Tiverton Sparkler Nov 2017
Another traditional early morning start for the annual Tiverton Sparkler saw 24 TASC swimmers competing in this popular swimming meet. With the added excitement of 'hot heats', the swimmers and their supporters enjoyed a fantastic day of competition, winning many medals throughout the day.
Gold Medals
William Figes (14) 100 Fly, 200 Fly
Emily Forwood (12) 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 Back
Evan Jenkin (10) 50 Breast, 100 Breast
Eddie Mitchell (13) 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Back
Hope Unstead (13) 100 Free
Silver Medals
James Figes (12) 200 Fly
Emily Forwood (12) 200 Free
Billie-Jo Ford (16) 200 Breast
Lauren Parker (14) 100 IM, 200 Back
Maisie Stevens (9) 50 Back
Hope Unstead (13) 100 Free, 200 Back
Jacob West (15) 100 IM
Bronze Medals
Sonny Baxter (9) 100 IM
Emily Forwood (12) 100 Free
Billie-Jo Ford (16) 100 IM
Evan Jenkin (10) 100 IM
Billy Mitchell (11) 100 IM
Lauren Parker (14) 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 Breast
Hope Unstead (13) 200 Breast
Jacob West (15) 200 Breast
North Cornwall Dragons Nov 2017
Gold Medals
Emily Forwood (12) 800m, 1500m
Lauren Parker (14) 1500m
Silver Medals
Lauren Parker (14) 800m
Exeter Open October 2017
Gold Medals
Matthew Lawton (11) 200
Emily Tyrrell (15) 50 Free
Silver Medals
Emily Forwood (12) 50 Fly, 100 Fly
Matthew Lawton (11) 100 Fly
Eddie Mitchell (13) 50 Back
Emily Tyrrell (15) 50 Breast, 100 Breast
Bronze Medals
Adam Lawton (14) 100 Back, 200 Back
Matthew Lawton (11) 100 IM, 400 IM
Eddie Mitchell (13) 50 Free
Lauren Parker (13) 200 Fly
Emily Tyrrell (15) 50 Back, 50 Fly
Exeter Sprints September 2017
Gold Medals
Billie-Jo Ford (16) 50 Breast
Emily Forwood (12) 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
Eddie Mitchell (13) 50 Breast, 50 Back
Hope Unstead (13) 50 Back
Jacob West (15) 50 Breast
Silver Medals
Evan Jenkin (10) 50 Breast
Billy Mitchell (11) 50 Free
Sam Popham (14) 100 IM
Hope Unstead (13) 50 Fly
Jacob West (15) 50 Back
Bronze Medals
Emily Forwood (12) 100 IM
Lauren Parker (13) 50 Fly
Hope Unstead (13) 100 IM
Severnside Tritons June 2017
Another fantastic meet for TASC swimmers at Severnside Tritons last weekend. The team of 12 brought home 42 medals, 18 gold, 15 silver and 9 bronze. Adam Lawton won an amazing 10 gold medals, one silver and one bronze and was narrowly beaten for the Top Boy award.
Gold Medals
Libby Brown (13) 100 IM, 50 Breast
Adam Lawton (14) 50 Back, 100 Back, 200 Back, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 Breast,50 Fly, 100 Fly, 100 IM, 200 IM
Jemima Mitchell (9) 50 Breast
Lexi Reeves (9) 50 Back
Emily Tyrrell (15) 50 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 100 IM
Silver Medals
Libby Brown (13) 100 Free
Adam Lawton (14) 50 Free
Eddie Mitchell (13) 200 IM
Jemima Mitchell (9) 100 Breast
Harvey Reeves (11) 200 Breast
Emily Tyrrell (15) 100 Back, 50 Fly, 50 Free, 100 Free
Paige Unstead (16) 50 Back, 100 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Fly
Bronze Medals
Darcy Bramble (11) 200 Fly
Libby Brown (13) 50 Back
Adam Lawton (14) 100 Free
Eddie Mitchell (13) 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free
Harvey Reeves (11) 100 Back, 100 Breast
Paige Unstead (16) 200 Free
Newquay Open Meet 2017
Well done to all the TASC swimmers who competed in this years Newquay Open at Bodmin, many of whom where competing for the first time. Congratulations to Hope and Harvey who qualified for the all age groups sprint finals where Hope came 2nd in 50 Fly, 50 Free, 3rd in 50 Back and Harvey came 4th in 50 Fly.
