IT proved to be a busy weekend for members of Tavistock Swimming Club with the first round of the Cornwall and West Devon League and the second round of the Kelly Aquathon.
In the Cornwall and West Devon League, Tavistock got off to a promising start and were in contention for second place after 14 events, but gradually slipped back to third behind Plymouth Leander and Bodmin, with Devonport Royal in fourth.
However, it was nevertheless a very successful event for Tavistock, with 17 of the squad totalling 23 personal best times between them.
Representing Tavistock for the first time was Olivia Eadie who swam the U11 50m breaststroke and competed in the 11/under relays.
A personal best of 41.82 in the U13 50m breaststroke by Kirsty Best gave Tavistock their first win.
Richard Freedman swam the open 100m backstroke in a time of 1.04.64, a personal best, despite not being 100% fit.
The U13 50m freestyle events were dominated by Tavistock with Francesca Gould (33.83) and Jake Broome (30.70) both winning their events. The boys? U13 freestyle relay team of Ross Williams, Tom Crocker, Tom Waddington and Jake Broome also took first place.
In the U11 50m freestyle, Isabel Grose sliced seven seconds off her previous time and Sam Harmsworth improved his time by six seconds. Rufus Gould had a strong swim the U11 50m breaststoke, improving his time by three seconds.
Squad (personal bests in brackets): Boys? captain Richard Freedman (1), girls? captain Alison Kelly, Michael Best (3), Jake Broome (2), Joshua Hughes (2), Mille Chinn (2), James Lake (2), Isabel Grose (1), Sam Harmsworth (1), Kirsty Best (1), Rufus Gould (1), Francesca Gould (1), Nicholas Jarman (1), Alice Warnett (1), Tom Waddington (1), Jessica Cooke (1), Ross Williams (1), Laura Radgick (1), Rebecca Mills, Olivia Eadie, Rachael Kelly, Joshua Stephens, William Crocker, Tamar Preston, Phillip Webb, Jake Chinn, Amy Warnett, Rebecca Windemer, Chris Ralph.
With better weather than in the first round of the Kelly Aquathon, conditions were much improved for competitors. All Tavistock Swimming Club competitors finished, with Laura Aspen taking a creditable third in the girls? 11/12 years age group and Chris Mills fourth and Tom Waddington sixth in the boys? 11/12 years age group. Also taking part were Catriona Smith, and Rebecca Windemer in the 11/12 years and Ross Williams in13/14 years age group.