SIX club age group records were broken at the recent Weymouth Swimming Club annual 100m trophy gala.

Held over two nights at the Knightsdale Road pool, the trophy gala is one of the highlights of the club’s annual swimming programme.

Swimmers of all ages, from the under-10s to masters (over-25s), compete across the four individual swimming disciplines of breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly and freestyle over four lengths of the pool.

Awards are made for the winners of each age category in each stroke and there is an overall male and female club champion in each discipline.

Jamie Gunn broke three long-standing club records in the 11 to 12 age group in breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly.

The breaststroke record had stood since 1999, with the other two standing since 1997.

Tina Sumner, one of the club’s outstanding masters swimmers, broke two records in the breaststroke and freestyle events.

Lauren Nutman set the other club record in the youngest age category, 10 and under, for butterfly when bettering her own record, set last year.

In addition, an amazing 237 personal bests were achieved with every swimmer performing magnificently.

For the overall club championships, Abigail Sedwards and Sumner were crowned female champions in two events each.

In the male championships, Ben Jacobs retained his butterfly and freestyle titles while Ben Kinsey and Scott Waldon won one title each.

Club president Steve Meter, who presented the trophies, said: “It is very rare for a club record to be broken, but at this year’s championship to have six is incredible.

“Given the number of PBs achieved, and the progress being made by our swimmers, I hope that we see more records tumble next year.”

Club Championship results – 100m women’s breaststroke: 1 Tina Sumner 1:20.60; 2 Abigail Sedwards 1:29.00; 3 Megan Hunter 1:30.30.

100m men’s breaststroke: 1 Ben Kinsey 1:19.07; 2 Jamie Gunn 1:26.12; 3 Jacob Brunell 1:27.84.

100m women’s backstroke: 1 Abigail Sedwards 1:15.85; 2 Megan Hunter 1:20.23; =3 Bethany Webb and Danielle Condell 1:23.75.

100m men’s backstroke: 1 Scott Walden 1:18.19; 2 Jacob Brunell 1:18.47; 3 Ben Kinsey 1:18.45.

100m women’s butterfly: 1 Abigail Sedwards 1:15.21; 2 Freya Barrington 1:23.44; 3 Danielle Condell 1:27.13.

100m men’s butterfly: 1 Ben Jacobs 1:14.07; 2 Jamie Gunn 1:17.19; 3 Scott Walden 1:24.91.

100m men’s freestyle: 1 Ben Jacobs 1:03.14; 2 Ben Kinsey 1:03.69; 3 Jacob Brunell 1:06.91

100m women’s freestyle: Tina Sumner 1:03.25; 2 Abigail Sedwards 1:08.16; 3 Bethany Webb 1:09.84

Disappointingly for all those involved with the club, it has been decided to suspend all club activities for the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Updates can be found on the club’s website, and also for members only on the Facebook group.

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