SOUTH Dorset Tornadoes had yet another successful weekend at the Dorset County ASA Development Meet held at the Littledown Centre, Bourne-mouth - achieving 56 medals and 130 personal bests.

Of the 12 clubs competing from Dorset, the Tornadoes finished sixth, achieving a 2.94 per cent improvement on last year's performance.

The South Dorset outfit took 33 swimmers to the meet and between them swam 182 races.

The 130 personal bests, 15 golds, 15 silvers and 26 bronze medals are a huge credit not just to the swimmers, but also to head coach and national squad coach Ed Stevens, junior squad coach Sue Aitken and development squad coach Lorraine Newsam.

The Tornadoes also notched 23 Age Group Competition Best Times via James Bishop, Lucy Goode (3), Emily Gover (3), Zoe Gowers (3), Hope Stanger, Eleanor Harvey (2), Paul Higgs, Thomas John (2), Christopher Perham (3) and Laura Goode (4).

The event was a proud moment for debutant swimmers Billie Wildman, Rhiannon Pymm, Jessica Smith, Samantha Dunning and Matthew Eyers, and for nine-year-old James Bishop who was awarded a trophy for the most improved middle distance swimmer in the 200m freestyle, achieving a massive 15 per cent improvement.

The final event of the weekend saw Goode reach the third round of the 50m back skins, where the top eight in the 50m backstroke heats competed in an interval-style race in which they had just a three-minute recovery period between each sprint.

Lead coach for the meet Sue Aitken said: "There was a fantastic atmosphere over the whole weekend, the children all showed great team spirit with their encouragement and support of others within the team.

"The meet also provided an opportunity for some swimmers, that had previously only competed in club competitions, to experience the atmosphere of a busy open meet."

Head coach Stevens added: "This competition showed that it's not just the National squad that's performing well, but also the Junior and Development squads too. The coaches of these squads have done a superb job and the swimmers performed brilliantly."

During the weekend, the presentations of the British Age Group Category (BAGCATS) awards, from the County Championships held earlier this year, took place for both male and female swimmers.

Those presented awards by Ray Honeybun, president of the Dorset ASA, were - Female: 9yr 1st Zoe Gowers, 2nd Lucy Goode; 10yr 1st Jazmine Hepburn, 3rd Eleanor Harvey, 6th Hope Stanger; 11yr 2nd Georgia Eiles-Clarke; 12yr 4th Rebecca Beal, 6th Natasha Cain Male: 11yr 2nd Connor Aitken; 12yr 1st Thomas Mules, 3rd Thomas John; 13yr 5th Paul Higgs, 8th Christopher Perham; 14yr 4th Lloyd Briggs.

South Dorset Tornadoes have a range of activities available to swimmers. Anyone interested should contact club secretary Sharon Howe on 814105.

Results: Mixed 400 free 12 and under: 9yr Leanne Holmes 4th, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 2nd , 11yr Tom Longshaw 7th.

200m breaststroke: 9yr Lucy Goode 3rd, Zoe Gowers 5th, 10yr Jessica Lelliot 7th, 11yr Rhiannon Pymm 7th, 12yr Amelia Stout 4th, Sophie Dawe 8th, Rachel Wakely 10th.

200m backstroke: 11yr Tom Longshaw 4th, 13yr Christopher Perham 2nd, Thomas John 3rd.

100m individual medley: 9yr Emily Gover 1st, Leanne Holmes 11th, 10yr Jorgie Luke 4th, Chloe Wakely 11th, Jessica Lelliot 13th, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 6th, 12yr Georgia Eiles-Clarke 6th, Sophie Dawe 15th, Amelia Stout 17th, Emma Craft 19th, Rachel Wakely 23rd, 14yr Laura Goode 3rd.

100m fly: 15yr Lloyd Briggs 2nd.

50m freestyle: 9yr Lucy Goode 1st, Emily Gover 3rd, Jessica Smith 22nd, Leanne Holmes 23rd, 10yr Jorgie Luke 11th, Jessica Lelliott 23rd, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 5th, Rhiannon Pymm 17th 12yr Rebecca Beal 2nd, Georgia Eiles Clarke 3rd, Emma Craft 16th, Amelia Stout 18th Rachel Wakely 22nd , 14yr Laura Goode 4th, Billie Wildman 14th.

50m backstroke: 9yr Matthew Eyers 8th, Tristan Purnell 9th, 11yr Tom Longshaw 8th, Connor Ward 9th, Curtis Purnell 10th, 13yr Thomas John 3rd, Christopher Perham 5th.

200m fly: 9yr Zoe Gowers 1st, 12yr Emma Craft 3rd, Sophie Dawe 5th, Rebecca Beal 6th, 13yr Farron Aitken 1st.

