Having gained promotion in two successive seasons, the B team went into their first Division 5 gala (the highest place they have ever achieved) with some trepidation. Swimming against A teams from Devizes, Swindon and Westbury, Corsham B found itself in second place for much of the evening, possibly way beyond expectation. However, in a stunning finale, Corsham won several of the last events and ended up as overall winners, some eight points clear of Swindon.

Much of the credit for this victory has to go to the Club’s older swimmers, who won most of their events on the evening. However, at the youngest age group, there were several swimmers who had not swum for the Club before and they acquitted themselves well. Two of them, Ella Parkes and Jonathan Brend were awarded “Swimmer of the Gala “ awards, which were fully deserved. There were lots of personal bests, the team spirit was excellent and many of those present thought it was probably the best gala they had ever attended. And this would have still have been the case, even if the team had not secured the victory. So congratulations also to Swindon, Westbury and Devizes, who did so much to contribute to an excellent evening. Dare we predict a hat trick of promotions?

Phil and Stuart put the disappointment of being dropped by the 'B' team behind them and focused on Masters swimming at Weston-Super-Mare. Both swimmers excelled, not only winning their events, but setting two new county records in their age groups in the process - Phill in the 200 fly and Stuart in the 200 free.

Well done lads. Can't be easy at your age.

Results should be on the Wilts Masters web site

On Sunday, a small, but perfectly formed Corsham team waded up to the Link for the Tigersharks Level 3 open meet. I dont know all the results, as I was only there for the last part, but I do know thatHuw parks did a very good 50m Fly, and Nick Parks picked up at least one medal. Lauren Jones only did two races, but made it count with a gold in the 50m backstroke and a bronze in the 50m Freestyle, both with PBs. brother Alex chipped in with 3 PBsand took home a silver and bronze.

Other swimmers there were Hannah Pinsent, Rhianne Butler, Matt Evans and Ben Leverette-Jaques.

Full results can be found at the Swindon Tigersharks website.

Corsham hosted the first of this years Summer Leagues at the Sprinfield Centre, and, if we didn't know it already, this is going to be extremely tough. Our 3 competitors (Bradford, Salsbury and Chippenham) all have strength throughout their teams, and every point will be hard earned.

The evening started well with Myles well placed in the 100m IM and Nick Parks clocking under a minute to gain maximum points in the 100m freestyle. Mike Edmonson followed up with a win in the 100m Fly and after the first 10 events Corsham were looking good in second. Things got tougher thereafter, and despite a sprinkling of high finishes, there were too many forth places for us to hold on to that position and we eventually finished in 4th place behind the winners, Chippenham and 14 points behind joint seconds Bradford and Salsbury.

The next round on the 30th June won't be any easier, and it'll be up to our swimmers to really dig deep and fight for every point, but we can turn this around.

Full results can be found at the Wiltshire ASA website.

Many congratulations to our two County representatives, Michael Edmonson and Jamie Butler, who have been selected to represent Wiltshire in the upcoming Inter-County gala.

It ain't easy to get a County cap, but both richly derserve their honour in recognition of consistently excellent swimming performance. Let's all wish them good luck in the gala.

Full results can be found at the Wiltshire ASA website.

In the second weekend of Bagcat action, Jamie continued in his winning ways with another 4 age group gold medals (50 fs, 200 bk, 200 fs, 100 bk), and added a silver (100 IM) and bronze (50 br) just to make up the set. Fantastic swimming, which also earned him the overall bagcat points winner for that age.

Also in the medals was Sam Ross with a 3rd place in the 9yrs 50 fs. Sam completing a fine weekends swimming with a 4th place in the 50 fly. James Marygold, swimming for Calne also got into the medals and will be a huge success for us in the coming seasons.

Although no more medals were won, Corsham swimmers were well represented and the number of PBs set was great to see. Melissa deserves a mention for the shear number of swims she had and she put in consistently strong performances in a very competitive age group. Corsham were also represented by Emma Mortimer, Hayley and Kelly Orner, lauren Jones, Hannah Pinsent, Anna Hickman, Megan trollope, Zoe Walters, Alex Jones, Richard Worthy, Elliot Berning, Lawrence and Dominic Meiklereid and finally Huw Parks, whon must have been delighted with his 50 fly. Well done to all.

Full results can be found at the Wiltshire ASA website.

Both Corsham teams were absolutely superb in this years Winter league finals. The 'A' team were winning top spot in gala 2 at Trowbridge whilst the 'B' team were galant runners up in gala 4 at devizes.

Although the 'A' team entered the gala as best qualifiers, the margin of victory in the end (24 points over the second placed team) was outstanding, and it goes without saying that everyone swam teriffically well and played their part. The evening was capped by a stirring victory in the cannon, fittingly brought home by team captain Michael Edmonson. Michael was named most inspritional male swimmer with Ellen Wilson given the honour for the girls. The swimmers of the gala were Jamie Butler and Emily Hall.

The 'B' team were the 4th ranked team at their gala, but soon proved they were above that. Staying in contention for the lead well into the gala before falling behind to a good Westbury team. I don't have many details about this gala (perhaps someone can fill me in), but clearly everyone contributed and can feel proud. I think that special mention must go to Matt Evans and Ben Leverette-Jaques who both swam an incredible number of races this year. Swimmers of the gala were selected and I'll put these up when I get them.

Full results can be found at the Wiltshire ASA website.

Over the last weekend, we've had the closing of this years Wilts Youth and the start of the Bagcats. There's been plenty to get excited about. We've had age group golds for Lawrence Meikelreid (12) and Jamie Butler (14) in the 50 backstroke (Bagcats) and for Michael Edmonson in the 100 freestyle (Youth 19/ov). Jamie also took Gold in the 100 freestyle and a Silver in the 200 IM.

Elsewhere in the bagcats, Melissa Birkett was knocking lumps off her PBs with excellent finishes across a range of events and also very encouraging was the performance of James Marygold. Swimming for Calne Alpha, but now training with the club. Other swimmers representing Corsham well were Megan Trollope, Katie Hall, Hannah Pinsent, Richard Worthy and Alex Jones, who all competed extremely well.

From the Youths, there were more medals for Matt Evans (16) and Steve Worthy (17) in the 200 Br and 200 IM and another Silver for Jack Thomas in the 200 IM. And again, probably most pleasing was the performance of the Boys relay team with another bronze and Silver, underlaying the strength of swimming we have in this area.

The bagcats will continue on the 24th and 25th of this month. Full results can be seen on the Wiltshire ASA web site.