Durrington Otters

Corsham Open Meet

WILTSHIRE ASA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010

On the 7^th February six of our Otters travelled to Milton Road in Swindon for the Wiltshire ASA Championship Sprints.
For those of you that do not know the pool, it is an old Victorian pool, which has an unusual length of 33.7yards.
Many teams from all over Wiltshire were there, including high oppositions from Swindon Dolphin, Trowbridge,
Salisbury and other good teams.
All six competitors competed in all four stokes, making it a busy day for us all.
The Otters went in on a great start in the morning session, with Sidney Fenwick picking up a Silver for the Backstroke and Silver for the Fly in the 9yrs age group. Rory Burton also medalling in the Fly, again with a successful Bronze in the 13yrs age group.
Jenny Wiltshire was also amongst the medals in the first session picking up and Bronze in the 13yrs Breaststroke.
After a well earned lunch break the Otters were back on the pool to finish their events. Jenny Wiltshire was the first to medal in the second session, winning a Bronze in the 13yrs Backstroke. Sidney Fenwick gained another two medals in the second session, making him medal in every event!
He picked up Silver for the Breaststroke and a Bronze for the Freestyle.
Well done to George Fenwick, Will Turner and Eloise Toomer for placing themselves in the top ten in their age groups in every event!
Well done to all the Otters for qualifying and attending the sprints, we will hope to see more swimmers there next year!

JURASSIC LEAGUE R1 - HMS HERON � YEOVILTON � 6TH FEB

Round 1 of the Jurassic League took us to Heron ASC’s home pool in Yeovilton.
As the Gala swung into full force, it was obvious, we would have to give it our all.

First to bring in a win was the Boys 10U 25m Front Crawl: Sidney Fenwick, followed by Alex Ba-Tin in the Girls Open 50m Fly.
These were followed by 2nd place finishes by Boys 12U Medley Relay: Will Turner, Matthew Heaven, Sidney Fenwick & James Falconer. Girls 16U 50m Backstroke: Jenny Wiltshire, Boys 10U 25m Breaststroke: James Falconer, Boys 14U 50m Fly: Rory Burton.

By the time the first set of scores were announced, Durrington were not in the running.
But we kept pushing, & next to secure a
1^st place finish was Girls 16U 50m
Breaststroke: Eloise Toomer, 2^nd place finish for Boys 10U Medley Relay Team: James Falconer, Sam Hall, Sidney Fenwick & Isaac Reed.
The Mixed Open Medley Relay also brought in a 2^nd, Eloise Toomer, Matt Chapman, Alex Ba-Tin & Adam Davis, followed by Will Turner Boys 12U 50m Backstroke, & Eloise Toomer Girls 16U 50m Fly.
Things were starting to improve & we were creeping back to the Top 3.

Another win kept the score rising this time with Girls 14U 50m Front Crawl: Jenny Wiltshire, followed by even more 2^nd place finishes, James Chapman in the Boys 14U 50m Front Crawl, Mixed Open Freestyle Relay Team: Adam Davis, Alex Ba-Tin, Eloise Toomer & Matt Chapman, Will Turner Boys 12U 50m Fly, Boys 16U Medley Relay Team: James Chapman, Kieran Bramwell, Roy Goodenough & Peter Chapman with also Amelia Rogers Girls 10U Backstroke.

The scores were starting to even out, making it a very exciting gala.

The Girls 14U Front Crawl Relay with Laura Fry, Jenny Wiltshire, Adele Reed & Millie Coker were the next to secure 1^st place, followed by Alex Ba-Tin Girls 50m Open Freestyle,
Amelia Rogers & Sidney Fenwick took in a double win with Boys/Girls 10U 25m Butterfly.
Girls/Boys 16U 50m Front Crawl,
Jenny Wiltshire & Roy Goodenough also found themselves in 1^st place.
There was another 2^nd for 16U Front Crawl Relay Team: Rory Burton, Peter Chapman, Roy Goodenough & Kieran Bramwell.

