Congratulations to Sam and Josh Crabtree on their successes at the Henley Mile. Sam competed in the Elite ‘Suits v Skins’ race against a serious four-strong team from Wycombe. In the first wetsuit race he finished third after getting boxed in, so the afternoon’s non-wetsuit swim became a matter of honour. Sam stormed the race and finished with an 18 second lead. This resulted in an overall WIN for the fastest combined time. Josh decided to swim the half mile non-wetsuit, he went out fast and led convincingly for most of the race. He finished in BRONZE position having been pipped by two wetsuit swimmers at the finish.
We sent a team of four Thanet swimmers to the Kent Open Water Championships in London, Ben Millington won GOLD in his first ever open water race! Stephanie Panteli won SILVER and Lily Jewell took the BRONZE. Charley, also his first ever OW competition, swam a fantastic race, he was 2nd out of the water in his age group, but was unfortunately DQ’d.
