Well done to all the swimmers that competed at the Thanet Primary Schools gala on Saturday, we had 237 swimmers from 13 local schools taking part.
Upton Primary School had a clean-sweep this year by winning the year 3/4 team, the year 5/6 team, the overall team and even the Parents & Teachers relay race!
Thank you to all the swimmers, coaches, officials, timing team, volunteers, supporters and leisure centre staff – you made it a really special and fun day.
Thank you also to the many Thanet Swim Club swimmers that helped out on the day with officialling, marshalling, team management and refreshments – you were all fab!
A final thank you to the event sponsors: Your Leisure and McDonalds Thanet
your support for this event is really appreciated by everyone involved.
Full Results here: [Link], Team results here: [Link], Photos here: [Link]
TOUGH SWIMMER Club Fun Day 2nd June 10:30-16:00hrs
Everyone welcome from all squads, coaches and parents too.
Let’s get together and have some MUDDY FUN and a BBQ!!!
Everyone attending on the day will need to sign up and pay in advance (even of not participating in the team challenges) as the price covers the BBQ and some drinks.
Event kindly supported by Fruits de Mer Broadstairs.
Book early to avoid disappointment: [Link]
Our squad of 22 swimmers competed in 87 races over the long weekend.
Our team made 42 finals (with another 18 HDW races placing ‘top 8’)
All in all our team won 34 medals were won (15 Gold, 8 Silver & 11 Bronze)
26 Long Course PBs were also achieved.
Medallists were:
Charley Langford: 3xGOLD (1500Fr, 800Fr*, 400Fr), SILVER (200Fr*), 100Fr
Daisy Anderson: 2xGOLD (200Fly, 200IM), SILV (100Fly*), 2xBRZ (100Bk*, 400Fr*)
Olivia Miles: 2xGOLD (1500Fr*, 800Fr), SILVER (400IM), BRONZE (400Fr)
Katie Latham: 2xGOLD (50Fr & 50Fly*), BRONZE (100Fr), 50Bk
Beth Williams: 2xGOLD (100Br & 200Br), BRONZE (50Br), 200IM
Hannah Denny: GOLD (100Fly*), BRONZE (50Fly), 100Fr, 50Fr
Maisie Macartney: GOLD (200Fr), BRONZE (100Fly*), 50Fr
Max Jameson: GOLD (200Bk), BRONZE (200Fly), 100Bk, 100Fly
Alex Boyd: GOLD (200IM), 50Br, 100Br, 100Fly
Sam Crabtree: SILVER (200Fr), BRONZE (400Fr), 100Bk* & 100Fr
Tamzin Myburgh: SILV(400IM), 50Br* 100Fl* 200IM* 400Fr *50Fl 100&200Bk 800Fr
Kieran Dale: SILVER (200Fly), 100Fly*, 200Fr*, 400Fr, 200IM, 400IM
Tobi Sijuade: SILVER (50Br), 50Fr*, 100Fr*, 50Fly, 100Br
Oscar Macartney: SILVER (1500Fr*), 400Fr
Lily Jewell: BRONZE (200Br*), 800Fr*, 50Br, 100Br, 400Fr, 200IM, 400IM
Maria Evans: BRONZE (200Fly)
Also swimming were:
Luke Fowle: 50Br*, 50Fly*, 100Fly*, 200Fly*, 100Br
Nicole PJ: 1500Fr*, 200Fly, 800Fr
Katie Macrae: 200Bk, 200Fly, 200IM, 400IM
Robyn Moon: 50Bk, 100Bk, 200Bk
Liam Pearshouse: 200Fly
Elloise Clements: 200Bk
*LC-PB
(Please excuse any errors)
GOOD LUCK to our team heading to Wycombe this weekend for the South East Region Youth Championships – we have entered our biggest ever team of 22 swimmers who will be competing in 97 races – Let’s Go THANET!
Congratulations to our Head Coach Dan Cross on his selection to join the coaching team heading out to Helsinki with the GB European Junior Championships team in July!
Congratulations to Lily Jewell and Oliva Miles – they’ve been selected for the South East Region Open Water Development Camp this summer!
Well done to Thanet swimmers Halle, Isabelle, Mercedes, James and Darril who all took part in the Swimathon at the weekend. Halle & James swam at the London Aquatics Centre and Isabelle, Mercedes and Darril swam at Whitstable.
Accepted Entries published here: [Link]
Due to the number of entries we have closed entries early and brought the warm up times forward to accommodate as many swimmers as possible.
New session times are:
Session 1:
Warm up 8.30am Start 9.30am – comfort break for 10 mins middle of session
Session 2:
Warm up 2pm, Start 3pm (Approx end 6pm)
BBQ food will be available in the lunch break.
Please make sure all your swimmers know the revised warm up times.
Massive congratulations to our team that competed at the National Arena League B-Final in Cardiff – they placed 4th with a very respectable 282 points in a hard fought competition against Cardiff, Northampton, Camden, 7Oaks, Bromley, Swansea, Liverpool and Worcester. The team beat our friendly rivals 7Oaks by just one point! The swimmers did us proud by cheering on their team mates and having lots of fun fun on the pool deck throughout the competition – well done team!
Thank you to everyone that supported our Spring Regional Qualifier which was jointly promoted with Canterbury Swimming Club.
Our 67-strong team of swimmers participated in over 350 races, with some excellent results – well done everyone!
Medallists:
Alana Wright 2xG, 2xS, 1xB. Amber Piper 2xG, 1xS, 1xB. Amy Topping 1xS.
Archie Hawkins 6xG, 1xS. Athena Crompton 2xG, 1xS. Carmen Styles 2xG.
Conor Wright 2xG, 1xS. Emilija Bendziunaite 2xB. Evie Slater 5xG, 1xS.
Grace Cummings 1xG, 2xS, 1xB. Gregor Hutchison 1xG, 2xS, 1xB.
Hariy Srikumar 1xB. Harry Cocks 8xG. Heidi Walkin 2xB. Honor Llewellyn 2xG, 1xB. Isabelle Pinn 1xS. Jasmine Pilcher 2xG, 2xS, 2xB. Jessica Thompson 3xB.
Josh Crabtree 3xG, 3xS. Katie MacRae 3xG. Kieran Day 1xB.
Lewis Older 1xG, 1xS, 2xB. Liam Hamp 1xG. Liam Pearshouse 1xG, 1xS.
Lily Jewell 4xG. Lola Sutton 1xG, 2xS, 1xB. Lottie Scriven 1xB.
Luca McAvoy 2xG, 3xS, 1xB. Lucy Hickmott 3xG, 1xS, 2xB.
Maddy Lay 1xG, 1xS, 2xB. Maisie Macartney 1xG. Marley Barham 2xG, 2xB.
Mary Nash 1xS. Max Parpworth 1xG, 1xS. Maya Shakeshaft 2xB.
Milly Roe 1xG, 1xS. Nicole PJ 2xG, 2xS, 1xB. Olexa Miles 2xG, 3xS, 1xB.
Oli Pope 2xG, 2xS, 1xB. Olivia Parpworth 2xG, 2xS. Riley Imms 1xG, 2xS, 2xB.
Rily Rattigan 1xB. Saskia Myburgh 3xG. Tamzin Myburgh 3xG. Toby Cook 3xG.
