Thanet Swim Club

2019 Open Water Season Highlights

World Open Water Champs 5km
Gwangji, South Korea, July 2019

European Open Water Champs 10km
Brive, France, May 2019
Maisie Macartney finished in an amazing 7th place in the senior race. Maisie was up against 94 of Europe’s very best open water swimmers, including Olympic and World medallists! She was the fastest GB swimmer and faster junior overall.

LEN European Open Water Cup
Eilat, Israel, 31st March 2019
Maisie Macartney represented GB at the LEN European Open Water Cup in Eilat, Israel over the weekend of the 30-31st March.  On the Saturday, Maisie competed with the GB relay team which won the Silver medal. On the Sunday in her individual event she came 17th overall, and was the third best placed GB female and 3rd junior competitor overall.  This is a really great result, especially as the conditions were particularly unpleasant with a choppy swell which resulted in many swimmers, Maisie included, suffering from seasickness.  Maisie’s great results means she will progress with the GB team and participate in the next two rounds of the LEN Cup; Round 2 will be in Brive, France over the 21-24th May and Round 3 which will be in Barcelona in late June.

2018 Open Water Season Highlights

WORLD Junior Open Water Championships
(Sept-2018)
Maisie Macartney represented GB at the World Junior Open Water Championships in Eilat, Israel on Thursday 6th September.  Maisie completed the gruelling 7.5km race in FOURTH place, having battled throughout in the leading pack with US, Italian and Spanish swimmers.  Maisie’s tough training regime throughout the summer certainly paid off, she was in the mix right from the start, with places changing throughout the race, she even took a stint in the lead. Maisie’s finish time was 1 hour and 33 minutes, and at the end, just 1.7 seconds separated 2nd to 4th places.

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Maisie Wins National Award (Nov 2018)
Congratulations to Maisie Macartney on being awarded the Swim England National Talent Athlete of the Year for Open Water Swimming. This award recognises Maisie’s hard work and achievements representing the GB junior open water team for the last three years and her amazing result at the World Junior Open Water Championships, where she finished in fourth place.

Maisie selected for National OW Performance Squad (Oct 2018)
CONGRATULATIONS to Maisie Macartney on her selection for the Swim England Performance Squad for 2018/19. Only 19 swimmers that have been identified as “potential international stars of the future” have been selected!
This is really well deserved; Maisie has represented GB for 3 consecutive years in Open Water, culminating in her fantastic 4th place finish at the World Junior Open Water Championships this summer.

European Junior Open Water Championships – Malta 12-15th July 2018
Congratulations to Maisie Macartney on her races at the European Junior Open Water Championships in Malta over the 12-15th July.  Maisie raced in the 7.5km race.  This was a particularly gruelling race, she had to battle through multiple jelly fish stings to the face to maintain a place in the leading pack, then with only 800m to go she was subject to a fierce kick in the head which resulted in a brave 10^th place finish.  Maisie was also scheduled to swim in the 19/U mixed relay, but the race was cancelled due to high winds causing unsafe racing conditions.  This is Maisie’s 3^rd consecutive summer racing with the GB junior open water team!

2018 National Open Water Championships
This year we had our biggest ever team of eight swimmers competing at the National Open Water Championships.  
In the 5km race, Maisie Macartney won GOLD, Oscar Macartney came 7^th and Lily Jewell came 14^th. In the 3km race, Maddy Lay came 13^th and Ben Millington finished 17^th.
In the 2km race, WilliamReeves came 13^th, Alana Wright placed 15^th, and Ollie Pope finished in 32^nd place.

2018 South East Region Open Water Championships
Our biggest ever team of 12 swimmers competed at the SER Open Water Championships on Saturday 21st July. 
In the 5km race Oscar Macartney
was the overall winner,
Lily Jewell won her age group
and came 3rd overall.
In the 2km race Alana Wright came 2nd.
In the 3km race Ben Millington came 2nd
and Maddy Lay came 3rd.
All 5 podium places have now been invited to the National Open Water Championships!
The rest of the team also had brilliant swims: Evie Slater came 5th (in her first ever OW race!), Nicole Palmer-Jones 6th, Ollie Pope 8th, Stephanie Panteli 11th and Grace Cummings 11th.