200m individual medley: 11yr Tom Longshaw 3rd.

200m freestyle: 9yr Emily Gover 2nd, Lucy Goode 3rd, Leanne Holmes 12th, Jessica Smith 13th, 10yr Jorgie Luke 11th, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 7th, 12yr Rebecca Beal 4th, Emma Craft 12th, Rachel Wakely 17th, 13yr Farron Aitken 6th.

100m backstroke: 11yr Connor Ward 7th, 13yr Paul Higgs 1st, Christopher Perham 3rd, Thomas John 4th, 15yr Lloyd Briggs 4th.

100m breaststroke: 10yr Chloe Wakely 5th, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 7th, 12yr Amelia Stout 3rd, Sophie Dawe 10th, Rachel Wakely 14th.

100m freestyle: 11yr Connor Ward 9th, 13yr Thomas John 2nd, Paul Higgs 3rd, Christopher Perham 7th, 15yr Lloyd Briggs 6th.

50m fly: 9yr Lucy Goode 1st, Emily Gover 5th, 10yr Chloe Wakely 9th, Jessica Lelliot 10th, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 3rd, 12yr Georgia Eiles-Clarke 4th, Rebecca Beal5th, Sophie Dawe11th, Emma Craft 15th, 14yr Laura Goode 2nd.

50m breaststroke: 11yr Tom Longshaw 6th, 12yr Liam Purnell 9th.

400m Mixed free 12 and over: 13yr Christopher Perham 2nd, 12yr Rebecca Beal 6th, Emma Craft 7th, Sophie Dawe 8th.

200m breaststroke: 9yr James Bishop 8th, 11yr Tom Longshaw 3rd, 12yr Liam Purnell 4th.

200m backstroke: 9yr Samantha Dunning 1st, Leanne Holmes 2nd, 10yr Jessica Lelliot 4th, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 3rd, 12yr Rebecca Beal 1st, Sophie Dawe 5th, 14yr Laura Goode 3rd.

100m individual medley: 9yr James Mules 4th, James Bishop 5th, 11yr Tom Longshaw 7th, 15yr Lloyd Briggs 4th.

100 fly: 10yr Hope Stanger 1st, Chloe Wakely 2nd,11yr Eleanor Harvey 2nd, 12yr Sophie Dawe 5th, Rebecca Beal 7th, Emma Craft 8th, 3yr Farron Aitken 2nd, 14yr Laura Goode 3rd.

50m free: 9yr James Bishop 11th, James Mules 12th, 11yr Connor Ward 10th, Tom Longshaw 11th, Curtis Purnell 12th, 12yr Liam Purnell 11th, 13yr Christopher Perham 3rd, 15yr Lloyd Briggs 9th.

50m backstroke: 9yr Emily Gover 1st, Zoe Gowers 2nd, Lucy Goode 3rd, Leanne Holmes 16th, Samantha Dunning 19th, Jessica Smith 20th, 10yr Jessica Lelliott 12th, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 4th, 12yr Rebecca Beal 4th, Amelia Stout 12th, 14yr Laura Goode 3rd.

200m individual medley: 9yr Zoe Gowers 1st, Emily Gover 2nd, 10yr Hope Stanger 1st, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 3rd, 12yr Rebecca Beal 1st, Georgia Eiles-Clarke 6th, Emma Craft 10th, Sophie Dawe 11th, 13yr Farron Aitken 3rd.

200m freestyle: 9yr James Mules 8th, James Bishop 9th, 11yr Tom Longshaw 7th, 13yr Christopher Perham 3rd, 15yr Lloyd Briggs 4th.

100m backstroke: 10yr Hope Stanger 1st, Chloe Wakely 5th, 12yr Rebecca Beal 3rd, Sophie Dawe 8th, 14yr Laura Goode 2nd.

100m breaststroke: 11yr Curtis Purnell 7th, 12yr Liam Purnell 4th, 15yr Lloyd Briggs 3rd.

100m freestyle: 10yr Chloe Wakely 3rd, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 6th, 12yr Georgia Eiles-Clarke 9th, Rebecca Beal 12th, Emma Craft 14th, Amelia Stout 16th, Rachel Wakely 17th, 14yr Laura Goode 8th.

50m fly: 9yr James Mules 5th, 15yr Lloyd Briggs 5th.

50m breaststroke: 9yr Lucy Goode 9th, Emily Gover 13th, Samantha Dunning 21st, Leanne Holmes 23rd, 10yr Hope Stanger 1st, Chloe Wakely 11th, Jessica Lelliot 12th, 11yr Eleanor Harvey 7th, 12yr Amelia Stout 5th, Georgia Eiles-Clarke 12th, Sophie Dawe 18th, Rachel Wakely 20th.