Thanet Swim Club

Sam Crabtree and Louis Spurgin from Thanet Swim Club took part in the Crystal Palace Triathlon on Sunday 20th May; the gruelling TriStar3 event comprises a 300m swim, and 8km cycle and a 2.4km run. Louis who has participated in the event a few times, finished in 15th place in a time of 37 minutes and 14 seconds. This was Sam Crabtree’s first attempt at a triathlon and he completed the course is 31st place in a time of 46 minutes and 4 seconds. Both boys did extremely well against some of Kent and Essex’s elite triathlon competitors.

For more information follow on the event visit the Crystal Palace Triathletes website: http://www.crystalpalace-tri.co.uk/index.htm

Over 200 swimmers from Primary Schools across Thanet competed in this years gala. Upton Junior were once again crowned overall winners in Years 3/4 and then Years 5/6.

Three Thanet Primary School Gala Records were broken; in Years 3/4 the Mixed Medley Relay by Upton and the 100m Individual Medley by Rowan Fuss also from Uption plus in Years 5/6 the 25m Backstroke by Chloe Parkinson from Bromstone.

Full results can be found here. A full report will follow late in the week.

Minutes from the Committee Meeting will now be published on our website but password protected. If you don’t know the password please ask one of the committee members.

In the first instance the minutes from the Annual General Meeting have now been published and can be found here