Clevedon swimmers have performed heroically and with great success in the final of three weekends of swimming that make up 'The Somersets'. 55 members of the club took part and the statistics speak for themselves:- A total of 23.65 miles was swum. There were 231 Personal Best times. 86 top 8 finishes and 31 Western Counties qualifying or consideration times.

We have gained two new County Champions - George Harris in the boys 10 and under 50m Butterfly and India Thomas in the girls 11 year old 200m Butterfly and 100m Butterfly. Amber Summerell gained a hat trick of silver medals in the 11 year old girls 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke.

In the overall standings Elizabeth Warnes finished 7th in the 9 year old girls, Stephanie Reynolds finished 8th in the 10 year old girls, Amber Summerell finished 3rd in the 11 year old girls and George Harris finished 5th in the 10 year old boys.

There are too many outstanding performances to mention in any more detail, but the performance of our relay teams gives some measure of the progress that the club is making up the County pecking order. We gained 4 thirds, 1 fourth, 2 fifths and 1 seventh out of 8 swims - given the quality of the opposition clubs, this is a remarkable achievement for Clevedon. Much of the credit for this belongs with Head Coach, Rachel Aldington who has trained the squad to a new peak of competitive excellence. Training preparations culminated in a week of warm weather training in Lanzarote in an Olympic sized pool earlier in the year.

It's now onward and upwards as far as the club is concerned and swimmers are getting back into their training schedules with renewed enthusiasm.

Graham Feboul
Press Officer