TAVISTOCK Swimming Club?s Presentation Evening following the Club Championships 2004 was held on Friday with club chairman, Debbie Mills, welcoming one of Tavistock?s founder members, vice president John Reed. Hugh MacKenzie who retired as president earlier this year was presented with a gift as a token of thanks for all the support he had given the club over the years. Debbie welcomed Sue Dunstan as Tavistock?s new president, with second vice-presidency going to Kevin Freedman. Medals were presented to the swimmers by Hugh MacKenzie, James Lake and Mark Hennessey. Short distance champions: 8/under, Peter Jarman and Katie Stephens; 10/under, Tom Grennan-Cruise and Natalie Greep; 12/under, Joshua Stephens/Tom Waddington and Laura Aspen; 14/under, Jake Broome and Laura Radgick; 16/under, Chris Ralph and Amy Warnett; 17/over. Stephen Osborne and Jan Langton. Long distance champions: 10-14 years, Jake Broome and Laura Radgick; 15/over, Richard Freedman and Amy Warnett. Open champions: Laura Radgick and Chris Ralph. Head coach Paul Chinn reported a successful year with huge improvements in swimmers? times. He thanked the committee for their support, his assistant coaches Rachel Warnett, Wendy Stephens and both James Lake and Mark Hennessey for help with coaching. Thanks also went to Rachael Kelly and Michael Best who stepped in to help with the younger swimmers recently. The Coach?s trophies were awarded as follows: best swimmer, James Lake; most improved swimmer, Jake Broome; most worthy swimmer, Laura Radgick; best squad swimmer, Kirsty Best; open water swimmer, Chris Ralph; best swimmer in training, Michael Best; best club swimmer, Stephen Osborne; best junior girl, Laura Aspen; best junior boy, Joshua Stephens. The trophy for the best relay team went to the Boys 15/under team. Voted by the club members as the swimmers? swimmer were Amy Warnett and Chris Ralph. Other swimmers taking part in the championships and awarded medals were: Alice Adams, Emily Adams, Abigail Best, Fliss Browner, Millie Chinn, Jessica Cooke, Sara Cruickshank, Georgina Dudden, Francesca Gould, Tabitha Gould, Isabel Grose, Harriet Heaton-Pike, April Holbrook, Samantha Jarman, Rachael Kelly, Natalie Les, Monika Les, Ellyn Megicks, Charlotte Mellor, Catherine O?Boyle, Tamar Preston, Kirsty Smith, Catriona Smith, Danielle Thackham, Emma Tromans, Ella Waddington, Rosanne Walsh, Alice Warnett, Rebecca Windemer, David Bales, Kameron Brimble, Sam Campbell, William Carter, Jake Chinn, Will Crocker, Tom Crocker, Felix Davies, Louis Dykes, Jonathan Evans, Christopher Goodison, Rufus Gould, Martyn Greep, Ryan Greep, Jamie Grose, Sam Harmsworth, Joshua Hughes, Nick Jarman, Marc Kerswill, Seb Lee, Chris Mills, Ashley Waite, Ross Williams. Sam Gardner and Chris Ralph were appointed as club captains with Amy Warnett and Michael Best as vice-captains. Retiring club captains Richard Freedman and Alison Kelly were not able to be present to receive their plaques for their time as captains. Anyone wishing to join Tavistock Swimming Club should contact Paul Chinn on 01822 613181 for further details.
