National Speedo League Round 2

Saturday 12th November saw a full squad travel to Exeter for the second round of the Speedo League. Oddicombe, Bristol, Sidvale and Tavistock, made up the opposition.

Devonport are presently placed tenth in division three and we needed a convincing win over Tavistock to possibly take us through to the division three final in December. Confirmation of the division placings will follow and can be found on the DRSA website under the Speedo link. The squad swam superbly, every swimmer gave their best and a high percentage took personal best times.

The girls 13 and under medley relay team clinched our first win (Abby McBeath, Sam Wilkes, Holly Smith and Fiona Smith.) Our boys 13 and under medley team equalled the girls performance (Tom Morse, Nat Chartres, Chris Philpot and Tom Mermagen.) They continued their wining form also taking the 13 and under freestyle relay. Devonport were highly placed in successive events. Emma Williams swam strongly winning the 11 and under 50m Backstroke and the 50m Freestyle convincingly. Sam Wilkes followed with a great swim in the 13 years and under 50m Breaststroke in a good time of 41.45. Our 11 and under girls continued their good form with Charlotte Evans taking the 50m Butterfly. One of the performances of the evening came from Tom Morse in the 13 and under 50m Backstroke in a time of 35.86. Dan Bettinson swam a perfectly timed race to take the 15 and under 100m Breaststroke in a time of 1.20.64. The girls 11 and under medley relay team clinched 1st place (Emma Williams, Paige McBeath, Charlotte Evans and Rebecca Ward,) in a time of 2.48.09. The final points tally (as announced at the end of the competition, and before compensating calculations for only 5 teams taking part) saw Bristol in fifth place with 159 points, Tavistock followed in fourth with 185 points, Sidvale were third with 190 points,

Devonport claimed second with 206 points and Oddicombe finished first with 239 points. This was a tremendous effort from Devonport who continue to go from strength to strength.