Our most recent successful swimmers are:

Matthew Bowe has represented GB juniors in a number of international events since 1999. Matthew won 4 gold medals in the 2003 British Long Course Championships.He is currently GB Junior Short course 50m Freestyle Champion, and is part of the Great Britain senior squad. Matthew swam well in this year's Olympic trials but missed out on an Olympic place this time round. 

Natalie Couling - from the age of 10 has been county Age Group Champion in many events, achieved NQT's in the 50m, 100m & 200m Backstroke, 200m & 400m Individual Medley, was the 12 yr girls Scottish National Age group Champion in the 100m Backstroke and holds club records.

Philippa du Frayer - from the age of 10 was county Age Group Champion in many events, achieved a NQT in the 12yr 100m Freestyle and 14 yr 50m Butterfly and holds club records.

Rory Marshall who from the age of 10 has been county Age Group Champion in many events and has set County Record times. He has obtained National Qualifying times in many events over all distances. Rory began a Swimming Scholarship at Millfield School, Somerset in September, 2001.

Catherine Pickthall - stalwart of the club for many years, she holds club records, achieved National Qualifying Times in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly.

Gavin Singleton who, from a young age was County Age Group Champion in many events, broke numerous club & county records and achieved National Qualifying Times in the 100m & 200m Butterfly.

Joanne Singleton who has represented Great Britain several times since 1998.

Shaun Uren who was selected to represent Great Britain in the 1996 Atlanta Para Olympics and achieved a silver medal in the medley relay.

Catherine Pickthall, Claire Cochrane, Philippa du Frayer and Natalie Couling (all Barrow ASC members) represented England in the International Swimming Federation (ISF) World Student Games held in Luxemburg in April 2001, coming home with Bronze medals in the 6 x 50m Freestyle, behind the republic of China and China Taipei. The remaining team members were Charlotte Goodwin and Chloe Bell (of Ulverton Otters).

Cumbria Sprint League - Barrow ASC were double winners in 1998 and 1999.

Present Day and Up & Coming Swimmers

Jason Knott, Peter Denness, Zain Mallet and Laura Bagley have won County Age Group Events.

Eve Brockbank has won silver and bronze medals at the NW Counties Inter Association Competition.

Family Connections

We now have in the Club children whose parents were not only themselves swimmers for Barrow, but were also COUNTY CHAMPIONS.

They are:

Paul Keen father of Andrew
Keith Minnican father of Jared and Frazer
Kirk Minnican father of Robert and Alex
Jeanette Taylor mother of Ashleigh Chester
Tom McCullough father of Robert

If there are any more of you out there, please let us know. 

Club History

In the early days the swimmers trained in a pool in Abbey Road which was 70 yrds by 20 yds, Then in 1931 the club moved to Abbey Baths (now closed) and since 1994 the Park Leisure Centre Barrow in Furness.) At that time the club had a water polo team which trained and competed in Ulverston canal.

Our first recorded National champion was Sheila Calderhead (now Sheila Brown) in the 100yds backstroke 1932. Sheila went on to represent England in the Empire Games and the European Games.

At that time the club had many notable swimmers including:

Jack Williams who won the Schoolboy championships of England 1929. Miss Betty Middleton who completed the cross Windermere swim (from Belle Grange to Miller ground) aged 11 in 1931, the youngest girl to have swum across Windermere.)