News Archive – 2015

Yeovil Christmas Level 3 Open Meet
TSC swimmers grabbed a few more Devon County qualifying times at the last meet of 2015 at Millfield.

Express&Echo

Taunton Dean and Street Level 3 Open Meet
TSC swimmers continue their quest for Devon County qualifying times with some excellent performances at Hutton Moor pool in Weston-Super-Mare

Gazette

TSC Santa Run.
Sorry for any disappointment but this year's Santa fun run has had to be cancelled due to the low number of entrants. Any entry fees paid will be refunded.
See the club noticeboard for details of an alternative social run.
Welcome to the TSC Santa Run.
Either walk run a 5km course in fancy dress... a Christmas theme! A seasonal medal for all finishers and selection pack for under 12's. Jingle Bells!
Click here for more details
Newsletter

The December newsletter been sent out to all club members.
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You can see previous editions here.
Christmas Shutdown
So that swimmers, coaches and other volunteers get a well earned break over the festive season, there will be no training sessions for a couple of weeks.
Friday LTS/Friday Adult Swimmers
Friday 11th December - last swim session
Friday 8th January - first session back after Christmas
CSA
Wednesday 16th December - last swim session
Wednesday 6th January - first session back after Christmas
All other squads
Wednesday 23rd December - last swim session
Monday 4th January - first session back after Christmas
Tiverton Sparkler
Thank you all of you who competed on the Sparkler on Sunday and help make this such a successful event. Congratulations to Scarlett J and Jack A who each broke championship records!
Many thanks to all the helpers, officials and other volunteers without whom, the meet could not have been held.

TSC Results / Medal Table
Press release

ASA Qualifying Times Released
Devon County ASA Championships 2016     Qualifying Times / Programme
South West Region ASA 2016                           Qualifying Times / Programme
First Meet of the Season
TSC start the competitive season with the Exeter open meet at Plymouth Life Centre.
A strong performance resulted in the overall Top Boy trophy being awarded to Sam A and lots of medals for other swimmers.

Results
Express&Echo

Newsletter

The September newsletter been sent out to all club members.
If you didn't receive it but would like to get future editions emailed to you then please sign up here.
You can see previous editions here.
ASA South West Relays
Well done to the boys 11-12 relay team who represented TSC at the Regional event. They just missed out on places in the finals coming 9th overall in the Medley Relay and 11th in the Freestyle.
Devon County Masters and Seniors Gala
Excellent results by our swimmers in the County Championships.
See report in the Gazette.

Gazette
Express&Echo

CSA Race Night

The Race Night results for September 2015 are available

Results

Club Kit now for sale in Tony Pryce Sports
The new design club kit is available for sale from InterSport Tony Pryce shop in Market Walk Tiverton.
For more details see the club newsletter.

Newsletters

Summer shutdown and Blundell's Rota
Training will cease for two weeks from July 25th for all squads except the Masters. When it restarts, like last year, training will be at Blundell's School pool for 5 weeks till the end of August. See the rota for details.
Masters training will start at Blundell's from 28th July.
Fun Splash and BBQ

Sunday 30th August – save the date!! We are planning on holding the last session at Blundell’s as a fun splash with a BBQ on this date, from 4pm onwards. This will obviously be dependant on the British weather!
Details to be finalised closer to the time.
City of Coventry - Devon Tour 2015
A fantastic performance by the TSC team saw them narrowly beat the City of Coventry touring team. Well done all!
Final results:                   Tiverton A -  127 pts

Coventry B - 124 pts
Coventry A - 111 pts

City of Coventry - Devon Tour 2015
The City of Coventry Swimming Club are coming to Tiverton again this year as part of their annual Devon Tour and we are challenging them to a Sprint Meet on Sunday 26th July - 4-7pm. A list of eligible 9-12 year old swimmers has been put up on the Club Noticeboard - please could you tick your name if you are available to swim.
Great results at the Regional Fast 5

Jack, Kai, Sam and Oli represented TSC at the ASA South West Regional sprint gala. Lots of great swims and PBs.