On the night there were many 3rds, those securing those were, Jess Hall, Matt Chapman, Peter Chapman, Adele Reed, George Fenwick,
Tyra Wilson Harris, James Falconer, Eloise Toomer, Boys 14U Medley Relay, Zac Hall, George Fenwick, Rory Burton & James
Chapman. Girls 10U Medley Relay Team, Sarah Falconer, Jess Hall, Amelia Rogers & Hannah Cox.
All the 4^th & 5ths matter to, as all the points make the score, so keep with it guys.
At the end of the Gala we had managed 3^rd place finish with Bridport & Heron Teams ahead, but the scores were close, making R2 an exciting prospect.
Well done guys you swam well, great team spirit as always.

Our warmest wishes go to Emily Johnstone who unfortunately, slipped whilst changing and broke her arm in 2 places!
Emily now has a groovy pink cast.

Avalon Open Meet


On the Weekend of 24^th & 25^th October, four Durrington Otters 
attended the Avalon Open Meet at Millfield School’s 50m Pool in 
Somerset.


 Day 1 began with Jenny Wiltshire 
13yrs winning a medal for the 400m 
Freestyle, Eloise Toomer 14yrs gaining 
medals in the 200m Backstroke and 50m 
Freestyle. 


 Day 2 and Eloise & Jenny were joined by 
fellow swimmers George & Sidney Fenwick.
George Fenwick 12yrs started 
the day off in style by gaining 
a Bronze medal in the 100m 
Breaststroke. This was then 
followed with both Jenny & 
Eloise gaining a medal in the 
100m Backstroke.
Eloise also gained medals in 
100m Freestyle, 50m 
Backstroke & 50m Butterfly.
George going one better than 
before, gained a Silver medal in the 50m Breaststroke.

Sidney Fenwick 9yrs competing in a mixed age 9/10yrs 
did not medal, but if he had been competing only in the 
9yr age group he would have medalled in all his events.

Durrington Swimmer of the meet goes to George Fenwick 
for his excellent performances in the Breaststroke.

Moonraker League Final - Durrington

September 12^thsaw the final gala of the Moonraker Summer League.
For us it was our Home gala, here at Durrington. With only 11 points separating the first three teams from previous rounds, the competition was wide open which made for a very exciting event.
After the first 10 events, Durrington were trailing by six points, with both Corsham and Swindon ahead, Durrington just in front of Marlborough, despite first place finishes for Will Turner Boys U12 25m Butterfly - Jenny Wiltshire Girls U16 50m Freestyle and Eloise Toomer Girls Open 100m Backstroke.
Event 12 saw the Boys U12 Medley Relay – James Falconer, Matthew Heavens, Sidney Fenwick and Will Turner bring home a win – and further individual wins for James Chapman Boys U14 50m Freestyle - Millie Coker Girls U14 50m Freestyle - Alex Ba-Tin Girls Open 100m Butterfly - Georgia Shepherd Girls U12 25m Breaststroke and Eloise Toomer Girls U16 50m Backstroke took Durrington to within 4 points of Corsham after 22 events.
Next to secure some more home wins were James Chapman & Jenny Wiltshire in the U14’s 50m Freestyle - Laura Fry, Catherine Davis, Jenny Wiltshire & Eloise Toomer Girls U16 Freestyle Relay Team -
Rory Burton & Jenny Wiltshire U14’s 50m Butterfly,
Will Turner & Georgia Shepherd U12’s 25m Backstroke.
In the end, Corsham had the better second half, winning 13 of the 28 events, Durrington pulling in many 2^nd & 3^rd places.
The final score ending was:
Corsham 152
Durrington 138
Marlborough 114
Swindon 96.

It was a very exciting gala with excellent swims from all clubs involved. Corsham will now move up to Division 4 next summer, and Durrington will remain in Division 5.

Tigersharks SIM Open Meet

Two Otters George & Sidney Fenwick attended Tigershark’s Separated Individual Medley Meet on the 19th July.
The SIM Meet means swimming all 4 individual strokes at 50m and the fastest 6 go forward to a final of a 100m or 200m Individual Medley depending on age. George although pulling off some fast times was in a tough age group and unfortunately did not medal this time.
Sidney who has just turned 9yrs managed 4 personal best times, 2 medals a Gold in the Breaststroke & Bronze for Butterfly and a place in the 100m IM Final where he finished a very respectable 4th earning himself a trophy.

