New Records set by 1066 at Eastbourne

The Eastbourne Open incorporating all the 100m disciplines across each age group saw 1066 swimmers leave their mark on the gala claiming the coveted Top Boy award, two new event records,11 golds,10 silvers, two bronzes and an incredible 52 personal bests set.

Todd Alsop,16+,won all four disciplines in impressive style to be crowned Top Boy across all the age groups followed closely by Chloe Pollard,10/11 yrs, who came home first in the backstroke, butterfly and freestyle with the latter being a new record for the Meet. Unfortunately for her, her team mate Ella Watson stopped her having a clean sweep by winning the breaststroke in emphatic style and smashing the previous record by an incredible 10 seconds to win another gold for 1066. She followed that up with silver in the freestyle.

Gold continued to flow for 1066's talented swimmers with Joseph Stell taking the 14/15 yrs boys breaststroke, Catherine Welford,16+,winning the girls backstroke and silver in the freestyle, Ellie Williams,12/13 yrs girls backstroke plus a bronze in the freestyle and Megan Williams,16+,who won the freestyle, then silver in the backstroke.

Lewis Peppiatt,16+,became the silver fox of the team with three second place finishes in the backstroke, breaststroke and the freestyle. There were silvers also for Charlotte Rouncivell in both the freestyle and breaststroke, Jess Honeysett in the backstroke and Ryan Lee who was edged into silver position in the backstroke and then captured bronze in the freestyle.

This gala was a great opportunity for 1066's next generation of hopeful swimmers to impress and with 52 personal bests set on the day, they certainly did. The most notable PBs were Molly Paulin, Chloe Baker, Anthony Donaldson, Amelia Harrison, Harry Turner, Harry Crotty, Bill Matthews, Sophie Griggs, Charlotte Johnson, Rebecca Ellis, April Johns, Johanna Welford, Lydia Harrison, Brandon Johnson, Josh Bishop, Carys Williams and Robert Barnett.

Head Coach Dave Pollard "The improvement and desire in most of the swimmers is a good omen for the future. A glut of PBs, medals in abundance and two new Meet records being set by 1066 swimmers shows that we are heading in the right direction. Well done to all the swimmers."