CONGRATULATIONS to our fantastic Arena League A and B teams for brilliant swimming last night. Our A-team WON their Premier Division Round 2 gala amassing 254 points against some very strong teams including the mighty Oxford (239), Woking (177), Portsmouth (162)! Our B-team fought hard against several club’s A-teams to come 4th with a smashing 169 points (against Mid-Sussex, Erith, Black Lion, EastGrinstaed and Dover).
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Congratulations to John White on being shortlisted for the 2017 UK Coaching Awards Lifetime Achievement Award! Results will be announced on the evening of the 30th November at a prestigious awards ceremony covering coaching of all sports across the UK.
Our team of 19 swimmers put in a solid early season performance at the SE Region Winter Championships over the weekend of 4/5th November in Portsmouth. This year the winter meet was long course – our swimmers rose to the challenge and smashed last year’s performance by competing in 82 races which progressed to 32 finals (& HDW 1-8) and resulted in a record number of 19 medal-winning races and 25 medals over all categories. Well done to everyone who competed and to Dan and the coaching team.
Congratulations to our team of 20 swimmers that competed in over 100 races at the Kent Development Gala over 28/29th October – we had our best ever results! Top 6 Fina Points results were scored by:
Brooke (1st), Emily-B (2nd), Milly-R (2nd), Rily (3rd) and Maisie-McL (4th).
Our team included: Alice, Amelie, Brooke, Devon, Emily, Freddie, Gabriella, Hariy, Keira, Lois, Maisie, Milly, Rily, Savannah, Scarlet-P, Scarlett-K, Sophie-L, Sophie-W, Toby and Verity.
Thanks to Coaches Kenny and Arthur – Great achievement by all!
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