On Saturday 20th September fifteen swimmers from Crediton and District Swimming Club competed against other swimmers from across Devon and Cornwall in the Okehampton Early Season Meet. The event, held at the Parklands, Okehampton, was attended by ~150 swimmers representing 6 clubs. Swimmers selected which events to swim from: 50m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle, 100 Freestyle and 100m Individual Medley. All swimmers achieved Personal Best times in at least one of their events with most achieving them in all their events. The following swimmers achieved medal finishes:...

On the 7th September, three ‘Masters’ members of the Club, Andy Ballatyne, Sara Rolle and Darren Beer, competed at the annual Devon Masters Championships, which were held at the Plymouth Life Centre back in early September. Andy, who hasn’t competed for several years, won an impressive gold in the 100 metres Individual Medley, silver in the 50 metres Butterfly and bronze in the 50 metres Freestyle and Backstroke. Sara competed in her first ever 200m Fly winning golds in both that and the 100 metres Breaststroke, and silver in the...

On Sunday 15th June eight swimmers from Crediton and District Swimming Club competed against other swimmers from across Devon in the Devon County Sprints. The event, held at the Plymouth Life Centre, was attended by 164 females and 110 male/open swimmers representing 19 clubs. Swimmers had to compete in all four sprint events: 50m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke, and 50m Freestyle. The 32 swims our members competed in, resulted in 24 Personal Best times and 1 medal. Full breakdown of swimmer’s results are show below: Robert Johnstone Male 17...

Natalie is the Honorary Treasurer of the Club which is just coming to the end of the 25th Anniversary since it was formed in July 1999. In 1997 Natalie was in a group of young swimmers from Queen Elizabeth’s School who took part in a competition in the twin town of Avranches (following an invitation to take part received by Crediton Twinning Association) and she is still swimming with the Club today in her 40s. Photo 1 On 7th April 2025 – She finished 3rd Overall female in Sportiva's Torbay...

On Saturday 12th April 11 swimmers from Crediton and District Swimming Club competed against other swimmers from across Devon at the Exeter City L4 Easter Meet at St Sidwells Point. The events were made up of 50m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle and 100m Individual Medley, with swimmers selecting how many of the events to swim. The 40 swims our members competed in, resulted in 31 Personal Best times and 16 medals.

This popular Annual Event took place in the Boniface Centre on Saturday 25th January 2025 and was attended by many swimmers and parents. It followed the Club Championships which took place in November 2024. First there was the presentation of Trophies and Medals to age group swimmers which was followed by refreshments. The other ‘Special’ trophies and medals were then presented again by Club Coach Jane Brimacombe and Club President Peter Brewer. The conclusion of a very successful 25th Anniversary Year was appreciated by all who attended. The photograph shows...

Good afternoon, The 2024 Club Championships have now finished. Congratulations to everyone who competed over the three sessions. There were some truely excellent swims and some massive personal bests! I have uploaded all the times from the championships to Team Unify, so you should be able to see times and personal bests there. You can also view the results by clicking on this link: Results Thank you to everyone who helped out. Without you it wouldn't be possible to run the event. Have a great weekend. Stu Jordan

On 25th October, 2 members of Crediton Swimming club travelled to Sheffield to spend the weekend competing in the Swim England Masters National Championships. Darren won 2 bronzes in the 200m Breaststroke and as part of the 4x 50 men’s medley relay. Whereas Sara achieved a season’s best in the 100 backstroke. Then on 10th November Darren was selected to compete for Devon at the South West round of the Masters competition. Jane and Sara also attended as officials. Devon won the South West and after a wait for all...

In September Crediton Tesco Supermarket kindly allowed the Club Members to offer a Bag Packing Service to its customers on a Saturday. This was also an opportunity to publicise the Club in its 25th anniversary year and resulted in very generous donations which will be used to allow swimmers to experience the 50 metre pool at the Plymouth Life Centre. We are grateful to Ben Collier who is the Community Champion at the store for allowing and coordinating this opportunity.

Congratulations to Sara Rolle and Stu Jordan who recently took part in the Devon County ASA Masters gala at the Life Centre in Plymouth. Sara finished 4th in the 200m breaststroke in a time of 3:51.56, 2nd in the 100m IM (01:38.95) and 3rd in the 50m fly (51.77). She also competed in two relay events for Exe Masters, 200m freestyle relay and 200m medley relay. Stu finished 4th in the 50m freestyle (29.55), 3rd in the 50m breastroke (38.44), 2nd in the 100 freestyle (1:07.77) and 2nd in the...