Competitions shown below are supported by the club and entries will be managed and submitted by the Competition Secretary, the email address of whom can be found on the CONTACTS page. Refer to the CALENDAR for further information.
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Open meets will be managed and submitted by the Open Meets Secretary, the email address of whom can be found on the CONTACTS page.
Follow this link for a list of upcoming meets or refer to the CALENDAR for further information on supported meets.
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Please see meet pack and qualifying times. If you are eligible to enter, please do so via your Active portal.
Well done to all our swimmers who took part in Round 1 of the National Arena League at Plymouth Life Centre on Saturday 14th Oct! Newton Abbot swam in Lane 3 against 7 other other teams from Devon and Cornwall. It was a hugely noise and exciting atmosphere and there was great team spirit amongst all the teams taking part. The most exciting race of the day was the final race, the 8 x 50m Cannon Relay (1 boy, 1 girl from each age group)! Head Coach Garry's tactic was the swim fastest first, which goes against what most teams do. This meant we led the race for 7 of the 8 legs, with our team going crazy in their support. It meant that Ewan was going to be racing against the 7 fastest swimmers of the other teams, but he did an excellent job and swam a huge PB!
Well done and a huge thank you to Team Managers, Coaches and Officials who helped out.
Points as follows:
1st Tiverton 302
2nd Truro 280
3rd Paignton 269
4th Dinnaton 248
5th Devonport 201
6th Newton Ab 189
7th Dawlish 160
8th Brixham 159
Please see below for information and meet pack for the Plymouth Leander Christmas Meet on 10th, 16th and 17th December 2023. Please enter via your Active portals. Entries have now closed. Accepted entries will be listed here.
Please see information below for the Paignton Long Distance events to be held in November and December 2023. These Level 4 events will act as part of the Club Championships. Open to Newton Abbot swimmers aged 11 and over (as at 31st Dec 2023). Entries now closed. We will notify you if your entry is accepted.
800m Freestyle Wednesday 22nd November at 6pm
1500m Freestyle Wednesday 13th December at 6pm
Dates for the 2023 Sessions
1. Friday 24th November warm up 19:00
2. Tuesday 28th November warm up 19:00
3. Saturday 2nd December warm up 14:00
4. Sunday 3rd December warm up 14:00
5. Tuesday 5th December warm up 19:00
See attached Meet Pack for full details
The 2023 Medley Skins event will be held on Friday 15th December. The selection for this event will be based on the results of the 200m IM in the 2023 Club Championships.
2022 Skins winnners were as follows:
Senior Boys Rob Cacchione
Senior Girls Charlotte Key
Junior Boys Stanley Mitchell
Junior Girls Gracie Stovin
This event tests the swimmers' endurance and strategy! This is how it works:
We would like to congratulate the swimmers who set new best times in the 2022 Championships held in Nov/Dec.
Particular congratulations go to Gracie Stovin in the Girls' 12-13 years age group who broke the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m records!
In the Girls' 10 year age group, Aimee Jones set a new best time in the 100m Breaststroke.
In the Women's 16 and over age group, Erin Throgmorton-Appleby set a new best time in the 50m Freestyle.
In the Boys' 10 year age group, a new best time was set by Seth Steemson in the 50m Backstroke.
Congratulations to Gracie, Aimee, Erin and Seth, and well done to all our swimmers who took part in the Championships!
See below for Club Championships Best Times since 2007.
NEW BEST TIMES set in 2022 are highlighted.
The rules for swimming can seem very complicated and confusing when your children start to compete, so we have drafted some simple rules for them to follow.
There are a few finer details of the rules which will need to be observed once swimmers compete at higher levels.
2023 SESW Regional Summer Championships
This year the Summer Championships were held as follows:
22nd - 23rd April Millfield School, Somerset (Age Groups)
29th April - 1st May Plymouth Life Centre (Youth)
13th - 14th May Hengrove Pool, Bristol (Age Groups)
4th June Millfield School (Super Fast Five)
Please see 2023 results so far here
Newton Abbot competes in the National Arena League in Western Division 1/2. This Division comprises 27 teams from the clubs in the 6 English Counties in the SW Region along with clubs from South and West Wales. The 3 league rounds take place annually on the 2nd Saturday in October, November and December. Potentially the team could swim these rounds at 3 different locations from Plymouth to Newport against other clubs from the Division!
Newton Abbot also competes in a number of local leagues:
Newton Abbot Club Championships are open to all swimming squad members.
They take place annually in the Autumn at Newton Abbot Leisure Centre.
Individual events are swum long course and require a qualifying time obtained during the previous year in a licensed meet.
The Relay Gala comprises age group relays and is swum long course. Swimmers are selected for their Age Groups by the Head Coach and their selection confirmed via the Competition Secretary. There are also Schools Relay Team events where the swimmers competitng are selected by their schools.
The Interclub Gala comprises individual and relay events between clubs affiliated to Devon County ASA. Swimmers are selected by the Head Coach and their selection confirmed via the Competition Secretary.
This 50m sprint age group competition is for non-elite swimmers. Swimmers must compete in all four stroke disciplines.
This age group competition is primarily for non-elite swimmers. Entry times and Cut-Off times apply and the competition includes all events of 100m and above.
This competition is unlicensed and is for 18+ Age Groups and registered Masters swimmers. This is now an open competition.
Swim England South West Region includes Cornwall, Devon, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset and Gloucestershire counties.
Swimmers qualify for these regional competitions through Licensed Meets of level 3 and above in the year prior to the start of the competition.
The Summer Championships are held Long Course whilst the Winter Championships are held Short Course.
Swimmers who qualified for and swam in the Summer Championships in any year may also compete in the Fast Five competition in the same year. This comprises 50m Sprints in all four strokes and 100m Individual Medley.
Here are upcoming Open Meets which have the support of the club and for which entries will usually be managed by the Open Meet Secretary, the email contact for whom may be found in the CONTACTS page. Other meets (e.g. Masters and Open Water) may be displayed with specific entry information managed by the event organisers.