Between them, they amassed 69 personal bests and reached 24 finals – an excellent effort with the likes of Plymouth Leander and Kelly College fielding strong teams.
Among the star performers for the club was Sam Booth, aged ten, who gained a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke and a bronze in the 200m IM
Jessica Sanders Wyatt (ten) pulled out a 14-second pb in her 200m backstroke to win a bronze medal and another 13-second pb to make the finals of the 200m freestyle.
Chloe Kemp (13) received a well deserved bronze in her favoured 200m breaststroke as well a fourth in the 800m freestyle and was a finalist in the 100m breaststroke.
Ryan Rogers (14) bagged bronze in the 50m backstroke, and had three fourth places – in the 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 100m IM.
Adam Boulton (18) qualified in sixth place for the final of the open 100m breaststroke championship, but managed to pull out all the stops to gain a brilliant silver medal, backed up with a fifth in the 100m IM.
The following Newton swimmers made the finals of the following events: Jamie Lowden (nine) 100m IM, Rosie Allen (ten) 200m breaststroke and 200m IM, Sammy Basham (12) 800m freestyle, 100m and 200m breaststroke, Becky Cooper (16) 100m IM and 200m backstroke, Ed Glanville (15) in the 100m fly, Nicole Wickens (13) 800m freestyle, Charlotte Wright (who entered 11 events, narrowly missing three finals) made the final in the 200m IM and Sophie Irons (15) was just pipped to a medal, finishing fourth in the 50m breaststroke, fifth in 100m breaststroke and sixth in 100 IM.
The younger age groups in particular had a series of impressive results in which the likes of Molly Burford, Jamie Lowden, Oliver Palmer, Jessica Sanders Wyatt, all aged nine, Rosie Allen, Sam Booth, Kate Burford, Eric Perkin, aged ten, improving their personal best times in various 200m strokes by 10 to 15 seconds and, in Molly's case, by a staggering 29 seconds.
Other competitors included Tom Burford, Ben Gauntlett, Richard Glanville, Lewis Hailstone, Sophie Jenkins, Brogan Mace, Gabby Martin, Emmy Shaddick, Emma Silk and Tom Whiting, many of whom also posted new personal bests.





