Category: Competition Reports

Diss Otters have had squads of swimmers take part in three competitions in the last fortnight. A team of sixteen juniors and one masters swimmer took to the UEA Sportspark pool for the Norwich Swan Open meet on the 21st and 22nd of April.

With the team swimming in a total of 91 races they finished top six in 48 of those with 22 podium positions consisting of 4 golds, 7 silvers and 11 bronzes. The team also hit many new personal bests which the coaching team are always pleased to see.

 
A special mention to Jacob Shadbolt and Nathan Hunt who were both swimming in their first open gala. The Diss medal winners were Ciaran Strike (2G, 2S,4B), Rosie Munnings (1G,1S,4B), Lily-Anne Jones (1S), Matthew Munnings (1S,1B), Ottilie Miller (2B), Sophia Pickering (1G) and Oslo Chapman (2S).

Sixteen Otters (pictured) travelled to Dereham last Saturday for the Norfolk Junior League B final for the Christine Clarke Cup and finished a very creditable second to host team Dereham Otters. Diss laid second throughout the evening without quite being able to catch the leaders.

On the night Diss won 13 out of a total of 45 races which were individual and relay events with a team consisting a mix of experienced and novice swimmers, so a very satisfactory result.

Also on Saturday seven swimmers took part in the Beccles Development gala.
These galas are a great stepping stone towards more competitive competitions and the Diss swimmers came home with medals and personal bests aplenty.

The Otters competing at Beccles were Freya Button, Lily Ellis, Eleanor Godbold, Darcie Martin, Ella Townsend, Toby Townsend and Molly Wilson.

The prestigious Eastern Regional Championships take place over the two May Bank Holiday weekends with Matthew Munnings having qualified for the senior (14-16yrs) weekend in Norwich and Daniel Bachu for the junior (11-13yrs)weekend in Luton.

A very well done to these 3. Today they competed in the Stowmarket Spring into Spring Open Meet. They did Diss Otters proud.

Fin came away with 4 PB's including 2 silver medals and a bronze. Alex 3 new PBs and Emma 2 PBs. Well done guys proud of you!

A squad of fifteen swimmers from Diss Otters travelled down the A140 to a snowy Ipswich to take part in the March Open held at Crown Pools last weekend.

In a high quality gala with clubs competing from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex - Diss came away with an incredible 65 new personal best times from only 87 individual swims, a conversion rate of 75%. 51 of those swims resulted in a top six finish, and of those 51, 22 were podium positions (6 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze.)

The Diss Otters squad with their results summary were as follows:

Daniel Bachu - 1G 1B 5pbs
Millie Bachu - 2 pbs
Callum Blair - 1G 1S 1B 5pbs
Harry Button - 1pb
Olivia Chapman - 2 pbs
Oslo Chapman - 1S 4pbs
Lily Ellis - 2 pbs
Shannon Evans - 1S
Lotti Gates - 1G 2S
Forbes Irvine - 1B 6pbs
Thea Irvine - 1G 11pbs
Matthew Munnings - 1G 1S 3pbs
Rosie Munnings - 1G 1S 3B 11pbs
Ciaran Strike - 1B 7pbs
Matthew Tatum - 1S 6pbs

The Otters are in action next at the Norfolk Junior League gala held at Wymondham Leisure Centre on Saturday evening.

Fifteen swimmers from Diss Otters beat the big freeze to take part in the City of Norwich March Long Course gala at the UEA Sportspark.  In a packed weekend of top class action the Diss squad took part in a total of seventy two races coming away with twenty five top six finishes, of which twelve were medals.  Oslo Chapman, Finlay Neve, Ciaran Strike, Sophia Pickering and Thea Irvine were the medal winners and all of the squad can be proud of their achievements, with some great new personal best times being set over the two day meet.

A squad of 17 swimmers from Diss Otters took part in the Warwick Thompson Memorial County gala held at Waterworld in Thetford over the weekend.

This gala is staged by Norfolk ASA and is attended by clubs from across the County.

From a total of only 69 individual swims the Otters scooped a staggering 34 medals – a near 50% return!

The 34 medals consisted of 12 golds, 10 silvers and 12 bronzes.

Many swimmers also hit new personal best times throughout the weekend.

The Diss Otters squad were Lily Ellis, Amber Dewsbery, Alex Jackson, Shannon Evans, Harvey Gates, Katie Halmshaw, Ciaran Strike, Oslo Chapman, Toby Townsend, Harry Button, Olivia Chapman, Nathan Hunt, Forbes Irvine, Darcie Martin, Kara O’Dell, Finlay Neve and Thea Irvine.

Diss Otters had a successful time at this year’s County Championships held at UEA Sportspark over the last two weekends.

The twelve years old category for boys saw Barney Clarke scoop County golds in the 100 breaststroke, 50 breaststroke, 50 freestyle and 50 backstroke.

Rosie Munnings won the Otters other gold in the twelve years old girls 100 butterfly.

Over the fortnight Diss won five gold, six silver and five bronze medals in the Individual races and another three bronzes in the County Relay Gala which took place on the second Sunday afternoon.

Back in the individual races Otters finished in the top eight in fifty two races out of a total of one hundred and fifty eight swims and also achieved many new personal best times.

Cameron Day and Matthew Munnings also both received their county colours for representing Norfolk four times from ASA East Region president Stuart Murray.

A big thank you to all the clubs officials, coaches and volunteers for making the gala a successful one for Diss.

Diss Otters held their biggest event of the year when the Diss Otters Sprint Open Gala took place at the UEA Sportspark last Sunday.

Nearly 250 swimmers from clubs in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire turned up in force, and produced some great action in the pool for the large crowd to cheer on and enjoy.

The Otters sent a squad of over 50 competitors taking part in 329 individual swims over distances between 50m and 400m.

Although the quality of the opposition was extremely tough Diss still came away with 60 medals (16 gold, 17 silver and 27 bronze), with a further 46 swims finishing in the top 6.

As with most galas swimmers are always looking to improve their times and Diss came away with a fantastic 59% of swims resulting in new personal bests.

Medal winners on the day for the Otters were Jude Ashken, Max Ashken, Daniel Bachu, Callum Blair, Max Brookes, Amber Daly, Cameron Day, Lottie Gates, Imogen Grimes, Thea Irvine, Evie Kemp, Matthew Munnings, Rosie Munnings, Sophia Pickering, Rowan Shearer, Matthew Tatum, Phoebe Tovell and Maddie Wood.