The medals winners were:
Gold Medals
Lexi Reeves (9) 50 Back, 200 Back
Hope Unstead (13) 50 Free
Silver Medals
Harvey Reeves (11) 50 Fly
Hope Unstead (13) 50 Fly, 100 IM
Bronze Medals
Lexi Reeves (9) 200 Free
Hope Unstead (13) 50 Back, 50 Free
Finals
Harvey Reeves (11) 4th - 50 Fly
Hope Unstead (13) 2nd – 50 Fly, 50 Free, 3rd – 50 Back
Two Counties Spring Meet 2017
Congratulations to Hope, Libby, Paige & Emily who competed in the Two Counties meet held at Plymouth over the Easter weekend. They won lots of medals and set many PBs.
Libby & Paige qualified for the Medley Skins finals where Libby came second in the 14 yrs and under age group and Paige came third in the 15 yrs and over age group. Well done girls!
Gold Medals
Libby Brown (12) 100 IM, 100 Free
Emily Forwood (12) 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly
Hope Unstead (13) 200 Fly
Paige Unstead (16) 200 IM
Silver Medals
Libby Brown (12) 100 Back
Emily Forwood (12) 200 Breast
Hope Unstead (13) 200 IM
Bronze Medals
Emily Forwood (12) 400 Free
Paige Unstead (16) 100 IM
Medley Skins
14 yrs & under – Libby Brown - 2nd place
15 yrs & over – Paige Unstead - 3rd place
City of Wells Spring Meet 2017
Ten TASC swimmers competed in this years City of Wells Spring meet at Millfiled. They returned triumphant with medals galore after a long and exhausting weekend. Congratulations to all of you!
Gold Medals
Adam Lawton (14) 100 IM, 100 Back, 200 Breast, 200 IM, 100 Breast, 100 Back Matthew Lawton (11) 200 IM, 200 Fly, 50 Free
Eddie Mitchell (13) 200 Breast, 100 Free, 50 Free
Jemima Mitchell (9) 50 Breast
Silver Medals
Adam Lawton (14) 50 Back, 50 Fly
Matthew Lawton (11) 100 Fly
Billy Mitchell (11) 100 Breast, 50 Breast
Eddie Mitchell (13) 200 Free, 200 Back
Harvey Reeves (11) 200 Fly, 200 Back
Bronze Medals
Adam Lawton (14) 50 Free
Matthew Lawton (11) 50 Fly, 200 Free
Eddie Mitchell (13) 50 Back, 200 IM, 100 Fly
Harvey Reeves (11) 100 Fly, 200 Breast, 200 IM
Devon County Championships 2017
A team of 17 swimmers represented Torridgeside Amateur Swimming Club at this year's Devon County Age Group Championships, a very strong turnout compared to previous years.
Some great results were achieved and many medals brought home. Emily Tyrrell also qualified for the Championship Final (fastest eight across all age groups) in 50m Breaststroke and 50m Butterfly and finished a respectable 5th place in both races.
Gold Medals
Emily Tyrrell - 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke
Silver Medals
Matthew Lawton - 200m Butterfly
Billy Mitchell - 50m Breaststroke
Bronze Medals
Libby Brown - 50m Backstroke
Emily Forwood - 200m Butterfly
Emily Tyrrell - 100m Breaststroke, 100m Individual Medley
Larry Hill rewarded by ASA
Our long standing and much loved coach Larry Hill recently attended a prestigious lunch at the University of Birmingham where he received the Amateur Swimming Association's (ASA) Silver award in the category of Services to Aquatics. The award was presented by Rio 2016 Olympic diving bronze medallist Dan Goodfellow and Rio 2016 Paralympic swimming gold medallist Ellie Robinson.
Larry has been involved with Torridgeside Amateur Swimming Club (TASC) for over 40 years and has inspired generations of young swimmers. Congratulations Larry, we're all very proud of you!
10th Tiverton Sparkler
The early start on Sunday morning didn't deter the 19 TASC swimmers competing in the 10th Tiverton Sparkler Meet, as they ended the day as the second best placed visiting club, behind Exeter City. Team spirit was high and an impressive total of 53 medals were won - 27 gold, 20 silver and 6 bronze with many of the swimmers achieving PBs and County Times. A massive thank you to the coaches for all their hard work.
