We had an extremely young team of 9 swimmers (aged 9 and 10 years) who competed over 25m and 50m in all 4 strokes together with 100IM.  For some this was their first taste of inter-club competition, others have only competed once before.

Over the course of 2 sessions they competed in a total of 18 events, bringing home medals in 16 events! In several events they took both gold and silver in their age group.  They secured 25 medals in total, 13 gold, 9 silver and 3 bronze with a bucketful of PBs.  An excellent performance.

Team Manager Lyn Cairns, Lynn Chappell and Lisa Blackburn.

Results from Saturday Nights Gala at Bradford on Avon

45 pbs

4 x firsts

9 x seconds

12 x thirds

3 DQs

Points on the night:

1. 1. Bradford on Avon   [139]
   2. Trowbridge   [133]
   3. Swiindon Dolphins [131]
   4. Chippenham   [89]

Chippenham ASC: Winter League Round 3.

1. Bradford on Avon A[192]
2. TigerSharks [181]
3. Trowbridge A [178]
4. Chippenham [169]
   
   
   
   
   
   

Chippenham Swimming Club Championship 2014 - Results

Chippenham swimming club completed its 2014 Club championships at the weekend (13/14 December 2014).

354 County qualifying times were achieved during the championships (329 in 2013), with the highlights being Tegan Cairns' 400m freeStyle, Jack Cook's 50m freestyle and 100m freestyle, George Claverley's 100m freestlye, Emma Holloway's 200m freestyle and Amy Hall'' in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle and 200m IM. All achieved greater than 500 FINA points.

64 Swimmers qualified for the County Events this year.

Age group points winners

Louis Press, Emily De Bruijn, Ethan Hunt, Katie Butcher, Joshua Dreelan, Amy Gibbons, Matthew Hardick, Michaela Sheppard, Luke Brown, Tegan Cairns, Benjamin Birkett, Katharine Sheppard, Nathan Coupland, Amy Hall, Matthew Curse and Emma Holloway

Chippenham's county qualifiers:

Distance - 19 swimmers attained county distance times with 11 representing Chippenham ASC at the county event.

Andrew Hare, Benjamin Birkett, Cameron Perkins, Harrison Jones, Henry Gaunt, Joseph Clymer, Luke Brown, Matthew Cruse, Matthew Hare, Nathan Coupland, Amy Hall, Amy Gibbons, Bryony Cairns, Emma Holloway, Ella Parker, Jolie Partington, Natalie Pidgeon, Michaela Sheppard, Tegan Cairns

Sprints - 55 swimmers attained county sprints times with 46 representing Chippenham ASC at the county event.

Abbie Cross, Adam Graham, Amber Davis, Amy Gibbons, Amy Hall, Andrew Hare, Ben Holloway, Bethany Barnett, Bryony Cairns, Carmen Hurcum, Ella Parker, Ellie Young, Emily De Bruijn, Emily Whitham, Emma Holloway, Ethan Garrett, Ethan Hunt, Evgenia Burgess-Omelchenko, Evie Garrett, Finley Shorland, Harrison Jacomb, Harrison Jones, Henry Gaunt, Jack Cook, James Tucker, Jason Hall, John Branston, Jolie Partington, Joshua Dreelan, Joshua Wilson, Katharine Sheppard, Katie Butcher, Leon Perry, Lillia Barnett, Louis Nicholls, Louis Perry, Maddison Lavelle, Madelaine Elliott, Matthew Cruse, Matthew Hardick, Matthew Hare, Max Coupland, Megan Hunt, Megan Wright, Michaela Sheppard, Natalie Pidgeon, Nathan Coupland, Nathaniel Hall-Barnett, Niamh Irwin, Peter Holden, Puruvi Ruparel, Rachel Hare, Rachel Wrench, Tegan Cairns, Tom Wallace

Youths - 27 swimmers attained county youth times with 21 representing Chippenham ASC at the county event.

Abbie Cross, Amy Hall, Andrew Hare, Ben Holloway, Benjamin Birkett, Bryony Cairns, Cameron Perkins, Charity Moore, Emma Holloway, Evgenia Burgess-Omelchenko, George Claverley, Harrison Jones, Henry Gaunt, Isabelle Pinguey, Jack Cook, James Edwards, James Tucker, John Branston, Joseph Clymer, Katharine Sheppard, Luke Brown, Matthew Cruse, Matthew Hare, Natalie Pidgeon, Nathan Coupland, Puruvi Ruparel, Tegan Cairns

BagCats (Age Groups) - 15 swimmers attained county bagcat times with 15 representing Chippenham ASC at the county event.