2018 Kent Open Water Championships – Saturday 30th June 2018
We had 11 competitors, which was our biggest ever team and they brought home a significant collection of medals including 9 Kent podium places:
Maddy 3k GOLD and 3^rd 14y/o overall
Alana 2k GOLD and 3^rd 13y/o overall
Grace 2km SILVER and 4^th 12y/o overall
William 2k SILVER and 4^th 12y/o overall
Ben 3k SILVER and 4^th 14y/o overall
Steph 3k SILVER and 6^th 14y/o overall
Nicole 3k SILVER and 11^th 15y/o overall
Lily 5k BRONZE and 3^rd 16 y/o overall
Ollie 2k BRONZE and 9^th 12y/o overall

Thanet OW Training Session Leybourne Lakes Sat 16th June 2018
We had a team of 11 swimmers
(including 2 swim parents)
attend our OW training day at Leybourne Lake

2018 Great North and Great East Swim – June 2018
Maisie Macartney competed at the Great North Swim on Sat 10th June.  Maisie won the Junior Women’s Elite category and was the third female overall.
Maisie and Oscar Macartney also competed at the Great East Swim on Sat 23^rd June.  Maisie was the overall winner of the Womens’ Elite race and Oscar won the Mens’ Open 2-mile race.

GB Open Water Camp at ‘BestFest’ – 26 May to 2nd June 2018
Maisie Macartney was invited by British Swimming to participate in their training camp which was held at the Best Fest open water festival in Mallorca over the May half-term. Maisie won medals in all three junior races taking Silver in the 1.5k, Gold in the 5k and Silver in the 7km race!

2017 Open Water Season Highlights

European Junior Open Water Championships – Marseilles, France, Aug 2017
Maisie Macartney won a BRONZE MEDAL in the 4 x 1.25km Mixed Relay.
She also came 18^th in the 5km race for the 15/16 age group.

2017 National Open Water Age Group Championships
Sam Crabtree – Came 4^th in the 5km 17/18 age group
Oivia Miles – Came 6^th  in the 3km 15-year age group
Charley Langford – Came 6^th  in the 1.5km 14-year age group
Ben Millington – 8^th in the 1.5km 13-year age group
Lily Jewell – Came 21^st in the 3km 15-year age group
Oscar Miles – Came 23^rd  in the 1.5km 13-year age group
Conor Wright – Came 35^th in the 1.5km 13-year age group

2017 SE Region Open Water Championships
Sam Crabtree – Gold
Lily Jewell – Silver
Charley Langford – Bronze
Alana Wright 8^th
Ben Millington – 6^th
Conor Wright 12^th
Josh Crabtree – 16^th

2017 Kent ASA Open Water Championships
Ben Millington – Gold
Stephanie Panteli – Silver
Lily Jewell – Bronze
Charley Langford – 2nd out of the water (DQ)
Also, Congratulations to Maisie Macartney on being awarded the Kent County ASA Open Water ‘Swimmer of the Year’ award at their annual award ceremony on the 16^th June 2018.

2017 GB Junior Open Water Training Camp, Majorca – May/June Half Term
Attended by:  Maisie Macartney

2017 SE Region Open Water development camp – 18 June 2017
Attended by:  Lily Jewell

2016 Open Water Season Highlights

2016 European Junior Open Water Championships – Piombino, Italy
Maisie Macartney came 15^th in the 5km 14/15 year age group

2016 British Open Water Championships
Maisie Macartney – Achieved GOLD in the 14-year age group
Sam Crabtree – Achieved GOLD in the 17/18 age group
Oscar Macartney – Came 4^th in the 17/18 age group

2016 National Open Water Age Group Championships
Maisie Macartney – Achieved GOLD in the 3km 15-year age group
Sam Crabtree – Came 5^th in the 5km 17/18 age group
Lily Jewell – Came 14^th in the 14-year age group
Finn Bates – Came 21^st in the 14-year age group
Oscar Miles – Came 14^th in the 12-year age group
Maria Evans (DQ)

