Great swims at the Poole Regional Qualifier Open Meet on 7/8 March, with several Turbos coming within a smidgen of regional CTs, but lots of good PBs and medals, including nine golds, and a truly fabulous team spirit.

Our 16-strong squad put in a superb performance at this year's Dorset County Championships at Littledown. Georgie Horn won silver medals in both her 50m and 100m butterfly while Antonia Bright got bronze and silver in her age group in the same events respectively. Betsy Junor won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke and a bronze in the 400m freestyle. Almost all swimmers clocked up at least one personal best – for a squad total of 42 – while Josie Hopkins came in top of the table with PBs in all her seven events. Bravo all! Huge congratulations also to Betsy and Freddie George (PBs in all his five events) who were selected to join the 2020 Dorset England Programme.

Mia Merefield became the first Turbos swimmer to take part in the 2019 South West Winter Regional Championships at Millfield on November 2nd and 3rd. She gained a personal best time in the 50m breaststroke and came second in her heat in the 100m event.