Gazette
Express&Echo

CSA Race Night

The Race Night results for July 2015 are available
Results
Taunton Deane Tri Summertime Junior Aquathlon
A group of TSC youngsters enjoyed trying something a little different last Saturday. The event started with a short swim followed by a quick change and then a much longer run depending on the age group. Finn and Will came away with the trophies coming first and second in their age-group.       Gazette / Express&Echo
For anyone interested, there's another similar event on 4th October - details here.
Want to volunteer but don't know where to start?
The club is looking for volunteers to become timekeepers so that we can continue to hold events like the Club Championships. A timekeeper course will be held at the Leisure Centre on Wednesday 8th July at 7pm and will finish at 8.30pm
If you're interested then please contact the club secretary.
Link
Devon Inter-Club Gala
A fantastic effort by TSC swimmers meant that the club finished 5th overall in this annual event which sees clubs from all over Devon compete. Not surprisingly the winners were Plymouth Leander with Exeter following in second place.

Final Table
Gazette

TSC swimmers excel at the Devon Development Gala
A large contingent of swimmers went to Plymouth over three days and came home with plenty of medals. Full story in the Gazette as well as the Express and Echo.

Express&Echo / Gazette
Results

TSC's Regional Swimmers exploits feature in the papers
Nine of our swimmers represented the club at the ASA South West Region Youth and Age Group Championships this year. Sam and Phoebe made the finals and everyone got at least one PB. Well done all!

Express&Echo
Results

Club Championships 2015
This year's Club Champs will take place over three Sundays in June/July:
Session 1 – Sun 21st June 4-7pm     Results
Session 2 – Sun 12th July 4-7pm         Results
Session 3 – Sun 19th July 4-7pm         Results

Details and entry form can be downloaded here

Newsletter

The June newsletter been sent out to all club members.
If you didn't receive it but would like to get future editions emailed to you then please sign up here.
You can see previous editions here.
Our very own Devon County ASA President
Sue Haigh took over the reins as the President of the Devon ASA at a ceremony held in May. The Devon President is elected annually, chairs meetings of the Devon County swimming committees & attends events throughout the county presenting medals and trophies. Congratulations Sue!

Gazette
theWestCountry

Medals galore for Graham C and Rebecca J at the Royal Navy Masters
See the full story in the Gazette.

Gazette

CSA Race Night

The Race Night results for May 2015 are available
Results
Phoebe and Sam's recent successes feature in the Gazette

Gazette

Check out the Gazette for a piece about Lyn Olsen - TSC's longest standing volunteer

Gazette

Letter

Busy Easter for TSC swimmers
The easter holidays saw TSC successfully represented at open meets in both Weston-Super-Mare and Millfield (City of Wells) as well as the Level 1 meet in Bristol.
Lots of medals and regional times etc - too many to call out individually!

Gazette / Results

Attention Early Risers
TSC is pleased to announce we have an extra training session:
Fridays 6am - 7am - coached by Dave and available to Masters, Comp, Endurance and JPS squads.
First session is this Friday 17th April - please come along on the morning or email Dave or Julie if you are interested.
Newsletter

The latest email newsletter been sent out to all club members.
If you didn't receive it and would like to then please use the link here.
You can see previous editions here.
Swim Bournemouth Open Meet
A small team travelled to Bournemouth for a very competitive Level 2 event at the end of March. Swimming against some big clubs from all over the south of England, TSC swimmers brought home 7 Bronze medals, 2 Silvers and a Gold.

Gazette / Results

CSA Race Night

The first Race Night results of 2015
Results
Club swimmers in the news (x3!)
Gazette
Star
Express&Echo
Mini League
Round 3 saw Torridgeside come out as the team on top with 147 pts.
Barnstaple (127 pts) narrowly pushed Crediton (121 pts) back into third, while Tiverton brought up the rear with 89 pts.
Well done to all the swimmers and the poolside team.

Results

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Devon County Relays and Sprints
The first weekend in March saw fine performances from the two boys relay teams on Saturday followed by more great racing on Sunday by 13 of the clubs younger swimmers in the sprints.
Medals went to the boys 11/12 relay team (Silver x 2); Jodie D (Gold and Bronze) and Jack A (Silver)

Gazette / Results

Newsletter

The latest email newsletter been sent out to all club members.
If you didn't receive it and would like to then please use the link here.
You can see previous editions here.
Devon County A.S.A Championships 2015
19 swimmers from Tiverton entered 82 events over 6 days of racing and came away with 30 medals and nearly 40 PBs.
Congratulations to all!

Results here.
The results of the second mini league event are now available.
After a closely fought contest first place went to Barnstaple with 144 pts followed by Torridgeside 143. Tiverton came in third on 101 and then Crediton with a creditable 95.
Well done to all the swimmers and the poolside team.
Full results here.

Tiverton Swimming club are holding its Annual General Meeting.

Date - Wednesday 4th March 2015
Time - 6.45pm
Venue - Exe Valley Leisure centre