Thanet Swim Club

Over 200 swimmers entered this year’s Thanet Primary Schools Swimming Gala held at Hartsdown on Saturday 19^th May. This meant that the balcony was not only packed but also very noisy!

Phil Pittock, the Thanet Schools Games Organiser, said ‘the Thanet Primary Schools Swimming Gala is a terrific example of a local club (Thanet Swim Club) working with the local schools.”

Local McDonald’s Franchisee Paul Crocker, long time supporter of swimming in this area, said “this is a fantastic event from Thanet Swim club, it gives a real opportunity for primary school swimmers to participate in a competitive gala, working as a team and getting really good exercise; looking at the success of this event I hope we can support it as an annual event”

The event was split into 2 sessions; the first was for those children in Years 3 and 4 and the second was for Years 5 and 6.

In the first session in the very first race Upton Junior School got off to a flying start setting another Primary School Record in the Mixed Medley Relay in a time of 1.23.44 beating the previous mark set by Upton back in 2007. Further in the Final of the 100m Individual Medley, Rowan Fuss from Upton smashed the previous record by almost 8 seconds in a time of 1.23.96.

But Upton didn’t get it all their own way in session 1 with Palm Bay, St Peters and St Lawrence College regularly getting podium finishes. In the end Upton were overall winners just ahead of Palm Bay with St Peters and St Lawrence College tied for 3^rd.

In the second session Chloe Parkinson also set a new record in the 25m Backstroke in a time of 17.61

However, Upton Juniors were dominant in the second session finishing in either 1^st or 2^nd place in 12 of the 14 races. St Nicholas was 2^nd with a consistent performance and Palm Bay 3^rd having won 3 races themselves.

All the photos from the event are available here.

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Results Session One (Years 3 & 4)

Butterfly: Girls 1^st Mayan Davies (St Peters), 2^nd Stephanie Panteli (Haddon Dene). Boys 1^st Oscar Miles (Palm Bay), 2^nd Luca Mcavoy (St Josephs), 3^rd Joshua Claris (St Peters).

Backstroke: Girls 1^st Mia Bray (Hadden Dene), 2^nd Jasmine Watson (Palm Bay), 3^rd Tamzin Vickers (St Lawrence). Boys 1^st Charlie Rowley (Upton), 2^nd Joshua Crabtree (Palm Bay), 3^rd Thomas Beeching (St Lawrence)

Breaststroke: Girls 1^st Phoebe Moon (Upton), 2^nd Paloma Higgins (St Lawrence), 3^rd Ella Proctor (Palm Bay). Boys 1^st Finlay Keyworth (St Josephs), 2^nd Adam Mitchell (Upton), 3^rd Ben Millington (St Peters).

Freestyle: Girls 1^st Miska Clarricoates (Palm Bay), 2^nd Niamh Connelly (St Lawrence), 3^rd Alice White (St Nicholas). Boys 1^st Archie Ralph-Harding (St Lawrence), 2^nd Sonny Teall (St Peters), 3^rd Ryan Hopkins (Upton)

Individual Medley: Girls 1^st Olivia Miles (Palm Bay), 2^nd Nicole Palmer-Jones (Upton), 3^rd Honor Llewellyn (St Lawrence). Boys 1^st Rowan Fuss (Upton), 2^nd Adam Miles (St Peters).

Results Session Two (Years 5 & 6)

Butterfly: Girls 1^st Abbie Robinson (Chartfield), 2^nd Beth Williams (Dame Janet), 3^rd Raphaella Papa-Adams (St Josephs). Boys 1^st Harry Tooke (Minster), 2^nd Omar Elassri (Upton), 3^rd George Pittock (Birchington)

Backstroke: Girls 1^st Chloe Parkinson (Bromstone), 2^nd Alisha Holmes (Upton), 3^rd Chloe Warner (Palm Bay). Boys 1^st Josh Jones (Upton), 2^nd Joseph Farley (St Nicholas), 3^rd Callum O’Connor (ChristChurch).

Breaststroke: Girls 1^st Rhiannon Goldhawk (Palm Bay), 2^nd Isobel Smith (St Nicholas), 3^rd Laura-Jane Hill (St Saviours). Boys 1^st Alex Boyd (Upton), 2^nd Oscar Keyworth (St Josephs), 3^rd Jacob Brown (Haddon Dene).

Freestyle:  Girls 1^st Tamsin Wilmshurst (Palm Bay), 2^nd Louisa MacDonald (Upton), 3^rd Cara Payne (St Nicholas). Boys 1^st Alfie Bradford (Upton), 2^nd Thomas King (St Nicholas), 3^rd Max Glet (ChristChurch).

Individual Medley: Girls 1^st Maisie Macartney (Minster), 2^nd Robyn Moon (Upton), 3^rd Sommer Ansley (Haddon Dene). Boys 1^st Taine Carrick (Monkton), 2^nd Jack Baker (Upton), 3^rd Joel Hames (Birchington).

Full results can be found here