Month: May 2018

Clubs participating: Brixham, Oddicombe, Paignton, Torquay, Totnes

104 competitors

Fastest heat 30.00

Fastest time 27.62

30 individual winners

4 clubs with individual winners

Most Fina points for individual 1853

Highest Fina points in individual race 456

Winners of skins events:

Ed Brown

Harriette Lewcock

DQs

Boys    Girls

Free     2          1

Breast  9          11

IM        11        6

Back    3          1

Fly       8          2

Total swims     435

Total lengths completed 1020

Undefeated in 5 races

Nathan Apps

George Hawken

Finn Hadley

Closest races:

Boys Open freestyle  0.04s

Boys 12 yrs freestyle  0.05s

Narrowest margin of victories in age group:

Boys 14 yrs 3.50s over 5 races

Girls 14 yrs 3.59s over 5 races

Less than 0.5s between 1st and 2nd:

15 age group races

Most competitors in single age group:

Boys 11 yrs 10 swimmers

Girls 10 yrs 13 swimmers

Age group winners:

Remarkably, the gala started on time at 2:35 and finished by 6pm. Thanks to Mark and Gareth for refereeing and to all officials and helpers. Particular thanks to Derek for organising and team managers for getting swimmers to the starting blocks on time.

Well done to all swimmers participating and to parents for supporting the event.

Bank holiday weekend was the start of the South West Summer Championships. Held at Plymouth, there were six swimmers from Paignton. On Saturday all six swimmers were in action in the 50m Fly. Emma made the final and finished seventh. Jess  and Adam placed 13th. Jake and Alec recorded times either side of 30s and Jordan set a new PB.

Emma started Sunday’s sessions with the 100m Backstroke and made the final. Alec completed the morning session with the 400IM and was pleased to finish eighth. Swimmers and parents spent lunch outside enjoying the sunshine. The start of the afternoon session came just in time to prevent any serious sunburn though one or two swimmers were a little red! Adam can be pleased that he pipped Levin Veale in the 50m Free! Alec set a new PB in the 100m Fly.

Bank Holiday  Monday was the hottest on record so perfect for a morning by the pool! Alec matched his PB to make the 200m Fly final and finished eighth. Jordan set another PB in the 50m Breaststroke finishing ahead of Jake and Alec. Jess was 14th in the 100m Breaststroke.

Overall some excellent efforts from the Paignton swimmers. Well done to Jess and Jake for competing despite the pressure of upcoming examinations.