Talbot Heath Swimming Academy

17/05/2026

Session 2 brought more medals, massive PBs and brilliant team spirit from our young squad at the Dorset Graded Meet 💥🏊‍♀️

The session started strongly in the 100m Breaststroke with Julia earning bronze 🥉 and Zoe taking 5th. In the next age group, Maisie smashed 10 seconds off her best for 8th, Darcey dropped an impressive 6 seconds for 10th and Harriet finished 11th. Lilac produced a strong back end to claim silver 🥈, while Polly lowered her best by 2 seconds.

The 50m Butterfly saw Arabella back on the podium again with bronze 🥉, while Zoe continued her brilliant form with a huge 9 second PB to finish 4th. Polly and Jess also added more personal bests to their tally.

In the 50m Backstroke, Vera stormed to another gold 🥇 with Arabella making it a brilliant 1-2 by taking silver 🥈. Willow produced one of the swims of the session with a massive 7 second PB, while Isla, Darcey and Flora all delivered strong performances and rankings. Polly and Jess also finished the event strongly in the older age groups.

Vera continued her incredible day in the 100m Free, taking another gold 🥇 with a 3 second PB. Julia dropped a huge 11 seconds for 4th, while Willow kept the momentum rolling with another massive PB, knocking 9 seconds off her best. Strong swims followed from Isla, Harriet, Darcey and Polly.

The final races of the day saw the girls team together for the 4x50m Medley Relays, with the A Team finishing 9th and the B Team 11th 👏

What a fantastic day of learning, racing, cheering and grinding out personal bests. The courage, effort and support shown across the whole team was brilliant to see.

Thank you David for Officiating, Aimee for Team managing and well done coach Karen 🙌

17/05/2026

What a start to the Dorset Graded Meet 💥🏊‍♀️

Session 1 saw our young team produce a HUGE personal best rate, alongside first competition experiences, big learning moments and of course… plenty of rubber ducks 🦆👏

The meet kicked off with the 200m Free where Vera struck gold 🥇 in the youngest age group. Polly produced a massive 11 second PB to finish 11th, while Jess stormed to a 16 second lifetime best to take 5th 👏

In the 100m Back, Zoe powered to 4th with a huge 13 second drop, Isla lowered her best by 3 seconds for 9th, while Jess backed up her earlier swim with another strong 5th place finish.

The 50m Breaststroke brought more medals as Arabella claimed gold 🥇 and Vera silver 🥈. Gabriella impressed in her first ever competition with 5th, Zoe took 6th and Willow dropped 4 seconds for 7th. Harriet lowered her best by 2 seconds, Isla by 6 seconds, while Flora and Lilac also produced strong PB swims.

In the 50m Free, Vera secured her second gold medal of the session 🥇. Julia smashed 5 seconds off her best for 4th, Gabriella knocked off an incredible 13 seconds, while Zoe and Willow both dropped 3 seconds. Isla claimed silver 🥈 in the next age group, with Flora producing one of the swims of the day with a huge 8 second PB.

The final individual event saw Arabella and Vera back on the medals podium once again, taking silver and bronze 🥈🥉, while Zoe rounded off a brilliant session with 6th place. Harriet dropped a massive 24 seconds to earn 10th, with Jess dropping 2 seconds to earn 4th.

The session finished with freestyle relays. The team of Vera, Jess, Lilac and Polly earned 9th and the team of Maisie, Arabella, Isla and Harriet earning 12th ❤️💙

So many brave swims, massive PBs and brilliant racing across the whole team👏

13/05/2026

https://www.swimming.org/members/recipe-salmon-bean-salad/

Check out this recipe for a salmon and bean salad which provides a good source of protein, one of the key macronutrients in our diet.

11/05/2026

Well done PE Team 👏👏👏

Talbot Heath School is proud to announce that it has once again been awarded the prestigious Gold School Games Mark for 2025–26 — marking the fourth consecutive year the school has achieved the highest accolade. ...

11/05/2026

Huge well done to Academy swimmers Julia, Willow, Hana and Gabriella who headed to yesterday to take on the Triathlon! 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

The ‘TH Tigers’, girls attacked every stage with energy, determination and team spirit — smashing the swim, bike and run! 💪🔥

A brilliant experience, fantastic effort and great memories made. Well done team ❤️💙

10/05/2026

Both girls were back in action in the 200m Breaststroke. Romilly showed great progress over the front end of the race, producing a stronger opening speed to finish 19th overall. Caidee delivered another excellent performance, qualifying for the final before stepping up again with improved breathing control and race skills to finish 5th overall.

The final swim of this year’s championships came in the 800m Freestyle, where Romilly produced a brilliantly controlled and well-paced performance. Holding her stroke together superbly through the closing stages, she effectively negative split the race by a second to secure a long course personal best and an outstanding 8th place finish.💙❤️

A fantastic way for both girls to close out a strong week of racing and development. 💪🏊‍♀️

10/05/2026

Day 6 of the South West Champs earned more long course progress from Romilly and Caidee, with the pair delivering 4 long course PBs from 5 swims across the day. 🔥

The girls kicked things off in the 200m Freestyle, both lowering their best times and climbed the rankings with strong front-end speed and improved race control.

Romilly was quickly back in action in the 100m Backstroke, narrowly missing out on another PB before bouncing back brilliantly in the 100m Breaststroke to take 1.5 seconds off her previous best time.

Caidee followed in the same event with a huge swim, taking over 3 seconds off her previous long course best to qualify for the final. Going into the event ranked 13th, she stepped up again in the evening to finish an impressive 6th overall. 👏

A massive well done to both girls for the attitude, resilience and racing shown❤️💙.

The final day now awaits, with both swimmers taking on the 200m Breaststroke, before Romilly rounds off the championships in the 800m Freestyle. 💪🏊‍♀️

08/05/2026

08/05/2026

04/05/2026

There is always a win in the learning, even when the result doesn’t quite land yet. Day 5 of the Championships saw Mila step up in the 50m butterfly. Off the back of a weekend showing clear improvements in her performance behaviours, she put together a strong, committed swim to finish 26th.

Not every success shows up in the results sheet, but the progress is happening. Well done Mila 💪❤️💙

04/05/2026

A quieter day for the team, but a strong one for TH 💪

Carmen flew the flag in style, qualifying for the 50m freestyle final and stepping up when it counted, dropping time to finish an impressive 7th overall 🔥

She carried that momentum into the 400m freestyle, delivering a powerful swim just shy of her PB to secure another top-10 finish in 6th 👏

Consistency. Grit. Progress.Well done, Carmen, proud of you 👊💙❤️