Trowbridge Swimmers Smash County Records

Trowbridge Amateur Swimming Club collected a haul of medals at the Wiltshire County Age Group Championships held last month, with many swimmers achieving medals in all four disciplines and several coming away with district and national qualifying times.

For five swimmers however, not only did they achieve medals and qualifying times, but smashed County records.

Between them 12 year olds Jack Borthwick and Christopher Weston stole the backstroke records in their age group, with Jack taking the 200m whilst Chris the 50m and 100m records. Sophie Purnell (11)  also took the 200m backstroke record in the girls competition whilst the Barnes sisters, Georgina (11) and Charlotte (14), broke the 200m breaststroke records in both their age groups, with Charlotte also achieving a new County time in the 50 breaststroke.

Head Coach Paul Leather was extremely proud of all the swimmers. “Their hard work and dedication has paid off and the Club is doing really well. It is great to see swimmers of all ages competing so well and even our youngest swimmers are now achieving medal positions and qualifying times”.

Medals winners:

Boys:

Jordan Edwards (9) silver,

David Williams (10) gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze,

Kieran Slater (10) 5 bronze

Kieran Hill (11) silver

Christopher Weston (12) 5 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze

Jack Borthwick (12) 6 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze

Carl Greenan (13) bronze

Sam Purnell (14) silver, 4 bronze

Alan Williams (16) 3 silver, bronze

Edward Jefferys (16) gold, 3 silver, bronze

Nicholas Williams (16) gold, 2 bronze

Mark Threlfall (17) 2 silver, bronze

Thomas Brennan-Craddock (20) bronze

Girls:

Emma Davies (9) 1 silver, 1 bronze

Molly Borthwick (10) silver

Hannah Grubb (10) gold, silver, 2 bronze

Emma Hill (10) bronze

Amelia Griffin (10) bronze

Katie Pugh (11) bronze

Sophie Purnell (11) 5 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze

Rachel Williams (12) 3 silver, 2 bronze

Georgina Barnes (11) gold, 2 silver, bronze

Rebecca Smith (14) 4 bronze

Charlotte Barnes (14) 6 gold, 8 silver, 3 bronze

Alice Baker (15) 3 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze

Kristina Gilbert Pike (15) 2 bronze

Annabel Weston (16) bronze

Other competitors; Andrew Stevenson, Joshua Dobson, Joshua Garg, David Vick, William Locke, Jack Griggs, Sam Smith, Nathan Fricker, Matthew Griffin, Ashley Ward, James Moss, Ollie Clark, Samyal Ward, Jessica Fricker, Katherine Arnold, Daisy Gray, Abigail Ritchens, Ullie Singleton, Danielle Bennett, Emily Green, Alys Parry, Georgia Gray, Anita Walton and Rachel Hampshire