ELEVEN-year-old Josh Gunn recorded personal best times in all of his eight races at the Tiverton Swimming Club Championships at the Exe Valley Leisure Centre.

Josh knocked an incredible 37.36 seconds off his 200m freestyle, 23.84 seconds off his 400m freestyle and 15.91 seconds off his 50m breaststroke. He won six golds, a silver and a bronze.

In all, 72 swimmers, aged from six to 57 competed in 19 events, recording 168 personal best times, with fantastic performances from all of the team.

Adam Clewer, 12, took gold in all his 14 races, achieving four personal best times and Lorna Burston, 14, also won gold in all her 11 races, achieving three personal best times.

Callum Stoneman, 13, won nine golds. Nine- year-old Jake Stoneman and Charlie Beeson, 15, both achieved eight golds. Charlie also took silver in the boys' 50m freestyle and had eight personal best times.

Sarah Carder, 16s, Jess Lepper, 13, and nine-year-old Emily Abraham won gold in seven races, with Sarah also achieving two silvers. Emily knocked 22.6 seconds off her personal best time in the 400m freestyle.

Lucy Abraham, 12, and Caitlin Tyrrell, 11, both took gold in five of their races, with Lucy also getting seven silvers and Caitlin five silvers.

Joseph Zilch, 15, took four golds and four silvers in his eight races, achieving a personal best time of 4:58.40 in the boys' 400m freestyle.

In her first club championships, nine-year-old Sophie Whittle swam in 11 events, winning four golds and seven silvers. Sophie knocked an amazing 31.33 seconds off her personal best time in the 400m freestyle and achieved a further four personal best times.

Jessica Whittle, 12, also competed in her first club championships, achieving silver in the girls' 100m individual medley and bronze in the girls' 200m breaststroke and 200m backstroke.

There were some excellent performances from the club's younger swimmers competing at their first club championships. Eight-year-olds Hannah Johnson and Noah Buckley and seven-year-old Finn Stoneman all took two golds each. Finn also won silver in the 25m freestyle and 25m breaststroke, with Hannah and Noah taking silver in the girls' and boys' 25m backstroke.

Rachel Gunn, eight, achieved silver in the girls' 25m freestyle and 25m breaststroke and Joseph Andrew, also eight, took bronze in the boys' 25m freestyle, 25m backstroke and 25m breaststroke.

Tiverton head coach Steve Carder said: "It was great to see so many friends and family come along to support the swimmers this year.

"The 168 personal best times are testament to the dedication and commitment of the team. There is always great competition between the swimmers at the club championships. "

The awards will be presented at a ceremony in January.

The Tiverton Gazette trophy will be presented to the best newcomer along with a further 64 trophies being awarded to the best swimmers in each stroke and age group."

For results and further information, visit www.tiverton-swimming.co.uk.