Amy Gibbons, Ella Parker, Ethan Garrett, Finley Shorland, Harrison Jacomb, Jolie Partington, Joseph Newman, Joshua Dreelan, Katie Butcher, Leon Perry, Maddison Lavelle, Matthew Hardick, Megan Wright, Michaela Sheppard, Rachel Wrench

NOTICE OF CHIPPENHAM ASC ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

WE WOULD WELCOME ALL PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF CASC SWIMMERS AT :-

The Club's Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 9th January 2015 at the Angel Hotel (Bowood room) at 7.00 p.m. All very welcome.

Members proposing any resolutions, change or alterations to the club rules shall present the proposal to the Hon. Secretary, in writing, at least 14 days prior to the meeting. No club rule shall be added, altered or rescinded, except at the Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting. Please send via 'contact us' link on the club website.

If you are interested in getting more involved with the swimming club, please do come along. We are a friendly, welcoming committee who meet for a couple of hours every six weeks in Chippenham.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Chippenham ASC performed well in the Winter League Round 1.

33% of the swims were PBs – remarkably good for sprinting at this stage of the season.

Chippenham ASC gained 6 First places and 5 Second places on the night out of the 39 events.

Points at our venue:

1. Tigersharks [198]
2. Trowbridge A [188]
3. Chippenham [151]
4. Calne Alpha [105]
5. Trowbridge B [96]
6. Wroughton [73]

Chippenham ASC results – South West Regional sprints

Chippenham swimming club had 7 swimmers at the South West regional Sprints Championships held in Gloucester on Sunday (6th July).

Every swimmer competed in 5 events (50 metres breast stroke, butterfly, freestyle and back stroke and 100m individual medley.). Overall age group winners are calculated using the FINA points conversion table.

Matthew Hare (16) finished 2nd overall in his age group, finishing 1st in the 100m IM and 50m butterfly, and setting 4 personal bests in his five races.

John Branston (17 and over) got a good third in the 50 m butterfly finishing 16th overall in his age group. Andrew Hare swam 4 pbs, Peter Holden 3pbs and young Matthew Hardick swam well coming back from the injury which disrupted his regional aspirations.

Amy Hall (15) was 4th overall in her age group getting 3rd in both the 50m butterfly and freestyle. Tegan Cairns (13) swam well to record 3 pbs.

At the recent Skills Day at Burnham on Sea there were successes for Chippenham Swimmers

Skill 3 - Jess Smith
Skill 1 - Evie Garrett, Elise Lambern, Serena Jackson, Lillia Barnet

Chippenham ASC Synchro swimmers competed at Cheltenham on Saturday for the Walsall Trophy against six other Clubs from the South West. The novice duet was won by Lillia Barnett and Evie Garrett performing a routine for the first time at this event. Bethany Barnett and Zoe Bird came 3rd in the Skill 1 duet and Abbie Cross and Soraya Chesworth came 1st in the Skill 2 duet. The junior team (Courtney Matthews, Charity Sugg, Madison Lavelle, Amy Gibbons, Zoe Bird, Bethany Barnett, Serena Jackson, Elise Lambern) and the senior team (Jess Smith, Lani Attiwell, Marsha Burgess, Lauren Makepeace, Natalie Dodd, Francesca Graham, Shona Moore, Abbie Cross, Soraya Chesworth, Chloe Makepeace) both took the silver medals.

Points are awarded for the position each routine finishes in, and when the scores were finalized, Chippenham had the most points and took home the Trophy which they had last won in 2008.

Gazette & Herald News Article: http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/sport/generalsport/11230310.SYNCHRONISED_SWIMMING__Girls_land_a_Trophy_triumph/

South West Regional Youth Championships – May 2014

6 swimmers from Chippenham Swimming club competed in the recent regional championships held in Plymouth (3/4/5 May)

Amy Hall swam in 7 events with a best position of 14th in the 200m butterfly. Chloe May competed in the 200m back stroke finishing 31st.

Matt Hare swam 7 events, appearing in 2 finals, finishing 5th in the 200m butterfly and 9th in the 50m fly. Hare swam 4 personal bests at the championships.

Jon Branston had pbs in all 4 events he swam and Peter Holden a pb in the 400 IM. Jack Cook swam a swift 50m free to finish 26th.

Chippenham Swimmers compete at County Age Group Championships (22/23 March)

17 Chippenham Club swimmers competed at the age group (13 and under) county championships in Swindon at the week end.

Matthew Hardick (11) cemented the age group points table victory by winning gold in all six events he swam and set a county age group best time in the 200 metres
breast stroke of 2mins 53.94 secs. Benjamin Birkett (13) won bronze and was 8th in the age group points table.

