Thanet Swim Club

We are just finalising the details for the Mark Foster camp next Saturday

Please keep reviewing the website, as they will be released soon

Our final full day, started as usual with an early swim and breakfast.

The coaches swapping lanes and delivering real skill based sets.

Once back at the hotel it was time to enjoy the hottest day of the camp at 29 degrees.

Lunch was a usual mix of meats, pasta, pizza and salads

Then it was on to the final evening of entertainment and team challenges.

First team challenge was a mini arena league gala

Where the “Cream Crackers” came out victorious.

Then the main event, coaches versus swimmers. (Although coaches wore fins). Which was a 4×50 long course relay, and the coaches won by 5m from the 3 other senior swimmer teams.

(Jordan oiling himself up ready to take on the coaches, whilst Keiron donned a pair of 5sizes too small funky trunks)

After which, there was the annual football game, where tackles were flying and not for the faint hearted.

Then it was back to the hotel for dinner and final challenges of talent show and karaoke.

After which it was off to bed and packing bags ready for coming home tomorrow.

A blistering hot day started as usual with the usual jog to the pool and an early swim session, with the younger group focusing on skills, however we got there before the pool was set up

Once back it was breakfast, before lounging around the pool and catching some rays.
Today a group of 10 took part in the aqua aerobics with many of the hotels older guests, however the music was not the conventional routine, with songs like YMCA and Nellie the Elephant. As you can imagine, Jordan was leading the Thanet brigade.

After lunch, back to the pool for our afternoon session, where the older group then got to be filmed in the flume.

Once back at the hotel and feed with dinner, the team then took part in the quiz night to win points for their respective teams.

Despite some close to home questions, even involving the clubs head coach as one of the answers, the swimmers didn’t smother themselves in glory.

Awards for today were:

Swimmer of the day – Honor Llewellyn (great attitude in training)

Wally of the day – Olivia Miles (forgetting to lock the toilet door on poolside)

After 4 solid days, it was rest day!

Optional training session this morning, working on skills and then breakfast, before off to the water park for day of action packed fun.

The weather wasn’t kind, as we tasted our first wet day, but on the plus side the park was empty and it didn’t dampen the spirits.

Highlights of the day included, the group working as a team on the wave pool; the coach team beating the swimmers at the relay race; a great team spirit in enjoying the rides; a team chant copying Arthur’s laugh (same as Jimmy Carr) and Keiron Piper having to join a family to go down the four person slide, who couldn’t have been anymore opposite to him.

After the park it was back to the hotel for dinner, before the younger half enjoyed a wii Mario Cart racing challenge.

Prizes for the day went to:-

Swimmer of the day -Jordan Honour (great team spirit and leadership quality)

Wally of the day – Robyn Moon (falling out of her slide into Arthur as they were going down)