News & Results

Newport – Greater Gwent Fastwater open meet 

Due to the volume of scratched entry fees for the 400m event we have decided to try and use as credit against future events for those concerned, if you would prefer a refund please see Adrian Dawe (just trying to keep admin to a minimum).

Christmas party

Our annual club awards night and Christmas party is booked for Sunday 21st December. 

All three weekends we have swimming competitions, following a poll of parents and swimmers we have decided to run with this date (those that are competing in the county 1500m competitions can join us with their medals later!)

National Swimming League Round 3  - 13th December 2008 

Please be aware of these dates and ensure you are available if required to represent our club 

Speak with Eric as soon as possible if you are not available

League

A great night for local swimming clubs, hugely competitive with 4 teams entering the final event, cannon, within one pint of each other with our swimmers winning this and overall

Some great swims and a collective team performance won the day

A number of our swimmers competed for the Gloucester Swim Team on Sunday against Worcester and Staffordshire.

Congratulations to those involved

 Bea Reed, George Ashton, Will Harrison, Sam Hawkins, Conner Laughey and Danny Pirrett

SOUNDWELL SWIMMING CLUB are looking for qualified coaches to be part of our exciting future.

Established in 1962 with our home pool at Kingswood Leisure Centre in Bristol, we are Swim21 accredited. We have around 300 members and cater for all standards of swimming from those learning through to county, regional and National level.

With the extensive amount of water time we have available we are looking for enthusiastic qualified Coaches to enhance and complement our established team to raise the levels of performance in swimming.

If you are interested please contact us on 0117 9604352 (Damon Ashton, Chairman) or soundwellswim@aol.com

Soundwell won round 5 by 20 points, and the final (rescheduled) round, held on Sunday (21 Sept) by 5 points.

Fantastic swims by the entire squad saw Soundwell win the last three rounds, finishing the series in second place and within one point of eventual winners Clevedon in the overall table. 

Sunday saw loads of great individual swims including wins from:

Bronwyn Choules, George Ashton, Both 10 and under Medley teams, Kieran Blake, Bea Reed, Seb Taylor, Girls 11 and under Free relay, Jake Bayly, Evie Reed, Will Cole (who also came 2nd as a 12 year old - only 3 years up!), Boys 10 and under Free Relay, Emily Ashton, Oliver Williams Conner Laughey and the Girls 12 and under Free relay.

A special mention to Gemma Bayly who we plucked out of the crowd, lent her a costume, goggles and hat so our 10 and under girls could compete in the relays!, they came 1st and 2nd in the two events.....

Well done to all swimmers and thank you to everyone who helped out.

A team of 21 swimmers travelled to the Link Centre in Swindon for this end of season meet. The swimmers were:

Jayden Cole, Will Cole, Danny Pirret, Oliver Williams, Nathan John, Jack Tyers, Finn McEvoy, Jake Bayly, Will Harrison, Lewis Jefferies, Ross Britton, Maddie Barnett, Evie Reed, Molly Wilson, Bronwen Choules, Rachel Jefferies, Lauren Bryant, Georgia Pirret, Megan Choules, Faith Williams & Anna Britton.

Swimmers swam 50m on each stroke and the fastest 6 from each age group competed in a 100m (9 years) or 200m (10, 11, 12, 13, 14&over) Individual Medley final. Results from finals were as follows:

Evie Reed - 9yrs - 1st, Bronwen Choules - 10yrs - 6th, Georgia Pirret - 11yrs - 3rd, Jayden Cole - 9yrs - 3rd, Will Cole - 9yrs - 6th(30sec penalty for disqualification), Jake Bayly - 12yrs - 4th, Will Harrison - 13yrs - 3rd, Ross Britton - 14&over - 3rd.

Well done to all who competed. Individual results are now on Team Manager Online, however, we are still awaiting results from the finals.

Picture: The Link Centre Pool

Congratulations to all those who competed at Sprint Night, for many it was their first taste of competition and hopefully they gained an insight into what happens at open meets and galas. There were lots of PB's swam and lots of improvement was shown.

