City of Bristol finish decade‑lengthy wait with Redwood Trophy triumph

City of Bristol introduced an finish to a ten‑12 months look forward to the Redwood Trophy after producing the very best routine scores from the Technical and Free Team routines on day two of the Artistic Swimming National Championships 2026.

With a rating of 148.3375 within the Free Team yesterday and 199.1108 within the Tech Team at the moment, they received the celebrated trophy with a complete of 347.4483.

The outcome sees the trophy return to Bristol for the primary time since 2016, ending City of Salford’s run of success after they lifted the award in every of the previous two years.

On their success, head coach Cerys Hughes mentioned:

“I’m absolutely buzzing. It’s been a long time in the making. The last time we had the Redwood Trophy was 10 years ago, so we set this one as the goal at the start of the season.

“We have a very big squad, so it’s been nice to have a lot of input but also tricky to select who was going to swim. Everyone in the squad has put in their all and has played their part to being where we are now.

“Me and the other coaches have had loads of support from other coaches within the club, our volunteers, and our team managers who have been really, really helpful these last couple of weeks in preparation for this weekend.

“The girls are absolutely buzzing. I think they knew that it was going to be tight, especially after yesterday’s Free Team event, with just three points separating first and second. They’ve just done a really great job this weekend of staying calm and doing what they always do.”

Bristol’s success continued outdoors of profitable the Redwood Trophy. Olympian Kate Shortman delivered an impressive efficiency to win gold within the Technical Solo. With a rating of 260.9675, she additionally acquired the Colin Lushington Memorial Trophy as the very best‑positioned English swimmer within the occasion.

Her Great Britain teammate, Ranjuo Tomblin from Rushmoor, took second place with 256.6342 after profitable the Free Solo yesterday.

The solos have been adopted by the Free Duet which noticed Eve Young (Rugby) and Robyn Swatman (Walsall) efficiently defend their nationwide title, scoring 222.1458 to retain the Spencer Trophy, awarded to the very best‑positioned English swimmers within the occasion for a second consecutive 12 months.

Tomblin added one other medal to his tally within the Free Mixed Duet title by partnering with Isabelle Thorpe from Bristol. The pair, which is heading to China subsequent week for the subsequent leg of the Artistic Swimming World Cup, received the gold medal with a formidable 266.2250.

Aimee Lawrence of City of Salford was the recipient of this 12 months’s Holland Trophy, which means she was the swimmer with the very best mixed rating within the Tech and Free Solo, Tech and Free Duet, Technical and Free Team and Acrobatic routines. She earned the trophy with a complete rating of 1235.1587.

Such as in earlier years, the Mary Black Award was as soon as once more handed to a member of a Swim England affiliated membership for his or her excellent service to creative swimming. This 12 months’s winner was Georgie Coombs.

See the total roll of honour for day two of the Swim England Artistic Swimming National Championships 2026 beneath.

To view all outcomes from the championships please head over to the Swim England reside scoreboard.