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ASA National Summer Championships 2016

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The ASA National Summer Championships 2016 ended with Dorset swimmers bringing home a total of  six English Nationals medals, two gold and four silver. The five days of competition for swimmers ranked nationally 25-44 in their age group and event began on 1 August with Dorset swimmers competing from Bournemouth Collegiate SC, Christchurch Seagulls SC, Poole SC and Swim Bournemouth.

Day 5

The fifth and final day of the ASA National Summer Championships 2016 produced three medals for Dorset swimmers. Ella Chown (BCS) finished first in both heats and finals of the 12/13 years 50m Butterfly in times of 29.43 and 29.16 to take gold, while in the 17/overs Madison Kemp (Poole) qualified first in 28.70 and second in the final in 28.64 to earn a silver medal. Knocking three seconds plus off his entry time in the 13/14 years 200m Backstroke to qualify in second place on 2:18.55, Swim Bournemouth’s Oliver Fairman again finished in second place in the final on 2:17.07 to earn a silver medal. In the 15 years 50m Butterfly Jack Arnell (BCS) qualified in tenth place on 28.46 to finish in ninth on 27.96.

Day 4

The busiest day for Dorset so far with nine swimmers reaching finals, five of those making their mark in 50m Breaststroke, and ending with a gold medal for Izzy Pryce (BCS) who finished first and PB’d in both heats and finals (15 years) of that event in 34.49 and 34.27. In the next age group up, Charlotte James (BCS) qualified and finished in seventh place on 35.44 and 35.01 respectively, while in the boys 16 years Kelvin Wong (Swim Bournemouth) achieved eighth then seventh place with 32.24 and 31.89, Poole’s Luke Roxburgh (17 years) tenth then ninth place in 31.29 and 31.25 and, in the 18/overs, Jamie Holmes (BCS) finished sixth and fifth on 30.25 and 29.85 respectively. Swim Bournemouth’s 100m Backstroker Oliver Fairman (13/14 years) achieved eighth in both heats and finals with 1:04.97 and 1:05.01, while Henry Stanbrook (17 years) took sixth and ninth place with 1:00.98 and 1:00.89 in the same event. Also from Swim Bournemouth, Savannah Barman qualified tenth in the 17/over 200m Butterfly with 2:30.59 to finish in ninth place with a time of 2:28.89, while in the 16 years 100m Freestyle Poole’s Thea O’Keefe placed tenth then eighth with times of 1:00.57 and 1:00.44.

Day 3

A second silver medal and more personal bests for Dorset swimmers. BCS’ Ben Samuel qualified first in the 15 years 100m Freestyle with a time of 55.29 to PB in the final on 55.18 and take the silver medal. In the 50m Backstroke Swim Bournemouth’s Henry Stanbrook (17 years) and Amy Brown (12/13 years) both PB’d in heats and finals, with Henry clocking up sixth place on both occasions with times of 28.20 and 28.04 and Amy achieving eighth and tenth placings in 32.45 and 32.37 respectively.

Day 2

An all-girls day for Dorset. Ella Chown (BCS) qualified second in the heats of the 12/13 years 100m Butterfly on 1:06.89, finishing fourth with a PB of 1:06.45, while in the 17/overs Poole’s Madison Kemp qualified third with a PB of 1:03.18 to finish fifth in the final in 1:03.74. Jasmine McCrea (Poole) was back in the pool for the 15 years 200m Breaststroke qualifying seventh in 2:48.91 and PB’ing in the final to finish fourth on 2:44.97.

Day 1

A silver medal and some huge personal bests marked the start of the National Summer Championships 2016 for Dorset swimmers. Qualifying fifth in 1:16.89 for the 16 years 100m Breaststroke, Charlotte James (BCS) PB’d in the final with 1:15.42 to take the silver medal. In the same event Abi Manns (Swim Bournemouth) finished tenth in both heats and finals with times of 1:18.31 and a PB of 1:17.82 respectively. In the 400m Individual Medley both Oliver Fairman (Swim Bournemouth) and Jasmine McCrea (Poole) clocked up big PBs with Oliver knocking off nearly five seconds to qualify seventh on 5:01.88 and Jasmine knocking off six and half seconds to qualify fourth in 5:11.22. Finals placings were ninth for Oliver (13/14 years) with 5:07.04 while Jasmine (15 years) finished in sixth place on 5:13.37. Theo O’Keefe (Poole) qualified first in a PB of 2:07.37 in the 16 years 200m Freestyle to finish in fourth place in the final in 2:08.11.

