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Cardiff International Meet 2010

Written by A Carter | 04 July 2010

This open meet is licensed at Level 1 and attracts many of the top swimmers in the country. A team of 9 dinnaton swimmers travelled to Cardiff for the event which lasted 3 days. The meet was well organised and our entries were very effectively mananged by Tracey Bunyard our competition secretary, much thanks to Tracey for all her hard work. Ben Gittens was the overall star of the competition winning an amazing 4 gold medals in the 100m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 200m IM and 200m backstroke as well as a silver medal in the 200m freestyle, this is an incredible achievement for a swimmer at such a high level meet. Megan Bowen gave some great performances to take silvers in the 200m freestyle and 800m freestyle and a bronze in the 400m freestyle. David Hammond qualified for the 200m IM final and achieved a time in the 200m backstroke which would have given him national qualification if it were a couple of days sooner. Well done David, definitely one to watch for next year!

Many of the other members of the team which included Chris Farmer, Ryan Moreno-Chamorro, Callum Clay, Sally Carter, Roisin Vosper and Charlotte Evans achieved personal best times in this challenging and extremely competitive field. Special thanks to Alan Rooker who supported the team through the ups and downs of the full 3 day event!

Stunning performances at ASA South West Age groups

Written by AC | 21 June 2010

The second weekend of the regional age group championships saw another strong contingent of Dinnaton swimmers taking medals and titles at this prestigious event. Megan Bowen once again demonstrated her dominance of the endurance events by finishing strongly in the 800m freestyle event in a time of 9.35.94, earning her a well deserved gold medal. She went on to take the bronze medal in the 100m butterfly as well. Ben Gittens took another champions crown by finishing first in the 100m breaststroke final as well as gaining a silver medal in the 200m freestyle. Both David Hammond and Jack Northmore gave tremendous performances to gain places in the regional finals. It has been a very memorable year for Dinnaton at these championships and gives yet more promise for the future.

Bath Swim Camp October 2010

Written by AC | 20 June 2010

Following the success of the previous camp we have arranged another one during the October half term at Bath Univerisity. This trip is being offered to all swimmers in A and B1 squads. It takes place from Sunday 24 October to Tuesday 26 October 2010. Team Bath based at Bath University has a 50m pool and this offers an excellent training opportunity for swimmers. More information available here.bathswimcamp2

Support for Amy for the World Championships

Written by | 19 June 2010

Dinnaton swimmer Amy Croker has qualified for the 5th Down Syndrome World Championships, which this year will be held in Taiwan. We are very proud of her achievement and as a club want to support Amy and her family to get to Taiwan. Three of Dinnaton’s younger swimmers have decided to raise money to assist Amy by entering ‘The Blue Mile’ open water swim. Jack Northmore (11), Ella Windle (9) & Ellie McCoy (10) will undertake this 1 mile sea swim across Plymouth sound and would appreciate your assistance in either a small donation or sponsoring them. If you could be there on the day (3rd July) to cheer them on as well, that would be even better! Thank you

If you wish to sponsor Jack, Ella and Eliie please pledge your donation through the contact us link.

Gold, Silver and Bronze for Dinnaton

Written by AC | 14 June 2010

The second day of the ASA South West Championships saw Regional Champions Megan Bowen and Ben Gittens back in action. Megan competed in the 400 freestyle, a mere walk in the park after the previous days 1500m success! She finished in a time of 4.44.69 well ahead of the competition and was awarded with another regional gold medal. A stunning achievement! Ben was swimming the 100m freestyle event and finished a close second to take silver in a time of 1.09.46. David Hammond after his successful swims on Saturday, swam to finish the 100m freestyle in the bronze medal position, another significant step in this promising young swimmer's career.