CHARD & District Swimming Club won the Top Club Trophy and Abi Abrahams was Top Girl in the 11 years age group at the Avalon Open Meet held at Millfield School, Street.

These awards were based on six points for a first position down to one point for sixth.

Top six finishers for Chard were as follows:

9yrs - Tessa Down 2nd 50 Breaststroke, 3rd Backstroke, 4th 50 Freestyle and 6th 50 Butterfly; Elsie Emery 5th 50 Breaststroke.

10yrs - Lauren Harrison 2nd 200 Backstroke, 3rd 200 and 5th in the 50 Breaststroke and 200 Individual Medley, 6th 50 Butterfly; Abigail Dare 3rd 200 and 6th in the 50 Backstroke; Daniel Walker 2nd 50 Breaststroke, 3rd 50 Freestyle and 200 Breaststroke, 4th 50 Butterfly and 6th 200 Individual Medley. In the 200 Breaststroke Daniel achieved his first South West Counties Qualifying Time.

11yrs - Abi Abrahams 1st 50 and 200 Breaststroke, 200 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, and 50 Butterfly, second in the 200 Individual Medley and the 50 Freestyle. Abi's 200 Free 200 Breaststroke and 200 Individual Medley times were all 12 years Club Records and all well within the South West Qualifying Times; Madeline Ryder 3rd 200 and 4th in the 50 Freestyle; Laura Coombs 5th in both the 200 Breaststroke and the 50 Backstroke and 6th in the 200 Backstroke; Hannah Pullinger 6th 50 Freestyle; Wilf Gosden 2nd 50 and 200 Breaststroke.

12yrs - Beckie Rutherford 2nd 50 Freestyle and 6th 200 Backstroke; Jack Bradford 1st 50 and 2nd in the 200 Butterfly, 4th 50 Backstroke and 6th 200 Individual Medley; James Rutherford 5th 50 Freestyle, 4th 50 Breaststroke and 6th 200 Backstroke.

13yrs - Catherine Ryder 1st 50 and 6th in the 200 Freestyle; Gemma Bagge 3rd 50 Breaststroke; Lydia Riches 4th 50 Breaststroke; Jack Fish 2nd 50 Breaststroke, 3rd 50 Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly and 5th 200 Individual Medley; Adam Bristow 6th 50 Backstroke.

14yrs - Rebecca Bennett 1st 50 Breaststroke with an open club record time of 35.93, she also won the 100 Breaststroke, 2nd 50 Butterfly; Saskia Osborne 2nd 100 and 3rd in the 50 Backstroke; Jessica Harrington 5th 50 Freestyle; Chris Harrison 2nd 50 and 200 Freestyle and 4th 50 Backstroke; Sam Nunn 2nd 50 Butterfly, 4th 50 and 5th in the 200 Freestyle, 3rd 50 Backstroke.

15yrs - Emily Wilson 1st 100 Butterfly, 4th 100 Freestyle, 50 and 100 Backstroke; Lucy Down 6th 100 Backstroke.

16yrs - Charlotte Bennett 1st 50 Breaststroke, 2nd 50 Freestyle, 3rd 50 Butterfly and 4th 50 Backstroke; Jack Morris 5th 50 Freestyle.

17yrs - Max Gosden 2nd 50 and 100 Breaststroke.

18yrs - James Moore 1st 50 and 100 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Butterfly.

Other Chard swimmers taking part: Sophie Spiller, Mollie Simpson, Melissa Hanson, Charlotte Coombs, Emily Newman, Jenny Gibson, Jodie Hake, Jenna Emery, Bethany Harrison, Maddie Barber, Libby Down, Samantha Curnock, Amy Rodger, Jay Kindred, Ashley and Jamie Lillington, Joshua Bolton, Oliver Bilbie, George Murton, Jake Harvey, Alex Phillips, Oliver Carslake, Jake Hallam, Jonathan Crees, Huw Khan Davis, Luke Van Den Barselaar, Daniel Andrews, Jamie Spiller, Charlie Cable, James Andrews.