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National Swimming League Rd2

November 11, 2008

Round 2 of the National Swimming League took place on Saturday 8th November at our home pool, Central Park Plymouth. Devonport were hosts with strong opposition from Swindon, Wells and Shepton Mallet, Weymouth and Cirencester.

Jason Fotoloupos swam an impressive race in the 13/u 50m backstroke to take first place. This was shortly followed by Kirsty Dinham in the Ladies open 100m backstroke with another excellent win.

Jess Fennel swam well to take second place in the Ladies open 100m IM.

Aimee O’Halloran took second place in the 11/u50m breaststroke after a very close race.

Jason was just beaten into second place in the 13/u 50m butterfly.

Sam Bowden 15/u and Jess Fennel Ladies open both held on to second place in their 100m freestyle races with two great swims.

The girl’s 13/u relay team of Rebecca Ward, Rachel Ward, Victoria Philpot and Lauren Parker took an excellent second place in both their medley relay and freestyle relay.

Swindon took the lead from the start finishing on 230 points. Wells and Shepton Mallet had 164 points, Weymouth 123 points and Devonport finished joint fourth with Cirencester on 112 points.

Well done to all the swimmers who performed so well, and a big thank-you to the poolside helpers and parents in the balcony.

Coaches comment.

It was great to be able swim at home in a gala like this. We were racing against some very strong teams. Scores between 3rd, 4th & 5th place teams were very close and I felt we were unlucky not to have claimed 4th or even possibly 3rd place.

The swimmers didn’t let the opposition get the better of them and focused on giving it their all. It was great to see the same aggression we displayed at Frome. We must now focus  on the training ahead and continue to build on the aggression and strength needed for the final round.

It was commented on how much stronger you all looked on the final lengths of your races. This is a result of your hard work in training sessions.

Well done to all the swimmers for all your effort and for keeping positive throughout the gala.emoticon

Victoria

Tiverton Sparkler

November 10, 2008

On the 1st of November Connie McGregor, Rebecca Ward, Laura Moreno-Chamorro, Jamie Bailey, Nat Chartres Ryan Moreno-Chamorro and Jordan Nicholson attended the 2nd Tiverton Sparkler Meet.

Rebecca (13 year age group) swam excellently to come away with two first places in the 100m and 200m backstroke and three third places in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle.

Nat (15 and over age group) took first in the 50m and 100m freestyle in two thrilling races and third in the 100m backstroke.

Ryan (15 and over age group) had a deserved win in the 200m breaststroke, a second in the 100m breaststroke and a third in the 200m backstroke.

Jordan (15 and over age group) achieved first in the 100m backstroke after a great swim and two third places in the 200m breaststroke and 200m IM.

Laura (14 year age group) took gold in the 100m breaststroke and Jamie (9 year age group) took two third places in the 50m breaststroke and 50m butterfly.

Connie swam well in a very competitive age group and achieved several personal best times.

Many thanks to the poolside helpers Mike MC, Jon C, and Dave N.

Please go to the Tiverton website for the sparkler results. http://www.tiverton-swimming.co.uk/

Club Championships GALA 2 and 3

October 29, 2008

The Club Championships continued on Monday 13th October with five more records being broken.  Finley Bowden had a fantastic swim in the 9/10year old 100m butterfly to set a new record time of 1.57.31.  Tom Mermagen in the 15/16 year old age group also set a new record in the same event of 1.08.85.  Jess Fennell had a great evening breaking three records – in the 15/16 year age group she set new records in the 100m butterfly, 1.17.17 and in the 100m IM, 1.16.57.  She also set a new record time of 29.61 in the 50m freestyle championship.

The third evening of the Club Championships took place on Monday 20th October with Jess Fennell continuing to set new record times.  In the 15/16 year 50m butterfly she set a new record time of 33.44 and in the open 200m IM a new time of 2.43.83.  Nat Chartres swam an excellent race to take the record for the 15/16 year old 100m freestyle in 59.43.  Another great swim came from Ryan Moreno-Chamorro who set a new record in the 15/16 year 50m breaststroke of 34.51.

In the 17 and over age group Louise Brightwell recorded a time of 34.01 to set a new record in the 50m butterfly.

A big Well Done to all the swimmers who competed and produced some excellent swimming and a big Thank You to all the volunteers without whom these galas couldn’t take place.

National Swimming League Rd1

October 13, 2008

The first round of the National Swimming League (formally the Speedo League) saw Devonport taking the long trip to Frome. Our opposition were Bournemouth, Gillingham, Bishopsworth and Wells and Shepton Mallet. Devonport took four first places. The first from the Men’s Open medley relay, Jordan Nicholson, Ryan Moreno-Chamorro, Tom Mermagen and Nat Chartres, who initially thought they had come second but after a couple of disqualifications the result changed in our favour. Other winners were the boy’s 11/U medley relay team who had a similar experience. They were the only team to finish without being disqualified, so well done to Oliver Holdsworth, Sam Roberts, Finley Bowden and Jack Crocker for swimming so well.

In the individual events Aimee O’Halloran had a fantastic win in the 11/U 50m breaststroke and Nat Chartres stormed down the final length to take first in the 15/U 100m freestyle.

Other great swims came from Katherine Sewell who took second place in the 11/U 50m backstroke; this was followed by Sam Roberts in the same event. In the Open 100m butterfly Jess Fennel was unlucky to finish second in a very close race for the top two positions. She also took a good second place in the Open 100m freestyle. Jordan Nicholson also came a close second in the Open 100m backstroke and Jason Fotopoulos swam well to take second place in the 13/U 50m butterfly. The girls 13/U freestyle relay team, Rebecca Ward, Lauren Parker, Rachel Ward and Victoria Philpot had a great swim to take second place and the Ladies open 6 x 50m freestyle relay team, Denise Ward, Lauren Parker, Louise Brightwell, Abbey Ward, Jade Leeke and Jess Fennel also came second in a tight race for the top three placings.There were many other close races with our swimmers just missing out on second place.

From early in the competition Devonport were in third place and kept this position throughout. The final scores were Bournemouth 189, Wells and Shepton Mallet 180, Devonport 131, Bishopsworth 119 and Gillingham 92.

Well done to all our swimmers for competing so well, especially after such a long coach journey.

Many thanks also to our team officials, Victoria Bowden. Mike Moreno-Chamorro, Andy McGregor and Alan Stoneman. Also to the supporters, who had to stand all evening, but still cheered our team on.

A special note from Victoria: Although the venue this time wasn’t great and the water visibility was poor emoticonthe swimmers performance was the complete opposite. All swimmers showed tremendous controlled aggression and determination in every race and dug in deep to the very end emoticon.This was also commented on by parents who attended emoticon. The swimmers performances made me very proud. Well done to you all emoticon.

Victoria