Devon County Championships Feb – Mar

Allys Williams qualified for the 100m breaststroke

Royal Navy Open Masters competition – 25th March

2 swimmers took part in the masters competition at Millfield

Ann Grantham won 1st place in 50m, 100m & 200m freestyle

Caitlin O’Malley gained 2nd in 100m backstroke, 50m & 100m breaststroke and 100m IM and 3rd in 50m breaststroke.

Pete Redbourn gained 3rd in 100m & 200m freestyle.

Devon Sprint Gala – April

This year’s Devon Sprint gala took place at the Life Centre in Plymouth with 7 swimmers taking part; George Moss, Alice Kellett, Emma Lowe, Emily Walker, Katie Want, Allys Williams and Nicola Porter.  Nicola won a gold medal for the 50m Breaststroke.

Guernsey Masters Open competition – 20th April

Ann Grantham gained 3rd in 50m, 100m, 200m & 400m freestyle.

Devon Developments – 24th - 30th July

9 swimmers took part in the Devon Development gala; George Moss, Katie Want, Allys Williams, Josh & Rebekah Marr, Alice Kellett, Emily Walker, Emma Lowe and Gabriel Cox.  George gained a 1st place in the 100m Backstroke and 2nd in 100m freestyle.  Katie gained a 2nd place in the 100m Freestyle, 100m individual medley, 100m breaststroke and a 3rd in the 100m butterfly & 100m backstroke. Katie also was award 5th place in the BAGCAT for her age group.

Club Championships - July

26 records were broken in the club championships this year in different age groups.

Adam Bolton broke records in the 100m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle.

Harrison Lake broke the 200m Backstroke record

Tia Want broke the 200m Backstroke, 200m Freestyle & 200m Individual medley.

George Moss broke the records in the 50m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly, 800m freestyle & 200m Individual medley.

Emily Walker broke a record in the 200m Backstroke.

Martin Simms broke 2 records in the 50m & 200m breaststroke.

Caitlin O’Malley broke the 200m butterfly record.

Grace Kellett broke the 25m freestyle record. 

Rebekah Marr broke the 200m Individual medley record. 

Nicola Porter broke the 200m Butterfly record.

Ehren Duke broke the 200m Freestyle record

Dan Lowe broke the 200m individual medley record

Katie Want broke 6 records in the 50m & 200m butterfly, 100m, 200m, 800m & 1500m Freestyle.

HMS Raleigh V HMS Drake gala + Barbecue – 11th July

The usual fun was had at the gala and barbecue with the results ‘surprisingly’ was a draw!

Breakwater swim – 21st July

Caitlin O’Malley took part in this event again this year with Nick (Frankie) Vaughan.  The weather conditions were not as ideal as previous year but still a successful event.

Oddicombe open water swim – August

Caitlin O’Malley took part in this open water swim for the first time.  The senior swimmers had to complete 5km in the bay.  Swimming around buoys.  June & Zoe Porter helped with timekeeping whilst Diego Walker (Whiskey) went out in the safety boat.

Devon County Senior & Masters competition – 9th September

8 swimmers and 1 official (Diego Walker) went to the Devon County senior & Masters Competition at Tiverton Pool.

Adam Bolton won 100m & 200m freestyle & 50m butterfly and 2nd in 50m freestyle

Martin Simms won 1st in 100m butterfly, 100m IM, 100m backstroke, 2nd in 100m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 100m breaststroke and 3rd in 50m breaststroke and 200m freestyle.

Chloe Walker gained 3rd in 50m backstroke

Caitlin O’Malley won 1st in 100m IM, 2nd in 50m butterfly, 50m breaststroke and 50m backstroke

Ann Grantham won 1st in 50m, 100m & 200m freestyle and 50m breaststroke.

June Porter gained 2nd in 50m backstroke and 3rd in 50m backstroke

Zoe Porter gained 3rd in 50m & 100m breaststroke

Nicola Porter won 1st in 50m & 100m breaststroke and 100m butterfly, 2nd in 50m butterfly and 3rd in 100m IM.

Exeter Sprint competition –16th September

10 swimmers travelled to Exeter to take part in their sprint gala; George Moss, Josh & Rebekah Marr, Nicola Porter, Emma & Dan Lowe, Katie Want, Alice Kellett, Gabriel Cox and Emily Walker.

ASA South West Masters Competition – 28th September

Ann won 1st place in 25m freestyle 7 25m breaststroke and 2nd place in 50m & 100m freestyle and 50m backstroke.

City of Plymouth Competition – 6th – 14th October

This year we had 8 swimmers taking part in the competition; Nicola & Zoe Porter, Allys Williams, Katie Want, George Moss, Alice Kellett, Gabriel Cox and Emma Lowe.

British Gas National Masters competition – 26th October

Ann Grantham gained 4th place in 50m, 100m & 200m freestyle and 50m breaststroke.

South West region masters regional competition - November

Ann Grantham swam for the Devon County team who won the regional competition and came 4th nationally.

Presentation evening – 24th November

This year the presentation was divided into championship presentation and junior presentation as the event was become too big for the RMB Stonehouse.  The championship event was a great success with award.

Drake Christmas skittles – 17th December

The competitive swimmers and parents once again held a skittles evening in HMS Drake with once again Pizza’s being on the menu.