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British Summer Nationals 2016

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The British Summer Nationals 2016 at Pond’s Forge, Sheffield ended on 31 July with Dorset swimmers bringing home seven British Nationals medals, three gold and four bronze, and seven Dorset County Long Course Records having been broken (two Senior, five Junior). Competitors at the British Summer Nationals are ranked nationally 1 to 24 in their age group and event. Dorset clubs with swimmers competing were Bournemouth Collegiate SC, Bridport Barracudas SC and Poole SC.

Day 6:

Poole’s Jacob Peters finished the last day of the British Summer Nationals 2016 with a medal-winning, Dorset record-breaking swim in the 16 years 50m Butterfly. Finishing in first place in both heats and finals, Jacob clocked up times of 25.25 and 24.80 respectively, the latter breaking his own Junior long-course record as well as the Senior record held by Seth Chappels (Ferndown) since 2002. In the 13/14 years 200m Backstroke Finn Trehane (BCS) was again on form with personal best swims in both heats and finals, going into the final in ninth place and finishing in seventh with times of 2:17.89 and 2:16.91 respectively. Qualifying tenth in the 19 years 100m Butterfly in 1:02.51, Fiona Hardie (Poole) finished ninth in the final with a time of 1:02.18.

Day 5:

Qualifying in tenth place for the 13/14 years 200m Individual Medley with a heat time of 2:19.57, Finn Trehane (BCS) gave an impressive finals performance to finish in fourth place with a pb of 2:15.86. Likewise Poole’s 17+ years Women’s 400m Freestyle team qualified in tenth place in 3:58.70 to finish in sixth place in the final in 3:55.18. In the 15 years 200m Individual Medley Jasmine McCrea (Poole) finished eleventh in the heats and tenth in the finals with times of 2:25.52 and 2:25.71 respectively and, in a hard fought 15 years 50m Freestyle, Ben Samuel (BCS) qualified in sixth then finished in tenth place in 25.23 and 25.58 respectively.

Day 4:

Following on from his success in the 200m Butterfly, Poole’s Jacob Peters gave a repeat performance in the 16 years 100m Butterfly by finishing first in the heats in a time of 55.87 and taking his second gold medal of the competition in a time of 55.62 in the final. Harriet Perfect qualified for the 16 years 200m Backstroke final in tenth place with a time of 2:22.03, improving her placing in the final to seventh in 2:20.03.

Day 3:

A quieter day for Dorset swimmers and coaches with just Alice Tai (BCS) and the Poole 17+ years Women’s 800m Freestyle team competing. In the Women’s MC 100m Freestyle Alice finished in sixth place with a time of 1:04.40 while Poole’s Jasmine Holmes, Madison Kemp, Leonie Wiehle and Emily Clarke produced a team effort of 8:45.22 to finish in 14th nationally.

Day 2:

Three medals and a further three new County Records for Dorset swimmers on Day 2 of the British Summer Nationals. Jacob Peters (Poole) qualified in first place in the 200m Butterfly, going on to win a gold medal in the 16 years final with a Dorset Junior Record breaking time of 2:02.98. Qualifying in second place in the 15 years 50m Butterfly with a time of 28.48 and setting a new Dorset Junior Record in that event, Poole’s Jasmine McCrea then went on to break that record again with a bronze medal swim and a time of 27.99 in the final. The third and final medal of Day 2 went to Finn Trehane (BCS) who qualified fourth in the 13/14 years 50m Breaststroke with a time of 32.25, further improving his time to 32.02 in the final to finish in bronze position. BCS competitor Kayla van der Merwe (BCS) was also on impressive form. Qualifying in tenth place of the 13/14 years 200m Breaststroke with a time of 2:44.44, Kayla went to finish in fourth place with a time of 2:40.55. In the Women’s MC 100m Backstroke, Alice Tai (BCS) also finished in fourth place in both heats and finals with times of 1:10.32 and 1:08.93.