Gold Medals
Maisie Ayers (9) 50 Breast
Libby Brown (12) 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 IM
William Figes (13) 200 Fly
Emily Forwood (11) 100 Fly, 200 Fly
Evan Jenkin (9) 200 Breast
Matthew Lawton (10) 50 Back, 100 IM, 200 Back, 200 Fly, 200 Free
Billy Mitchell (10) 50 Breast, 50 Free, 200 Breast
Lauren Parker (13) 200 Free
Jack Popham (14) 100 Fly, 200 Free
Hope Unstead (12) 50 Free, 200 Back, 200 Free
Paige Unstead (15) 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Fly
Jacob West (14) 100 Breast, 200 Breast
Silver Medals
Zac Allaway (10) 50 Free, 100 IM
Maisie Ayres (9) 50 Fly
Phoebe Cook (9) 50 Breast
Emily Forwood (11) 200 Free
Evan Jenkin (9) 100 IM
Matthew Lawton (10) 50 Breast
Billy Mitchell (10) 200 Free
Eddie Mitchell (12) 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 Free
Lauren Parker (13) 100 Fly, 100 Free, 100 IM
Jack Popham (14) 50 Free
Hope Unstead (12) 100 Fly
Paige Unstead (15) 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 IM, 200 Free
Bronze Medals
Zac Allaway (10) 50 Back, 50 Free
Libby Brown (12) 100 Free
Phoebe Cook (9) 50 Fly
Poppy Rooke (10) 50 Back
Jacob West (14) 100 IM
Mark Foster Swim Camp
On Friday 28 October, five swimmers from TASC took the opportunity to attend a Mark Foster Swimming Academy training camp at Exeter's Riverside Leisure Centre. This was run by Mark Foster, Katy Sexton MBE and their team of professional coaches, sports scientists and nutritionists.
Mark has represented Team GB at 5 Olympic games, been 6 times World Champion, 11 times European Champion, 2 times Commonwealth Champion, broke the World Record 8 times and is one of the most successful British swimmers of all time. Katy is the first British woman to win a World Championship gold medal and, after recovering from a major shoulder injury, came back to win a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games. She has competed at the Olympics twice and was awarded an MBE in the 2004 New Years Honours list.
A more inspirational pair to learn from would be hard to find.The children were put through their paces both in the pool and through dry land training with demonstrations from both Mark and Katy. They came away with a lot of information to take on board and they all thoroughly enjoyed their day!
Exeter Open
We had a very successful meet at the Exeter Open, with our team of 15 swimmers winning 32 medals. Lots of PBs and county times too!
Gold Medals
Emily Forwood (11) 50 Fly
Evan Jenkin (9) 50 Breast, 200 Breast
Matthew Lawton (10) 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 200 Free
Billy Mitchell (10) 400 Free
Emily Tyrrell (14) 50 Breast, 100 Breast
Silver Medals
Libby Brown (12) 50 Back
Emily Forwood (11) 50 Breast, 100 Fly
Evan Jenkin (9) 200 IM
Adam Lawton (13) 400 IM
Matthew Lawton (10) 200 Back
Eddie Mitchell (12) 200 Breast
Harvey Reeves (11) 200 Fly
Lexi Reeves (9) 50 Back, 50 Free
Emily Tyrrell (14) 50 Fly
Paige Unstead (15) 200 Back
Bronze Medals
Libby Brown (12) 50 Breast
Emily Forwood (11) 100 Breast
Evan Jenkin (9) 50 Fly
Matthew Lawton (10) 200 Breast
Eddie Mitchell (12) 100 Fly, 400 Free
Lexi Reeves (9) 200 Free
Poppy Rooke (10) 50 Fly
Emily Tyrrell (14) 50 Free
Paige Unstead (15) 200 Fly
Exeter Sprints
Congratulations to all swimmers who took part in the Exeter Sprints. The medal winners were:
Gold Medals
Maisie Ayres (9) 50 Breast, 50 Fly
Evan Jenkin (9) 50 Breast, 100 IM
Jacob West (14) 50 Breast
Silver Medals
Maisie Ayres (9) 50 Free, 100 IM
Phoebe Cook (9) 50 Fly
Harvey Reeves (11) 50 Fly
Jacob West (14) 100 IM
Bronze Medals
Evan Jenkin 50 Back
Harvey Reeves 50 Breast, 50 Free, 100 IM
Jacob West (14) 50 Fly
Plymouth Long Course Summer Open
A team of 14 swimmers travelled to Plymouth at the end of July to compete in the Plymouth Leander summer Long Course meet. We won 22 medals in total, 6 gold, 5 silver and 11 bronze.
