Calne Alpha Open Meet

Calne Alpha held an open meet at Calne leisure centre on 5th & 6th November 2016. It was a very busy open meet with many Wiltshire clubs attending. Tigersharks, Swindon Dolphins and Calne all had a large team of swimmers. Chippenham ASC also had a large team of 17 swimmers attend, ranging in age from 10 years to 26 years.  They swam a total of 103 races and between them they secured 29 medals – 12 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze.  Many County Qualifying Times and PB's were secured.

Well done to all swimmers.

Marlborough Penguins open meet

Marlborough Penguins held an open meet on 29th & 30th October, at Marlborough College. This was Marlborough Penguins first ever open meet.  Chippenham ASC only had a small team of 6 swimmers attend and it was a first open meet for Peter Weston-Burt. The Chippenham swimmers competed in a total of 32 swims and secured 13 medals (7 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze).

Well done to all swimmers.

Syncronised Swiming - Regional Championships - GOLD

Congratulation to the Chippenham Synchronised Swimming Team who competed at the South West Regional Championships  in Plymouth.

Chippenham Syncronised Swimming Won GOLD in the 12 and unders age group and will now be going on to the national competitions on the 2/3/4th of Decemeber

This year 7 swimmers have qualified fro the NAG Championships. This is the most swimmers we have ever had qualifed for the figure section in one championship.

Well Done to all swimmers.

Results from Saturday Nights Gala at Wroughton

27% of swims were pbs (highlighted green)

First in 17 events; second in 26 events; third in 7 events;  Last in no events. No DQ's

Points on the night:

1. Swindon Dolphins[168]
2. Chippenham [160]
3. Wooton Bassett [105]
4. Corsham [62]

Final Positions at the end of this year's Sumer League Div 2:

1. Swindon Dolphins[641]
2. Chippenham [611]
3. Wooton Bassett [468]
4. Corsham [243]

We will remain in Div 2 next year.

English Nationals, held at Ponds Forge in Sheffield,

Congratulation to James Edwards and Matthew Hardick at the English Nationals at Sheffield

James Edwards has swam brilliantly and taken 3 medals:

100m Back - Silver
100m Fly - Silver
50m Free - Bronze

plus 4 other finals:

400m Free - 7th place in the final
200m Free - 5th place in the final
200m IM - 6th place in the final
100m Free  5th in the final

plus

100m Breast - 11th overall

Matt swam well in the 100m Breast, but was just off his entry time.

Tigersharks Non National Qualifier open meet

Wiltshire County Sprint Day

Chippenham had a large team of 32 swimmers who qualified and swam at the Wiltshire County Sprint Day on Sunday 10th July at Milton Road, Swindon.

Chippenham had a strong team of 14 swimmers who qualified to enter the ASA South West Region Fast 5 Competition on Sunday 3rd July at GL1 Leisure Centre, Gloucester.  The swimmers were;

Salisbury Open Meet

Chippenham ASC had 4 swimmers attending the Salisbury open meet on Sunday 5th June at The Five Rivers Leisure Centre. They were;

Jack Chappell, Louis Nicholls, Amy Gibbons and Jamie Edwards.

They had a busy day swimming a total of 27 races, but were rewarded with 12 medals! 2 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze. They also achieved a total of 17 PBs.

Well done to all swimmers.

Wiltshire ASA Masters Championships

Chippenham ASC had 7 swimmers enter round two of the Wiltshire ASA Masters Championships held at Trowbridge on Saturday 4th June.

They were;

Matt Hare, Peter Holden, Ben Holloway, Sally-Ann Mann, Matt Cruse, Jack Cook and Shaun Cairns.

Congratulations to them all on making this Wiltshire Masters Championship the most successful Masters Championships Chippenham has attended. Not only did Chippenham enter a record 22 events, but they brought home a record 15 medals, as well as setting/breaking 9 Club Masters Records.

The medals won were;

Gold

Jack Cook – 25m Frontcrawl Overall Champion and Age Group 

Matt Hare – 100m Backstroke Age Group

Matt Cruse – 50m Butterfly Age Group 

Jack Cook – 50m Butterfly Age Group

Matt Hare – 25m Frontcrawl Age Group 

Matt Cruse – 25m Frontcrawl Age Group 

Matt Cruse – 100m Breaststroke Age Group 

Men’s 120-159 4x25m Freestyle Relay (Shaun Cairns, Matt Hare, Matt Cruse, Jack Cook)

Silver

Matt Hare – 50m Butterfly Age Group 

Sally – 25m Frontcrawl Age Group 

Bronze

Peter Holden – 100m Backstroke Age Group 

Shaun Cairns – 100m Backstroke Age Group 

Peter Holden – 50m Butterfly Age Group 

Peter Holden – 25m Frontcrawl Age Group 

Peter Holden – 100m Breaststroke Age Group

Chippenham have now moved up to fourth in the Men’s Team scores with 58 points only 7 points behind Corsham in third. Our Women’s Team (just Sally) has moved into joint tenth place with 2 points. And our Combined Team Score is now 60 points placing us sixth in the county out of 13 teams.