Day 1:

Day 1 of the British Summer Nationals resulted in a bronze medal for two Dorset swimmers and the long course Male Senior and Junior County Records for 50m Backstroke being broken. Jacob Peters (Poole) qualified in first place in the 16 years 50m Backstroke, knocking over a second from his previous records with a time of 26.59, and going on to finish in third place with a time of 26.64 in the final. A second bronze went to Alice Tai (BCS) in the Women’s MC 100m Butterfly with a time of 1:09.45. Two other BCS swimmers also recorded impressive performances and new personal bests. Kayla van der Merwe qualified in second place for the final of the 13/14 years 50m Breaststroke with a time of 34.06, and finishing in fourth place with a time of 33.85. In the 13/14 years 100m Breaststroke Finn Trehane finished in fifth place in both heats and finals with times of 1:11.70 and 1:09.48 respectively.

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Glasgow 2016

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At this year’s British Championships and Para-Swimming International Meet held at Tollcross, Dorset was represented by a small group of swimmers from Poole SC and Bournemouth Collegiate, together with four of our County referees. The quartet of British Champs swimmers – Senior Fiona Hardie and Juniors Jasmine Holmes, Harriet Perfect and Jacob Peters – all from Poole SC and a record number of qualifiers for the club, while Alice Tai of BCS was Dorset’s representative at the British Para-Swimming International Meet. For the swimmers, as well as selection for the Olympic Team, the aim for the Juniors was to qualify for the European Junior Team going to Hungary later in the year. Both Harriet and Jacob qualified for European Junior Finals, with Harriet finishing fourth in 200m Backstroke with a time of 2:17.96 and Jacob finishing second (100m Butterfly) and (200m Butterfly) with times of 55.13 and 2:04.48 respectively, both of which are new Dorset County Records. Both Jasmine (200m Freestyle) and Fiona (100m Butterfly) also improved their national rankings. At the Para-Swimming, Alice was equally successful finishing in third place in 100m Butterfly (1:10.69), fourth place 100m Backstroke (1:09.14) and in ninth/tenth place for 50m Freestyle (30.75) and 100m Freestyle (1:05.68) respectively. From our officials, Jill Beard was selected to officiate at the British Championships, while Steve Meter (Weymouth), Sue Podger and Tracey Roberts (both West Dorset) officiated at the Para-Swimming event.  
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Dorset County Championships 2016

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2016 Counties (1024x683) The 2016 County Championships winners of the age group Performance Awards are now available on the swimming pages of the County website, together with full results and details of this year’s Senior and Junior Champions. The five days of competition commenced with four presidents from the ASA South West region in attendance and ended with three County Records and 30 Competition Best Times have being broken. Awards for Exceptional Achievement were also presented to Channel swimmers Robert Lloyd-Evans, Barry Alldrick, Glenn Bailey and Dani Callahan, together with two times GB Junior Record breaker Jacob Peters of Poole SC. Photo courtesy of DEphoto (l-r): Somerset ASA President Les Debenham, ASA SouthWest President Ian Stuart, Poole SC’s Jacob Peters, Dorset County ASA President Nadine Honeybun, Cornwall ASA President Nick Jenkin.
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Swim South Africa

