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Academy Swim Team
Helping Swimmers Thrive
Friendly, expert coaching and competitive opportunities for swimmers in Burnham-On-Sea and the surrounding area.
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As a registered swimming charity, we provide teaching, development and competitive opportunities that improve health, confidence and community participation around Burnham-on-Sea.
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๐โโ๏ธ๐ WHAT A WEEKEND FOR AST! ๐๐โโ๏ธ
๐โโ๏ธ๐ WHAT A WEEKEND FOR AST! ๐๐โโ๏ธ Our swimmers had a fantastic weekend at the TBAS & Millfield Halloween Frenzy, held at Millfield School on 31st October and 1st November! Just look at these numbers! ๐ ๐ 26 swimmers competing ๐ช 103 swims completed โฑ๏ธ 59 Personal Bests! ๐ 10 Club Records broken or set! ๐ฏ 4 MORE County Qualifying Times achieved! ๐ 10 first recorded swims! A huge congratulations to Heidi F., Emily K., Lewis D., Lauren H. and Max N. for their fantastic club record performances! Some particularly impressive PBs too with 59 broken during the course of the weekend! We also had seven swimmers achieve PBs in every event where they had a previous recorded time! ๐ It's brilliant to see so much progress across all our age groups, from our youngest competitors right through to our Masters swimmers. A massive well done to every swimmer who represented AST, and a big thank you to our coaches, team managers, officials and supporting families. ๐ Proud to be AST! ๐
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๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐! ๐ What a weekend! Day 2 was another fantastic day for Academy Swim Team, with plenty of medals and a huge number of personal bests across the squads. ๐๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ Well done to every swimmer who raced. Your hard work in training is really paying off, and you did the club proud with every swim. ๐ A massive thank you to our coaches for their support on poolside, and to all the volunteers, officials, parents and carers who gave up their weekend to drive, time, cheer and help the meet run smoothly. We couldn't do it without you! ๐ Onwards to the next one! ๐ #AcademySwimTeam #BurnhamOnSea #Swimming #PersonalBests #TeamAST
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Recent record breakers
Broken recordGirls Age 18+(Masters) | SC | 31/10/2026
50 Free
Now held by
Emily Knight
32.00S
Broken recordGirls Age 18+(Masters) | SC | 31/10/2026
50 Back
Now held by
Emily Knight
37.70S
Broken recordGirls Age 18+(Masters) | SC | 31/10/2026
100 Fly
Now held by
Emily Knight
1:19.96S
Broken recordGirls Age 18+(Masters) | SC | 31/10/2026
50 Breast
Now held by
Lauren Hern
40.63S
Broken recordGirls Age 9 | SC | 31/10/2026
200 IM
Now held by
Heidi Freeman
3:25.58S
Broken recordGirls Age 9 | SC | 31/10/2026
200 Free
Now held by
Heidi Freeman
2:57.14S
Broken recordGirls Age 9 | SC | 31/10/2026
50 Breast
Now held by
Heidi Freeman
50.51S
Broken recordBoys Age 18+(Masters) | SC | 31/10/2026
100 Free
Now held by
Lewis Duggan
56.30S
Broken recordBoys Age 18+(Masters) | SC | 31/10/2026
50 Back
Now held by
Lewis Duggan
28.27S
New recordBoys Age 11 | SC | 31/10/2026
200 Breast
Now held by
Max Nicholls
3:49.25S
Broken recordGirls Age 9 | SC | 17/10/2026
200 Breast
Now held by
Heidi Freeman
3:50.84S
Broken recordGirls Age 9 | SC | 17/10/2026
50 Free
Now held by
Heidi Freeman
35.73S
Broken recordGirls Age 9 | SC | 17/10/2026
100 Free
Now held by
Heidi Freeman
1:22.88S
Broken recordGirls Age 9 | SC | 17/10/2026
50 Fly
Now held by
Heidi Freeman
43.53S
New recordBoys Age 9 | SC | 17/10/2026
200 Free
Now held by
Arthur Forward
4:06.53S
New recordBoys Age 9 | SC | 10/10/2026
25 Back
Now held by
Arthur Forward
25.57S
Broken recordBoys Age 18+(Masters) | SC | 19/09/2026
100 IM
Now held by
Lewis Duggan
1:03.93S
Broken recordGirls Age 9 | SC | 19/09/2026
100 IM
Now held by
Heidi Freeman
1:35.42S