Gold Medals
Emily Forwood (11) 50 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 200 Fly
Eddie Mitchell (12) 50 Free
Jack Popham (14) 100 Fly
Silver Medals
Emily Forwood (11) 200 Back
Evan Jenkin (9) 50 Breast, 200 Breast
Eddie Mitchell (12) 100 Free
Harvey Reeves (11) 200 Fly
Bronze Medals
Chris Cohen (14) 1500 Free
Emily Forwood (11) 400 Free
Eddie Mitchell (12) 200 Free, 400 Free
Joe Mitchell (13) 200 Breast
Jack Popham (14) 50 Back, 100 Back, 50 Fly, 50 Free, 100 Free
Sam Popham (13) 50 Back
Devon Development Gala
Another successful development Gala for TASC swimmers who won 27 medals, 10 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze. Congratulations to all the swimmers who took part.
Gold Medals
Chris Cohen (15) 1500 Free
William Figes (13) 200 Fly
Evan Jenkins (9) 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Eddie Mitchell (12) 100 Back, 100 Fly, 100 Free, 400 Free, 1500 Free, 200 IM
Silver Medals
Chris Cohen (15) 400 Free
James Figes (12) 200 Fly
William Figes (13) 200 IM
Billy Mitchell (10) 100 Breast, 200 Breaststroke
Eddie Mitchell (12) 100 Breast, 200 Back
Emma Moulton (14) 100 IM, 100 Fly
Bronze Medals
James Figes (12) 100 IM
William Figes (13) 200 Free
Evan Jenkin (9) 100 IM
Billy Mitchell (10) 200 Free, 400 Free
Joe Mitchell (14) 1500 Free
Emma Moulton (14) 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Severnside Tritons Open Meet
Another successful meet for Torridgeside swimmers. At the Severnside Tritons Open Meet at Weston Supermare, Libby, Harvey and Emily won 5 golds, 5 silvers and 6 bronze medals. Congratulations!
Gold Medals
Harvey Reeves (10) 50 Fly
Emily Tyrrell (13-14) 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 100 IM
Silver Medals
Libby Brown (11-12) 50 Back
Harvey Reeves 100 IM, 100 Fly
Emily Tyrrell 100 Breast, 100 Free
Bronze Medals
Libby Brown 50 Free, 100 IM
Harvey Reeves 50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back
Emily Tyrrell 100 Back
Medal Success at Bodmin
Congratulations to all our swimmers who took part in the Newquay Cormorants Open at Bodmin on May 8th. We came home with a total of 29 medals! Two of our swimmers qualified for the all age groups sprint finals - Emma Moulton 3rd in 50m Fly and 50m Back and Adam Lawton 3rd in 50m Breast, 4th in 50m Back and 5th in 50m Fly. Well done everyone, great swimming!
Gold Medals
Libby Brown (11) 100 IM
Emily Forwood (11) 50m Fly
Adam Lawton (13) 200m Breast
Matthew Lawton (10) 200m Fly, 50m Free
Silver Medals
Libby Brown (11) 50m Back, 200m Breast, 50m Fly
Emily Forwood (11) 200m Free, 100 IM, 50m Free
Evan Jenkin (9) 50m Breast
Adam Lawton (13) 50m Breast, 50m Back
Matthew Lawton (10) 50m Fly
Eddie Mitchell (12) 50m Breast, 200m Free
Harvey Reeves (10) 100 IM
Bronze Medals
Adam Lawton (13) 100 IM
Matthew Lawton (10) 200m Free, 50m Back, 100 IM
Eddie Mitchell (12) 200m Breast
Harvey Reeves (10) 50m Breast, 50m Fly, 200m Breast, 200m Fly
Two Counties Level 3 SC 14th &15th April @ Plymouth
Mini League round 4 - 28th Apr @ Crediton 5:30pm
Severnside Tritons 2nd & 3rd Jun @ Western Supermare
Devon County Sprints 17th Jun
Devon Development Gala 16th, 23rd & 24th Jun @ Plymouth
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