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.

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!

Flora is 2018 200m Breaststroke County Champion

Congratulations to Flora Perkin on becoming the 2018 Devon County ASA Champion in the 200m Breaststroke at the Plymouth Life Centre.

Flora clocked a time of 2:36.86 in the heats and went two and half seconds quicker in the Championship final with a time of 2:34.14.

2017 Arena Final

Congratulations to the NASC National Arena Swimming League Team.

We qualified for the top gala in 6th position and duly finished 6th on the day thereby finishing 6th overall out of the 21 teams in division 1.

What a fantastic achievement.

Well done Team!