A special mention to Alex Haines who took lots of time off of his PB's to win his heat in every event, due to his increased training.

Thanks to all those who volunteered on the night and to those who helped set up the pool

Results can be downloaded on the link on the right and are also on Team Manager Online. 

Sprint Night Results [PDF]

Well done to all swimmers who competed in this gala at Horfield, with many swimming in their first ever gala - Ara Wilson, Megan Height, Amelia Baker, Megan Thomson, Jack Day, Ryan Hanney, & Charlie Hennys who only left Learn to Swim one week ago and managed to hold on to achieve victory for the 9 year old boys relay team. 

We finished in third position behind strong teams from Keynsham and Southwold. Overall, we had a lot of good performances with the exception of three disqualifications from first place!

Well done to Jayden Cole and William Cole on breaking three club records between them :

Jayden - 8 & under - 50m Back, 50m Breast, Will - 9 yrs - 50m Free.

Last squad training session is Friday 25th July, which is a sprint night at Kingswood - details are on notice board.

Squads return to training Monday 1st September PM.

Learn to Swim - Last session on Friday 25th July and return on Wednesday 3rd September.

The 4th round of this years mini series was held at Keynsham on Saturday evening. The team swam fantastically well and won 24 of the races. The efforts in  training are starting to show with every swimmer showing considerable improvements. Next week is the Diddy gala which will be a real test of how our younger swimmers have improved.

Soundwell finished a good second behind a very strong Keynsham team and just in front of Thornbury. Swimmers achieved 17 individual PB's, with many beating times swam recently.

Results are now available on Team Manager - click on the link on the right. Sorry for the delay.

Due to boiler failure at The Ridings Pool, A & A1 squads will swim at Kingswood on Wednesday's from 25th June at 8pm - 9.15pm.This training change will be in place until further notice.

Well done to all swimmers who participated in this meet at GL1, Gloucester, in which a number of medals were won.

Medals

Maddie Ager - GOLD - 100m & 200m Breaststroke

Nick John - SILVER - 200m Freestyle, BRONZE - 100m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke (6 PB's)

Oliver Williams - GOLD - 200 IM, BRONZE - 200m Freestyle, SPEEDING TICKET - 100m Backstroke!!!

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Also, well done to Nathan John who swam well with PB's in all 6 of his events and would have finished 3rd in 200m Breaststroke but was disqualified. Well done to Faith Williams who also competed in this meet.

Good luck to Nick John who is leaving the club.

Above - GL1, from outside

Congratulations to Bea Reed on achieving her first National Qualifying time in the 200m Backstroke on Sunday 15th.

Full results can be found on the ASA South West Website.

ASA South West Age Group Championships - 7th & 8th June

The following swimmers competed at the first weekend of this regional competition: Georgia Pirret, Luke Murray & Bea Reed.

The following positions were obtained:

Bea Reed - 400 IM - 9th, 100 Back - 16th.

Georgia Pirret - 100 Breast - 10th.

Luke Murray - 400 IM - 8th.

Good luck to Bea Reed and Luke Murray for the second weekend of competition.

Full results can be found on the ASA South West Website.

Forms are with your squad rep. This meet is for 9,10,11 and 12 year olds and is an ideal gala for all abilities. This meet is held at Hutton Moor Leisure Centre in Weston super Mare.

Entry form and programme of events can be found on the right.

NEW - Entry Form

NEW - Programme

Hutton Moor Map

Entries have been sent.

Meet Information [PDF]

Congratulations to Michael Graham on achieving the National qualifying time for 800m Freestyle whilst winning his age group at this weekends championships. Well done also to Daniel Davies on his 1st place in the 100m back. There were other good swims from Charlotte Bryant in the 100 and 200m Breast finishing in 6th and 4th places respectively and Anna Britton on 9th -200 fly,10th -800 free and 11th in the 400 free.