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JACQUI HULL SA2 (1280x725) With so much energy and emotion currently being expended at the County Championships to knock off a 100th of a second here or win a medal there, it may be worth reminding ourselves that the opportunities we take for granted are not necessarily available for everyone. Swim teacher Jacqui Hull from Poole SC has recently returned from South Africa where she was involved with the voluntary project ‘United through Sport’, which aims to help disadvantaged children from the townships to access sports such as football, rugby, hockey, netball and swimming. During the time she spent in South Africa, Jacqui taught swimming at a local orphanage, a school for children with severe learning and physical difficulties, as well as a number of schools from the townships. Jacqui also helped coach a Masters group of a local swimming club “None of the children had ever had swimming lessons and most come along with a huge fear of the water but, over the five weeks I spent there, it was lovely to see all of them in the water splashing around having fun. A few of the children were swimming a width by the end of my attachment”, said Jacqui. “This was a hugely rewarding experience and I would urge any of our older swimmers or Young Volunteers to consider this very worthwhile project. The downtime is also great fun with adventures such as surfing, shark cage diving and safaris, to name a few.” For any teachers, older swimmers or YVs who are interested in this rewarding experience, further details and information on the placement from Jacqui by emailing her through the Poole Swimming Club website www.pooleswimmingclub.org.uk.  
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ASA National Winter Meet 2015

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This year saw the first ASA National Winter Championships since 1999, the flagship event of the year to end the new designated short course season and, in a striking demonstration of the quality of the meet, an array of British Records were felled one after another. Long standing as well as newer records were broken. Plymouth Leander’s Ben Proud took the 50m Freestyle record held by Mark Foster since 2001 in a time of 20.74 and became the first British swimmer to go sub 22 seconds while 16 year old Imogen Clark (Derventio) swam 50m Breaststroke in 30.02 to claim the record held by BCS coach Zoe Baker since 2001. In a fast pool and with an electric atmosphere, how would Dorset’s qualifiers shape up to the competition? At the end of the four days of competition, Dorset’s swimmers did not disappoint – the results were spectacular. The Dorset tally included two impressive new Junior British Records for 100m Butterfly and 50m Butterfly (producing new English, ASA SouthWest and DCASA records too) as well as five Junior Gold medals from Poole’s Jacob Peters, together with two new DCASA Senior Records and a further nine DCASA Junior Records broken by Poole swimmers Jacob Peters, Harriet Perfect and Jasmine McCrea. The full story can be found on the PSC website.
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National Inter-County Championships 2015

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October saw all the Counties from England, Wales and Scotland converge on Ponds Forge in Sheffield to compete in the prestigious National Inter-County Championships, a competition with archived results back to 1974. Dorset had finished fourth in Division 2 in 2014, joining Worcester, Suffolk and Devon in gaining promotion to Division 1, so the aim of coaches Barry Alldrick (Poole) and Adam Parfitt (Bournemouth Collegiate) was for Dorset to stay in Division 1 and break Dorset’s habit of yo-yo’ing between divisions on an annual basis. After the first six events with swimmers stepping up in rankings in every event so far, Dorset had started strongly and were at a gala highest of eighth in Division 1. Swims from Poole’s Jacob Peters, who won the 14/15years 100m Butterfly in a Dorset Junior Record of 56.58, and BCS’s Finn Trehane finishing second in the 12/13 years 100m Breaststroke with a PB of 1:09.86 contributed to these high points. Kayla Van Der Merwe (BCS) also made the top ten in the 12/13 years 100m Breaststroke with a PB of 1:17.71. The Dorset team impressively racked up many personal bests, but had to wait a further ten events before making the top ten again, and this came in the Boys 14/15 Medley Relay team of Poole’s Jacob Peters, Swim Bournemouth’s Kelvin Wong and Bournemouth Collegiate’s Christian Tai and Ben Samuels. Jacob’s back stroke leg of 26.95 was enough to break his own Dorset Junior Record. At this point the team was now down to 19th place and in need of some more top ten finishes. Over the next ten events, many more personal bests were gained along with a further three Dorset Records being lowered. Top ten finishes were earned by Finn Trehane gaining sixth place in the 12/13 years 100m Backstroke with another PB of 1:04.38, club mate Ben Samuels touched ninth in the 14/ 100m Freestyle in a PB of 54.94, with Zak Aitchison racing well to break the Dorset Senior Record to touch fifth in the 16/17 years 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1:04.88. Poole’s Harriet Perfect finished ninth to break her PB and the Dorset Junior 100m Backstroke record in the 14/15 years with a time of 1:03.56. Club mate Jacob Peters took his second win of the day and third Dorset Record in the 100m Backstroke in a time of 57.91. With just four events to go the team lay in 18th place. The last four relays again saw some impressive times and step ups but no top ten finishes, meaning that Dorset finished 19th with 240 points. Fellow promoted counties from last year Worcestershire and Devon finished 18th and 20th respectively, along with 17th placed Scotland West to start the 2016 competition with Dorset in Division 2. First time selection badges were awarded to: BCS – Ella Chown, Honor Davies, Zoe Gannaway, Lottie James, Kayla Van Der Merwe (BCS); Poole – Morgan Hiles, Jessica Kelleway, Jasmine McCrea, Alex Price, Guy Selwood; Seagulls – Bethan O’Hara, Max Weeks. Poole’s Madison Kemp and Bournemouth Collegiate’s Zak Aitchison were selected as team Dorset Captains. One of the captain’s roles is to parade on poolside with all the other Counties. As Zak was in the second race requiring time to prepare, Swim Bournemouth’s Henry Stanbrook stepped in for Zak for this role to make a grand entrance to poolside with Madison to some impressive cheering by the rest of the team. Special thanks go to Nadine Honeybun, Dorset County ASA President, Chris Mills and Mandy Thomas for representing Dorset as Technical Officials, and Team Captain’s Madison Kemp (Poole) and Zak Aichitson (BCS).
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Swim Bournemouth

