YOUNG swimmers at Burnham-on-Sea Swimming Club have made a splash with another great set of results.

The club, based on Berrow Road, boasts 130 members and coaches enthusiastic swimmers to a county and regional standard.

Swimmers at the club have had a fantastic season, with 10 of them qualifying in 28 events at the Somerset County Championship.

In addition, Alicia Pollard, Tom Dollery and Josie Hooper also qualified to swim in the Swim England South West Regional Championships.

Club secretary Kelly Podbury told the Weekly News: “We give swimmers a love for swimming, which will either catapult them to greatness or give them a skill for life that they will never forget.

“We have had another fantastic year at a local level, in our 12 and under four season series galas.

“We have won the last two galas in succession against Cheddar, City of Bristol, Backwell and Clevedon.

“In the Cotswold Series galas, we swum against 19 other clubs and qualified third in the B final, an improvement on three places from last year.”

She added: “Six of the club records that have stood for over 20 years have also been broken this year, symbolising that our swimmers continue to improve.”

Mark Podbury, head coach at Burnham Swimming Club, has been selected by Somerset ASA to support the County Pathways programme as an assistant coach alongside five others from across Somerset.

One of those is another Burnham club member, Nathan Clarke, who himself is an up-and-coming coach and official.

The head coach has also been selected to support Somerset ASA county team as an assistant coach, when they compete in the National County team competition in Ponds Forge, Sheffield, on October 7.

Two of the club’s swimmers, Toby Hooper and Isabelle Puddy, have been selected for the County Pathways programme from the top performing 11-year-olds in Somerset.

A spokesman for the club commented: “For a small community club, Burnham-on-Sea Swimming Club, who swim at Brean Splash, packs a big punch in the local community.

“The management committee would like to congratulate their swimmers, past and present, on a great season and encourage them to remain within the sport to fulfil their dreams.

“We would also like to recognise and thank all the support we receive from our volunteers, teachers, coaches and young volunteers,” they added.

“The time will come when the young volunteers of today will step into the shoes of the head coach and committee, and as a club we are committed to help them develop into these roles.

“The future is looking bright.”