Well done to those who competed at Soundwell on Sunday evening. Individual first places were gained by: Evie Reed, Emily Ashton, Jack Tyers, Kieran Blake, Joe Davies, Luke Height and a special mention to Seb Taylor who won the 10yrs 25m Freestyle in his first gala. Also, congratulations to Jayden Cole on breaking the 8 & under 25m Fly club record.

Many thanks to those who helped run the gala, your help was greatly appreciated by the swimmers.

Congratulations to Kate Smith on finishing 4th in the 100 & 200m Freestyle and 7th in the 50m Freestyle.

Results from Weston & Reading Easter Meets are now available on Team Manager. Click on the appropriate logo on the right to view results.

Congratulations to Danny Pirret (200 Free & 50 Breast) and William Cole (50 Fly) on breaking club records. These have now been updated and can be viewed here.

As of Thursday 3rd April, B squad will train at Soundwell from 5 - 6.30 p.m instead of swimming at Winterbourne. Squad training times pdf will be updated shortly.

Congratulations to all those who swam at the weekend , they were medal successes for the 9/10 boys and girls , the 11/12 boys, 13/14 boys and girls, 15/16 boys and the mixed 17 and over team.  .A special mention for Oliver Williams who was phoned at 6am on sunday morning to replace a sick team mate  Oliver accepted without hesitation and returned with  two silver medals .

Congratulations to all swimmers who took part in this meet. Behaviour was exceptional & all swimmers were a credit to the club. Several medals were won by a number of different swimmers. Special mention to Georgia Pirret who achieved her first Western Counties time in the 100m Breaststroke. Full results & list of medal winners will follow shortly.

The 100m events took place at the weekend and despite not being our strongest distance the performances and medal tally were very good. The final weekend of sprints and relays take place at the end of the month.

Well done to all swimmers who took part. Results can be found in 'Downloads'.

Results can be found in the 'Downloads' section.

This  weekend of the blocks proved to be even more successful than the previous one. There were many exceptional swims and personal bests were broken by almost all swimmers. Our IM swims were particularly good and the benefit of the training was obvious to see.

Well done to all swimmers who took part in this event in which several Soundwell swimmers finished in good positions. Results can be found on the right.

The first weekend of the blocks proved to be very successful for Soundwell swimmers. There were many exceptional swims and personal bests were broken by almost all swimmers. It was good to see a large turnout of swimmers and supporters whose vocal support was greatly appreciated. Results are now on Team manager.

An outstanding performance in this unusual gala at Horfield Leisure Centre. The mixed relays and head to head racing provided some interesting combinations. There were numerous Personal Bests and the use of the electronic timing made the event more interesting. Rachel Jefferies & George Ashton collected the trophy for the club.

Well done to all swimmers who took part in this gala. Another good performance from our young swimmers. A special mention to Timmy Fry, Emily Portergill, Finn McEvoy, Thomas Gale & Will Tavener for exceptional swims.

Information for the 2008 competitions can now be found in the 'Downloads' section.

The following swimmers gained top three finishes at the 1500m:

George Ashton - 1st (12yrs), James Dawe - 1st (13yrs),           

Mike Graham - 1st (15yrs), Josh Jotcham - 3rd (16yrs),                

Anna Britton - 1st (14yrs), Steph Shane - 1st (17yrs),                 

Anna Graham - 3rd (17yrs)

Soundwell finished second in the final round of this years competition at Keynsham. We just managed to hold of Yeovil for second place. Well done to all those who competed.

The following swimmers achieved top three finishes at the 800m:

Anna Britton - 3rd (14yrs), Sophie Bryant - 3rd (15yrs),              

Steph Shane - 1st (17yrs), Anna Graham  - 2nd (17yrs),          

George Ashton - 1st (12yrs), James Dawe - 1st (13yrs),              

Luke Murray - 2nd (14yrs), Michael Graham - 1st (15yrs & 2nd - 15/O)

Permanent Training Changes - Fridays

As from 23rd November the B squads and C squads will start there sessions at 7pm. C squad will finish at 8.30 pm.(See separate note above for November 30th)

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