2016 Welsh National Open Water Championships
Sam Crabtree – Achieved Silver in the 17/18 age group
Lily Jewell – Achieved Bronze in the 14-yr A/G and came 4^th in the Ladies Open A/G

2016 SE Region Open Water Championships
Sam Crabtree – Came 2^nd out of the water in the 17/18 age group (deliberate DNF)
Lily Jewell – Achieved Silver in the 14-year age group
Finn Bates – Achieved Bronze in the 14-year age group
Nicole PJ – Came 7^th in the 13-year age group
Stephanie Panteli – Came 5^th in the 12-year age group
Josh Crabtree – Came 7^th in the 12-year age group
Ollie Bates – Came 11^th in the 12-year age group
Charlie Panteli – Came 8^th in the 11/u age group

2016 Great East Swim (‘Euro Jnr and World Open Water Trials’)
Maisie Macartney – 12^th in the Womens’ Elite Race
Sam Crabtree – 12^th in the Mens’ Elite Race
Oscar Macartney – DNF

Other Highlights:
Sam Crabtree – Won the London Dock2Dock 10 km race, set the course record (May)
Sam Crabtree – Won the Henley Thames Marathon 14km, set a new course record (Aug)
Sam Crabtree – Silver in the Henley Classic Mens’ Elite race (26^th June)
Sam Crabtree – Silver in the Henley Mile Mens’ Elite race (10^th July)
Josh Crabtree – 5^th in the Henley Half Mile 9-13 age group  (10^th July)

2015 Open Water Season Highlights

Five Regional Open Water Championship competitors
Lily Jewell – Gold in the 1.5km 13 year age group and Bronze in the Open A/G
Sam Crabtree – Silver in the 3km 16 year age group
Taine Carrick – 4^th in the 1.5km 14 year age group
Nicole PJ – 4^th in the 1.5km 14 year age group
Freddie Sutton – 6^th in the 1.5km 12 year age group

Other Highlights:
James Broughton (swim dad)
Swam the English Channel in a time of 16hrs 53 mins!
Sam Crabtree – Silver in the Henley Mile Mens’ Elite race
Sam Crabtree – 6^th in the Henley Classic Mens’ Elite race
Josh Crabtree – 11^th in the Henley Half Mile 9-13 age group whilst only 11!

2014 Open Water Highlights

One National Open Water Age Group Championship competitor
Sam Crabtree – 8^th in the 14-year Age Group after an unfortunate series of events!

Three Regional Open Water Championship competitors
Sam Crabtree – Gold in the 1.5km 14-year age group
Taine Carrick – Bronze in the 1.5km 13-year age group
Sammy Allen – 4^th in the 1.5km 14-year age group

Other Highlights:
Sam Crabtree – Won the Human Race 5km race

2013 Open Water Highlights

Three National Open Water Age Group Championship competitors
Sam Crabtree – 5^th in the 13-year age group
Oscar Macartney – 8^th in the 13-year age group
Taine Carrick – 6^th in the 12-year age group

Four Regional Open Water Championship competitors
Lou Gates – Gold in the Ladies 1.5km Open Water swim
Josh Dunk – 4^th in the 2km 15/16 ‘Youth’ Category
Sam Crabtree – Gold  the 1.5km 13-year age group
Taine Carrick – Gold the 1.5km 12-year age group

Three Kent Open Water Championship competitors
Josh Dunk – Gold in the Kent County and London Region 2km ‘Open’ 15/16 A/G
Sam Crabtree – 2^nd in the Kent County and London Region 1.5km ‘Open’ 14-yr A/G
Taine Carrick – Gold  the Kent County and London Region 1.5km 12-yr A/G

2012 National Open Water Championships

Kelly Henson 17th 17/18 a/g

2011 National Open Water Championships

Harry Bradford 1.5km SILVER 12 yrs a/g
Ben Evans 1.5km BRONZE 13 yrs a/g
Kelly Henson 2km 8th Open

2010 National Open Water Championships

Ben Evans 1.5km SILVER 12 yrs a/g
Kelly Henson 2km 6th Open
Libby Henson 2km 15th Open