The non-stop action for Tenby's young swimmers has encompassed three more galas since our last report.

We have had participants competing at the Swim Swansea Long Course Open and also a super team effort at the Dyfed Junior Challenge in Haverfordwest. We will include a report on the Pembrokeshire Whitsun Weekender next time.

Team Competition Results

For many years, a league competition was held between the swimming clubs from across Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire. There were Senior and Junior events, culminating in the annual Dyfed finals. With the restructuring of swimming over recent years, it was felt that different competition formats were required, so these events were dropped from the calendar. However, it soon became apparent that the younger guys were lacking the opportunity to compete as a team. Although the senior competition was clearly past its 'sell by date', there was much to be gained by reintroducing something along the lines of the former event for the little swimmers to have a go at.

Thus, we have a new event this year, the Dyfed Junior Challenge, which took place at Haverfordwest Leisure Centre on May 23. Eight teams from across the Dyfed region took part. They were Haverfordwest, Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Milford Haven, Llanelli, Amman Valley, Carmarthen and Tenby.

There was an electric atmosphere poolside as the swimmers battled for team honours with fervent support from poolside and the packed spectator area.

Apart from the relays, the races were all held over just 25m, so there was continued frantic action to build the excitement, and we are delighted to report that our swimmers rose to the occasion once again and produced an outstanding team performance to win the Dyfed Junior Challenge for 2010.

The team included: Lewys Blanc, Sam Collinson, Harry Cook, Megan Cook, James Crowney-Richards, Gareth Davie, Carys Davies, Daniel Davies, Ffion Davies, Luke Dedoncker, Emily Dilks, Lydia Dilks, Joe Evans, Hazel Fox, Billy Greenwood, Morgan Grieve, Arabella Haley, Kaitlyn Hicks, Jemma Hurds, Kieran Johnson, Myles Johnson, Talia Merriman, Amy Morgan, Sabrina Morgan, Madison Neye, Ben Rees, Caitlin Rees, Jack Rees, Alanya Thomas, Harry Thomas, Jevon Thomas, Miles Thompstone, Stephen Ward and Ashleigh Willars. (Apologies if you swam in a relay and we have left your name off the list).

Head coach John Amos and junior team manager Sarah Hicks were delighted with the way the team swam, so congratulations to all who took part!

Open Competition Results

Tenby was well represented at this year's Swim Swansea Long Course event, by club swimmers Matt Davie, Dan Davies, Ffion Davies, Hazel Fox, Kaitlyn Hicks, Charlotte O'Neill and Ben Rees, together with Sam Lewis, Hannah Saunders and Niamh Slack, who train with the Pembs County squad, and Andrew James, who has trained in Swansea for past 18 months.

For several of the younger swimmers this was their first real attempt at a long course event, but they all overcame the nerves to acquit themselves very well indeed. There was a nice collection of PB's, and Hannah and Niamh were both pleased to be able to compete again after a difficult few months of illness and interrupted training. A good effort from all of you.

Competition was tough, with top swimmers from across the UK descending on Swansea to take part.

The medallists were as follows: Ffion Davies, 2nd 10-11yrs 200 butterfly; Hannah Saunders, 3rd 12-13yrs 200 breaststroke; Dan Davies, 3rd 10-12yrs 200 breaststroke.

Niamh, Sam, Matt and Andrew also qualified for several finals between them. Good work guys.

Forthcoming Events

June 5: West Wales Junior Development Meet, Llanelli. This is a target meet for our Junior and Development teams, so you should all have entered if you are in these squads.

June 12: Amman Valley Open, Llanelli. Always a fun event for those who want to enjoy their swimming. Check board and website for details.

July 2-4: Cardiff International Open Meet. Cardiff Int. Pool. Entries Closed.

July 28 - August 2: National Age Group Championships, Ponds Forge, Sheffield. Lots of county interest this year!

August 3 - 7: National Youth Championships, Ponds Forge, Sheffield.

August 3 - 8: Swim Wales Summer Nationals. WNP, Swansea.

Club News

We are delighted to see that the club continues to deliver results in team competitions and that our swimmers are enjoying themselves so much in training and at the galas they attend.

The club strives to deliver a swimming experience for swimmers of all abilities and we are pleased that the feedback we are receiving from the recent changes we have made is very positive.

Our separate Fit Swim group are enjoying themselves, and we are happy that we are able to cater for such diverse age ranges. Currently, in the competitive squads we have swimmers aged six to 18 training regularly, which is very pleasing indeed. We are just about the only club in the county that now caters for seniors, and we welcome them at training provided they continue to make the commitment required.

For those of you who take your swimming seriously, there are great opportunities for development within the Welsh squad system. Bethan Davie has just returned from an exciting weekend with the Welsh Youth Squad in Aarhus, Denmark, where they competed in the AGF Open. The swimming was a bit patchy, but they had a great time and Beth added another National time to her list for this year after swimming a surprisingly fast 200 fly final.

Actually, the team had originally been scheduled to return to Oslo this year, but due to a clash with the Eurovision Song Contest, they were unable to book any hotel rooms, and had to seek an alternative venue.

Fund-raising is always needed to support the swimming programme, so if anyone has interesting ideas or knows anyone who would like to sponsor the club please let the committee members know.