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IMG_8229 As the 2015 season draws to its conclusion, eight members of teamSB will be heading to the English National Championships. Good luck to all our swimmers competing, this is the reward for all those hours of hard work and dedication. Train Hard Swim Fast! 2015 Qualifiers are: Abbi Manns – 200m Breaststroke (her first National Championships); Morgan Long – 4 x 200 Freestyle relay; Izzy Pryce – 50m Butterfly, 50/100m Breaststroke, 4x100m Medley relay; Kelvin Wong – 50m , 100/200m Breaststroke; Matt Collins – 50/100/200/400/1500m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly; Jessica Richens – 4x200m Freestyle relay, 4x100m Medley relay; Megan Leaper – 4x200m Freestyle relay, 4x100m Medley relay; Hannah Stonier – 4×200 Freestyle relay, 4x100m Medley relay. Keep up with all the action via the British Swimming Website PHOTO (l-r): Abby Manns, Morgan Long, Izzy Pryce, Kelvin Wong, Matt Collins, Jessica Richens, Megan Leaper, Hannah Stonier.
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ASA National Summer Championships 2015

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The ASA National Summer Championships 2015 ended with Dorset swimmers bringing home a total of 16 English Nationals medals – five gold, two silver and nine bronze. The six days of competition for swimmers ranked nationally 25-44 in their age group and event began on 4 August and Dorset clubs with swimmer competing were Bournemouth Collegiate SC, Christchurch Seagulls SC, Poole SC, Swim Bournemouth and Tornadoes of South Dorset.

Day 6:

The sixth and last day the ASA National Summer Championships 2015 produced three medals, all bronze, for Dorset swimmers. The first came in the 18/over 400m Freestyle with Emily Clarke (Poole) finishing in third place in both heats and final with times of 4:30.78 and 4:28.41 respectively. In the 50m Freestyle events, Max Weeks (Christchurch Seagulls) also placed third in both heats and final of the 12/13 age group with times of 26.79 and 26.58, while Jenny Scott (Tornadoes) in the 18/overs finished in fourth with a heat time of 27.55 and then third in the final with a time of 27.11. Other finalists were Finn Trehane (BCS) who finished in ninth place in the heats of the 12/13 400m Freestyle with a time of 4:33.48, and seventh in the final on 4:33.91, while Izzy Pryce (Swim Bournemouth) finished ninth with a heat time of 1:19.02 and eighth in the final on 1:19.33. Poole’s 17/over 400m Medley team of Emily Clarke, Naomi Vides, Madison Kemp and Inez Griffin placed fourth in the heats and sixth in the final with times of 4:34.20 and 4:34.70.

Day 5:

A quieter day in the pool for Dorset with Zac Aitchison (BCS) making the finals of the 16/17 years 200m Breaststroke and finishing fourth with a time of 2:26.57 having placed second in the heats in a time of 2:27.32.

