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ESSA Championships 2018

Three junior team members, from Newton Abbot Swimming Club - Henry Gascoyne, Samuel Griffin & Zoe Maynard - represented their school as part of the South West Division (Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset & Wiltshire) in the recent National English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) primary schools mixed Team Relay Championships.

32 schools qualified for this Nationwide event which took place on Saturday 16th June at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, The five swimmers in the team all attend Stover Preparatory School and train with NASC, Dinnaton & Paignton swimming clubs.

They were placed 8th in both the 'B' finals for the “Small School Mixed Stroke Relay Team" & "Small School Freestyle Relay Team”.

They have been training together since April this year, and qualified for the National event by finishing second in the Regional event at Millfield School in April.

The team received pool time and coaching support from both NASC and Dinnaton Swimming Club.

Medal for Brooke at SESW Age Groups

Congratulations to Brooke Leaman who qualified for two finals at the Swim England SW Age Groups in Bristol. She placed 3rd in the 50m Backstroke to secure bronze and was an admirable 6th in the 200m Backstroke.

There were further finalist appearances for two other NASC swimmers.
Club Captain Georgianna Thorn finished just outside the medals in 4th place in the 200m Buttterfly in a new PB. She also finished 9th in the 800m Free and 10th in the 400m Free.
Emma Lamont-Tuckett qualified for the final of the 100m Breaststroke where she finished 9th setting a huge new PB.

An awesome achievement by all girls in what was their 1st time competing at Regional level

WELL DONE GIRLS!

Williams Shield Victory 2018

It was a rare victory for Newton Abbot in the annual Williams Shield gala, with Paignton acting as hosts at the Clennon Valley pool. In fact it was the first win since 2008!

The trophy is contested by Paignton, Brixham, Torquay, Oddicombe and Newton Abbot over 39 individual and relay events.

1st Newton Abbot 168pts
2nd Paignton 153pts
3rd Torquay Leander 89pts
4th Brixham 78pts
5th Oddicombe 46pts

Congratulations to the team and the coaches and helpers.

SESW 2018 Regional Competitors

Newton Abbot is celebrating its success in enabling 18 swimmers to achieve qualification to compete in the 2018 Swim England South West Regional Championships.

In all, our swimmers will take part in 59 events, which is a massive improvement over 2017 when only 5 swimmers competed in 13 events.

Congratulations to Kevin and his coaching team and to the athletes themselves. Well done!

Alexander Abel
15 /Over 100m Breaststroke
15 /Over 50m Breaststroke

Brooke Leaman
11/14 Yrs 50m Backstroke
11/14 Yrs 200m Backstroke
11/14 Yrs 100m Freestyle
11/14 Yrs 100m Backstroke

Charles Noyce
11/14 Yrs 100m Butterfly
11/14 Yrs 50m Butterfly

Christopher Abel
11/14 Yrs 50m Backstroke
11/14 Yrs 100m Backstroke

Connie Haslam-Ivens
11/14 Yrs 200m Freestyle
11/14 Yrs 50m Freestyle
11/14 Yrs 50m Backstroke
11/14 Yrs 100m Breaststroke
11/14 Yrs 100m Freestyle
11/14 Yrs 100m Backstroke

Daisy Haslam-Ivens
15 Yrs/Over 50m Butterfly
15 Yrs/Over 100m Free.
15 /Over 50m Backstroke
15 /Over 100m Backstroke
15 /Over 50m Breaststroke
15 Yrs/Over 50m Freestyle

Eliza Wray
15 /Over 50m Breaststroke

Ella Lamont Tuckett
15 /Over 200m Breaststroke
15 /Over 50m Breaststroke
15 /Over 100m Breaststroke
1500m Freestyle

Erin Curtis
11/14 Yrs 50m Butterfly
11/14 Yrs 100m Butterfly

Felicity Lamont Tuckett
11/14 Yrs 50m Butterfly
11/14 Yrs 50m Freestyle
11/14 Yrs 100m Butterfly
11/14 Yrs 100m Breaststroke
11/14 Yrs 100m Freestyle
11/14 Yrs 50m Breaststroke

Georgianna Thorn
15 Yrs/Over 50m Butterfly
15 Yrs/Over 400m Free.
15 Yrs/Over 200m Butterfly
15 /Over 100m Butterfly
800m Freestyle

Henry Gascoyne
11/14 Yrs 100m Butterfly
11/14 Yrs 200m Butterfly

Isabella Dawson
11/14 Yrs 50m Breaststroke

Jed Griffin
11/14 Yrs 100m Breaststroke
11/14 Yrs 200m Breaststroke
11/14 Yrs 50m Breaststroke

Milly Klinkenberg
11/14 Yrs 100m Butterfly

Nathan Locke
15 Yrs/Over 100m Freestyle
15 Yrs/Over 50m Backstroke
15 Yrs/Over 200m Backstroke
15 Yrs/Over 100m Backstroke
800m Freestyle

Robert Harrison
15 Yrs/Over 50m Backstroke
15 Yrs/Over 50m Butterfly
15 /Over 50m Breaststroke

Warren Coyle-Moore
11/14 Yrs 100m Butterfly
11/14 Yrs 50m Freestyle
11/14 Yrs 50m Butterfly

Tiverton Junior Gala, March 25th 2018

Junior Team Captains Charlie Noyce and Freya Cashman receive the 3rd place trophy on behalf of the Newton Abbot team from Terry Fullick in this Junior Inter-club gala.

2018 Devon County Inter-Club News

Newton Abbot Finish 4th in Inter Club

Newton Abbot finished in 4th Place from the 12 competing clubs at the DCASA Annual Inter-Club Gala in Plymouth on the 4th March.

Full report to follow.

Place	Team	Pts
1	Plymouth Leander	401
2	Devonport Royal	283
3	Paignton	276
4	Newton Abbot	258
5	Tiverton	254
6	Dawlish	222
7	Kingsbridge Kingfishers	211
8	Torridgeside	202.5
9	Tavistock	195
10	Torquay Leander	117.5
11	Oddicombe	53

British Championships 2018, Edinburgh

Flora Success in 100m Breaststroke - 2nd March 2018

Flora Perkin qualified 3rd for the Junior Final of the Women's 100m Breaststroke at the 2018 British Championships in Edinburgh.

Then, in the final itself, she swam brilliantly to come from 6th at the turn (34.46s first 50m) to finish 2nd in a Personal Best Time of 1:11.63, beating her previous best by over 2 seconds.

Well done Flora!