Clevedon Swimming Club members finished the county championship campaign on a high note.

Swimmers from Clevedon Swimming Club, have completed their county championship campaign having produced some of the best results in the club’s history.

The final weekend of four weeks of competition added further to the medal tally for the club which saw them finish sixth in the medal table of 18 clubs.

In addition, confirming that the club has many talented swimmers coming through the ranks, the club finished fourth in the total points accumulated for 14 & under events.

There were further gold medals for 13-year-old Ben Penhale in the 400m freestyle and 100m butterfly, backed up with silver medals in the 200m IM and 50m free.

Ella Jenkins completed her campaign with more medals, this time silver in the 100m butterfly and bronze in the 200m IM.

Between them these two swimmers amassed 26 finals appearances (Ella 14, Ben 12), over the championships. Ella collected a total of two gold, five silver and five bronze medals, while Ben picked up an incredible seven gold, four silver and four bronze.

The 50m backstroke for boys was a good event for the club, with five finalists representing Clevedon – Jacob Sell, Ryan Baldwin, Ben Penhale, Callum Greenwood and George Leaman.

Callum and George were again on the championship podium taking silver and bronze respectively in the senior championship race.

Toby Foster was again in the medals with two bronze medals in the 400m freestyle and 100m butterfly, while Abigail Phipps and Tabitha Pollard completed the list of finalists over the weekend.

This year the long distance events, 800m and 1500m, were held long course, while the rest of the championships were short course and this was an event where Clevedon shone.

It was gold across the board for the boys in the 1500m freestyle, with William Finch, George Leaman and Ben Penhale all taking top spot in their age groups.

For the girls in the 800m freestyle there was success for Ella Jenkins with a silver medal and Megan Fry with bronze.

The superb performances by the distance swimmers put Clevedon top of the table in the team scores, pushing the mighty Millfield into second spot by one point.

Harriet Dickinson, Clevedon’s para-swimmer who will be competing in the Olympic trials in Glasgow, also had a successful championships, although sadly she was the sole para-swimming representative from the county.

Particular impressive was her top eight place in the 400m freestyle against able-bodied athletes.

A summary of the championships for the club highlights the success of the swimmers this year. From 55 swimmers there were 97 appearances in finals, culminating in a total of 14 gold medals, 16 silver and 14 bronze with a total of 349 personal best times achieved.

In the senior championships, Clevedon produced two champions, Callum Greenwood and George Leaman, three silver medallists (Callum two, George one), and two bronze medallists (George and the senior boy’s medley relay team consisting of George Symonds, George Leaman, Callum Greenwood and Finlay Smith).

There was success in the junior championships too with both Finlay Smith and Amelia Chappell winning bronze medals.

If you want your swimmers to have the best possible opportunity in competitive swimming, then Clevedon is the club for you. Details on how to join this friendly and successful club are on their website – www.clevedonasc.co.uk