The next Championship Block is Saturday 1^st October in Salisbury which will consist of 100m IM, 50m freestyle, 25m backstroke, 25m butterfly, 50m breaststroke and hopefully a relay or two.

Well done to all swimmers and good luck in the next round!

Trowbridge May Day open meet

Chippenham ASC had a small and young team of 6 attend the Trowbridge May Day open meet held on 2nd May at Clarendon Sports Centre, Trowbridge. They were;
Beth McFadzean, Jack Blackburn, Jack Chappell, Isabelle Chappell, Lillia Barnett and Bethany Barnett.

Swimming a massive 52 races, in one day, which were a mixture of 25m, 50m and 100m they managed to secure an amazing 38 medals (14 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze). Over 70% of their swims were also PBs so a fantastic result all round.

Well done to all swimmers.

Millfield and Taunton Deane open meet

Chippenham ASC had 2 swimmers who attended the Millfield and Taunton Deane open meet held at Millfield school on 22nd to 24th April. This was a long course (50m pool) Level 1 open meet and swimmers came from all over the south west hoping to gain national qualification.

The swimmers were Amy Gibbons and Michaela Sheppard. They swam a total of 7 races altogether some being PB's. This was their first experience of a Level 1 open meet and was a great experience that they could use to prepare themselves for their regional championship races next month.

Well done to both Amy and Michaela!

Swindon Swim Squad low level 4 invitational development open meet

Chippenham ASC had 5 children competing in 26 races in the Swindon Swim Squad open meet held at the Link Centre, Swindon on Sunday 17th April.

The team - aged between 8 and 10 were;
Paige Lavelle, Alisha Birkett, Beth McFadzean, Holly Parker and James Wrench.

It was the first open meet for 2 of the swimmers and everyone swam well gaining lots of PB's. Each PB entitled the swimmer to a free lolly which kept them all happy! Also there were medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd and ribbons for 4th, 5th and 6th in each age group. We won a total of 4 Bronze medals, two 4th place ribbons, two 5th place ribbons and two 6th place ribbons.
Paige and James placed in the top six in their age group in every race, a great achievement.

Well done to all swimmers.

Calne Alpha open meet.

It was another busy but successful weekend for Chippenham ASC at the Calne Alpha Open Meet on 9th and 10th April.

CASC had a large team of 25 swimmers competing in 101 swims over the weekend. There was a good showing of younger swimmers and at the other end of the scale the performance squad were out in force with 18 of them competing, this being their last chance to obtain Regional Qualifying Times.

An impressive 55 medals were won over the weekend! 23 gold, 17 silver and 15 bronze. Many PB's were obtained and they also managed to secure 9 Regional Consideration times and 2 Regional Entry times. These were;

Amy Gibbons - 100m Breaststroke - Regional Consideration Time.

Amy Hall – 50m Backstroke - Regional Entry Time.

George Claverley - 50m Freestyle - Regional Consideration Time.

Jack Cook - 50m Freestyle - Regional Consideration Time.

James Tucker - 100m Breaststroke - Regional Consideration Time.

Katie Butcher - 100m Backstroke - Regional Entry Time.

Luke Brown – 50m Breaststroke - Regional Consideration Time.

100m Breaststroke - Regional Consideration Time.

Natalie Pidgeon – 200m Breaststoke - Regional Consideration Time.

Niamh Irvin - 50m Butterfly - Regional Consideration Time.

Rachel Wrench – 200m Butterfly - Regional Consideration Time.

Well done to all swimmers.

Chippenham ASC had swimmers competing at the Tigersharks Spring Open Meet on 12th/13th March at the Link Centre, Swindon. It was a mixed team of younger swimmers together with performance swimmers trying to obtain Regional Qualifying Times. 

The swimmers had requested entry into 99 races but following a 60% oversubscription to the meet, some swimmers were unable to complete in some or all of the races they requested.  During the weekend Chippenham ASC had swimmers competing in 74 races (taking into account illness and withdrawals on the day).  

The swimmers managed an impressive medal haul of 7 gold, 8 silver and 10 bronze. 

Many PB's were achieved across the weekend and also an amazing 9 Regional Qualifying Times, 6 of which were either new or improved times. These were;

Well done to all swimmers!

Results from Saturday Nights Gala at Wroughton

27% of swims were pbs (highlighted green)

First in 34 events; second in 4 events; third in 1 events;  Last in no events

Points on the night:

1. Chippenham [150]
2. Marlborough [97]
3. Wroughton [79]
4. Corsham [56]

Chippenham ASC had 7 swimmers who entered Round 1 of the Wiltshire Masters Championships held on Saturday 20th February at the Link centre, Swindon.