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:
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