POOLE and Great Britain coach Barry Alldrick has been named Swim England coach of the year after the most successful 12 months in the club’s 87-year history.
A COUNTY record held by Olympian Karen Legg was one of seven to fall as Dorset’s high fliers battled with the best in the west.
SISTERS Abbie and Aimie Quarrie topped an avalanche of medals for the host club at the Poole Season Starter open meet in Dorchester.
DORSET champion Kayla van der Merwe is Britain’s fastest under-16 100m breaststroker of all time after smashing the record twice in a day.
SWIM Bournemouth made a flying start to life in the National Arena League South, winning their first round gala at High Wycombe by 27 points.
KAYLA van der Merwe came within 0.1sec of the British junior 100m breaststroke record at the Swim England County Team Championships in Sheffield.
POOLE’S Barry Alldrick has been named Swim England’s South West Coach of the Year following the best spell in the club’s 87-year history.
POOLE international Jacob Peters is one of 54 swimmers named in British Swimming’s World Class Performance Programme for 2018-19.
SWIM Bournemouth have become Southern Junior League champions for the first time since 2014 after a storming victory in the final at Littledown.
