After months of looking into this, and years of wishing we had a website, it has finally arrived!

Firstly, a big thankyou to Simon Bryant for his web design services, setting up all the sections on the site and including much of our initial content. This was all compiled and handed over with just hours to spare before he set off travelling around the world, way back in July, so hopefully he can now check back from the other side of the world and see some changes.

Reports from various competitions have been compiled since Simon handed over the site and these can be found in the archive section. However, there are some events and achievements that deserve special mentions:

At the Western Counties Championships, held in June and involving several of our swimmers, Sophie Feboul had an outstanding swim, to achieve, to the hundredth of a second, a National Qualifying time. She later competed in the National Age Group Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheffield.

At the end of July, five swimmers from the club were representing England at the World Friendship Games in the Netherlands, read the preview and the report.

Gary Carpenter continued to progress his channel swimming ambitions, crossing the English Channel as part of the six strong Western Counties relay team. The highlight of many of his swims this season including the ASA Open Water Championships.

The annual Club Championships were held in November with some very good competition resulting in 17 Championship Best Times being set.

The year finished with the final round of the Speedo League, where we found ourselves in a closely fought battle to remain in Division 2.

All stories are accesible in this News section of the site, follow the sidelinks for the most recent stories, or delve into the archives to catch up on older stories.

DJS