IN the final round of the Devon County Championships and Age Group Competition held at Central Park recently, Tavistock Swimming Club had seven swimmers taking part.
Caroline Ball got into the final of the 13 years 200m fly and in the 100m breaststroke took three seconds off her previous personal best. Rebecca Mills took 10 seconds off her 200m breaststroke, had a 3.5 second personal best in the 100m breaststroke, a six second pb in the 200m fly and a 0.5 second pb in the 100m individual medley.
Richard Freedman, boys' captain, knocked two seconds off his previous personal best in both the 50m fly and 100m freestyle. Sam Broome took 0.5 seconds off both his 50m freestyle and 100m IM. Nick Jarman had a personal best in the 100m IM, taking 2.5 seconds off his previous time.
Philippa Smith, girls' captain, and Amy Warnett both narrowly missed personal best times.
In the overall BAGCAT points - accumulated over all the events in the championships - Tavistock swimmers were within their age groups as follows:
12 year olds: Sam Broome 16th; Rebecca Mills 17th; Amy Warnett 20th. 13 year olds: Caroline Ball 8th, Christopher Ralph 10th, Nick Jarman 17th. 15 year olds: Richard Freedman 16th, Philippa Smith 19th.
Millfield School's 50m pool was the venue at the weekend for training for the West Devon squad. Caroline Ball, Sam Broome, Rebecca Mills, Philippa Smith and Christoper Ralph travelled to Millfield with head coach Paul Chinn, to meet other members of the West Devon squad for a two-hour training sesssion. It was hard work but both the swimmers and their coach felt they had benefited greatly.
Anyone wishing to join Tavistock Swimming Club can contact Paul Chinn on 01822 810168 for further information.