Thanet Swim Club

Good Luck to all our swimmers and teams competing this weekend:

We have the Kent Junior League FINAL on Saturday:
Our A-team will be racing at Beckenham Spa against: Sevenoaks A, Beckenham A, Bromley, Black Lion and RTW Monson A.  The A-team are ranked second in Division 1 with 481 points to Sevenoaks’ 502.  The A-team coach will be leaving Hartsdown at 4pm (please arrive by 3:45pm) we will also do a pick-up at Longreach. Warm up is at 6:30 for a 7pm Start.
Our B-team will be at Hartsdown racing with: Herne Bay, RTW Monson B, Edenbridge Piranhas and Dartford.  The B-team are ranked 7th in Division 2 with 361 points.  B-team swimmers please get to Hartsdown by 5:30pm for warm-up at 6pm – races start at 6:30pm.

We also have 15 swimmers competing in 61 races at the Guildford Open over both days this weekend.  Swimmers, please refer to the latest competitors’ info [Link] and the Guildford competition web-page [Link].
Warm-up times (race sign-in closes 15 mins before warm up):
Saturday:  07:30am, 09:30am and 1:45pm
Sunday:  07:30am, 09:30am and 2pm

Several swimmers are also competing for their schools at the England Schools Swimming Association – National Relay events at the London Aquatics Centre on Saturday.  Additional information can be found on the ESSA website is here [Link].

Congratulations to Maisie Macartney on being awarded the Swim England National Talent Athlete of the Year for Open Water Swimming. This award recognises Maisie’s hard work and achievements representing the GB junior open water team for the last three years and her amazing result at the World Junior Open Water Championships, where she finished in fourth place.

Congratulations to our Arena League teams at the weekend:
Our A-team came second with 185 points to Oxford who scored 249 in the South Premier Division Gala 2 at the Guildford Spectrum.  The team have placed 6th in the Premier Division which sees them go into the Southern Final on the 8th December. Swimmers who won their individual races included: Daisy, Max, Archie, Olivia-P and Alex.
Our B-team put in a valiant effort in the Division 1 East Gala 3 at  Brighton finishing in fourth place with 124 / 145 points (factor applied for 5-team gala).  Swimmers who won their individual races included: Olivia-M, Maria, Kieran and Oscar-M.
Thank you to all our fantastic Coaches, Team Managers, Officials, League Coordinators, Supporters and to our live Tweeters.

A fun festive gala sponsored by TYR with special prizes!
Aimed at swimmers seeking County qualifying times.
This Gala is now full – Entries are closed
Programme to follow

Animated snowflakes for PowerPoint used with permission (c) Monti Design (montidesign.com)

Well done to our Competition Squad swimmers that competed at the Dartford & Erith Fireworks meet over the weekend of the 3-4th November. Our squad of 24 swimmers took away loads of medals, top-six ribbons, heat wins and PBs!