Day 4:

Today’s events produced four medal winners from Dorset, three of which came in the 14 years age group. In the 100m Freestyle, Ben Samuels (BCS) took gold in a winning time of 55.21 having also placed first in the heats in a time of 56.55. Izzy Pryce (Swim Bournemouth) collected a silver medal for a time of 34.95 after finishing in first place in the heats with a time of 35.13, while Christian Tai (BCS) won a bronze for a time of 28.00 in the 50m Butterfly having placed fifth in the heats on 28.54. In the 12/13 years age group, Max Weeks (Christchurch Seagulls) also took a bronze in the 50m Butterfly with a time of 28.61 having placed third in the heats on 29.11. In the 15 years 50m Butterfly, Matt Collins (Swim Bournemouth) was also a finalist placing tenth in both heats and finals on a time of 28.03 and 27.98 respectively.

Day 3:

The Male 200m Individual Medley produced two medal winners today for Dorset swimmers. In the 12/13 years age group, Finn Trehane (BCS) finished in silver medal position with an impressive 2:18.80 having placed fourth in the heats in a time of 2:23.24, while Christian Tai’s time of 2:19.15 in the 14 years age group earned him a bronze medal, having finished fourth in the heats on 2:21.71. In the 18/over 200m Breaststroke Inez Griffin (Poole) improved her placing of seventh in the heats with a time of 2:49.58 to finish in fourth place in the final with a time of 2:46.33.

Day 2:

Four Dorset swimmers produced medal-winning performances at today’s events. The first came in the 800m Freestyle with Emily Clarke (Poole) finishing first in the 18/over age group with a gold-winning time of 9:02.87 while in the 50m Breaststroke BCS swimmers Finn Trehane and Zac Aitchison both finished in the top three. In the 12/13 years age group Finn’s time of 32.49 earned him a gold medal after placing fourth in the heats on 34.04, while in the 16/17 years age group Zac’s time of 30.32 earned him a bronze medal. The last, and another gold, medal of the day came in the 14 years 200m Freestyle from Ben Samuels (BCS) with a time of 2:03.51 after finishing fourth in the heats in a time of 2:05.46. Other finalists were Madison Kemp (Poole) who placed tenth in the 16/17 years 100m Butterfly with a time of 1:05.39 and Matt Collins (Swim Bournemouth) who finished in ninth place in the 15 years 200m Freestyle with a time of 2:04.02.

Day 1:

Following on from successes at last week’s British Summer Nationals, Beth Aitchison (BCS) took another gold medal in the 18/over 200m Freestyle with a time of 2:03.83 having finished in second place in the heats in 2:06.10. Two BCS swimmers also featured in the finals of the 100m Butterfly with Finn Trehane winning a bronze medal with a time of 1:02.90 in the 12/13 years age group having placed second in the heats in 1:04.43, and Ben Samuels finishing in fifth place in the 14 years age group with a time of 1:02.72. Madison Kemp (Poole) placed fifth in the finals of the 16/17 years 50m Butterfly with a time of 28.97. A medal for Poole came in the 17/over 400m Freestyle team event with Emily Clarke, Inez Griffin, Katie Mills and Madison Kemp improving a heat time of 4:09.41 placing fifth, to 4:03.23 in the final and a bronze medal. Poole’s 14/16 years 400m Freestyle team of Leonie Wiehle, Thea O’Keefe, Teagan-Mae Graham and Jasmine Holmes placed tenth in both heats and finals with times of 4:05.73 and 4:05.48 respectively.  
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Swim Bournemouth

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A 30 strong Swim Bournemouth team headed east to take part in the Portsmouth Northsea End of Season Level 3 Meet. For half of the young team this was their first experience of swimming long course. This was a wonderful meet and an enjoyable way for many of the team to finish the 2014/15 season with lots of personal best times being achieved. Swim Bournemouth swimmers also returned home with a total of 16 gold medals, 11 silver and 12 bronze.  Well done to everyone who competed, full results can be found at: http://pnsc2.co.uk