Thanet Swim Club

Our A-team have secured Thanet a place in the National Arena League B-FINAL in Cardiff on Saturday 2nd March. We came 15th overall in the ‘virtual’ gala with 1014 points (teams accrue points based on times swam by all swimmers that competed in the six regional finals).

Finals places are awarded as follows:
The winner of each of the six regional finals go to the National A-Final.  The second team from each region also get invited to the finals and the remaining 8 places are allocated to remaining highest scoring teams from the ‘virtual’ gala.

More on the Swim England website here:
https://www.swimming.org/sport/arena-league-finalists/

WELL DONE to our awesome teams
Our A-team finished 5th in the Premier Division with 136 points against:
Guildford (218), Wycombe (201), Oxford (181), Bromley (151) & SevenOaks (135)
It was an absolutely nail-biting  gala we changed places with SevenOaks several times and it all came down t the final men’s squadron where we just beat them to get the extra point!  Individual race winners were Katie Latham and Archie Hawkins.
Our B-team finished 4th in Division 1 East with 173 points against:
Maidstone (218), Black Lion (197), SevenOaks (157), OrpingtonOjays (157) & Erith (142)

Full results can be found here: [LINK]

Feedback from Coach Dan Cross:
“Very proud of Thanet SC tonight, lots of swimmers out of age and plenty of PBs! Raced tough against some very good clubs, didn’t quite have the depth on the night but we will come back fighting strong next year!! Big thanks to the officials, supporters, coaches and swimmers!!”

Feedback from Coach Jordan Honour:
“A fantastic final push in the last couple of races and as always we were the loudest team on poolside!”

Congratulations to our massive team of 78 swimmers who competing in over 600 races!  We broke loads of event records and club records – Proud Club.

Well done to our Kent Junior League teams who raced on Saturday 17th June.  Our A-team came 4th in Division 1 with (175) points, the winners were Beckenham A with 230 points, then Sevenoaks A (225), Bromley (191), RTW Monson A (159) and Black Lion (82).  Our B-team raced at home at Hartsdown and finished in a fantastic 2nd by just 3 points to Herne Bay who won with 244 points, also racing were RTW Monson B (207) and Dartford (196).