Katherine Butcher (9) took 2 bronze and Amy Gibbons (10) another. Butcher was 7th in her age group points table, Gibbons 6th and Ella Parker (10) 13th.

Chippenham competitors at the counties were Hardick, Birkett, Butcher, Gibbons, Parker, Jason Hall, Niamh Irwin, Madison Lavelle, Tegan Cairns, Ethan Garrett, Luke Brown
Leon Perry, Michaela and Katherine Sheppard, Megan Wright, Isabelle Pinguey and Joseph Newman.

Chippenham swim well at age group championships.

Chippenham swimming club had 17 swimmers competing on the first day of the Wilts age group championships on Sunday (9th March).

Matthew Hardick won 5 golds and set the Wilts age group best time in the 50 metre breast stroke. Benjamin Wilson won a bronze.

In the individual overall points competitions, Hardick leads his age group and in other age groups Katherine Butcher (9) is 5th, Amy Gibbons (10) is 6th and Michaela Sheppard (11) is 9th.

Chippenham' s competitors were Hardick, Wilson, Michaela and Katherine Sheppard, Butcher, Gibbons, Tegan Cairns, Harrison Jacomb, Joshua Dreelan, Niamh Irwin, Isabel Meakin,
Megan Wright, Jason Hall, Ben Birkett, Luke Brown, Ella Parker, Madison Lavelle and Joe Newman.

The age group championships conclude on 22/23 March at the link in Swindon.

Chippenham win more medals at Youth County Championships

Chippenham swimming club finished the Wilts Youth Championships on Saturday (8 March) winning another 11 medals.

In all Chippenham youth swimmers brought home 33 medals over the 3 days of competition. (1,2 and 8 March)

On Saturday John Branston took gold in the 50m back stroke and there were silvers for Matt Hare and Jack Cook. Cook swam 55.99 secs to finish 5th in the 100m freestyle open final.
Bronze medals were won by Peter Holden (2), Harrison Jones, Nathan Coupland and Henry Gaunt.

In the girls races Emma Holloway won a silver and Natalie Pidgeon and Amy Hall a bronze each.

In the age 14 BAGCAT points competition Andrew Hare finished 6th overall and Gaunt 8th.

In the girls BAGCAT points competition Pidgeon was 8th, Puruvi Ruparel 11th and Abby Cross 14th.

There were good performances from Cameron Perkins, Ben Holloway, James Tucker and Bryony Cairns.

Chippenham win 22 medals at Youth County Championships

Chippenham swimming club competed at the Wilts Youth Championships at the weekend (1/2 March) winning 22 medals.

Chippenham’s medal winners included Amy Hall who was junior champion at 50 m butterfly and also won a silver and bronze.
Other girls to medal were Emma Holloway (2 silvers and a bronze), and Natalie Pidgeon and Bryony Cairns who both won bronze.

For the boys, John Branston won 3 gold, Matt Hare a gold, 2 silvers and bronze, Owen Wilson gold, and Jack Cook a silver. There were
bronze medals for Peter Holden (2), Andrew Hare, Matt Cruse and Nathan Coupland.

There were good performances from Cameron Perkins, Harrison Jones, Ben Holloway, James Tucker, Puruvi Ruparel, Abby Cross and Chloe May.

The youth championships conclude on 8th March at the Link Centre, Swindon.

Chippenham currently 4th in Wiltshire Winter League with 'A' Final scheduled for The Link Centre on 29th March 2014.

County results available here: http://www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk/?page_id=1218

Chippenham Swimming Club Championship 2013 - Results

Chippenham swimming club completed its 2013 Club championships at the weekend (14/15 December).

329 County qualifying times were achieved during the championships, with the highlights being Jack Cook's 50 metre freestyle in 24.95 seconds (539 FINA points) and Amy Hall in the 50m freestyle 29.14 secs. (508 FINA points)

Age group points winners were Louis Harding Smith, Katie Butcher, Joshua Dreelan, Amy Gibbons, Matthew Hardick, Michaela Sheppard, Luke Brown, Tegan Cairns, Benjamin Birkett, Katherine Sheppard, Cameron Perkins, Natalie Pidgeon, Matt Hare, Amy Hall, John Branston and Emma Holloway.

