley, who was here usually helpful self as head of Delegation. Also a big thank you to the three companies who helped sponsor the team: Adaptainer Ltd, funkidry.co.uk, and J C Rathbone Associates Limited.