Jurassic League R4 Final

The 18^th July saw Durrington attend Bridport Leisure centre for the last Round of the Jurassic League.
At the end of Round 3 with the point’s accumulated Bridport, Heron & Durrington were all within a chance of taking

1^st Place

in the Final Round.
So with a few minor adjustments the Team was ready to swim.
Event 5 was Durrington's first win with Alice Sims bringing in the Girls Open 50m Butterfly, by Event 10 it was very obvious that all the other teams had brought in their Big Guns for the occasion.
Durrington swam on and in Event 13 Girls 14&U 50m Butterfly Eloise Toomer managed a win, there were many 2^nd & 3^rd finishes but it wasn’t until Event 36 Boys 12&U 50m Butterfly that James Chapman secured another win.
Then there was a little flurry of wins:
Boys 16&U Medley Relay & Freestyle Teams:
Adam Wookey, Matt Chapman, Roy Goodenough & Adam Davis.
Girls 14&U and 16&U Freestyle teams:
Laura Fry, Jenny Wiltshire, Adele Reed & Eloise Toomer.
Girls Open 50m Backstroke Eloise Toomer.
Boys 12&U 50m Freestyle James Chapman.

The end of the evening saw our Coach/Parent Team of:
Susie & Mark Fenwick, Lorraine Turner & Paul Chapman swim,
There was much cheering from swimmers, parents & friends alike, and a very BIG Well Done & THANKS goes to them.

Durrington finished 4^th on the night but 3^rd in the League overall and congratulations go to all the swimmers.

Moonraker League Round 3

Durrington Otters travelled to Corsham on the 11^th July for Round 3 of the Moonraker League.

Having had a difficult Round 2, Durrington put up a terrific fight to snatch a last minute joint victory against hosts Corsham, leaving the fight for leadership wide open.
In the opening events Swindon took the lead, despite the Otters winning four of the first 10 races Eloise Toomer in the Open 100m Individual Medley & 100m Backstroke, Will Turner in the U12 25m Butterfly, & Jenny Wiltshire U16 50m Freestyle.
Further wins, for the Boys U12 Medley Relay Team: James Falconer, Matthew Heaven, Sidney Fenwick & Will Turner, Alex Ba-Tin in the Open 100m Butterfly & Eloise Toomer in the U16 50m Backstroke.
This then gave the Otters a one-point lead ahead of Corsham.
Keeping the wins coming were Eloise Toomer for the U16 50m Butterfly & James Chapman and Jenny Wiltshire in the U14 50m Backstroke.
With a final push, the team pulled in some last minute wins including U16 Freestyle Relay Team: Laura Fry, Catherine Davis, Jenny Wiltshire & Eloise Toomer, Jenny Wiltshire in the U14 Butterfly, Alex Ba-Tin Open 100m Freestyle, Georgia Shepherd U12 25m Backstroke & Will Turner this time in the U12 25m Backstroke
Corsham then went into the lead, with Durrington fighting hard to stay in contention.
With 6 races to go it wasn’t until the very last race that Durrington pulled in another win, this time it was the Girls Open Freestyle Relay Team: Alex Ba-Tin, Laura Fry, Jenny Wiltshire & Eloise Toomer
It was a Great Team effort that helped to ensure Durrington finished joint first with Corsham and keep their title hopes alive.
After three rounds, Corsham have 385 points, Durrington 377, Swindon 373 and Marlborough 348.

The League’s final round in September will be our home gala.

