Event: British Gas ASA South West Region Age Group Championships 2011
Venue: Millfield
Date: 11th, 12th, 18th & 19th June 2011
Swindon Dolphin’s Regional Age Group qualifiers matched the achievement of their Youth counterparts by winning three gold medals at the South West Regional Age Group Championships at Millfield. This put Dolphin in ninth place in the overall championships medal table; the highest placed club in Wiltshire.
The Age Group Championships was dominated by Poole whose head coach Robin Armayan has made the remarkable achievement of developing the club from having just three regional qualifiers three years ago to this year topping the medal table with 20 first place finishes.
Dolphin’s top medallist was Alex Chantler-Mayne with gold in the 1500m freestyle and the 200m butterfly. National qualifier James Watson also took gold in the 100m freestyle and a further bronze in the 200m event. Watson also finished in the top 8 in the 200m individual medley and 200m backstroke which ensured a third place in the 11 years overall BAGCAT awards.
Dolphin enjoyed a total of 20 top 8 finishes and all swimmers who made it through to the evening finals impressively managed to step up their game and post faster times than in their heat swims. In the relay events, Abbie Hawkins, Lucy Bailey, Joanna Farley and Eliza Garrett acquitted themselves well to earn bronze in the 4 x 200m freestyle, and enjoying their regional championship debut were Georgia Dicks, Millie Jeans and Abigail Ross, all of whom performed well in their first major long course competition.
Following the National Age Group and National Youth Championships in July, Dolphin will not only finish the season with the highest number of national qualifiers of any Wiltshire club, but also be the only club to have had representation at all of this year’s major national level competitions. Achieving this on top of still being the only club in Wiltshire and one of only a few in the South West Region to hold Swim21 accreditation at competitive development and integrated masters level, puts the Club in an excellent position to build on this success next season.
Age Group Medals and Statistics
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Competitors | Top 8 (Finals and HDW Events) |
|
| Poole | 20 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 83 |
| Taunton Deane | 14 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 59 |
| Aquae Sulis | 12 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 50 |
| Cheetas Swim Squad | 11 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 43 |
| Plymouth Leander | 9 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 77 |
| Millfield | 7 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 54 |
| Penzance | 6 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Dinnaton | 6 | 4 | 11 | 18 | |
| Seagulls Swimming | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 24 |
| Kelly College | 5 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 43 |
| Gloucester | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
| Bradford on Avon | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| Swindon Dolphin | 3 | 2 | 12 | 20 | |
| Swim Bournemouth | 2 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 45 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 27 |
| Severnside | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| Exeter City | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| SX3 Swindon | 2 | 5 | 19 | 38 | |
| Frome | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Newton Abbot | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Bristol Henleaze | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Clevedon | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Tewkesbury | 1 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Trowbridge | 2 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Yeovil | 2 | 5 | 9 | ||
| City of Bristol | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Torridgeside | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Warminster | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Soundwell | 8 | 9 | |||
| Bodmin | 4 | 7 | |||
| Chippenham | 5 | 6 | |||
| South Dorset | 4 | 5 | |||
| Salisbury | 5 | 4 | |||
| Cirencester | 4 | 4 | |||
| Barnstaple | 6 | 4 | |||
| Keynsham | 3 | 4 | |||
| Newquay | 4 | 3 | |||
| St Ives Bay | 4 | 3 | |||
| Kingsbridge | 5 | 2 | |||
| Dawlish | 4 | 2 | |||
| Ilfracombe | 2 | 2 | |||
| Launceston | 1 | 2 | |||
| St Austell | 5 | 2 | |||
| Cheltenham | 3 | 1 | |||
| Southwold | 8 | 1 | |||
| Bristol North | 2 | 1 | |||
| Tiverton | 6 | ||||
| West Dorset | 4 | ||||
| Truro City | 3 | ||||
| Bristol Central | 3 | ||||
| Carn Brea | 2 | ||||
| Bath Dolphin | 1 | ||||
| Tavistock | 1 | ||||
| Backwell | 1 | ||||
| Paignton | 1 | ||||
| Corsham | 1 | ||||
| Bishopsworth | 1 | ||||
| Dursley | 1 | ||||
| Wells Mallet | 1 |
Combined Youth and Age Group Medals and Statistics
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Competitors | Top 8 (Finals and HDW Events) |
|
| Plymouth Leander | 39 | 45 | 30 | 86 | 218 |
| Millfield | 22 | 26 | 16 | 67 | 141 |
| Poole | 20 | 17 | 12 | 35 | 90 |
| Taunton Deane | 15 | 14 | 14 | 45 | 78 |
| Aquae Sulis | 13 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 79 |
| Cheetas Swim Squad | 13 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 55 |
| Kelly College | 8 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 87 |
| Bath University | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Swindon Dolphin | 6 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 53 |
| Penzance | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |
| Dinnaton | 6 | 4 | 19 | 22 | |
| Seagulls Swimming | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 |
| Swim Bournemouth | 4 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 60 |
| Gloucester | 4 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 35 |
| Bradford on Avon | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| Exeter City | 3 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 49 |
| Weston-super-Mare | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| South Dorset | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 |
| Melksham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Severnside | 1 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 18 |
| SX3 Swindon | 2 | 5 | 42 | 43 | |
| Frome | 2 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Newton Abbot | 2 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Salisbury | 2 | 15 | 11 | ||
| Bristol Henleaze | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Cheltenham | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
| Cinderford | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Clevedon | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Kingsbridge | 1 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Tewkesbury | 1 | 10 | 13 | ||
| City of Bristol | 5 | 16 | 24 | ||
| Trowbridge | 2 | 19 | 16 | ||
| Yeovil | 2 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Bath Dolphin | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Torridgeside | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Warminster | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Soundwell | 19 | 18 | |||
| Bodmin | 7 | 7 | |||
| Chippenham | 12 | 5 | |||
| Cirencester | 5 | 5 | |||
| Southwold | 17 | 5 | |||
| Truro City | 10 | 5 | |||
| Barnstaple | 10 | 4 | |||
| Keynsham | 4 | 4 | |||
| Newquay | 5 | 4 | |||
| St Ives Bay | 4 | 3 | |||
| Dawlish | 6 | 2 | |||
| Ilfracombe | 2 | 2 | |||
| Launceston | 1 | 2 | |||
| St Austell | 8 | 2 | |||
| Bristol North | 5 | 1 | |||
| Devonport | 2 | 1 | |||
| Tavistock | 2 | 1 | |||
| West Eng University | 2 | 1 | |||
| West Dorset | 12 | ||||
| Carn Brea | 10 | ||||
| Tiverton | 6 | ||||
| Backwell | 5 | ||||
| Bridgwater | 4 | ||||
| Paignton | 4 | ||||
| Bristol Central | 3 | ||||
| Corsham | 2 | ||||
| Marlborough | 2 | ||||
| Bishopsworth | 1 | ||||
| Clayesmore | 1 | ||||
| Durrington | 1 | ||||
| Dursley | 1 | ||||
| Lydney | 1 | ||||
| Wells Mallet | 1 |
