IN the final visit to Horfield in Bristol, Tavistock Swimming Club closed out the season with a convincing win in the middle gala in the last round of the Arena National Swimming League division two.

The gala consisted of five teams, with the opposition composed of Cirencester, Caradon, West Wilts Force 5B and Lydney/Cinderford.

The final scores put Tavistock a clear 18 points in front of their nearest rivals Cirencester and Caradon who shared second place. The West Devon team enjoyed 14 first places, 13 second places and eight third places making up a total of 35 top 3 finishes out of 50 events.

The first places, this time were led by the boys 13/U squad of Will Aveyard, Jake France, George Morgan and Luke Stephens – who with the exception of a third in the backstroke completed a string of first places. Other notable performances in the younger age groups were for Sarah Teague and Will Cunningham, for winning the girls and boys 11/U 50m breastroke, and for Jessica James and Bethany Thompson, who provided wins in the girls 13/U 50m breakstroke and backstroke respectively.

In the boys and girls 15/U squads there were two wins for Kieran Rookes in the breastroke and freestyle and some strong second positions. In the men's open relay Mike Best, Matt Edwards, Nathaniel Rookes and Gareth Williams won the medley and freestyle with Cameron McGurk and Kieran Rookes making up the six required. Gareth Williams added to this with a win in the individual 100m freestyle.

Individually there were also a total of 18 personal bests achieved during the event, from all age groups. The swimmers who took part with the number of personal bests achieved in brackets were James Anderson, Sophie Anderson (1), Emily Attfield (1), William Aveyard, Gavin Ball, Sam Bates (1), Maddy Benyon (1), Mike Best, Ben Bowles (1), Jessamy Clemens (1), Will Cunningham(2), Harriet Edwards, Matt Edwards (1), Emily France (1), Jake France, Megan Groom, Grace James , Jessica James (2), Chloe Marks (1), George Morgan , Ieuan Noakes , Kieran Rookes(1), Nathaniel Rookes, Jack Rutley, Kathryn Stacey, Luke Stephens (1), Elizabeth Teague, Sarah Teague(1), Beth Thompson (2), Harry Thompson , Gareth Williams and Kirsty Williams

The overall result cements the clubs position well and truly within the upper half of division two - a superb finale for the club year.

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