Wiltshire Moonrakers League Round 2

Durrington Otters travelled to Marlborough on Saturday 20^th June to take part in the second round of the Moonraker League.
Swimming against Swindon, Marlborough B, Corsham B.
With 9 swimmers unavailable due to illness & school trips it was going to be a very testing gala, but rather than pulling the half depleted team out Durrington decided to swim.
Bringing in the first win of the night was Jenny Wiltshire in the girls U16 50m Freestyle followed by Eloise Toomer in the girls Open 100m Backstroke both swimming up age groups.
By event 10 Durrington were lying in 3^rd place with Swindon in the lead.
The next swimmers to bring in a 1^st place finish were the girls U16 Medley Team of Jenny Wiltshire, Laura Fry, Eloise Toomer & Catherine Davis.
Pulling in the first win for the boys was James Chapman in the boys U14 50m freestyle.
By event 20 Durrington had pulled back to 2^nd place.
Eloise Toomer managed another 2 wins in the girls U16 50m Backstroke & Butterfly and the boys U14 Medley Team of Rory Burton, George Fenwick, James Chapman & Louis Beatty also brought home a win.
By event 30 Durrington had gone back to 3^rd position.
Jenny Wiltshire claimed another 2 wins in the girls U14 Backstroke & Butterfly, followed by Girls U16 Freestyle Relay Team of Laura Fry, Catherine Davis, Jenny Wiltshire & Eloise Toomer.
By event 40 Durrington were tied in 3^rd position with Marlborough.
The last win of the evening was the boys U14 Freestyle Team of Zac Hall, George Fenwick, Rory Burton & James Chapman.
There were many close finishes with Durrington bringing in 8 2^nd place finishes and 16 3^rd.
Unfortunately the depth of numbers re lost swimmers proved too much on the night and the end score was:
Swindon 131, Corsham B 129, Marlborough B 122 & Durrington 111

Jurassic League Round 3

On Saturday 13th June, Durrington Otters travelled To Bridport, Dorset for the 3rd round of the Jurassic League.

With four teams almost level with points from the previous rounds it was going to be a very hard fought gala.

The Team managed 10 1st, 15 2nd & 10 3rd place finishes!

By event 12 Durrington were in 4th position, The Boys 12&U Medley Relay team of James Chapman, Will Turner, George Fenwick & Zac Hall were the first to bring home a win.

By event 24 Durrington had managed to pull back to 3rd place with wins from Girls 14&U 50m Fly: Eloise Toomer, Boys 14&U 50m Front Crawl: Peter Chapman, and Mixed Open Medley Relay Team: Eloise Toomer, David Shannon, Alice Sims & Roy Goodenough.

Durrington managed to hold 3rd position for the rest of the Gala with more wins from Boys 12&U 50m Fly & 50m Front Crawl: James Chapman, Boys 12&U Front Crawl Team: James Chapman, Will Turner, George Fenwick & Zac Hall, Boys 16&U Medley Relay & Front Crawl Team: David Shannon, Adam Davis, Matt Chapman & Roy Goodenough, Boys 14&U Front Crawl Relay team: Patrick Ba-Tin, James Chapman, Peter Chapman & Rory Burton.

The End Results were 1st Bridport, 2nd Heron, 3rd Durrington, 4th Illminster, 5th Wincanton & 6th Blandford

Durrington look forward to the final round in July where all is still to swim for.
2^nd place finishes:
Girls & Boys 50m Backstroke: Laura Fry, Patrick Ba-Tin, Jenny Wiltshire, Will Turner, Eloise Toomer,
Girls & Boys 50m Butterfly: Alice Sims, Rory Burton, Eloise Toomer,
Roy Goodenough,
Girls & Boys 50m Breaststroke: Eloise Toomer, Matt Chapman,
Boys Medley Relay Team: Patrick Ba-Tin, Zac Hall, Peter Chapman, Rory Burton.
Mixed Cannon: Shannay Wilson Harris, Sidney Fenwick, Millie Coker, Zac Hall, Jenny Wiltshire, Peter Chapman, Eloise Toomer, David Shannon, Alice Sims & Matt Chapman.
3^rd place finishes:
Boys 25m Breaststroke: Matthew Heavens
Boys 25m Butterfly: Sidney Fenwick
Girls & Boys 50m Breaststroke: Matt Chapman, George Fenwick
Girls & Boys 50m Freestyle: Jenny Wiltshire, Adam Davis
Girls Freestyle Relay Team: Adele Reed, Jenny Wiltshire, Catherine Davis, Laura Fry.
Mixed Open Freestyle Team: Matt Chapman, Eloise Toomer, Alice Sims, Adam Davis.