Chippenham's county qualifiers are Joshua Wilson, Isabel Meakin, Niamh Irwin, Louis Harding Smith, Katie Butcher, Leon Perry, Finley Shorland, Maddison Lavelle, Aiki Porter, Amy Gibbons, Ella Parker, Megan Wright, Joshua Dreelan, Harrison Jacomb, Joseph Newman, Benjamin Wilson, Ethan Garrett, Matthew Hardick, Emily Whitham, Michaela Sheppard, Jason Hall, Isabelle Pinguey, Tegan Cairns, Luke Brown, Katherine Sheppard, Benjamin Birkett, Abbie Cross, Amy Hall, Andrew Hare, Ben Holloway, Bryony Cairns, Cameron Perkins, Charity Moore, Chloe May, Ellis Bailey, Emma Holloway, Evgenia Burgess Omelchenko, Harrison Jones, Henry Gaunt, Jack Cook, James Tucker, John Branston, Matt Cruse, Matt Hare, Natalie Pidgeon, Nathan Coupland, Owen Wilson, Peter Holden, and Puruvi Puparel.

Chippenham swimming club held its 200m breast stroke championships on Sunday night (10th Nov) at Corsham pool.

Fastest boy on the night was Cameron Perkins (14) in 2 minutes 48.33 seconds just holding off a fast finishing James Tucker (15) who swam 2.48.64. Matthew Hardick (11) showed great form as he closes in on a national qualifying time by swimming 2.54.02. Age group winners were Joshua Dreelan, Hardick, Perkins, Tucker and Peter Holden

Best girl on the night was Amy Hall (15) in 3.00.73. Age group winners were Amy Gibbons, Tegan Cairns, Natalie Pidgeon, Hall and Emma Holloway.

58 swimmers competed across 15 heats.

Chippenham ASC Represented at the British Gas ASA National County Team Championships in Sheffield

The British Gas ASA National County Team Championships took place at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield on the 20th October 2013. The event is based around the 33 English Counties from the 8 ASA Regions, the 4 Administrative Districts of Scotland and 2 of Wales making a total of 39 'Counties' competing across two divisions. Individual selection for each County Team is based on National Rankings calculated after the regional competitions held earlier in the summer.

Matt Hare was the only representative from Chippenham on the Wiltshire County Team this year and competed in the Individual 100m Fly and 4x50m Medley Team (performing the 50m Fly component). Matt came 3rd in his 100m Fly heat in a time of 1min 1.09s finishing 12th in the division and 26th fastest in Great Britain for his age group on the day. His medley team finished 8th in the division in a time of 1min 55.15s and 26th fastest in Great Britain.

The event was hosted by Ross Davenport, who competed for Team GB at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and undertaken in front of over 2,000 spectators including over 1,000 of the UK's best swimmers. Selection for the 2014 Championships will take place next summer based on National Rankings at that time. Chippenham ASC looks forward to supporting the County Team again next year.

12th October - Multi Regional Competitive Competition (Gloucester), this is for swimmers that have achieved the required skill level for their age.
Figures:
9/10 Age Group – 1st in South West (and 4th in Multi Region) Jess Smith
12 & under – 20th Lauren Makepeace – 26th Natalie Dodd
15/16/17 – 25th Rachael Lawrence

Jess and Rachael were competing in the TEam event for Bristol Central Jess in the 12 and under team won Gold. Rachael in the 15/16/17 team came won Silver.

South West Region Recreational Team Competition held at Plymouth

In the 12 and under section we had two teams:
A team: Lauren Makepeace, Natalie Dodd, Bethany Barnett, Lani Attiwell, Courty Matthews, Charity Sugg, Amy Gibbons, Madison Lavelle and Megan Hunt

This team came 2nd just being pipped once again by Bristol Central

B team: Alice Emerson Pink, Elise Lambern, Daisy Gough, Niamh Irwin, Niamh Pike, Bethany Price, bethany Reed, Maisie Jackman, and Lillia Barnett

This young team had a good swim and finished 5th.

In the 19 and under section we had one team which took silver medal just behind Exeter:
Shona Moore, Isobel Dodd, Marsha Burgess, Ciara Irwin, Abigail Cross, Soraya Chesworth, Francesca Graham, Chloe Makepeace.

Previous Chippenham ASC swimmer Branwen Harris is currently in Australia with the England Life Saving Team for the Commonwealth Championships, this time she is the women's captain. She was really proud to be asked. The competition is in Canberra and we have just heard that the 4x50 "Obs" relay team, of which Branwen is a member, set a British and Commonwealth record when winning gold! Beating the Australians on their home turf must have been really hard. Well done from the whole club Branwen.